Wonderful Sunrise

What I've noticed in my time as "the nanny" is that I don't like leaving my house in the dark every morning!  i especially don't like leaving in the dark and getting home in the dark!!!  I only had to do this at my previous job a few times a year.  My mother has done it for years.  People all over the world have done it for years.  I guess I'm lucky to only have had to do this a couple months so far!

This morning I noticed small amount of orange peeking above the horizon when I started the pickup.  It was lovely!  I didn't realize how much I missed seeing the sun in the morning. 

I'm more of a sunset and moon person to tell the truth.  I think it has something to do with being a night owl.  I seem to get a second wind at about 9pm.  Even when I get into bed by 10 I usually lay there for at least an hour reading and trying to wind down. 

So.....longer days and more sunshine are ahead. Woohoo!!! 

3 Weeks Anniversary

I'm sure y'all are sick and tired of hearing me talk about Dr Pepper.  Sorry!  It's a big part of my life.  How pathetic is that????

I've been without a high fructose corn syrup DP for 3 weeks now.  No Large DP with easy ice from Sonic's happy hour.  No DP for breakfast.  No "I'm so stressed I need a DP" I don't care how much it costs. 

However,  I did have a bottle of the Dublin DP variety.  And I did have a fountain Dublin DP at Pops supervised by my folks. 

I don't think that counts! 

So.....I'm continuing on this journey.  I've made it to the 21 day habit forming point before......but not beyond.  This will be new territory. 

Will this mean I won't hang onto the steering wheel with death grip and white knuckles every time I drive past Sonic?

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO!!!!!!!!!!!

Rough Day

I knew it was coming!  That's just reality.  It was January 17th.  I won't forget it anytime soon.

Rosi had a rough day!  Therefore, Aunt Red had a rough day! 

It started with her first bottle at about 9:45 when I could only get her to drink an ounce of milk.  Crying soon followed and it just snowballed from there.  I finally decided she had a tummy ache.  That was at about 1:30.  She needed a warm pack on her tummy.  Oh my!  What a difference.   All I could think was, "Hello Stupid!  Why didn't you do that sooner!!!"   She went to sleep and ate and slept again. 

It was after 3 when Ruby finally went down for her nap.  That's about 1 hour too late.  Who knew I could be on a schedule?? 

By the time my sis-in-law got home at 4:30 I was fried.......as in toasted.........stick a fork in me I'm done!!!

I lived to babysit another day.  It was touch and go there for a while, but I survived somehow. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger....right?

God just showed me why I'm not a mom.  I can't handle the truth!!!!!!

8 Days and Counting

I haven't had a Dr Pepper since January 2nd. 

It has been easier than I thought, but every so often I just want to drive straight to Sonic and order up my favorite......Large Dr Pepper w/easy ice!!  The girls at my Sonic know the drill.  I bet they are wondering what happened to me!  Should I go tell them I'm not mad at them I'm just trying to live a year or two longer? 

I bet they don't really care!  They just miss my money!!!!!!!

"Persuasion"

Last Friday night three dear friends came over for supper, cake, and a movie. Oh, and we talked a LOT!

The friends brought an amazing cake.  Can't remember the name, but it was chocolate with crunchy  peppermint and a whipped cream/white chocolate frosting between the layers.  OH MY LANDS!!!  Talk about yummy!  We only ate some supper so we didn't pass out from all the sugar. 

After supper and talking we had the enormous task of picking a movie to watch.  Since I couldn't find the new movie I wanted to watch at Wal-Mart, we just sifted through the piles of dvd's and vhs tapes I have in my collection.  We narrowed the field down to the newest version of "Jane Eyre"  and an older version of  "Persuasion". 

"Persuasion" was the choice.  I've read the Jane Austen book.  I've seen this movie several times, but it always seems new to me.  I do remember, however, that I love this movie!  I know it's only a movie and a work of fiction of a woman who lived over a hundred years ago, but there's just something about it that hits home.

It could be the homely lead character Ann!  Where's my Captain Wentworth???

HAHA

Day 2 and 3

I'm not going to continually blog about my daily happenings with Ruby and Rosy, but I was asked for an update.  Here it is...........So far so good!!! 

How's that for excitement?  We are fixin to head outside since it is a whopping 65 degrees.  That could change everything!!

Probably the next big thing will be when I venture to town alone.  I've not worked up the courage for that one yet!!

HAPPY 2012!

I don't know if anyone else did this, and maybe it's a girl thing, but when my sisters and I were little we would figure out how old we'd be in the future.  Of course we thought it would never happen it was so far away.  But I distinctly remember figuring how old I would be in 2012.  It seemed way better then than now!! 

My first day taking care of 2 nieces instead of 1 went smashingly well.  That probably means day #2 will not.  But that's OK.  As long as there is a smashingly good day here and there I'll be OK. 

And, January 2nd found me starting a new thing in my life.  Call it a resolution.  Call it desperation.  Call it a move to get healthy and lose weight.  I'm calling it torture!  OK, here it is, no Dr Pepper for Aunt Red!  Now, that doesn't mean I'll never drink again(hehe), but it means I'm on the wagon indefinitely. 

I haven't had the shakes or seen the little green monkeys yet.  Maybe that's coming.  But I have noticed there's not been as much inflammation in my hands when I get up in the morning.  It's only been 3 days, but maybe it's already working.  So.....I'm drinking water and tea.  I've done this before, but I only made 3 weeks.  Then, for whatever reason, I had a taste of that lovely sweet concoction that I love and I was back to addictive behavior.

And I'm pretty sure I will not ever, and I mean EVER try to figure out how old I'll be in 2032.  Yikes!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!