OUCH!! I can't walk!

I can't walk!! My ankles!!

I rollerbladed today! Yikes! Talk about pain... no pain... no gain... what a bunch of crap!! What am I going to gain from pain? I talked to a few kids about rollerblades and they said that it hurts for the first couple of weeks... oh great... *groan*

So... I'm gonna hang in there for a couple of weeks... if it still hurts... the blades go on Craig's list for the next sufferer.

However, I feel great going around the neighborhood burning calories.

My goal is to be slender enough to wear a bathing suit without people trying to guess how many jelly rolls I have. I also want to be more attractive for my wonderful math professor.

I will be blogging about my journey to a thinner fit me.

Cleaning Heaven

Hey everyone!!

I stayed up cleaning!!! Imagine that!! I had sooo much fun finding out what my homemade cleaner cleans! WOW!! Talk about impressed!! I cleaned my stove, fridge, dishwasher, counters, walls, and cabinets with this and it wipes off!! This is the first time I've ever been able to clean without coughing and wheezing from the chemicals! I was in cleaning heaven! I don't want you guys to be left out so I'm gonna share this recipe with y'all.

You will need a clean 32 oz trigger spray bottle.
From the health food store you need- Castile soap, this is an all natural soap made from vegetable oils. (I got mine at Trader Joe's)

In areas with hard water you will need to buy distilled or purified water from the grocery store. The minerals in the hard water will inhibit the soap’s ability to work. Borax, vinegar and an essential oil, if you wish will, round out your shopping list.

In a two cup glass measuring cup mix 2 Tbls of white distilled vinegar and 1 tsp of borax. Add 1 cup of hot water and stir until the borax is dissolved. Let this mixture cool a few minutes and then pour into the spray bottle. Add more water to the bottle leaving enough to add 1/4 cup of castile soap. To scent, add 15-20 drops of your favorite essential oil.

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WOW! It's been awhile!

I can't believe it's been nearly 2 months since I've blogged. I've been busy doing so many different things. It's been a hard month for me. As each year goes by, it hits me harder that Dave's death really did happen. I hate the month of March.

I am looking forward to playing soccer again. I got invited to be on a coed soccer team!! I'm so excited! The games are on Sunday. I think we'll practice on Saturday. I'm hoping that David will watch the kids on Sunday. I am really really really excited about that!!! I can't wait for my long hair to fly in the wind as I run after a piece of leather hand sewn shaped into a ball filled with air, and aim that into a net, aaaahhhh pure heaven.

The grass stains on my knees... the only difference now... it will be me standing over the washer scrubbing those stains out, not my mother.

Isn't it nice to be given a chance to do something that you've loved so passionately growing up? There have been nights when I went to bed with my soccer ball... that got torn to shreds by my brother's dog, Zayd. Stupid mutt.

{sigh} I feel alive again...

Life.

How do you stand strong when you feel like everything around you is falling apart?

How do you smile at your children and say that everything is going to be alright?

How do you look at your son with glee when he just peed on your loveseat? *sigh*

Off to clean a loveseat.

(commercial break)

Football

Well, I've learned something new about myself. I'm not THAT crazy about football. I thought I loved football with a passion. Once we got to the Superbowl, I realized... what's the point? Football consumed me on Sundays... I'd think... ok... hurry up... finish the sermon so I can get home and fix lunch for the kids so I can see the game...

when the Bengals were on a losing streak, I wasn't such a die-hard fan.

I'd watch a few games here and there... but it didn't consume my every thought.

Well... since the Bengals had no hopes of the play offs. I began to root for the Cowboys... they got knocked out by the Giants... so... I decided to root for the Packers... they got knocked out by the Giants...

ahem...

it was Giants and the Patriots...

ok... I'm definitely rooting for the Giants!

YAY! We won! Which is awesome because I'm from NY... so I felt a tinge of pride for my home state.

However, at the same time... I was thinking... am I wasting my time here? I love and enjoy football, but is it consuming me? I hope not.

I did learn how to crochet! :) Isn't that interesting? I go to a super bowl party and I leave with yarn and a crochet hook! How often does that happen? I'm looking forward to crocheting and making myself things.

Implants... not breast implants...

Ever wonder if other people are hard of hearing as well?

I was in the store today and someone was asking me a question... and I answered...

then she pointed to my ear that is showing my Freedom implant... and says... "What is that? A unique Bluetooth?"

"No, it's my implant"

*GASP* "You shouldn't tell people when you get implants! That is simply too much information! Oh how disgusting!"

(If you're wondering... she was... ahem... very small)

"Ma'am, I am sorry for not clarifying, these are my COCHLEAR implants. I am deaf without these. Also, for your TMI... these are real...not implants."

Her face turned very red.

Isn't that an amusing trip to the store?

Sonic Toothbrushes...

I heard a noise... I stopped what I was doing... I sat straight up... my eyes grew wider... I tilted my ear towards the deck... no, it's not coming from there...

oh where can that noise come from??

*twirl...buzz...buzz...gaguggle...buzz*

Nathan was playing a game on the computer - check.
Ellie was playing with her Breyer Horses - check.

WHERE'S ELIJAH??

A panic surges through me - as I walk down the hallway...

THE NOISE GROWS LOUDER!

*twirl...buzz...buzz...gaguggle...buzz*

I instantly looked into the bathroom...

there was my baby... brushing his hair with my Colgate battery operated toothbrush. *sigh*

I stared at him - and he turned around and jumped as if he saw a ghost...

"Ah! I soarry" he threw my toothbrush in the sink and ran away.



I didn't know what to do... should I laugh? should I be disgusted? should I be relieved that I can finally hear my son in mischief? Thank God I heard him before he actually put toothpaste on it!

Ugh!! That tooth pasting hairdo... not a good thing.