Skinny Jeans

 

I am SO glad that skinny jeans were NOT in fashion when I was going to school. I think they're absolutely ridiculous! Maybe that's me being snobby because they would look terrible on my body shape (especially since I have a booty) - but this is my blog so I'm allowed to say what I want :)

 

Some girls can 'pull it off', I admit...but some girls (who try) CAN'T. It's just like muffin top shirts...if you have one, avoid shirts that accentuate it! AND don't get me started on guys wearing skinny jeans! When was it okay to make you look like a tiny little itty bitty little fellow? Hello? Did I miss something?? 

 

Moral of story - I am not a fan! :)

 

 

Halloween

I love love love Halloween! :) It's a fun time of year for me, and since i've moved to Cochrane, I throw a big H-ween kids party up at the church! This year the activities included two crafts (a paper plate pumpkin and a black cup crow) - run by my friend Suzy. From there we attempted a relay game (which went about how I expected - okay, I expected it might go a little smoother, but frankly I wasn't holding my breath lol). The kids basically held a spoon with an 'eyeball' on it, while walking over or under a broom and then stepping only on the pumpkins in the 'mine field' and thus at the end dumped their eyeball and gae the spoon to next person. Basically it would have gone a bit smoother if parents had held their kids hand (so to speak) but kids still liked it! Then we went to the parachute games, followed by kids ZUMBA :) My friend Suzy did a couple songs which the kids loved! In the gym I also had witches hat ring toss set up, and the kids just ran around. I set up a baby corner (my big floor mats) for all the moms with young ones to sit at/on.

So I had in total moms and kids about 50 people over the course of the party! I made cupcakes and gluten free rice crispies for treat, and gave everyone a treat bag of stickers and playdough. I really enjyed the party, it was to me a big success and I look forward to next year! I am thinking more of a 'haunted house' set up in the side rooms as the activity with a craft and zumba again in the gym :)  (and of course the famous free for all running around that kids love!)

Carter as 'the vulture' (yes it's an owl costume)

Spiderman and the Vulture (enemies by the story but best friends in real life)

The kids that were present during the photo session! I took a bunch but there's not one perfect one where everyone's looking! Tho there was a definite SUPER HERO theme (boys and girls!)

Zumba!

These guys didn't know each other prior to the event

My baby boy in TIGHTS - I felt a little weird putting them on him hehe

 

 

Anyways, I posted photos on fb so I won't do any more than what's here. Bu tI had SOOO much fun! I felt it went smoothly. Sadly I didn't get to visit much but that's what happens when you host :)

NOW, H-ween for my family! So we went home and chilled at home until about 5:45 and Logan, Michael, and Carter went trick or treating. They got a huge bucket of candy by just walking up one side of our street...mIchael dropped Carter off at 6:40 and they went back out for a coupel more houses, but since it was SOOO cold they came back by 7! As far as trick or treaters go we had 46 kids! I will tell you that is not as much as our neighborhood has apparently had in past years, but this is the biggest amount of tricker-treaters i've EVER had! We were in basement suites or condos or a boring street where no one was festive for our entire married life so this was super exciting for me!

Great Halloween! Looking forward to next year :)

I GOT THE JOB!

-squee- I signed the contract this evening and I am officially going to be joining the Rose Wellness Center team as their Bowen Therapist!!! I am SO pumped about this and I can't wait to start! I will start out with Wednesdays and Saturdays. Wendesdays i'll do a 'split shift' and work the morning with last client booked at 11 so I can go and take Carter home for a nap. Then i'll go back as soon as Michael's home and work until close (so 4:00-8). Basically he will not be able to work late on Wednesdays any more. And the clinic hours are only 9-2 on Saturdays - we don't go anywhere on Saturdays anymore, or if anything we wait until after Carter's nap (generally until 2). For now the timing will be fantastic! I have a receptionist!! Isn't that cool? hehe.

Now i'm sitting here about to start writing my bio and 'what is Bowen', and sorting out my insurance, etc.

http://therosewellnesscentre.com/

the bug...detailed, beware! Skip to paragraph 3 for other news

Well my family did not avoid getting the 'flu' and everything that goes with it (from vomit to cold chills and aches to diarrhea). TMI? oh well! Carter started it, then Logan & I were next, and Michael finished it all up. It was just so awful for me because I truly have not thrown up in literally almost a decade (if not a decade or longer)...it had to have been in Jr high or High school. I've never had morning sickness during my pregnancies, and I am SOOO grateful for that! I hate the feeling that goes with being ill. -_- I felt terrible for Michael too because even though I always got to the toilet or sink, the one time I accidently puked in our poor-draining sink, and he had to help (as I was unable). "For better or for worse" right?

Anyways, It was a bonus that we all were sick together because then we could just all veg together and not have to worry about entertaining anyone as no one wanted to move (except Carter but thankfully he's laid back enough to just play independantly while we rested). We are lucky it only lasted 36hrs - we've heard of plenty of people who haven't had such short term symptoms.

Before getting sick I had reached day 8 of wheat/dairy/most fruits-free. I had lost 3lbs at that point, and then getting sick I lost 3 more lbs. I gained about a lb back thus far from the illness, but I am really happy with my new 'diet'. I miss things, but health wise I feel GREAT. Sure I crave sweets but the idea of solving my itchy problem is well worth the sacrifice, and if it means I can finally lose my final (from this point) 10lbs, then woohoo right? However, to date I am still itchy but definetly not so severe. There's improvement, but not a solution -yet-. I am being pretty careful not to eat anything with wheat and dairy, I only eat bananas, so that's the only 'sugar' i'm getting. Maybe i'll have to switch to a berry next week just to experiment.

I bought the Wild Rose detox/cleanse, but then I got sick and well frankly i feel pretty 'cleaned' lol, so I am going to hold off on doing it for a few months. It's basically 12 days of wheat/dairy/sugar free so it would have been easy to do at this point in time but I don't see the point now.

Anyways, i'm doing well and my family is well, and i'm excited to watch the lbs go down, who knows, maybe i'll reach my goals of 1. starting my next pregnancy at 130-135lbs and 2. fitting back into my Old Navy size 4s!

Vacation

Michael and I LOVE to travel. I'm not sure what it is, but ever since Alaska, we just have the destination vacation bug. We've had the opportunity to do Alaska, San Diego, and then Los Angeles (d-land). We've been trying to figure out what we want to do next (our list is very long). Basically our next 'big' vaca will likely be a cruise in the Caribbean with the kids and one set of parents (mine or Michael's). We were debating the idea of taking it this next April (with our tax return monies), but decided that might be better spent on our backyard. So instead we're working on the plans of doing a smaller vacation to Victoria/Vancouver.

Why there? Well, firstly I have an absolutelyamazing and fabulous Aunt and Uncle (and their kids/my cousins) that live there, whom we have been wanting to visit for ages! And secondly, we have always missed out on Vancouver on our travels out that way.

Anyways, i've been working on an itinerary  (minus the dates as it really is all based on my aunt's schedule!)

I'm thinking we will fly in and spend 2-3 days with the Fabulous Fairwell's. From there we will take the fairy to the mainland (I think the kids would enjoy the boat trip), ditch our bags at a hotel and then start seeing the sites over 2-3 days. The things on my list include:
1. Vancouver Aquarium (1/2 day)
2. Stanley Park (full day)
   a) walk the seawall (8.8km loop along the ocean that loops around)
   b)Variety Kids Waterpark & Beach
3. The Capilano Suspection bridge & tree walk (1/2 day)
4. Whale Watching tour (if it is in season and time permits)
5. Visit the temple grounds of the Vancouver Temple

And there you have it! Our flights are covered via airmiles (minus taxes), so we should be able to have a really wonderful, affordable 5-7 day vacation! I'm BEYOND excited about it!

Our other plans for the summer will be regular weekend camping trips....So in the mean time, now that i've written out 'the plan', I can get my mind back into Halloween and Christmas for the rest of the year :)

Interview

I have an interview in a week and a half. I am applying for a position to join a team of natural health practictioners. I would work on a 60-40 bases in their clinic on specific days (chosen by me of what they have available). They'd do all my advertising and really all I would have to do is come in on days I have scheduled clients. They have evenings and Saturdays available so i'm going in with the intention of saying I can work Saturdays, one evening a week and one morning a week. That way my kids are only ever left with a sitter when I have booked clients on the morning shift.

The nice thing is that I don't have to transfer my present clientell from my home-practice, I just am not to continue advertising from home. They stated they don't micromanage, but work on a trust basis with their practitioners.

Anyways, I'm really excited about the prospect that this could bring - certainly it will bring my Bowen to a new level of professionalism, and prepare me for when/if I choose to run a business from my home on more deep level than I do at this point.

But really, the most important question I need to be asking myself at this point is, What do I WEAR?! :)

Wheat-Free

Well I went to the doctor yesterday because I can barely stand the itching anymore (I've said that before yes?). Anyways, this is my new doctor (been seeing him for about 6 months when needed) and he took one look in the affected area and named it something and said that I have an allergy to something. In the medical world they always start with eliminating wheat and beer first as they are generally the top contendors. Since beer isn't a problem for me, wheat it is. I have taken it one step further and eliminated fruit EXCEPT bananas. That's my personal choice because I've occasionally over the years wondered if apples have affected the severity of the itching or not but never been disciplined enough to eliminate them -long- enough. I love fruit so incredibly much that I chose to keep bananas only so that when I start to add things back in (one at a time) I will have an idea as to what may or may not be the problem. I am on this restricted diet for 3-4 weeks starting this morning. I am hopeful that it will cure my problem! If it doesn't it should at least give me that kick start to eating healthy again (and bonus would be to lose a few lbs!)

Wish me luck :) Today I have wanted everything I can't have because I can't have it LOL oh the joy of our minds.