The last two weeks have been BUSY.
First, the ultrasound. We're having another boy! We feel so blessed and Little Mister is so stinking excited to be getting a brother! Bean is right on dates for growth and everything looks good. I'll be visiting with perinatology next week since I'm high risk, and we'll get to see Bean again.
And! We moved! In addition to my sister and her family, our old neighbors helped clean, pack, and load the truck. A couple of friends came to help clean the apartment, too. Some of the new neighbors came and unloaded the truck. It was a very long but good weekend. And I can walk normally again ... well, normally for a pregnant lady. I'm not gimping around, so I'm recovered a bit from all the hard work of packing, moving, and shampooing carpets!
The new house is wonderful -- there is room for the kids to play, room for The Rock to sleep and have a dark, quiet space of his own, room for me to have a craft room, etc. We're still mostly in boxes since I'm so busy with school and everything else, but it's coming along. My folks have been helping out and we are so grateful for all the help we've received through this process.
As far as school goes, I got 103% on my first chemistry test. That made me feel better. My human growth and development class had a test the other night but I wasn't able to get there, so I emailed the teacher about it. Just waiting to hear back and hope that I can take a makeup test. I have half a chapter of math to finish tonight and a few chapters of nutrition so I can take a math test tomorrow and a nutrition test this next week. Good times!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
What's New With Us
I haven't been posting regularly, I know. It's sort of been not my focus. I have several others at the moment.
First, in May we found out we are pregnant. Again. The baby is due in February but likely will arrive toward the end of January. We find out gender on Wednesday, if Bean cooperates.
Second, I ended up transferring to a state school to get my nursing prerequisites finished. This term, I am taking 14 credits. That will leave me with 2 more classes left to do before I apply for nursing school next fall.
Third ... We found out on August 31 that The Rock qualifies for a great rate on a mortgage. The next day, we found a house we both love and so do the kids. We put in an offer and came to a price agreement that day. Two days later, we changed mortgage companies. Three weeks to the day after changing companies, he signed the closing paperwork. The most amazing part of that time frame is that it went through the USDA to qualify for a rural housing loan, and they often take up to 2 weeks to get loans approved. They had ours for 3 or 4 days.
We move on Saturday!
The house is 2200 square feet, twice the size of the old condo and more than twice the size of our apartment. It has technically 7 bedrooms, but only 4 will be utilized as such. One is big enough to be a play/TV room. Another will be a workout/sewing room. And the smallest is going to be storage. Both front and back yards are fully fenced, so that's awesome too! And I think we're all terribly excited for the fact that there are two full baths! haha!
Between pregnancy, school, moving, kids, The Rock, gestational diabetes, and trying to still maintain some sense of self, I'm a bit swamped.
I'd better get to class! Tonight's chemistry class is a study prep for the test Thursday. Eeep!
First, in May we found out we are pregnant. Again. The baby is due in February but likely will arrive toward the end of January. We find out gender on Wednesday, if Bean cooperates.
Second, I ended up transferring to a state school to get my nursing prerequisites finished. This term, I am taking 14 credits. That will leave me with 2 more classes left to do before I apply for nursing school next fall.
Third ... We found out on August 31 that The Rock qualifies for a great rate on a mortgage. The next day, we found a house we both love and so do the kids. We put in an offer and came to a price agreement that day. Two days later, we changed mortgage companies. Three weeks to the day after changing companies, he signed the closing paperwork. The most amazing part of that time frame is that it went through the USDA to qualify for a rural housing loan, and they often take up to 2 weeks to get loans approved. They had ours for 3 or 4 days.
We move on Saturday!
The house is 2200 square feet, twice the size of the old condo and more than twice the size of our apartment. It has technically 7 bedrooms, but only 4 will be utilized as such. One is big enough to be a play/TV room. Another will be a workout/sewing room. And the smallest is going to be storage. Both front and back yards are fully fenced, so that's awesome too! And I think we're all terribly excited for the fact that there are two full baths! haha!
Between pregnancy, school, moving, kids, The Rock, gestational diabetes, and trying to still maintain some sense of self, I'm a bit swamped.
I'd better get to class! Tonight's chemistry class is a study prep for the test Thursday. Eeep!
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Thinking. It's a dangerous thing.
After I went through my divorce a million years ago, I learned a few things that I've shared with friends here and there who are struggling with a marriage or a partner.
First, the #1 cause of divorce is selfishness. Abuse? The abuser is selfish. Infidelity? The cheater is selfish. Money problems? One or both partners is being selfish.
Selfishness can be fixed, but only if the selfish one wants to fix it ... and the one who is being walked on wants to stick it out.
This leads to my second point: Forgiveness is an entirely separate issue from trust. Whether or not you choose not to stick out a relationship, eventually you do have to forgive the other person AND yourself for whatever happened or whatever you did during the relationship. However, if you've been abused or cheated on or the selfish person will not change, you never have to trust that person again. Ever.
Selfishness is a sticky thing. Yes, you should look out for yourself. But deciding to spend money in a selfish way to the detriment of every person who relies on you is a very bad thing. Deciding to abuse the trust of the people who love you is selfish. Cheating on the people who chose to have you in their lives is wrong.
I've been thinking about these things a lot. And they really apply to our country's political sphere as it is. Congress as a whole is selfish. Pay increases, taking payoffs, voting for lobbyists and against their constituents, blocking any measure a president from the opposing party presents just because he's in the opposing party, exempting themselves from the nationwide healthcare system, lifelong retirement income ... SELFISH. It's abusing the trust of those who voted them in. It's cheating them from an honest person taking care of the people of our country. It's stealing from their constituents.
This has nothing to do with who is president or who might be the next president. I believe both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are good men who want what's best for our country, even if they might disagree about what that best is. I think they both know our economy is in the toilet and needs help, but I don't know that either of them (if elected/re-elected) would have the power to do anything to fix it, because Congress is selfish. Congress is bought and paid for, and not by the people of our nation.
We don't all have to agree on every issue to agree that the system is broken. How do we fix our now-broken system? If I had that answer and the power to fulfill it, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
I do believe every long-standing member of Congress should be ousted and lobbying should be illegal. Taking payoffs for votes is wrong. Congress no longer represents the people; they represent corporations and special interest groups. And that is wrong.
We should get rid of selfishness, stupidity, and hate, and see if that helps fix the country. It doesn't matter what your lobbyists want. That's not who you swore an oath to. Who cares if someone from the opposing party presents a bill? If you agree with a bill and believe it's the right thing and what your constituents want, vote for it! Quit padding bills with special interests and items that have nothing to do with the bill at hand. You are wasting OUR time and OUR money.
Here's my open letter to Congress.
Dear Congress:
Quit being selfish.
Sincerely,
A voter
And my open letter to the next president
Dear Mr. President:
If you want to create jobs, repeal NAFTA.
Sincerely,
A voter whose medical job was offshored and is now done by people who don't speak English
p.s. that used to say "repeat NAFTA", but that was the opposite of my intent. HA! Proofreading: It's a very good thing.
First, the #1 cause of divorce is selfishness. Abuse? The abuser is selfish. Infidelity? The cheater is selfish. Money problems? One or both partners is being selfish.
Selfishness can be fixed, but only if the selfish one wants to fix it ... and the one who is being walked on wants to stick it out.
This leads to my second point: Forgiveness is an entirely separate issue from trust. Whether or not you choose not to stick out a relationship, eventually you do have to forgive the other person AND yourself for whatever happened or whatever you did during the relationship. However, if you've been abused or cheated on or the selfish person will not change, you never have to trust that person again. Ever.
Selfishness is a sticky thing. Yes, you should look out for yourself. But deciding to spend money in a selfish way to the detriment of every person who relies on you is a very bad thing. Deciding to abuse the trust of the people who love you is selfish. Cheating on the people who chose to have you in their lives is wrong.
I've been thinking about these things a lot. And they really apply to our country's political sphere as it is. Congress as a whole is selfish. Pay increases, taking payoffs, voting for lobbyists and against their constituents, blocking any measure a president from the opposing party presents just because he's in the opposing party, exempting themselves from the nationwide healthcare system, lifelong retirement income ... SELFISH. It's abusing the trust of those who voted them in. It's cheating them from an honest person taking care of the people of our country. It's stealing from their constituents.
This has nothing to do with who is president or who might be the next president. I believe both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are good men who want what's best for our country, even if they might disagree about what that best is. I think they both know our economy is in the toilet and needs help, but I don't know that either of them (if elected/re-elected) would have the power to do anything to fix it, because Congress is selfish. Congress is bought and paid for, and not by the people of our nation.
We don't all have to agree on every issue to agree that the system is broken. How do we fix our now-broken system? If I had that answer and the power to fulfill it, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
I do believe every long-standing member of Congress should be ousted and lobbying should be illegal. Taking payoffs for votes is wrong. Congress no longer represents the people; they represent corporations and special interest groups. And that is wrong.
We should get rid of selfishness, stupidity, and hate, and see if that helps fix the country. It doesn't matter what your lobbyists want. That's not who you swore an oath to. Who cares if someone from the opposing party presents a bill? If you agree with a bill and believe it's the right thing and what your constituents want, vote for it! Quit padding bills with special interests and items that have nothing to do with the bill at hand. You are wasting OUR time and OUR money.
Here's my open letter to Congress.
Dear Congress:
Quit being selfish.
Sincerely,
A voter
And my open letter to the next president
Dear Mr. President:
If you want to create jobs, repeal NAFTA.
Sincerely,
A voter whose medical job was offshored and is now done by people who don't speak English
p.s. that used to say "repeat NAFTA", but that was the opposite of my intent. HA! Proofreading: It's a very good thing.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Reduce, reuse, recycle
I know, I know. A lot of people think we're crazy to use cloth diapers. But really, it saves money. It reduces the amount of trash we're throwing away. They get reused over and over, after a good sanitizing wash. We recycle as much paper and plastic and metal as possible, and we don't use paper plates or paper towels, so it just makes sense to me to use cloth diapers, too. Plus? Look how cute they are! (made these for a friend's baby a few years ago.)
And another friend made these for us last year! We use them several times a week.
Why this post today? http://castleink.com is offering scholarships for posts about reducing, reusing, and recycling!
And another friend made these for us last year! We use them several times a week.
Why this post today? http://castleink.com is offering scholarships for posts about reducing, reusing, and recycling!
It's amazing what happens in a couple of weeks
And I'm not talking about the whole eat-better-lose-weight thing. Because that's pretty much not been my focus the last two weeks. <bag>
I've really been debating this teaching deal. I love kids. But do I love other people's kids enough to teach them and then still come home and be a happy mommy?
So I started reevaluating things. Talked it all over with the husband and a few other people.
I have applied to nursing school.
Nursing school can be very expensive.
We're looking for any sources to pay for this because I need to be done ASAP. So if you win the 500 million dollar lotto, send a little love my way, eh?
I'm applying for this (not school sponsored) scholarship, which is based on a popular vote of a web essay. I hope y'all can vote for my essay HERE.
I've really been debating this teaching deal. I love kids. But do I love other people's kids enough to teach them and then still come home and be a happy mommy?
So I started reevaluating things. Talked it all over with the husband and a few other people.
I have applied to nursing school.
Nursing school can be very expensive.
We're looking for any sources to pay for this because I need to be done ASAP. So if you win the 500 million dollar lotto, send a little love my way, eh?
I'm applying for this (not school sponsored) scholarship, which is based on a popular vote of a web essay. I hope y'all can vote for my essay HERE.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Not Monday yet, I know
I was getting the kids ready to walk and my fabulous landlady mentioned a great walking route -- up the main road a block away, 9 blocks pretty much uphill, then it's alllllllll downhill down a nice little paved trail, and back through town. It's about 2-1/2 miles total. That's the longest I've walked in a long time. Pushed the stroller most of the way, though VOD helped a bit. We're both exhausted and the littles are all over the place. lol
I haven't been on track with my eating as far as eating good stuff, but I haven't gone over my calories today. And tomorrow is a new day!
I haven't been on track with my eating as far as eating good stuff, but I haven't gone over my calories today. And tomorrow is a new day!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Livestrong
I've been tracking my calories and walking every day. I've only managed to stay within my 1800 calorie goal one day so far this week, but have significantly cut my caloric intake. It's that time of the month here, so I've had a bit of bloat and lots and lots of cravings, many of which I've given into, though I have avoided chocolate completely. I have only had one headache this week. It was last night and wasn't too bad.
Still having a bit of Pepsi every day, but that has been drastically cut back. I totally ate comfort food for dinner last night -- homemade mac and cheese with bacon and onions. hello. I also ate a huge salad and a nectarine. lol. Eating more fruits and veggies and less junk overall.
However, because I've only managed to stay within my calories once, I don't think I'm adding a new change next week. I really don't want to sabotage myself because I want and expect these changes to stick. If I stay in my calories the rest of the week, I may change my mind by Monday. The one I will be adding is "no eating after 8 p.m." which may actually help stay within the calories. HA!
Even on my worst cycle day with cramps and backache, we still walked about half a mile yesterday. I'm pretty proud of myself for that. It's been so awesome to have Little Mister ask me every day to go for a walk and run in the stroller and play outside. He's loving having a more involved and active mommy, and I know VOD is, too. She got really upset with me yesterday when she got in trouble, because I told her she got to stay home from the walk and clean her room. I relented and she picked up her dirty laundry when we got home.
As of right now, I'm down 7 pounds from my high weight this week with the pre-period bloat, which is down 4 pounds from my high last week. I know that will slow down eventually, but I'm loving seeing some results so quickly! I feel less bloated and have more energy for the most part. Can't wait to see what happens in the coming weeks and months!
p.s. I have no idea why some of the words in this post have hyperlinks. Bizarre-o.
Still having a bit of Pepsi every day, but that has been drastically cut back. I totally ate comfort food for dinner last night -- homemade mac and cheese with bacon and onions. hello. I also ate a huge salad and a nectarine. lol. Eating more fruits and veggies and less junk overall.
However, because I've only managed to stay within my calories once, I don't think I'm adding a new change next week. I really don't want to sabotage myself because I want and expect these changes to stick. If I stay in my calories the rest of the week, I may change my mind by Monday. The one I will be adding is "no eating after 8 p.m." which may actually help stay within the calories. HA!
Even on my worst cycle day with cramps and backache, we still walked about half a mile yesterday. I'm pretty proud of myself for that. It's been so awesome to have Little Mister ask me every day to go for a walk and run in the stroller and play outside. He's loving having a more involved and active mommy, and I know VOD is, too. She got really upset with me yesterday when she got in trouble, because I told her she got to stay home from the walk and clean her room. I relented and she picked up her dirty laundry when we got home.
As of right now, I'm down 7 pounds from my high weight this week with the pre-period bloat, which is down 4 pounds from my high last week. I know that will slow down eventually, but I'm loving seeing some results so quickly! I feel less bloated and have more energy for the most part. Can't wait to see what happens in the coming weeks and months!
p.s. I have no idea why some of the words in this post have hyperlinks. Bizarre-o.
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