Day 206: I Think I’m on to Something

You know when you go on vacation and you let loose and don’t focus on trying to stay healthy?  Well for me it’s kind of the opposite.  When my family comes to visit, it’s all about the comfort foods…the familiar foods that I haven’t had in a while…Southern Fried Baked Chicken…Brisket…Corn Beef and Cabbage (yes the Jewish folks know how to get down with Irish traditions) as well as all the goodies that seem to enter my house all at once…Pastries…Cakes…Snacks…well you get the picture. [...]

Day 205: I’m busy.

Day 204: I’ve got a shrimp on my hands

Last Thursday was Abigail’s last day of swim lessons for the first summer session at the Y.  I think she had the most fun as she splashed me pretty much for the entire 30 minutes.  And when it was our turn to decide what type of fish the whole group should be (a silly song thing we do) Abby of course chose a splashing fish. [...]

Day 203: It’s a Small World After All

Do any of you ever blog and wonder if one day when you are walking in the grocery store Target, someone will come up to you and say, “Oh my goodness…It’s Metta and Abigail!”  (Well of course insert your names.)  I think about this sometimes.  Not a lot, but sometimes it crosses my mind.  I wonder if my blog readers and my real life will ever cross paths.

So remember when I posted on Wednesday about how I think I’m trying too hard.  How I want to meet new mommas in my area, but I’m so afraid to put myself out there.  Well a couple hours after it posted, I got an email titled “Story Time Momma.” [...]

Day 202: Channeling Susie Homemaker

Look at what I made! Don’t they look just scrumptious!

I can’t take full credit for coming up with them.  Someone tweeted last week with a link to Bakerella and her cupcake bites, and I was determined to figure out how to make them. (Though hers in the link are purple too, I did purple b/c I heart the color.  Really, you can do any color you want.)

I think hers look better photographed but the hubs did remind me that she probably has a team of people who spruce up her cupcake bites to make them look perfect.  And well, who the hell is perfect in real life?  Not me.

When I was done making them, I was pretty damn surprised at how good they turned out.  I mean people who know me in real life probably won’t believe that I did make these, from scratch, so I thought I needed to take a picture with me and the bites in the middle of the process. [...]

Day 201: I think I’m trying too hard

NOTE:  Did you see that up top…day 201!  That seems like a lot.  164 days to go.

I’ve written often that I moved away from family and friends.  And well, being a momma, this can sometimes feel lonely.  That is why I was looking forward to summer when I would be able to do activities with Abigail during the day that would allow me to meet other mommas.  With this comes a crap load of expectations…you know where I have this plan of making momma friends…the in real life kind b/c I know I have bunches of interweb ones. [...]

Day 200: The one where I went to the zoo three times over the weekend, but only went in once

Sorry for the super long title, but I couldn’t think of how to get all that information in there with fewer words.  So here is how it all went down…

Saturday…Take 1: Left for the zoo around noon.  The day was glorious and all sunshiney and not too hot.  We drove around the parking lot at the zoo and realized there were no spots.  We then decided to go home and try again tomorrow, but earlier.

Sunday…Take 2:  After everyone had their breakfast and coffee, sans Abby on the coffee thing, we left for the zoo and were there by 10am.  We had no issues finding parking.  It was cloudy still and about 60 degress.  We bundled Abby up and were off.  She seemed to have  a great time…well sort of…I mean she was all wrapped up like it wasn’t July b/c that’s how the PNW rolls these days.

She didn’t seem at all into seeing these killer animals.  (She got more excited to see other children…go figure.)  Good thing I got them on film file so that a year from now I can show them to her and remind her of this day. [...]

Day 199: Consciously Accepting Imperfection

As I write this, I’m thinking back to the post I did last Monday where I bravely decided to show you the junk in my trunk and profess that I am accepting my body.  I’m also thinking about the fact that I said I was gong to try some stuff and not beat myself up if I don’t succeed.

So did I lose any weight?  I have no flipping clue!  I don’t get on the scale these days.  I can get obsessive if I do that.  But my sources point to no, and I’m OK with that.

At first I found myself not caring about anything since making that proclamation last week.  And then I realized that the point of that post wasn’t to all of a sudden not care about my well being.  So I stopped shoveling food into my mouth and started to think about my health a bit more.  (Thinking about these things in terms of health is my new way.) One thing that I’m being more conscious about is putting more veggies into my diet.  I came across this killer broccoli recipe, and we ended up making it twice last week b/c it was just that yummy.  You hear that mom…I think brocolli can be yummy! [...]

Day 198: I Heart My New Digs!

Don’t you just love it? Don’t you think it just suits me so much?

I have to say that Japster did an amazing job for me. While I kept blogging…and well bugging him with requests and such, he was coding away to make this blog look AMAZING!

When I first tweeted last week asking about thoughts on a couple themes I was debating on, not many people liked this one. I had my reservations too, but once I was told that it could be modified to fit my needs, I was so down with it. I always seem to do things differently, so of course this blog had to have a different look. [...]

Day 197: The One Where I Panic

Yesterday, amongst all the exhaustion I was dealing with, my brain decided to go into panic mode.  Here is how it went down…I will try my best to recap the thoughts ping ponging around in my head…

Abby why won’t you eat your bottle…this living room is a mess…Abby please eat your bottle…(looks at can of formula)…Man I wonder how much of that expensive formula goes down the drain b/c Abby won’t eat her bottle…I have such a finicky eater…Man the kitchen is a mess…That formula is expensive…I spent way too much money of things that weren’t a necessity for Abby…Abby please for the love of God eat your bottle…I have to go grocery shopping…There is nothing good to eat…I will eat this crap frozen thing…(eats crap frozen thing)…Man that was gross…I think I’m going to vomit…Abby want to try your bottle again…Why the hell did I eat that…Man this house is a mess…OK Abby play, I don’t care if you don’t eat…Really I do care…PLEASE EAT... [...]