Aric and I both did well with our eating today, but after dinner, we were both still hungry. That sucks. Neither of us cheated, and I think we both have drank enough water for the day. Still, it's hard to be happy when you're hungry. I just have to keep telling myself that this is good for me. It's not like I starved myself. I ate 1000 calories, so ( Read more... )

Aric and I are restarting our diets (again!) today, which means that this week we are doing the "blast off" week. That means only 1000 calories per day for a week, and then we readjust to whatever calories is appropriate for our weight to induce weight loss. I'm guessing I'll be at about 1800 calories, or maybe 1600, once we are done with this week ( Read more... )

It went fine. I got home, and Will was a giggling goose, like normal. He ate lunch fine, Galya said, but he refused to nap. Okay... that's normal enough. Anyway, I am glad that he really seems to like her, and that they seemed to have a good time together. Also, Galya played a game with Will that I'll have to learn myself -- it's called cleaning up ( Read more... )

I am so nervous that I can't think about anything else but Will. I'm at a coffee shop, trying to do work, while he's at home with Galya for the first time. I'm sure it'll be fine, but I think that it's going to take me longer to get used to leaving him with someone than it will be for him to get used to it. I stayed for about 45 minutes, showing ( Read more... )

It's been almost two weeks since our washer broke down. Today, we got a new one. Our landlord bought a new one for us, and it was delivered today. Thank God. I put a load of towels in immediately -- not wanting to use our clothes as the "test run" of the thing. It has a somewhat smaller capacity, I think, than our old washer, but how can I complain ( Read more... )

I HAD to share! I just got done decorating Aric's birthday cake for his cake party tomorrow. The theme -- if you can't tell -- is Hawaiian Tiki. Thus, the cake has its own grass skirt, etc. Not bad for an amateur, eh?

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It's Friday? How did that happen?

It's been a nutty week. First off -- on Tuesday, our washing machine broke down midcyle, so I had to hand wash the clothes in the bath tub around midnight. [Edit: Aric DID help, for the record, with the hand washing] Woke up poor Will and Aric. Found out it'll cost 65 dollars just to have someone look at the damn ( Read more... )

Here I am in all my Simpson's glory. (And oddly enough, I think it actually looks like me...)


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I went to Half Moon Bay for their Monday infant/toddler story time. The lady who used to do our story time in San Mateo works there now, and she runs story time there too. I fear that I'm a librarian groupie. I just really like this librarian. She's very good with the kids and with the story time. Admittedly, Half Moon Bay has a much smaller branch ( Read more... )

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