Confession

it is 3:20 and I am still in my pajamas. I missed my class at the gym this morning and it has gone down hill from there. The past few days I have been really tired and slightly nauseous, (I have been living on scrambled eggs, string cheese and fiber one bars-maybe that is my problem) I am definitely in a funk or mildly ill. So whine whine whine, there I got it out of my system.
Now on to other things. You may have noticed I finally figured out how to beautify my blog. I am "eats the glue special" when it comes to technology so yay me for figuring it out. Also, I have started a new job. Well by job I mean I babysit my friend's kids while she gives piano lessons once a week. And lets just say the first time I watched them their faces looked like this...

And Grace's face looked like this.....

apparently Grace is not into sharing her mommy. The first week all three kids had a melt down but since then it has gotten way better. There was a total of 0 meltdowns yesterday :) However there was an exploding sippy cup and consequently a drenched kid, opppps.
It has been a while since I have made any income so I tell Neil, about twenty times a day, what I am going to spend my new found fortune on. Clothes for Grace, clothes for me, highlights, a new fancy smancy moisturizer, furniture (I would need an accumulation of 3 years worth of paychecks), craft projects, sewing projects, presents for Neil, books, fun dates, ect. And maybe I already spent my first paycheck on those tickets to Les Mis- easy come easy go I guess.
Also I am trying to get Grace down from two naps to one long nap, any suggestions?

Please Raise Your Hand If....

you drive a red vehicle and ran into my car door while I was buying Baby Grace pjs at Old Navy. You might as well turn yourself in because I am pretty sure this is top priority for the police and perhaps even the FBI.

Aqua-phobia

When Baby Grace was first born she loved the water. She especially loved having her hair shampooed during her bath.When she became big enough for the tub I would put her in and she would kick her legs and move from one end of the tub to the other while happily splashing. Then a few weeks ago we had an incident, an incident which drained all the joy out of bath time. Neil was giving Grace her bath and usually he soaps her all up, then drains the tub, then rinses her off with fresh water from the faucet. Well, Neil soaped her up and thought he pulled the plug from the drain and turned on the water and THEN returned to the book he was reading. Well, he looked over a few minutes later and only Grace's mouth was above water! Since then she has refused to lay down in the bath tub and will rarely even stay seated. So today, instead of the bath tub we tried the kitchen sink and we were successful.

The Loud, Proud, Well Read Crowd

For some time now I have wanted to get involved with a book club and today was my first meeting. Well, it was the first meeting of a book and film club I started with some friends. We had an English tea party to kickoff for our first read, I Capture the Castle. I knew one of my friends was bringing raspberry scones, another lemonade, and I was supplying the requisite cucumber sandwiches but a bunch of gals just showed up with tea esq foods to share. We had a fruit and cream cheese pizza, warm from the oven cinnamon rolls, and some delicious cookie bars. I tend to get a little stressed before any event I plan and it was such a lovely surprise to see every one's enthusiasm and involvement. We made our reading and viewing list and I am just so excited! We are even going to go see Les Mis downtown for one meeting (we decided to let the hubbys join us for that one :)
On another note vegetarian week hit a snag. I came home from book club on cloud nine and before I realized what had happened I ate a chicken wing Neil had made! So close, mere hours away from completion. But looking back at my almost week of veggieness I must conclude that I am rather tired of beans. Other than that it didn't seem very different then any other week.
Fellow bloggers- let me know if there are any fabulous books or films you recommend for my newly minted group. thanks and happy weekend :)

Day Two and Mr. Darcy

Day two of my veggie experiment went fine. Not fabulous, just fine. Breakfast was a peanut butter banana, lunch was leftover lasagna, and dinner was unsloppy joes (allrecipes.com). The unsloppy joes were a little bland so I threw in some Worcestershire sauce to jazz it up. I was tempted by McDonalds at about four o'clock, (I have a love for their cheese burger happy meals), but resisted. I did, however, make fries with my joes as an ode to Ronald.
Today Grace and I went over to a friend's and watched the last half of Pride and Prejudice. The lovely six hour version which is happily Kera Knightly free. Sadly, the babies were not that into it. For some reason they wanted snacks, and diaper changes, anything to keep me from Mr. Darcy swimming in his pond. By the way the whole pond swimming thing kinda grosses me out. All the flora is just too much. It would feel like creepy little whiskers touching my feet, ugh shudder. I also attended the feared body pump class for the 5Th time today and, really, I think I'm getting the swing of things. So happy Tuesday to all and to all a goodnight.

Going Green: Day One

Breakfast: Yummy oatmeal with some brown sugar and sliced bananas (Grace's favorite)
Lunch: Grilled cheese and a spinach, apple, and almond salad :)

I had a snack of toast with some peanut butter- sorry no pic.
And then
Dinner: Artichoke Spinach Lasagna, salad, and croissants. The lasagna was from allrecipes and was fabulous (thanks chef david). I did throw in 2 grated carrots and about 1 cup chopped mushrooms when I sauteed the garlic and onions. Also, make sure to drain the veggies really well or else you will end up with a watery mess.

One day down six to go :)

Makeover Math Time

Grace got a new 'do. At first she loved it....

then she got a little agressive

Perhaps grace + hair tie = gladiator baby