I have to admit that these last few days have been particularly hard on me, and I'm not 100% sure why. Physically, I haven't been feeling up to snuff--which I'm sure is the result of being off the ww wagon. The only thing better than carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is Ben & Jerry's Carrot Cake ice cream--with a cream cheese frosting swirl! But, I digress. I'm finally feeling like I should start counting points again, and am just wondering when would be the best time to start. Yeah, yeah, no time like the present, and all that crap. I need time to plan, time to get the food in the house. And, maybe most of all, I need time to prepare my mind--to get it out of the deprivation mindset that it automatically sinks into anytime the word "points" comes up. I'm also fairly nervous about getting back on the scale. I know that I'm still fitting into the size-smaller jeans that I got before vacation, but they are fitting a bit tight. And, I'm wondering just how much damage I managed to do while enjoying the jalapeno poppers, chili and carrot cake ice cream.
Mentally, I have not been at the top of my game either. I'm still taking a nap almost every morning. And while I tell myself that it's just because I'm still getting up with Omega during the night, part of me wonders if it isn't a bit of depression setting in. Things are so lonely here during the day. And now with Omega so mobile and getting into everything, I'm having to leave the computer off while he's awake. I'm realizing just how much time I spent on the computer every day.
I was an avid FrontierVille player on facebook, but I started having a lot of problems with the game--the internet needing to refresh all the time, etc. And I realized that I was spending up to 2 hours a night (not counting anytime during the day) just getting the basics of the game done. Not to mention that I needed lots more friends to make the game play easier--and I refused to friend people I didn't know. So, I gave up--I gifted all the items that I could to my friends that play and have unliked the application and blocked all the posts from my newsfeeds.
I've chatted up everyone that I could about our trip, which now leaves me with not much to talk about--and I don't feel that I can pester my few friends that often without too much going on. And I'm definitely getting the feeling from my mom that my phone calls are coming at inopportune moments--namely any time of the day. So, I'm really feeling cut off from grownups--which is just kind of feeding the depression issue.
I am currently on my 3rd attempt to knit a hat for Omega--and I tried the bottom on him today--which was a struggle considering the needles and yarn were still attached. And it's looking a little big. I'm really getting ready to throw the towel in and just buy the poor kid a hat. Pretty soon, he's not going to be able to get by with just the hood on his jacket. But, I really wanted to make him a hat--so maybe I'll have to start over from scratch and use some yarn that I'm more familiar with--something that's more uniform.
For TO's halloween costume (she was a witch), I needed a length of rope or twine to tie around her waist. And of course lacking that, I looked up some instructions on how to "finger knit." I was able to make her belt (big enough to tie around me) in under 10 minutes. Now I'm debating about teaching TO how to do this--it was extremely easy--and see if she would want to make a big long chain to use as garland on the Christmas tree this year. The instructions for finger knitting are here--I used the photos, not the video--which did not match the photos, and for the belt--and garland--I only used 2 fingers.
I currently have 3 packages that I'm waiting for in the mail. Snow pants for TO from P's mom. Evidently she shipped them to the wrong address--again. I thought we had gotten that corrected the last time it happened, but evidently everything that she sends to our house has been addressed to the wrong address. Somehow the post office gets it here (and of course, I haven't noticed the incorrect address because when something shows up in my mailbox addressed to me, I don't stop to read the address too), but UPS gets it screwed up every time--meaning they aren't mind readers and deliver it to the address on the label. Or, at least this is the gist of the 30 minute lecture that I got on the subject--like it's my fault.
I'm also waiting for Omega's snowsuit--I had returned the ones that my step-mom sent me and am waiting for the correct ones to be sent to us (a cute bear one for this year--built in feet and mittens--and a polar fleece one for next year). I'm not really hopeful of a quick turn around time, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed--snow could be coming any day now--and as mentioned before, the poor kid doesn't even have a hat!
The third package is my birthday present/Omega's Christmas present. Perhaps I should preface this with--I told P that I wanted a birthday gift this year--we've been married 8 years now and have never exchanged presents--for birthday or Christmas. And this year--I just really wanted a birthday present to open--don't ask why, I'm not really sure that I know. I told him he has a chiropractor appointment on my birthday and that he should just stop after he was done and pick something out. So the other day he took LE and CD out for supper and it was taking them a really long time to get home. Turns out they were birthday shopping for me. They brought home a new dual handset cordless phone. And I'm not trying to sound bitchy--but it's my blog and you can stop reading if you want to--1) I really wanted something on my birthday, 2) I kind of feel like it's more for him than for me--he's the one that's been missing the cordless since it broke a few months ago, and 3) isn't it kind of like getting a vacuum? While I'm glad I got a gift, I can say I wasn't really excited about it--but honestly I'm not sure what I was expecting him to get for me anyway.
But, back to my 3rd package. I got a facebook post from Nicki's Diapers today about a new diaper that they had stocked--basically like the ones that I use and love--only with prints! Rock on! I'd been wanting prints for so long--that's the best part of cloth diapering--being able to put really cute prints on your kid's bottom. Anyway...I checked out their website and ended up ordering 2 really cute diapers--with kangaroo print! Actually kangaroos wearing diapers. Kangaroo diaper seen here. I was only $10 away from the free shipping and when I calculated the shipping--it was going to cost me $10.10. So, I went back to the site and found some inserts and bought enough to equal the $10. If I had to spend the $10 either way, I might as well get something, right.
Something completely off topic that maybe considered gross--but again, it's my blog. About 8 years ago, I started using the Keeper during my periods. And as grossed out as I thought I'd be, I really liked it. Combined with some cloth pads that I washed with the cloth diapers--I was set. Then sometime in the last move, I lost my Keeper--my apologies to whoever runs across it. I went through 2 periods using the disposable products that I had managed to collect and move over the last 8 years--of course, it couldn't be them that I lost--and hated every day of it. So after my last period, I broke down and spent the money to get a new one. However, I had trouble finding the Keeper at a reasonable price, and I decided to try the Diva Cup seen here. And after using it, I have to say, I like it a lot better than the Keeper. It seems softer, more flexible and it has a few raised rings/ridges at the base to help with removal. The site says that it needs to be replace about once a year, but I also ran across sites that had reviews from women who have used the Diva Cup for years. So, I guess I'll just see how it's doing after a year. Again the whole above paragraph was probably TMI, but again--my blog. And as long as I'm TMIing, I use the FuzziBunz Comfort Pads seen here.
I have been reading up a storm lately--probably due to the less computer time. And, I've finally caught up on the flux of books that accidentally all came in at the same time about a month ago--apparently there just aren't too many holds on older romances. So, I'm reading Master of Fire by Angela Knight right now--and the only thing I have left here at the house is Death's Excellent Vacation a compilation of short stories by various authors. I got it for the Jim the demon dog short story by Katie MacAlister, which was hilarious by the way. I still have all the other short stories to read in that book yet. Now I need to get back on the library's website and reserve some more books. And they'll probably all come in at the same time again, and I'll be right back in the same boat again.
Well, I think that's enough babbling for tonight.
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