Wordless Wednesday

One of the other blogs that I read does this wordless Wednesday.  I thought I might try to start doing this. So this one is not completely wordless.

"Typical' Toddler

I spend alot of time thinking about how different Riley is from other children her age.  But this weekend and tonight she reminds me how the similar she is to children her age too.

On Sunday we went over to the playground that is across the street from our house because two of the other kids who are around Riley age and understand Riley's differences were out playing. After swinging on the swings and sitting and watching the other kids run around (Riley loves doing this) it was time to go in and have dinner.  So we said goodbye and the other kids were going in too.  Well Riley was not ready to go in.  She is threw a fit.  She pulled my hair and tried to bite me.  It made me realize that this was behavior that other "typical" 3 years would do.

Then tonight at bath time Riley decided that Mommy needed bath too.  She would splash around then turn and smile at me, then splash me again.

She amazes me everyday!

20 Days of Thankfulness

So hopeful this will be the last of these group days of thankfulness, but I have a feeling not.  I will try my best.

2/1: I am thankful for the app GoodReads.  I have found a bunch of new books to read and I am always looking for a new book or series to read.

2/2: I am thankful that I got to eat streamed crabs today and spend the day with some good friends.  Ending the evening playing with a massive car track.  And when I say massive I mean take up of entire basement.

2/3: I am thankful for the big RAVENS WIN!!!!!

2/4: I am thankful that I have some great friends from high school that I still get together with.  It is awesome that we all still make the effort to see each other.

2/5: I am thankful for the new thyroid medication the I am taking that helps me stay awake at work.

2/6: I am thankful that this is Kyle's last night of midnights.  I get my weekends back, no more being quiet so he can sleep.

2/7: I am thankful fro how good Ella (our 90 lbs Rottweiler) is with Riley.  She lets Riley climb all over her and she just lays there/

2/8: I am thankful that my family is coming into town for Easter.

2/9: I was thankful to have a huge project at work done.  I was not thankful to go in on a Saturday for 12 hours, but the project is done so it was worth it.

2/10: I am thankful for an extra with Kyle before he has to start day work again.

2/11: I am thankful for my future sister-in-law.  I went out with her this evening and I always have such a good time with her.

2/12: I am thankful for YouTube, it has so many funny videos that can brighten up my day when it seems like it will never end.

2/13: I am thankful to have a wonderful husband who is going to sit though a girlie movie Valentine's Day just for me

2/14: I am thankful that I was able to send Valentine's Day with my hubby for the first time in several years.  And we had a sitter too.

2/15: I am thankful for a long weekend.  I have a 4 day weekend.

2/16: I am thankful to having seat warming in my car back.

2/17: I am thankful that Kyle is mechanically inclined and was able to fix one of cars so we did not need to replace it.

2/18:  I am thankful that Riley is able to play on her own.  I was sick all day and was able to lay on the couch dozing in and out all day while she played on the floor.

2/19: I am thankful that my godson Ian is doing so well in his feeding program.

2/20: I am thankful that I am done catching on my days of thankfulness.  I really need to do these everyday, it is really hard to remember that I was thankful for 20 days ago.

Project New Me update

When I first started this project I was 185, I didn't do so well for a couple of weeks and went up to 187.  I am proud to say that as of Monday I have turned the corner.  I went to see my doctor and got back on the diet plan that I had lost 20 lbs on last year.  This week alone I have dropped 4 lbs, SINCE MONDAY!!  YEAH ME!!!

I am taking my lunch to work, I even turned down the crab wontons that Kyle offered me for dinner tonight.  Instead I had a salmon lean cruise meal.  And it was really good.  

I still need to work out more to help boost my weight loss.  It is very hard for my to motivate myself at 7 at night when I have been at work for 11 hours.  But my goal to to keep trying and not to get discouraged.

Starting weight: 185 lbs
Current weight: 183 lbs
Goal weight: 145 lbs

So here are my goals:

1. Drop 5 lbs

2. Work out every day even if it only for 10 minutes (Number of days in a row of working out: 0)

3. Drop 10 lbs

4. Follow my diet (Number of days in a row of following diet: 4)

5. Drop 15 lbs

6. Don't cheat, ie no candy (Number of days in a row of no cheating: 11)

7. Drop 20 lbs

8. Drop 25 lbs

9. Drop 30 lbs
10. Drop 35 lbs
11. Drop 40 lbs

Days of Thankfulness

I have been bad with posting what I am thankful for each day.  I am going to catch up today and try to be better going forward.

Day 14 (1/21): I am thankful for a quiet day at home with Riley. She had no scholl so we got to spend the entire day together.

Day 15 (1/22): I am thankful to have a husband that loves like Kyle does.

Day 16 (1/23): I am thankful for coffee on morning where it is very hard to get up.

Day 17 (1/24):  I am thankful that I have been staying motivated about my diet and have been really good about not cheating.

Day 18 (1/25): I am thankful that it Friday and I get a 3 day weekend with Riley and Kyle.

Day 19 (1/26): I am thankful that Kyle, Riley, and I got to play in the snow today.  It was just enough snow to be fun and not enough to be a pain.

Day 20 (1/27): I am thankful for getting time to spend with Kyle's family.  We don't always get to spend alot of time with them, but today my niece had her 1st birthday party and I got to see Kyle family for at least alittle while before my allergies acted up and we had to leave.

Day 21 (1/28): As the 28th is my mom birthday, I thought that I would sing her praises as to why I am thankful for her.  My mom is amazing she has been watching Riley since I went back to work after having her.  She is so selfless.  She offer to come in the morning when Kyle is having a late night so that he can sleep.  

Day 22 (1/29): I am thankful for my sister-in-law Julie.  She came all the way up from VA with my adorable baby nephew to watch Riley today.  As my mom is on a well deserved vacation in FL.

Day 23 (1/30): I am thankful that I had a child free evening last night.  Riley had a early morning appointment, so she spent the night with Grandma and Pop.

Day 24 (1/31): I am thankful for being able to go out after a long day at work and get my hair done.  I always feel like a new person after getting my hair done.

Day 13 of 365 days of Thankfulness

I am thankful for the Raven football team!! We are headed to the Super Bowl!!! Thank you Ray Lewis!

Movies from 1999

It is amazing the destruction that 2 toddlers can make in 12 hours. This morning my house was clean and neat. By 9 when both kids were in bed it looked like this:

But it was so much fun watching them play with each. It was worth the mess. And to make the day even better I get to have a girl's night with my best friend. We are spending to night watching movies from college. First up was 10 things I hate about you and now we are watching She's All That. Health Ledger and Freddie Prince Jr in one night only thing that could make it better would be some Ryan Phillippe. To bad we are old now and I can see us sitting through a third movie without falling asleep. Oh we'll there is always next time.

Day 12 of 365 days of Thankfulness

I am thankful for how free Riley is when she laughs. It make me realize that I need to let go and laugh more often.

Day 11 of 365 days of thankfulness

I am grateful for great friends. One of my best friends is staying with us for a few days. I am really enjoying it. It is like being back in college again.

Finding my motivation

I am trying to set myself up to succeed this time with my weight loss.  I have spent the evening trolling the internet and pinterest looking for exercises that I will be able to do at home when Riley is around. I am making sheet to hang around my house to remind that exercise does need to take forever and that I can do small things while doing other things and get moving a bit everyday.  

I have one sheet that I am going to hang in my bathroom that are things that I can do while brushing my teeth and getting ready in the morning.

Another is going to hanging near my TV for things that I can do while watching TV, during commercials  and playing with Riley.  

And a third one will hang in my kitchen for things I can do while making dinner..

After I print all of these out I am going to laminate them so they won't get ruin or ripped by Riley.

Starting weight: 185 lbs
Current weight: 187 lbs
Goal weight: 145 lbs

So here are my goals:

1. Drop 5 lbs

2. Work out every day even if it only for 10 minutes (Number of days in a row of working out: 1)

3. Drop 10 lbs

4. Follow my diet (Number of days in a row of following diet: 1)

5. Drop 15 lbs

6. Don't cheat, ie no candy (Number of days in a row of no cheating: 4\3)

7. Drop 20 lbs

8. Drop 25 lbs

9. Drop 30 lbs
10. Drop 35 lbs
11. Drop 40 lbs

Day 7 of a year of thankfulness

I am thankful for quiet Sundays that turn into a pj day and end with cuddling before bed with Riley as I read her a story. She is very into books now and most days will not let you read a book to her without her trying to turn the pages before you read the whole thing. Tonight Riley laid on my chest like she did when she was a baby and let me read her the entire book Russell the sheep without one trying to take the book from me. Instead she listened and watched me attentively as we enjoyed listening to how Russell the sheep tried to get to sleep.

Day 6 of a year of thankfulness

I am thankful for the Raven win today. It shows you that if when it looks like the end and that you are going to loss that if you just have a little faith that a long pass may just take you to the end zone.

Day 5 of a year of thankfulness

I am grateful for a 4 day weekend.

Day 4 of 365 days of Thankfulness

I am thankful for a 4 day weekend this week.

Day 2 & 3 of a year of being thankful

So I didn't get a chance to post yesterday I am post two today

Day 2 

I am grateful for my mom. (I am sure she is going too make an appearance on this list several times throughout this year) I came home from work yesterday and she had vacuumed my whole house. It seems like something so small but it is wonderful to not have to deal with that when I get home from a long day. My mom rocks. 

Day 3

I am grateful that I was able to motivate myself this evening to do an exercise video. Here is to a new start to a healthier life. 

A Change in Thinking

Recently I was having a conversation with another mom of a different needs child, we were discussing a possible new diagnosis that they were looking into that has the potential to shorten her child's life.  She told me that at this point they don't know if it is true or not, but I commented that it would be good to know because she might do things different if they knew they only had few years with their child.  Maybe they would go to Disney earlier than they would otherwise, or they would take a photo of their child everyday.  She went on to tell me about a friend of hers that is currently dealing with just that with not one but two of her children.  This woman walked into find her kids doing something that most parents would have started yelling about, but she couldn't bring herself to yell, so instead she laughed and took a picture.

This conversation got me thinking why should a child dying changes how we act toward them.  If you only get a few years with a child because they are sick and you then make sure to take a photo everyday or you plan a trip that you would have otherwise put off until "they were older," or you laugh off small misbehaviors.  Why not do that with a healthy child too?

This world is unpredictable.  A health child could be diagnosis with cancer, or get in a car accident.  Look at the parents of the Sandy Hook students.  I am sure they are all wishing for one more photo or one more trip or one more anything.

We should cherish EVERYDAY we have with each other.  Whether it is child, or husband, or wife, or moth, or father, or brother, or sister, or friend.  Don't wait until tomorrow to tell someone that you love them.  We live in a world where we are so focused on what we don't have that we forget to look at what we DO have.

I have recently watched two movies that drove this point home. And yes they could be a bit preachy, but sometimes preaching isn't a bad thing if it gives you a new perspective.  For anyone that is interested the movies were "Courageous" and "The Heart of Christmas."

I watch my Facebook feed all through November and everyone was posting what they were grateful for, but as of December 1st that was no more.  Are we only grateful for our lives and the little things in them on month of the year.  I am going to try to find 1 thing I am grateful for everyday for a year. Some days I may not write a full post but I will try to at least post what I am grateful for each day.

So Day 1 of the year of Thank you for my life.

I am grateful for the joy on Riley's face when I walk in the door from work.  She greets me with a big smile, a yell of happiness, and a giant hug.  It is a great way to end a good day or even better a bad day.

Restart of Project New Me

So I have not posted for awhile and I have not been following Project New Me.  So this is a restart of Project New Me.  I am going to go back to the doctor that I used last year to drop 20 lbs and restart that diet.  I unfortunately can not get there until next Friday, so I am on my own until then.  Please wish me luck and be sure to call me out if I am slacking.

Starting weight: 185 lbs
Current weight: 182 lbs
Goal weight: 145 lbs

So here are my goals:

1. Drop 5 lbs

2. Work out every day even if it only for 10 minutes (Number of days in a row of working out: 0)

3. Drop 10 lbs

4. Follow my diet (Number of days in a row of following diet: 0)

5. Drop 15 lbs

6. Don't cheat, ie no candy (Number of days in a row of no cheating: 0)

7. Drop 20 lbs

8. Drop 25 lbs

9. Drop 30 lbs
10. Drop 35 lbs
11. Drop 40 lbs

Weight loss updated

I have reached the 20lb mark.  People are really noticing now that I have lost weight.  I have hit a plateau right now.  But I have started to add some exercise into the mix and not just the diet.  So I am hoping to start seeing results again.  I am going to Zumba once a week.  Last week was my first and while it was alot of fun I thought I might die by the end of it.

So wish me luck.

Finding the past

So I have been a super terrible blooger lately.  I am truly an ADHD kid at heart.  i get super focus on something for awhile to the point that it is all I can do.  until I get bored with it and move on to the next thing, only to circle back to the first thing.  This summer I went from being into my scrapbooking to reading non-stop.  Now my newest hobby is researching my family history.  I joined Ancestry.com and have been on it every night.  It has been really fun calling all the older members (there are not many left) of my family and getting names and dates.  And some pretty cool stories.  Then entering these new facts on my tree and seeing where it takes me.  A few facts from my Great-Aunt lead me to 3 new generations on my matural Grandfather's side that 2 days before I had hit a wall with. 

 

My cousin wanted to know about her dad's side of the family and in a week she had found family members dating back to the 1500's.  Crazy, right? 

 

So here was short little blog.  I hope to update more regularly but we will see how well I battle the ADHD in me.

Another Weight loss update

On Saturday I went in to get my B-12 shot and I have now lost 12lbs. 

I have reach the point where people are starting to notice that I have lost weight.  In 1 day I had 3 different people tell me that I looked like I lost weight.  That felt really good.  I am very impressed with myself that I have been following this so well.  I was not sure if I could do it.  But now that I am see big results I want to stick with it even more. :)