Healthy Living Begins Now

Procrastination must be my middle name these days – because I have yet to begin a healthier diet but after seeing what the spouse’s cousin ate – even though she is diabetic, it hit me that I should be a living example for a healthier living.  I had promised myself to lose 2 kg a month and I haven’t even started on my exercise regime.  I don’t have those  HCG shots Austin  like those who lived in the states can get – so I won’t get the help I need because I’ve heard that cleansing is also a very important part of losing weight.   Now what made intrigue me was a testimonial I read – not only did she lost 47Ibs but she was off diabetic medication!!!! wow!!!!  now that would be something worth trying for sure.  I asked a friend in Austin Texas to check it out for me  – because I’m really excited about the diabetic part.

Taking Advantage Of A Discount

Yes, even though we didn’t need the labels for this year since everything that needed labeling was done in September last year – I took advantage of a discount from Mabel Labels – at 20% off the labels.  Some parents might think that paying so much for labels is not worth it – when you can use those permanent markers and mark everything that belongs to your kid.  Sure you can – but you only are cute for a certain period of their lives and so why not take advantage of that and give them the cutest things to go with their cuteness right?  Sure it’s a lot of money – but it is worth it as the labels do last a long time – and they don’t peel off.   I did get some from Etsy thinking that they are cheaper and i wanted to support the locally made ones – but they peeled off and was so disappointing – so when it comes to labels my faith is on Mabel labels.

My Child Is Still Grieving

Chloe is still grieving for her grammie – we can’t talk about her grammie because it makes her sad – and at night she wants a hug from her grammie.  When she visits her grampie – she wants a hug from grammie before leaving but of course, she can’t get any hugs from her grammie.  She reminds us that her grammie didn’t give her a good bye hug before she died and she had been writing letters to her grammie and calling out for her when she plays.

She knows that grammie is in heaven now but she cannot understand how it can be better in heaven when she cannot see her grammie nor her grammie sees her.  She knows her grammie loves her but she misses her deeply.  I grieve with my child and I wished I know how to say the right thing – but I could only think of all the things she cannot do with grammie anymore.  Very sad indeed.

Kids Can Do Housework Too

Yes, kids can do housework too and help around the store.  Today, Chloe wanted to help clean the toilet and we let her – her daddy stayed and watch her cleaned it and even though she didn’t do a good job – it’s alright – because it’s a start.  Usually on Sundays, we make her clean up her books and dust around the house while we clean up the house like vacuuming and stuff.  And at the store, we make her dust or do some spraying of fabreeze or help the customers with opening the locked cabinets.

One thing for sure is when you ask your kids to help out with the housework, never tell them that it is not cleaned enough and you want to do it all over again.  This would then make your kid not want to help you in the future.  My mom did that to us, she was never happy with what we did and even called us a liar and accused us for not doing our chores, now that is a huge no no !

For Chloe, doing housework and helping out around the home and store is a joy, she feels that she is responsible – she feels like she is a big girl for helping out, she feels useful – that is how you want your kids to feel.

Battle Of The Weight

 I think it’s the age factor – that one finds it really hard to lose the extra weight – especially someone like myself who loves to eat.  I eat when I am happy, I eat when I am sad – I eat when I watch a tv show – I eat when I am hungry.  Sounds like a lot of eating right? and sounds really familiar too right?  Anyhow, I’m trying to lose some weight for the summer because I have a wedding to attend in New Brunswick.  Last year we didn’t get to go for another wedding of a cousin because we didn’t have any help – but this year there is no excuse – so I’m looking for some help – like a wee bit of diet pills.  Of course, I also need to see what the side effects of myonox  is before taking them and also I will check with my doctor about it.   So wish me good luck with my battle of my weight this summer.

Hacking My Lungs Out !

Darn ! I lost my voice and currently am hacking my lungs out!  I bet I caught the cold from PB – who had been hacking his for a few days now causing me no sleep.  But I can’t complained else he will feel bad about it.  So now revenge time for me tonite and the next few nites – hahahha!

Swimming With Kids

We were invited to a small get-together with some extended family last week and since they have an indoor heated pool – the children wanted to swim of course.  But while we were chatting – the kids were playing in the pool and around it – of course the younger ones cannot go into the pool and thank God for pool safety net , we can go and get our food or drinks without worrying that the younger ones may fall in the pool while there wasn’t any adults in sight.   If I have an outdoor pool in the future for Chloe, I too will invest in the pool safety net because we love BBQing so much in the summer and when you have good friends around, we tend to chat and laugh, we sometimes might just turn around and not pay attention to the younger kids.  So to avoid any accidents at my home – God forbid – I’m going to insist on the pool safety net. We had such a good time at the extended families – no accidents – thanks to the pool safety net – the kids were tired out but they looked forward to going again.

Birthday Party

Normally, I would never asked PB to drop his work and attend a birthday or gathering of his extended family.  But because of Chloe and because we wanted to show her that she don’t have to worry we might die anytime soon – we brought her to Aunt Guytha’s 100 birthday at her home in Port Maitland.

Yes, Aunt Guytha is 100 years old yesterday – a lot of people attended the party – and Chloe was quite pleased to see that Aunt Guytha was real and that she lived to 100 years old.  As for Aunt Guytha – she is PB’s grandmother’s sister –  looking really good for her age.  Her house was huge and really nice.   I’m happy we went – even though it was raining and all – at least she seems happier after going to the birthday party.

Spring Cannot Come Sooner

It had been a really trying month for us – the entire family – i can’t wait for the warmer weather to come – and for us to get out of this deary mode.  With what had happened recently in our family – I’ll say we need a lot of warmth and sunshine.  This year I think I might just be responsible taking care of the boys at home since now that the mother-in-law is gone.  I saw some carhartt shorts  and thought of the spouse, the brother-in-law and the father-in-law and wonder to myself if i should buy it for them.   Before when the mother-in-law is around I didn’t worry about any of the boys because after all, she is the mother and I’m not and I had it good then.  She would do everything for them – from knitting socks to buying their underwear. Now I’m going to have to look out for the rest of the boys because I know that’s what my mother-in-law would want.  So when I shop for the spouse now – I would think of the father-in-law as well as the brother-in-law.