My Kids

I remember vividly, at various ages, not being able to wait until I was older. When I was 7 I couldn't wait to be 8. When I was 15 I couldn't wait to be 16. When I was 20, I couldn't wait to be 21......24 I wanted to be 25. That's where it stopped. Ha! I never wanted to be anything higher than 25. Well anyway, I think that's normal with every kid. They always want to be older. Well, all of them except for mine! I have no idea why. Grace has said various times she does not want to be older. Today, I asked Nate what he wants to be when he grows up. I asked if he wanted to be a fire fighter. No, he told me. I asked him if he wanted to be a police office. Again, he said no. Then he said, "I don't want to get bigger. I want to stay little." It was so cute the expression he had on his face as he said it. I think they realize that when you are bigger you aren't with your parents anymore, and that is kind of scary to a little kid. It's cute of them to think, right now, that they want to stay with us forever. I know in about 6 years there will be a way different feeling for my almost teen (YIKES!!!) daughter who will then want nothing to do with her parents. But for now I will bask in the fact that they want me always closeby and that they want to stay little forever. I wish I could keep them little forever, too.

Chilly

Yay, I'm so happy its chilly outside. Today, I went to bring Grace over to Elizabeth's (she takes her to school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings) and when I walked outside, I could see my breath!!! How wonderful is that? I LOVE it!!! Today is a great day. Yippee! Here's a screenshot of weather.com. I think I may frame it, lol.

My Son

Three year olds tend to say the darnedest things sometimes. My son is no exception. Last night before bed, I told him, "Nate, you need to go right to sleep, okay? Say, 'Yes, mommy, I will go right to sleep.'" He then says, "Yes, mommy, I will go right to sleep."

A little while later, after he had been making noises and obviously not going to sleep, Ray went in to tell him to go to bed. He says to Nate, "I thought you said you were going right to sleep." Nate, being the ever-so-clever three year old that he is, says, "Yeah, I told that to mommy."

Sigh. Three year olds. Can't live with them, can't live without them.

Week One Update- I Forgot.....

I forgot to include my weight loss results for week one yesterday in my post. I am down 4 lbs, and thats including eating about 3 puddings the night before for some throat comfort. I haven't been eating much these last few days, so I'm sure the lack of food may negatively affect my results for this week. Last week I was trying hard to make sure I ate every 3 hours or so, and I haven't been doing that since I've been sick. We'll see how this week goes. I won't sweat it. I'm sick, and as long as I don't gain, that will be fine. I'd really like to get exercising, but as of right now I just don't have the energy, and plus I would probably hack up a lung if I got even remotely out of breath.

I'm still sick, but the kids seem better, thank goodness. Nate hasn't had a fever since yesterday evening, and Grace has been fever-free since Sunday evening. Grace went back to school today, so I will see if she's still feeling well after school later when I pick her up.

That's all for now, folks. Thanks to Ray's mom who is on her way over now to bring me medicine and chicken noodle soup. She's my hero! And she cooked us dinner the other night, too. Ain't she awesome?

Sick Update

Grace seems to be better. She had not had a fever all day yesterday, then yesterday evening she started running one again and looking like she did on Saturday. We kept her home from school because of the fever she had last night, but she hasn't had any fever sin

I, on the other hand, have definitely gotten sick. I don't know what this is, but its not good. This is the sickest I think I've been in a long time, and last night Ray even said he's never seen me this bad. I've been running a low fever, but I feel the fever, you know, when you feel feverish-feeling very hot inside my body, while the outside is very cold. I have chills and shivers, then I have sweats. My head aches mostly all the time, my body aches, I have absolutely NO energy, and I am very tired, yet I can't sleep very well. I have a horrible cough. Whatever it is, I wish it would go away.

On top of that, now my little Nate started running a fever. Poor thing. I feel bad for the kids, because if they feel anywhere close to what I feel, I know it must be hard for their little bodies . Their temperatures have been higher than mine, but I know my body fights things pretty hard, and I rarely ever get fevers. Mine has been around 2ish degrees higher than normal, while the kids have been around 3ish higher than normal. Anyway, I hope this is the end of it for Grace, and I hope that Nate feels better soon, too. As for me, I hope I feel better soon as well. Its hard to just lay around all the time and not do anything at all. We have a great week of weather coming and I'd love to take the kids to the park- if we're better of course.

And Ray has been the best husband anyone could have. He's been such a big help to me, I don't know what I would have done without him. Unfortunately, he will have to go to work tomorrow, so I am REALLY hoping I'm better then.

Gracie-Lu

My little Gracie-Lu is sick. Not sure what's going on exactly, but she started running a fever yesterday evening. She looked sick, too. She didn't really have any symptoms except that she had a headache, she "said" she coughed, but I never heard her, and she said her throat hurt her, but that was only for like 10 minutes. It stopped hurting and hasn't hurt since. Today, she still has a fever, and the fever keeps coming back. She looks pitiful, ate only half a slice of toast and its almost 1:30pm- by now she's normally had quite a bit to eat. She hasn't moved off the couch, except for once where she laid on the living room floor, and then got back up onto the couch. She even took a nap this morning.

So, I'm not really sure what's going on with her......just keep her in your prayers. And I think I may be getting something, too. I've had a headache, which isn't whats making think I'm getting sick (but Grace has been complaining of her head hurting, so who knows), but I feel my chest getting tight, and I feel the way I feel in the beginning stages of a nasty cough. Ugh. Anyway, I'm more concerned with Grace, poor thing. Here's a pic of how she looked just a little while ago, just so you can see what I mean by "pitiful".

Love you Gracie-Lu. Hope you feel better soon!

What Do You Do?

What do you do when your two kids share a room and one wants a night light on because they're scared of the dark, while the other wants it off because the shadows scare them?

Oh yeah, and how do you get your three year old to go right to bed without calling you in 15 times every night after putting him to bed?

I need answers people! :)

Must.Resist.Cocoa.Rice.Krispies

Today is day 1. My start over day. The day I've chosen to re-embark on a journey I set out so long ago to finish. Here I am, starting over for the 100th time. But I am here. I'm ready (I think) and so we begin.

I made it to about 10:00am and then found myself staring at a box of cereal assortments, which included Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops and Cocoa Rice Krispies. Being the chocolate lover that I am, I only found myself drawn to the Cocoa Rice Krispies more than the others. I REALLY wanted to pour myself a nice big bowl and eat away. But I didn't. I resisted. I told myself that I really wouldn't be doing my body justice by eating it. I made some eggs instead with a one slice of Ezekiel bread. A nice little balance of protein and carbs, and much better fuel than sugary cereal.

Another Year....

Another year has gone by and man, that was really fast! But as the new year begins, what better time to recommit to my weight loss endeavor that has sadly fallen by the wayside. I'm not quite sure what happened exactly, or when, but I've fallen WAY off track and I really need to get back on it. I embarrassingly have to admit that I have gained back almost 26 lbs of the 36 I had lost. I guess its not as bad as gaining back ALL 36 lbs, as a friend encouragingly made me aware of. But the fact is I need to get back on the ball, and I need my blog to help me remain accountable to that. So there. Blog readers of America, or at least the 3.6 people that read this, you are my accountability. I will blog, you will read and hopefully this train won't get derailed any more.

I know that I can't do this alone, and that I really need the Lord's help, fully and completely. I know that unless I rely totally on Him, I will not succeed. I know I still have to do the work, and it won't be easy, but He will be there with me every step of the way and will be my source of strength.

Happy New Year

Happy new year, everyone. I am going to post a longer blog post, but due to computer issues, we only have one computer right at the moment, and Ray needs his back. Therefore, I don't have time to blog right now. Check back later today, or tomorrow, for a longer blog post. Hope you're having a great start to 2009!

Also, real quick, I will be starting a blog, currently titled, "Misadventures of a Pre-Nursing Student" that will be a blog solely for school stuff (later to be titled "Misadventures of a Nursing Student"). It may, at times, contain graphic talk of science-related things that may or may not be of interest to some. So this is an advanced warning. Mostly its just going to be a way for me to talk about school and for venting purposes. School starts Monday, January 5th, so check there soon!