I’ve been pretty much house bound yesterday, today, and probably tomorrow too. The roads have been icy so I am doing my best to not take the kids out on them. Yesterday Sunday school was cancelled due to the road conditions. Robert was going to try to go alone, but turned around less than a mile down the road. He was even sliding around on our gravel driveway. We did manage to make it to River Falls for Johanna’s third birthday party last night. Laura had lots of fun playing. :) I was going to get groceries today, but I ended up having Robert pick them up on his way home from work. It would have been late for me to get them, plus I wasn’t sure what the roads were like out there. I just saw lots of stuff falling from the sky today and heard the wind blowing. The advantage of being home is I am still maintaining the clean house. This morning I picked up and vacuumed the living room. I also got the kitchen and entry way swept/mopped. Tomorrow my goal is to vacuum the stairs and scrub the bathroom. It’s been a couple of weeks since the tub was scrubbed. If I am really feeling ambitious I may do laundry. It would reduce the amount that’ll need to be done when we get back home on Sunday.
Warren is working on getting through two molars. Everytime I think he is getting close, it never happens. His appetite has been reduced the last few days. He ate only a few bites of dinner tonight. I imagine it just plain hurts too much to eat right now. I hope for his sake that they pop through soon. He is in good spirits otherwise for the most part. He isn’t sleeping the best at night either. That is starting to take its toll on Robert and I. I am ready for a full night of uninterrupted sleep. On the plus side, he did let us sleep until 6:30 this morning, and I don’t remember the last time that happened.
Laura continues to amaze me at some of the most random times. I was looking at something on the computer and she says, “Well, that’s interesting!” It totally fit the scenario too! She is leaving Dora behind and plunging into the Disney Princesses. I think a lot of her Christmas presents will be related to the princesses. She is doing well with the potty training still. She is no longer going long periods of time between pooping. She will occasionally go every day, but usually it is every other. I can live with that.
My life is good. I have hit a new low on the scale. *insert a happy dance here*. The best part is that it didn’t go back up the next day. I’ve managed to maintain it for the day. I’ll in interested in how the scale looks tomorrow. I spent a bit of time on the floor today doing some stretches and exercises. Laura did some of them with me. Warren decided I needed a little extra help and was climbing on me. I think I may start doing more exercises in front of Laura to set a good example for her. Right now she runs in circles in the living room saying that she is doing her exercises. At least she is trying?
Well, time to clean up the dinner mess. I made a variation of Parmesan chicken. Lesson learned: don’t use grated Parmesan cheese as a breading and try to fry it. Makes a big mess. It turned out good baking it, melting a slice of swiss cheese over the top and topping it with a low-carb tomato sauce. This is a definite repeat dinner for us. I might need to figure out a different side that doesn’t require the use of the oven then, or at least can bake at the same temp. The roasted cauliflower we had tonight made things a little interesting (although I wasn’t planning on baking the chicken when I made the menu). Time to clean up and then head to bed!