Oops

Again I forgot to post yesterday.  I'm getting really bad about that.  Its not that I don't want to post, but its more that there isn't much to post about.  There isn't a whole lot going on, so then it slips my mind to blog about my day.

Yesterday was pretty productive though, as I got some more cleaning and organizing done.  I was apparently quite exhausted by the end of the night though, since I feel asleep before 9pm the first time! Woke up just enough to let the husband know I was going to sleep, and that was that.  I only woke up once more when the cat was meowing like crazy and I realized the husband wasn't sleeping yet (it always wakes me up if he hasn't come to bed yet).

I found a really awesome blog today -http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/- that is quite helpful with teaching your little ones at home through playing.  I like a lot of their ideas and am thinking how we can start implementing some of it in our own home.  I really wish we had enough room for a dedicated learning area so I could organize all the school stuff together and make it look like its a learning/school area for the boys.  Something to ponder on and see if we can make it work somewhere in the house.  If I'm going to be at home, I really need to get ourselves together on this homeschooling thing for both boys...at least for the time being.  We aren't having any luck with finding preschool options here, so this would be our best bet.  I also really want sensory tables and a light table for discovery and science fun for them.  I have silly, messy boys so I know they would LOVE sensory tables!  I'm getting a head of myself of course.  Finding a "school room" type space in the house is definitely something to think about.

I think tonight is going to be Waffle night again for dinner.  We sure have gotten a lot of use out of our new waffle iron.  Definitely one of the most useful  "house warming" gifts we have ever gotten, although I kind of enjoyed the plastic Christmas wreath we received in our first apartment years ago! Ha!

I am contemplating redesigning the blog again.  I'm not happy enough with this template.  But that will have to be for another day. Mommyhood calls!

What a day

Today definitely did NOT start out well.  And then this afternoon consisted of 3 1/2 hours of hard core cleaning my kitchen plus 1 1/2 hours of cooking dinner.  That's a long time to be in the kitchen LOL.

I haven't picked up my second week of Couch to 5k yet.  I have been walking the last couple of nights though.  I may have to repeat the first week, as I don't feel quite ready to up it just yet.  I'll work on that.

I'm trying to keep up with the blogging and having something worthwhile to talk about, but when I blog this late at night (or 12am), my brain isn't quite up to par on the quick wit thinking.  I need to remember to do this earlier in the day.

Fixed?

It looks like the app for my phone has been updated and bugs fixed. Today has been an off day. I just haven't felt quite up to par.

Other developments today have been good news for us, so that was nice for a change.

I'm so darn exhausted anymore, that I just don't have much to say tonight.

Here we go again...

So its the beginning of another week.  One more down in the history books (not that it was very "historic" or "interesting" for that matter).  By the end of this week, we will have been in Dallas for two months.  Time is sort of slipping away from us.  I need to really start figuring out ways to get things done and not just hope they get done.  Or trying but not really putting my all into finding solutions. 

It was a bit of a boring week, too.  I need to get some phone calls and maybe video chats going this week.  You know me and connecting with people! ;-)

The whole weight loss thing and Couch to 5k is off to a pretty slow start.  It seems I put on some muscle, which is great, but that then means the scale is showing a bit higher number instead of lower.  Hopefully this week will make more of a difference. 

I am not sure if we really have any plans this week at all, but maybe I can think of something for us to do.

Not every encouraging...

"Dallas is way, way behind unless you live in the richer parts of Dallas..." - Response to a comment about family friendly, improved parks and the like. This makes me quite sad.  Reading that truly made my heart sink even more.  I never would have though about Las Vegas being better than somewhere else.  Truthfully. I just wanted out that I didn't really think much that other places are behind Vegas in so many ways.  Including progressive thinking.  Now I knew coming to Texas was going to be a challenge in our views/beliefs/philosophies with dealing with a lot more uber-conservative thought then we are used to dealing with.  But it just keeps slapping me in the face with how "behind" things really are.  The only person who has even been willing to reach out to the "newbies" in the neighborhood (that being us) is the apparently racist occupant across from us.  Great.  Those are also the only children I ever see outside playing.  So much for neighborhood friends.  I have a real hard time with people like that.  It stirs up more emotions than I can truly handle on top of all the other ones swirling around in me to begin with.  I will never understand that how in this day and age, people can still be so blatantly ignorant and intolerant of other human beings. We are all here together trying to make some sense of it all.  Why must someone insist on separating and pointing out the minute, insignificant differences just to make themselves feel better than someone else.  I don't get it.


But again I digress...


Things are different.  Plain and simple.  And behind.  That word just keeps resonating in my head.  Behind.  That is really what is in.  As if, this place has been hidden behind large stone walls and kept from the ever changing, progressing, improving world.  Unless, as the above quoted response points out, you are of money and have said money to break from these walls and make some changes. I am a big advocate for change and pushing the envelope and making a difference, but this may be a whole lot more than I can handle.

Nothing big today

Not a whole lot has gone on at all today.  I was feeling very under the weather earlier but other then the exhaustion part, it seems to have subsided for now.  Tonight I will finish up week 1 of Couch to 5k.  I am guessing I am putting on muscle since I am now gaining weight instead of losing.  To be expected I guess.  I have loads of cleaning to do tonight as well, since I haven't done much throughout the day.

Sorry that the posts are getting so much shorter.  Its been a pretty tiring week.  Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things next week.

Lack of motivation

I am completely dragging today.  I know I probably over did it just a bit yesterday, but the working out felt so good.  Now I'm feeling the results today.  I'm sore, tired, and just not motivated to do anything.  I do need to get my arse in gear and get some cleaning done though.  So away from the computer I go...