Portion control and breastfeeding can only go so far, and I’ve hit a plateau with my weight loss.  I was down about 40 pounds since Violet’s birth, but the last 10 were due to a nasty 4 day stomach bug and I gained most of them back, so I’m standing around 30 pounds total lost [...]

Filed under: Couch to 5K, Health, Me Stuff

My husband is amazing.  He’s been laid off for 10+ months now and is working his butt off doing anything and everything he can to bring in even a little money.  He’s been doing a lot of yard mowing and our own yard has been somewhat neglected because of that.  Saturday, he mowed a yard [...]

Filed under: Family, House/Home

With many months of morning sickness and exhaustion, then having a new baby, I had stopped doing the weekly challenges.  And my house is a wreck!  So I’m going to start it back up.  I would love to hear suggestions from people as to what you’d like to see included.  For now, I’m going to [...]

Filed under: House/Home, Weekly Challenge

Every day, something happens that reminds me that there are things people with children never have to deal with.  Usually it’s funny, but sometimes frustrating.  I’m going to keep a running list. Added 4/27/09: You wake up with a hickey on your shoulder blade because the baby thought it would make a good snack sometime [...]

Filed under: Parenting, Randomness

Less than a year ago, I decided that the years I had spent being pissed off at God had not done me any good and I decided it was time to get over it.  We started going to church again and found an awesome place where we feel comfortable and look forward to going every [...]

Filed under: Faith/Religion