Kinda crazy how my mood can change so quickly. Is that a women thing? Woman? Which one is correct there? One minute I feel like I'm on top of the world, the next I feel like I want to crawl into a hole and stay there forever. CUHRAZY! Maybe it's just me?
Either way my mind never stops it seems like. Today is the perfect example. I've felt extremely busy which is some ways is a good thing and (who doesn't feel busy?) BUT I had so much going through my mind today that I completely forgot to do one of my favorite things! Walk with Shannon. She only walks so that I can walk and thankfully she picks up her kids from school the same time I do so her drive to the middle school wasn't a complete waste of a trip but what a total waste of an hour for her when I didn't show up. Felt HORRIBLE! I even had texted her about it early today and still forgot.
I'll get into my update at the end.
Josh = He is doing great with his diet. He's tracking his food and today he just signed up at a gym in Sparta to start working out. He lost 7lbs since last month. Awesome! Right! =) So proud of him. He bought a new shirt and pants for working out. I whistled...he looked pretty hot. It's ok! Be jealous! Hahahahaha. I'm so excited to see where he'll be by his next month appointment. I told him if he gets to his goal weight maybe he can buy a gun that he's been dreaming of. (I feel bad because he used to have one but we sold it). Work is still going great for him! I love you infinity my Joshie. ;)
Abby = I can't remember if I did a conference update? I don't really want to go to last months blog so if this is a repeat, sorry. Her conference went great. I feel bad though because I feel like I don't spend enough time with her reading and doing her homework. She's been going downstairs to do homework which is great because it's a fun time for her to be with Grammy or Pa but I really need to and want to be more involved with her school work and reading. I keep wanting to set up a routine and by the time we start it seems like something happens and we have to start all over again. I'd like it to be come home take a break, do homework with Grammy / Pa at 4:30 to at the latest 5:30 and then come up stairs eat dinner depending on what time Josh gets home and then bath, read, bed by 8:30 at the latest. Hasn't happened consistently. =( She finished basketball camp. She got a very special American Girl doll from Shannon named Nellie and she LOVES it! Everyday she comes home and dresses it or does something with it. I'm excited that we're now using the cradle my dad hand made to use it for an American Girl doll bed because I really didn't want it sitting in storage. Any chance she gets she wants to go downstairs. Also she still loves anything that involves music and I love it when she sings along to WCSG. She has a beautiful voice. I love you infinity my Abby Lee.
Jasmine = Jasmine's conferences also went great. Her teacher said that sometimes if you tell her something she may not understand but then the 2nd time you tell her she remembers and never forgets it. That made us laugh because she's right. She doesn't forget anything! Same with Abby, I really want to try and be more involved with all her school work. Plus just involved more in general. Technology is the biggest distraction. It seems like most nights we're all separated because Josh wants to watch a show on our TV and then they want to watch their shows on their TV. My dream would be NO TV. I'm also guilty of using my phone to much. Yes I do a lot for my cleaning on it so I do need it BUT I also need to make a rule for myself that I should turn it off at night until the girls are in bed or something so I can focus all my time at home just being with them. She also likes to dress her AG Doll and still hopes every week that her friend will be at Awana. I always feel like her update is just a copy cat of Abby's but they are together a lot and do a lot of the same things. She also likes to sing. Their favorite song they sing and play over and over and over and over and over is the Let it go song from the movie Frozen. I'm surprised I haven't memorized the words. Jasmine is playing it as I type. ;) I love you infinity my Jasmine Charlee.
Josie = JOSIE IS SLEEPING IN HER CRIB. Plus she's going to be 1 on the 26th.
SHE'S GOING TO BE 1 ON THE 26TH. You did read that correctly. The night we finally said OK! We're just letting her cry it out in her crib because she HAS to start sleeping in there she did great! Wish we would have tried a lot sooner. We did try certain nights but just not consistently. She was waking up every 2 hours though in our bedroom or in our bed and I was exhausted. Anytime awake with her is worth it but at her age there was really no need for her to be nursing every 2 hours. Now I nurse her once before bed and if she wakes up during the night I only feed her once. One night she's slept the entire night otherwise she gets up around midnight or 1am and I feed her and then she goes back to sleep the rest of the night. If I'm home with her she might nurse also BUT most days she nurses 3 times that's it. I don't think she'll be done nursing by the time she turns 1 but I'll probably wean her down to once before bed and that's it or just the one time if she wakes up. Last night I was gone to a late night meeting and she fell asleep without me so I'm sure she's capable of doing that every night. I would like to be done nursing by the times she's 2 but I'm sure once she starts walking and taking cups better it'll be way before she turns 2. So thankful she's never had formula. Really didn't want to pay for that. She smacks her lips when she eats, she still smiles all the time, she's a smart little stinker! We always say Jasmine and Josie both have stinker in them but their stinker is completely different. Kinda funny. She loves her big sissies and they are great helpers. She has 9 teeth now because she just got a molar. I think she's working on another one. We're excited to celebrate her 1st birthday on March 22nd!
Me = Lots of things I want to mention.
1. We finally got our tax refund and thankfully we were able to pay off my van. (what a relief)
2. We also purchased a brand new memory foam mattress with box spring, frame, and new pillows. Yes we could have used that money towards other bills BUT we were sleeping on a 20+ year old mattress on the floor. It was time to get a new bed. Plus it's a good investment in my opinion so we went for it.
3. I decided to become a Norwex Consultant with my sister. Josh is not happy about this but I'm hoping if it goes well that he'll change his mind. If you're not familiar with Norwex you can get more information at www.norwex.biz but Norwex has products for cleaning and personal care. I've used the products while cleaning and I fell in love with them. In my opinion they are awesome and amazing. I'm so passionate about the products that I just want everyone to know about them. I never thought I would become a consultant because I don't like the direct sales / pressure / party / ladder effect type marketing stuff but in February they had a special where if you paid $8.00 shipping you got free product. No gimmicks no fine print just free product and you were a consultant. Plus then get a discount if you place an order because you're a consultant. I wanted the free product to use while cleaning because my skin is so sensitive and some of the products I was using made me cough among other things and these products do not harm me one bit. If I do have parties or sales then it will help me get more free product so I'm hoping that I will have some parties or sales. I just thought that if there is any way to help me with and in my cleaning business why not give it a try. I'd love to explain all the products right here just so you understand but if you're interested let me know and I can get you more info. One thing I did want to share though is that I used what they call a Spirinett one several sinks and it completely took away lime / rust / hard water stains etc with just using water. I was almost in tears. No other products I've tried even touched it. Plus these products are great if you have allergies/ etc because you just use water. I can also do one on one demo's if you want me to come use the products at your house to show you how they work! I cleaned at my moms today and I'll be calling her later because I was so excited on how the products worked at her house.
That was part of the reason I forgot to go walk. I got carried away cleaning and got so excited that I lost track of time and forgot to leave. Fun while cleaning - seriously!! You would have fun too. Trust me. My sister and I thought if we did it together then she'd be the party type person and I'd have the experience and knowledge from using the products. She is also cleaning at a business with me and I'm kind of hoping she can clean with me more often sometimes so that will allow me to have more cleaning or less time while cleaning.
4. Some days we worry if we made the right decision to move. Why? I don't know. This is one of those topics where the day before I was on top of the world and then I sometimes get in the Satan has a hold of me times and think stupid thoughts like this. Decisions drive me nuts.
5. I'm down 27.2 lbs since September
6. I'm getting more homes to clean. Next week I have to clean 7. Really hoping all goes well. Some days I'll be cleaning from 8-4 or longer and that's a long day. I love what I do but it's still a long day.
Prayer requests....
Pray that Jerry my father in law finds a job. (Unfortunately he lost his job because his work didn't want to pay for insurance for full time employees) Stupid Obama.
Pray that my cleaning will continue to go well and that possible Norwex will be ok and Josh will be ok with it too.
I think I'll stop there. I'm all blogged out except I've still got tons on my mind.
Thanks for reading!
Much love to all.
