Life Lately

Do you ever get the winter blues?  I definitely do, but I think it's more

the staying at home blues.  I like to be busy - going and doing.  But, this winter

has felt a little bit different.  It's actually kind of cozy to chill at home...meal planning, 

lounging on our new couches, snuggling in all the blankets, playing with new toys

from Christmas...and of course, watching "Making a Murderer" on Netflix. 

As anyone around me knows, I started my cleanse. 

Literally, I told EVERYONE...therefore I'm always

accountable. The people are at work are like, 

"enough already, we know you can't drink

coffee and are on your tenth trip to the potty". 

 

I also sent my loved ones memes like the one below

that perfectly depict how I feel. 

It's not even that the cleanse is hard - it's mostly

just having the will power to not eat pizza

for dinner every night or scarf down all Max's 

leftover snacks. What? I can't let those goldfish

go to waste. 

Sidenote - I do think the cleanse is working because

I accidentally took a drink of Rob's diet coke

on Saturday evening at Chipotle (shocking but true, 

Chipotle is cleanse friendly).  It tasted horrible. 

Like syrup in my mouth. So, back to the water I went. 

We also got some more snow around here! Not too 

much, but enough to play in.  Max's teacher sent 

me this pic of all the kids bundled up which is 

honestly just precious.  Also, she should be a

saint because when I think about putting on 

all those gloves and hats and coats, I kind 

of never want to go outside again. 

However, I did make it outside to take

Max for a sled ride.  We rode down the little

hill in our backyard about ten times before

he declared he wanted to go back in. 

Also, when I asked him to pull me, 

he said "You to heavy mommy, I'm just

 a little boy". ha!

At work, we had our annual White Elephant party. 

My boss got a selfie stick and I set it up for her

and we took this glorious pic.  It should be

noted that I did not eat even one little bite

of queso, or chips and salsa....which was a

real test of my willpower!

Received the above picture of Max from school

on Thursday of last week.  They were doing 

an experiment on "rain or snow"?  

It cracks me up that he is shirtless. 

She didn't say why, but my guess is that 

his shirt got wet and homeboy does

not like water on his shirt. 

Rob and I survived our once every five years trip to IKEA. 

I should have known it was going to be an 

interesting trip when a stink bug landed on me 

in the car. Rob casually said, "You have a bug

on you" and I flipped out and started crying. 

Those bugs are the worst. When we did make it 

to IKEA we sort of argued discussed our way

around the store. Thankfully, they had the couch

and loveseat in stock that we wanted - with two of the 

same covers.  In addition we bought a mattress

and box springs for Max. We rode home

Beverly Hillbilly style with the box springs

tied to the top of the truck. 

Meanwhile, in Dayton, Max was living it up with 

Mim and Grandpa!  They got a bit of snow...so

he is working on catching it with his tongue!

On Sunday, Auntie Stacy and I prepared for another

week of clean eating.  We cooked up some egg cups, 

protein pancakes, and breakfast cookies.  I have

had all three at this point and they are yummy!

It's so nice to have someone else doing the cleanse

with me...she is very positive and keeps me on track!

Another perk of visiting Auntie Stacy is visiting

my favorite furry niece - Penny!  She is the cutest! 

I can't even handle her face sometimes!

The other big news around here is that Max is in his

"big boy bed"!  We got the frame for Christmas from

my grandparents and Papa Rob set the whole thing

up on Monday evening. Max was super into helping 

(even wearing his Mickey Mouse tool belt) - and 

thankfully I had purchased and washed some 

special sheets earlier in the day. Night one

and two have been (dare I say) relatively easy. 

I think he might even sleep better because 

it's more comfortable and cozy than his crib!

And as always - we are coloring and painting. 

Mostly Paw Patrol pages...but who can complain? 

I hope you're staying warm and cozy this week too!

xoxo