random monday

random things i've been up too:

took kiddo to see The Lorax last week. animation was great, wasn't expecting all the songs tho. it was still good tho.

i've been pinning like crazy on Pinterest. but it's been paying off cause i've made some yummy food. i'll post pics and links to the recipes soon.

i've checked out some books from the library on mean girl behavior. yup...it's started. my little girl is dealing with mean girls in FOURTH GRADE!!!!! so not happy about that. but these books have been helpful and a good resource.

Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-proof Girls in the Early Grades
by Michelle Anthony, Reyna Lindert

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence
by Rachel Simmons

also i've offically joined my local YMCA and i've been going tues/thurs for kickboxing and m/w/f for use of the gym. i feel really good about that. i've partook in a full body fitness class and holy crow did that class KICK MY BUTT!!! i sneezed the next day and was in tears my abs hurt so bad. so i'll be going back to that this friday.

i re-read The Hunger Games for the upcoming movie. i still don't really like Katniss. i know people LOVE her, but eh. i'm interested in seeing how they pull everything off for the movie, but i know i'll be disappointed with some stuff.

i've finally made some way in reading The Games of Thrones. i think i'm finally more then halfway through. i'm really enjoying it. it's just such a THICK book!! which normally doesn't bother me.

the next two weeks is going to be a bit crazy for us. next weekend the 24th, marks 10yrs of marriage for hubby and i. we've had a roller coaster ride so far and i'm not ready to get off. he's my everything and i'm so happy to get to spend some time with him. no clue what we'll be doing yet but i know we'll have fun.

the following weekend we'll be celebrating kiddo's 10th birthday!!! i'm still in shock that i have a 10yr. i love that kid so flippin much!!!!!

this week we'll be having kiddo undergo allergy testing. she was tested for peanuts at age 1 and it came back positive. we were told then that she'd have a 20% chance of growing out of it. she's not a severe case, but we have an Epi-Pen just in case and watch what she eats. but we've never had her tested for tree nuts. it was pretty stressful just for the peanut test, that it just didn't happen. so we'll be going thursday and seeing how the allergy is now. she's kinda excited and nervous all at the same time. if she comes back negative to peanuts, the first thing she wants to try is....Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. that's my girl.

so yeah....that's what's been going on here! hope all is well!

xoxo-amanda

i want my hour back.

so last night was....wow....just plain sleepless for me. i think i may have gotten...maybe...an hour. i didn't have any tea/coffee/caffeine too late in the day, i wasn't stressed, nothing buggin me....i have no clue why i couldn't just sleep.

it turned into just thoughts after thoughts...."i haven't blogging in awhile...i should think of something to write" ( and i swear i wrote like 3 blogs in my mind last night) then it went to memories of when kiddo was little and we use to make up "baby stories" for her at random. then i went on "writing" one of those in my head in hope to print it out and send it to my friend whose always wanted to illustrate one of those stories.

then the random itchies happened...you know the kind. you're just laying there all comfy when all of a sudden your left calf itches....then you upper right arm...then the left side of your head.....then your back......then back to the right leg.....it's horrible.

then you get all settled again and it's quiet.....except hubby was snoring. yup...sorry love but you were. sigh......so then it's gentle moving and nudging to "wake" him up to stop snoring. yeah....didn't happen. snore.....snore.......snore.......sigh.

then it's trying different sleeping positions: back, right side, left side, tummy, back to trying curled up on the right side again. then...just as i got somewhat comfy....i had to use the bathroom. sigh.

then it's walking in the dark with no glasses. now mind you, i'm like not completely blind, but sheesh! it's a strong prescription. so everything is fuzzy and dark and even tho i know my way around my own home at night, i still look out for things. ::pause to give quick back story::: i have an older sister.....she and i would ALWAYS try to scare the poo out of each other growing up. sometimes i'd win, sometimes she'd win. but mostly it was her "torturing" me. there was one time where i was waiting for her to come in and say good night (she's 11 1/2yrs older and was always my "babysitter" when our parents were out). now my bed room door opened to a long hallway where the top of the stairs came out too....she snuck up the stairs quiet as a mouse and as i'm watching the stairs for her anxiously, cause even tho i called for her like 5 times....she didn't answer. i was like 7 maybe so i was mildly freaked.....so as i'm looking down the hall....slooowwwlllly just her heads appears from the top of the stairs!!!! i totally SCREAMED!!!! so.....yeah...i'm just a tad jumpy at night. (thanks sis....it's totally all your fault) so back to the main point of this.....as i'm walking to the bathroom in the dark i look down our hallway to make sure everything is ok....when all of a sudden all the scary movie/tv show creepiness come rushing into my head and i mildly freakout. i KNOW there's nothing in the house to get me....i KNOW!!!! BUT.....there's a very miniscule chance that there could be. so......yeah. that happened. i rush back to bed trying not to just jump over hubby to my side cause i wouldn't want to disturb his peaceful peaceful slumber. sigh.

back to trying to get comfy again. but all the time making sure that no body part is hanging off the bed. cause there's STILL THAT CHANCE OF SOMETHING BEING UNDER THE BED!!!! don't laugh.

just as i was entering a dream of talking to hubby about not being able to sleep the dark is broken by the bathroom light. it's time for him to get up and get ready for work. and my own alarm will be going off in 40mins.

i'm so screwed for energy today.