Mind Tricks and Treats
Roaming around the cold streets of our neighborhood, smelling the singed pumpkin from our suprisingly flammable jack o’ lantern and fearing that my children will never go to sleep due to the candy that they are opening and shoveling faster than I can grab it from their sticky paws has made me delusional. First, I woke up this morning and had a cookie for breakfast. In my mind, it tasted like this: But it actually looked like this: A Fitnessista... Read More
Halloween’s a Beach
It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween…and Spring Break. I woke up this morning and hit the treadmill while the Today show revealed their annual over-the-top Halloween costumes. I saw Matt Lauer first, and for a good half of a mile, I thought he was dressed as Ellen DeGeneres. After my run, I came in to get Gigi ready for school. Rather than have a bunch of kids showing up dressed like “Zebra Pimps” and “Runway... Read More
A Lack of Supervision
The good news is today was a really productive day. My house is immaculately clean. Well, let’s be honest, my house is no longer Child Protective Services bait. Or is it? You see, in order to get things done, my children are sometimes left to their own devices. After my run this morning, I had a very important phone call, which meant that breakfast had to wait. Don’t worry though, Lulu started bellowing for “Bunny GWAMS!!!”... Read More
Problem Solved
Problem #1: Daddy had a court appearance this morning (he’s a lawyer; he’s not being held in conjunction with a string of liquor store root beer bottling plant robberies), so I had to work out, get Gigi ready for school, get breakfast and be ready to leave by 8:15. Solution: I hit the treadmill at 7:30, was done by 7:55. I scarfed a heated up pear, topped with Kashi Go Lean and Pumpkin Spice granola whilst perfecting Gigi’s flawless... Read More
20 Questions
Or maybe just 10. You might be asking: 1) Sweet Lawdy, what happened to Lulu? Lulu was up multiple times during the night with her cold. Luckily, I’ve trained both girls to call “Daddy, Daddy!” in the middle of the night and sometimes I take sleep aids. Unfortunately, Daddy looked worse than Lulu this morning. 2) What are they drinking? Strawberry banana smoothies. Duh. Give me a hard one. 3) What are they watching? Due... Read More
A Day With A Peel
I can’t leave you hanging on the pumpkin situation. Despite my protest desperate excuse that it was still too early and our pumpkins would turn into blue furry mushballs before Halloween, we did in fact get a carvin’. We had a fool proof system. Lulu gutted. Gigi and I drew. Did you know that having your tongue out increases your concentration by 40%? Uh…yeah…and you are also a winner in the British National Lottery…please... Read More
Smashing Posts, Picking Pumpkins
We’ve had a busy weekend, and I seem to have documented just bits and pieces, so I’m going to smash my two days into one fabulous mediocre post! First, I have to say that my back has NEVER FELT BETTER. Well, I’m sure it felt better after that one time that I had an hour long massage, prior to ever having children, playing “Piggyback Chase,” and unloading a 25 lb. reusable Costco grocery bag (those babies are HUGE!)... Read More
The Good Stuff
1. Gigi asking at 6:55 am (five minutes earlier than her usual wakeup time), “Why do I have to get up in the middle of the night?!” 2. Having my nurse tell the doctor that my whole body is “as big around as her thigh,” even while my pants are around my ankles. 3. Drugs 4. Remembering none of my procedure today except for bits and pieces of a conversation I had with the doctor about Tom Petty’s teeth (See... Read More
Let’s Get to the Point
Aside from sleeping late and getting a VERY brief run in on the treadmill, the morning started out like any other. I know you are dying to see what costume Gigi chose to put on this morning. Since she didn’t have school today, costuming was free to begin upon rising. Like the 2008 presidential election, this choice could set a new precedent. Will she choose the “Nice Witch,” which upon exit polling was clearly the favorite... Read More
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore
It was a happy Wednesday Wedding Day here! Remember that from grade school? You had to pick who you were going to marry on Wednesday. No one ever picked me. My pink Sally Jessy Raphael glasses and spiral perm have no idea why. I quickly want to mention that I’ve added a page called, “Where Peas Roll,” which is my blog roll. Every blog on there I read, and I also feel like everyone on there is a friend of mine. Maybe you... Read More
Hide and Go “Boo”!
I woke up this morning before anyone else: SCORE! I heated up a cup of coffee, laced up my running shoes and got ready to head out to the treadmill. Then Lulu woke up. “I want Mommy, I want Mommy!” Even though Daddy was right there to get her up, she’s been obsessed with me lately and it’s interfering with my “me time,” as she grabs onto my leg and won’t let go. Of course, I could say the same for Daddy,... Read More
Isn’t it Ironic?
Isn’t it ironic that while doing Jillian Michaels’ Power Sculpt this morning, I tried to prevent back injury while putting down a dumbbell, so I threw it in our chair and proceeded to tear a hole…in it’s back? Oops. I’m such an animal. Isn’t it ironic that while Gigi was at school learning to write her ABC’s, I had a K-inspired ABC breakfast? Apple, Banana, Coffee, Doughnut. Isn’t it ironic that... Read More
Heaven and Hell
Today was filled with things not of this Earth. First, I had breakfast with a witch. Yup, Day 3 with the costume, and she had it on at the crack of dawn. I took a second picture and she gave me a look that said, “Oh great, I see we are doing this ‘take pictures of me every five minutes thing’ again.” I had a Honeycrisp apple with cinnamon and pumpkin spice granola on top, and a small pour of Kashi Go Lean underneath. I... Read More
While You Were Sleeping
This morning I awoke to hear a cackle coming from Gigi’s room. There is no better time than 7:30 a.m. on October 17th to try on your Halloween costume. Again. Once Gigi informed me that she was in fact her in disguise and not an actual witch, I made a quick breakfast. ~1/3 c. Kashi Go Lean 1 peach, sliced cinnamon ~2 T. Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Spice Granola I had some coffee with almond milk and stevia, and then headed out to the gym,... Read More
