Archive for January, 2010

Brothers, Sick Days and Dishes

by admin on January 4, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, People In My Heart with 7 Comments
(My brother’s daughter and I snuggling to keep warm at the rink!)

So I accomplished a goal of mine and got myself and the older kids out skating! I realised right away it has been a long time and I am really rusty at it! I also had a great deal of fun with my kids and my brother’s family. Jesse is my youngest brother, a great guy. I know this might sound silly but I really really love my brothers! The picture below will probably be a favorite of mine for life! I don’t have a lot of pictures of my brothers and I as adults together… we don’t spend a lot of time together… I know I am largely at fault for that since I am so easily overwhelmed by life I tend to miss out on chances to be with them.

A couple days feelings of disconnect had settled heavily over my heart… disconnect from people and specifically fellowship… I know I do it to myself… My first reaction to any stress is to bury myself away… anyhow for some reason my brothers came into my head and I remembered my mom talking me to me years ago about what a connection you have to your brothers no matter what… you are SO connected… I get it… It made me happy to think about them… They are both very different men with different families of their own but they are both so worthy of respect and they make me proud.

I am feeling really ill today and hope it will not last long… I hate being sick, things get so out of sorts in a home when the wife is sick…

Little Woman was trying to cheer me up about being under the weather and she said ‘When you are all better you can do dishes with me!’ To her dishes are a time to visit with Mommy, one on one, and to feel like a big girl… to me… well I looked over at the mountain of dirty dishes and just felt impending doom… Dishes just don’t cheer up this sick mommy like they do my Little Woman.

My chicken noodle soup is almost ready, I skipped supper but I am trying to not go to bed without protein. Is there protein in chicken noodle soup? Ahhhh well, I am going to bed early and will dream about dish washing machines again…

TTFN

Contest 2009

by admin on January 2, 2010 in Better Check Out Links, Contest with No comments

I got a contest still on at this LINK!
Check it out!
Open for a couple more days to celebrate my 100th post!
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The New Year, Fatigue, & A Plan!

by admin on January 1, 2010 in Bits Of My Personality, Life Keeps Changing with 1 Comment

It continues to be a battle… unlike before, when it was a constant every day drag on kinda battle, the fatigue is now springing surprise attacks on me… With Baby Boy on solids alone now(insert a sad sigh here) things have gotten a lot better. I am able to do so much more in a day. Being able to do a few jobs each day and run errands on my own again has made me very thankful but I don’t like the surprise days where the couch is my confidant once again…

I see two contributes, ok maybe three and I want to list them and take aim one at a time. You could say this is a resolution post but I am not the competitive type and I am more likely to not do something if there is a hint of competition involved so lets not go there…

  1. FORGOTTEN MEALS, when I deviate from my high protein diet, as recommended by my doctor, I crash the next day
  2. STRESS, creates a bad cycle… when I deviate from my high protein diet I get stressed easier and then I eat less due to stress and then I… well I think you can see the picture…
  3. WIMP, this girl is not in shape, for so long I was told to not do to much (including exercise) because of weight lose issues when pregnant and nursing and now I think it might be time to turn my head around and start working out so that I feel stronger again…

If I can just come up with an inspiring way to get fit again and continue to eat high protein while at it I just might win. Doctor warned though that I must raise my protein intake even more if I start working out… This seems like some kind of twisted game but I am starting to figure out how to play ball.

The holidays are always kinda bad for me. Without meaning to I skip meals and get stressed and then get sick, stuck on the couch, warn out every couple days…

January, in the past, has meant seasonal depression till the thaw…

Looking back I see a lot of that was having to be stuck in doors so much and I think things can be different this year. I have always enjoyed the outdoors year round and now that I am getting set up for winter again I think things will be better.

I finally have skates again, I found some trails so my cross country skis can be waxed and used again and with proper winter wear I am enjoying the local toboggan hill with the kids already! When we first moved to the city I tried the gym, even swimming and I just kinda felt like a hamster on a wheel but being outdoors is sounding more and more inspiring!

Here is to a new year and here’s to hopes of a great winter!!

TTFN

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