Apparently G has been saving up from all last week just for me…. Yeah, we just had diaper explosion numba two. This one definitely included a prayer (aka oh dear Lord) and a gag too. Kathy told me that I am now officially a nanny. Well awesome.
so i know most people wont think this is a milestone but i just cleaned grafton’s poopy diaper for the first time since i became his nanny. he just doesnt go daily. his formula is kinda strange and he goes every 3 days or so… and so far he’s been saving it for his parents. kathy was getting i dont know, confused/mad that he just WOULDNT go with me, because he would go like 10 minutes before i got there or like 10 minutes after i leave. not today. he saved it just for me this mid-day. and i could hear it happening. he kinda went into slow motion mode, got a blank stare, his stomach gurgled and i could hear the payload dropping. loud and clear. from. across. the. room.
i know exactly what he was thinking because i could read it on his face: JACKPOT! needless to say he was a lot less fussy this afternoon and just ate and conked out about a half hour ago… but i know the feeling. when its been more than 2 days before ive done the deed i get ill as well. carry on grafton – i do not hold it against you. from one wierd pooper to another (yes i did write that) just keep doing your thing.
Today is my day off… from jury duty, babysitting, getting up early and from work. I’m just off. And I’m still sitting here on the couch without taking a shower yet and still in my jammies. Watching supernatural. And boy does this feel good. I don’t have to many days like this where there is NOTHING that I have to do and because of that I am trying my best to enjoy this day to the fullest. Hmm. Just wanted to share that with you.
this week has been very interesting. its been busy and hectic and full of new experiences, but to be honest i have really enjoyed every minute of it…. minus the not seeing Grafton all week. that part actually stinks A TON.
this week i had jury duty, the first time ive ever been called for it. i was kind of nervous about the whole thing to be honest but it ended up being real interesting and i enjoyed it. on monday my panel was called for jury selection for a civil case. i was selected to be on the actual jury and we started a will contestment case. i know i can talk about it but i dont want to really give much of the details, just for the protection of everyone involved. basically out of 9 children, 4 of them had been left out of the will and they were not real happy about it. so they were fighting and saying that the father was not mentally competent when he revised his will in 2007. these children had pretty much had no contact with the rest of their siblings since his death in september 2009. how sad was the whole thing. hmm, it really upset me that people would let their greed do that to their own family. after a day and a half of trial we went into deliberation and about 3 minutes later we had a verdict that we were keeping the validity of the renewed will.
on Wednesday my panel was called again for a criminal case and i once again was selected to sit on the actual jury. i however can not talk about this case much in all honesty. after a day of trial we went in for deliberation and an hour later we were dismissed for the day due to time constrictions. we went back this morning at 9a and left at 3p with the unfortunate decision that we were a hung jury and no matter how much we tried we would not be able to reach a unanimous decision and were let go and the case became a mistrial. that case will have a new jury picked for it on monday and the trial will happen again. that really did stink in my opinion.
on that same note this week had been kind of crazy being in and out of court all day. i havent had any time really to work out and only one day did i do a walk at home dvd, which we all know is not the same as walking 2+ miles outside everyday. bleh, as well as not having good eating habits since we havent had much time everyday for lunch. with that i gained 1 pound this week. boo. but its not the end. just a minor setback. so next week (starting tomorrow since im excused from jury duty) i will start walking again regularly and eating better and get back into my routine. i still feel great and i could have sworn i had lost weight this week but it could have just been water weight from not drinking enough water. to many possibilities.
and lastly my best friend wawa has officially set a date for her wedding…. FEBRUARY 5, 2011!!! :] it is incredibly exciting. she asked me tonight, in a real creative hand made card with a real cloth dress on the front, to be her maid of honor. of course i said yes! and kt is her matron of honor. i love kt and cant wait to build a great friendship with her over the next 5 months. anyway, tonight we went and looked at dresses. awesome!!!! she narrowed it down to 3 beautiful, amazing, spectacular, wonderful choices and will go on saturday with her mom to hopefully narrow it down to more and/or pick THE dress. she looked phenomenal tonight and im so happy that she is finally getting married. we toyed around with some ideas re: bridesmaids dresses and i cannot wait until we go back and get that nailed down as well. so stinking amazing. my best freaken friend is getting married soon. joy truly abounds.
so we have gotten into a new TV show on netflix. its called Supernatural… and its amazing. i love it. we are borrowing season 4 from a friend and cant wait to start watching it this week :] you should check it out sometime.
PLUS the two main guys arent bad to look at either.
Sam Winchester [Jared Padalecki]: 
Dean Winchester [Jensen Ackles]: 
EXTRA PLUS John Winchester [jeffery dean morgan] is in the first 3 seasons. :]
so tonight i had my first weigh in for WW. i had expected to loose maybe like 2 pounds, 3 tops. ive been walking about 2.2 miles with g 4 or so times a week and i figured that would help me out… but not as much as it did. so how much did i loose?
how is that for a motivation to keep going and walking like i am. just wanted to share that with you, i was very excited about it. so on to week 2. :)
So there is one thing I’ve noticed about working 2 jobs. Besides the fact that my body aches all the time and my feet hurt a ton and I don’t have much of a social life (I’m sorry to all my friends I promise I’m not ignoring you) – I’ve turned into a grandma. I am fighting against my body by 7p to keep myself awake for my last 2 hours at work. Me?! Mrs. Night dweller herself. Its crazy. I get home from LW around 945 or 10, eat and then head straight to bed. My sleep in time has now become 7a. What has my life turned into?? Oh I know, full time nanny, part time LW worker determined to pay her school loan off in a year if it kills her girl. That’s me, but you can just call me bella for short.
I’m not complaining because being with g all day is totally worth it, its just taking a toll on my body a bit. On the bright side we walk 4ish times a week and we are averaging 2 miles if not a little more each time. Maybe getting myself into better shape will help me out. Please pray for peace and strength for me. :)
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ENJOY!
This week has been super challenging for both graft on and I. Of course we are still trying to get used to each other plus he started off the week still with his head cold (that has finally left. Hallelujah), he had a house warming party with tons of people over on sunday, and had his grandparents over for a visit for this weekend/labor day, as well as starting to get some teeth. My sweet Lord in heaven I didn’t know it was going to be so tough.
He’s been having trouble eating and sleeping which will make anyone miserable. We tried walking, rocking, teething tablets, bouncing, sucking on frozen fruit, singing and just about anything else I could find that was supposed to help the little man out. Nothing seemed to work except walking but even then he would so strongly fight the sleep that he would scream even more from being so tired. We finally just decided to walk around the block several times. He finally started feeling better on friday which is exciting for him…. kathy also said he was feeling better yesterday.
We also started playing with a door bouncer swing thing…I dont know what its really called but he LOVES it! He was all smiles and giggles on friday playing in it. 
I wish I could put some more happy things this week but we had a kind of stressful week for the both of us. Hopefully starting tomorrow things should be better. Kathy has said he is sleeping better so we should be on the upswing again. :)
like seriously. i know ive been wanting to loose weight for a while now and i havent really been serious about it until today. i tend to cheat on diets, mainly because i know diets dont really work… they are just temporary fixes. i need a life change, seriously. i dont want to end up like my dad and needing a life saving surgery as my only option.
so anyway, im out walking grafton this morning in his stroller and i pass by a lady out and about and she asks me how long ago i had my child. ummm? what? excuse me? do i look like i just had a child – seriously? on better thought, since you asked that question in the first place PLEASE do not answer. so thats when i made up my mind FOR REAL that its time to loose weight. last time i did WW about 4 years ago i did a good job on it but i hit a plateau around like 10 pounds and since i wasnt going to the meetings or had any sort of accountability i just kind of gave up. not this time. im to young to be this out of shape so im planning on sticking to this seriously this time. end of story.
if you talk to me in person or on fb, please dont hesitate to keep me up to snuff.
child at heart 