We had a bad day

Yesterday was one of those kind of rotten days. It was a holiday, so Chloe and I were home alone for the day. Lucky (not) for us, it was also storming so we knew we weren't going anywhere. 

I don't know if it's sickness or teething, but Chloe was miserable all night, and then all day. 

She wouldn't go to bed, and when she did she woke up a few times through the night. She was up at 6:40am, when normally I have to wake her up sometime after 7am to get ready for daycare. 

She whined all morning. 

Boyfriend watched her for a couple of hours so I could take a nap. He put her in her bed for her first nap, but she didn't sleep much. After more whining, I put her back to bed around noon. This time she slept for an hour and a half. She woke up whiny all over again. 

She had a tantrum or two, one that lasted about a half hour until I finally stuck her in bed until she calmed down. She was better after that, but still whiny until I put her to bed. 

I sure hope it's teething, because we sure need a break from sickness. 

Just after her tantrum, I held her on the couch for a little while. She was serious and quiet, but as soon as she saw her face in the camera (iPhone) she perked up and started making faces. 

It was one of those bad days where I lost patience more than once, and just wanted to hide in the basement listening to loud music while she had her freak outs. I didn't, but I wanted to. One of those days where I was more than happy to put her to bed, and prayed with every fiber of my being that she would stay there. 

Nope, not a good day. But those too shall pass, right? 

10 Things I Did This Week

1. Boyfriend and I thought about some life changing decisions. When I know what's going on, I will gladly share, but until then I'll just let this be my little stress of the week.

2. Boyfriend and I celebrated our second Valentine's Day together. By celebrated, I mean we got some take-out (garlic fingers and donairs), I took a bath, I finished watching 90210 and he actually watched with me then we literally passed out around 10pm. How's that for a wild and romantic Valentine's Day? Oh, but while he was home that day he made me a card. 

3. I made Valentine's for Chloe's daycare class but...

4. Chloe was up sick a couple of times through the night before Valentine's Day. It was boyfriend's day off work so she stayed home with him. She was whiny, but basically fine for the rest of the day. She was back to herself by Friday, but she didn't get to give out her Valentine's. Sad. 

5. I finished season two of Raising Hope. Best show EVER! (So far!)

6. Boyfriend had the flu, probably got it from Chloe, so I "slept" on the couch. I say "slept" because I was awake almost all night. I'm terrified of throwing up, to the point where I freak out if someone near me is sick and I could catch it. So far so good, but as I write this it's only been 12 hours since boyfriend was sick. I could still be next. 

7. I took Chloe's 'baby' to work. 

8. I bought a couple of vegetables that I've never had before so Chloe can try them: spaghetti squash and zucchini. Now I just need to figure out how to make them edible. 

9. I started working on a joint budget for boyfriend and I, in hopes that if we're more organized we'll be a little better at paying both of our debts off faster. 

10.  I'm having a hard time thinking of a #10. Oh.. Chloe started drinking homogenized milk. I hope to have her completely off formula by the time we make it to the end of this can. 

A work day

Baby girl Saturday morning before she got her pants on.
If she wasn't so tall this would be a cute dress. 

Happy girl, midway through the week

How much do you indulge?

I've been sitting at work all morning, really wanting to go out and get my favorite hot drink - half hot chocolate and half coffee. So yummy. 

What you might not know is that for about a month or two, I would stop for one of these every.single.morning. on my way to work. That's just a little bit under $2 a day. Then I fell in love with frosted cinnamon rolls. Cinnamon rolls with FROSTING. Then I was paying around $3.50 a day. 

A day. 

That's almost $20 a week just on a morning snack. 

What you also might not know is that I wasn't feeling well for a few days back in January. Because I wasn't feeling good, I wasn't eating well. By well, I mean barely at all for two days. I didn't stop for my morning snack those days. 

When I finally got my appetite back, I didn't immediately get back that craving. Now, I stop every now and then, but not nearly as much as before. I'm thankful for the money I'm saving, and I'm sure my health is thankful for all the water I'm sipping on to replace my coffee. I've been drinking a lot of water. 

But those hot chocolate coffees?  Those are my little indulgences. 

Some people have pop, or an alcoholic drink, or a meal out, or some spa time, but this is my only real addiction. 

But my question to you is what's yours? What's is that one (or two or three) thing that you know you probably have way too often, but you can't or don't want to give up? 

And how do you know when it's too much? When you should give it up, or if you're allowed to have this treat as much as you want? How do you control your little indulgences? 

I'm glad I was able to cut back, but since I started writing this post, I went for a walk and gave in to my craving. 

Oh how I love you, chocolatey coffee

Valentine's Day Cards

I picked Chloe up from daycare on Tuesday afternoon to find a note with her things. It was the list of babies in her class at daycare. For Valentine's Day. That's when it hit me - I have a kid who spends Monday to Friday in a social setting and therefore I'm expected to take part in these kinds of holidays. I felt a mixture or excitement and dread. 

I've always loved these kinds of holidays as a kid. Getting and giving Valentines and treats was always so much fun. That excitement still lives on in me a little bit, but I'm also lazy. I knew I wasn't spending money on Valentine's, as there are only 6 kids in Chloe's group, with her included, so that left me with the option of making something. I knew I wasn't making treats, as these are all babies under the age of two. 

I love card making, and I have all the supplies I'd ever need, but I didn't want to go all-out on Valentines for babies. I wanted to save the special ones for later years, when someone might appreciate them. 

I was super excited when boyfriend got home from work and he was the one to suggest the we break out my craft supplies and make cards. There's nothing like help to motivate me to get something done. 

So we dragged some supplies up to the kitchen table, all stuff I already had on hand:

- Two pieces of cardstock - red and white

- Valentine's Day stamp ($1.50 at Michaels) & ink ($4 at Wal-Mart)

- Edge punch (Around $25, but used coupon at Michael's)

- Rounded corner punch (Forget the price, from Michael's)

- Heart punch ($3 at Wal-Mart) 

- Paper slicer

- Glue tape ($1 at the Dollarama)

- Black pen

I cut cards and rounded corners while boyfriend edge-punched. He looked so sad and serious doing it that you'd never guess that it was his idea. 

He suggested we just do a flat card that doesn't open, since they're babies anyway. 

Then I stamped 'Happy Valentine's Day' and wrote out the 'To' and 'From' portions, while he punched out some hearts then glued them on. 

Punching hearts and edges? At least it sounds manly. 

While he was heart punching and gluing, I was hard at work taking photos of him, our work, and myself making horrible faces. 

And this is the final result:

Happy Valentine's Day to the little daycare kids, and you too!

What I've Been Watching - A lot of awesome

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Raising Hope

I've loved this show since the first couple of minutes of the first episode. It's so random, quirky, fun. Jimmy knocks up a serial killer, who gets the electric chair after giving birth. So he's raising his daughter, Hope, with the help of his crazy family. 

It has all the redneck hilarity of My Name is Earl (and a lot of surprise appearances from the actors of Earl), except it's funnier and you can't help but love them all. 

Oh, and Katy Perry plays a hot cop in one of the episodes. 

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I can't say enough good things about this show. Watch it. 

- 5 / 5 stars. [ Raising Hope on imdb ]

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PS I Love You

It wasn't my first time watching this movie, but I still love it. It's so sweet, with a lot of funny moments. And let's face it, we all have a huge crush on Gerard Butler, don't we?

Holly's husband dies of cancer. Before he dies he writes a series of letters to her, telling her to do stuff, helping her move on. It sounds a little creepy, but it's adorable. 

- 4.5 / 5 stars. [ PS I Love You on imdb ]

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Harry Potter

I'm a little late to the party, but I finally watched the entire series of Harry Potter movies. I originally read the first five books in high school, but never read or watched the ending. After a lot of bugging encouraging from boyfriend, we finally finished the series last week. The Deathly Hallows part one was incredibly boring and I hope to never watch it again, but part two was great. For the first time, I wasn't falling asleep at all, and I managed to watch the whole movie in one sitting. It took two sittings to watch most of the rest. I'm an old lady, and can't stay up late.

But to get back on topic, great series. I wish I would've watched them in theater like everyone else, but I was stubborn and wanted to read the books first. I'm glad I finally gave in and just watched them all. Someday I wouldn't mind going back and reading all the books from start to finish.
- 4.5 / 5 stars. [ Harry Potter on imdb ]


Annnd, what have you been watching?