For the first time tonight I confessed something to someone who was not family. I could not believe I told them. Your wondering what I told them. Well, here is what I told them. I let them know that I found a gray hair. Yes, I know, I am starting to gray.
It wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be to find my first gray hair, it was just surprising. It's not like I'm in my 20's. I just found my first gray hair about a month ago and I'm 34. I was really hoping I wouldn't find one until I was closer to 40, but that sure didn't happen. The good thing is that it is only one that I have found so far. The funny is when I told my friend she really had to squint to get a good look at it because it looks more blond than gray.
I blame this gray hair on Happy. He's is almost three years old and he's the one who has given me my first gray hair. You know, maybe I should blame Serious Man. He sure has caused me to lose some of my hair, so why not add the blame of graying to him.
It is funny that I find a gray hair not too long after I decided I wasn't going to dye my hair. I felt that I was spending too much money on the upkeep of getting my hair to a lighter a brown. It also seemed as if my hair was thinning from getting it dyed. Even with finding my gray hair I'm not going to get my hair dyed. I'll just let those gray hairs come in and see how I look. Hopefully it won't look too bad.
Wednesday
February 3, 2010
This February is going to be an interesting month for our family.
Pablo is out of town for most of the month because of work. The firm he works for is moving one of their San Francisco office and so Pablo needs to be there to make sure all of the IT stuff gets done. He will be home three of the four weekends and the one weekend he is gone I will go to San Francisco to be with him. I have gotten used to Pablo being gone and I usually do well with the boys. I'm not the kind of person who gets nervous when I'm home without Pablo at night. I actually enjoy it at night because I get the bed all to myself and it's the only time I sleep in the middle of the bed. I do miss Pablo when he is gone, but I try not to dwell on it too much because then it makes things more difficult for me.
Softball season also started this month. Now don't think that I am playing softball again, I'm just helping my sister coach the team of the high school we attended. So everyday from 2 to 4 I'm busy at the field with them. This makes me have to get dinner prepared before I leave, exercise right after I drop the boys off at school, doing household jobs, and doing my church calling. It's won't be too hard if I follow my schedule. It's when I don't and procrastinate that things start to go awry.
I'm going to be busy this month and by following my schedule I will be able to do this. It's also much easier now that the boys are older. They can do so much that it makes the cleaning the house much easier.
Tuesday
February 2, 2010
Well everyone, I'm trying to be a healthier person. I was the kind of child growing up and through my teen years that could eat whatever I wanted. I didn't have to worry about gaining any weight because of how much I ate. I was so active in sports and playing outside that my weight was never a problem. After I got married and had children I realized I couldn't do that anymore.
Just before Thanksgiving I decided that it was time I really started to take care of myself. Mostly because I could only wear one pair of jeans and those jeans were starting to wear thin because of my prolific use of them. How crazy of me to start watching what I eat just before the holidays. Well, somehow I was able to do it. I'm not counting calories, I'm just cutting my portions and drinking lots more water. I've stopped my daily consumption of Coke and I am now to two or three times a week of drinking it. Eventually I'll stop drinking all kinds of soda, but I need my baby steps. Just by doing that I lost 5 pounds.
After Christmas I decided I would make a greater effort in being healthier. (Notice I'm not telling myself that I'm dieting or losing weight, I feel I'll do better by telling myself I'm working on getting healthier.) I've been trying to go to the gym 4 to 6 times a week. I also stay at the gym for over an hour and get a good workout on the elliptical machine. I don't do the treadmill anymore because my knees aren't what they used to be. All those years of softball really took a toll on them.
So far I have lost three more pounds. The best part is that one of my favorite pair of jeans fits again. I think that in another month I'll be able to get into another pair of jeans. The other nice thing is that I'm falling asleep a lot faster. Before it used to take me about one before from getting into bed before I could fall asleep. Now I get into bed and within 5 to 10 minutes I'm asleep. This completely surprises Pablo because he is used to coming to bed 30 minutes after me and see that I'm still awake.
So I'm so excited about trying to be healthier. I hope to continue feeling motivated about this. I'm enlisting the boys to help remind me to do so.
Thursday
January 29, 2010
One of the wonderful things about living in southern California is the weather. It is one of the big reasons Pablo and I do not want to ever leave this area. One of the bad things is having your washer and dryer outside.
We have a breezeway that provides a great gust of wind on hot days, but not so great on rainy days. As you can see that is where my washer and dryer are located.
This whole week we have had lots of rain. Not something we are used to, so when it rains I hardly get any laundry done because I have to do it with water being blown through the breezeway. I usually get pretty wet and very cold. Well this time water flooded the area and some water got into the bottom of the washer causing the hose sensor not to work. I had to ask my wonderful mother-in-law if I could use her washing machine. Lucky for me she lives next door and being the wonderful person she, she let me use her washer.
Now I have to wait for the weather to subside and for my washing machine to dry out. Once it does Pablo can look at it and fix it. I think I have been able to convince Pablo to try and figure out how we can get the washer and dryer into the garage. The only thing is if he is able to do it then there are no more excuses for me not to do laundry.
Thursday
January 21, 2010
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