Seven Quick Takes

1.  Only in the Arizona desert can one quick take consist of happiness for rain.  It rained and everything smells like creosote.  Desert rain is really the best.

2.  The kids have been sick with strep throat all week.  Thomas went back to school today after missing the last four days.  Rose is a few days behind him in recovery.  A sick toddler is a very sad thing.

3.  Last weekend, we went on a trip to Tucson to attend a wedding.  Tucson's desert is so beautiful and the perfect setting for a ceremony.  Unfortunately, the night's sleep at the hotel was one of the worst of my life.  I had a splitting headache and couldn't sleep more than a few hours.  We got up and went home before 9am.  There really isn't any place better than home.

4.  Speaking of our trip last weekend, we stopped at the ostrich farm off the 10. This was a first for us.  The kids were enjoying the animals until an ostrich nipped Thomas's hand.  Now he hates ostriches.

5.  I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving next week.  Our new plans consist of driving to my MIL's house and having dinner with her, her husband, and my BIL's family.  None of Levi's sisters will be there this year.  Last Christmas, we had five of the six siblings and their families together and had quite the crowd.  This year will be a bit quieter.  Better for me because I always get stressed during large family gatherings.

6.  Well, Advent comes on the heels of Thanksgiving and lo and behold I'm prepared this year.  I bought a wreath and calendar last week.

7.  Catching Fire comes out today.  We wanted to go see it this weekend, but we'll have to put if off another week due to too many illnesses in our family.  I hear it is spectacular.

That's it.  Have a great week.

Seven Quick Takes

1.  I had intended to write more on this blog.  Maybe someday I'll actually do it.  Quick takes seems to work for me right now.

2.  Even though I don't go to work, I'm happy to have Veteran's Day weekend because it means my husband will be home an extra day.  He has been working so hard recently.  I feel a little bad because staying home with my kids is pretty easy.

I know, I know.  Being a SAHM is the hardest job in the world...blah, blah, blah.....  I think people who say that really have never had a mentally taxing job.  Now, I only have two kids, so having more might be much harder than what I deal with.

But, I've had a extremely stressful job in the past and staying home with kids is a piece of cake in comparison.  The hours are longer now, but the joy in parenting my kids is through the roof.

3.  I started to do Leslie Sansone videos this week.  If I have to leave my house to exercise, I'm not going to do it.  Why am I just figuring this out?

4.  My son has been going to speech therapy for about six weeks and is making great progress.  We were worried about not having started sooner.  It appears waiting until he was ready was the right call.

5.  Fall in Arizona is great.  I won't be complaining about the weather for another 5-6 months.

6.  I need to get an Advent wreath before the season sneaks up on me.

7.  Our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving has been cancelled due to my husband's work schedule.  Not traveling sounds so nice.  We have always gone out of town for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Seven Quick Takes

1.  November is here already.  The time is passing so quickly it seems.  I need to get it together this year before Advent starts.  It has been hit or miss the last few years.  Now that Thomas is five and going to CCD, I feel like I need to pay more attention to the details.

2.  Our first ever door to door trick or treating happened last night.  We've had sick kids the last two Halloweens.  We had to drive to another neighborhood because ours is almost exclusively snowbirds.

3.  So, Halloween candy is not the best thing to have around when you are trying to lose weight.

4.  Speaking of losing weight and fitness, I did a Leslie Sansone walking video at home yesterday.  This seems much more realistic because I'm out of shape and going to the gym while juggling schedules just isn't working.

5.  I'm having a weird cycle.  I'm not sure I ovulated this month.  If I didn't, I'll probably get my period on day 42.  That has happened in the past.

6.  Try for 3rd baby or not.  The pressure is on to lose weight and get into better shape so I don't have as much anxiety over pregnancy at 39.  There are some risk factors I can control, so I need to get on it or I'll just say no.  I think we both want another child, but the pregnancy and c-section makes me really nervous.  Ugh.

7.  I was just offered a teaching position for next semester to teach Family Law to paralegal students.  I did this last year and with some tweaking it might just be a better experience.  I do like working.