In a Funk

With all of us being sick at some point since before Christmas, I feel like I've been in such a funk. I can't seem to get in a good mood. I can't seem to get back into a routine. All I want to do is stay in every day and then I get stir crazy and mad at myself for not getting out of the house. I just have no motivation these days. I feel like I'm watching my life go by outside of my body. Like I'm numb or in a dream.

I've been taking vitamin D as prescribed by my DR that is supposed to be helping with mood swings. But lately, my emotions have been all across the board from one minute to the next. I've had to get my anxiety Rx refilled after almost two years of not using it. Ugh...I guess it's all the stress with trying to sell this house and maybe my body is adjusting to not being on birth control anymore.

We lowered the price of the house by another $100,000 today. That's down $300,000 from our original asking price now. It's so frustrating and is definitely taking it's toll on us. I just can't wait to have this all done and over with already.
We plan on renting a house in the Fairfield/Kempsville area of Virginia Beach once we get rid of this house. I really liked living over there and I can't wait to move back. I'm just not looking forward to the packing and unpacking. You would think I would be a pro by now. Seven moves in the last eight years should make me a pro. But I just hate every part of moving.

Okay, enough of my pity party...The girls are doing good. Trevor has been surprisingly helpful since my mom has been gone(coming home tomorrow...wooohooo) and he has gained confidence in himself as a father since I left him with the girls for the weekend last week. I am so proud of him. But it didn't come without a price of course. Ever since I came home, Emily double-checks with her dad before she does anything and that gets a little frustrating at times.

Natalie is talking more and more each day and I feel like she is growing up too fast! She'll be 2 in 4 months. Oh my, where does the time go?

Sickness

Natalie was supper crabby this afternoon, so I put her down for another nap around 4:30 and she woke up covered in puke! I guess she's allergic to pine cones too. Now Trevor is complaining that his stomach hurts too.

Ugh! I hope that if I'm going to get it, I'll get it tomorrow so I will be fine by Friday for my trip...LOL

Snow

It's so funny how this area gets all wound up at the first chance of snow. They closed all the schools today and it hasn't even started snowing yet! Craziness.
I almost used it as an excuse not to go to the gym today. But then I thought to myself, "that's ridiculous, you're from Philly, where you would get up and take the bus and subway to work in two feet of snow!" So, I'm proud to say that I went for an hour and a half. Wooohooo! I haven't been since last Wednesday.
My goal is to go 5 days a week. Doing the elliptical for 45 mins on MWF and the weight circuit plus 20-30 mins of the elliptical on T& Th. So far I've only made it 3 days a week. But I'm trying. I also have to get my eating under control. That's easier said than done though. I'm thinking about going back to weight watchers. Trevor even agreed to go back with me, but I'm just not into writing stuff down everyday. I'm going to start with tyring to do the core plan on my own where I won't have to write anything down, just eat healthy foods and control portion sizes.

Well, I have to get my butt in the shower so I can go to the post office to mail some stuff.

Allergic to Pine Cones?

Emily came in my room this morning @5:30 to tell me that I had to change her pj's and give her a bucket because she puked. She then proceeded to tell me that she puked because she is allergic to pine cones...LOL I have no idea where she gets this stuff.
We were supposed to be having a play date here today. I even made thumbprint cookies and bought three different coffee creamers, doughnuts, and cheese crackers. But I had to cancel it. Well, I just moved it to MarAcrthur mall. I hope the other girls still go. Although it will probably be crowded with it being a holiday and all. Oh well. I don't want to spread sickness to other kids of the group. So, we'll just stay in AGAIN:(

I can't wait for summer. I'm missing the sun and the warmer weather.

Getting Sucked in

...to Ebay that is. I don't know why I even go on there anymore. Every time I do, I end up finding a ton of things that I want. Living on a budget sucks. But luckily I'm getting used to it and I'm learning to distinguish between my "wants" and my actual needs.

Claire from my mommy group is helping to enlighten me. She's given me some fantastic "green" ideas and has sparked a change in the Halstead household, which Trevor is more than happy to implement since all of them save money as well.

I lowered the thermostat by 2 degrees a couple of months ago and we saved about $100 on our last heating bill! It took a little get used to at first. We had to bundle up with sweatshirts and heavy socks. But now we are used to it and I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt right now. One of the things that Claire said that really made sense was, "warm the people not the house."
We also started using cloth diapers recently. It's not as nearly as hard(or gross) as I thought it would be.

Anyway, back to Ebay...I got a jean dress for Emily for $3.25 and I'm bidding on two bikinis for her with my max bid set at $5. Hopefully I'll stick to that bid:) I figured if I can stick to a maximum bid of $5 for clothing, then I'll be safe. I only need things for Emily. Natalie has plenty of stuff from Emily's old wardrobe. I need to start hitting the thrift stores.

Going Stir-Crazy

I really need to get out of this house! Trevor has been off all week and we are just about at each other's throats. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to have help with the kids, but he just puts a kink in our routine.

As soon as we woke up this morning, I told him that we had to go somewhere today. Anywhere. I want to go get some more BumGenious cloth diapers at Target and they only have them at the Lynnhaven location. So, we may end up there and then the Jumpin Monkey. That should be enough to fill our day until nap time at least.

Emily came down this morning and taught her sister how to climb out of her crib by moving the glider closer the crib and flipping onto it. Nice. I guess we'll be putting that tent on there today as well. Natalie flipped out of her crib a couple of months ago, but I think it scared her because she hasn't tried it again. Now she knows she can use the chair. Ow well, I guess they can't stay young forever.

Kelly called last night and said that my dad took off work next weekend and they are all coming up for Little Christmas...Yay!!!!! Emily is SO excited and I told Natalie before I put her to bed last night and she said "okay." ...LOL She's getting so smart. Pretty soon she'll be out-witting me.

Well, it's time to get my rear in the shower.

~Vigi

Finally

I figured I'd join the rest of the world...finally:)