Beef jerky & orange juice

THIS IS A TEST...

No, this is not a test of the Emergency Broadcast System, nor is it some sort of contraption that you stick into your computer USB port, but it IS a test.

What does this have to do with beef jerky & OJ? Well, as of last week, these are the only 2 things that seem to tame down my "all day" morning sickness. What was that?! Yes, morning sickness! And what causes morning sickness, other than hormones and a growing baby? For me, it's just that.

I might have known this a few weeks earlier, but my basal temperature thermometer was reading incorrectly & I was starting to wonder if I had some health issues I would need to see a doctor for. Thankfully, with this little test, I discovered that everything with me is perfectly fine and that the only thing that is broken is my thermometer. So, I'll still visit the doctor sometime soon, but for all good reasons. If my calculations are correct, we should be welcoming our newest little Myhre into the world sometime around mid-November. Hopefully I won't have to eat jerky the entire time...

$4.19

1. About the price of a gallon of milk right now.


2. Most likely will be the price of a gallon of gas this summer.


3. Not usually enough to buy you a fast food meal deal, especially when you go to Dairy Queen & want a Blizzard with your meal.


4. Not even enough to buy a roll of stamps or even a car wash for that matter.


5. What I spent to fix my washer when it wasn't turning my clothes around & I thought I was going to finally get to buy a new one. The fix? "Agitator dogs"...$4.19 on Amazon.com and even with free S&H!

Thank you, guy on YouTube & thank you Whirlpool for making old stuff that lasts and that's cheap and easy to fix! Saved me AT LEAST 40 bucks, (the price for him to just come here), by not having to call the lately-frequently-visiting appliance repair guy who would come in to tell me it will cost probably $60 for him to fix it!! Yay me! Now I actually feel like I accomplished something this week!

Time flies...

It's been said that time flies when you're having fun, but I find that it also goes by fairly quickly when you have lots to do! Between the everyday duties, I find March filling up as well as the next 2 months. I am in the last 2 months in my responsibilities as a District Director for the MN Women of Today and it certainly has been a ride! Not to mention that I am coordinating the spring bloodmobile to be held at the end of this month, and we are in the beginning stages of getting this year's vacation bible school ready to do after school gets out rather than doing it in the fall.

Add into that a trip to Fargo to see my family, getting the RCIA class and AJ ready for full communion and first communion into the Church, kindergarten registration, diaconate weekends, Junior High Youth Festival, birthday parties, meetings and just time to do something with each other!

Really, I'm not complaining & I realize that I need to take it day by day, otherwise I will go nuts trying to look at it all like I did here. But what I have realized is how important it is, no matter how crazy things are, that I need to take the time for myself to sit down and be in quiet prayer and to also make time for my new workout regimine so I can blow off some stress and steam & not feel so physically crappy all of the time! Those might be the only reasons I am NOT going crazy right now...that & maybe small doses of Tylenol PM on nights when I can't settle my mind.

Time to do some melting...

No, I'm not talking about the snow...although that would be nice!

Now that I have had my 8th 29th birthday, I have decided that my body is not going to change anymore unless I have some physical activity in my life. In order to change my habits, I have started working out everyday & have now accomplished one full week! The decision to do it was my own, but I have to confess that Jason has been busy working out for over a month now & as usual, he is my motivator to do something that I normally don't choose to do on my own. I know, that's pitiful, but at least I'm choosing good habits!

Faith said something really funny yesterday while Jason was working out. He is an avid sweater, (not sweater as in wool...sweater as in sweaty. Maybe I should just say perspirator!) As he's working out, Faith is watching him & she looks up at him & says, "Daddy, you're melting!" Oh the things that she sees and how she puts it into words! Priceless!!

The Burping Contest

Here's a classic bonding moment between a boy and his godfather...

I have 3 more videos too, (and one actually has Ian's burp on there), but this one is by far the funniest.

Guess who's 1 year older!!

Since Ian's & Brooke's (his oldest cousin) birthdays are only 3 days apart, we decided to have their parties together again. Ian is now 2 and Brooke is now officially a teenager! Look out world, here they come!!

I purposely made the writing on the cake to look messy...really!

"I love sweets SOOOO much!"

And with a tip of the ol' hat...

...he rides off into the sunset on his trusty steed.

Enough already!

I think many share those sentiments with me about our winter flurries accompanied by blustery winds and 4 days in a row of school being cancelled. When they finally got to go on Friday, it was still 2 hours late, and again this morning. Let's just say I will be surprised if they get off to a normal start tomorrow since the wind is blowing the fluffy stuff around, not to mention that the roads are crappy from it melting the other day & then when it gets cold and windy, it makes for a nice layer of ice on the roads.

I think what disgusts me more is how poorly I utilized that time. With a list chocked full of to-do's for me, it threw me for a loop on how to accomplish all of it in a timely manner with all of the kids and Jason at home needing attention and stuff to do to pass the day along. With that in mind, I did not take the time to do things that would have made those days even better. We could have learned more Latin (I finally did some on Thursday), we could have done more baking and made play dough.

Don't get me wrong, we made our fair share of forts and read books, we played endless games of basketball and football, and they had time to run off energy outside and with cousins, but overall, I think I have a sense that last week passed by and the only thing that built up were the mounds of snow and ice outside our house and maybe the anticipation of school to be back to normal.