Have you seen this?! It’s pretty much the most amazing idea ever!
I have a feeling that I’m going to end up with about 50 new pairs of glasses now.
Order yourself some. You know you want to. It’s a free trial. AND it’s for charity. Do it!
Every year I make a list of goals that I hope to accomplish… I’ve decided it’s time for a new list.
Goals
For Kelly: Who asked that I write ANYTHING!
I’ve noticed a sad trend amongst my friends lately. Many of them have been slacking on their blogs. This is a sad day for me, as blog-stalking my out-of-state friends is one of my favorite ways to make it through the long work days. Now what am I supposed to do ladies?
And clearly my slacking on my own blog has begun to annoy my friends who rely on me for the same time wasting entertainment.
So here goes…My life of late is devoted mainly to nursing sick children. Noah and Isaiah have been taking turns being sick constantly lately. But they seem to be healing up now. Thank goodness!
The new job is okay. I dare not say too much.
(I’ve edited out what I wrote here b/c it may be too mean)
The moving plans are still underway. We just have to figure out the logistics. And that seems very complicated and exhausting.
I seriously plan to post new pictures of the boys and the remodeling one day. For realsies.
I’m freeeeeeeeee!!! I finally got to leave my job! Hooray! And I’ve started a new job and it seems a million times better. It’s all new to me, but I’m throwing myself in head first. And people here actually seem to be nice to one another. It’s shocking!
In other news, the kitchen is done and it’s beautiful. It was rough to be without a kitchen for a week, especially with a very curious and mobile Noah, but it was so worth it. I’ll post pictures soon.
Also, our child-care provider has been really pissy lately…leading me to think that it’s time for a new child-care provider. We’re interviewing nannies over the weekend. Man, it was so much easier when my parents were here!
Noah and Izzy are good. Noah is as hilarious as ever. And Izzy is starting to laugh! It’s the cutest thing!
I’m a sad sack of poo these days because my parents have left us to return to the great northern wilderness of Michigan. And I started back to work today. And the boys are back in daycare. It’s a trifecta of super blah!
But I hope to get home to Michigan for a visit over the summer…And we’ll have a little more money now that I’ll have a real paycheck again…And it’ll give the boys a chance to socialize with other kids. I’ll try to put a positive spin on all of it.
I wish you all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Unfortunately, I have two sick boys right now, so I will not be drinking any green beer on my favorite of all holidays. But I hope everyone else has a very merry St. Pat’s!!
Because of the back trouble, I’m going to Physical Therapy a couple of times a week and it’s a humiliating experience each time. I don’t realize all that I can’t do until it’s pointed out to me by the therapist. Things that used to be so easy are now unbelievably difficult – like trying to touch my toes. I used to be able to do that no problem…now I can barely even make it to my knees. I have absolutely no flexibility anymore. None.
And any abdominal strength that I ever had (which was never actually that much to begin with) is completely gone. Who knew that having two babies back to back could be hard on your abs??? On my first day the therapist put her hand on my stomach and asked me to flex my abs. I did my best and she said, “Go ahead…Oh, you are??? I can’t feel anything.” She kept making me try and then gave up. Yeah, that’s right – my stomach is completely blubber at this point. I’m back in my old clothes, but I am officially a skinny fat (as in I look thin, but if you were to see me naked, I’m a flabster).
I definitely think PT is helping, but it’s kicking my sadly out of shape, decrepit, flabby butt!!!
I feel like I haven’t posted in forever! Let’s see…we recently paid a visit to San Luis Obispo (aka SLO), lately known as the happiest place to live in America. We could definitely see why. It has a very cool downtown, is close to the ocean, and is surrounding by tons of green space. Unfortunately we paid our visit during a torrential downpour so we couldn’t fully enjoy it, but we really want to go back soon. Here are a few pictures:
In other news, my back is still problematic. I’m not able to lift the boys (especially Noah) so it’s been really helpful to have my parents here. I’m still in a decent amount of pain but the drugs help. The good news is that, after having an epidural steroid injection, the feeling and movement has come back in my foot and that means no surgery for now! Woot woot!
Noah is talking up a blue streak! My favorite thing that he says is “oh man!”
And Isaiah is turning out to be just as precious as his big brother! He has these amazing blue eyes that are going to make him a lady killer (or popular with the fellas and that’ll be okay with us too) when he gets older.
He looks terrified in this last one because I had to sneak attack him to get a photo of him with his eyes open.
AND I decided that I have to stop being so gloomy about Orange County. I’ve decided to start the book club back up and we’ll have our first meeting next month. Also, Shawn and I are doing some remodeling of the condo. My parents have been awesome enough to paint the living room and bathroom in grown-up colors for us and we’re getting new cabinets and granite countertops installed in the kitchen. I’ll post pictures when everything is complete. And I’m making a conscious effort to meet new people and get out and enjoy this beautiful weather and not bitch so much about this place!
Despite the horrendous blizzard that is sweeping through Michigan, I have to say that I am incredibly homesick right now. I so hope that we can end up back home in the near future. I’m in a bit of a funk right now at the prospect that I may be stranded here in Orange County for the rest of my life. The nice weather will definitely not be enough to make that bearable!
I’m especially missing my friends from back home! I miss how creative, intelligent, and hilarious they are. I miss sharing inside jokes with old friends. And sharing common interests in movies, music, volunteerism, and life in general. I miss how incredibly nice Midwesterners are. And I miss having a common history and frame-of-reference with my peeps from home (what up BRHS, Spartans and Wolverines, the D, A2, the thumb, the UP, etc???).
By the way, we’ve found a house back home that Shawn is all about buying. Now we just need to find a frickin’ job for Shawn and I’m ready to put my California adventure to an end!
*** After reading this post again, I realized that it may sound like I’m insulting my friends out here. That isn’t what I meant at all. I’m just missing my friends from home like crazy and wanted to write a little homage to them.
I’m very happy to report that Noah has grown to love his little brother. Noah now “pets” Isaiah as if he’s one of the cats and today he even gave him a kiss on the cheek. Phew – I’m so glad that the jealousy was short-lived!
Isaiah is doing well (although he’s still keeping me awake at night). He’s turning out to be a very calm and good-natured boy, just like his big brother. We are seriously the luckiest parents in the world!
My sweet boys:
