Thursday, February 28, 2008
What's for breakfast?!?!
You know the feeling, moms, when you are sitting quietly sipping your coffee, and the thought hits you, "Oh my gosh, the kids are going to be up any minute! I'm almost out of milk, I have two slices of bread (plus the heels- who eats those?), not enough eggs to satisfy three hungry kids before school...WHAT WILL I FEED THEM??" My heart begins to race, my head spins, then the heavens open and I hear a choir of angels singing, "AHHHHHHHHHH". Then it hits me...OATMEAL!!!! That requires NO eggs, very little milk, and a ton of brown sugar (which I DO have!) I arise from my comfy spot on the couch, and once again realize, I can do this thing called "Being a good mom" after all!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Hard Water Woes
Since I haven't received any help from my FaceBook family, I thought I would pose my question here.
Does ANYONE have a solution (that actually works) for removing the nasty hard water deposits on my glass shower walls?!?!? 
I've tried everything just shy of acid and a sledge hammer, and it is STILL refusing to leave! Just imagine what that water is doing to my insides when I try to get my 8 glasses in per day. Never mind, don't try to imagine that. I will take suggestions from housewives, men who clean showers, Hints from Heloise....I'm desperate!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Things That Inspire Me
Ok, there are two things that have inspired me this week. Number 1: a friends' blog about her "Laundry Stratagies" and Number 2: another friends' blog about weight loss.
Number 1: The Laundry Blues seem to constantly overtake me, unless I've just finished the 8-10 loads of laundry and have ONE DAY where everybody actually has clean everything, and the laundry room is empty. However, when I get up the next morning, I am saddened to find that my family actually WORE the clothes I just washed,(the nerve) which means that I will have to wash it all again very soon.
And so, my friend, Trish, who happens to have FIVE children and is extremely organized and efficient, was kind enough to blog about how she keeps up with it all. Now, granted, she has a laundry room to die for (complete with the cutest wallpaper!!), but Jarrod and I sat down on Saturday and discussed how we can implement her stratagies so that I do not throw MYSELF in the washer and call it quits! I'll let you know how it turns out...might be a few months, as I need to completely empty my existing laundry room, and start from scratch. I don't know...do you think our landlords would notice if we cut a big hole in our bathroom floor and installed a laundry shute? No, no, no... my boys would soon be putting themselves down the shute.
Ok, number two...weight loss. As so many of us do, we hit January 1st (or 10th) and decided enough is enough! No more fatties in this house! Well, this was my year! Jarrod's 20th HS Reunion is coming up in May, and we both made an oath that we cannot show up looking like "THIS". Now, so far I've lost 4 pounds!! I try to weigh every morning (before I eat); however, there are mornings I'm afraid to step on, for fear of the number I might see. I've been exercising about 3 days a week...until two weeks ago. Somehow I find more pressing things to get done before my piano lessons start for the day, or I have to run errands, etc. So, I just need the encouragement and support of anyone out there who happens to read this blog! I really want to live healthier! Now, that being said, I will tell you right off that I refuse to "diet". Why? Because #1-I love food...anything that involves sugar, butter, bread, or beef. #2-When I say, "No more of ___" I am scarfing it down by the end of the day. #3-I firmly believe that God put food on this earth to enjoy! So my solution? I don't have to eat the whole dozen donnuts to be satisfied; one will do. I don't need 2 Tbsp. of butter to eat one roll; eat TWO rolls...just kidding! I don't have to eat a whole loaf of my homemade bread! One nice sized slice will suffice! And as far as beef? When I savor each bite of steak (which is a rare occasion anyway), I find that a 6-8oz cut is plenty!! All of that to say, I need to get off my backside and get on my exercise machine that I swore never to hang clothes on!! Please pray for me, as I've never had to struggle with my weight until the third kid came along (thanks a lot Caleb - hee hee). My focus is HEALTH and caring for God's temple, not having a Skinny Model Bod. Thanks for listening...I needed that!
Number 1: The Laundry Blues seem to constantly overtake me, unless I've just finished the 8-10 loads of laundry and have ONE DAY where everybody actually has clean everything, and the laundry room is empty. However, when I get up the next morning, I am saddened to find that my family actually WORE the clothes I just washed,(the nerve) which means that I will have to wash it all again very soon.
And so, my friend, Trish, who happens to have FIVE children and is extremely organized and efficient, was kind enough to blog about how she keeps up with it all. Now, granted, she has a laundry room to die for (complete with the cutest wallpaper!!), but Jarrod and I sat down on Saturday and discussed how we can implement her stratagies so that I do not throw MYSELF in the washer and call it quits! I'll let you know how it turns out...might be a few months, as I need to completely empty my existing laundry room, and start from scratch. I don't know...do you think our landlords would notice if we cut a big hole in our bathroom floor and installed a laundry shute? No, no, no... my boys would soon be putting themselves down the shute.
Ok, number two...weight loss. As so many of us do, we hit January 1st (or 10th) and decided enough is enough! No more fatties in this house! Well, this was my year! Jarrod's 20th HS Reunion is coming up in May, and we both made an oath that we cannot show up looking like "THIS". Now, so far I've lost 4 pounds!! I try to weigh every morning (before I eat); however, there are mornings I'm afraid to step on, for fear of the number I might see. I've been exercising about 3 days a week...until two weeks ago. Somehow I find more pressing things to get done before my piano lessons start for the day, or I have to run errands, etc. So, I just need the encouragement and support of anyone out there who happens to read this blog! I really want to live healthier! Now, that being said, I will tell you right off that I refuse to "diet". Why? Because #1-I love food...anything that involves sugar, butter, bread, or beef. #2-When I say, "No more of ___" I am scarfing it down by the end of the day. #3-I firmly believe that God put food on this earth to enjoy! So my solution? I don't have to eat the whole dozen donnuts to be satisfied; one will do. I don't need 2 Tbsp. of butter to eat one roll; eat TWO rolls...just kidding! I don't have to eat a whole loaf of my homemade bread! One nice sized slice will suffice! And as far as beef? When I savor each bite of steak (which is a rare occasion anyway), I find that a 6-8oz cut is plenty!! All of that to say, I need to get off my backside and get on my exercise machine that I swore never to hang clothes on!! Please pray for me, as I've never had to struggle with my weight until the third kid came along (thanks a lot Caleb - hee hee). My focus is HEALTH and caring for God's temple, not having a Skinny Model Bod. Thanks for listening...I needed that!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)