Take a break!

I’ve been working my butt off all morning, so now I’m taking a break. It’s the first day in forever, that we didn’t have to get up and go somewhere. Emily woke up at six, so Morgan went in and told her to go back to bed. Her big girl bed makes it harder to do that, but she went with it. We all woke up at 9am! I haven’t slept in in a long time. Even if Emily sleeps in I usually still wake up and drag myself downstairs to make coffee. So sleeping until nine was a nice surprise.

I wasn’t super trilled with something Emily learned at daycare, but then I realized it wasn’t at day care that she learned “Cry baby Cry Baby, stick your head in pie baby!” It was on Kronk! Ahh, apparently I need to pay more attention to the little things in movies. Because she does! Silly little pickle!

Coco is home! No more nothing to do nights! She brought me some great books from Quebec. I’m excited to keep working on my French. I’m still not really sure why I need to learn French but I do! So that’s what I’m going to do. She brought me back a bilingual Bible as well, so now I don’t have to carry 2 bibles around. I like that.

Morgan and I have been renting older movies lately cause there isnt anything new thats good with now. As if we need one more dumb horror movie or teenage sleep-with-the-football-team movie. I don’t like those anyways,but it appears there are oodles of them out right now. I’ve been into alot more action and sci-fi movies too, so moregan likes that. less romantic chick flicks! haha. I liked the Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch black. A bit of language, but good storyline. I only said noodlenoodle a couple times in Pitch Black. We watched V for Vendetta too. I thought it was unbelieavably Orwellian (like the book “1984″). Morgan didnt know what is was about at all, but he though it was going to be some slasher movie, and I was like…um I dont watch those. Again, a couple of not so great scenes, but still a great story line. There were some weird things in it too like the religious intolerance and the dictators symbol is a cross with an extra line. Definitaly some spiritual parallels in it.

I think I’m going to go make something to eat. mmm

mmm Mango!

TMNT

TMNT
Took me back a couple of years. Roxy and I watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last night. The new one. Being as I was obsessive about it for many a year as a small girl. The funny thing is that I thought that I probably wouldn’t like it anymore…wrong. Ok so once a geek always a geek.

b&G
Speaking of Geek. We only have one episode left of the rerun 05 Beauty and the Geek. Its been fun watching the “Social experiment”. We were right ticked tho because the first season it reran didn’t air the final episode. I skipped it and ran the aftermath one. NOT cool. So we knew who won, but not why they did…stupid station. We checked to make sure this one was going to have an ending. We wouldn’t have watched it otherwise.

Em has been the nap queen for the last couple of days. I think she is teething really badly. She has been awake for like an hour before wanting to go back to sleep. Then she naps for like 4 hours and gets up all grumpy still. She went to bed without 1 tear last night. Not even an eep. She rolled over onto her tummy, stuck her butt in the air and closed her eyes. She was so tired I guess, but she wasn’t even grumpy. It was so nice for a change. She normally goes down fine, but cries or complains for a minute or two.

I’m trying to psych myself into cleaning mode. I did a bunch on the office this morning, but I still really want to get the basement done. The office is easier to do because its just trying to get stuff sorted out and then put it away. The basement is …well scary. I’m hoping I’ll have more time next week because Morgan is on mornings and will be home more. YAY!

Goal-pdate

Croc-xperiment day 2.

Crocs

I cut it close to wearing my crocs out in public today. They are just so darn convenient to slip on if you have a baby/diaper bag/purse/anything in your arms. We’ll see how this goes.

Ok and on to Goals…dun dun dahh.

Body Break

Goal 1: “Keep fit and have fun” (thank you and Hal Johnson & Joanne Mcloed…dang now I’m going to have the body break song stuck in my head). The last 2 weeks have been somewhat disastrous in the eat good department. I think if it hadn’t been for a series of unplanned exercises Id be…well larger. I had my first real gain since I started in January. Added a nice 5 pounds back on. Grr stupid ice cream. but I’m back to normal life, whatever that is and back to the gym. I got a new scale that is digital and reads to .02 of a pound. Its encouraging because you can tell if you even loose .02. I loathe the scale at the gym its so inaccurate. If you stand on it funny it reads screwy.

Jesus Fish
Goal 2. Growing in my relationship with God. Being a real god chaser. I just got back from a steady stream of conferences. Sometimes those moments are real thrive and dive things. This year it really felt like a solid upward movement. I had some really awesome words spoken over my life. All really consistent too. The words “adventure” and “artist” kept coming up. All from different people. It was a cool thing for me. I had shelved a few thing to work on other things and so now I’m back in the groove.

organizing
Goal 3. Get organized in 2007. My oh-so-thoughtful-in-law’s got me these awesome hangers and shelving units. They have revolutionized my closet space. Its awesome. We switched from the drawer system to the hanger system and I’m loving it. Its working out rather well. Morgan and I are even sharing(miracle) one dresser for sox and skivvies too. Its super. Next we have to work on the basement because Morgan was being helpful while I was away and reorganized stuff into the walkway. Thanks hunny.

It's Gonna Sparkle

I’m getting so excited for Avalanche. Its this youth conference we go to in Kelowna. We leave Friday morning. I didn’t get to go last year. It was this whole “have a baby while leading a youth trip” thing that wasn’t so good. I turned out I had Emily like 6 weeks early so that was ok. anyways. I’m really excited to go this year. We have a huge group to take. Until last night we were short a guy chaperone and a van. Then this guy we know phoned with both. YAY!! I’m really sad that Morgan cant go because of work. It would have been so great. I hate it when you cant get holidays when you need them. Most of the jobs I had would let you have time off whenever you wanted it. Never paid time off, but who cares so long as you don’t miss something. Actually I remember missing Avalanche several years ago to work. Morgan and I worked at the same place and so only one of us could go. I drew the short straw. Haha.

So back to Heroes. Last nights episode was good. It ended good too. Now only 1 more episode till season finale. What to do what to do? hmmm enjoy the summer thats what I’ll do. I pretty much watch nothing now anyways. I never have time for T.V. ok. one more YAY! for Tivo. I think it needs its own category. Yep. I’ll have to add that.

I’m still going to town on my house. Its gonna sparkle…or at least look good. ooo I just remember I was gonna clean the fridge. I’ll have to get to that. We might go take pictures today with Leesh. I hope so. I need more pictures of me that actually look ok. I have this awful picture of me on a mouse pad. Well Its actually a good picture of my cousins and I, but I’ve lost so much weight that I think it looks yucky/not healthy. Its a good reminder for me of where I’ve come from.

People keep asking when I’m gonna get pregnant again. I don’t think people will ever run out of awkward questions to ask at social gatherings. At least I don’t get asked what I’m gonna do with the rest of my life anymore. I hated that one. My dad’s like, old :) and he still doesn’t know what he’s gonna do with the rest of his life. As for the answer of when I’ll get prego again…I need to get healthy first. I want to start a pregnancy at a good weight with better eating habits. I’m not into being sick for the whole thing and not being able to walk at all because of my S.I joint. I cant imagine doing that with Emily to take care of. So no, not for a while.

Thought I’d do a Gracie Montage!

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Final 10!

I got halfway through a post yesterday when Emily woke up and the rest of the day was shot. I went back to my post this morning, but found it to be rather boring so I deleted it and we are starting fresh.

Emily has the worst attitude today. Its crazy. She keeps freaking out over dumb stuff. Dealing with Toddler temper tantrums isn’t very fun. I’ve read so many different ways to deal with them, but I haven’t found something that fits us yet. Thankfully its nap time and I get a few moments reprieve. Grr. I think she’s waking up again. What is this?? AHH!
I have been overhauling my house. It was in serious need of a good cleaning. I’m going away for the long weekend and my in-laws are staying with Emily so I wanted to make sure the place wasn’t icky and cluttery. Man its relaxing to walk around in a clean house. I think I’ll even clean out the fridge today. I spilled a box of baking soda everywhere and I’ve been putting off cleaning it up. It looks like it snowed in my fridge. Or like a snow globe that has yet to be shaken.

Perfect segue into…

Sylar on last weeks Heroes. Its ok if you didn’t see it cause Sylar went psycho and killed his mom. Who does that. Seriously. I’m stoked for Heroes tonight. Only 2 episodes left. This is the only TV show Ive ever watched that I haven’t missed an episode. YAY for Tivo! Thats not true. Morgan rented the first season of 24 and I watched all of that. Loved/Hated it.

Oh yeah and guess who won the challenge at my gym. ME! I lost the most inches at the gym in the last 2 month. I won some candles. oooo. Plus even tho the last 2 weeks didn’t go so great I still lost a pound. I’m in the final 10 baby yeah!! I know everyone says those are the hardest, but I didn’t do so great on the last ten and now I’m back in the game. I’m pretty excited about it. Yay Me!

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Crybabies'R'Us

Emily has been having a seriously rough crybaby day. I now know why they call them crybabies. I’m not sure what the problem is, but she’s been extremely emotional all day. She cried for the last half of church and everyone all the way from the front could hear her in the nursery at the back. She had a little nap and then was at it again. AHH. Ok I’m actually ok with it today. I think if I was headed to Kamloops as planned I might not have been as calm and cool about it. I really hasn’t been getting to me like it does sometimes. I’m just trying to be there for her. Who knows maybe she’s teething again and just not showing the same signs as the last time.

I’m trying to get my house all cleaned up before I go. I’d rather come home to a clean house than a messy one. So I’ve even resorted to setting the timer to help me remember to change the laundry over. I’m hoping that at least the main floor and the bathrooms will be cleaned up before I go. We’ll see. I’ll clean most things, but I’ve decided not to clean up Morgan’s salsa dish that he left downstairs and let grow stuff. It’s nasty. I don’t do nasty. So far thats the biggest problem with having moved the T.V. downstairs. I’m enjoying watching less T.V. and not having the T.V. clutter in my living room, but I’m really hating the dishes and pop cans and other crap that keeps getting left down there. I’m more ok with clutter than dirty stuff, and since I’m trying to de-clutter the dirty stuff frustrates me even more.

A bunch of my Youth left today for a week long hardcore discipleship school during spring break. I’m pretty excited for them. They are going to be challenged and learn so much. I’m hoping to see some great things come out of this experience. I think they are really going to love it.

My lungs have been alot better in the last few days. I think I finally kicked my cold. HA! It took a long time, but I’m glad its over. I like feeling like me and not like some lethargic snow beast who whines alot.

When we were so little

Road Trip Tunes

I’m trying to get everything all packed for my trip. I’m taking a break from the hustle and bustle of packing. I’m probably going to have to leave a couple days early and drive a couple of Youth to Kamloops for a spring break discipleship school. Rather than drive to Kamloops and back on Sunday and then leave again for kamloops on Tuesday I think Ill just carry on through to Richmond on Sunday night. I’d be more inclined to come home on Sunday if the highways weren’t all closed. I’m pretty sure I have to take the Coquihalla anyways.

I’m burning a bunch of CD’s for the trip. Morgan can’t come with me anymore so it’ll be my first trip down by myself and with Emily too. I’m going to be all nice and leave my iPod for Morgan while he is at work. I’m trying to decide what I’d like to listen to. I have a few audio books I could take or maybe just make some playlists of good driving tunes. I wonder if I Google driving music if Ill find any suggestion for the best road trip music.

I officially hate doing Laundry. ok maybe not as much as vacuuming or taking out the garbage, but I hate it all the same. I don’t mind all the first part, but I really don’t like folding it. Plus I never catch it when it’s done so everything is wrinkly. Some one in my house take serious issue to there being wrinkles in “his” clothes. Not that I get in trouble or something, but he still wont wear stuff with wrinkles.

Haha. This really awkward guy just phones to see if Morgan would take a survey. I said “Morgan Hates surveys, but if it’s important I could take it”. (Morgan always thinks I’m crazy for talking to telemarketers).Lately I’ve been getting alot better at saying “No Thank you” and interrupting there schpeel. But this guy sounded so awkward I just didn’t want to hurt his poor(probably Emo) feelings. Turns out I cant take his dumb survey because I’m not 25. Stupid regulations. haha.

Well…Emily is waking up so time to get back to this whole packing/laundry/craziness experience.

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