Odds and Ends

I haven't been exercising as much as I should. Part of me doesn't care, and the other part is freaking out.  I don't have a whole lot to talk about otherwise.  Work is stressful, I'm counting down the days until we get a break for a few days.  I'm excited about Thanksgiving coming up.  I'm frustrated that I'm still 10lbs away from my pre-baby weight goal, even though I had promised myself I'd be there by now.  Losing weight isn't easy for me, and and it starts to get dark and cold at night, I have very little willpower to go outside.  I've been contemplating a gym membership, just to get out, but I also don't want to spend the money.  I have DVD's, but they get so stinking boring.  I really miss my treadmill today...

On the other hand, I have a beautiful baby who is picking up words by the handful daily.  She is the light of my life and I couldn't ask for anything more.  She's also been wanting to sit on the toilet, then get off and flush it to say bye bye to the water.  I think we might need to buy her a little potty chair to check out. :)

I've also been reading some books that deal with post-apocalyptic situations and it's totally freaked me out that my 72-hour kits aren't sufficient.  I'm going to rip them apart over the next couple weekends and revamp the whole thing to make sure I have exactly what I feel is necessary.  I also need to pick up a 2nd backpack because we have it all stuffed into 1, and I don't think it's sufficient.  I also need to get together one that has clothing in it as well.  I sure am good at making myself panic. 

 Isn't she adorable? This is her first time on a big kid swing by herself

 She also slid down the slide all by herself, too!

 Chasing each other around the fountain

CSA day was yesterday- we only have 3 more weeks. BOOHOO!!! I will surely miss these little treats every week.  We got salad mix, cherry tomatoes, sweet girl tomatoes, 2 bell peppers, carrots, cabbage, black kale, and cameo apples (which are really good btw).

My goal for next year is to be more sufficient in the canning department, and do a good job of getting together some food for the winter time.  We had about 2.5 gallons of blueberries at the beginning of August and they're already gone.  I had no idea Elisabeth would be chowing those down so fast.  They were so delicious and amazing.  We're going to have to have at least 10 gallons next year! (I need a deep freezer....)  Anyway, we live in such a wonderful place for fresh produce that can easily be canned, and I feel I need to take advantage of it for our winter time needs.


This last little bit made me laugh today.  Elisabeth can now get herself up and down from the couch.  She gets up like a normal kid, but getting down is kind of silly...

(blogger won't let me type under the picture, but the first one, she's telling me Cheese! and the second one, she wanted to show me her M&M before she ate it. --She even put the blanket on herself!



















 
 As for these down here, she lays down on the couch and sort of scoot, pushes herself off the couch. It looks terribly difficult, but it's the only way she'll accept, and she's gotten quite fast at it.  No going backward for her!




 And she landed! hahaha (and yes, she sorts her candies to eat them...oranges go first, blues were last)  What a goof

Not too much excitement

Not too much is going on around here, but at the same time, I'm super busy..how does that work? I feel awful for not having more pictures to post, but once again, I'll use the camera as the excuse. It's just awful for lighting and no matter how I tweak the settings, it just doesn't do what I want it to do. I keep reminding myself, 5 more months...it really isn't that long.

I went for my wog (walk+jog) at riverfront park today. Since I re-started my c25k(couch to 5k) program (gets you 5k ready in about 8 weeks) I seem to be OK with running a whopping 90 seconds without it hurting my leg. So I can't decide, do I do another week at 90seconds, or go up in time to 3 whole minutes? I just don't want to re-aggravate my leg to the point of not being able to heal on my own again. I have a very hard time accepting defeat and letting go of things, and this is one of them. My body wasn't entirely made for running, and I have a hard time accepting that.

In other news, we got our csa box yesterday, this is what was in it:

1 red leaf lettuce, 1 green leaf lettuce, 1 head cabbage, 1 pint strawberries, .5 pint blackberries, bunch of potatoes, 2 onions, 2# of summer squash (I love patti pan squash, it's so fun to cut up), 2# heirloom tomato

I don't think I've ever had an heirloom tomato before, but I'm excited to taste the different varieties!


what's your baby sucking on? Oh, that's just the lotion bottle. E has gotten all weird about lotion. If I've just put it on my hands, legs, arms, wherever and she notices, she comes and licks me. I tend to try to use up ALL the lotion in a bottle, so I take the lid off and tap out what's left. One day, the bottle was on it's side near the edge of the counter in the bathroom. When I got out of the shower, Elisabeth was standing there licking bits of lotions off her fingers from the opening. She found this bottle by my bed (Hi, I'm Maddy, I'm a lotion-aholic) and decided it was better to put in her mouth. She cracks me up.

Speaking of making me laugh, we were at the library yesterday during story time. She decided that stranger danger was out for the day. E went over to a lady (who I know from work thankfully) and started rubbing her shoulder, then sat down next to her like it was no big thing. Then a little while later, there was a group of quite a few kids at the front listening to the story, so E stands up, shuffles her way through the crowd by holding onto other kids' shoulders, heads, whatever she can use for support and plops herself right down in the middle of them all, looks up at one of them (cause at this point she's facing backward), smiles at the person and says, "HI!" A little while later, she found a dad, stood there looking up at him and kept waving and saying hi. I really hope I didn't overstep anyone's comfort zones by letting her socialize, and if I did, I apologize, but it was just so interesting to see this little person going out of her way to interact with others.......and SO not what I'm used to at home....I'm used to the, "I'm bawling my head off if you aren't playing with me or holding me" baby... anyway, I giggled and thought it was pretty cute.


my little techies

ouch!

Drew and I signed up for the gym on Monday in hopes of keeping a happy family. The treadmill thing wasn't working out with me because of my ITBS, and Drew hates it, so we finally caved and went to the gym. I cannot believe how much I have missed that place since living in Utah. I cringe at the prices since they are substantially higher than that in Utah, but whatever. Totally worth it. I found out today, I am a lamer at biking. These bikes are so cool. I may have to use them every single day until I get so sick of them, I hate them...which may take a while.



They have this cool thing where you can race other people and you get to pretend you're on the course and all that. It's no spinning class, but seriously, I think this may be way cooler. The downside? Yeah, my bum starts hurting pretty bad. Especially after 40 mins. - I am disappointed at my slow poke skills, but unfortunately, this biking for 2 is hard work.

Speaking of work, the outlook doesn't look so kind for my current position. I think it'll take a spectacular miracle to save my job.


I should know by next week, but I can take the hints. Stupid layoffs and budget cuts. I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed, ask for prayers, and hope for the best. At least on the bright side, I should have insurance to finish out the pregnancy, and until Drew gets hired. I should also be able to collect some unemployment monies, and then I'd have an excuse to stay home? hahaha Too bad my motivation to move is higher than my desire to stay home. I think I'll sub through this next year if I do get the boot, and feel things out for the following year when baby girl is a year old.

Last, but not least, our sweet Lexy went to live with Grandma, Grandpa, Tomba, Picabo, and Keeley up in heaven on Monday. I love her very much, and miss her more than I ever expected. I'm glad I have such great friends and family that have lifted me up in my time of need. I love you guys more than you will ever know! <3