Currently: June 5

5 Jun

— I started to write this post twice before but didn’t have time to finish it. Yes, seriously, it’s been like 2.5 months since I’ve written anything here or on Clean. Green. Eat. Repeat. Oh well.

— My husband has been working Saturday thru Wednesday for the last 8 weeks or so… so weekends have been busy busy busy… and we’ve started to not nap regularly on the weekends… which kind of sucks. I miss my naps.

Not such a regular occurrence anymore. Sad face.

Not such a regular occurrence anymore. Sad face.

— The Jersey Shore is coming back from Hurricane Sandy … we’ve taken a few trips down to Jenkensen’s in Point Pleasant and to Seven President’s park in Long Branch. I can’t wait to take a “beach day” with my girlfriends this summer…

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— The garden is in! This year I ordered non-GMO seeds online (I’ve been such a freak about GMOs in the last few months)… and I planted: kale, green/red peppers, beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and basil. I also bought 6 Ramapo tomato plants and 6 strawberry plants. So far so good on everything, though I totally might regret not putting up the whole fence thing I constructed last year. With my hubs working on the weekends I barely had the time to get the seedlings in the ground… so, we’ll see. I might have to put something up if I get garden thieves.

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Kale!

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Basil and lettuces!

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The whole she-bang! From left to right: cucumbers, beefsteak tomatoes, peppers, Ramapo tomatoes

— The CSA is starting on June 13. I’m really excited for this to start again! For our 2nd year I’m splitting the share with my friend Jessica and her family.

— Other than that… I’m working my full-time job, doing laundry, trying new smoothie and vegan/vegetarian recipes. I have a to do list that’s pretty long. But nothing ever gets completely finished, does it? I read this today and it made me feel better about what I’m able to do. Thank you {So Wonderful, So Marvelous} for reminding me I don’t have to be perfect, or do everything, to be happy. I kind of know this but it’s easy to get overwhelmed when there’s still clean laundry that needs puttin away and dinner to be made.

Hopefully I won’t take such a long break before I see you again!

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Some thoughts on this first day of Spring…

20 Mar

1. It’s the first day of Spring? Where did March go? And uh, btw, we’ve been having snow and sleet and freezing temperatures. WTF?!

2. Everyday life has been a huge time suck away from blogging. My apologies for not paying attention to you =)

It's cos I'm paying attention to Miss Pigtails.

It’s cos I’m paying attention to Miss Pigtails.

3. Just saw this on Babble.com: The Best Toys of the Year. That marble run thing does look cool…

4. Green smoothies for breakfast sound gross but they are good. Promise.

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5. Potty training: uh, we’ve had a few rough spots over the last few weeks… but she’s been doing really well, at home and at school. Thank you Miralax.

6. Tomorrow is C’s first dentist appointment. I hope she’s agreeable. I know the dentist will say we have to work on getting rid of the binky, which she only uses at home, at night, or on weekends for naps (cos we are suckers, no pun intended). So that is our next big thing….

7. We’re going to try a little more regularly for baby #2. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

8. When I find time I need to plant the seeds for my garden indoors. Where ARE you, Time?????

9. I can’t wait to plant flowers again outside.

10. I’ve lost 11 pounds in the last 6 weeks or so…hopefully I can keep this up….

11. Speaking of pounds, I don’t think I reported that C had her 3 year old check up a few weeks back. She’s 39 inches tall and 36 pounds… wearing size 4T and 5T clothes.

Talk to you soon! Hope you are well!

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Sick Days and some links

27 Feb

So we’ve been home all week with a virus. It’s just a fever, and so far just Miss C has it. She’s eating a little, drinking water and juice like nobody’s bidness and watching a whole hellava lotta TV.

I feel bad about the TV but I have to work. I’m lucky I have the flexibility to telecommute when my daughter gets sick. I know a lot of people don’t have that option.

C has been going from being kind of chill and just layin on the couch to clingy and wanting hugs to crazy and climbing on my head.

On the plus side, her doc says these viral fevers can last 3-6 days… so if nothing else we’re at least halfway through this… and while she doesn’t seem that ill, I still can’t send her back to daycare until she’s fever-free for 24 hours.

We’ve also gotten to watch Beauty and the Beast for the first time, and she really liked it. And we’ve had lots and lots of extra snuggle time.

On the negative side, I’m going a little nuts. Or maybe I’m catching what she has. Or maybe I’ve just had it with sass today.

I want to go back to the office and talk to adults. Wah.

a little while ago. After a 3 hour nap she's feeling not as sick-feverish, just cabin-feverish

Earlier…After her 3 hour nap she’s feeling not as sick-feverish, just cabin-feverish

In other news… as usual, life is busy. Work has been crazy busy… which is good… just crazy.

I have to get my tax papers together for next week. I have to get other receipts together for my FSA plan.

Photos: We did a new photoshoot of C with our wonderful photographer, Kris Rupp. She called me today to set up an appointment to review the images and I can’t wait to see them!

Juicing: I’ve been doing this but I want to do more. Right now I’m trying to have at least one fresh veggie-fruit juice a day. I want to do a 3-day juice fast but I have to get my shizat together.

Failing: I saw this article and thought it was share-worthy, especially because I really need to try to remember this as I help a frustrated C trace letters on her Leap Pad game.

Boobie Beanie: I also have a couple pregnant friends and I saw this and though OMG I have to get one of these for them…

Chop-It-Up Veggie Salad with Tahini Garlic Dressing: I want to try this. I still have not had the chance!!!

Tofu recipe, as promised: This is the marinated and seared tofu recipe that I promise is AMAZING. Thank you for sharing this, Megan of Butzi + The Bee.

Until we meet again….

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Three.

6 Feb
This person is now 3.

This person is now 3.

But this JUST happened....

But this JUST happened….

Ok, maybe not JUST... but this seemed like yesterday...

Ok, maybe not JUST… but this seemed like yesterday…

How did time start to speed up?

How did time start to speed up?

On her first birthday...

She turned ONE…

... and on her second....

then TWO…

And now THREE.

We just switched to this. So far so good....

We just switched to this. So far so good….

Still working on this.

Still working on this. Some parts of this are going really well and some parts are NOT. All in good time…

I don't ever want to cut this....

I don’t ever want to cut this….

 

I love my little ham. =)

I love my little ham. =)

 

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I have to go potty.

23 Jan

In brief, potty training is going well. Better than I ever thought it would.

Chloe is so proud of herself. She must have been ready, and I am so glad that I took her daycare teacher’s advice about moving right from diaper to underwear and skipping pull ups completely.

The sticker chart.

The sticker chart.

Now I’m worried that she’s washing her hands so much that she’s getting really dry skin on her hands… I slather her hands and forearms in Aquaphor before bed!

I found this blog post today and I thought it was great, not only because it involved potty training; it’s also making me think about how I share about things in general on this blog.

A Parent’s Prayer for Potty Training in the Digital Age

I’m always thinking of things to write… even if I don’t have time to write everyday, or heck, even every week. But as the writer of a blog
that focuses on toddlers and my child… I need to be more aware of what I post and how that may or may not be “too much information”.

I also found this pretty funny post about another Mom’s adventures in potty training, and there are plenty of informative comments from other Mom bloggers as well.

12 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Potty Training

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Why You’re Never Failing as a Mother … and … Potty Training

11 Jan

Ok. A friend of mine posted a link to this on Facebook and I think it’s amazing…. a good read for all who are (or are becoming) parents in our world today:

Why You’re Never Failing as a Mother

Sorry for my lack of posts so far this year! This last week has been VERY exciting in the potty training department:

My baby has worn underwear (UNDERWEAR!!) all this week at daycare.

We started out with undies last weekend for a few hours each day and then just kind of jumped in full force on Monday at school. She is moving up to the next class at the end of February and needs to be potty-trained by then, and I’d been kind of nervous about how little interest C had been showing in the whole deal. I talked with one of her daycare teachers last week and she suggested this route. I think this push — no potty pun intended — was just what she needed.

She’s had a few accidents but for the most part has been doing really, really well…

And last night she peed on the potty at home for the first time….on the big potty, using a small step stool and one of these.

She is so proud of herself… as we are with her!

Daddy let her "decorate" one of her potties...

Daddy let her “decorate” one of her potties…

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2012 in review — The Chicken Nuggets and Elmo Annual Report!

31 Dec

I wanted to give shout outs to my top 5 commenters. Thank you for joining me on my blogging journey!

Discovering your blogs and being welcomed by you has really meant a lot to me, so thank you.

1. Whatever!

2. Bellissimom

3. Dangerously Daydreaming

4. Rant and Roll

5. year-struck

And thank you to all my readers. I wasn’t quite sure what this blog would turn into when I started it… and I certainly don’t have as much time to work on this as I would like… but I have enjoyed stretching my writing muscles again, and I hope to continue stretching =)

Click here to see the complete report.

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