Today, our daycare is closed, so I stayed home with Lilly. After the past few weeks, a day off is just what I have needed! Things have been busy, no surprise there, but the past few days have been really crazy. Saturday, we had dance, and I had to get things organized after dance, so I was at work for 3 hours on Saturday. Our dance group is for children of all ability levels, so we have kids with very mild physical or cognitive disabilities all the way to children with severe impairments. I coordinate the program each year, and as it has grown, I have gotten by with less and less help, which is great that it can be run efficiently, but it can overwhelm me at times. So, practice was a bit crazy, and I was all flustered and over stimulated. But then, I thought about the performance, and how that is such a wonderful experience. It makes all of this work and craziness so worthwhile. If any of you can make it to the performance it will be on May 17 (Sunday) in Sauk Rapids. It is just the cutest thing in the world!
Then, yesterday, I worked until almost 1:00 at SPOT (I generally come home around noon and work from home), then had a meeting at the boys' school at 2:00, a Dr. appt in Monticello at 4:30, and Cameron had First Reconciliation at 7:00. Plus I had to make supper in there! Believe me, I had quite a bit to confess just for being such a grouch that afternoon :-).
I have been trying diligently to break my addiction to sugar, and was doing pretty well until today, when out of sheer boredom, I broke into a box of Girl Scout cookies. Shame, shame on me! I tell ya, if I didn't have a job that kept me running all day long, I think I would be one of those overweight people that they do a reality show on. I am planning to bike again this year in the Tour of Saints in July, and would like to get in shape to run a 5k, although I don't know if that will happen or not. But, the first order of business is to break this addiction I have going. I have done it successfully in the past, but it was a long 5-6 days to get there! Once I was over the hump, though, I found that I didn't ever crave sugar (chocolate, candy, ice cream, all that good stuff), nor did I want to eat those types of foods. Hopefully, my trip off the wagon won't set me too far back, I had done really well for the past three days.
I am hoping that the rain stops soon, especially for the people in the area of the Red River. Ed's uncle and aunt live near Grand Forks, and so I am hoping that they are ready for it. They don't live right near the river, but there is a tributary that runs near their property. In 1997, their barn and much of their land was flooded, but their house was OK. So, we are watching it and hoping for the best.
Hope to see the sun soon...gotta love March in MN!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Feeling Better
Wow, I was really miserable on Thursday night! It's amazing how getting my house clean and my paperwork under control can make a girl feel soooo much better! It has been a really busy last couple of weeks between work, activities, meetings, etc. It is one of those times where there seems to be just too many things going on, and I'm having a hard time keeping up with all of it. I get really unhappy when that happens (in case you haven't noticed...)
Things are going well around here, we are all awaiting better weather, and they are saying we will get it this weekend (50's and possibly 60's by Monday). I love this time of year, when the snow starts melting and we have those first, few, warm days. Those days feel like heaven, after being cooped up in the subzero weather for the past 3 months. It is like everything is fresh and new again. I am going to try to get out and walk every evening now that the weather is nice. I have packed on a few pounds over the winter (I really don't need to pack on any extra pounds...in fact I could stand to lose a few pounds!!). So, hopefully, with the weather warming up, I can get outside and burn it off before summer.
Ed has been busy with taxes, which is great for him, but it really leaves me in the driver's seat for everything else (house, kids, etc). That is also, probably, another reason why I feel like I am having a hard time keeping up. The extra income is nice, and it is needed for us, but oh, I will sure be glad when it is over!
The kids are doing well, Alex and Cameron are doing fine in school. Lilly is doing well, although she has lots of new and fun behaviors that are very annoying. She will dissolve into tears if I put her clothing on "too fast", if I tuck her in "too fast", or if I put her boots on "too fast". Last night, she was trying to put her PJ's on, and she was convinced they were upside-down because she was putting her head in the bottom of the shirt. It made perfect sense to her, but I could not convince her otherwise.
Alex has to bring pictures of each family member to school for a project, and boy, it was really tough to find actual pictures of everyone. Now that all of our pictures are on the computer, we really don't develop any of our pictures. And, of course, there are NO pictures of me, because I am always the one behind the camera. After much searching, I finally found a picture, taken in 2003, of me with Alex and Cam at the Wiggles concert. Now, that didn't seem like so long ago, but boy, I guess it was. I looked so much younger, and Alex and Cameron were practically babies! I wasn't even pregnant with Lilly yet. When I look back on the years when Alex and Cam were little, I remember how busy it was (they are 19 mos apart), how overwhelming it was, at times (Alex was a very challenging little guy), and I always say "I would NEVER do that again!". But, now, that those days are over, I can see there were plenty of happy days, and I wish I could plop those boys in my arms, sit one on each leg, and enjoy a Wiggles concert. I guess that is life, though...so I'd better get used to looking back at the good ol' days.
We are starting our adaptive dance program today, so I'd better get ready. I am excited to be starting dance again, it is such a wonderful experience for the dancers and their families. Lilly will be dancing again with everyone else, which I love. We don't have a lot of time in the evenings, so I am holding off on putting her into dance until she wants to go. But this is a nice opportunity for us, because I can have my daughter come with me every week and be involved. Then, it doesn't feel like work to me! And, I think it is great to involve my kids with the kids that have special needs so they can develop a healthy outlook on that population.
Anyway, I need to dash out of here ASAP...Better go!
Things are going well around here, we are all awaiting better weather, and they are saying we will get it this weekend (50's and possibly 60's by Monday). I love this time of year, when the snow starts melting and we have those first, few, warm days. Those days feel like heaven, after being cooped up in the subzero weather for the past 3 months. It is like everything is fresh and new again. I am going to try to get out and walk every evening now that the weather is nice. I have packed on a few pounds over the winter (I really don't need to pack on any extra pounds...in fact I could stand to lose a few pounds!!). So, hopefully, with the weather warming up, I can get outside and burn it off before summer.
Ed has been busy with taxes, which is great for him, but it really leaves me in the driver's seat for everything else (house, kids, etc). That is also, probably, another reason why I feel like I am having a hard time keeping up. The extra income is nice, and it is needed for us, but oh, I will sure be glad when it is over!
The kids are doing well, Alex and Cameron are doing fine in school. Lilly is doing well, although she has lots of new and fun behaviors that are very annoying. She will dissolve into tears if I put her clothing on "too fast", if I tuck her in "too fast", or if I put her boots on "too fast". Last night, she was trying to put her PJ's on, and she was convinced they were upside-down because she was putting her head in the bottom of the shirt. It made perfect sense to her, but I could not convince her otherwise.
Alex has to bring pictures of each family member to school for a project, and boy, it was really tough to find actual pictures of everyone. Now that all of our pictures are on the computer, we really don't develop any of our pictures. And, of course, there are NO pictures of me, because I am always the one behind the camera. After much searching, I finally found a picture, taken in 2003, of me with Alex and Cam at the Wiggles concert. Now, that didn't seem like so long ago, but boy, I guess it was. I looked so much younger, and Alex and Cameron were practically babies! I wasn't even pregnant with Lilly yet. When I look back on the years when Alex and Cam were little, I remember how busy it was (they are 19 mos apart), how overwhelming it was, at times (Alex was a very challenging little guy), and I always say "I would NEVER do that again!". But, now, that those days are over, I can see there were plenty of happy days, and I wish I could plop those boys in my arms, sit one on each leg, and enjoy a Wiggles concert. I guess that is life, though...so I'd better get used to looking back at the good ol' days.
We are starting our adaptive dance program today, so I'd better get ready. I am excited to be starting dance again, it is such a wonderful experience for the dancers and their families. Lilly will be dancing again with everyone else, which I love. We don't have a lot of time in the evenings, so I am holding off on putting her into dance until she wants to go. But this is a nice opportunity for us, because I can have my daughter come with me every week and be involved. Then, it doesn't feel like work to me! And, I think it is great to involve my kids with the kids that have special needs so they can develop a healthy outlook on that population.
Anyway, I need to dash out of here ASAP...Better go!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The funk....
Uggghhhh...I have such a case of the funk! I am just so BLAH!! My house is a disaster, I am behind at work, I am behind on the kids' things, blah, blah, blah! I know I need to just pull it together, but I just can't seem to do it. I am going stir crazy, waiting for the weather to warm up just a tad so I can get out and exercise. My mind and body are going to hell, and I just need to get some exercise.
That's my rant for the day.
That's my rant for the day.
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