Showing posts with label Days of 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Days of 2012. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

Day 42, 43-2012

The weekend is over!!  Yuck!  Saturday, Clint had to work overtime for half a day.  Ava and I went to the gym like normal.  I ran 5 miles in 47:30 minutes and then did about a 20 minute full body workout. I was a hot sweaty mess and it was much needed.  


We left there and went to Lizards and Lace, this super cute kid's boutique.  They were having a 70% off sale on winter items.  We bought a few things and then went to Walmart to buy some more hair clippers for Clint.  We started cutting his hair a couple of months ago and it does save some money!!


Clint got home about the time we did and we just layed on the couch for the rest of the afternoon, until we had to get up and get ready to meet some friends for supper.  I had been in my jammies and really didn't want to go!  But, alas, we did.  It was an ok dinner.  Some moments were awkward, but it was ok.


Sunday morning was church.  Ava has given me her "cold" or whatever.  I have this horrible cough that actually hurts when I do it!  No fun!  


Church was good.  Class was even "better."  I was definitely shown some things and had some things that convicted me.  Rejuvenated for the week!


We came home and I started laundry and we had lunch.  Oddly enough, I wasn't very hungry, but I made myself eat some food.  The no-grain, no diary thing I am on is really working for me.  I miss carby things every now and then, but I physically feel great!  No stomach trouble.  NO BLOAT!  Which is fabulous!  I don't see any reason why I should stop.  I eat plenty of fruits and veggies to get carbs in my diet.  Ironically, I made some cinnamon bread!  It smelled amazing!!  


We just spent time together the rest of the afternoon.  Nothing exciting, just us.  


I hope you had a great weekend!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Day 41-2012

I worked a back to back 11 hour workdays the past 2 days. Talk about mentally tiring!  It was good though.  Busy and made the days go by fast!


We haven't heard anything about the house counter offer that we made.  NOR have we heard from our realtor.  I texted her yesterday to tell her if she heard anything to call Clint because I was swamped at work and wouldn't be able to talk.  She texted back "will do".  That was it!  I am frustrated with her.  COMMUNICATE please!  Something!!!  I had to email her Thursday to get some communication from her.  We hadn't heard anything from her in over 2 months and we had 2 showings in the past week!  I mean if I was a realtor I would try to stay in touch with my clients at least once a month just to check in!  


Anyway, long day of worrying for nothing.  Of course that's how it goes.  We worry about things that never happen.  We SHOULD here some thing today.  


I hope you had a great day!

Friday, February 10, 2012

Day 40-2012

Because my boss's father in law passed away last week, the office was closed Monday-Wednesday.  TO make up for it, Dr. C opened the office up yesterday.  I got up and did an arm workout, then showered and put a roast in the crockpot.  
2.33lb shoulder roast
1 package Lipton cup of soup 
1 Diet coke
1 can cream of mushroom soup
7 hours on low
FANTASTIC!
Anywho, I dropped Ava off at my parent's house and went to work.  The morning "session" was good.  Pretty consistent.  On my lunch, I needed to go to the post office and then stop by at home and tune off the crockpot.  The house smelled fabulous!


I spent some time with Ava at my parent's house and then went to the 2nd "session" of work.  Not long after I got there our realtor called and said we had an offer on the house.  This offer does nothing for us.  It is a cash offer and is very inconvenient.  I talked to Clint and we countered back at terms we were happy with and comfortable doing.  Our realtor will talk to whomever and We shall see!  If they accept, om my bejeezus!


We had the same amount of patients in the afternoon session that we did in the morning.  Odd!
Friday, will be ridiculous.  On the schedule, we have about 60+ patients.  It is going to be a busy busy day!!


I know by the end of the day I am going to be mentally exhausted after 2, 11 hour work days.  


I hope you had a great day!





Thursday, February 9, 2012

Day 39-2102

Wednesday, turned out to be interesting.  About 9:30 yesterday morning, I got a call that we were to have a showing from noon to 1pm.  EEEEEP!!!!  I had 2 hours to clean!  I called my mom so she could come over to entertain Ava.  I cleaned like a maid on speed, let me tell ya!  I couldn't have made the house look or smell any better.  (No feedback from it!)  


We left before the showing and drop Daisy off at my parents' house for the afternoon and a sleeping Ava and I headed to do some piddling.  My plan was to go get my nails done and Ava would still be sleeping. You know what they say about plans?!   She woke up as soon as we got there.  I brought in the Kindle Fire and she sat with me in the chair and watched Tom and Jerry and was really really good! She did NOT like the nail lady though.


We had about an hour to kill before we were to meet Clint.  We stopped in Books-A-Million and completely shut down a walkway in an aisle.  We had books and stuffed animals every where!  This employee kept walking by looking horrified!  I happily said, "don't worry we will pick up our mess."  We killed an hour playing and put everything back in its rightful place.  


We met Clint at the gym parking lot and went to Publix.  Childcare doesn't start until 4pm at the gym, so we had an hour to shop.  I had my list and Clint added to it.  Ava slept 99% of the shopping trip!  We saved about $85 on the trip.  Not too shabby!


Gym time!  I did a slow and steady 5 miles in 47:30 minutes.  I won't be able to get to the gym until Saturday, so I wanted to get in a couple more miles than usual on my weekly runs.  It was a good and sweaty run.


Ava and I went to pick up Daisy and met Clint at home.  Supper was leftover randomness aka clean out the fridge.  I had a barbecue salad and Clint had barbecue nachos.  


Back to work on Thursday!


I hope you had a great day!!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Day 38-2012

Yesterday, was lots of playing, cleaning, lounging, coloring and spending time with my great daughter!  She is just so much fun!  I enjoy each moment with her!!


We didn't get out of the house, except to check the mail for 2 days!  It was glorious!  When Clint got home, I did some couponing and then we headed to the gym.  The mill I was on stopped at 1.37miles.  Just stopped!  Then, I got about 2 more minutes in and it stopped again!  I'm fairly certain I let a cuss word out!  


I jumped on another one and finished up my 4 miles for the day. I had already lifted arms at home.  I have decided I can lift at home and then just use my time to run on the mill at the gym.  Time management baby!


We left the gym and went to Clint's basketball game.   It was a good game that went in to over time!  They lost, but it wasn't that big of a deal haha!


We came home and had leftovers from the night before and then it was time for Ava to head to bed. Clint and I sat up later than usual and spent some time together.


I hope you had a great day!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Day 37-2012

My boss closed the office until Thursday.  His father in law passed away unexpectedly and they will be flying to Wisconsin for the service tomorrow.  So, I get 3 entire days in a row with Ava!  

Yesterday, we stayed in our jammies ALL DAY!  We did change before Clint got home haha!   But we really did a lot of nothing.  Well, we played and Ava had her moments of crank.  She is almost better. I boiled some chicken for chicken pot pie and folded some laundry. Yes, some.  I was just not motivated yesterday.  I even told Clint, we didn't have to go to the gym!  Who am I?  I don't know why I was in a funk yesterday.  I just didn't feel like it.  

I made semi-homemade chicken pot pie last night.  I mixed a can of cream of chicken soup with a can of peas, can of green beans, 1 cup frozen broccoli, cut up cooked carrots, Clint got a cut up cooked potato and Ava and I had a sweet potato in ours.  I covered Clint's with canned biscuits and put it all in the oven for about 45 minutes.  It turned out really good.  I'll take that as a success!!

I hope you had a great day and no funk came your way!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Days 35 & 36-2012

I hope you had a great weekend.  Ours was up and down.  Saturday morning we were all going to run a 5k(well Ava would be in the jogging stroller)  It was pouring down rain, so we picked up our race packets and went to the gym.  Great day at the gym!  With 5 treadmill miles and a full body workout.


Ava had her DTap shot last Wednesday and she had an awful cough and runny nose.  But we were meeting Clint's dad and girlfriend for lunch.  Ava got a cat nap on the way and did fine during lunch.  She is the only kid I know that will eat food from Ghengis Grill!!


We left there and headed home.  Ava was kind of cranky, but rested up before we went to the Nashville Predators hockey game.  It was a great game!


Yesterday, we attempted church.  We left early because Ava sounded awful!  She got in a nap and then we went to my parents' house for lunch.  We came home and layed around.  I put the ingredients in my bread machine to make some cinnamon rolls and some doughnuts. This batch was a flop!  Some batches don't come out right!  On to the next one!!


Ava has her moments when I know she feels awful, but she trudges along!  I hate when she is sick!!  She is a smidge better this morning, but still not her best!  I hope she gets over this soon!



Saturday, February 4, 2012

Day 34-2012

Yesterday was a good day!  Well, except for the fact that my boss's father in law passed away.  This was unexpected and I made calls all day yesterday rescheduling people for next week.  The day went by fairly quickly.  Before I left though, I put a whole chicken in the crockpot with some seasoning on it and put it in the fridge.  That's it.  No liquid, nothing. I got the idea from The Happy Housewife.


About 11am, I got a call from the agency that schedules showing for houses.  We were to have a showing at 3:45-4:45 that afternoon.  I booked it home on my lunch break to clean bathrooms, a few odds and ends and turn on the chicken.


Clint would come home before the showing and put Daisy, our Jack Russell, out in the garage and pick up the swing in the backyard that fell over by some wind.  Then, we just wait.  


I went back to work and it got hectic with patients, so I was too busy to worry about the showing.  I hate to say this and jinx it, but I have a good feeling about this showing.  I guess we will see.


I came home and Clint had pull the chicken off the carcas.  He said it just fell off the bone!  SCORE!  We will be doing this again.  He had made him and Ava, organic mac n cheese, and fixed me some turnip greens.  It was a great supper!!  


We hung out with Ava until it was her bedtime (not much after)


I hope you had a great day!

Friday, February 3, 2012

Day 33-2012

It is FRIDAY!!!!  WHoo hoo!  I love Friday's.  It's the end of the work week and full of possibilities for the weekend!


Yesterday, was my day off and Ava and I lounged around the house in our jammies until about 11am. Then we headed to take some things back to Walmart.  Ava slept through that errand!  Next was CVS.  If you are a beginning couponer.  Drugstores are the place to go!  I saved like $75 there!  I know, right!  I only spent $25!  Score!


Then it was on to a local family grocery store.  They just incorporated a new coupon policy of Thursday's are double coupon days UP TO $1.00!!  Heck yea!!!  I will be making note of things that are on sale for the week and using my $.55-$1 coupons there!


We went home and had some lunch.  I inputed all of our receipts into the spreadsheet I have and we have already saved $600!  Just in one month.  My goal is $4000 for the year.  I'm fairly certain I will hit that goal!


We were meeting Clint's mom and husband for supper and were going to head to the gym first.  They texted and said they were on their way.  EEEEK.  I only get 3 days at the gym and they are precious, so I was a little bummed.  Clint told me to go run outside.  I hesistanted for a second because there were last minute things to clean up around the house.  He said, "you have 30 minutes, GO!"  Yes sir!  He is such a great husband.  It was my first outside run since I hurt my back last August.  It was such a great and kind of difficult run.  We live around ginormous hills!  I was getting it though and pumped out 3.25 miles in 28:30 minutes.  I am so glad I ran!!


We headed to a local diner to eat and then came back home so they could play with Ava.  There were drums and trains involved! haha


It was a great productive, spirit lifting day!  Love my "days off".


I hope you had a great day!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Day 32-2012

Hey there.  I hope you had a good Wednesday.  I started the morning with an arms workout, shower, clean the house kind of morning.  I am such a morning person and like to hit the ground going.  


Off to work I go.  The morning hours were steady and went by fairly quickly.  At my lunch break I needed to stopped at the store for tomatoes and sour cream.  Taco salad night for supper.  I headed to my parent's house after that to spend time with Ava.  She said the letter "A"! Her voice is so cute!


I was kind of bummed, because she had her year and a half doc check up and this is the first one I wasn't able to go to!  I wasn't worried at all.  Clint is a great dad and ALMOST as thorough at doc visits as I am!  She now weighs 19lbs, 11oz.  She's a little tyke.  She shot up an inch and is now 30inches.  She is happy and healthy!!


My afternoon went by pretty quickly.  We saw a lot of patients!  I actually got home a few minutes earlier than usual.  Because Ava was so good at the doc, her and Clint went to "kill time" at Toys R Us.  She picked up a doll (Ava isn't really a doll girl)  She took off down the aisle with it.  So Clint "HAD" to buy it for her. We named her Piper.  She can say Pipe-A.  Is she from Jersey?? hahaha


I hope you had a great day!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Day 31-2012

OOPS!  So I forgot to blog yesterday!  Well, Monday was a full day of work. Not much to report.


Yesterday, was one of my day's off. I had a dentist's appt and Ava was to go with me, so she could get accustomed to the dentist.  My aunt works at the dentist office and Ava has been before, but this time she would get to see what goes on.  My mom went with us just in case Ava didn't like what was happening.  


She woke up when we got to the office and soon after I was called back. Ava didn't want me to go, so I picked her up and she went back with me.  I put her in my lap and P, my hygenist, put some toys on my stomach for her.  Ava sat there the ENTIRE CLEANING!  She was completely content and watched it all.  I was surprised and so was every one else. My aunt called me last night to tell me how much they talked about Ava and her being such a good girl.  


My mom had brought her book, so she was fine in the waiting room.  If I hadn't brought my mom, Ava would have been hysterical!  Isn't that how it works?!


We stopped by Kroger and did some shopping.  I saved about  45% of our bill!  Pretty happy with that.  


We dropped off my mom and headed home.  Ava slept for about 45 more minutes when we got home.  That allowed me to eat lunch and read some!  Great afternoon treat.  We folded laundry and took the trash out.  Piddled around the house and waited until Clint got home.


Before the gym, we headed to Publix.  Publix deals end on Tuesdays.  We saved over 50% off our bill.  I was super excited about that one!!  


We had 45 minutes at the gym.  Go time!  I ran 4.27 miles in 40 minutes and felt really great!  Clint played basketball at 7, so we headed to his game.  Ava watched and ate yogurt and clapped when necessary.  So fun!!


Good day!
I hope you had a good day!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Day 29-2012

Sunday.  A day of rest.  Our's started off with church and a good "rejuventation" of the heart.  We found out that the 2 year old twins that we went to the party on Saturday are going to be big brothers!   I can't imagine!  After church, we picked up a prescription of mine and them met my family at Fazoli's.  I order the italian house salad and I didn't order what I thought I was ordering.  This salad had pepperoni, salami and bacon in it. Um no thanks!  I ate around all of that and had a few bits of lettuce.  Live and learn! Thank goodness I had an emergency protein bar in the murano.  We left there and went to a retail outlet named Essex.  I have wanted a bread machine for a while and found one for $40! Score.  I made these!

Oh yes!  Those are cinnamon rolls!  They were good!!!  The bread machine is going to be my best friend! 

We rented the movie "Courageous" and "Moneyball" on Redbox.  They were good.  Moneyball was better though.  I love me some baseball! 


There was a lot of playing and laying on the couch for the rest of the day!  I love Sundays!!


I hope you had a great Sunday!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Day 28-2012

Saturday!  Boy, it was a busy one.  I had to meet my friend Lori, and my best friend Eva's mama-in-law to decorate for her 30th surprise party at 8:15am.  The decorating went great and we were done by 9.  I drove home and picked up Clint and Ava and we headed for the gym.  Clint played wallyball (which means I am not in a rush!)  I ran 5 miles in 48:30 and then did a quick full body workout.


We changed in the car, I know gross, but we had to head to a couple at our church twin's 2 year old "sesame street" birthday party.  This was Ava's first party where all of the kids were running around playing.  It really was a cute and fun party.  All with a real life ELMO!  Ava was not fond of the real life version!


After the party, we headed home to shower.  My college was honoring the 2001-2002 softball team I was on.  We were the first winning season and we were recognized at the basketball game.  It was fun to see the girls.  We all keep up with each other on Facebook, but it was good to see them.  They are those friends you just pick up where you left off.


We stopped to get ice cream and stopped by the house to pee and change Ava's diaper. Then, we were off the Eva's surprise birthday party!  We have been planning this for about 3 weeks.  She was so surprise and I think embarrassed a bit.  The kids played and we all laughed and told stories.  It was a great time.


Our day was busy, but it was a great one!  
I hope you had a great day!

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Day 27-2012

Friday!!!  Oh yeah.  Another week is over.  I had a great week.  My job is going great.  This job is definitely one that pushes me.  My boss is very detail oriented and meticulous about tasks.  I have to be on my game every day.  


On my lunch, I went to visit Ava and she got so excited to see me!  It is so worth those 30-45minutes that I get to visit with her.  


The second half of my work day was busy, but went smoothly.  I got home and once again Ava was so excited and said, "Hiiii".  Oh how I love that kid!  We kind of fended for ourselves for supper.  Oh!  A discovery that I have made.  My stomach doesn't do well with grains.  Grains are an inflammatory and I never recognized that after I have them I get gasy and bloated.  My new boss, who is so smart, said something in passing about how his son doesn't do well with grains.  I asked him for some research on it and BINGO!  It was like the glasses were taken off!  I am I guess sensitive or something because since then after I eat grains I have taken notice of the reaction of my belly.  So, I am going to stay away from ALL grains as much as possible.


I fed Ava her supper and we cuddled on the couch until it was her bedtime.  Clint and I usually take turns taking her to bed, but last night we both took her.  We said the prayer together that we usually say "NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP.  THE ANGELS WATCH ME THROUGH THE NIGHT AND KEEP ME IN YOUR BLESSED SIGHT."   


After Ava was in bed, Clint and I got to cuddle and watch some tv together.  Great end to my Friday!


I hope you had a great day!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Day 26-2012

Thursday was full of errands.  It rained all day!!  No fun when you have to run errands.


Ava slept in until 7am!  I had an appt at the "girl" doctor for my yearly checkup.  We had to wait an hour in the waiting room.  Ava was so good.  We laughed and she snacked.  We had her magnadoodle and we went over "1" and "A".  She was completely fine until Dr. B started examining me. I'm guessing she associates it with her doctor and she thought Dr. B was hurting me, well it wasn't puppies and rainbows, but of course she didn't hurt me.  The nurse practioner picked her up so I could see her.


We left there and went to Walmart for some free items (from coupons) and some other things. After that, we left and Ava napped while I stopped at a thrift store.  All of the clothes were $1 and kid's clothes were $.50.  I walked out spending $9.50 of quite a bit!


We went to the gym and I ran 5 glorious miles.  Since I can't go 5 days a week anymore, I have to make the most of my runs!


We came home and caught up on some Damages episodes and had breakfast for supper.  


All in all it was a great day!  I love that I get to be a SAHM 2 days a week!


I hope you had a great day!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Day 25-2012

Hump Day! The first half of my day was busy on and off.  It was raining when I left for my "lunch break".  I had to go to the bank and deal with a bounced check from my previous employer.  I am not happy about that!  Basically the bank told me to contact them and the check will be mailed back to me so I can deposit it again(if I can).  Then, I had to go to the post office for 1 stamp.  Post offices need DRIVE THRUS!!  Especially, people with kids in the car need those.  It takes longer to get the kids in and out of the car than it does to go in and get a stamp!

I rushed off to go see Ava and she was asleep =(.  She woke up about 10 minutes before I was leaving. So, I did get a little time to visit with her and love on her.  She is like a ray of sunshine in the middle of my day!

Afternoon work was a little more busy and the day went on by quickly.  I got home and supper was ready!!!  Oh yeah!  My man is awesome.  Pork chops that I had cooked in the crockpot and salads in mixing bowls.  Ava was in her chair feeding herself supper!  I love coming home to them!

I hope you had a great day!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Day 24-2012

Tuesday was very productive! I needed to go to Publix and Kroger and really wanted to run.  I wasn't sure how I was going to get the run in.  Kid care at our gym is hit or miss in the morning.  I kind of waited until I saw Ava was sleepy and then I made a deal with her.  As long as she slept I would run.  As soon as she woke up, I would be done.  She slept in her carseat beside the treadmill and woke up EXACTLY as I hit 4 miles!!!  Saweeeeet!  What a great kid I have!  She knew mama needed a good run and I greatly appreciated it!  
We went to Publix and saved $38.  Ava rode and in the car with the "car" and loved it.  We went to Kroger and saved $48!  She again rode in the "car" buggy.  No fussing, no screaming.  She just enjoyed the rides.  Pretty good saving trip and I got a LOT of stuff!  We headed off to Starbucks and got a free coffee. How did I do that?  If you buy bag starbucks coffee read the side of the bag.  You can bring in an empty bag and get a free tall coffee of the day!  SCORE!


I called Clint to tell him we were headed home, but at the last minute decided to drop in on my sister at her work and surprise her.  She loved it!  We hung out with her for about 30 minutes or so and then headed home.


It was a beautiful day, so we cleaned the Murano out and took all of the trash out.  We left the doors open in the house and put up all of the groceries and waited until Clint got home.


I had my last night bootcamp class to teach, so I left and they hung out at the house.  Bootcamp was great.  I have very dedicated and willing participants.  I would so much rather them want to be there, than come and whine and get on my nerves!


I came home to eat real quick and we headed out for Clint's church league basketball game.  Ava is at that age where she wants to play "bball".  We had to sit in the corner and she "worked" on her core by sitting on the "bball" the entire time and watched the game! She did really great!


After that it was home for the night and bed!!'
I hope you had a great day!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Day 23-2012

Monday, Monday.  Once again.  Once it is all said and done, I work 11 hour days Mon/Wed/Fri.  With the break in between, it doesn't seem that long.  We had a semi busy day with patients, but had busy work to do, so it still  went by fast.  Seeing Ava in the middle of the day is so fun!  I love that little window of time.  
It is so comforting knowing that Clint is such a good daddy that I don't have to worry at all about them.  They went to the gym last night and were home when I got home.  (I do miss going to the gym with them.)  
I got home and about 30 minutes later the power went out!!!  What do you do with the power out....play chase around the ottoman and dance to daddy's work radio.  We know how to do it!  
I think the power was about about an hour and a half and then it was time for bed.

Pretty good day in the books.
I hope you had a great day!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Day 22-2012

Sunday, a day of rest and family!  Yes it was!

We started out the day by going to church.  It is always a breath of fresh air each Sunday.  It just renews by spirit to try each week and let go of last!  



Clint and I ran an errand, while Ava was in Sunday school.  She loves it.  It is good for her to interact with kids and kids who go to church.  You can never start good influences too soon.


Lunch was at my uncle's house and most of us were there.  He had meatloaf(I am not a fan, so my mom had made some grilled chicken), corn, green beans, mashed potatoes and rolls.  My chicken, green beans, and roll was very filling and tasty.  


We headed home and Ava fell asleep on the ride home and we brought her in in her seat and put her in her room.  She slept for about an hour and Clint and I cuddled on the couch!(perfect!)  She woke up and we ALL cuddled on the couch and caught up on any shows we missed this past week! Perfect!


My downfall on Sundays is snacking.  I ate a box of crackers in two days!  Crackers are not good for me. I don't know when to stop.  Oh well, that is what this week is for right?!


My workout schedule is taking some tweaking.  I need to get a schedule that works for me and that still benefits me.  This week is going to be a trial of sort to see what works best!


Did you have a great weekend??  They always go so fast!!


I hope you had a great Sunday!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Day 21-2012


Saturday.  I didn't feel all that great with sinus crud still lingering, but knew I would feel better physically and mentally if I sucked it up and went to the gym.  So, that's what we did.
I ran 3 miles and listened to my body to stop then.  I did upper body and had a good weights session.
We had to stop by Toys R Us to get an in-store pickup of a great deal on diapers and ended up buying some crayons and another coloring book!
We were starving by now.  O'Charley's was next door.  Easy choice there!
Home for the afternoon to lounge around because later we had hockey tickets!
We hope you had a great day!!!