Don't worry!!! This blog will remain in place and will be my primary blogging spot! I just felt like creating a new blog with a slightly different focus. But this will still be my #1.
Come check it out.
www.fitminute.blogspot.com
Only one post thus far but that's because I started it 5 minutes ago lol.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
9 Months
Oops, 2 days late. Eek!
Miss Mara turned 9 months old on Sunday. She crawls everywhere, can stand for ages, and loves to chase the dogs. She loves macaroni & cheese, pancake, scrambled egg, grape juice and yogurt. She still loves to nurse. She is the light of my life!
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Moved!
I've been trying to post for several days, but the app on my phone refuses to publish the post! UGH! So annoying!!!
We moved a little over a week ago and I just now unearthed my laptop from the depths of a box, so this is the soonest I could post since my phone decided to be incredibly unhelpful.
I have discovered that moving with just adults is a LOT easier than moving with an almost-9-month-old! We were much less prepared and organized this move, which translates to a lot of boxes marked "Random". Which, of course, means I don't know where a lot of things are. I know they're in a box, but which box?? The garage is a disaster still, but we're slowly chipping away at it. Between Corky working all the time, Mara needing a lot of attention, the dogs constantly trying to chew everything and me having to teach classes, the house is pretty slow to come together but we're getting there.
Today is my sister's birthday. Can't believe she's 19! Wow, I feel old.
I'll have some pictures for you eventually. Happy Thursday!!! Xoxox
We moved a little over a week ago and I just now unearthed my laptop from the depths of a box, so this is the soonest I could post since my phone decided to be incredibly unhelpful.
I have discovered that moving with just adults is a LOT easier than moving with an almost-9-month-old! We were much less prepared and organized this move, which translates to a lot of boxes marked "Random". Which, of course, means I don't know where a lot of things are. I know they're in a box, but which box?? The garage is a disaster still, but we're slowly chipping away at it. Between Corky working all the time, Mara needing a lot of attention, the dogs constantly trying to chew everything and me having to teach classes, the house is pretty slow to come together but we're getting there.
Today is my sister's birthday. Can't believe she's 19! Wow, I feel old.
I'll have some pictures for you eventually. Happy Thursday!!! Xoxox
Thursday, August 6, 2015
P.P.A??
I am having trouble!!!! I wanted to quickly blog about it because it's just so WEIRD what is HAPPENING to me right now!!!
In February 2014 I wrote a blog post called "Stimming". Click HERE to read the blog post. In it, I talk about how I "stim" when my sensory sensitivities are triggered. I have a whole list of sounds/sensations I can't stand. There are actually 2 categories of these sounds: sounds that make me shiver and sounds that make me angry.
A few of the sounds that make me shiver:
-teeth grinding
-nails scratching paper
-cardboard on cardboard
-knuckles/joints popping
A few of the sounds that make me angry:
-lip smacking
-kissing
-tongue clucking
-snoring
(mouth sounds)
Earlier today, Mara was rolling around on the floor of my bedroom and got her hands on a notebook on the floor and SCRATCHED THE PAPER SO BAD!!!!!!! I gasped and swooped down, pulling the notebook away from her and tossing it across the room. I shivered and shuddered for a minute but I actually couldn't focus on that just then because Mara was wreaking havoc. So by the grace of god, I moved on.
A while ago, got home from teaching a Zumba class, had dinner and took a bath. When I got out of the bath, Corky came in the bathroom and we were talking about stuff. I walked into the bedroom to get my pajamas and saw the notebook lying where I had tossed it..... and my system freaked out! I stopped mid sentence and started stimming like crazy! I was shaking my head, snapping my fingers, tapping my foot... Corky thought I had gone out of my mind.
The weird thing is, I was totally fine until I saw the notebook. I even read a book in the bathtub! There was a different notebook sitting on the bathroom counter (not where we usually keep notebooks but we're moving so everything is everywhere) and I saw it and was fine. But as soon as I saw that notebook... I couldn't handle it. How weird!
I'm sure there's no such thing as Post Partum Autism but for sure my sensitivities have gotten worse since Mara was born. I think that's because of lack of sleep, mainly, although I'm sleeping a bit more since dropping that middle of the night pumping session (thank GOD!)
The human brain is a fascinating thing. Scary, but fascinating.
In February 2014 I wrote a blog post called "Stimming". Click HERE to read the blog post. In it, I talk about how I "stim" when my sensory sensitivities are triggered. I have a whole list of sounds/sensations I can't stand. There are actually 2 categories of these sounds: sounds that make me shiver and sounds that make me angry.
A few of the sounds that make me shiver:
-teeth grinding
-nails scratching paper
-cardboard on cardboard
-knuckles/joints popping
A few of the sounds that make me angry:
-lip smacking
-kissing
-tongue clucking
-snoring
(mouth sounds)
Earlier today, Mara was rolling around on the floor of my bedroom and got her hands on a notebook on the floor and SCRATCHED THE PAPER SO BAD!!!!!!! I gasped and swooped down, pulling the notebook away from her and tossing it across the room. I shivered and shuddered for a minute but I actually couldn't focus on that just then because Mara was wreaking havoc. So by the grace of god, I moved on.
A while ago, got home from teaching a Zumba class, had dinner and took a bath. When I got out of the bath, Corky came in the bathroom and we were talking about stuff. I walked into the bedroom to get my pajamas and saw the notebook lying where I had tossed it..... and my system freaked out! I stopped mid sentence and started stimming like crazy! I was shaking my head, snapping my fingers, tapping my foot... Corky thought I had gone out of my mind.
The weird thing is, I was totally fine until I saw the notebook. I even read a book in the bathtub! There was a different notebook sitting on the bathroom counter (not where we usually keep notebooks but we're moving so everything is everywhere) and I saw it and was fine. But as soon as I saw that notebook... I couldn't handle it. How weird!
I'm sure there's no such thing as Post Partum Autism but for sure my sensitivities have gotten worse since Mara was born. I think that's because of lack of sleep, mainly, although I'm sleeping a bit more since dropping that middle of the night pumping session (thank GOD!)
The human brain is a fascinating thing. Scary, but fascinating.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Summer Birthdays
My cousin and I decided to celebrate all the summer birthdays while we were in Connecticut. The summer birthdays are: my cousin B's daughter (July 2), my cousin J (July 20), my cousin B (July 23), me (July 24), my cousin J's daughter (July 26), my dad (August 7), and my sister (August 20).
We made one of those watermelon cakes where you cut the watermelon into a cylinder and decorate it with Cool Whip, berries and almonds. It was so rad and tasted so good!!!
My sister-cousin B and me with the "cake"
The inside!
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