Tricks of the Trade

DD hates going to the doctor. She doesn't like the uncertainty and the idea that she might be getting a shot, as with most kids. One of the tricks that I've taught her is to look at the characters or pictures on the nurse's medical uniform and focus on that. It's a trick I learned when I was little that always worked for me. I'm hoping that in a year or two the visits will be a much more positive thing and she'll enjoy seeing how she grows.

Finding Fashions

One of the things I never got to do while living in CA was spend a great deal of time in SoCal. I always wanted to go shopping (or at least look lol) in all of the expensive stores and hit up all of the trendier cheap furniture stores in los angeles. It would have been so much fun to decorate my space with the things I could have gotten there. Now I'm four states away and transporting things home would be a larger task than before. Oh well, eventually I will get down there one day and I'll get to have my fun in the sun :)

Countdown!

There is just over two weeks until we gt married. Hopefully everything goes okay and nothing ends up slowing it down. We've been having a few more spats than usual the last week, which is kinda crappy. Sometimes I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing, but then I sit and think about it and I know I am. We all have ups and downs and I'm sure there will be many more to come yet lol.

Bend and Stretch

I've had back problems for a number of years now. Because of my age, I sometimes worry that there is a larger problem that I'm not aware of. Other times I know that it could be a lack of exercise that could be the largest source of the problem. I won't know until I go to a chiropractor if something is seriously wrong with me, but I'm hoping that it won't be bad enough to need spinal surgery somewhere down the road. I think the best thing that I can do right now is to try to fit in stretching and exercise each day.

Time as a Family

Thanks for the guest post by Kristofer Bartlett

We spend a lot of time at home as a family but now that my kids are getting older they’ve been asking me more and more if they can watch TV. I didn’t really want them watching a lot of it as they were kids because I wasn’t sure how it would affect their development but now that they’re older I’m considering getting direct tv so they can get their shows. If we’re being perfectly honest, I’d also like to get some of the ones I’ve been dying to see, too! I keep hearing about these Housewives shows and also Millionaire Matchmaker – I’m going to check them both out just to see what all the fuss is about. I’ve never been all that into technology and I sit in front of a computer screen all day anyway so I’m not really sure it’s worth my time but you know, at the end of the day I could use something to help me relax. And maybe the kids and I will watch some stuff together!