Saturday, February 27, 2010

I'm not putting anything on my to do list except to buy batteries for the GPS and my Camera.

Food Plan: (probably won't update, so no color change today)

Breakfast:
1 Cup corn flakes, 1/2 cup milk

Snack:
Strawberry Cottage Double

Lunch:
Side Salad with 70 cal. dressing
1 cup progresso light soup
Michelina's Meatloaf and Potatoes

Snack:
10 calorie jello cup

Dinner:
Going out with mother in law to celebrate her birthday.

Exercise: Going to track. ALONE!!!! Putting in at least 6 laps. That's my goal.

Water: 3 down, 6 to go.

Enjoy the weekend, y'all!

Kana

PLAN: February 26, 2010

need to do= black: finished: purple

When I weighed this morning, the scale told me I weighed 154 pounds even. Now, two days ago, I weighed 157.4 so it has amazed me at the amount of water weight I was holding. I'm addicted to these sweet little drinks called diet mnt. dew. and apparently all the sodium and caffeine had me holding a minimum of 3.5 pounds of water weight. It doesn't matter if it's water weight or fat weight at this point. I'm in an unhealthy place for my height, my age, and just any person in general. No 25 year old woman that's five foot tall should weight what I do. I don't care how many kids you have. Here's the deal, and I'm asking you, my readers, whether I know you're there or not, hold me accountable. This october, Brian and I will be celebrating our 9th anniversary. We will also gear up into "wedding planning" as we are renewing our vows on our ten year anniversary. I will begin my dress shopping this fall. I would love to walk down the isle to my wonderful husband and be that sexy little "thang" he met. I was wearing a size 7 jeans and a small top then, and weighed 115. It's also my goal for Brian and I to go back to where we went on our first date. Caesar's Head State Park and me wear, for him, the same sweater I wore back then. I no longer have the jeans, but I can buy a pair of 5/7 jeans anywhere from the dollar store to the mall. that's not an issue.
Okay, time to start this day jumpin!

Breakfast: 280 (remaining: 975)
Fit and Active Cherries Jubilee Yogurt: (100)


Lunch: 260 (remaining: 715)
Side Salad with lite western (70)
4 pc. chicken nuggets (190)
diet coke

Afternoon Snack: 10 (remaining: 705)
Jello snack cup (10)

Dinner: 355 (remaining: 350)
Southwest chicken salad (320)
Apple Dippers (35)

After dinner snack: 10 (remaining 340)
Jello snack cup (10)

TO DO LIST
Up, dressed, check BGL
Gabe up and ready for school, take to school
Breakfast for little guys
Reboot laundry
Brian to work
Bank
Walmart
Aldi
Dollar Tree
Quality Foods
Stop and pick up lunch
Home to eat
Clean out car
Reboot laundry
15 minutes in bedroom
Exercise: walked .6 of a mile around Erskine this a.m. was going to walk the whole mile, but the cold was too much to handle. Also went to Chris Taylor Park and walked their track. The full track is 2 miles and the smaller loop is 1.5. I done the mile and a half. Felt GREAT!
Pick Brian up from work
Rent a movie for movie night. Ended up donating movie money to a fundraiser for a local child that was accidentally shot and killed last weekend to help with funeral expenses. He went to school with Gabe.
Mail/pay bills

It's friday. that means it's the weekend. if you don't see me until monday, I'm probably out searching for tiny boxes with dollar store treasures inside (aka: geocaching) it's our new hobby. If you do see me, it's that I'm at home, not doing what I should be doing, LOL.

Scripture that's been on my mind today: Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart. Proverbs 22:6

Meal/Exercise Planning for 2/25/2010

AWESOME!!!! SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR STAYING SO CLOSE TO PLAN TODAY. THINK I MIGHT SPEND A FEW EXTRA MINUTES IN THE SHOWER RELAXING TONIGHT. TAKE CARE, YOU GUYS! LOVE AND HUGS!


this is the plan for today, February 25, 2010. As I check things off, I will change the font color to PURPLE. Those remaining in black have not been accomplished yet.

Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. 195 calories. (880 Calories remaining)
1 cup apple jacks
1/2 cup 2% milk

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. 300 Calories (580 Calories remaining)
Salad (lettuce and Onions) with Light Western Dressing
1 c. Progresso Soup
Michaelina's Pepper Steak and Rice

Snack: 3:30 p.m. 160 Calories (420 remaining)
1/2 cup Sugar Free Jello
1 Blueberry Martha White Muffin

Dinner: 7:00 p.m. 350 Calories (70 remaining)
1 cup spaghetti noodles
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce with meat
Salad with Light Western Dressing

Snack: 10:00 p.m. 10 calories (60 remaining)
1/2 cup Sugar Free Jello

Water: loving my new water bottle. it's a red aluminum one. It's 24 ounces. I'm suppose to drink 64 oz. daily, but since it's 24, I'll at least shoot for 72 instead, LOL
24 oz finished @ 9:50 a.m.
24 oz finished @11:00 a.m.
24 oz finished @ 12:45 p.m.

Exercise: Ran/walked an 11 minute mile at Bridwell tonight while B and the kids played on the playground. Walked first lap, Ran second, walked third. My hear-rate upon completion was 136. Not sure if that's good or bad. Will check into it tomorrow. It's a 3 lap equals a mile place, so tomorrow, I'm shooting for 4 laps. Walk-Run-Walk-Run(1/2)-Walk(1/2) unless we go somewhere else, then we'll just have to see what we do. :-)


Onto the to do list for the day:
Gabe to school
Breakfast
take brian to work
main house work
15 minutes in my bedroom
exercise
lunch
write out bills, grocery list, etc.
15 minutes in closet
2 loads laundry (load one: FINISHED ) (load two: STARTED )
help gabe with homework
pick up brian
fix dinner
pickup house
watch idol (Hoping Crystal Bowersox and Casey James stay!!!!)

Diabetes, Obesity and Life

For various reasons, I've been trying out various medications. None of them worked. They were anxiety meds. Obviously, that was the first thought when I was complaining of agitation, shakiness, headaches and slight disorientation. (Like a kid on a subway, I knew where I was, but everything was streaming by so fast I couldn't catch up.) Especially with having just lost Bailey and everything.
So my nine year old, bless his soul, told me that I remind him of my mom. I'm cranky the same times of day she is, and I act like she does then. He also was kind enough to point out to me that I'm fat. :-) (God Love Him)
So, the next time I felt that way, instead of popping a pill, I stuck my finger. (I have blood sugar problems during pregnancy, so I've always had a glucose meter) To my surprise, it was 229. It was eleven thirty at night, and it'd been nearly 6 hours since I'd eaten anything. It was valentines day, and we'd had spaghetti and meatballs, garlic toast, salad, and chocolate marshmellow hearts. Maybe I'd overdone the sugar/carbs. NOT the case. Connie reminded me that six hours was plenty of time for my body to process that sugar. Her instructions: test fasting and before and after meals. I eat breakfast within 30 minutes of getting up, so it took out the before breakfast. So, I stuck my finger six times a day for two weeks. My fastings were always elevated, some of my afters were, but all of my befores were LOW. Yesterday, she done an A1C. that's where they test your blood for an average of what your blood glucose has been over the past three months. I'll get those results on Friday.
her other instructions:
64 oz. water daily.
1,075-1,200 calories daily
15-20 minutes walking daily
only test when I feel bad, to cut costs of test strips (which are EXPENSIVE) and to save my poor little fingers.
I have 40 pounds to lose, and we're comfortable in assuming that by losing the weight, it may work itself out on it's own. Even if it doesn't, this weight has to go. It's not healthy. Not for me, my husband or my kids.
So how did I do yesterday on my first day of these instructions? (afterall, it was 9:00 a.m. when Connie gave them to me, so I started yesterday)
Breakfast: Sausage Patty and Diet mnt. Dew. (no wonder, LOL) 267 calories
Lunch: Salad with light western dressing (lettuce, onions only) 1 c. Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Noodle Soup from progresso, Marie Callendar's Manicotti Marinara. 410 calories
Snack: 1/2 c. cottage cheese, 2 TBS strawberry topping 115 Calories
Dinner: 3 oz. cube steak, 1/2 c. scalloped potatoes, 12 asparagus spears 359 calories
Snack: Pepperoni poppers 200 calories (was suppose to share these with brian but he was outside while I was cooking supper and I got distracted)
bedtime snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 2 TBS strawberry topping 115 calories
Total calories: 1, 446. I think I done pretty good considering the bad start and not taking my half out of those poppers first.

I drank all of my water.

I did NOT exercise.

Today will be better. It's a new day, it will be wonderful.
Take care,

~Kana

Wardrobe Planning Time

yeah, I've got a few weeks, roughly 8-10, and if you know how long I procrastinate, you'll know that I need those 8-10 weeks to get my maternity clothes done. I'm using the SWAP (sew with a plan) guidelines you can find them here, http://www.timmelfabrics.com/2008swaprules.htm
and I found this neat little word based chart online somewhere that I've used to plan on. It's broken down into 3 sections, but I think it'll be easier on me, financially, to fill in the chart, then buy all the fabric for each color/print and make those pieces.

I've also been planning out diapers and covers, wipes, and baby layette stuff.

We have decided to forgo the crib, due to a technicality, this baby will not have a room, per se. It will occupy what is currently the playroom, with a pack and play type bed. They have the raised bassinet in them, so it'll be perfect. We haven't decided if we'll wall in that room or build on, either of which won't occur for another couple of years, so I'm not going hog wild on baby furnishings.

We truly thought we were done with Patrick and I donated all of the baby stuff to goodwill. So we're practically starting over :-) It's okay though. I've been granted permission to have fun with it this time. We know the gadgets we HAVE TO HAVE and those that were USELESS, so I'll be making a bunch of the baby's wardrobe and the bedding (done the bedding for all the kids, tho)

We don't know if we're going to find out what Raindrop is or not, so I'll be making a boy coming home suit and a girl. Whichever we don't need, I'm sure I'll know someone who can use it for their baby. Someone at c'moms is always expecting. LOL

Brian is cutting the grass right now, and when he finishes, we'll be going through the storage to pull out the few maternity things I did pack up and keep. They will all need washing, but some may have to be taken to the drycleaners due to musky smells, etc. We'll need to get that done.

Up front, 8 weeks to get maternity clothes sounds like a long time, but when you factor in life, 3 other kids, football, school, the household, and everything else, 8 weeks is like a day. It'll be okay though.

For those wonderin, Raindrop has let mama eat today, and I have taken every opportunity for granted and ATE!

well, y'all, I've gotta run. I'm gonna see what fabrics I have in stash that I may want to use for me or baby, and Hobby Lobby has their knits on sale 30% off this week. Only problem, I'll have mama with me. She'll ask me what I'm making, LOL, that and the lady that works there knows we're expecting and she may say something innocently. (you feeling okay today? have you been sick? etc)

till late, hug those babies!

~Kana

Freaky Friday

So, some weird things have been happening around here.

It started last week when i woke up with Niagra Falls in my nose. I NEVER get a cold in July. Weird. Especially weird once I realized it only lasted the first twenty minutes I was awake.

Then, Brian was at the neighbors house and I began to crave whipped cream. I called him crying b/c we didn't have any. He offered to go to Bilo. Kind soul he is. Unfortunately, they were closed.

Then there was the "Oh MY GOD! MY HOUSE IS A WRECK". I've been on a cleaning frenzy.

But all at the same time, I've been just tired and sluggish. No energy at all. I despise the taste of coke, want to eat jalapeno pepper slices by the gallon, and the smell of liquor makes me sick. Well, at least Jack.

A few nights ago, I dreamed I was in Mary Jo's. It's an awesome fabric shop in Gastonia, NC.
I was shopping for the Kwik Sew Baby Sew Book and a bunch of girlie fabrics. Pink Gingham, butterflies, flowers, you name it. I came home and sewed up a bunch of little dresses, and made a cute little ribbon/elastic headband with a cute little rose on the top to match every one of them.

Yesterday, realizing what was up, I gave in and POAS. If anyone remembers, around the fall of last year, a good friend, Becca, told me "You'll be pregnant within the year". Y'all, if Becca Webb tells you you're gonna be pregnant, you better believe it. I secretly laughed at her every month since them that I started. Y'all, I'm not laughing this morning. I'm a little scared, I'm a little nervous. Only a dear friend and my youngest babe know.

I had Patrick tell his Daddy last night, "I'm not the baby anymore". Well, Daddy thought he said "I'm not A baby anymore" and responded with "Yes, you're a big boy". Oh well for that.

I'm scared to death about this, and since only my web friends read here, I feel safe talking here. I don't think anyone reads here that will tell Brian before i get the chance, like on facebook.

There are a lot of things we've got to get into order in the short nine months this little raindrop is going to give us, but Tara's famous "how big is your God" keeps coming back to mind. As Katie said, "God will sustain me".

Our raindrop will be joining us in the real world sometime around April sixth, if my calculations serve me correct. So, yup, I'm four weeks and a few days. I know when it happened, but I don't know when I ovulated. See there's this thing called no "mood" and then this thing called "this one time" so I know when he/she was concieved, and that's what I'm going by. I also know I tested three days ago and got a negative, then a positive yesterday, confirming that when I know, is when it happened. Okay, so within what three days, LOL. Don't ask me my LMP. I have no clue.

I'm asking you all to pray for Brian as I tell him. I do not know how he will take the news. I don't think he'll be mad, but now is not the best time, in our minds, even though I KNOW it's a God thing. We were taking precautionary measures. I also ask that you all keep me in your prayers as i adjust to this, and start 'takin care of bitniz' as they say, in ways of household stuff that's got to be done soon.
One more thing, keep our little raindrop in your prayers. I have had a few maragrita's in the past few weeks and I've also (at different times) taken Ibuprofen. I know they say that it's okay if you don't know yet, but when you find out to stop, but I still worry.

Well, with no further ado, here's the proof. Taken 17 DPO.



Well, y'all, I guess that's all for now! Take Care, and thanks for reading!

Kana

Groovy Tuesday

So the dog has fleas again, and I, being the one who actually likes to sleep and not stay up all night scratching, slept in the floor last night. My back hurts like the dickens, I'm tired, and I could stomp someone in the ground (probably snoopy and his daddy, at this point :-) ) But it's been a really super productive day.

The kitchen is cleaned, bill station is straightened and no longer a clutter hot spot.

The kids were fed breakfast and lunch ON TIME, and they're now resting.

Second load of laundry is in washer, will be hung out to dry once finished.

We had yummy egg salad sandwiches and tossed salad for lunch. I can't believe how my kids LOVE egg salad. Gabe isn't crazy about it, but the littles, oh, it's one of the best things since Mama, LOL. Made sure to save some for Daddy to take to work tomorrow for lunch if he wants to. (he may eat it tonight, who knows)

Just wanted to get on here and update for the day. Gonna go clean out my cabinets in the kitchen. I know I have lids to all those tupperware containers. When I get to the glass cabinet, we're pairing down on those. I have a double cabinet with a center shelf for my glasses. with the center post and the shelf, it divided into 4. I'd like to organize those things into
1. lowballers/juice glasses (8)
2. Tea glasses (10)
3. Coffee Mugs & Travel Mugs (10 mugs, 5 travel)
4. Kid's cups (6)

I also need to get crackin' on some napkins. I suppose I need 5 per set, and a set for 3 meals, plus one extra, so 4 sets, 20 napkins, total. I'd love to find some really nice, soft, purple flannel to do them with. I have some remnants of a dinosaur flannel that I'm thinking of making smaller napkins with for the kids.

You know what else I want? I want an apron to match my kitchen. I KNOW I have some fabric leftover from the recent decorate, but I can't for the life of me remember where I put it.

Well, the cabinets aren't gonna clean themselves!

Take Care, God Bless and kiss those babies!

~Kana Clark