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Shortest Weekend Ever

How do the weekends keep getting shorter and shorter? I got off early on Fri and had lunch with Matt. Then I picked up Tabby early from daycare and we went to the library “booo? boo boo boo” and came home and had a nice evening in. Saturday we did our normal stuff and then went to the zoo. It was a nice day and Tabby had a great time. Pizza at Uno's was a hit too. Sunday Matt and I went skiing and Tabby spend the day with my mom. Our weather was crap, and I was having trouble skiing since I fatigued myself running the day before (at least I hope that was what was up).

Today we toured three different schools. We're not making any moves right now, but at some point she'll need to move into a preschool. Only one out of three fits us. One is too far away and the other would cost us $23,000/year. No, that is not a typo. It is an all day montessori program, but still. They must be high. Anyhow, the search continues.

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MishMash

Not a lot to say … really glad we're heading into Friday. Gotta love that. No idea what we're up to. But there's been some talk of skiing (just about the last weekend we can).

What else? Got a cute running skort at Target. It is short and nice for warm weather but camouflages the bum area very well.

I am just about over my nasty cold that's been plaguing me all week, but now Tabby's got it. Luckily colds don't seem to get to her too much (knock on wood).

Matt and I have been watching and are now allll caught up on Top Chef. We're loving it, asking each other what we'd do in the situations, etc. etc. It interested us enough to look at the Food & Wine Classic cuz it's just over the hill in Aspen. Tickets? Over $1000 (and they're already sold out). Yikes!! Nevermind. But wow … that would be way fun.

Since it's spring, I'm getting all neurotic about organization. I don't know why (though I have theories), but this happens to me every spring. Time to clean out the closets and get my stuff in order. I wanna take our home office to paperless … and organize all of our computer files. I recently had a *nasty* virus at work and while I always back up there and had no problems, I'm not as diligent at home, but man is that tedious. All that idle time while things are copying I just zone out and get off track.

Over and out! Have a great weekend.

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Sleeping Beauty

Ever since Tabby was about 2.5 months old, she's slept through the night in her own crib. I am very driven by how much sleep I do or do not get, so this has been a major blessing. But lately, her sleep patterns have been off.

Looking back, I know exactly why. Like most families with a young'un we got various bugs most of the winter. They were shared throughout the house. And when Tabby was sick, she would wake up during the night. Sick and sleep deprived ourselves, we frequently took the easy way out and plopped her into bed with us.

But it has gotten so bad lately that while she was still going to sleep in her own bed (though not as graciously as she once did), she would wake up in the middle of the night and EXPECT to come sleep in our bed. One night this weekend, when I went in to comfort her, I picked her up and she pointed at the door as if to say, “Time to go.”

For many reasons, I don't feel the family bed is right for us. I won't get into those dogmas, but that's been our decision. So to have this situation was not ideal and I knew we needed to fix it. Continue reading “Sleeping Beauty”

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Hooray for SPRING!!!


Err… well the weather still pretty much sucks in this neck of the woods, but it's gotta shape up soon, right? Right?!?!?

Whatever. New skin to celebrate “spring.” It's way late and I am not at my peak. So things may be weird here and there. I'll fix 'em tomorrow. Probably.

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Training Update: X Training

I'm updating you on my training sooner than I thought because I made myself a training log and (for some dumb reason) I designed it to go from Monday – Sunday. Anyhoo … .aAmazing amazing week. I feel like I really hit what I wanted. Hope I can keep it up.

The one goal I'd set that I didn't accomplish was running outdoors again. Considering the weather we've had to contend with and everything else I've accomplished, I will let it slide.

What have I done since last Tuesday?
Wednesday: I went for a 50 min swim. I wanted to do 60, but I was running late.
Thursday: After our disasterous Weds night (Tabby throwing up), I could not get up and took this day off
Friday: Ran for like 30 or 40 min (honestly can't remember)
Saturday: Did 2 miles at my top speed with a 3 min break between miles, then lifted weights … and then did a 60 min step class. This was admittedly a bit crazy, but I hardly ever get this kind of time to myself and I over did it. Advil and I were bossom buddies Sunday.
Sunday: the training schedule said 70 min run (oops, it actually said 60, but I can't read apparently), and I was sort of doubtful after yesterday, but I am super proud to say that I did it!!!!! and I ran (basically) the race distance as well, so yea … awesome week.

And you better believe I took today off. I'm training … I'm not suicidal. This week I plan to keep it up and get an outdoors workout in. Unfortunately the weather looks as abysmal as the past week (if not more so), but it's a goal, right? Plus I want to get one more strength workout in. Continue reading “Training Update: X Training”

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Wow. Weekend

Usually I comment on how quickly the weekend went, and this one is really not an exception other than I must say that we accomplished A LOT.

Friday I took a half day and stayed with Tabby who was still getting over her bug/shots/whatever. We played and napped and had a nice day. And when Matt was done with work, we headed off to get dinner and run a couple of errands. We realized as we were getting to Noodles and Co that we had forgotten the diaper bag. But stubborn folk that we are, we pressed on. So at 8:30 we were to be found in the grocery store parking lot changing a diaper that had lost containment. I keep a diaper wallet in my car for such occasions and we had purchased a t'shirt on clearance while we were at the mall, so yea … it wasn't a total disaster.

Saturday I got a long spell of lovely “me time” at the gym (more on that tomorrow) while Matt and Tabby had some Daddy-Daughter time. Then we had a lovely breakfast out and Tabby and I had a lovely nap. After naptime, it was crunch time, getting ready for a BBQ with my parents and our friends and their boys. Matt had had ribs slow-cooking over night and we made up some side dishes. I attempted a dessert that blew up in my face (I am so pathetically distracted when Tabby is fussy). But a grocery-store run later (we needed propane anyhow) and we had pies instead. And the evening was just about perfect … yummy food (even the store-bought pies) and the best of company.

After beautiful weather, today we awoke to cold temps and a dusting of snow. Not the end of the world I just hope it didn't kill our budding lilacs!! We had more errands to run, and then Matt and I apparently lost our minds and decided to attack our fridge and pantry. Four (?!?!) hours and four trash bags later, our food stuffs are much more organized.

Now I need a really good night of sleep.

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12 Month Checkup

We finally got Tabby in for her 12 mo checkup on Wednesday. They had plenty of appointments (they always do), but between her party and having friends in town, etc. we chose to put it off because she *always* gets sick when she has a checkup.

Her checkup was fine. She's right on track for everything and weighing in at 19 lbs, 2 oz and she's 28 1/2 inches tall, putting her at 22nd percentile for both height and weight. She was supposed to get 4 shots, but since we have a history of autism in our family I wanted to space them out a bit and not overload her little system. For the record, I have no idea if any of that makes a difference, but I figured it couldn't hurt. She also totally won over her doctor by asking to be held by her (i.e. putting her arms out to her). Apparently pediatricians don't get this much… go figure.

So the appointment was fine, and she had her preventative tylenol, but like clockwork, she got sick that evening. She was fussy when she went to bed and then woke up in the middle of the night and could not be consoled. We brought her to bed with us and she proceeded to throw up all over us … and the bed … twice. We changed the sheets and our clothes and tried to go back to sleep. She ended up in her pack 'n' play in our room and was restless all night. Yesterday we kept her home. She was feverish, sleepy and very clingy and fussy. She seemed to be improving last night though. We'll hope for a better day today.

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Mexican Beef & Rice

 

adapted from Parenting.com

Ingredients
1 envelope taco seasoning mix
1 cup salsa
1 cup corn kernels
1/2 cup lowfat cheese
3/4 pound lean ground beef
1 cup dry instant rice
1 1/2 C water
pepper
lettuce & tomato to serve

Directions
In a large skillet, brown ground beef over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up the chunks. Drain off any fat. Add taco seasoning mix, water, salsa, and corn; cook, uncovered, stirring until mixture boils.

Stir in rice and pepper; cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 6 minutes.

Fluff rice-and-beef mixture with a fork. Sprinkle with cheese, cover, and let stand for 2 minutes, or until cheese melts. Uncover and serve with lettuce and tomato.

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A Chain of Links

Firstly, thanks for all the great support on my training. It's great to get such nice feedback… very motivating!!

Moving on… It's exhausting coming up with stupid titles for my link posts. I'm just not that smart or creative!!! But I do have some excellent sites, articles, etc. gathered since I last posted. Hope you enjoy!!

Kids' Stuff
* I laugh every single time I look at the Jack Potty … what a weird and fun idea!! via Ohdeedoh
* I love this article from Zen Habits about streamlining life with kids … has good ideas and interesting points
* Ohdeedoh points out a new book, Porn for New Moms. This is not dirty, just photos of good looking men saying things like, “You look gorgeous already, but how about you treat yourself to a mani pedi while I watch the baby.”
* I love the Toolboxes that Sally Shim created for her boys for Easter
* Heheh … it's kind of like a flea collar for kids … a bug repelling bracelet! Via Parent Hacks
* Adorable paper play things to print and assemble via Ohdeedoh

Yummy Stuff
* Sage advice on making Chewy Caramels at the Kitchen
* A reminder about how fast and good homemade can be
* Recipes from Kashi, including Chocolate Peanut Butter Go Lean Muffin Bars and Asian Lettuce Cups via Slashfood
* How to make Hollandaise (I have yet to do this successfully) at the Kitchen
* Planning and Planting a Kitchen Garden at Lifehacker
* Caramel Walnut Banana Upside Down Cake 'nuff said Continue reading “A Chain of Links”