Daydreaming while waiting impatiently!

[tortoise]

I handled it last night and had it out in it's playpen. DS4 fell asleep early, so he missed it. Hamster was hiding/sleeping this morning so no playtime. DS4 is doing very well today with not pestering. He seems to understand what nocturnal means.

I fell off my eating plan at a holiday party last weekend. Gained 4.6# - and 1/2"on my ankle. Edema, not fat! Discovered I don't tolerate potatoes well. And about a week before I discovered I don't tolerate tomatoes well. Huh. Now I need to go back and repeat my elimination diet because I didn't eliminate nightshades. Eating nightshades during FODMAP elimination/challenge may have messed up my results. I might be able to eat more foods and more carbs than I had thought.

I am slowly getting back on my routines, and at the same time getting mentally ready to level up my habits/routines with New Years resolutions. I'm making slow progress. Some of the slowness is because a cold has been interfering with sleep. I think I'm over the worst of it now. Congestion has given way to a cough (and bit of a wheeze )

The best part of a sore throat is I get Diet Coke to erode the mucus in my throat! LOL! I am happy I didn't have a skin reaction to it this time (from the orange oil in it)

As I type this, DS4 announce that he wants to paint a rock. He disappeared into another room and came back with newspaper which he has spread on the table. Then he announced "I have my clothes off!" (Naked painting is easier than a smock) and asked me to reach the paint for him.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

(Naked painting is easier than a smock)

I love it!

 

[flowerbug]

it's a golden age

 

[tortoise]

DH surprised me with a New Year's getaway to a local luxury wilderness retreat for our 5th wedding anniversary. The dining was amazing! I am spoiled now!

Now I'm in the first week of a new set of resolutions. This one is a bit more change than usual. I have a few habit/routine changes, but also adding a fitness plan and budget challenge in. I'm reading a lot and researching for the next group of resolution-upgrades in March. Change is hard, but being sick and miserable and having regrets is harder.

We're fighting a cold here. I have it the worst and it's been dragging on and on. Pretty sure I have a secondary bacterial infection now. Hoping it will clear up soon on its own.

It's really about time to finish my garden plan and order seed. DH and I talked about sowing cover crop in 1/3 - 1/2 of the garden. I've had two years of failures from not being physically well enough to keep up with the garden. I just can't cope with that again. Cover crop most of it, or abandon it are both good sounding options right now. I'm excited for a patio/container garden and using my greenhouse though!

 

[flowerbug]

a cover crop mix of radishes, clovers, turnips, etc can be fun and help keep some of the weeds down and also provide some food too. just treat it as a gift and an experiment to see how it goes. towards the late-middle of summer, raze it all, let the animals at it, bury it and start again.

hope you feel better sooner! this is snot the season!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Congrats on the anniversary present. What a sweet guy! I haven't solidified any resolutions - just a general desire to live in a healthier manner. I need to make some definite, achievable resolutions and hold myself accountable.

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[flowerbug]

also peas and beans (early snap beans), you may not get any or a whole bunch depending upon what pops up where and the surrounding plants, but they're a good cover crop anyways instead of a weed.

 

[tortoise]

I'm feeling decent without sudafed or ibuprofen today! I must be on the mend! Rest of the family is barely affected.

I sewed a pajama outfit out of polarfleece scraps for DS4's 18" doll. Haven't been sewing much lately, but felt good to get this one done.

Maybe I will drag out my gardening bin today and work out enough of a plan to order seed? I'd forgotten about that until I scrolled up just now.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yay for feeling better!

 

[baymule]

Hang in there. Maybe plan a smaller garden so it is not so much to keep up with.