We spent ten glorious days on the land on “aloha” and it was very eventful. We went to the beach nearly every single day and enjoyed playing in the sand, swimming with the waves and eating fun foods like shaved ice. While I tried to stay active while we were gone, we didn’t go to the local gym at all. I wasn’t expecting to – especially since it’s already hard for me to get out in my own town! But,…
Moments between pictures…
August 22, 2011August 21, 2011 We are leaving for Hawaii tomorrow. Our clothes are packed, the refrigerator is clean, Christian’s backpack is full of books and toys, the house is clean and there is not one piece of dirty laundry or dish in this house. After a long week of working, organizing, running errands and completing my long to-do list, I am finally fresh-from-the-shower, in a bathrobe and able to devote my last couple hours awake to my websites. I don’t plan…
Mommy Fitness Blog: cleaning is exercise.
August 18, 2011If I don’t have many appointments, I spend the majority of the morning very busy. I’m on my feet cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, vacuuming, washing dishes, fixing beds, etc. It’s amazing how long it takes me to actually finally sit down and relax. Considering I’m carrying a bit of extra weight, I definitely know how it feels like to use “cleaning as a workout”. We will be moving soon into a two story home with three MORE bedrooms, so I…
Playing catch
August 10, 2011August 9, 2011 I have been crazy, ridiculously, unsustainably emotional lately. The other day, I called my mother complaining about a bothersome issue and she said, You know who I feel sorry for? I feel sorry for that baby in you. It must be hard going through so much stress just existing inside of you. Of course, I started to cry more. No surprise, since my hormonal tears come out instantaneously at any given moment and for any given reason.…
Mommy Fitness Blog: swimming is my new thing!
August 9, 2011Yep – it’s hot here in dry Sacramento and I have found that swimming not only cools me, relaxes me and makes my boys happy, but it also makes me healthier! On Saturday I was supposed to workout (for my once-a-week-workout) but didn’t make it for several reasons… 1. The boys took over my morning 2. I woke up late. 3. I stalled because I invited my husband to go workout with us. 4. When we got there I had…
Mommy Fitness Blog: not happening…
August 3, 2011Gosh. I feel terrible. I literally workout once a week. It’s terrible. It’s the worse I’ve been EVER. And NO, being pregnant is not an excuse…having two crazy toddlers is no excuse. Working and getting stressed is no excuse. Having a husband out of town is no excuse. These are normal excuses for people but they aren’t normal excuses for me. Because the fact is…is that I have over 20 workout DVD’s, I have a jumprope, a medicine ball, an…
my Care Home Business
August 3, 2011August 2, 2011 Over twelve years ago, my parent’s opened their first residential care home. Since then, we have opened eight more facilities in the Elk Grove and Sacramento regions. We are the largest family-owned care home business in Northern CA. When I was in college, I remember commuting home on the weekends just so I can help nail beams, paint walls and clean floors. In our earliest days we used to perform activities with the residents and supervise them…
Moment of Transformation
July 26, 2011July 26, 2011 It never fails. At least once a day while playing with my sons or putting them to sleep – I think about the moment I brought Christian home for the very first time. He was sleeping and swaddled in a green blanket while I placed him softly on our bed. I remember staring at him in complete awe that this small human being was now in this world and in my responsibility. I could still smell his…
I’m almost 19 weeks preggers – we will be finding out the sex at my 21 week appointment! Technically we can do it now…and I’ve been contemplating paying $60 just to have a 2D scan, BUT, it’s nice dreaming of a girl!! I feel good. No back pain. Some Energy – but whatever energy I have is dissipated from the boys. This weekend however I was able to take a “mom-cation”!! I went to see some of my friends in…
Becoming passionately challenged.
July 14, 2011July 13, 2011 I’ve been feeling incredibly restless lately. My stepdaughters left last week and since then it feels like a tornado swept through our lives for a month and then suddenly left. While visiting I hosted two pool parties, two birthday parties and helped organize white water rafting, bowling and more. Every day the house was a busy wreck where I was constantly packing bags, going through to do lists and rushing out the house to make it tardily…