Everyone I know is getting these new snappy blog designs and after reading some of my favorites today, I have decided that I too need a snazzy new blog. The "only child" in me feels less funny and less important with my stock design and color scheme.
Summer Challenge: Have Melissa teach me about the coding and widgit thingys so that I can change my blog design.
It would be easier to say Summer Challenge: Hire someone...but I am cheap that way.
Showing posts with label Summer Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer Challenge. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING
I gave everyone a "heads up" about Summer Challenge: VEGAN, but in the case of Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING, I felt like that was too much pressure on little Ben and myself. I had prepared myself to make notes as the training progressed so that I could post all of the drama, grossness, frivolity and delight of the ordeal.
But it never happened. He woke up and I took him to the potty and that was it. The rest was history. He spent a couple of days with my mom - no accidents. He came home - only one accident and that was because I forgot that he didn't have a diaper on. We have even ventured into a few public restrooms with little fanfare.
The potty is our friend and he is thrilled by his progress from baby to big boy! So am I!
So that's it for Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING. Nothing super funny. No stories of me gagging while I scrub something out of the carpet - none of it. Hurray for Ben! And hurray for waiting until he was ready and not making him do it sooner!
Summer Challenge: BOOT CAMP is in full swing as well. It is still an A$$ whipping but it is much easier in June than January. So up next: Summer Challenge: Allison hired a personal trainer for 4 weeks - bless her heart. (The Trainers - not mine!)
But it never happened. He woke up and I took him to the potty and that was it. The rest was history. He spent a couple of days with my mom - no accidents. He came home - only one accident and that was because I forgot that he didn't have a diaper on. We have even ventured into a few public restrooms with little fanfare.
The potty is our friend and he is thrilled by his progress from baby to big boy! So am I!
So that's it for Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING. Nothing super funny. No stories of me gagging while I scrub something out of the carpet - none of it. Hurray for Ben! And hurray for waiting until he was ready and not making him do it sooner!
Summer Challenge: BOOT CAMP is in full swing as well. It is still an A$$ whipping but it is much easier in June than January. So up next: Summer Challenge: Allison hired a personal trainer for 4 weeks - bless her heart. (The Trainers - not mine!)
Thursday, May 29, 2008
School Uniforms
St. John's Episcopal School has just added for next year that the Pre-School kiddos should wear uniforms. They are delightful, really. White or red golf shirt with navy bottoms and tennis shoes. They can also buy St. Johns sweats and T Shirts. As a Mommy, I am thrilled. One less thing I do not have to think about. But as BEN'S MOMMY, I am nervous. You see, Ben ONLY wears his nylonish basketball shorts and a white T Shirt with a pocket in the front.
So I was flipping through the Land's End School Uniform catalog while Ben was having his snack and I hopefully opened the book to the page with the darling school aged boy wearing his bright blue monogrammed golf shirt and said, "See Ben? When you go to St. John's you get to wear golf shirts like this one. Isn't that nice? Do you see how cute and happy this boy is in his golf shirt?" To which Ben replied, "YESSS! I like that golf shirt." So I asked him, "Do you know what a golf shirt is?" After looking into his blank blue eyes for a minute, I realized he didn't. "Do you want me to show you a golf shirt in your closet?" He jumped up and ran to his closet and yelled, "I have a golf shirt!?!? Show me!" We got to the closet and pulled out his darling, yet now dusty, navy blue polo shirt and I held it out for him. "See...this is a golf shirt. Isn't it cool?"
Ben's response: "I am NOT wearing THAT!"
For those of you at home keeping score: Ben 1 Mommy 0
At least he can wear a white golf shirt. Here's hoping!
Summer Challenge: VEGAN Day 3
I quit.
Oprah and her team of thousands to drag her a$$ out of bed and feed her have won.
Celebrating tonight with yogurt. Tomorrow is lunch meat.
Stay Tuned for Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING, Summer Challenge: BEN FINALLY WEARS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A WHITE T SHIRT WITH POCKETS, and Summer Challenge: ALLISON GOES TO 10 DAYS OF BOOTCAMP WITHOUT MISSING ONE DAY.
Oprah and her team of thousands to drag her a$$ out of bed and feed her have won.
Celebrating tonight with yogurt. Tomorrow is lunch meat.
Stay Tuned for Summer Challenge: POTTY TRAINING, Summer Challenge: BEN FINALLY WEARS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A WHITE T SHIRT WITH POCKETS, and Summer Challenge: ALLISON GOES TO 10 DAYS OF BOOTCAMP WITHOUT MISSING ONE DAY.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Summer Challenge: VEGAN
As promised, I have committed to my first day of the first challenge of the summer : Challenge Vegan. Um...me NO likey!
Now before I begin my rundown of the day, I'll provide you all a little background. About once every 5 or 6 years I physically can not eat meat for about 2 or 3 days. It is not some freakish allergic reaction, it is just that once in a while it hits me: I am eating a dead animal. And it freaks me out. I start thinking about the whole "process" of the animal from the farm to my plate and I just can't even choke it down. Now do not misunderstand me - it is not "sympathy" I feel. I don't cry for Old MacDonald's animals' lifespan. It just becomes...well, GROSS. And then I crave a big side of beef and I am way over it for another 5 to 6 years. The more frequent hault of animal protein is normally with chickens. You want to talk about gross - birds, in general, repulse me with how dirty they are and the chicken is their king! But, I digress...
My point to that whole paragraph devoted to my bizarre eating habits was to make the point that I am not a slave to the animal protein and this isn't THAT big of a leap for me. OR SO I THOUGHT...
So this was Oprah's Vegan Blog for today...
"Week One: Wednesday I just cleaned my dinner plate, down to the last grain of brown rice left under my oh-so-deliciously seasoned soy chicken. I can not believe how tasty, spicy and wonderful it all was. I'm ever more surprised at how I don't miss anything and feel so satisfied at every meal. Bravo to Tal! By Day 4, I'm usually climbing the walls or craving sweets—or ready to throw in the towel on any other diet plan. I'm a little nervous about the weekend. Tal cooks our last meal for the week tomorrow, and I've got to go to Las Vegas for Tina and Cher. Vegas and vegan don't seem to mix. — Oprah " (From Oprah.com)
Bravo to Tal!?!?! See, that's the problem...her chef Tal is not at my house. I am the one trying to make black bean cakes for myself, baked penne with bolganese sauce for Kevin and ANYTHING that Ben will eat. No surprise, my black bean cakes took the back burner and I settled on a really delightful, self created black bean salad with olive oil, lime juice and zest, green onions, tomato and seasoned with S & P, cayenne, chili, cumin and garlic. It was tres delightful - FOR A SIDE DISH! The rest of the day was no better. I choked down some oatmeal for breakfast while I stood at the refrigerator door in tears, while promising my Yo Plus yogurt that if it would not go bad in a couple of days I would be back to devour it all in one meal. Lunch was a salad - which is what I have typically been eating the past couple of months, so no big deal.
The biggest problem I see with this whole "Vegan for no reason" Challenge is this: it is going to cause me to gain the 20 lbs that I have lost back because I am too focused on not eating animal products. For example: Ben and I were having our snack today and I caught myself finishing off his gummy bears - TOTALLY vegan. Then I turned to his Twizzlers - Hurray! More vegan items. It's not good for the waistline.
Tomorrow's goal is to take my challenge more seriously. After tomorrow, I can't promise I won't be in the closet with my yogurt.
Now before I begin my rundown of the day, I'll provide you all a little background. About once every 5 or 6 years I physically can not eat meat for about 2 or 3 days. It is not some freakish allergic reaction, it is just that once in a while it hits me: I am eating a dead animal. And it freaks me out. I start thinking about the whole "process" of the animal from the farm to my plate and I just can't even choke it down. Now do not misunderstand me - it is not "sympathy" I feel. I don't cry for Old MacDonald's animals' lifespan. It just becomes...well, GROSS. And then I crave a big side of beef and I am way over it for another 5 to 6 years. The more frequent hault of animal protein is normally with chickens. You want to talk about gross - birds, in general, repulse me with how dirty they are and the chicken is their king! But, I digress...
My point to that whole paragraph devoted to my bizarre eating habits was to make the point that I am not a slave to the animal protein and this isn't THAT big of a leap for me. OR SO I THOUGHT...
So this was Oprah's Vegan Blog for today...
"Week One: Wednesday I just cleaned my dinner plate, down to the last grain of brown rice left under my oh-so-deliciously seasoned soy chicken. I can not believe how tasty, spicy and wonderful it all was. I'm ever more surprised at how I don't miss anything and feel so satisfied at every meal. Bravo to Tal! By Day 4, I'm usually climbing the walls or craving sweets—or ready to throw in the towel on any other diet plan. I'm a little nervous about the weekend. Tal cooks our last meal for the week tomorrow, and I've got to go to Las Vegas for Tina and Cher. Vegas and vegan don't seem to mix. — Oprah " (From Oprah.com)
Bravo to Tal!?!?! See, that's the problem...her chef Tal is not at my house. I am the one trying to make black bean cakes for myself, baked penne with bolganese sauce for Kevin and ANYTHING that Ben will eat. No surprise, my black bean cakes took the back burner and I settled on a really delightful, self created black bean salad with olive oil, lime juice and zest, green onions, tomato and seasoned with S & P, cayenne, chili, cumin and garlic. It was tres delightful - FOR A SIDE DISH! The rest of the day was no better. I choked down some oatmeal for breakfast while I stood at the refrigerator door in tears, while promising my Yo Plus yogurt that if it would not go bad in a couple of days I would be back to devour it all in one meal. Lunch was a salad - which is what I have typically been eating the past couple of months, so no big deal.
The biggest problem I see with this whole "Vegan for no reason" Challenge is this: it is going to cause me to gain the 20 lbs that I have lost back because I am too focused on not eating animal products. For example: Ben and I were having our snack today and I caught myself finishing off his gummy bears - TOTALLY vegan. Then I turned to his Twizzlers - Hurray! More vegan items. It's not good for the waistline.
Tomorrow's goal is to take my challenge more seriously. After tomorrow, I can't promise I won't be in the closet with my yogurt.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Summer Challenge
I've been feeling a little "stuck" the past few weeks. Not "stuck" solely in the physical or metaphysical sense, but somewhere in between. I caught myself looking way to forward to my trip to Hilton Head and now that I am home, I am counting the days to my 10 Year Anniversary Trip with Kevin in August. So...in an effort to not "wish away" this summer, I have devised a Summer full of challenges for myself. Here goes:
Challenge #1: Oprah's gone Vegan, y'all - and not just "kind of" vegan..I mean Sister has given up gluten and caffeine as well. Well, in an effort to challenge my inner Oprah, I am going to do the same. Whoa - wait a minute...before you all start emailing me how crazy I am, let me clarify. 1) This is a CHALLENGE. I am supposed to push myself. 2) I am NOT doing it for 21 days like she is...I am going to do 4! That's right - 4! Because my goal is to do it RIGHT and include Kevin in the dinner process. I mean we can all be vegan on Cheetos and caffeine free Coke. Thus, the 4 days - that's enough!
Challenge Vegan starts Tuesday May 27th and lasts through Friday May 30th.
It is going to be interesting to say the least.
Challenge #1: Oprah's gone Vegan, y'all - and not just "kind of" vegan..I mean Sister has given up gluten and caffeine as well. Well, in an effort to challenge my inner Oprah, I am going to do the same. Whoa - wait a minute...before you all start emailing me how crazy I am, let me clarify. 1) This is a CHALLENGE. I am supposed to push myself. 2) I am NOT doing it for 21 days like she is...I am going to do 4! That's right - 4! Because my goal is to do it RIGHT and include Kevin in the dinner process. I mean we can all be vegan on Cheetos and caffeine free Coke. Thus, the 4 days - that's enough!
Challenge Vegan starts Tuesday May 27th and lasts through Friday May 30th.
It is going to be interesting to say the least.
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