Random Thoughts

Have you read the book Everybody Poops?  If  you haven’t you should check it out, it is cute and so true! 

I think that there should also be a book called, “Ever Kid Poops in the Bathtub!”  It does not matter how hard you try every child has got to get their parents with this one.  My daughter when she was young did it to me twice and my son today finally did his first.  You know its coming and there is pretty much nothing you can do but let the plug out and start over again, wash the bath toys and fill the tub again!

The upside (as there is always a silver lining) is that I did not have to waste a diaper on the poop.  It may be nasty to clean up but at least we saved a few cents on a diaper!

The boy sure was a lot happier after he did his duty!

I have said it before and I will say it again.  It is a good thing God made kids so cute because they might not survive some days if they weren’t!  Look at this little “stinker.”  How could you get mad at that face?!  He feels much better.

Today’s work out consisted of 30 minutes of jogging in front of the TV while watching “my child survived” 30 arm rows with 10 pounds of dumbbells in each  hand, 30 presses over my head with the same weights, plank position for 2 minutes. 

I would have done more but have had a lot of phlegm since last night and am more tired than usual so I think I am coming down with something.  I did do something at least and I felt better after, but very quickly feel kind of “poopy” again. 

I did change up my plank position today which made me work out better with it.  I will see how good my four year old takes video of it in a couple of days and try to post it.

I held myself in plank position and added 20 push-ups and did not take myself out of it after the push ups and went immediatley into single leg raises.  I did 8 raises on each leg two times, then altrnated with single leg raises 8 times.  I still did not leave plan position and did jump outs with my legs, out to a “V” and back in together for 20 times.  I them did some “mounting climbing” jump lunging in plank as I brought one knee into my chest 25 times.  It looks kind of like running in plank, if that makes any sense.

That took about 2 minutes or so and then I did a few more plank and rests as my 1 year old crawled underneath me and laughed the whole time.  He thinks it is fun to crawl under Mom while I do plank and it keeps me up because I don’t want to fall on him.  I am glad I am entertainment for the little munchkin!

Anyway, I am hoping that whatever is going on in my body does not come on fully and that I can do more of a work out tomorrow!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

I posted last week that I would have my goals written and up by the first part of this week.  I am almost ready to put them all over the house.  I say almost because I need to take them to my in laws to print them.

I have everything saved and ready to print to make new vision charts and affirmations etc.  I have a printer but it is only black and white and when I printed them up two fays ago I was not OK with them black and white.  It is hard to get motivated seeing a black and white smiley face, it is much more cheery to see a bright yellow smiley face.

The biggest part is done, now I just have to print them, frame them, and get them up.  I will post pics of them in a couple days when I do this.

It is making  me feel a whole lot better just doing the goals and affirmations.  This is definitely a step in the right direction!

Peace!  Have a great day!

I am not a hug pasta fan but I do like the sauce.  I do not like runny sauce though.  I have been venturing and posting some of the recipes in the two cook yourself thin recipe books I have.  I LOVE these cookbooks and tell everyone I meet that they need them.

I made the better-for-you meat sauce from the cook yourself thin faster cookbook and it was yummy!

My husband has been irritated with me because I have forced him to switch to whole grain pasta and he just does not like it as much, oh well too bad babe!  When I made this meat sauce he said “wow this is great.”  I guess adding the chunkiness of the sauce helped him with the whole grain pasta texture.  I personally like the whole grain better as it is not as mushy but to each his own.

Look how chunky and good this looks!

Over the holidays I had my daughter convinced that Mommy has a crystal ball and I lend it to Santa for a couple weeks so he can check to see if she is being nice or not.  She has not forgot about this and it has been so funny.

Today’s conversation (one of many since Christmas)

Rae:  Mommy, does everyone have a crystal ball
Me:  No sweetie only Mommies do
Rae:  (thinks for a minute) Do Daddy’s have crystal balls
Me:  No sweetie only Mommies have crystal balls
Me:  But I lend it to Daddy a lot so he can use it when I am gone out for things.
Rae:  When I become a Mom will I have a crystal ball
Me:  Of course you will.  I will give you mine when you are 18
Rae:  OK Mom then I can see if you are being bad!
Me:  That is right sweety but Mommies are allowed to be bad when they are old!!

She is killing me with the crystal ball thing.  I can use it to my advantage all the time.  I know it won’t last forever so I am using it while I can!!