Archive for December, 2009

Another day

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

I think the most memorable about today really is the amount of time I spent with Cora. Between Chicken Little and playing Guitar Hero, she probably got the most of me today. She sure is cute and sweet.

I feel like I barely saw the other two. I walked them home from the bus stop, but then there was the store, dinner, bath, books, bed… I’ll be looking forward to tomorrow though :-)

Sara’s PC got finished too. Boy that thing is slow with only 256MB or RAM. Hopefully she’ll agree to meet tomorrow to take it off my hands again….

Regardless of exercise, I feel like I’m putting on weight. I probably need to be watching what I eat more closely. I did cross the 200lb limit too, but that might just be because I weighed myself at different times of the day. I hope at least… We’ll see Sunday morning…

That was a lot of randomness, but that’s how the day felt today… Random…

Lazy day

Friday, December 11th, 2009

I’d like to call today a lazy day… but was it?

The morning started in somewhat of a frenzy as I was somewhat late getting up: 8am and the kids had to be at school by 8:45 (and where still asleep as well). But we managed just fine. And I even managed to take some pictures of Gillian’s cheekiness and Liam’s bad-hair-day :-)

When I came back Cora greeted me and we decided to have oatmeal for breakfast together. She was such a sweetheart. And surprisingly cuddly as I found out when we settled on the couch to watch Lilo and Stitch together. I set up Sara’s laptop to clean itself while we were cuddling.

Yes, I did fall asleep.

But after a while, when Lilo’s whining was replaced by Charlie’s british accent, I snuck into bed. Ironically that was when Ruth got up (around 11 or so).

I got up and got the Christmas tree down (finally)… Only to notice that NONE of the lights were still working. Bummer. Thankfully my mother volunteered the spare tree that she had in the garage :-)

Sometime later and made lunch for Cora and cleaned the kitchen followed by the living room. Liam and Gillian came home sometime in there too. Poor Gillian was a bit distraught as apparently some child had threatened to stab her with a nail. Some children… Makes you wonder about their parents.

By the time the laundry was put away and the kitchen cleaned, Ruth came home from meeting with Liam’s teacher and was a bit shook up.

Time to make chicken quesedillas for the children and double-check Sara’s laptop. And we finish the day with a few Guitar Hero songs and books for everyone. Cora was particularly cute as she actually asked me to stop reading. I guess she had enough of Narnia 3 pages in ;-)

Once the kids all packed up, it was time to make dinner for us. I learned that making Bratkatoffeln in peanut oil is a lot more difficult than in olive oil!! It was still ok. Lacking in veggies though…

A quick-trip to Oma’s later we have a lit Christmas tree up in the living room :-) And I’m off to the gym.

I really need to find something that is a little more sweat-driving and less leg-muscle building than what I’m doing now… Not to mention it doesn’t feel like I’m pushing myself, but I still end up running out of juice somehow…

Now I’m pondering my Christmas list…

So was it really a lazy day?

Thoughts on journaling

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Why does it have to be so hard to journal? During the day, all these great thoughts will combine with enthusiasm and creativity into someone of a giddiness at the thought of being able to put some things into writing. And at the end of the day, when the time to write is finally there, it all just… fizzles… the thoughts are gone, the motivation vanished and all that is left is a blank screen.

Maybe part of it is that the amount of thoughts to put down becomes overwhelming after a whole day. Or maybe it’s simply the same problem that inhibits writing during the day: the fear of interruption.

Yes, I’m sure those are all true. But I think the biggest issue, for me anyway, is that it forces me to be honest with myself and walk on a very thin line between analyzing my feelings and preventing negativity from turning anything into a rant, a disgusting pile of exagerrations and emotional rubbish.

But knowing that does not make it easier, does it ;-)