A little of this and that

Hey all, I haven't forgotten about this blog. I guess you could just say that I have been very busy.

I am juggling being a Mom, wife, work, pets, cooking and exercise in my daily routine. I suppose cooking goes into the wife and Mom category

I bought a couple cookbooks on my kindle and gave myself a challenge to pick one meal from each book each week to cook. One is casserole and one is crockpot cooking.

It's been a bit of a challenge due to the fact that I am not a really organized shopper and might not have everything all planned out when I do my shopping. I do the crock pot cooking on a day where I get it ready and it cooks while I am at work. I usually do the casserole cooking on my day off.

I have thought about preparing a meal for Tad and the kids on a day where I work second  shift and not home to eat but so far it's just wishful thinking.

I spend a lot of time at the Y doing zumba. Then, my next favorite thing to do is swim. I am teaching myself to learn how to swim under water. I recently discovered blowing bubbles under water. It's funny cause when Amiah is potty trained and does the next level of classes that's something that they will learn. So, Amiah and her Nana can learn together.

Speaking of Amiah. Her personality is blooming. She is starting to use sentences like please, Nana or please, Papa. Or thank you, Nana. My favorite is when we are outside and she wants me to jump on the trampoline she says, jump, Nana.

Tyler is doing alright except we have been dealing with behaviors that are not age appropriate. Sometimes, I just want to think we beat the autism or developmental disorder and we are on our way!!  But then his behaviors and struggles smacks me in the head and has to keep me on my toes.

I take him to counseling bi weekly and we are looking into a adhd group with other boys. I take him with me to the Y about twice a week and that's sometimes skipping doing all the homework. Sue me that I am trying to keep his weight at a healthy place. He was gaining pretty fast and has a bottomless pit for a tummy and the weight just hangs around.  However, we must be doing something right cause he has grown taller but not gained any weight since Spring.

Work is going pretty good. Both my clients physically are well but the memory stuff seems worse. I suppose it's natural. I been debating working more with the second shift client and less or none at all with the first shift client but can't make up my mind. I think the truth is that I like the variety both clients give me. It also helps that not all my income is wrapped up in one client. Easy come easy go.

I mentioned Zumba!! I am down 33 lbs. It comes off slowly but I was able to give all my clothes away and buy new ones. I am finding that the majority of the shirts that I love are Old Navy. I don't like them if they don't come down far enough. I hate showing my belly. So, a few of the shirts that I bought and thought they were okay are actually too short for me. Good thing that I bought all second hand clothes. I am becoming a clothes hog. Clothes shopping is sort of fun now. It's not so much the shopping that's fun but more so the collecting of clothes.

William seems to be doing alright on his job. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that my kid is going to be 18 years old. He will be officially grown but reality are 18 years really grown? He maybe almost grown but always gonna be my baby.

I am going on my retreat for Mom's of special needs children on Oct 19th. It was really fun and relaxing. It also was very eye opening to see that I wasn't alone. It also showed me that there are families much worse with conditions that beat what we deal with.

Our 5th wedding anniversary is October 24th and Tad and I plan on spending the Sunday when I come home from the retreat together. It's hard to believe it's been five years already.

Well, it's late. Hope everyone is well.