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Another Goal

Jessica — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:28:59 +0000

Did I share with you my original goals? Remember, I’m not calling them “resolutions”. Refresh your memory here. Anyway, I will share with you my goals. And these aren’t necessarily for the whole year, but at least until April…which is my short term goal for losing 20 pounds. I’m on it…and here’s how I’m going to do it!

Health

No eating past 7:00pm. That’s a tough one for me, but something that really makes a world of difference in my body.

Taking my vitamins daily. (I always forget…plus they’re so big).

Exercise 5 days a week.

Track my food religiously on The Daily Plate

Food

No alcohol at home unless friends are over. Brett asked me if he was my friend. I told him I think we are a little more than friends. That’s a tough goal, though, especially after a rough day. Sometimes a glass of red wine is perfection while I cook dinner!

Make dinner 5 nights a week. Another tough one. I can do it, though. And I didn’t write this down, but I want to get the majority of my meats from Whole Foods.

Dessert 2 times a week only. Hmmm, let me edit that to “full-on” desserts. I don’t think my sugar-free fat-free pudding cups should count. Do you?

Okay, I bared my goals…tell me yours!

p.s. oh, my other goal, as mentioned in my Title, is that I’m going to upload my pictures and post them veryclose to the date of event!

All Better Now!

Jessica — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:48:35 +0000

Not A Happy Camper

I can’t say I blame him! But he did great and apparently the nurses wanted to keep him! This is interesting…he’s got a uvula (the hangy thing in the back of your throat) that is split in two. It looks like a snake tongue (from what the doc told me!). Kids with this condition are more prone to ear infections (interesting!). And, kids with this condition have a harder time recovering from adenoid-ectomy (you know what I mean), if they take all of the adenoids out. So for that reason, they took about 75% out. And the doc said he should be breathing much better soon. I guess his were big!

And now he’s resting on the couch. Today we will fill up on jello and Scooby Do!

What are you up to today?

Let’s Make A Deal

Jessica — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:06:33 +0000

Okay here’s the deal: I have one child who has been through the wringer, medically speaking. Shouldn’t my other child be completely healthy? Doesn’t that make sense? Apparently we didn’t get dealt those cards. Don’t get me wrong, Mason is a pretty healthy little guy. Although he had his first surgery for pyloric stenosis at 5 weeks of age. If you do a little math with me, Emma had been in the PICU herself just 4 months prior (I was 7 months pregnant when she got her diagnosis). He recovered fully and hasn’t stopped eating since then! At age 10 months he got tubes in his ears for his chronic ear infections. I’m sure like 99% of kids have had tubes…no big deal! Emma had them, they were the best thing in the world! Mason’s fell our around a year ago. And in that year, he’s had 7 more ear infections. So tomorrow we go back in for another set of ear tubes AND adenoid removal. Now I know the whole surgery itself takes about 5 minutes, but STILL! Can my new deal be that after tomorrow he’s completely healthy forever and ever? Please?