24.11.09 / For Your Info, Meme / Author: Anna / Comments: (0)
Tags: disability appeal, Google images, Luna Nina, shopping cart
Good day everyone. What a crazy week. I have been out quite a bit, but more on that later on!
Now it is time for my to get the juices flowing and there is no better way to get it going than by doing a meme from Luna Nina’s website. She puts a new one out every week.
Enjoy and until next time….
Week 356
I say … and you think … ?
- Marathon :: lots of running
- Debt :: too much of it, but working to get out of it
- Turn :: by turn instructions
- Image :: Google
- Sofa :: need to get mine fixed. There is a small hole in it.
- Envelope :: send me money in mine
- Cart :: shopping, virtual or real life
- Process :: going through the disability appeal process
- Question :: you ask to find out the answers
- Rumor :: oh, don’t you just hate those!!!
Hope you have fun with this. I know I always do. Be blessed and be a blessing!
14.11.09 / Family / Author: Anna / Comments: (0)
Tags: christmas shopping, gifts for teenagers, kids gifts, samsung hdtv
Christmas is only 41 days away from today. I can’t believe how fast it has come this year. It seems like just last week, we were in Florida celebrating Christmas. Guess that is what happens when you get older, time goes by way too fast!
I have been thinking of what to get my kids this year for Christmas. Of course they have their own list of things that they want. From cell phones, to iPods, to new Samsung HDTV’s. You name it, they want it. And of course, the older kids get, the more expensive the gifts get. But, fortunate for me, my kids only get 3 gifts at Christmas. I’ll explain why later.
My 2 year old is getting a Barbie Jeep. I found a great deal on it at a Consignment sale that I went to a couple of months back. I paid $50 for it and it looks brand new. I was thinking of getting her a Mr & Mrs Potato Head and a new bed.
My 13 year old daughter wants a horse. Of course, that isn’t going to happen. She wants a camera, which, she may get that. She will be getting a lot of clothes. She may get a new CD player.
My 15 year old son will be the most difficult to shop for. He wants a cell phone, a guitar, an amp, and so on. I am looking for good deals on guitars. That may be what he gets along with some lessons.
I think that we have lost the reason behind Christmas and it has gotten too commercialized. I enjoy spending the time with the kids and seeing the joy on their faces on Christmas morning. But what I want my kids to learn more than anything is that it is better to receive than to give.
14.11.09 / Family / Author: Anna / Comments: (0)
Tags: H1N1, philadelphia job, stomach bug
My children and I have just recently gotten over a stomach bug that attacked so suddenly that it left us all scratching our heads and wondering where it all came from. (and no, it wasn’t the H1N1)
It all started on Tuesday evening around 9pm. I put my 2 year old daughter to bed and was getting ready to relax and enjoy the evening. Then I heard her call out to me, “Mommy, I need to use the potty”. She is being potty trained and so anytime she tells me she has to go, I drop everything and go and take her to the potty.
I went in and got her. She used the potty and as I was taking her back to bed, without any warning at all, she throws up all over me, herself, the floor, and the couch!!!
By the time I got that her, myself, the floor, and the couch all cleaned up, she was puking again! I figured it out then, that it was going to be a long night. And it was.
My poor baby girl threw up everything she had in her and then proceeded to dry heave the rest of the night. I would have to leave the light on until she feel asleep and then I would turn it off hoping to catch a few minutes of sleep myself. That was wishful thinking.
Every time that I was about to fall asleep, she would move which would trigger her throwing up. I ended up with 3 loads of laundry from that night. We both had to change clothes about 3 times as well as blankets and sheets!
By Wednesday morning, she was back to her old self again. But we were both wore out.
So life continued as normal until Friday morning! And it started all over again, except this time, it was me that had the stomach bug. I felt horrible!
Then I get a call from my son at school telling me that he is throwing up and is sick and I need to come pick him up. I thought to myself, you have got to be kidding me!!! I didn’t want to move from the couch much less drive to the school and pick my son up.
But I did it! I wasn’t sure if I would make it or not, but I did. So now, my son and I are both home sick. by the time we got back home, it was nap time. Oh, blessed nap time. I was looking forward to this time so much.
I did get to take a nap with my daughter until I got woken up by my 13 year old daughter coming in from school telling me that she had just thrown up on the bus and she was sick.
ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! I couldn’t believe it. I felt like total crap and here my other 2 children are sick and I have a 2 year old that I have to take care of. Are moms not allowed to be sick?
What was even harder is that my husband wasn’t here to help me, he had a Philadelphia job to do and so I was all alone!
I had counted on my older kids to help me with the 2 year old so I could rest and get better, but that plan quickly flew out the window when they both came home sick.
Needless, to say, I did survive. I feel 100% better now and all of my kids are back to their usual selves!
The one blessing with the stomach bug was that it was a very quick one and we all got it at once, so we got it out of the way! But I thank God that we are done with it!
14.11.09 / Meme / Author: Anna / Comments: (0)
Tags: acne treatment, blog, Luna Nina, Meme, stomach virus
Howdy everyone! Sorry it has been a while since my last post, but I have been sick and my children have been sick. Nothing too serious. I am sure I will blog about it later. But for now, to get my creative juices flowing, I am going to do a meme. Now, you can always go over to Luna Nina’s site to get a new meme every week. I have never known her to miss a week, so even when I miss one, you can always check out the meme over there.
Anyway, here is the meme for this week.
Week 354
I say … and you think … ?
- Alarm :: clock ( I don’t like alarm clocks)
- Guest :: coming over
- Worm :: fishing
- Puppies :: cute but messy
- Honor :: roll. What my kids USED to be on.
- No! :: What part of NO do you not understand!
- Stomach :: virus, ugh
- Counter :: on the counter, there is acne treatment
- Waffles :: yummy. Especially homemade ones
- Plates :: to put the waffles on
There you have it. My mind is a little weird this morning, but I am sure I will be back to normal soon, whatever that may be!!!
03.11.09 / Health / Author: Anna / Comments: (0)
Tags: , exercise for holidays, kettlebells, loose weight during holidays
Lately, I have been blogging on some quick and easy ideas to help keep those extra, unwanted pounds off during the holidays that always seem to creep up on us when we aren’t paying attention.
You can find the first 2 suggestions at my early posts marked Holiday Dining and Holiday Dining 2.
Today I am going to briefly speak on something that none of us want to hear much less do. That is exercise.
Now I am not going to beat anyone over their head about sweating it out and killing yourself with exercise. But I will tell you that a little bit goes a long way.
The best time to exercise is in the morning. Do about 30 minutes, three times a week. It doesn’t really matter what you do. Whether it is aerobics, walking, running, using Kettlebells, strength training. or even playing on a Wii Fit! As long as you are doing something. That is the most important thing here.
Yes, it sucks, I know. But just doing a little will make such a huge difference, then you won’t have the feelings of guilt or feelings of having to get the weight off after the holidays.
Good luck!