Today we went to Ichiban to eat with Brian before he played with the Curnow band. After eating, the kids and I played Scrabble Slam while Brian was setting up.
I tried to finalize the schedule for the kid's chores, but Brian came up with a new idea and so I will work on it tomorrow.
I really wanted to go to Disneyland more so than normal. I started thinking about when we are going and I got really homesick for Disneyland.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Journal Day 2-3
Today has been great! Brian and I laid in bed until around 9:30. I was awake since 8:30 or so but he was asleep until 9:30. Around 9:00 I decided to get up and get ready to go for a walk/run, but I didn't. Around 9:15 I got up and got dressed and almost ready to go. Then Brian turned over and reached out his arms for me. I really can't resist that- a time that he wants to cuddle - so I laid back in bed and cuddled with him for a few minutes. I asked him if he wanted to go on a walk with me and he said sure, after he had been up for a while. This is when I found out that he had watched West Wing until 2:30am... no wonder he stayed asleep so long! We then went upstairs, looked through the kids hair for lice and had breakfast. Yes, I said lice. Elijah brought it home from school about a week and a half ago. We though we were in the clear and then we found out Wednesday when we picked Quianna up to go out for dinner that she had it too! Elijah has come home from school every day this week with it. We checked his hair in the morning and found that he was ok. Then he would come home with eggs in his hair. Last night Quianna came to live with us for about a month and we found out that she still has it. Brian went off to play in Annie Get Your Gun (he is subbing for the bass player) and I got to deal with looking through and treating long hair. I got desperate and looked on the internet for some other tips and solutions. I read that vinegar dissolves the lice and it's eggs. I had Quianna use it in the shower last night and she complained that it got in her mouth.
This morning Brian only found 2 in her hair but I found 5 or 6 in Elijah's. He was clean last night! I don't understand it! I have washed his sheets/pillowcase every day AND sprayed his mattress and pillow. We thought school was the source since we would always find it when he came home.
I just have to say- I am tired of lice. I have done at least 3 loads of laundry every day since Saturday- sometimes 5 because regular laundry needs to be done. I am tired. Just go away lice!
So this morning I gave them vinegar rinses. This time I had them lay on their backs on the counter with their heads in the sink and I washed their hair. Quianna kept wiggling which made it hard to do but Elijah did great- he just giggled. Hopefully the vinegar helped because I am getting to the crazy.
We went to Riverfront park today. The kids got to ride the rides and Brian and I played catch with the NERF football and the frisbee. Running around was a part of my exercise.
Day #3
Today I subbed in the nursery today. It was fun, I just really miss Relief Society. We also had Family Home Evening today. Since Quianna will be living with us for a while it will be easier to start a schedule with it for the kids to teach the lessons today. I created a FHE chart with ice cream cones. I printed it out, I just need to put it together. That's a tomorrow project.
Tomorrow is the first Monday for a long while that I don't have to go to school. It's wonderful.
It's been a long day. I've gotta go put the kids to bed.
This morning Brian only found 2 in her hair but I found 5 or 6 in Elijah's. He was clean last night! I don't understand it! I have washed his sheets/pillowcase every day AND sprayed his mattress and pillow. We thought school was the source since we would always find it when he came home.
I just have to say- I am tired of lice. I have done at least 3 loads of laundry every day since Saturday- sometimes 5 because regular laundry needs to be done. I am tired. Just go away lice!
So this morning I gave them vinegar rinses. This time I had them lay on their backs on the counter with their heads in the sink and I washed their hair. Quianna kept wiggling which made it hard to do but Elijah did great- he just giggled. Hopefully the vinegar helped because I am getting to the crazy.
We went to Riverfront park today. The kids got to ride the rides and Brian and I played catch with the NERF football and the frisbee. Running around was a part of my exercise.
Day #3
Today I subbed in the nursery today. It was fun, I just really miss Relief Society. We also had Family Home Evening today. Since Quianna will be living with us for a while it will be easier to start a schedule with it for the kids to teach the lessons today. I created a FHE chart with ice cream cones. I printed it out, I just need to put it together. That's a tomorrow project.
Tomorrow is the first Monday for a long while that I don't have to go to school. It's wonderful.
It's been a long day. I've gotta go put the kids to bed.
Jounal #1
So far today I have said my morning prayers (2 points), exercised for 45 min (20 points) ate 5 fruits/vegetables (10 points), had 7 hours of consecutive sleep last night (5 points) and had 5 glasses of water(1 point each) and now I am writing in my "journal"- which is 2 points. Tonight I will say my prayers (2 points) and read my scriptures for 5 points.
I am doing a "competition" thing with some girls at church. It's called "A New You" and is to help with establishing healthy and spiritual habits. For everything you do on the list you get a certain amount of points and we are divided up into teams. The team with the most points at the end of the 6 weeks wins. We are ending our 6 week program with a celebration and a 5k.
It has given me great motivation today to get out and exercise, to eat so many fruits/vegetables, and to drink so much water. Although after exercising it wasn't so hard to drink a bottle of water.
There is an option between tracking weight loss (1 pound lost= 10 points/week 1/2 pound lost= 5 points/week) or Journal writing. Since I am not trying to lose weight particularly, just trying to get fit I am doing the Journal writing. I am excited because one of my goals has been to do better at keeping this blog going and so this will be good motivation.
In doing all this today I have thought about goals that I want to accomplish- especially in the area of exercise:
This week since it is only Friday-Sunday (we started this last night) I am choosing something off of my to do list that is easy- clean our bedroom. I figured organizing it isn't a priority right now because it's already pretty well organized and as the rest of the to do list (like organize closet, office, and turn office into closet) our bedroom will become reorganized.
So I just have to say that I am really excited for this program. Not only for the points and doing it as a team but for the habits I will establish in the next 6 weeks.
Extra note: I am done with school for the year! After my last final on Wednesday I had an appointment with my endocrinologist. I was really worried because I hadn't been logging my blood sugars and carb/insulin intakes in my book since my last appointment. I thought that I would be getting a scolding from my doctor because of my lack of records.... but it was the opposite! I passed my diabetes final for the quarter! He told me that he wanted me to leave the appointment feeling that I have my diabetes well controlled. He then told me that my A1c was 6.7! In the beginning when I first started my appointments in January my A1C was 8.0 and now it is 6.7! I was so excited I had to give a "WooHoo!" right there in the middle of my appointment. I then couldn't stops smiling. Yeah me!
I am doing a "competition" thing with some girls at church. It's called "A New You" and is to help with establishing healthy and spiritual habits. For everything you do on the list you get a certain amount of points and we are divided up into teams. The team with the most points at the end of the 6 weeks wins. We are ending our 6 week program with a celebration and a 5k.
It has given me great motivation today to get out and exercise, to eat so many fruits/vegetables, and to drink so much water. Although after exercising it wasn't so hard to drink a bottle of water.
There is an option between tracking weight loss (1 pound lost= 10 points/week 1/2 pound lost= 5 points/week) or Journal writing. Since I am not trying to lose weight particularly, just trying to get fit I am doing the Journal writing. I am excited because one of my goals has been to do better at keeping this blog going and so this will be good motivation.
In doing all this today I have thought about goals that I want to accomplish- especially in the area of exercise:
- I want to be able to run a mile. I have NEVER been able to do this. I have always had a problem with breathing every time I run- no matter how short of distance. Even walking fast makes me short of breath so my goal is to be able to run a mile and not have my chest pound and feel like I am going to die.
- I want to be able to touch my toes without bending my legs. Again, I have NEVER been able to do this- maybe when I was two, but since I can remember I have always struggled with this. The "sit and reach test" in elementary P.E was always my nemesis. Ok, so not that I rocked at Pull-ups or running the mile but you would think "sit and reach" would be the easiest of the tests.
- I would like to build up my back, core, and arm muscles. I haven't figured out a measurable goal on this except for keeping track at how many inches in my arms I gain but hopefully by building up my core muscles it will help my back gain strength back from my many car accidents.
- This is not on the point system, but I would like to start taking multi-vitamins every day. I'm hoping that getting the vitamins that I need it will help with my breathing problems I have been having.
This week since it is only Friday-Sunday (we started this last night) I am choosing something off of my to do list that is easy- clean our bedroom. I figured organizing it isn't a priority right now because it's already pretty well organized and as the rest of the to do list (like organize closet, office, and turn office into closet) our bedroom will become reorganized.
So I just have to say that I am really excited for this program. Not only for the points and doing it as a team but for the habits I will establish in the next 6 weeks.
Extra note: I am done with school for the year! After my last final on Wednesday I had an appointment with my endocrinologist. I was really worried because I hadn't been logging my blood sugars and carb/insulin intakes in my book since my last appointment. I thought that I would be getting a scolding from my doctor because of my lack of records.... but it was the opposite! I passed my diabetes final for the quarter! He told me that he wanted me to leave the appointment feeling that I have my diabetes well controlled. He then told me that my A1c was 6.7! In the beginning when I first started my appointments in January my A1C was 8.0 and now it is 6.7! I was so excited I had to give a "WooHoo!" right there in the middle of my appointment. I then couldn't stops smiling. Yeah me!
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