How'd everyone do? I finally got my third walk of the week in today. You should have seen me hauling around the museum for 15 minutes. :)
Anyway! Next weeks schedule for me is:
M: 15 min
W: 20 min
F: 20 min
Hope everyone feels successful--even if you only got it in once! It's better than not doing anything. And if you didn't do anything, next week is a new week.
On to the next thing: Names for our Exercise Blog.
Once we have a good name (we should try to have two, just in case the first one is already taken), we'll get a blogspot.com going for it, and we can all just chat there. In last Friday's comments, Jessica left a couple of good ones and there were a few more fun examples.
What are yours? Talk to you soon!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Random musings for the week...
These are things that I have been meaning to write about, but just haven't.
1. Medical Mystery Solved! Yesterday, I diagnosed Miss O as having perianal strep, thanks to her on-going diaper rash and the Internet and Miss E's newly diagnosed strep. Don't ask me how I connected and decided to google strep and bottom and 2 year old, but there you go. Now we all know that there is such a thing and that it's often misdiagnosed as pinworms or a yeast infection, and I am 99% sure it is what Miss O has because she totally had ALL THE SYMPTOMS! Anyway, Super J took her to the ped and now we are just waiting on the test results (though I know she has it...I'm just saying).
2. The Art Museum and Self Enlightenment: Sister Wendy Beckett, the nun, is a great art teacher. If you haven't read or seen her, you really should. A delight.
3. Peer Pressure: I am enjoying Facebook, but all the invites and requests kinda freak me out. I wanted to respond to a couple of them, but then it wants more and more information and I'm not comfortable with doing all that AND I don't need yet another thing to syphon away my time and energy. But all my friends are, and they aren't having computer problems...or are they??????
4. Self Awareness?: Sometimes I think there is something physically wrong with me because I don't have the get up and go like I used to and some days I don't really care that I don't. I remind myself of the mom in "A Girl Named Zippy" whose Mom literally just sat on the couch and read books. I'm not that bad, but sometimes I feel I'm not too far from there.
5. Physical Self Awareness: I have this weird little knot under my middle finger on my left hand, which is probably a harmless bone spur, but of course I am thinking it is something horrific, like a cell mass gone wild. Instead of getting it checked out, I'm cowed by our freakish insurance and the fear that my over imagination has triggered would prove correct. Thus, I see that I am indeed my mother's daughter.
6. Mothering: I love my girls so much! I worry that I'm going to have to send them straight to therapy because I'm a yeller when pushed to the edge, but oh well. I guess this means they'll have stories to tell their friends when they are older. In any case, living with my kids is like living a mini operetta. Seriously, I think I may have mentioned it before, but my kids break out into randomly composed songs on the spot whenever the mood strikes them, especially Miss A and Miss E. I literally have a home filled with the sound of music. And "dancing". It makes me laugh lots.
7. TV Addictions: So, I am having a hard time keeping up with "West Wing." I currently have 36 episodes in the cue on my DVR. I watch approximately one episode a day (normally when I'm trying to put Miss Q down for bedtime at night, because for some reason the pattern of dialog is very soothing to her...or to me, which transfers to her; plus, we love the music). I am learning so much about politics...seriously. There is a reason why people say things like, "It's so political" when looking at the finaglings of life.
8. More TV Addictions: "American Idol" nearly wiped me out last night, such was the high drama of it all. Hollywood Week: Groups Sing = Holy smack me in the head, Batman! Could the melodrama be any more severe???? Though it does provide a good example of life in my house on our bad days. I tell you, that braying girl is going to get through and I'm going to have to mute it when she comes on because she annoys the holy cow out of me. Moooooooo.
9. Head Games: It is hard to walk only a short period of time and step on the scale and not see movement because in my head I'm exercising, so I should be losing weight. Right? Super J told me last night (and I may repeat this in a later post) that it is just as hard, if not harder, to go from a starting point to a 5K as it is to go from a 5K to a marathon. And if I want my starting point to continue, I must take it slowly and learn to embrace it. Hard. So, I'm visualizing that all my ounces are slowly burning away from me and, via laws of physics about mass being neither created nor destroyed, are being transferred to very small and fragile babies in Africa who need to gain weight. 3 babies, to be honest. And every day they are growing stronger and stronger, thanks to the mass I'm sending them. That makes it easier.
10. Littlest Miss Peters: Speaking of babies, Miss Q is teething and it is further disrupting our sleeping pattern. It's funny to realize, but she is our first baby who has not cut teeth by 4 months. Heck, Miss E was almost ready to eat steak by 6 months, she had so many teeth. But not Miss Q. Nope. Tomorrow, she'll be 6 months old and not have ANY teeth. Amazing. No wonder she slept so good those first few months.
1. Medical Mystery Solved! Yesterday, I diagnosed Miss O as having perianal strep, thanks to her on-going diaper rash and the Internet and Miss E's newly diagnosed strep. Don't ask me how I connected and decided to google strep and bottom and 2 year old, but there you go. Now we all know that there is such a thing and that it's often misdiagnosed as pinworms or a yeast infection, and I am 99% sure it is what Miss O has because she totally had ALL THE SYMPTOMS! Anyway, Super J took her to the ped and now we are just waiting on the test results (though I know she has it...I'm just saying).
2. The Art Museum and Self Enlightenment: Sister Wendy Beckett, the nun, is a great art teacher. If you haven't read or seen her, you really should. A delight.
3. Peer Pressure: I am enjoying Facebook, but all the invites and requests kinda freak me out. I wanted to respond to a couple of them, but then it wants more and more information and I'm not comfortable with doing all that AND I don't need yet another thing to syphon away my time and energy. But all my friends are, and they aren't having computer problems...or are they??????
4. Self Awareness?: Sometimes I think there is something physically wrong with me because I don't have the get up and go like I used to and some days I don't really care that I don't. I remind myself of the mom in "A Girl Named Zippy" whose Mom literally just sat on the couch and read books. I'm not that bad, but sometimes I feel I'm not too far from there.
5. Physical Self Awareness: I have this weird little knot under my middle finger on my left hand, which is probably a harmless bone spur, but of course I am thinking it is something horrific, like a cell mass gone wild. Instead of getting it checked out, I'm cowed by our freakish insurance and the fear that my over imagination has triggered would prove correct. Thus, I see that I am indeed my mother's daughter.
6. Mothering: I love my girls so much! I worry that I'm going to have to send them straight to therapy because I'm a yeller when pushed to the edge, but oh well. I guess this means they'll have stories to tell their friends when they are older. In any case, living with my kids is like living a mini operetta. Seriously, I think I may have mentioned it before, but my kids break out into randomly composed songs on the spot whenever the mood strikes them, especially Miss A and Miss E. I literally have a home filled with the sound of music. And "dancing". It makes me laugh lots.
7. TV Addictions: So, I am having a hard time keeping up with "West Wing." I currently have 36 episodes in the cue on my DVR. I watch approximately one episode a day (normally when I'm trying to put Miss Q down for bedtime at night, because for some reason the pattern of dialog is very soothing to her...or to me, which transfers to her; plus, we love the music). I am learning so much about politics...seriously. There is a reason why people say things like, "It's so political" when looking at the finaglings of life.
8. More TV Addictions: "American Idol" nearly wiped me out last night, such was the high drama of it all. Hollywood Week: Groups Sing = Holy smack me in the head, Batman! Could the melodrama be any more severe???? Though it does provide a good example of life in my house on our bad days. I tell you, that braying girl is going to get through and I'm going to have to mute it when she comes on because she annoys the holy cow out of me. Moooooooo.
9. Head Games: It is hard to walk only a short period of time and step on the scale and not see movement because in my head I'm exercising, so I should be losing weight. Right? Super J told me last night (and I may repeat this in a later post) that it is just as hard, if not harder, to go from a starting point to a 5K as it is to go from a 5K to a marathon. And if I want my starting point to continue, I must take it slowly and learn to embrace it. Hard. So, I'm visualizing that all my ounces are slowly burning away from me and, via laws of physics about mass being neither created nor destroyed, are being transferred to very small and fragile babies in Africa who need to gain weight. 3 babies, to be honest. And every day they are growing stronger and stronger, thanks to the mass I'm sending them. That makes it easier.
10. Littlest Miss Peters: Speaking of babies, Miss Q is teething and it is further disrupting our sleeping pattern. It's funny to realize, but she is our first baby who has not cut teeth by 4 months. Heck, Miss E was almost ready to eat steak by 6 months, she had so many teeth. But not Miss Q. Nope. Tomorrow, she'll be 6 months old and not have ANY teeth. Amazing. No wonder she slept so good those first few months.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
No Losers!
Okay, I've been hearing from people that they are already failing at this walking thing or that they are losers because they haven't been able to walk this week or last week or whatever.
Friends, Gentle Readers, Peeps. YOU. ARE. NOT. LOSERS!
Do we all remember that we started with 10 minutes last week? Anyone? We aren't going for speed. We aren't going for distance. We are going for going. We are working to etch out a wee bit of time for ourselves, to do this FOR OURSELVES. We are doing this so that next year, we'll still be talking about our NEXT fitness goal, having accomplished a couple in between.
I didn't expect us to all of a sudden be able to be fitness gurus and hold our own classes. Heck, I myself wanted to join a gym. But here's the problem. We've joined the YMCA...twice. But because it is heck trying to get all the kids there and me and excuses and excuses and excuses, Super J won't let me join the gym until I prove to myself that I can be and will be consistent. Not to be mean, but because we can't really afford to just throw that money to the wind, you know? And experience (doubled) has already illustrated that I'm not there yet.
However.
This morning I was on the phone with my friend while Miss Q was sleeping and I realized...YIKES! Miss Q will wake up before long and I haven't walked. I didn't want to get off the phone and the treadmill is so loud the other person can't hear. So I started walking around the room I was in. And then down the hall and then I looped back and did that the entire time I was on the phone...so I actually got my 15 minute walk in and, of course, Miss Q woke up at the end.
Remember, it's just to start the habit of moving. So, do a work out tape (for 15 minutes) or walk in circles in your abode (for 15 minutes). Or walk the office. Or the mall. Or Wal-Mart! It's not for speed (yet); it's not for distance (yet).
It's for doing.
Take the time. Make the time. You are worth it.
Friends, Gentle Readers, Peeps. YOU. ARE. NOT. LOSERS!
Do we all remember that we started with 10 minutes last week? Anyone? We aren't going for speed. We aren't going for distance. We are going for going. We are working to etch out a wee bit of time for ourselves, to do this FOR OURSELVES. We are doing this so that next year, we'll still be talking about our NEXT fitness goal, having accomplished a couple in between.
I didn't expect us to all of a sudden be able to be fitness gurus and hold our own classes. Heck, I myself wanted to join a gym. But here's the problem. We've joined the YMCA...twice. But because it is heck trying to get all the kids there and me and excuses and excuses and excuses, Super J won't let me join the gym until I prove to myself that I can be and will be consistent. Not to be mean, but because we can't really afford to just throw that money to the wind, you know? And experience (doubled) has already illustrated that I'm not there yet.
However.
This morning I was on the phone with my friend while Miss Q was sleeping and I realized...YIKES! Miss Q will wake up before long and I haven't walked. I didn't want to get off the phone and the treadmill is so loud the other person can't hear. So I started walking around the room I was in. And then down the hall and then I looped back and did that the entire time I was on the phone...so I actually got my 15 minute walk in and, of course, Miss Q woke up at the end.
Remember, it's just to start the habit of moving. So, do a work out tape (for 15 minutes) or walk in circles in your abode (for 15 minutes). Or walk the office. Or the mall. Or Wal-Mart! It's not for speed (yet); it's not for distance (yet).
It's for doing.
Take the time. Make the time. You are worth it.
Update
Yeah, Miss E is at home with me. I nearly wavered this morning, but Super J was like, "No, she needs to be home." And he's right. There were many tears, but Super J is going to take her to the Post Office (the destination for the field trip) and work his magic on their next Daddy Daughter date, and after a call to the preschool, Miss Rene is going to gather any goodies they're giving to the kids and will give them to Miss E on Friday.
So alls well that ends well.
So alls well that ends well.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Ummm, Hello from Leper Island
Sorry to be missing for a while. We are infected with whatever is floating around and causing trouble. We thought many of us had strep...thankfully, it was just a virus I think. Ohhhhh, how bizarre to say that. And actually, we are still waiting on word about Miss E (did I mention that because she had strep a couple of weeks ago, they had to send her test out--she went on Sunday to the Urgent Care--and we've been waiting for the results) but her spirits are much improved, so that's good news. She certainly isn't acting all sick and weary, thank heavens. You should have seen her last night when a friend made some Jello Jigglers for us. Holy Cow. HOLY COW. Like sharks during a feeding frenzy, my girls were. Gleeful with their jigglers. Now if only I could feel that way about my upper arms.
ANYWAY! Of course, as some of us are on the mend, others are starting to exhibit very worrisome behavior, as in Miss Q who has taken to having issues at the in/out portions of her little person. So. Not. Fun.
On a fantastically, completely different note, I found the most wondrous website that made my little librarian heart leap for joy. I was doing some research for non-fiction YA bibliographies for a friend and literally found a mecca of info at (appropriately named) Library Booklists (yes, I made it big so you would notice). It takes you to various links for libraries with, more often than not, annotative bibliographies about all sorts of literary works: fiction and nonfiction, adult and young adult, children's lit, etc., etc. Seriously. I was giddy. It reminded me of why I love to be a librarian, why I love libraries and why I think other librarians are totally superfantastic (and the author of this site totally falls into this category!!!!)! Such a great resource. Just wanted to share...you can thank me later.
UPDATE: Yegads! We have just received word that Miss E did/does, in fact, test positive for STREP. Ugh. They are giving her a different prescription because, obviously, the other one didn't kick it.
Okay, I feel defeated because I was hoping she would be negative, because she'll still technically be contagious tomorrow, when her preschool class goes on a field trip! UGH!
Please don't judge, because, true confession: I am still fighting it in myself about whether or not to send her to school. She'll be antibioticized for approximately 18 hours before she goes. What do you think. Keep her home? It's supposed to be 24 hours. Ugh. Darn it. CURSES! In my "please don't send your child to school whilst they are under a plague" heart, I know what I'm *supposed* to do. ...but, I am such a school nerd. Even for preschool. And it's a field trip. Man-o-man. I know! I'll let Super J decide (he'll decide to keep her home, though). Oh well. I'll let you know, Gentle Reader, the outcome.
You know, I'm not 100% sure why plagues are hanging around us this academic year, but they are. I think I'm going to tell them that they can now go. We are done. We don't need any more. Just wellness around here, thank you very much.
"Hey, Plagues. Go pester someone else. We are done. We are only accepting healthy vibes now. Vamoose."
There. That should do it.
sigh.
ANYWAY! Of course, as some of us are on the mend, others are starting to exhibit very worrisome behavior, as in Miss Q who has taken to having issues at the in/out portions of her little person. So. Not. Fun.
On a fantastically, completely different note, I found the most wondrous website that made my little librarian heart leap for joy. I was doing some research for non-fiction YA bibliographies for a friend and literally found a mecca of info at (appropriately named) Library Booklists (yes, I made it big so you would notice). It takes you to various links for libraries with, more often than not, annotative bibliographies about all sorts of literary works: fiction and nonfiction, adult and young adult, children's lit, etc., etc. Seriously. I was giddy. It reminded me of why I love to be a librarian, why I love libraries and why I think other librarians are totally superfantastic (and the author of this site totally falls into this category!!!!)! Such a great resource. Just wanted to share...you can thank me later.
UPDATE: Yegads! We have just received word that Miss E did/does, in fact, test positive for STREP. Ugh. They are giving her a different prescription because, obviously, the other one didn't kick it.
Okay, I feel defeated because I was hoping she would be negative, because she'll still technically be contagious tomorrow, when her preschool class goes on a field trip! UGH!
Please don't judge, because, true confession: I am still fighting it in myself about whether or not to send her to school. She'll be antibioticized for approximately 18 hours before she goes. What do you think. Keep her home? It's supposed to be 24 hours. Ugh. Darn it. CURSES! In my "please don't send your child to school whilst they are under a plague" heart, I know what I'm *supposed* to do. ...but, I am such a school nerd. Even for preschool. And it's a field trip. Man-o-man. I know! I'll let Super J decide (he'll decide to keep her home, though). Oh well. I'll let you know, Gentle Reader, the outcome.
You know, I'm not 100% sure why plagues are hanging around us this academic year, but they are. I think I'm going to tell them that they can now go. We are done. We don't need any more. Just wellness around here, thank you very much.
"Hey, Plagues. Go pester someone else. We are done. We are only accepting healthy vibes now. Vamoose."
There. That should do it.
sigh.
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