my short but sweet visit into the world of fitness must come to an end. the last few months i have done yoga i have left with or shortly there after gotten a headache. tried to talk myself into the fact that it was dehydration. they all say that. but why when i broke down and went to the chiropractor a few weeks ago it changed my life when he put my neck back into place. i think there is too much compression on my spine from some of the poses. i was debilitated today and downright abusive to my family because of the pain. i kicked a toy across the room. i do not need to be displaying that sort of behavior at all! so tomorrow i will have to go explain to them how this is not playing a beneficial role in my life and i would like the last few months credited back to me. wish me luck as every dollar counts now!
i'm thinking of starting the bar or dailey method for the next month to shape up for vegas.
happy and fat better than skinny and raving lunatic right?
speaking on what keeps me happy - baked goods. i think i am going to try a baking trifecta for the boys bday party this coming weekend. micah wants a big cake, kaden will get cupcakes and then the kids will get a nice big cookie to take home. all while keeping some important appoints - my oncologist and a preschool visit. both appointments i need everyone's well wishes.
off to bed!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
the exorcism of betty crocker
i don't know if it was the rain that inspired me to be productive this weekend without leaving the house. but i managed to pull all this yumminess out of my proverbial hat!
Let's begin with barefoot contessa's sourcream coffee cake, this was really good. my neighbor said "divine". i'll take it! i followed the reviews and double the cinnamon crumb mixture that went inside - again yum! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/sour-cream-coffee-cake-recipe/index.html
Let's begin with barefoot contessa's sourcream coffee cake, this was really good. my neighbor said "divine". i'll take it! i followed the reviews and double the cinnamon crumb mixture that went inside - again yum! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/sour-cream-coffee-cake-recipe/index.html
double chocolate cookies which i added a little of the starbucks instant coffee mix b/c i heard it makes chocolate taste more chocolately. but they taste like coffee to me now. i think it's b/c i do not drink coffee or alcohol and i have the taste buds of a 9 yr old when it comes to adult beverages!
OOH - now this was my first ginger bread house from scratch. i wanted the easiest recipe that required the least amount of work and ingredients b/c i don't let them eat it anyways and it was easy! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/gingerbread-house-recipe/index.html
here they are with their finished creations. 
i also made dough for butter cookies and sugar cookies. i will start sometime this week and bake up some goodies for B's co-workers. thank god it rained this weekend b/c i really could not leave the house to accomplish all of this.
i also made dough for butter cookies and sugar cookies. i will start sometime this week and bake up some goodies for B's co-workers. thank god it rained this weekend b/c i really could not leave the house to accomplish all of this.
i am on to next project of making the family stockings this year. they will design and i will make. hey if i can't do it while i am not working then it will never happen right? i also got some yarn to knit a scarf - HA HA! i forgot to cast on though - i need help from my friend c - you know who u are!
fb has ruined my holiday card!
this year i had a great idea for a holiday card which included trying to find b a white blazer but - alas! it is hard to find white blazers in the winter. plan b - now when i try to get together photos to collage together for a card i find the best ones you have all seen already. why? b/c of facebook! if i like a pic - i plaster it on there and it is done. keeping in touch is now difficult to communicate anything fresh. oh boo!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
H1N1
M was sick last wednesday - K and i caught it friday. then it turned into croup for K on sunday. it is almost one week and i am still f#cking not better. M and i got the H1N1 vaccination on tuesday (the nurse snuck a vaccine for me). even though i was under the weather i put live virus up my nose. i feel worse for doing it. i hope i am out of the woods by tomorrow since it is thanksgiving. i know everyone is getting better b/c they do not have to have sleepless nights making sure windpipes don't close. it is my lot in life. the big B is convinced he is not sick b/c of his budweiser diet. why does he think this? the neighbors also got sick and they do not drink either. so that is his proof. so on he drinks. is this fair?
Friday, November 13, 2009
dwell on the dull
i now will allow myself to write about anything i want. no supporting pictures or interesting stories. i don't seem to have the energy to do it. it worked for seinfeld right? a show about nothing. my blog about nothing...
today i chaperoned a filed trip to the de young museum. we walked. we walked far and uphill. 4 classes of kindergartners with their lunch boxes, jackets and low attention span. i thought we would see the museum and it would be fun to see the art. but oh no. i was tricked by the teacher who loves to have me around. a lovely (i use that term loosely) group of old ladies were putting on a performance of beauty and the beast. imagine little bitties from pac heights with their face lifts, bad acting and singing, being men and women of all ages. but they weren't that convincing as young women or men. it was reverse drag and it scared the kids. i kept having to explain to the kids that it was just costumes like they have at home but the creepy gender confusion even had me bewildered. it was also dark and lasted an hour.
other challenges - being in charge of all the boys going to the bathroom. i not being that experienced in mass peeing protocol, did not count how many went in. so how did i know how many would come out? note to self, always do a head count.
a girl got a bloody nose, i was first on to spot. so i was first one to administer a bunch of Starbucks napkins to her tiny nose that was gushing blood. luckily another parent took over, my ocd with cleanliness was taking over since blood was involved. we rushed all the kids out to the fountain to have lunch. BAD IDEA. all kids want to do is touch water or walk into street which was the two options. poor little girl had to lay down with ice pack on head. parent refused ride (over the phone) from another parent who sprinted to her car blocks away in uncomfortable shoes to take little girl back to school. oh no, only the principal was allowed to go get her. WHAT???? your child is bleeding profusely through her head and you only want a lady who has no time and no car seat to come pick her up? all the volunteer parents in our group gave each other permission to give our wounded children a ride under any circumstances.
well that was part of my dull to everyone but me day. following this was gymnastics and a playdate with anya and ayla. they play together better and better. chunk got tested, he can say uschi (ayla) and anya but still no micah - no mike, no kah. i personally think he is f*cking with me. but that's just like himm- i accept it.
today i chaperoned a filed trip to the de young museum. we walked. we walked far and uphill. 4 classes of kindergartners with their lunch boxes, jackets and low attention span. i thought we would see the museum and it would be fun to see the art. but oh no. i was tricked by the teacher who loves to have me around. a lovely (i use that term loosely) group of old ladies were putting on a performance of beauty and the beast. imagine little bitties from pac heights with their face lifts, bad acting and singing, being men and women of all ages. but they weren't that convincing as young women or men. it was reverse drag and it scared the kids. i kept having to explain to the kids that it was just costumes like they have at home but the creepy gender confusion even had me bewildered. it was also dark and lasted an hour.
other challenges - being in charge of all the boys going to the bathroom. i not being that experienced in mass peeing protocol, did not count how many went in. so how did i know how many would come out? note to self, always do a head count.
a girl got a bloody nose, i was first on to spot. so i was first one to administer a bunch of Starbucks napkins to her tiny nose that was gushing blood. luckily another parent took over, my ocd with cleanliness was taking over since blood was involved. we rushed all the kids out to the fountain to have lunch. BAD IDEA. all kids want to do is touch water or walk into street which was the two options. poor little girl had to lay down with ice pack on head. parent refused ride (over the phone) from another parent who sprinted to her car blocks away in uncomfortable shoes to take little girl back to school. oh no, only the principal was allowed to go get her. WHAT???? your child is bleeding profusely through her head and you only want a lady who has no time and no car seat to come pick her up? all the volunteer parents in our group gave each other permission to give our wounded children a ride under any circumstances.
well that was part of my dull to everyone but me day. following this was gymnastics and a playdate with anya and ayla. they play together better and better. chunk got tested, he can say uschi (ayla) and anya but still no micah - no mike, no kah. i personally think he is f*cking with me. but that's just like himm- i accept it.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
what happened to me?
why is it that being unemployed makes me too busy to even sit down to let y'all know what i'm up to? since my memory is gone - this is the only hope i have to preserve what fun i do get to have. i have been up to a few things in the last week. non-kid related - can you imagine that?
1 week ago i persuaded a highschool friend who i will call "the mayor of sonoma county" (since he knows everyone!) to take me to a a show at the phoenix theatre to see a few old bands i used to see back in the day. i mean way back. victims family and no means no - hard rebellious stuff with big, aggressive, sweaty mosh pits that i used to stand in the middle of. i used to watch the swirl of shirtless boys running around me trying to hurt each other. it used to be fun. umm, not so much anymore - "the mayor's" wife J asked me to go up front with her. she is rambunctious and fun and just a doll. so, i reluctantly agreed. the band was playing a slower song so i was frankly bored as the people around me were just standing there - then POW! the band cranked it up and the whole place exploded. that's when you see an almost 40 year old woman, run like hell for the side, in her entirely too expensive shoes for that kind of event. did i say there yet there was a giant hillbilly in the pit in actual overalls? - i bet there was a piece of straw in his mouth too. HA HA - i'm such a chicken.
I also ran into the ex-fiance. yes i said ex. he did the always fun trick of tapping opposite shoulders and move out of the way several times to "trick" me. oh what fun. the ex part was not regretted after seeing him 15 years later. i am bad. very short conversation about nothing - 30 seconds max. kinda sad for a 5 years relationship to distill to something like that.
good friend E (ex-asst.) came for a visit from ny, always a fun spirit and good egg. we took the kids to the exploratorium on thursday. on friday we met up for dinner - i acted like an adult and got dressed up and went to dinner. i mean eye shadow was involved. i had to abort mission at the - get drinks after dinner stage though. it was already 1 am.
it was also a movie filled week - i saw couples retreat with JY and B and i took M to the double feature of toy story. that fulfill my requirements of 2 movies a year. WOW!
til we meet again...
1 week ago i persuaded a highschool friend who i will call "the mayor of sonoma county" (since he knows everyone!) to take me to a a show at the phoenix theatre to see a few old bands i used to see back in the day. i mean way back. victims family and no means no - hard rebellious stuff with big, aggressive, sweaty mosh pits that i used to stand in the middle of. i used to watch the swirl of shirtless boys running around me trying to hurt each other. it used to be fun. umm, not so much anymore - "the mayor's" wife J asked me to go up front with her. she is rambunctious and fun and just a doll. so, i reluctantly agreed. the band was playing a slower song so i was frankly bored as the people around me were just standing there - then POW! the band cranked it up and the whole place exploded. that's when you see an almost 40 year old woman, run like hell for the side, in her entirely too expensive shoes for that kind of event. did i say there yet there was a giant hillbilly in the pit in actual overalls? - i bet there was a piece of straw in his mouth too. HA HA - i'm such a chicken.
I also ran into the ex-fiance. yes i said ex. he did the always fun trick of tapping opposite shoulders and move out of the way several times to "trick" me. oh what fun. the ex part was not regretted after seeing him 15 years later. i am bad. very short conversation about nothing - 30 seconds max. kinda sad for a 5 years relationship to distill to something like that.
good friend E (ex-asst.) came for a visit from ny, always a fun spirit and good egg. we took the kids to the exploratorium on thursday. on friday we met up for dinner - i acted like an adult and got dressed up and went to dinner. i mean eye shadow was involved. i had to abort mission at the - get drinks after dinner stage though. it was already 1 am.
it was also a movie filled week - i saw couples retreat with JY and B and i took M to the double feature of toy story. that fulfill my requirements of 2 movies a year. WOW!
til we meet again...
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