WOW... it's been a while since I posted! Well I guess that's because my days seem to be so busy! Between Cadence, dog walking, house cleaning, food making, nap attempting, more house cleaning, more dog walking, husband loving, Cadence snuggling... I guess I just didn't have blog writing time. LOL

Some may think my life is crazy, or that I'm clearly obsessed with having a clean house... but I truly love every second of it. It's crazy, but a good kind of crazy. And the only reason I clean so much is because my house is so small and gets messy WAY too fast. But oh well... shit happens!

So in the last week or so Cadence has gone back to the not wanting to sleep in her own bed phase. She LOVES to sleep in our bed and in my arms... I of course love to snuggle her! However a night without a sweating child in my arms would be kinda nice. But I'm sure one day I will be wishing that she would snuggle with her Momma, so for now I will cherish every bit of snuggle time I get.

But, to try and fix her fear of sleeping in her own bed, I put our beds together. Thinking that maybe she would sleep in her bed, if it was right beside ours and I could hold hands with her. The first night, hand holding was not good enough for her... but last night she stayed in her own bed until 430am! WAHOOO!!! Let's hope tonight it's until 630am ;)

I have also decided to put the play pen up in our room, thus for her to nap in. I figure that since she sleeps in a big girl bed, at nap time I would like to contain her. So we will see how napping in the play pen works for us. It worked yesterday, she only cried for a couple minutes and then went to sleep. But today she has been whining for about 20 minutes and doesn't seem to be stopping. What a persistent child I have.

Well I will leave her for a few more minutes and if she's not sleeping then I will rescue her from the evil play pen ;)

Lately I have really been thinking about what I want to do with my life :) Of course my intentions are to be a stay at home mom and try to be the best wife and mother I can be. But I'm talking about things I could do from home to make some extra money.

I've thought about learning how to crochet and making those cute little crocheted hats for kids and maybe even some blankets. Of course I'm sure there are lots of things that I could crochet and sell, but the question is... Would anyone buy the stuff?

But the one thing I REALLY REALLY want to do, is take a photography course. I LOVE to take pictures and maybe that's my calling!? Now if only I knew how to truly use my camera! LOL However I think that is what I will do... take pictures of anything and everything, learn all he ins and outs of my camera. And maybe once I'm good, I can make some money for myself!

So people... help me out! Let me photograph you and get some experience!

Olympics

Well I have been glued to the TV for the past few days, I can't seem to get enough of the Olympics. I even found myself watching curling today, I hate watching curling! But I just find myself to be Olympic crazy at the moment... it's so exciting to watch our athletes fight for the chance to get on the podium. And boy am I ever proud to be Canadian!

So far Canada has 1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal! How exciting! Our tam is working very hard! Lets hope for some more gold medals :)

Feeling Great!!!

So I haven't been "dieting" or anything thing like that... just eating better, taking my vitamins everyday and walking A LOT, and I'm noticing such a difference! I feel like I have so much more energy and it's great!

I haven't been watching my weight, pounds wise... to me it's not about how much I weigh, I'm more concerned about getting toned! Of course this has been a long process and I'm far from being truly happy with my body... but I'm really happy with what I've accomplished so far.

Just so thankful!

As I sit on my couch and think about my daughter and my husband, I can't seem to stop the tears from coming! I am so incredibly thankful for the two of them and the health of our family. It amazes me that some day's I can be so negative and angry, when really I should be thankful, positive and happy everyday. However as with most people, I also have bad grump days.

First off lets talk about my husband... James is the most amazing father, husband, friend, lover and man. I honestly couldn't ask for a more perfect man by my side! Of course we have had our ups and downs, just like any other couple, but the last almost 10 years have been amazing! We have grown so much and learned so much about life, each other and love. Our love has been an amazing journey thus far ad I look forward to the years to come.

Then we have my angel, our sweet little girl! She is the most amazing little girl in the world, so full of energy and love. Of course there are those days that she's whining and driving my nuts with the crying, but then I look into those amazing blue eyes and my heart melts! I love everything about her... from her little tuff of hair on the top of her head, all the way down to her chubby little toes.

I could go on forever with all the things that I truly love and admire about the two special people in my life... but I'm sure you get the just of it! James and Cadence, I love you more then words can ever express!!!

Organic Momma

So since my lat post on healthy eating, I have talked to a few people about eating organic and have truly decided that I will be an Organic Momma! I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired! Our food has way too much crap in it that is causing more harm then good! Thus being the reason for my decision.

There is an Organic store here in Maple Ridge that I plan to go check out this week and also an organic butcher that we will try. I'm really really excited about this! I feel like I'm finally do something important for my family... I mean I guess I do important stuff everyday, but this is a big thing and I'm super excited about it.

The plan is to buy most all things organic... to be honest I've never really gone into the organic section of the grocery store, so I'm not 100% what you can get. This will be a learning experience! And I guess I will need to learn some new recipes so that I can cook all this nice fresh food!

The journey to becoming and Organic Momma begins!