So, I think something is going down at work here?! Today I walked into work to find that they transferred a guy from the Leduc branch over here, which is great - he is a good counter person. But .... we only have TWO computers so my question is ....who is leaving? And because of my little inssident a few weeks ago with the driver and the bike pump I'm a little nervous!? Not that a transfer would be that bad, it would be nice to see what it's like to work at a busy store but I like my cushy job out here - I get to go on Facebook all day, play games, blog, make personal calls. I hope it's not me that goes, I like my customers and I like to think that they like me!?
In diet news .... SlimQuick is going OK - I don't think it is for me though!? It has made me realize just how little willpower I have! I feel like it is almost giving me a excuse to eat more then I used to or make "bad" choices because SlimQuick is suppose to increase your metabolism and help digest high fat/ carb meals. I think I need more structure when I diet but with choices, NS worked the best for me and I think I will have to go back to using it but this time 100%! I like how your meals are set out but you still get the choice of what you want. I don't cheat while on NS because the meal plans make you feel full and satisfied.
Our sitter is finished this week, he goes back to school and I think we will have to find another one because it worked out really well! Hubby was less stressed and got stuff done, I was less stressed cause I didn't have to deal with a grumpy hubby. I am debating about putting Jacob in a day home, it would cost a little more but then he would get socialized. But it is hard to find a good day home that has any openings, all the good ones have waiting lists!!
*** SIDE NOTE ***
I just asked my boss who was leaving and he said I was safe and no need to worry so.... process of elimination that means Squeaky is leaving!!! YAH!!! :D
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
So tired!
I am so incredibly tired! It all started Thursday night .... Jacob had a rough night, he went to bed easy as pie at 8:00 but at 2am he woke (nothing too strange about this, he has been waking once a night ever since he started teething) BUT this time was different! We changed him and gave him a bottle, just like always but when he finished his bottle he started screaming!! We went back in to see what the problem was, I still have no idea, we gave him some Tylenol thinking that maybe his teeth hurt but he just would NOT go back to sleep! I was ready to just head back to bed and let him cry it out but hubby took care of him. He cuddled with him on the couch till he settled down but every time he tried to put him in his crib Jacob would scream his head off! So finally at 4am, hubby brought Jacobs little couch bed thing into our room and Jacob crashed on it beside our bed. I was exhausted Friday from only having 4 hours of sleep and then after a full day at work I had to go to the track and work till midnight!! :( I was determined to come straight home after racing was finished so I could get some sleep but our friends convinced me to go out with them and I never got home till 2am!!! I couldn't even sleep in the next day cause my in laws were going to the Derby so I had to pick up Jacob early!! Saturday was a pretty busy day too, I had to keep busy or else I would fall asleep, so we headed to my companies family/ camping thing. When we got there I was surprised that there was only 3 other family's there!? Needless to say it was kinda boring and all Jacob and I did was play in the park by our self cause everyone else was there to drink and party!? We left fairly early, the minute Jacob started getting cranky and needed to nap! Headed home, had supper, gave Jacob an early bath and prayed that he would go to bed early .... no such luck!! He was awake later then normal and never went to bed till 9:30!! I crashed shortly after that but had to get up early with him again on Sunday and he seemed pretty cranky! After breakfast and a shower we headed to the race track, just for something to do and Jacob kept asking for "DAADA" so I thought I would take him to where Dad works. When he started getting cranky we got in the car and headed to St.Albert, he crashed. My Dad asked if we could stop at Costco on the way to pick him up smokes so while I was there I decided to look around, they had a good sale on pj's so I picked some up for Jacob. We also got a quick visit in with a friend and then headed home. I am still tired today and really need to get some sleep!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
14 months!
WOW - 14 Months already!! So, some things that are new and exciting in Jacobs world:
**He is climbing on EVERYTHING! He is our little dare devil with no fear, he has fallen A LOT, which makes me feel bad but I know it's part of life and growing.
**He likes to be naked now, diaper changing is quite the challenge! We are still using the change table but I think soon we will be doing diaper changes on the floor!
**He still wakes once during the night, usually around 4am, we change him, give him a bottle and he goes right back to sleep usually until 7:30am.
**He still really likes his fruit and veggies, tomatoes are his fave right now. Some of his other faves are - cucumbers, peaches, cauliflower, and broccoli. I have recently given him the yogurt drinks which he likes and popcorn twists are probably his favorite snack.
**He tells us more now (in his own little way), he tells us when he wants to go to bed, when he wants a snack and when he wants supper.
**He gives hugs and kisses when asked and is starting to point to things when asked where they are. eg. "where is the dog?"
**He wears size 18month - 24month/ 2yr now and has size 5 shoes!
We had a fairly busy weekend - Friday races were cancelled but MIL still took Jacob for a sleepover so I had a night off (didn't do much but it was nice). Saturday Jacob and I went to St.Albert for a car show, visited some friends and had a BBQ with my Dad. Did a little bit of gardening at my Dads and hopefully next weekend we will do more (I want to steal some of his plants and plant them at my house). Sunday Jacob and I went visiting to hubbies Grandparents and hubby was suppose to finish the floor in the basement and trim the hedge. But when I got home all that was done was half the hedge and it looked pretty sad so we chopped the whole thing down to the ground!! Yesterday my MIL got into a car accident, she seems OK? Never went to the hospital but the crash sounded bad? Another driver ran a yield sign and hit the passenger side of her car making her car flip. She was upside down when the ambulance got there? I think she will be sore today and hopefully she will go to the doctors just to make sure everything is alright!? I hate car accidents - so scary!!
I'm still doing the SlimQuick thing, it seems to be working? I don't think I am snacking as much as before or having the cravings. I went for a walk last night to the mall (which is a pretty long walk) and felt good, Jacob also fell asleep easy so he must have liked the fresh air! Hopefully I will see results, I really miss my thin self and NEED to get back into my skinny jeans!! :( I will weigh myself on Friday.
**He is climbing on EVERYTHING! He is our little dare devil with no fear, he has fallen A LOT, which makes me feel bad but I know it's part of life and growing.
**He likes to be naked now, diaper changing is quite the challenge! We are still using the change table but I think soon we will be doing diaper changes on the floor!
**He still wakes once during the night, usually around 4am, we change him, give him a bottle and he goes right back to sleep usually until 7:30am.
**He still really likes his fruit and veggies, tomatoes are his fave right now. Some of his other faves are - cucumbers, peaches, cauliflower, and broccoli. I have recently given him the yogurt drinks which he likes and popcorn twists are probably his favorite snack.
**He tells us more now (in his own little way), he tells us when he wants to go to bed, when he wants a snack and when he wants supper.
**He gives hugs and kisses when asked and is starting to point to things when asked where they are. eg. "where is the dog?"
**He wears size 18month - 24month/ 2yr now and has size 5 shoes!
We had a fairly busy weekend - Friday races were cancelled but MIL still took Jacob for a sleepover so I had a night off (didn't do much but it was nice). Saturday Jacob and I went to St.Albert for a car show, visited some friends and had a BBQ with my Dad. Did a little bit of gardening at my Dads and hopefully next weekend we will do more (I want to steal some of his plants and plant them at my house). Sunday Jacob and I went visiting to hubbies Grandparents and hubby was suppose to finish the floor in the basement and trim the hedge. But when I got home all that was done was half the hedge and it looked pretty sad so we chopped the whole thing down to the ground!! Yesterday my MIL got into a car accident, she seems OK? Never went to the hospital but the crash sounded bad? Another driver ran a yield sign and hit the passenger side of her car making her car flip. She was upside down when the ambulance got there? I think she will be sore today and hopefully she will go to the doctors just to make sure everything is alright!? I hate car accidents - so scary!!
I'm still doing the SlimQuick thing, it seems to be working? I don't think I am snacking as much as before or having the cravings. I went for a walk last night to the mall (which is a pretty long walk) and felt good, Jacob also fell asleep easy so he must have liked the fresh air! Hopefully I will see results, I really miss my thin self and NEED to get back into my skinny jeans!! :( I will weigh myself on Friday.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Work is starting to suck!
I got in a HUGE fight with one of the guys I work with and now I'm thinking that work is feeling strange and ackward?! It all started because a few days ago one of our delivery trucks had a flat tire and the driver decided to try and put air in it with a bicycle pump. So I posted something on Facebook about how I couldn't believe she was doing this, it was quite humourous to see. Well I guess the wife of the guy I work with (he is almost 60 and should be retired but seems to think he is doing us a favor by staying?) WAS my "friend" on Facebook and she say this comment and thought it was inappropriate for me to make such a comment about our company and the guy let me know what he thought of me too calling me names like "dummy" and how I was stupid and beter watch what I put on Facebook because he would hate to see me loose my job over this!? ? Well of course I yelled back telling him I thought it was funny and that he needs to pull his head out of his a$$ and if anyone is going to be leaving it ain't going to be me!! I was furious and to make matters worse when I told my hubby about it the next day he sounded like he was taking my co-workers side!! :o It's just the icing on the cake, this has been going on for a while and now we finally just had a blow out! On the Friday before the long weekend I posted how I was getting off work early and one of my customers wrote "NO dont do this to me" .... I got talked to about that too!? WTF ? Pisses me off, I am in no way worried about my job, I feel very secure and unfortunately my boss is on holidays right now and the idiot that I had a fight with leaves today for his holidays (thank God). So on Monday I have to have a talk with my boss and tell him my side of the story!!
I remember when I first started back at work I was up early and here early, so excited to start my day!! And now it's getting harder and harder for me to get out of bed and I'm lucky if I'm here 15 minutes early!? I still enjoy being at work but it is getting harder to leave the house. Our sitter is doing ok, he is giving me a taste of what it will be like to have a teenage boy in the house and I must say I hope Jacob is nothing like him! It is hard trusting someone else with your baby and even though the sitter is really only there to entertain him and hubby still does most of the work there are days that hubby isn't home at all so the sitter has to do everything by himself. These days I don't like, Jacob usually ends up with a diaper rash that is so bad he screams when you try to change his diaper. I tried telling the sitter and hubby that he needs to change his diaper more often and make sure it is clean afer BM! So I'm not sure what the problem is and why the rash only happens when the sitter is by himself (obviously he isn't changing him enough?). Because of this I have been letting Jacob go naked a lot in the evening but since he is still clueless when it comes to using the potty I have to watch to make sure he doesn't pee all over the carpet!! I bought some "big boy" underware the other day, the waffle type, just so that he can wear them and if he does pee then at least it isn't all over the carpet! I just keep telling myself that it is only for a few more weeks and then the sitter goes back to school and then we have to figure out what we want to do, get another sitter part time or maybe a dayhome or nothing at all (although I don't think this last one is an option).
I finished my first week on SlimQuick and I have noticed a slight difference, I just did the 7 day cleanse to start off. I have been following the same diet plan (low fat, high protein) and weighed myslef this morning .... I'm down 4lbs! But that might just be water weight considering I just finished TOM? I'll keep going for a month and hopefully will continue to see results, and if I don't see any results then I might have to go back on NS but be 100% and deal with the lack of choices for meals!?
We got a computer given to us last night - a guy my hubby did some work for paid us by building a computer. So hopefully I will be able to get the photos off my camera and post some new pics very soon!!! :D
I remember when I first started back at work I was up early and here early, so excited to start my day!! And now it's getting harder and harder for me to get out of bed and I'm lucky if I'm here 15 minutes early!? I still enjoy being at work but it is getting harder to leave the house. Our sitter is doing ok, he is giving me a taste of what it will be like to have a teenage boy in the house and I must say I hope Jacob is nothing like him! It is hard trusting someone else with your baby and even though the sitter is really only there to entertain him and hubby still does most of the work there are days that hubby isn't home at all so the sitter has to do everything by himself. These days I don't like, Jacob usually ends up with a diaper rash that is so bad he screams when you try to change his diaper. I tried telling the sitter and hubby that he needs to change his diaper more often and make sure it is clean afer BM! So I'm not sure what the problem is and why the rash only happens when the sitter is by himself (obviously he isn't changing him enough?). Because of this I have been letting Jacob go naked a lot in the evening but since he is still clueless when it comes to using the potty I have to watch to make sure he doesn't pee all over the carpet!! I bought some "big boy" underware the other day, the waffle type, just so that he can wear them and if he does pee then at least it isn't all over the carpet! I just keep telling myself that it is only for a few more weeks and then the sitter goes back to school and then we have to figure out what we want to do, get another sitter part time or maybe a dayhome or nothing at all (although I don't think this last one is an option).
I finished my first week on SlimQuick and I have noticed a slight difference, I just did the 7 day cleanse to start off. I have been following the same diet plan (low fat, high protein) and weighed myslef this morning .... I'm down 4lbs! But that might just be water weight considering I just finished TOM? I'll keep going for a month and hopefully will continue to see results, and if I don't see any results then I might have to go back on NS but be 100% and deal with the lack of choices for meals!?
We got a computer given to us last night - a guy my hubby did some work for paid us by building a computer. So hopefully I will be able to get the photos off my camera and post some new pics very soon!!! :D
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
rough night
I sure miss not being able to post pics of Jacob on here and I haven't' been able to change the font on here for a very long time either!? WTH?
So besides the fact that Jacob didn't want to nap at all this weekend it was an OK weekend. Friday thanks to my Mom and her BF I was able to go to the track and she came over to watch Jacob. The races were actually over early so she didn't have to stay past midnight but since there was no sleep over I didn't get to have my sleep in day. Saturday afternoon we (Jacob and I) headed to my Dads for a short visit and then decided to check out the car show in St.Albert (Rock N August). We didn't stay at the show for too long, it was kinda boring by myself and Jacob was getting tired. Saturday night Jacob's horns came out, probably from lack of sleep, he dunked my Blackberry in the dog water dish and wouldn't stop picking on the dog!~ Sunday wasn't much better, once again no morning nap so I went to visit my Mom and hung out there for most of the day, I was hoping Jacob would nap there but he didn't so we stayed for an early supper and then Jacob started getting really grumpy so we had to eat and run. He crashed the minute he got in the car but it was already 5:30pm so I didn't want him to sleep too long, woke him up when we got home and he was absolutely miserable for the rest of the evening! On the plus side he slept great through the night and didn't even make a peep the entire night! Then Monday I guess all he did all day was sleep for the sitter so last night he didn't sleep at all! He fought going to bed at 9pm and woke at midnight and didn't fall back asleep till 1:30am! I'm tired!!
I don't operate well off lack of sleep, my hubby on the other hand can have minimal sleep and still be OK? I'm grumpy, irritable and might snap at any moment now!! :(
So I'm giving "SlimQuick" a try, and so far I kinda feel a bit different but weight wise I haven't changed a bit! I feel fuller faster and when I get the munchies and reach for chips or snack type food they just don't taste as good as I remember? It's like when I quit smoking, after awhile they just didn't taste good so I just stopped smoking? I'm hoping to see results, I will give it a month to see if it is any good but I do realize that I need to exercise more in order to see the results I want to see but I just can't seem to find the time. I know there is after supper but I feel bad if I don't take Jacob with me and he is at the point now where he isn't liking the stroller for longer then 30min. I guess I could wait till after he is in bed, he is usually in bed by 8:30pm, but by then I'm very lazy! I am officially back to the weight I was before the New Mom Biggest Loser challenge and very miserable! I'm about to give up on the whole situation all together but I know that won't make me happy either!? OK - I'm done b*tching for today!! ;)
So besides the fact that Jacob didn't want to nap at all this weekend it was an OK weekend. Friday thanks to my Mom and her BF I was able to go to the track and she came over to watch Jacob. The races were actually over early so she didn't have to stay past midnight but since there was no sleep over I didn't get to have my sleep in day. Saturday afternoon we (Jacob and I) headed to my Dads for a short visit and then decided to check out the car show in St.Albert (Rock N August). We didn't stay at the show for too long, it was kinda boring by myself and Jacob was getting tired. Saturday night Jacob's horns came out, probably from lack of sleep, he dunked my Blackberry in the dog water dish and wouldn't stop picking on the dog!~ Sunday wasn't much better, once again no morning nap so I went to visit my Mom and hung out there for most of the day, I was hoping Jacob would nap there but he didn't so we stayed for an early supper and then Jacob started getting really grumpy so we had to eat and run. He crashed the minute he got in the car but it was already 5:30pm so I didn't want him to sleep too long, woke him up when we got home and he was absolutely miserable for the rest of the evening! On the plus side he slept great through the night and didn't even make a peep the entire night! Then Monday I guess all he did all day was sleep for the sitter so last night he didn't sleep at all! He fought going to bed at 9pm and woke at midnight and didn't fall back asleep till 1:30am! I'm tired!!
I don't operate well off lack of sleep, my hubby on the other hand can have minimal sleep and still be OK? I'm grumpy, irritable and might snap at any moment now!! :(
So I'm giving "SlimQuick" a try, and so far I kinda feel a bit different but weight wise I haven't changed a bit! I feel fuller faster and when I get the munchies and reach for chips or snack type food they just don't taste as good as I remember? It's like when I quit smoking, after awhile they just didn't taste good so I just stopped smoking? I'm hoping to see results, I will give it a month to see if it is any good but I do realize that I need to exercise more in order to see the results I want to see but I just can't seem to find the time. I know there is after supper but I feel bad if I don't take Jacob with me and he is at the point now where he isn't liking the stroller for longer then 30min. I guess I could wait till after he is in bed, he is usually in bed by 8:30pm, but by then I'm very lazy! I am officially back to the weight I was before the New Mom Biggest Loser challenge and very miserable! I'm about to give up on the whole situation all together but I know that won't make me happy either!? OK - I'm done b*tching for today!! ;)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Not much new ...
Well, Facebook seems to be super slow this morning so I thought I would blog ... since it's been a while and all! Not too much is new, August long weekend we headed to Edson for the Slo-Pitch tournament, the drive out wasn't really great though, Jacob didn't want to nap and ended up getting over tired and really cranky!! Then just when he fell asleep we had to stop for construction on the highway!! I was so mad - of course he woke up again and then just yelled at us the whole way to Edson! It was a very long drive, we finally got out there - just in time for supper!! We played a game Friday night and won (yeah!), then played our second game Saturday, and third and fourth game on Sunday - we lost all of them! :( It's OK though, we aren't competitive we just go out to have fun and that is what we did! There was lots of family and kids at the Aunts house so Jacob had a great time playing with them although since he was the youngest the older ones tended to run from him whenever he got near (but he thought it was a game and just laughed as he chased them! he he).
Yesterday we had to take the dog to the vet, her toe nail looked funny and she kept licking it so obviously it is bugging her. When I called to make the appt. I asked if it was with her regular vet and they said no, he passed away last month!!?!? WTF? I felt horrible, he was a good vet and we have been seeing him since Roxie was a little, it's so sad! :( So Roxie has a toe infection and a eye infection, $140 later and three prescriptions - she should be better in a week or two!!
My boss is on holidays for two weeks which means I am busy cause all his customer call me plus I have to take care of my customers! It's all good though, the day goes by much faster and I don't seem to munch so much! ;)
This Friday we were kinda in a pickle for a sitter, our regular sitter (the MIL) is on holidays and I never found out until I was in Edson that we would have to find another sitter for Friday night!? It was starting to look like I might have to stay home and not go work at the track (which would have been OK but I do enjoy going out on Friday night) BUT I think my Mom is going to come over and watch Jacob at our house and the sitter we have for Mon-Wed said he would come Friday morning! Yeah!! So it looks like I still might be able to go out Friday night but I can't stay out too late and I won't get my Sat sleep in or Sat morning cleaning done! I am going to try and do some cleaning tonight so it's not so much for the weekend. We have friends in town from Belize and are planning a BBQ Sat night at my Dads, actually it is going to be chili and fry jack but the family and friends will all be there. I think the plan was to help Dad with some housework/ yard work and then have supper so hopefully it's not too long of a day for Dad?
Yesterday we had to take the dog to the vet, her toe nail looked funny and she kept licking it so obviously it is bugging her. When I called to make the appt. I asked if it was with her regular vet and they said no, he passed away last month!!?!? WTF? I felt horrible, he was a good vet and we have been seeing him since Roxie was a little, it's so sad! :( So Roxie has a toe infection and a eye infection, $140 later and three prescriptions - she should be better in a week or two!!
My boss is on holidays for two weeks which means I am busy cause all his customer call me plus I have to take care of my customers! It's all good though, the day goes by much faster and I don't seem to munch so much! ;)
This Friday we were kinda in a pickle for a sitter, our regular sitter (the MIL) is on holidays and I never found out until I was in Edson that we would have to find another sitter for Friday night!? It was starting to look like I might have to stay home and not go work at the track (which would have been OK but I do enjoy going out on Friday night) BUT I think my Mom is going to come over and watch Jacob at our house and the sitter we have for Mon-Wed said he would come Friday morning! Yeah!! So it looks like I still might be able to go out Friday night but I can't stay out too late and I won't get my Sat sleep in or Sat morning cleaning done! I am going to try and do some cleaning tonight so it's not so much for the weekend. We have friends in town from Belize and are planning a BBQ Sat night at my Dads, actually it is going to be chili and fry jack but the family and friends will all be there. I think the plan was to help Dad with some housework/ yard work and then have supper so hopefully it's not too long of a day for Dad?
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