Running Late

I overslept this morning!  I hate it!!  I usually try to be at the "drop site" to pick up my papers by 4AM.  Which means get up and either pump for the baby or nurse the baby then grab my water, wallet and keys and dash.  But this morning, even though I have an alarm set for 2:30 and another for 3:15, I sat straight up in the bed at 4:10AM!!!  Good Grief!!  So I came downstairs, pumped,  woke Hubby up, who was sleeping on the couch (He comes in from work around 1AM), handed him some fresh squeezed in a bottle, and dashed. 
My right rear tire was low, again.  So, I stopped for air, again! 
Hit the first box at 4:59 and the last box at 7:15...   not to shabby for daylight paper throwin'

Confessions - #1

I have a confession.  I over eat. Not when I'm eating meals but when I'm eating snacks.  Sugar is a weakness.  What's worse... I try to hide it.  I realized this yesterday after our daughter's birthday party.  I made cupcakes and when we got home I'd eaten three before I realized that I'd even gotten any out of the platter.  I get defensive when someone watches me eat or comes in the room that I was trying to "hide" in. 
I'd really like to get in better shape, lose weight, eat better... I'm not going to make excuses about it except for to say that right now.. I'm just not trying and instead I'm putting other things/people ahead of myself (like I always do)

Welcome to Summertime 2010!

1. It became officially summer on Monday. What's your favorite part of winter?
    My favorite part of winter is the quiet right after a heavy snow.
2. What was your worst summer vacation ever?
     My worst summer vacation ever was a trip that I took with my ex-husband. We went to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. We had fought for months before that, we fought the entire trip.  It was awlful.
3. Kimber's husband just got the dream job that he's hoped for. So a big shout out to her and Anthony! Tell us about the best job that you ever had.
    I believe that the job I have now will be the best one ever.  I just hope that I can perform as well as I should be expected.  I'm a stay at home mom.
4. Who is probably talking a load of crap about you right now?
    I really don't know. No one I hope.
5. An alien appears and offers you the opportunity to repeat one year of your life. You will still know everything that you know now. He explains that no matter what you do differently, when you are returned to the present nothing will have changed. What year would you pick and why?
   I would pick the year I met my husband.  I would go back and try to learn more about him.  I'd spend alot of time with his grandmother I'd ask her to teach me to sew, knit, crochet, garden, can... all the things I feel that I should know by now.
6. Name three things you have on you at all times. Explain why.
   My cell phone - I never know when someone will call.
   my earrings - hubby gave 'em to me they're beautiful
   my glasses - cause I can't see farther than two or three feet without me
7. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?
    When it wasn't a birthday card?? the last time would've been in grade school, when we had pen pals.  It's been a very long time.
8. If you could have everyone in the blogosphere read just one of your posts, which post would you pick and why?
   I haven't written one that I would want EVERYONE to read.
9. I recently read that the music industry continues to decline at an alarming rate. In the last year it said the sales of Michael Jackson's and The Beatles' music are the only artists who sales continue to climb. The article stated that the two are holding up the industry. Have you bought a CD or mp3 of either artist recently?
    No.
10. What radio ad right now do you find so annoying that you'd rather have a tooth drilled than hear it again?
   I listen to XM radio, no commercials.
11. Berleen walks into a bar on a hot Minnesota day. At the bar sits a priest, a rabbi and a minister. A ten foot duck walks into the bar right after Berleen. What drink do you think Berleen orders?
    She would order a Malibu Bay Breeze.
12. There is a knock on your door. It can be anyone in the world. Who would you want it to be?
      Me, In 5 years. 
13. What would be the worst entertainment or sporting that you could be forced to watch?
     Televised Marble Competitions

so much for that idea.. literally opened the door to a flash flood! Will just have to work indoors today!

Getting Stuff Done.

Gonna try to pull some weeds out of the landscaping before it starts storming.

Too many Voices

Yesterday was our daughter's 5th birthday and of course Sunday was Father's day. So, instead of spending Sunday cleaning the house I decided to spend it with my husband and the girls. I probably shouldn't let that happen again, let me explain.
The party is scheduled for Saturday.. everyone that I can think of has been invited, Including my husband's parents. Yesterday at around 10AM we get a phone call. My husband's parents have decided that they're going to drive down to surprise Lulu on her birthday. Well, not only did that surprise her but it also caught me completely off guard. I haven't been spending every waking moment cleaning because I've been spending it catching up on sleep and getting used to having a new baby in our family. But, needless to say I get a little freaked out when I don't have things cleaned the way I think they should be. Then double that when unexpected company decides to show up. Feels more like a surprise inspection than a visit.
Usually when I feel this way it reminds me of conversations that my paternal grandmother would have with me. She would talk about how awful of a housewife my mother was. She would tell me that my mother had stolen quilts from her. We lived next door to her until I was 14 and at one point she showed me pictures that she'd taken of the rooms in our house while we weren't home. Mind you, this irritates me to no end. She actually took the time to go into our home, take pictures, and have them developed so that she could have something to be upset about (or "proof" that she had a "reason" to be upset). Not only that but she had the nerve to discuss MY mother with ME. How exactly was I supposed to feel about that? "Oh, thank you Grandmother, for showing me that no matter what I can count on you to sneak around behind our backs to pick to death what we are and aren't doing!!" "thank you for showing me that Mom doesn't clean to your standards (bi the way, what are your standards? cause you never showed me either)
I'm working on putting my grandmother's voice out of my head and instead building routines that will help me keep house the way I want to.

Obession

I have a new passion or I guess you could call it a vice. If I'm the only adult in the house the tv is on Food Network. I absolutely love it. I love to create and of course I love to eat. So, I guess it goes without saying that cooking would become something that I enjoy at some point in my life. It's a good thing too, because if I'm not cooking something from scratch then whatever I'm eating isn't good for me, like take-out for example. Now I'm not knocking that kind of living. But for me... it's not something that I want to do for a long period of time. Because I start hateing to eat. I've literally said it before "I'm so sick of eating! It's always the same garbage!!" So, preparing something from scratch or something that I haven't eaten before gives me a reason to eat.
I've been getting my ideas from savingdinner.com for the last 4 years. I love her. I was very stressed before I found her and her sister (FLYlady). I'm trying to get my flying back together; it's taking longer than I'd hoped it would but with a new precious baby and getting used to wearing that hat again... I can live with a few areas of the house being tormented by clutter. (Or at least I can lie and say that I can)

On the menu today... Applesauce Pork Chops.

Considering...

I'm considering deleting all pages of my blog and starting from scratch. I feel my life has gone through a complete over haul and maybe the same should be done to the blog..
we'll see.