Good morning!
I am sitting at my own desk in my house. I know you may look at the time and the day and say "shouldn't you be working?" well I am! I have the twins here and they are watching disney movies. Right now it's Snow white. I've gotten into the habit of bringing the twins here after I drop the older two off at school. I make pancakes and they see Jono and watch cartoons.Thank you Grandma! They have fallen in love with Grandma Marti's pancakes and insist on them almost every morning. If I run out I am told in a very matter of fact way "well you are going to have to make more then". I use this time in the morning to clean the house and get my lunch together and sometimes start dinner. So there is now a never ending supply of pancakes in my house.
Today I am trying something a little different. Wednesdays are always the hardest days since the older two get out 2 hours early. So to deal with this extra time I am taking them to the Huntington Gardens. I have high hopes for this since there really aren't too many rules there and they can run around a lot and play. I have packed them lunch and packed the car and hopefully it will all go well!!
hope you all have a load of fun today!
hugs+kisses
mce
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Busy Bumble Bee
Good Morning!
I know it's been a little while since I posted. Everything has just gotten so crazy busy around here. I'm adjusting to the new hours and it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong it is a lot of work and long days but it's not killing me the way I thought it was going to. I've tried to keep my weekends busy to make up for the crazy weeks and it seems to be working. I went to the Long Beach aquarium last Saturday and Disneyland last Sunday. Both with my dear friend from HSU, Brian. I hadn't seen him in ages and it was really great to be able to hang out with him for the short time he was here. Last night I went to the Comedy Store on sunset to see one of my friends do stand-up. It was great! I didn't realize how much I miss all my friends till now. I get so caught up in my every day life that I don't have time to think about it. I'm hoping to get to see them all more.
In other news I got a Kindle! Just the smallest basic one but it's awesome! I am reading so much more now. I think in the past 3 weeks I have read around 10 books. That's more then I got to in the last 3 months. It really helps when I'm at work. I see now what all the hype was about.
The only thing that hasn't been working out these past weeks is food. I haven't been cooking nearly enough to get me through the week. I just haven't been hungry at all. Does anyone else get that way? I just don't think about it till someone mentions it. Like Jono when he comes home from work and asks me what I ate that day, and I have to pause and try to think if I did eat anything. I know I can't let myself fall into a rut like this but it's hard to get out of. I'm sure I'll find something to get excited over again soon. The other hard thing is that I don't see Jono nearly as much. I work 12 hour a day Monday thru Friday and he works 12 hour days Saturday and Sunday. All that leaves us is the few hours between when we get off and when we have to go to bed. Not a lot of time at all. He has been making dinner for me during the week when he don't train late. I can't begin to tell you how nice it is to come home to dinner already in the oven.
hope everything is going well for all of you!
hugs+kisses
mce
I know it's been a little while since I posted. Everything has just gotten so crazy busy around here. I'm adjusting to the new hours and it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong it is a lot of work and long days but it's not killing me the way I thought it was going to. I've tried to keep my weekends busy to make up for the crazy weeks and it seems to be working. I went to the Long Beach aquarium last Saturday and Disneyland last Sunday. Both with my dear friend from HSU, Brian. I hadn't seen him in ages and it was really great to be able to hang out with him for the short time he was here. Last night I went to the Comedy Store on sunset to see one of my friends do stand-up. It was great! I didn't realize how much I miss all my friends till now. I get so caught up in my every day life that I don't have time to think about it. I'm hoping to get to see them all more.
In other news I got a Kindle! Just the smallest basic one but it's awesome! I am reading so much more now. I think in the past 3 weeks I have read around 10 books. That's more then I got to in the last 3 months. It really helps when I'm at work. I see now what all the hype was about.
The only thing that hasn't been working out these past weeks is food. I haven't been cooking nearly enough to get me through the week. I just haven't been hungry at all. Does anyone else get that way? I just don't think about it till someone mentions it. Like Jono when he comes home from work and asks me what I ate that day, and I have to pause and try to think if I did eat anything. I know I can't let myself fall into a rut like this but it's hard to get out of. I'm sure I'll find something to get excited over again soon. The other hard thing is that I don't see Jono nearly as much. I work 12 hour a day Monday thru Friday and he works 12 hour days Saturday and Sunday. All that leaves us is the few hours between when we get off and when we have to go to bed. Not a lot of time at all. He has been making dinner for me during the week when he don't train late. I can't begin to tell you how nice it is to come home to dinner already in the oven.
hope everything is going well for all of you!
hugs+kisses
mce
Sunday, January 8, 2012
New Year
Good morning!
I have to say that the new year is bringing a lot of new challenges. This is what my hours were this past week; Monday- off, Tuesday-12hrs, Wednesday- 12.5hrs, Thursday- 12.5hrs, Friday- 14hrs. Yes that means that I worked about 51 hours in 4 days. Needless to say I was thrashed by Friday night. But the kids were really good all week. I have also realized that I really really need to pack meals for the whole day. To start this off right I did a huge market trip yesterday. I got things to make and a few frozen "omg I have no time to pack!" things. To start it all off right I made lamb meatballs yesterday. Very messy. But really good! I have frozen them so I can take them out and make them when I get home at night. I have realized that another issue that I hadn't thought of is eating when I get home from work. I am working on dishes that I can prep ahead of time and then have Jono do the last step or two after he finishes training for the day. I am planing on making Ragu today after I do yoga with Jane! I have really missed doing yoga and it will be really nice to start getting back in the habit again. It's not as easy to stay on top of things when I get really stressed and yoga really helps with that. Also it will get awesome to see Jane. The weekends are really all for me right now since Jono works 12 hours a day both Saturday and Sunday. I use it for prepping for the week ahead, cleaning and doing laundry, and relaxing. So far it's worked out great. As long as I do what I need to do before Monday the week should go as smoothy as I can make it. At least that's what I hope!
hugs+kisses
mce
I have to say that the new year is bringing a lot of new challenges. This is what my hours were this past week; Monday- off, Tuesday-12hrs, Wednesday- 12.5hrs, Thursday- 12.5hrs, Friday- 14hrs. Yes that means that I worked about 51 hours in 4 days. Needless to say I was thrashed by Friday night. But the kids were really good all week. I have also realized that I really really need to pack meals for the whole day. To start this off right I did a huge market trip yesterday. I got things to make and a few frozen "omg I have no time to pack!" things. To start it all off right I made lamb meatballs yesterday. Very messy. But really good! I have frozen them so I can take them out and make them when I get home at night. I have realized that another issue that I hadn't thought of is eating when I get home from work. I am working on dishes that I can prep ahead of time and then have Jono do the last step or two after he finishes training for the day. I am planing on making Ragu today after I do yoga with Jane! I have really missed doing yoga and it will be really nice to start getting back in the habit again. It's not as easy to stay on top of things when I get really stressed and yoga really helps with that. Also it will get awesome to see Jane. The weekends are really all for me right now since Jono works 12 hours a day both Saturday and Sunday. I use it for prepping for the week ahead, cleaning and doing laundry, and relaxing. So far it's worked out great. As long as I do what I need to do before Monday the week should go as smoothy as I can make it. At least that's what I hope!
hugs+kisses
mce
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
So much to say!
Hello!
Goodness it's been a while since I wrote anything. My only excuse is that I was really busy. Like really really busy. I guess if I just do this is order it will be clearer. So here it goes!
Lead up to Christmas
As I told you all I wanted to make all my presents to others. And as I said that was a lot of people. Here is a list of what I made. And yes I got it all done!
Chile de arbol puree
Chile de arbol salsa
Peanut Butter sauce
Hot Fudge sauce
Oven dried tomatoes
Crackers
about 3 batches of Brownies
about 20 pairs of earrings
It took forever! But it's all done. I managed to make enough to give to people I had only hoped to gift. It was a little crazy for a while there.
Then there was a ton of family events for Christmas over 4 days.
I had meant to write more about these things as they were happening but it didn't happen. Sorry!
So as I mentioned in my last post my work schedule has changed. I am trying to figure out just how to deal with the change mentally. I know I need to do this and I know I can it's just the how I need to figure out. Thankfully I truly do love these kids which makes it easier. I have realized that for me to deal with this change I am going to need to be extremely well organized. More so then I have ever been. Part of this is Making sure I have both lunches and dinners for a whole week set out and at least some part done. Any ideas?
I hope you all had a great Christmas!
Hugs+kisses
mce
Goodness it's been a while since I wrote anything. My only excuse is that I was really busy. Like really really busy. I guess if I just do this is order it will be clearer. So here it goes!
Lead up to Christmas
As I told you all I wanted to make all my presents to others. And as I said that was a lot of people. Here is a list of what I made. And yes I got it all done!
Chile de arbol puree
Chile de arbol salsa
Peanut Butter sauce
Hot Fudge sauce
Oven dried tomatoes
Crackers
about 3 batches of Brownies
about 20 pairs of earrings
It took forever! But it's all done. I managed to make enough to give to people I had only hoped to gift. It was a little crazy for a while there.
Then there was a ton of family events for Christmas over 4 days.
I had meant to write more about these things as they were happening but it didn't happen. Sorry!
So as I mentioned in my last post my work schedule has changed. I am trying to figure out just how to deal with the change mentally. I know I need to do this and I know I can it's just the how I need to figure out. Thankfully I truly do love these kids which makes it easier. I have realized that for me to deal with this change I am going to need to be extremely well organized. More so then I have ever been. Part of this is Making sure I have both lunches and dinners for a whole week set out and at least some part done. Any ideas?
I hope you all had a great Christmas!
Hugs+kisses
mce
Thursday, December 15, 2011
A new Challange
Hello!
First off I want to thank everyone for wishing me happy birthday. It was really amazing. My phone (which is connected to my facebook) was going off all day it was awesome! So thank you guys.
Second. I had a slight bombshell dropped on me today when I got to work. wanna hear it? well you don't have a choice I'm going to tell you. The children's aunt is moving on the 30th. This is the woman who trades off days with me. This is the woman who has made it possible for me to work only 4 days a week and have time off when I needed it. She is moving to Washington state. What this means for me is that as of the 3rd of January I will be working 5 days a week. No if's and's or but's. A full week. And you all know the hours I work. That would be 10 hours a day minimum. Most times closer to 12. This means between 50 and 60 hours a week. I am trying to deal with this calmly. I will be rational about it. I will not freak out. What I am going to do is ask for them to be sure of coming home 2 days a week at 5pm. This would mean a 10 hour day at least 2 days a week. On these 2 days I will either do yoga or work out with Jono. I will also have to cook enough for a whole week every weekend. As of late I have been cooking enough for a few days at most. I will need to get on top of my diet more and make things I can pack for lunches. I will also start planing now for my spa day in April. The job they are both on right now is going to keep them in work till sometime in March. After that it's all up in the air. They might even be moving up north. So I am going to take the work where I can get it. I may go crazy. I may cry at night. But I will work and make money and hopefully if everything goes as I hope I can go back to school full time soon. Maybe even next fall.
I have spent all day letting this sink in. I know full well they will drive me up the walls. But I hope to have enough structure at home to combat the craziness of work. But before all that is Christmas.
Do you all realize just how soon Christmas is? Have you done your shopping? Have you made your gifts? I haven't. I didn't realize till yesterday that it's less then 2 weeks away. Thankfully I have tomorrow off as well as only working Monday and Tuesday next week. So I will have this weekend and most of next week to make everything. And I do mean Everything. When I started to flip out about it Jono reminded me that I did the exact same thing last year and managed to get everything done in time. So I should be able to do it this time. But I think I am doing more gifts this year... it doesn't matter! I will get it done. I just might go a little crazy. Or crazy-er.
hugs&kisses & Christmas wishes
mce
First off I want to thank everyone for wishing me happy birthday. It was really amazing. My phone (which is connected to my facebook) was going off all day it was awesome! So thank you guys.
Second. I had a slight bombshell dropped on me today when I got to work. wanna hear it? well you don't have a choice I'm going to tell you. The children's aunt is moving on the 30th. This is the woman who trades off days with me. This is the woman who has made it possible for me to work only 4 days a week and have time off when I needed it. She is moving to Washington state. What this means for me is that as of the 3rd of January I will be working 5 days a week. No if's and's or but's. A full week. And you all know the hours I work. That would be 10 hours a day minimum. Most times closer to 12. This means between 50 and 60 hours a week. I am trying to deal with this calmly. I will be rational about it. I will not freak out. What I am going to do is ask for them to be sure of coming home 2 days a week at 5pm. This would mean a 10 hour day at least 2 days a week. On these 2 days I will either do yoga or work out with Jono. I will also have to cook enough for a whole week every weekend. As of late I have been cooking enough for a few days at most. I will need to get on top of my diet more and make things I can pack for lunches. I will also start planing now for my spa day in April. The job they are both on right now is going to keep them in work till sometime in March. After that it's all up in the air. They might even be moving up north. So I am going to take the work where I can get it. I may go crazy. I may cry at night. But I will work and make money and hopefully if everything goes as I hope I can go back to school full time soon. Maybe even next fall.
I have spent all day letting this sink in. I know full well they will drive me up the walls. But I hope to have enough structure at home to combat the craziness of work. But before all that is Christmas.
Do you all realize just how soon Christmas is? Have you done your shopping? Have you made your gifts? I haven't. I didn't realize till yesterday that it's less then 2 weeks away. Thankfully I have tomorrow off as well as only working Monday and Tuesday next week. So I will have this weekend and most of next week to make everything. And I do mean Everything. When I started to flip out about it Jono reminded me that I did the exact same thing last year and managed to get everything done in time. So I should be able to do it this time. But I think I am doing more gifts this year... it doesn't matter! I will get it done. I just might go a little crazy. Or crazy-er.
hugs&kisses & Christmas wishes
mce
Friday, December 9, 2011
It's coming!!
Good Morning!
I have the day off and intend to use it. I have condensed, rewritten, revised, sorted, and tallied my Christmas gift list. I have realized that I have managed to give myself about 4 days worth of cooking to do. there are still nine people who I am stumped on. I have 39 people on my list and have had to split it into two lists. A list that of the ones I really need, and a list of ones I really want to. It's not money that makes the difference it's time. I'm not sure I have the time to make 5 stuffed animals. Needless to say it's all a bit stressful but in a good way. on top of all this my birthday is next week!
Now first off I have to say how sad I find it that as you get older birthdays mean less. I love birthdays. I think it's awesome I survived another year and I want others to think so too! I love everything about those old birthday parties you have when your young but no one wants to do that when your older. Most of the time you just get phone calls. Not nearly as fun as presents and cake. Unless you have an awesome fiance like I do! For my birthday (and yes it was early) I got a Keurig coffee maker! It's one of those single serving makers. But the cool thing is you can still use your own coffee in it. We had talked about getting one for a while since Jono doesn't really drink coffee and it wasn't really making sense for me to make a full pot of coffee just for myself. Yes I know you don't have to make a full pot even with the old coffee maker. The really cool thing about the new maker is that Keurig doesn't make their own cups (the little pre packed cups you put in the machine) So every other company that makes coffee or tea seems to make cups to fit it. Everyone from Starbucks to Celestial seasonings seems to have K-cups. It works great for us since I can make just my cup of coffee with my ground coffee in the morning and Jono can make a cup of tea with the pre-packed tea right after. The tea thing is great. I never remember to time how long the tea bag is supposed to stay in and the machine does it perfectly. No more bitter tea! I got it early since we found it on sale in a pack that came with 60 cups and the fill yourself cup. It's pretty awesome I gotta say.
Back to Christmas! If anyone has food concerns, can't have nuts, don't like spicy, love spicy, no sugar, likes chocolate, doesn't like chocolate, that kind of thing please tell me. Even if you think I know just let my know again. I'm a bit frazzled.
hugs+kisses!
mce
I have the day off and intend to use it. I have condensed, rewritten, revised, sorted, and tallied my Christmas gift list. I have realized that I have managed to give myself about 4 days worth of cooking to do. there are still nine people who I am stumped on. I have 39 people on my list and have had to split it into two lists. A list that of the ones I really need, and a list of ones I really want to. It's not money that makes the difference it's time. I'm not sure I have the time to make 5 stuffed animals. Needless to say it's all a bit stressful but in a good way. on top of all this my birthday is next week!
Now first off I have to say how sad I find it that as you get older birthdays mean less. I love birthdays. I think it's awesome I survived another year and I want others to think so too! I love everything about those old birthday parties you have when your young but no one wants to do that when your older. Most of the time you just get phone calls. Not nearly as fun as presents and cake. Unless you have an awesome fiance like I do! For my birthday (and yes it was early) I got a Keurig coffee maker! It's one of those single serving makers. But the cool thing is you can still use your own coffee in it. We had talked about getting one for a while since Jono doesn't really drink coffee and it wasn't really making sense for me to make a full pot of coffee just for myself. Yes I know you don't have to make a full pot even with the old coffee maker. The really cool thing about the new maker is that Keurig doesn't make their own cups (the little pre packed cups you put in the machine) So every other company that makes coffee or tea seems to make cups to fit it. Everyone from Starbucks to Celestial seasonings seems to have K-cups. It works great for us since I can make just my cup of coffee with my ground coffee in the morning and Jono can make a cup of tea with the pre-packed tea right after. The tea thing is great. I never remember to time how long the tea bag is supposed to stay in and the machine does it perfectly. No more bitter tea! I got it early since we found it on sale in a pack that came with 60 cups and the fill yourself cup. It's pretty awesome I gotta say.
Back to Christmas! If anyone has food concerns, can't have nuts, don't like spicy, love spicy, no sugar, likes chocolate, doesn't like chocolate, that kind of thing please tell me. Even if you think I know just let my know again. I'm a bit frazzled.
hugs+kisses!
mce
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Christmas cheer
Good morning!
I got up way to early for a weekend. But that's ok. I got to see Jono a bit before he left for work.
Winter seems meant for small idealistic moments. Take yesterday evening. I found myself sitting in the dining room with a cup of spiced apple cider listening to Slavic Choral music. I was writing up lists and address Christmas cards. It's moments like that which make me happy. The little ones. The ones where you pause what you are doing for a moment and realize how happy you are in the moment. Now I am sitting at that same table with a cup of coffee watching the fire across the room from me. I have my to do list in front of me and am calming deciding what order to do things in. these quite moments are the best for me. I like my mornings of quite when bella is sleeping curled up on the couch and I can drink my coffee and figure out my day. Its nice to start off the day centered.
I hope you are all getting into the spirit of the season with joy and happiness.
hugs+kisses
mce
I got up way to early for a weekend. But that's ok. I got to see Jono a bit before he left for work.
Winter seems meant for small idealistic moments. Take yesterday evening. I found myself sitting in the dining room with a cup of spiced apple cider listening to Slavic Choral music. I was writing up lists and address Christmas cards. It's moments like that which make me happy. The little ones. The ones where you pause what you are doing for a moment and realize how happy you are in the moment. Now I am sitting at that same table with a cup of coffee watching the fire across the room from me. I have my to do list in front of me and am calming deciding what order to do things in. these quite moments are the best for me. I like my mornings of quite when bella is sleeping curled up on the couch and I can drink my coffee and figure out my day. Its nice to start off the day centered.
I hope you are all getting into the spirit of the season with joy and happiness.
hugs+kisses
mce
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