And not because in December I will be turning 30.
Today we had a gathering for Easter. It was great. But once 5 pm starts rolling around man-oh-man I'm ready to get in my PJ's and relax. Except tonight I had a TON of laundry to do because yesterday was spent with another gathering for Easter. ANYWAY it just so happens (in my old age) that I forgot my purse and something for Marie at my Granny's house. As I call to see if anyone could bring it my way I hear they are about to do this and they are about to do that. And I'm thinking "I'm about to want to be in bed!!" Am I sick? Old, for real? Is it the fulfilled life I have with 2 extremely energetic counter-parts? Am I just like my father (now I might be getting warmer). My father and I have never been the type to stay up late. I would love to sleep in late but here lately even sleeping in late hasn't done me justice. Just like last night and the night before. Last night Brad and I got 9 hours of sleep! Now that's pretty darn good. But the night before I got about 12 hours. But I still start to slow WAAAAY down at 5 pm. I've also felt a little sick here lately so maybe I came down with a virus, who knows. I just feel so ashamed to say sometimes that my bedtime is seriously within an hour or 2 of Marie's. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8pm, fyi. I try to think how things will be when baby #2 comes along. I see that others have done it and I'm sure they have all felt the same as I do now, or maybe not. As I go through my medical checklist I see things that are part of the problem, poor appetite and lack of water. It seems that my ability to whine about the situation is stronger than my ability to fix the situation. I have seriously been dealing with this for a while now. A good 3-6 months at best. Lets see when did they first bring out Cadbury eggs this season?? haha. I eat more of those than anything else. BAD BAD Cadbury eggs!
Needless to say, despite my exhaustion, I am running my 3rd triathlon in about 2 weeks. As the date gets closer and closer I rethink my agreement to torture myself with this race. I just have to think about the finish line and know that #3 is going to be great!!
Now on to the whole 30th birthday thing. I actually sent the Zac Brown Band a message asking if they would do a private concert for a 30th birthday party!! I'm sure I won't get a reply from them...haha. But seriously I was thinking of getting the AWESOME DJ Brad and I had at our wedding and have a little party. But where should we have it? If Zac Brown did respond with a decline wouldn't be funny if the reason was because they were "stuck in colder weather..."
HAHAHAHA
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The past week and its blessings
This I must say has been one of the best weeks I have had in a while. Marie and Brad have been such a blessing this week I can not describe. We had an afternoon date last Sunday that was filled with Fuddruckers, movie and a nap.
Don't laugh too hard but one of the best moments of this week was Wednesday. I more or less did a triathlon. Christy and I swam before work, ran at lunch and then I road my bike after work. We did just about every distance we will need to complete in May. Brad, bless his heart, took Marie with him to Hobbs to visit with some of his family. SO I got a night all to myself after a hard day of training. THAT WAS AWESOME!! I love my husband and child but man it's great to have one night to myself, even if it was a Wednesday.
Brad finally went and got himself a grill and we have cooked and relaxed in the backyard more than ever since we moved in to the new house. AND I must say he is a most excellent cook on the grill. We have already had steak and chicken, YUMMY! We have had a glass of wine or 2 after Marie goes to bed. And we aren't great wine drinkers. We actually get the cheapest wine (Arbor Mist...haha) but the best tasting to us.
We went to a birthday party for some of my highschool friends son, he turned one. It was a great party! Marie had fun messing with her new surroundings. I also got to chitchat with some old friends and Brad met some new friends. Thanks Luis, Alisha and Gavin!!
That night my mom kept Marie. SO Brad and I went on a date. This was 2 weekends in a row that we have gone out on a date. AND honestly I ask myself "Why the hell don't we do this more often?" Usually I make excuses about the house or I'm tired or whatever. I will stop doing that. Forgetting that the house needs to be cleaned or that the laundry needs to be done feels sooo good. We watched "Lincoln Lawyer." HOLY CRAP it was good. It's a great drama film with GREAT twists and turns. If you have seen it you will understand my next comment. As we were leaving I gave Brad a great big hug and told him I was lucky to have him as my husband. Brad is a great protector of me and Marie, if you didn't know that about him.
We went to church this morning to end the week just perfectly! Marie was a very good girl in church. We didn't have to leave the main room once. Usually we sit in the cry room or just stand in the back so she can exercise her little legs. Maybe the reason she was so good was because she slept the first 15 minutes...haha. She fell asleep on the way there and woke up about 15 minutes in to the service. After church we ate and then took Marie to a local park to get her nice and tired for a nap. That girl is like the energizer bunny. She can go and go and go as long as you will let her. I love that she loves the outdoors. I would stay in the house more if it wasn't for Marie. Thank goodness for her!! Everyone needs to feel that sunshine on their skin.
We went to the store this afternoon and I got some more Cadbury Eggs!! Thank goodness. I was starting to have withdrawal symptoms for real!! I enjoyed one while writing this.
And now instead of ironing my pants or sleeping I am writing this. I remember one of my friends on facebook posting a joke one time about how girls on facebook judge their other girl friends on facebook by either the number of "blessings" they talk about or how much they complain about their lives. I think about that as I write this blog today. I'm glad I get to post a blessing.
Easter is next weekend. I hope we get some good pictures of Marie and her new Easter basket.
I hope everyone has a great week!!
Don't laugh too hard but one of the best moments of this week was Wednesday. I more or less did a triathlon. Christy and I swam before work, ran at lunch and then I road my bike after work. We did just about every distance we will need to complete in May. Brad, bless his heart, took Marie with him to Hobbs to visit with some of his family. SO I got a night all to myself after a hard day of training. THAT WAS AWESOME!! I love my husband and child but man it's great to have one night to myself, even if it was a Wednesday.
Brad finally went and got himself a grill and we have cooked and relaxed in the backyard more than ever since we moved in to the new house. AND I must say he is a most excellent cook on the grill. We have already had steak and chicken, YUMMY! We have had a glass of wine or 2 after Marie goes to bed. And we aren't great wine drinkers. We actually get the cheapest wine (Arbor Mist...haha) but the best tasting to us.
We went to a birthday party for some of my highschool friends son, he turned one. It was a great party! Marie had fun messing with her new surroundings. I also got to chitchat with some old friends and Brad met some new friends. Thanks Luis, Alisha and Gavin!!
That night my mom kept Marie. SO Brad and I went on a date. This was 2 weekends in a row that we have gone out on a date. AND honestly I ask myself "Why the hell don't we do this more often?" Usually I make excuses about the house or I'm tired or whatever. I will stop doing that. Forgetting that the house needs to be cleaned or that the laundry needs to be done feels sooo good. We watched "Lincoln Lawyer." HOLY CRAP it was good. It's a great drama film with GREAT twists and turns. If you have seen it you will understand my next comment. As we were leaving I gave Brad a great big hug and told him I was lucky to have him as my husband. Brad is a great protector of me and Marie, if you didn't know that about him.
We went to church this morning to end the week just perfectly! Marie was a very good girl in church. We didn't have to leave the main room once. Usually we sit in the cry room or just stand in the back so she can exercise her little legs. Maybe the reason she was so good was because she slept the first 15 minutes...haha. She fell asleep on the way there and woke up about 15 minutes in to the service. After church we ate and then took Marie to a local park to get her nice and tired for a nap. That girl is like the energizer bunny. She can go and go and go as long as you will let her. I love that she loves the outdoors. I would stay in the house more if it wasn't for Marie. Thank goodness for her!! Everyone needs to feel that sunshine on their skin.
We went to the store this afternoon and I got some more Cadbury Eggs!! Thank goodness. I was starting to have withdrawal symptoms for real!! I enjoyed one while writing this.
And now instead of ironing my pants or sleeping I am writing this. I remember one of my friends on facebook posting a joke one time about how girls on facebook judge their other girl friends on facebook by either the number of "blessings" they talk about or how much they complain about their lives. I think about that as I write this blog today. I'm glad I get to post a blessing.
Easter is next weekend. I hope we get some good pictures of Marie and her new Easter basket.
I hope everyone has a great week!!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
It was one of those days...
It actually was a good day for Brad and I. I woke up with all the intentions of getting a bunch of stuff done but in the end I spent most of the day with Brad doing date night things. That was all fun and good, until now. At 9:30 at night I have a few chores that really should be handled but instead I am typing this blog and thinking about counting sheep. It's hard being a full time mommy, wife and professional. Working full time 5 days a week then having a busy weekend can really wear on a person's nerves. I'm not saying it's anything specific that wears you down just the pace and the constant GOING. But I will agree that if my life is not always filled with the things I do on a daily basis I wouldn't know what to do with myself. SO why do I bring this up? I look around my house...particularly to my right...
And see this mess. Now some of you may say that's not bad. But in that particular area I see about 20 things that I need to work on. I have what some people would call a "type A" personality. If I could I would diagnose myself as having some degree of OCD. My own personal experiences with this is that I sleep much better knowing I will not wake up with a mess in my house. But I will stay up late making sure the house is clean, so in the end I lose sleep. Tonight I believe I will just go to bed with a dirty house. I have those days when my type A personality doesn't really get to spend much time exposing itself. And it was one of those days.
Brad and I enjoyed a lovely day together going out to eat and then to a movie, baby free. We seriously must do this more often. Marie spent the afternoon with her Grrrrnny and Papa. It was nice spending a few hours doing stress free things.
We also took the dogs to the groomers. Gizmo now has her summer haircut!!
She can no longer "whip her hair back and forth," at least for a few weeks. She gets a little sassy and frisky when she has no hair.
Also Marie is Marie. She still has her cough but I am hoping she will do better tonight. Last night wasn't that good of a night. COUGHED all night long. If this crazy wind would ever settle down all these little ones might be able to breath a little better. Marie never acts like she is feeling bad. She is one of those kids that comes in to the office and the parent swears up and down their child is sick but never seems to act like it once they enter the office building. Yes I have one of those children. She had a 101.4 fever on Thursday when she went in to our office and had a blast running around making her momma chase her. She really is a good baby. Brad and I are truly blessed to have such a great family.
Oh and one of those things on my list today was to clean out my car. WOWZERS!! That was an experience. It's been a while since that has happened...I knew I smelled sour milk somewhere. I FOUND IT!! GROSS. My poor car. I also stripped down Marie's car seat as well. My conclusion is that no food should be fed to a baby in a car seat, haha. So many crumbs fell out of that sucker this evening. But after tonight she will have a super fresh smelling car seat. That type A personality is slipping away day by day. I just hope I don't turn in to a total slob!! HAHA. Ok the thought of that just makes me laugh.
And see this mess. Now some of you may say that's not bad. But in that particular area I see about 20 things that I need to work on. I have what some people would call a "type A" personality. If I could I would diagnose myself as having some degree of OCD. My own personal experiences with this is that I sleep much better knowing I will not wake up with a mess in my house. But I will stay up late making sure the house is clean, so in the end I lose sleep. Tonight I believe I will just go to bed with a dirty house. I have those days when my type A personality doesn't really get to spend much time exposing itself. And it was one of those days.
Brad and I enjoyed a lovely day together going out to eat and then to a movie, baby free. We seriously must do this more often. Marie spent the afternoon with her Grrrrnny and Papa. It was nice spending a few hours doing stress free things.
We also took the dogs to the groomers. Gizmo now has her summer haircut!!
She can no longer "whip her hair back and forth," at least for a few weeks. She gets a little sassy and frisky when she has no hair.
Also Marie is Marie. She still has her cough but I am hoping she will do better tonight. Last night wasn't that good of a night. COUGHED all night long. If this crazy wind would ever settle down all these little ones might be able to breath a little better. Marie never acts like she is feeling bad. She is one of those kids that comes in to the office and the parent swears up and down their child is sick but never seems to act like it once they enter the office building. Yes I have one of those children. She had a 101.4 fever on Thursday when she went in to our office and had a blast running around making her momma chase her. She really is a good baby. Brad and I are truly blessed to have such a great family.
Oh and one of those things on my list today was to clean out my car. WOWZERS!! That was an experience. It's been a while since that has happened...I knew I smelled sour milk somewhere. I FOUND IT!! GROSS. My poor car. I also stripped down Marie's car seat as well. My conclusion is that no food should be fed to a baby in a car seat, haha. So many crumbs fell out of that sucker this evening. But after tonight she will have a super fresh smelling car seat. That type A personality is slipping away day by day. I just hope I don't turn in to a total slob!! HAHA. Ok the thought of that just makes me laugh.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Random
So as I was getting ready for bed I had a few thoughts I would share with the rest of the world.
I am truly in love with my hair here lately. I realize that sounds very narcissistic of me BUT you have no idea. About a year ago I discovered what a flat iron what. OKOK don't give me too hard of a time. I'm a little slow sometimes. BUT I absolutely love the way it makes my straight hair even straighter and sososo shiny. About a few weeks ago I rediscovered a product called "Biosilk." Thanks to my old pal Anne, she first introduced me to the lovely product in junior high. I love putting this on my hair before I go to bed. Not only does it smell good but I appears to make my hair even softer the next day. And since I seem to flat iron my hair alot it hasn't really been all that fuzzy looking. Thanks Anne. BUT NOW OMG I have discovered the hair "waver." Someone please stop me. This is the coolest thing since the "crimper." And if people still thought crimping your hair was cool I sure would be doing it. So I now have a waver. I get that look I've always wanted without getting a perm. It's so freaking cool. I must enjoy these little victories in life. My next paragraph will show you why.
So this week has not been much fun as far a daily routines go. My little princess has been fairly ill just about every day this week. Monday she started with this weird cough and had a low grade fever, so she was fussy. Daycare called me on Tuesday because she would not stop crying so I had to go pick her up. Wednesday was better sorta, but I was still up late giving her a breathing treatment and worrying about how bad her cough sounds. Oh yes and I almost forgot I had to pick her up again today because she was running a 102ish fever at daycare. But on the bright side she gets to spend some good quality time with her Gammy tomorrow. Sometimes I think being a PA is a blessing and other times I truly wish I had no clue about medicine. I will try to figure out the situation and make a plan and then Marie decides she is going to go another direction. It's so much fun when you are rocking her back to sleep after a battle with the nebulizer, you are about to fall sleep yourself and then you hear what sounds like a burp and think "oh well that's good," no big deal right? WRONG...what you thought was a burp you then feel this liquid going down your chest and arm, and then comes the smell of vomit. YAH!! Oh and this week Brad has been out of town. SO happy happy joy joy Marie gets this happy mama 24/7 while she is sick. I'm sure she's pretty darn tired of seeing my face in the middle of the night. And another thing about Marie. She wets out of her diaper nearly ever night. She drinks a ton, I understand that doesn't help, BUT I hate to go and change her diaper in the middle of the night. It always seems like a battle and I don't want to wake her up. But I'm getting pretty tired of cleaning her clothes so often. I even went up to a bigger sized diaper thinking that would help. I'm telling you this girl can pee! Just the thought of waking up at 3 in the morning to change a wet diaper sounds horrible. Here we go back to sleepless nights. Maybe she's training us for the next child.
AND lastly one thing I am pretty excited about is my upcoming triathlon. I get to participate with 2 of my good friends from high school. This year we are going to Florida and will be on the Disney World grounds. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! Hows my training you ask? Well not that great, but as long as I cross that finish line alive, it's all good! haha. But seriously my training isn't going as planned here the past 2 weeks. We've been bouncing illnesses off each other in the McDaniel household and can't seem to get better. BRING on the LYSOL!!
Ok so I think I will be able to sleep now that I've put most of my thoughts out to the world. Don't think I'm crazy because I love my hair. I've got to think positive in order to stay positive. A co-worker said that one week. So if my hair is making me happy this week then I'm going to hold on to that positive thought like hell...haha. Ok maybe you can think I'm a little crazy.
"I whip my hair back and forth..."
OMG
Goodnight
I am truly in love with my hair here lately. I realize that sounds very narcissistic of me BUT you have no idea. About a year ago I discovered what a flat iron what. OKOK don't give me too hard of a time. I'm a little slow sometimes. BUT I absolutely love the way it makes my straight hair even straighter and sososo shiny. About a few weeks ago I rediscovered a product called "Biosilk." Thanks to my old pal Anne, she first introduced me to the lovely product in junior high. I love putting this on my hair before I go to bed. Not only does it smell good but I appears to make my hair even softer the next day. And since I seem to flat iron my hair alot it hasn't really been all that fuzzy looking. Thanks Anne. BUT NOW OMG I have discovered the hair "waver." Someone please stop me. This is the coolest thing since the "crimper." And if people still thought crimping your hair was cool I sure would be doing it. So I now have a waver. I get that look I've always wanted without getting a perm. It's so freaking cool. I must enjoy these little victories in life. My next paragraph will show you why.
So this week has not been much fun as far a daily routines go. My little princess has been fairly ill just about every day this week. Monday she started with this weird cough and had a low grade fever, so she was fussy. Daycare called me on Tuesday because she would not stop crying so I had to go pick her up. Wednesday was better sorta, but I was still up late giving her a breathing treatment and worrying about how bad her cough sounds. Oh yes and I almost forgot I had to pick her up again today because she was running a 102ish fever at daycare. But on the bright side she gets to spend some good quality time with her Gammy tomorrow. Sometimes I think being a PA is a blessing and other times I truly wish I had no clue about medicine. I will try to figure out the situation and make a plan and then Marie decides she is going to go another direction. It's so much fun when you are rocking her back to sleep after a battle with the nebulizer, you are about to fall sleep yourself and then you hear what sounds like a burp and think "oh well that's good," no big deal right? WRONG...what you thought was a burp you then feel this liquid going down your chest and arm, and then comes the smell of vomit. YAH!! Oh and this week Brad has been out of town. SO happy happy joy joy Marie gets this happy mama 24/7 while she is sick. I'm sure she's pretty darn tired of seeing my face in the middle of the night. And another thing about Marie. She wets out of her diaper nearly ever night. She drinks a ton, I understand that doesn't help, BUT I hate to go and change her diaper in the middle of the night. It always seems like a battle and I don't want to wake her up. But I'm getting pretty tired of cleaning her clothes so often. I even went up to a bigger sized diaper thinking that would help. I'm telling you this girl can pee! Just the thought of waking up at 3 in the morning to change a wet diaper sounds horrible. Here we go back to sleepless nights. Maybe she's training us for the next child.
AND lastly one thing I am pretty excited about is my upcoming triathlon. I get to participate with 2 of my good friends from high school. This year we are going to Florida and will be on the Disney World grounds. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! Hows my training you ask? Well not that great, but as long as I cross that finish line alive, it's all good! haha. But seriously my training isn't going as planned here the past 2 weeks. We've been bouncing illnesses off each other in the McDaniel household and can't seem to get better. BRING on the LYSOL!!
Ok so I think I will be able to sleep now that I've put most of my thoughts out to the world. Don't think I'm crazy because I love my hair. I've got to think positive in order to stay positive. A co-worker said that one week. So if my hair is making me happy this week then I'm going to hold on to that positive thought like hell...haha. Ok maybe you can think I'm a little crazy.
"I whip my hair back and forth..."
OMG
Goodnight
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