Been Busy ...

Well, the weekend was quite busy and seemed to fly by. Friday night we worked at the track and Jacob had his sleepover at the in laws, I never went out after with all the staff even though I really wanted to go out and have a little fun! I was super tired and thought it would be best to catch up on a little R&R! Got to sleep in Saturday, and I probably over sleep. I had so much I wanted to get done since Jacob wasn't home but instead I slept! It was great and probably one of the last times I will be able to sleep in. After I picked him up we headed to St.Albert, which worked out perfect cause he still hadn't had his morning nap so he slept on the way! I went to Once Upon A Child and found a reusable swim diaper, some cool sandals and Jacob would not leave this lawn mower alone so I bought it as well! Dad was having a rest so I had to stall and went visiting and I wanted to take Jacob to the splash park in St.Albert but apparently they close it down after Sept. long weekend!? We went for ice cream with Dad instead, then headed home.

Sunday we started swim class again, there is one other Mom we know in the class which is nice. Jacob wasn't too impressed with the cool water, I think he got spoiled with Grandma's hot tub and their neighbors warm pool all summer! After swimming we had a candle party to go to so instead of going home to nap I just drove around. I was worried that if we went home he would nap for so long that I would have to wake him.

Yesterday was my birthday #32! I really don't like too much drama on my birthday but it is also nice to know that people are thinking of you. So hubby stopped by my work with Jacob and some balloons, which was a nice surprise! Then when I got home there were flowers on the counter and hubby picked up some chicken for supper. I still had my NS but at least I didn't have to cook him supper for hubby and Jacob!? Then after supper we had a few friends come over for ice cream cake and a fire. It was a really nice night, I wish it was a weekend cause I might have stayed up a little longer!?

I start holidays tomorrow and I want to do so much on them. The first thing on my list is to find a day home or sitter for Jacob so that I will be able to do the rest of the things I want to do like windows, clean the office, move furniture into the basement and hopefully set up the spare room!! I also would like to plan a garage sale but I was thinking this morning that it might have to wait till hubby is also home for the weekend so that he can help watch Jacob. We will have to see how the rest of the holiday goes!? Plus we have a few doctor appointments to attend, Jacob has his tomorrow so we will get to see how much he has grown since June.

the first day of the rest of your life ....

So, still no photos to post!!? BOOOO !! I tried emailing pics from home to my work computer so I could add them on here but apparently we don't have the right program to make the pics small so when I tried emailing them they were too big and it wouldn't go through!? By next week for sure I will have pics to post!!!

Yesterday I started NS again and I must say that I am very happy that I was able to order everything off the American site so there are lots of yummy choices!! I have already tried a few new things and I must say they are really good!! I need to get better at my water intake but I am determined to get the weight off this time and keep it off!!

Jacob amazes me everyday, I wanted to share a few stories that I think are great! The other day he picked up a wrapper and I told him it was garbage so off he went ... opened the garbage can and placed the wrapper in there!! Then last night, hubby was having popcorn as a late night snack and Jacob went up to him and asked for some. So hubby gave him one to try, after Jacob ate it he ran over to the end table where his snack bowl was, grabbed it and headed back to hubby shaking it at him! It was like he was thinking ... hmm - that was good, I would like a bowl full please! he he Jacobs new thing is learning how to jump, it's the cutest thing to watch! He stands there and bends his knees up and down but doesn't get his feet off the ground, then he gets frustrated and will stomp his one foot while bending his knees up and down. He can now reach the tops of counters so we have to push things away from the edge and I can no longer close the fridge with him under the door (we have a bottom freezer fridge).

I go on holidays in a week, starting on a Wed and come back on a Wed. We have lots of appointments to attend and I'm hoping to get some stuff done around the house. I am waiting for a email from a day home to confirm our acceptance, it's like waiting for the phone call from the job you really want! The anticipation is killin me! Our regular plan with Jacob isn't working out very well and the sitter we were hoping to use (MIL) keeps cancelling making it very hard for hubby to get any work done and make any money!? I am hoping to get in this day home so that we can have more of a schedule that is predictable without causing any tension in the family. The only crappy part is that all the extra money I am making now that I'm back at work is going to go towards daycare instead of bills so we are no farther ahead then when I was on mat. leave!? Some of the day homes I called were as much as $45 a day, which is simply ridiculous! The one I am trying to get in is a friend and is only going to charge us $25 a day, which still sucks cause that money could pay off bills but we really have no choice.

Day 2 with the dogs

Day 2 actually was good - I was surprised at how much I got done yesterday!! Yesterday was a good day!! :)

I got home at 5pm, hubby left to go work at the track and me and Jacob had leftovers! Then I decided to walk to the mall to pick up a few things from the grocery store to make lasagna, it's about a 20min walk there, it was so nice out I was sweating in no time - which actually felt good! I decided to stop at the splash park that is across the street from the mall so that Jacob could play with some kids and have a little fun since he probably stayed inside all day. He didn't really play much, just watched the other kids run around and he would yell at them as if to say "hey, quit running -your gunna get hurt" LOL. Then we headed over to the mall, picked up our groceries and we stopped at Orange Julius for a drink (Jacob really likes them so I bought him his own small strawberry and he drank it all!) then headed home. The clouds looked bad and yes we got rained on coming home but it was refreshing and I tried to make the best of it, Jacob wasn't too crazy about his legs getting wet. When we got home I gave Jacob is bath and he headed to bed right away (it was already 8pm), he must have been tired cause he crashed! Then I got to work and made two small pans of lasagna with homemade sauce, I cooked up some turkey sausage that I like to have as a protein snack, did some dishes, laundry and was even able to catch the end of Big Brother! The dogs were really good, Piper seemed to have settled down a lot and even curled up on the couch for a little down time!! We never let her on the bed last night (although she did try a couple times) and she seemed happy with the dog bed on the floor. Today will be the big test though, hubby left home around 9am and will not be home till early tomorrow morning. I will be stopping at home after work to let the dogs out and then probably wont be home again till midnight so we will see if Piper makes any messes?! I'm actually surprised how good she is, now that she has relaxed a bit. She is awesome with Jacob (probably cause my brother has a little girl that has done everything to that dog) and she doesn't even try to chew on any of Jacobs toys. She gets a little excited when you come home so when hubby got home at 1:00am last night it was a little crazy but she settled down fast.

Busy weekend ahead of me, I'm glad Jacob has a sleepover at the Grandparents tonight cause I really need to clean the bathrooms and it's much easier to do that when Jacob isn't home. Then My Mom is coming for a visit Saturday afternoon, Sunday the Moms group is getting together for a picnic in the park and I'm hoping to get out to my Dads and give him some of the lasagna I made! Busy busy!! :)

Rough night! :(

So last night was our first night dog-sitting and yes .... it was horrible!!! My brother dropped his dog Piper (a.k.a. Retard) off at 7:30 last night which was nice cause Jacob was still awake and the dogs were able to relax a bit before Jacob tried to go to bed. I swear this dog doesn't lay down for longer then 5 minutes and I think she has a.d.d., she kept wanting to play with my old lazy dog and would stare her down and do that spin circle thing that all puppies do but my chubby lazy dog just stared back like she was nuts! It made me realize how small my house is, with a one year old and all his toys, our dog (a Rottweiler) and my brothers dog (a German Shepherd, Rotti, Collie cross - she's bigger then my dog). My house is already a disaster and it's only been one night, Piper sheds like crazy and really needs a bath (which I might try and do). My dog, Roxie, has nipped at Piper a couple times but for the most part they seem to get along fairly well and Piper is so good with kids. But last night Piper wanted to sleep in our bed which is only a Queen size and not big enough for a large dog, she was very persistent and even though we kicked her off four times she kept trying to get back on the bed. I even had a really fluffy dog bed on the floor beside our bed but she didn't want anything to do with that! I gave up and let her sleep on the bed but only because if she wasn't on the bed she was pacing the house and I was worried she was getting into something or peeing on our rugs? So I slept with my legs hanging off the bed and was very uncomfortable, Jacob woke up three times last night (12:30, 2:00am and 6:00am)!! At 4am my hubby woke up to a horrible smell and had to turn on the lights to see if the dog poo'd in our room it stunk so bad but there was nothing .... just gas! She is so stinky, she almost made us leave the room and then she would have had the bed to herself!! Hopefully tonight is better, I think I am on my own cause hubby has to go to the track tonight so hopefully I can handle it!? O - and this morning I think I found a wet spot on my rug!! Thankfully it is a throw rug that I can easily put in the wash but I know it wasn't my dog so I gave Piper crap and hopefully she won't be doing that again!!!

Needless to say I'm very tired today, Jacob was suppose to go to his Grandmas today so hubby could get some work done but she cancelled cause her brother is sick. It's hard for hubby to get work done with me back at work, if he looks after Jacob during the day then he will go to work after supper but that only gives him about 3 hours so just when he starts getting into a rhythm he has to stop. I think we might have to find a non-family member sitter for part time but I have no idea where to look and how do you know if they will be any good? I don't even know what the going rate is for a sitter? Maybe I will search Facebook and go through my "friend" list?

Dog Sitting ! :(

Today is the beginning of dog sitting, hopefully everything goes well!? My only concern really is Friday, hubby will be leaving to work the track early morning and I will only stop in after work to let the dogs out to pee then I'm off to the track as well and won't be home till midnight. Hopefully my brothers dog (Piper) doesn't destroy the house and all of Jacobs toys!?

I think I have High Estrogen!? ? I read an article in a magazine my Mom gave me and then decided to look into it more and Googled it - I have a lot of the symptoms, such as:


Symptoms of Estrogen Overload
-PMS -- yup
-Migraines -- check
-Mood Swings -- more now then before
-Cramps -- yup
-Uterine Fibroids -- don't know?
-Depression -- yeah, a little but is it just because of the symptom listed below
-Unexplained Weight Gain -- I keep trying to loose it but it ain't going anywhere!?
-Fatigue -- yes
-Osteoporosis -- don't know!?
-Insomnia -- a little, I lay awake even though I am very tired, takes forever to fall asleep
-Allergies -- don't think so
-Memory Loss -- just ask my hubby~!
-Acne -- I feel like I'm going through puberty again!?
-Hot Flashes -- no I don't think so
-Thinning Hair -- Yes! I know you hair falls out after you have a kid but mine is still coming out!?
-Irregular Periods -- Not really irregular but they have changed since having a baby
-Breast Tenderness -- a little
-Miscarriage -- No!
-Low Sex Drive -- just ask the hubby!! ;)
-High Blood Pressure -- I don't think so but haven't had it checked
-Facial Hair Inflammation -- not really sure what this means but I do have an issue with facial hair.

So I look at this list and think holy crap I have a lot of these symptoms but then I look at the list a little more and think that these are all just regular womanly symptoms of what we all go through! ? Maybe it's just part of life and me getting older? I'm all paranoid now that my Dad is sick and my Mom really isn't in the best health condition either. Plus I think I am borderline hypocondriact (sp?) so sometimes I hear things on the radio like "if you experience, frequent urination, gas and bloating you could have ovarian cancer and you need to get checked!" then I think WOW - I do have all those symptoms (along with a gazillion other women out there I bet) and I worry a bit that maybe I have ovarian cancer (especially now since Dad has been diagnosed with cancer). But at least I have the smarts to know that I am crazy and that lots of women feel this way so I probably don't have ovarian cancer (but the thought is still there in the back of my head). Either way, I am making a doctors appointment for the middle of Sept, I'm due for my yearly physical anyway so I will tell my doctor my concerns and hopefully they will send me for blood work to ease my worries!

Weekend went fast!

Well, we had a very good weekend but it went by too fast! There were no races this weekend so we got to spend the entire weekend together as a family!! Friday we didn't do much, but first thing Saturday morning we headed to the zoo! It was fun, we walked around the entire zoo (which really isn't that big and only took about two hours), then Jacob was ready for his nap so we took off and headed to the in laws (he napped on the way). We hung out at the in laws and helped set up their new hot tub and build a deck. FIL took us out for supper, a belated Mothers Day supper, and then we headed home. On Sunday I headed to St.Albert to see my brother, give him crap about not visiting my Dad more and to tell him I would take his crazy dog when they go on holidays instead of my Dad! Then I headed to see my Dad, he didn't look great but he didn't look too bad. I could definitely tell he has lost a lot of weight and his house was a mess but that's nothing new. I asked if he wanted to come back with me to the in laws to watch them build a deck and have a BBQ? He agreed but wanted to get showered and dressed first so I went shopping and came back to get him. He was glad to get out of the house and I'm glad I offered to drive him (even though it is a very long drive from his house to mine, it's not bad to do the drive once but I did it 3 times on Sun, which means 3 hours of driving!). It was worth it though to get him out of the house and make him feel like he wasn't "sick". I tried to make it somewhat fun and not talk about the Cancer too much. He is suppose to find out today when he goes in for chemo and radiation. By the time I knew it the weekend was over and now I'm back at work!

I think I want to try and see my Dad every weekend and get him out of the house at least once a week. It's not like I do anything on weekends when hubby is working the track I get lonely too so it might be good for both of us. I'm soooo regretting that I offered to take my brothers nutty dog, she is like a cannonball and I'm scared that she will give my dog a heart attack! My dog is old and too the point in life where all she does is eat and sleep, but my brothers dog is three and is big and still puppy like. She doesn't listen well and licks way too much!! She needs to go to puppy school but instead my brother bought two cats to entertain the dog!? But once again, it's better that I take this crazy dog instead of my Dad and I just have to remember that it's only for 10 days!! She is suppose to be dropped off on Wed, hopefully she isn't too bad.