Saturday Morning! I Love Saturday mornings! I can usually wake up when ever I want to and do what ever I want to! So this morning I got up and made coffee for Rick. The boys went down to Jennie and Larry's house to help Larry put new lights up in the shop. So after they left I went for a walk. I walked for 2 miles came home and got ready for my day! I love being able to go for walks in the morning while most of the people in my neighborhood is still in their houses and not making much noise. While I walked I listened to music.
Music just makes my day! Now it is time to vacuum my car out so I can go and sell it! Woot woot! Kind of excited!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
?!?!
So lately I have been thinking about the time when I lived in Raleigh, NC! I really enjoyed living there and the friends that I made. I have been thinking about why I had so much fun while I lived there and why I don't have as much fun anymore. I think that I figured out why I'm not as happy anymore! Also how I'm going to fix things.
1- I listened to music all of the time! - like all of the time I think that the only time that I didn't listen to music or have music in the back round is when I was sleeping. So now I need to listen to music again!
2- I didn't care what people thought of me. I was an out of town er and once I got to town I didn't care what people thought. I was comfortable with myself and just did whatever.
3- I played soccer and I was told that I was good at it my a group of Hispanic guys! Out of all of the people that were there I was the only girl that played and I was the only white person that played.
So I think that I want to start up some of these things again. I don't mean playing soccer with a bunch of Hispanic males, but I would like to play soccer again. I think that I will dance and listen to music more often.
I really don't know the purpose of this blog but I just feel that I need to write it down some were and let some people know!
I want to laugh, sing and enjoy life! I have been getting better but looking back at pictures of me in NC it made me think that I want to be that girl again. Not a care in the world how or what others thought of me. I enjoyed that life so much and was so happy. Now just to get that back. I think that I am going to stop typing now and look for a soccer team indoor or outdoor is my only thing that I feel that I need to worry about!.
Oh yeah I'm going to get rid of my car! I am going to sell it to a auto dealership and get my in laws Tahoe! I have always wanted a truck or an SUV so excited!
1- I listened to music all of the time! - like all of the time I think that the only time that I didn't listen to music or have music in the back round is when I was sleeping. So now I need to listen to music again!
2- I didn't care what people thought of me. I was an out of town er and once I got to town I didn't care what people thought. I was comfortable with myself and just did whatever.
3- I played soccer and I was told that I was good at it my a group of Hispanic guys! Out of all of the people that were there I was the only girl that played and I was the only white person that played.
So I think that I want to start up some of these things again. I don't mean playing soccer with a bunch of Hispanic males, but I would like to play soccer again. I think that I will dance and listen to music more often.
I really don't know the purpose of this blog but I just feel that I need to write it down some were and let some people know!
I want to laugh, sing and enjoy life! I have been getting better but looking back at pictures of me in NC it made me think that I want to be that girl again. Not a care in the world how or what others thought of me. I enjoyed that life so much and was so happy. Now just to get that back. I think that I am going to stop typing now and look for a soccer team indoor or outdoor is my only thing that I feel that I need to worry about!.
Oh yeah I'm going to get rid of my car! I am going to sell it to a auto dealership and get my in laws Tahoe! I have always wanted a truck or an SUV so excited!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Homemade Everything!
So I am trying to learn new thing and try new things out! This week I am trying homemade cleaning products and homemade anything really! I have been going to a blog that has a lot of money saving tips and well homemade products will save you money! The blog that I go to is thegrocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com man oh man I can't get away from it! I love this blog.
I will be posting some of the recipes that I have found and that I am currently using! I really hope that it is going to save me a bunch of money and time in the long run!
I also have been trying to organize myself with cleaning lists, meal menus and stuff like that so that when I go back to work I know what needs to be done each day and what we are going to eat. I hope that all of my planning and work now will pay out in the end!
Here are some of the recipes that I have found!
All purpose cleaner (409)
1 empty trigger spray bottle
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon borax
water
1/8 cup liquid dish soap
Pour vinegar and borax into the spray bottle, add 1 cup of water and swish around until borax has dissolved. Fill with water leaving enough room for the dish soap.
Window Cleaner (Windex)
1/4 cup ammonia
1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon liquid dish soap
6 3/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients together in a bucket and pour into a spray bottle. Store extra in a container for later.
Fabric Softener
6 cups water
3 cups vinegar
2 cups any hair conditioner
Put all ingredients into a gallon container and swish until mixed (if you shake it will just foam up). Add some to you washer when you need it or put into spray bottle and spray on to clothes before you put them into the dryer.
Teeth whitener
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cap full hydrogen peroxide
mix the two together and put on to tooth brush. Use as if you were using toothpaste but do not swallow at all. ( doesn't taste good so I would just use it on the fronts of my teeth and then brush with my regular toothpaste) Only use 1 a week to 1 a month.
For a lot of these you can get the ingredients at you local dollar store. If you would like more time saving/money saving tips just go to the website.
I will be posting some of the recipes that I have found and that I am currently using! I really hope that it is going to save me a bunch of money and time in the long run!
I also have been trying to organize myself with cleaning lists, meal menus and stuff like that so that when I go back to work I know what needs to be done each day and what we are going to eat. I hope that all of my planning and work now will pay out in the end!
Here are some of the recipes that I have found!
All purpose cleaner (409)
1 empty trigger spray bottle
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon borax
water
1/8 cup liquid dish soap
Pour vinegar and borax into the spray bottle, add 1 cup of water and swish around until borax has dissolved. Fill with water leaving enough room for the dish soap.
Window Cleaner (Windex)
1/4 cup ammonia
1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon liquid dish soap
6 3/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients together in a bucket and pour into a spray bottle. Store extra in a container for later.
Fabric Softener
6 cups water
3 cups vinegar
2 cups any hair conditioner
Put all ingredients into a gallon container and swish until mixed (if you shake it will just foam up). Add some to you washer when you need it or put into spray bottle and spray on to clothes before you put them into the dryer.
Teeth whitener
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cap full hydrogen peroxide
mix the two together and put on to tooth brush. Use as if you were using toothpaste but do not swallow at all. ( doesn't taste good so I would just use it on the fronts of my teeth and then brush with my regular toothpaste) Only use 1 a week to 1 a month.
For a lot of these you can get the ingredients at you local dollar store. If you would like more time saving/money saving tips just go to the website.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
More Pictures!
Week in Chelan and Banks Lake! This is only one of the many things that we did while in Chelan! Golf - We all really sucked in the begining but by the end we did pretty good!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Me trying to golf! I look like a dork!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Other than golf we went to the water park and then went jet skiing! Our time at Chelan was spent having fun! Our time at Banks Lake was spent relaxing! I know that we enjoyed our time away! Can't wait to do this trip again!
Pictures
Pictures Finally!
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Above is the last camp fire we had at Boneaparte in BC
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Week
Sunday again!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Life's Challenges
Life in general brings challenges!
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
1 year
Last year I was getting ready to walk down the isle to get married to my fab husband! I can not believe that we have been married a year ago.
We went on a trip last week and ended up saying that that is what we were going to do for our anniversary! I think that we will end up going out to dinner today and that is about it. Well we better because Rick ended up getting up at 2 am to go fishing at Baker Lake. He hopefully will bring home 3 sockeye. I know it is a weird way of bringing in a year of being married but he had a little laps in his memory and I told him that he could go! Hopefully he will be home soon.
I will have to update all later on what we have been doing in the last month or so and maybe even put up some pictures of our trips.
We went on a trip last week and ended up saying that that is what we were going to do for our anniversary! I think that we will end up going out to dinner today and that is about it. Well we better because Rick ended up getting up at 2 am to go fishing at Baker Lake. He hopefully will bring home 3 sockeye. I know it is a weird way of bringing in a year of being married but he had a little laps in his memory and I told him that he could go! Hopefully he will be home soon.
I will have to update all later on what we have been doing in the last month or so and maybe even put up some pictures of our trips.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Update!!!
So Ricky is off of night shift now. He was back to days for like a month or so but now he has been put on standby with Diamond B. He has been working on his new boat that we got on the 13th of this month. The boat is a 1990 Olympic with a 1989 88 special Evinrude outboard motor on it. When we got it the motor was having some problems... but my husband is very talented and somewhat of a mechanic so he has fixed our boat motor and added a few accessories to the boat itself.
Andrew is now out of school and enjoying his summer. He really enjoys to ride his bike and play outside when it is nice out.
I have been up to my normal stuff. I have been reading a bit more again and I really enjoy it. I get to spend some time with my hubby. Oh yeah and in the last month or so I had been going between home and a hospital in Seattle. That is a long story and I will write another post about that at a later date.
In the last couple of days or even weeks, we have been preparing for our yearly fishing trip to Bonaparte Lake in Canada. It takes about 7 hours to get there in the motor home. We are taking our new boat and can I tell you how excited Rick is about taking his new boat out. It is like WOW at how much he likes his boat. I have been trying to plan out meals for this trip and not pack too much food. Well as it goes I always pack too much food. As I have been doing this I have decided to marinate my meat portion of the meal and freeze it so that it cuts down on the prep time and let me enjoy my vacation a lot better.
The dinners that we are having on our trip:
Asian Flank Steak - oh so good that I am going to do this 2 nights.
Hamburgers
Hot dogs/Italian Sausage
Lasagna - tradition for the first night
Herb and garlic Chicken
Pork chops
Steak
Foil Dinner
Fish - the one meal that Rick does because he likes his fish a certain way.
All of these should be really good dinners that I can do on the BBQ or in a fire and don't have to heat anything up in the motor home. We now have a camp stove and a BBQ so I can do a complete dinner out side and this I am so excited about. We have our large propane tank that has a post attachment that has 2 ports for hoses so you can have your camp stove and BBQ going at the same time and on the top of the post you can put your lantern. I am so excited about the set up and being able to see what I am cooking when I am cooking at night.
Any ways that is what we have been up to and what we are going to be doing for the next little while. When we get back I will try to put up some pictures of our set up, our boat and our trip, Oh yeah and hopefully some Fish.
Andrew is now out of school and enjoying his summer. He really enjoys to ride his bike and play outside when it is nice out.
I have been up to my normal stuff. I have been reading a bit more again and I really enjoy it. I get to spend some time with my hubby. Oh yeah and in the last month or so I had been going between home and a hospital in Seattle. That is a long story and I will write another post about that at a later date.
In the last couple of days or even weeks, we have been preparing for our yearly fishing trip to Bonaparte Lake in Canada. It takes about 7 hours to get there in the motor home. We are taking our new boat and can I tell you how excited Rick is about taking his new boat out. It is like WOW at how much he likes his boat. I have been trying to plan out meals for this trip and not pack too much food. Well as it goes I always pack too much food. As I have been doing this I have decided to marinate my meat portion of the meal and freeze it so that it cuts down on the prep time and let me enjoy my vacation a lot better.
The dinners that we are having on our trip:
Asian Flank Steak - oh so good that I am going to do this 2 nights.
Hamburgers
Hot dogs/Italian Sausage
Lasagna - tradition for the first night
Herb and garlic Chicken
Pork chops
Steak
Foil Dinner
Fish - the one meal that Rick does because he likes his fish a certain way.
All of these should be really good dinners that I can do on the BBQ or in a fire and don't have to heat anything up in the motor home. We now have a camp stove and a BBQ so I can do a complete dinner out side and this I am so excited about. We have our large propane tank that has a post attachment that has 2 ports for hoses so you can have your camp stove and BBQ going at the same time and on the top of the post you can put your lantern. I am so excited about the set up and being able to see what I am cooking when I am cooking at night.
Any ways that is what we have been up to and what we are going to be doing for the next little while. When we get back I will try to put up some pictures of our set up, our boat and our trip, Oh yeah and hopefully some Fish.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Interests/hobbies
So lately I have been trying to figure out what I want to do with my time at home. A lot of my time at home is spent watching TV and cooking! I want to find something to keep me away from the TV and away from the kitchen! Yesterday I went online to check out different hobbies/interest I still don't know what I want to do, there are just so many things that I enjoy doing.
As I have been thinking about this I feel as if I need to get a daily schedule going! Have a time for working out, craft time, cooking/baking time etc. I feel as if I am waisting my life away with TV and food. When I should be enjoying my life and having fun.
Crafts that I think that I could do in my time:
-reading
-singing
-cooking
-scrap booking
-running/jogging
-horse riding
-belly dancing
-soccer
-yoga
-photography
-food decorating
-gardening
-quilting
-woodcarving
-baby crafts
and something to do with vintage stuff.
I was looking at a web site last night and it was - ilovecraftscraftblogs.lindawalshoriginals.net
there were many different types of crafts that one could be interested in. I want to find something to do in the next two weeks so that when Rick is back on Days I can have something to do during the days when Andrew is at school and he is at work or busy with the business. I think that if I find something that I really enjoy doing I will be happier. So if you have any ideas for me please let me know.
Have you thought about what your hobbies/interests are?
As I have been thinking about this I feel as if I need to get a daily schedule going! Have a time for working out, craft time, cooking/baking time etc. I feel as if I am waisting my life away with TV and food. When I should be enjoying my life and having fun.
Crafts that I think that I could do in my time:
-reading
-singing
-cooking
-scrap booking
-running/jogging
-horse riding
-belly dancing
-soccer
-yoga
-photography
-food decorating
-gardening
-quilting
-woodcarving
-baby crafts
and something to do with vintage stuff.
I was looking at a web site last night and it was - ilovecraftscraftblogs.lindawalshoriginals.net
there were many different types of crafts that one could be interested in. I want to find something to do in the next two weeks so that when Rick is back on Days I can have something to do during the days when Andrew is at school and he is at work or busy with the business. I think that if I find something that I really enjoy doing I will be happier. So if you have any ideas for me please let me know.
Have you thought about what your hobbies/interests are?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Hard Time and New Dress
This week has been hard! I don't get how it could have gotten any worse then last week but it seem to have gotten worse! This week I felt so alone. I guess that that part is because Andrew has been down at Grandma and Grandpa's house since Monday night. So the house has been quiet and maybe a little too quiet for my liking. Rick has been so tired lately that it is just dinner for him and then bed, he wakes up and has to run out the door to make it to work in time. We still have 20 days of this. I can tell you that I hate it. I think that this time it is harder then 2 years ago when we both were working out there. I was on days and he was on nights. I think that I saw him more than I see him now. Back then I got to see him in the morning (he would wake me up) and then I would bring him the paper before he started. This is right after we got engaged. I took him dinner almost every night. I don't think that I got home until like 9 every night and went straight to bed. That time was harder I really don't know why but it was.
This week I have been crying every day and I even think every night. It is just hard to see Rick and not be able to really spend any time with him or even really talk to him. I have to keep my crying to myself so I don't make him feel bad. He is working long hard hours for me. The least that I can do is do that for him.
Tonight Andrew is back and he is just getting over a really bad cold so it was cold medicine and vicks with a warm wash cloth on his chest before bed. Bed time is early tonight because he wants to see daddy in the morning and that's an early morning! When we got home from Grandmas and Grandpa's place he got to do his Easter egg hunt. He was so excited to be able to do it. On Sunday when he came home from his moms place I didn't get a call telling me that they were on the way or else it would have been done then.
I am really hoping that this next week goes better for me. I actually have a project to work on now. I am sewing a dress for myself. It is going to be somewhat difficult. I already am having a time with the bodice. I just think that I make things complicated. So we will see if I get it done by the time Rick is done night shift. Oh yeah this dress material is an old sheet! I am so excited to see how it turns out. This dress will have cost me like $10 by the time I'm done.
This week I have been crying every day and I even think every night. It is just hard to see Rick and not be able to really spend any time with him or even really talk to him. I have to keep my crying to myself so I don't make him feel bad. He is working long hard hours for me. The least that I can do is do that for him.
Tonight Andrew is back and he is just getting over a really bad cold so it was cold medicine and vicks with a warm wash cloth on his chest before bed. Bed time is early tonight because he wants to see daddy in the morning and that's an early morning! When we got home from Grandmas and Grandpa's place he got to do his Easter egg hunt. He was so excited to be able to do it. On Sunday when he came home from his moms place I didn't get a call telling me that they were on the way or else it would have been done then.
I am really hoping that this next week goes better for me. I actually have a project to work on now. I am sewing a dress for myself. It is going to be somewhat difficult. I already am having a time with the bodice. I just think that I make things complicated. So we will see if I get it done by the time Rick is done night shift. Oh yeah this dress material is an old sheet! I am so excited to see how it turns out. This dress will have cost me like $10 by the time I'm done.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Birthday Goals
So I really don't have much to blog about today! I turned 24 yesterday! I got to have a day of relaxing and grocery shopping! I got to make Lindsay's Pork chops! I have pork chops every year for my birthday! I don't really know why but I just know it as my birthday tradition!
Goals for the next year is just to live a healthier life! I really want to eat better! If anyone has any tips for me please let me know! I don't know how to control it. I know that I'm addicted to food. How do you change from being addicted to something? I don't really have a problem with sugar or sweets my main problem is bread, pasta, crackers and anything along those lines. I hate myself for it I think that the only way that I can control it is just to go cold turkey with it and then add it in little at a time but whole wheat. I don't know how else to do it.
So I will do this and I am hoping that by my next birthday I will have lost weight and a healthier me.
I could use some help with healthy recipes and tips to keep me on track. I will keep all updated with my goals for the next year.
Goals for the next year is just to live a healthier life! I really want to eat better! If anyone has any tips for me please let me know! I don't know how to control it. I know that I'm addicted to food. How do you change from being addicted to something? I don't really have a problem with sugar or sweets my main problem is bread, pasta, crackers and anything along those lines. I hate myself for it I think that the only way that I can control it is just to go cold turkey with it and then add it in little at a time but whole wheat. I don't know how else to do it.
So I will do this and I am hoping that by my next birthday I will have lost weight and a healthier me.
I could use some help with healthy recipes and tips to keep me on track. I will keep all updated with my goals for the next year.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter
So today is Easter! I have been spending my day trying to be quiet and putting Easter stuff together for my family. We don't have Andrew today he is at his moms house. It kind of has made me sad! I had to dye Easter eggs all by myself! I think I did an okay job but Andrew is going to be sad that he didn't get to do it with me. I have an Easter egg hunt all planned for tonight when he gets home. 62 plastic eggs, 17 dyed eggs and 1 Easter basket! I just hope that I remember to take pictures.
Next weekend we are doing Easter again at Ricky's parents house. Andrew and Ben are going on another Easter egg hunt. That will be Andrews 3rd Easter egg hunt. I made a ham and sweet potatoes last night so that Ricky could have Easter dinner this morning. Rick said that it was really good.
I will try and post some pictures this next week I don't know how it will go but I will try
Next weekend we are doing Easter again at Ricky's parents house. Andrew and Ben are going on another Easter egg hunt. That will be Andrews 3rd Easter egg hunt. I made a ham and sweet potatoes last night so that Ricky could have Easter dinner this morning. Rick said that it was really good.
I will try and post some pictures this next week I don't know how it will go but I will try
Friday, April 22, 2011
Nights and Weekends
So this last week Rick has change d to night shift at work. That means a total change of schedule not just with him but with Andrew and me. Rick goes to work at like 3 pm and gets home around 7 am! That is a lot of hours away from the house! I think that it was after 3 days of work he had 42 hours in for the week and I don't think that that includes the 1 hour drive each way. We are all so tired. We all miss each other so much! This morning when Rick got home from work he gave me his check to put into the bank and said here is your payment for not seeing me! It is so hard on us! I love that he is doing this for our family so we can do many things later in life.
Nights - from 3 pm on it is Andrew and I at home! We either play games or go on a walk. Eat dinner then it is pretty much time for bed. At bed time we read a book so it is our down time together. After I put Andrew to bed I make dinner for Ricky and us for the next night so that Rick can have dinner when he gets home and lunch for his next night shift. I tend to go to bed after 11pm every night. I wake up so many times during the night. Insomnia sucks. I get 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night! I am out of bed by 6am at the latest. I start getting Ricks dinner together and clean up dishes, start laundry things that I used to do during the day when I was alone at home during the day. Rick calls me around 6:30 every morning to tell me he is about 15 minutes away. Rick gets home eats Andrew wakes up for the day and we all sit around and just try and relax for a little. Rick goes to bed 7:30 ish. At 8:30 ish it is time to get going to school. I drop Andrew off at school before 9 and run errands if I have any then go home and i have to be quiet so that Rick can sleep. At about 2 I get ricks lunch together and wake him up around 2:30 and our days start over. CRAZY!
This weekend is a little different because Andrew went to his moms house for the weekend. It is way too quiet around our house. I miss Andrew. It was so cute to see him before he went with his mom he didn't want to go he wanted to stay with me so he could see daddy. It is so hard not to cry in front of him about not seeing dad. So far I have not cried in front of Andrew or Rick. I cry when I'm in my car and no one else is around. Life feels so messed up right now. Also this weekend I have to do Easter. I'm going into town tomorrow while Rick is sleeping. I really don't know what to do for Easter. I think that Sunday I will be dying eggs. This will be so interesting.
We will see how it goes.
Love you Husband. - Wife
Nights - from 3 pm on it is Andrew and I at home! We either play games or go on a walk. Eat dinner then it is pretty much time for bed. At bed time we read a book so it is our down time together. After I put Andrew to bed I make dinner for Ricky and us for the next night so that Rick can have dinner when he gets home and lunch for his next night shift. I tend to go to bed after 11pm every night. I wake up so many times during the night. Insomnia sucks. I get 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night! I am out of bed by 6am at the latest. I start getting Ricks dinner together and clean up dishes, start laundry things that I used to do during the day when I was alone at home during the day. Rick calls me around 6:30 every morning to tell me he is about 15 minutes away. Rick gets home eats Andrew wakes up for the day and we all sit around and just try and relax for a little. Rick goes to bed 7:30 ish. At 8:30 ish it is time to get going to school. I drop Andrew off at school before 9 and run errands if I have any then go home and i have to be quiet so that Rick can sleep. At about 2 I get ricks lunch together and wake him up around 2:30 and our days start over. CRAZY!
This weekend is a little different because Andrew went to his moms house for the weekend. It is way too quiet around our house. I miss Andrew. It was so cute to see him before he went with his mom he didn't want to go he wanted to stay with me so he could see daddy. It is so hard not to cry in front of him about not seeing dad. So far I have not cried in front of Andrew or Rick. I cry when I'm in my car and no one else is around. Life feels so messed up right now. Also this weekend I have to do Easter. I'm going into town tomorrow while Rick is sleeping. I really don't know what to do for Easter. I think that Sunday I will be dying eggs. This will be so interesting.
We will see how it goes.
Love you Husband. - Wife
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Healthy Lifestyle
For the last 4 and a half months I have been trying to workout and eat health. I have been measuring myself because I am not just doing cardio. I am doing some weight lifting and muscles weight more than fat so the scale has not gone down any yet but I am losing inches.
Even with measuring it still gets discouraging. As of late I have been so discouraged that I don't feel like I should go on. So about a month ago I went to the doctors to see what would help! While there we talked about my health in general. We found out that I am depressed and that I am overweight. Both of these things go hand in hand for me. When I get depressed I eat. I have been this way for a long time. I have to try and break the habit. So to help with the depression the doctor has gotten me on an antidepressant. The anti depression medician that I am on is also supposed to help with weight loss - hunger - as well as the depression
During this last month I have been trying to watch what I eat and how much I eat. I do really good at breakfast and dinner time but between those time when no one is home i feel like eating all the time. So what do I do I fill myself up on carbs. So even thought I am doing cardio and weight lifting I am not doing my body any good. I have a carb addiction. I am going to try and deal with this in the next month and try to eat good carbs and not bad carbs.
Today is going to be a new start for me. I am going to go on a walk or jog everyday no matter what. This will most likely happen after I take Andrew to school and before I get settled down for the day. I take the dog with me so that I will push myself to get the dog some exercise as well. I am going to write down what exercise I do each day and what I eat each day. This way I can keep track on when I have a bad day and when I have a good day. I am also going to write down how I felt about what I did each day. I think that this will help me keep on track.
Even with measuring it still gets discouraging. As of late I have been so discouraged that I don't feel like I should go on. So about a month ago I went to the doctors to see what would help! While there we talked about my health in general. We found out that I am depressed and that I am overweight. Both of these things go hand in hand for me. When I get depressed I eat. I have been this way for a long time. I have to try and break the habit. So to help with the depression the doctor has gotten me on an antidepressant. The anti depression medician that I am on is also supposed to help with weight loss - hunger - as well as the depression
During this last month I have been trying to watch what I eat and how much I eat. I do really good at breakfast and dinner time but between those time when no one is home i feel like eating all the time. So what do I do I fill myself up on carbs. So even thought I am doing cardio and weight lifting I am not doing my body any good. I have a carb addiction. I am going to try and deal with this in the next month and try to eat good carbs and not bad carbs.
Today is going to be a new start for me. I am going to go on a walk or jog everyday no matter what. This will most likely happen after I take Andrew to school and before I get settled down for the day. I take the dog with me so that I will push myself to get the dog some exercise as well. I am going to write down what exercise I do each day and what I eat each day. This way I can keep track on when I have a bad day and when I have a good day. I am also going to write down how I felt about what I did each day. I think that this will help me keep on track.
Meal Planning
So lately I have been trying to do some meal planning. I try to plan the whole week on Sundays so that on Monday when I go to the store I can get everything that I need for the whole week.
Meals for this week:
Monday - Sweet and sour Chicken
Tuesday - Flank Steak
Wednesday - Crock Pot Chicken
Thursday - London Broil
Friday - Stuffing Stuffed Chicken
Saturday - Sassy Chicken
Sunday - Ham and Potatoes for Easter.
Items that I need to get for the week (including items for lunch and breakfast)
Food Pavilion or Safeway
carrots
broccoli
cauliflower
sweet potatoes
red and green peppers
red onion
limes
lemons
zucchini
shallot
red wine vinegar
ham
london broil
flank steak - or carne asada
chicken - whole
rice-a-roni
stuffing
Italian dressing packets
cream of mushroom soup
oats - Ricky breakfast
jam
raisins
cereal - Andrew breakfast
eggs
milk
When I am looking up dinner ideas and before i go shopping I try and look for any coupons that will help with making my shopping cheaper. I also try to plan my dinners around coupons. I go to the Safeway and food pavilion websites to see who has the cheapest items for the week.
Meal planning is also a way for me and my family to try to eat healthier. I try to make everything homemade. If I can't make it myself I try to figure out how to do it. I am trying not to eat preservatives. I don't think that they are good for us. I have been trying to make whole wheat bread but I have been having some difficulties. I also want to make pita bread.
I will have to share some of the recipies for this week later.
Meals for this week:
Monday - Sweet and sour Chicken
Tuesday - Flank Steak
Wednesday - Crock Pot Chicken
Thursday - London Broil
Friday - Stuffing Stuffed Chicken
Saturday - Sassy Chicken
Sunday - Ham and Potatoes for Easter.
Items that I need to get for the week (including items for lunch and breakfast)
Food Pavilion or Safeway
carrots
broccoli
cauliflower
sweet potatoes
red and green peppers
red onion
limes
lemons
zucchini
shallot
red wine vinegar
ham
london broil
flank steak - or carne asada
chicken - whole
rice-a-roni
stuffing
Italian dressing packets
cream of mushroom soup
oats - Ricky breakfast
jam
raisins
cereal - Andrew breakfast
eggs
milk
When I am looking up dinner ideas and before i go shopping I try and look for any coupons that will help with making my shopping cheaper. I also try to plan my dinners around coupons. I go to the Safeway and food pavilion websites to see who has the cheapest items for the week.
Meal planning is also a way for me and my family to try to eat healthier. I try to make everything homemade. If I can't make it myself I try to figure out how to do it. I am trying not to eat preservatives. I don't think that they are good for us. I have been trying to make whole wheat bread but I have been having some difficulties. I also want to make pita bread.
I will have to share some of the recipies for this week later.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
SNOW in April!!
This morning when I woke up to get Rick out the door it was cold! There was light rain if any at 4:45 am! Well I went back to bed and when I woke up at 7:30 am to get ready for the day and get Andrew to school I looked out the window and was like what the heak it is SNOWING! Yes snow in April. I finished getting Andrews lunch together and showered and then I woke Andrew up - he was not too happy about being woken up. I told him that it was snowing and he just rolled over. It is kind of exciting to get snow in April but I hope that it is the last snow fall this spring. I am ready for Sunny days! I read my sisters blog this morning and she has some really nice weather and some heat. I wish that I has some sun and some heat. I would be more than willing to share this cold weather for some warmer weather. But I can't complain because it is no longer 32 deg. out side it now is 41 deg. and rising. and only 2 hours and 10 deg. warmer. Hopefully the sun will come out today! it looks like it wants to. On other notes today 3 years ago my opa Toni died. He died of lung cancer and donated his body to science. We have his ashes back and he is sitting in a closet at my parents place. I miss my opa a lot. I wish that I knew more about him and his life. Love ya Opa. I have been reading my Edna book. There are a lot of things in that book that are intersting. Some of the dates are wrong... Oh yeah and Chad you were never born! I think that grandma was just too happy to be writing a book to have anyone in the family read it before she got it published. She and grandpa lived in so many different houses, it would have been nice to see pictures of all the houses. If you want to learn more about grandma and grandpas life go ahead and read it, You just may find it instresting. Well I'm going to be heading out to the hospital to see Jamie and Emily. They had there little boy yesterday morning at like 3 am. There little boy is 8 lbs 1 inch 21 inches long and his name is Joshua Lee Elsbree. Very cute cant wait to meet him.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Great Aunt Leoni!
Today I got up at 4:30am got my wonderful husband up and out the door for work by 5:15am. On a typical day I will fall back asleep until like 7:30am or so! Well not today! Today I stayed up and got lunch together for Andrew and I, got the dogs ready for the day. I woke Andrew up a couple minutes before 7am and we were out the door by 7:05am. I dropped him off at Grandma and Grandpa Brooks house at 7:25am and was at my parents house by 8:10am. Then we got into the Hummer and headed to Seattle!
No we did not go to Seattle to play we went to Seattle to drop them off at the airport. They are headed to the Netherlands as we speak. They will get there at like 8am thursday and it is only a 10 hr flight! I don't think that I would enjoy feeling like I am traveling for 24 hrs. Oh and being awake that long UGH...
They are headed to the Netherland / Holland to go and see my great aunt Leoni. It is kind of an emergency trip. Leoni has been sick for about 4 years I think... She has Lung Cancer. She was diagnosed at about the same time as my Grandfather - her brother. She is in the hospital over there waiting to see my parents and then after that she wants to die. She has beat cancer 3 times I guess that the 4th time just gets you bad. I don't think that this will be a particular fun trip for my parents.
So now after 5 hours of driving I'm back at my parents house and just need a little time to stand up and walk around.
Aunt Leoni you will be missed dearly. I love you and it was great getting to know you.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Changes Coming
So as you all know that life for me has been a little stressful lately! Things may be getting better or worse depends on how you look at it... Rick this week was offered a position on nights during the turnaround this year. Not only will he be on nights he will be the big wig for laborers meaning that he will be working crazy hours. I don't know how I'm taking it yet! I think that it will take me some time to get used to.
Other than that I am a stay at home step mom right now. Ricky and I are thinking about me not going back to work. I don't know how I feel about this either. That it interesting. I don't sleep much because I'm afraid that I'm going to miss one of the alarms or something else is going to happen.
I have been trying to work out 3 times a week! Andrew goes to work out with me. We end up going to the Everson Firehall and doing our workouts there. Jennie, Ricks mom, goes and works out with us. We enjoy our work outs. I think that I need to bump up the intensity tho. It really feels good to be working out again.
If anyone has any pointers on how to lose belly fat please let me know! I am eating healthier now and trying to lose some of the weight that I have put on in the last couple of years. I am doing ok. I just want it gone now... and I know that that will not happen.
So on with the trek of losing weight and eating healthier. It is difficult especially when I am not really looking forward to Ricky being on nights. I know that I'm going to have to find myself some hobbies that can keep me occupied while he is sleeping during the days. I'll have to keep you updated on that one.
Other than that I am a stay at home step mom right now. Ricky and I are thinking about me not going back to work. I don't know how I feel about this either. That it interesting. I don't sleep much because I'm afraid that I'm going to miss one of the alarms or something else is going to happen.
I have been trying to work out 3 times a week! Andrew goes to work out with me. We end up going to the Everson Firehall and doing our workouts there. Jennie, Ricks mom, goes and works out with us. We enjoy our work outs. I think that I need to bump up the intensity tho. It really feels good to be working out again.
If anyone has any pointers on how to lose belly fat please let me know! I am eating healthier now and trying to lose some of the weight that I have put on in the last couple of years. I am doing ok. I just want it gone now... and I know that that will not happen.
So on with the trek of losing weight and eating healthier. It is difficult especially when I am not really looking forward to Ricky being on nights. I know that I'm going to have to find myself some hobbies that can keep me occupied while he is sleeping during the days. I'll have to keep you updated on that one.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Curve Ball
Sometimes in my life I feel like curve balls are thrown in my direction left and right! There are so many things that make life difficult. Lately in my life I just don't know what to do! A lot of the time I just run through the motions of doing things until i get frustrated with the way I'm living. I know that it is bad habit. But how do you break a bad habit.
I have a few goals to get myself out of this self destruction this year.
Goal one is to lose weight! I am exercising 3 days a week and eating better! So far I think that I have lost 10 lbs! I really don't know because every time I weigh myself I do it on a different scale. I feel better about myself when I do work out. I actually get the urge to go out for runs! - thats a first.
Goal two! Try to be a happier person and don't forget what I have. There is a lot behind this one! I am one to tend to forget what I have. I am so set in my ways of being independent that I feel like I can not depend on anyone else. I don't know how to get out of that and that is what I really need to work on I guess. I take my husband and step son for granted a lot. that is all I can say about that one for now.
Goal Three. Stop being a jealous person. I am jealous of almost everyone and any relationship. I feel that everything that I touch destructs because of me and my jealousy. I don't know how to change it. I hate hurting because I hurt others!
Sorry for these sad downer goals but they are what I need to work on.
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