Okay so I totally didn't expect it but it's happened. Caleb and i gave in last night and watched Food Inc. I didn't think what I saw would affect me but guess what it DID!
So as a family we've decided to go (mainly) vegetarian. We had already cut out almost all beef from our diet a couple years ago, by only using ground turkey. Which will prob. still be used when we have a meat attack.
I've spent today searching for veg. recipes and found quite a few that sound YUMMY and i think my family can eat too! The best part is the calories of each meal is 400 or less for dinner!! We've also decided not to eat out. Not like we have tons of great choices here anyway.
I'm super optimistic about this choice and can't wait to get to the store to buy all the things for our new meal plan!
So wish us luck!!
Not about food....
Today I had to take Opie and katai to the vet for shots and to get Opie micro-chipped. So with Travis in tow, we load up the dogs and go to the vet. amazingly it went AWESOME!!! The dogs were saints and TJ was well behaved! Opie however is not a fan of the leash so I had to carry his all of 10lbs butt. Not a big deal since I do it anyway =0) Okay so i may spoil him a bit.... BUT he lets me hold him like an infant while i watch t.v. so he deserves it =0)
Anyway- hope all is well where you are!!
*peace & love*
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
wha...wha...WHAT?!?!
OH MY! I am 27! When did this happen?? Okay so really it's not a big deal. This years birthday has been pretty good so far. Just waiting to see if the man is going to have to work late or be here for dinner and cake w/ us....I hope so =0)
In other news..... yesterday little Travie J started taking off his diaper and pants telling us he had to go potty! So I tried to take him to our potty which is HUGE he didn't even wanna try on it. So at lunch his daddy brought him home his very own potty. Turns out buying your child an Elmo potty that talks (when he LOVES Elmo) may not be the best thing for my sanity haha. He wanted to play w/ it of course. Then after dinner last night he strips down heads to the bathroom and just barely missed making it to the potty. No biggie we still totally encouraged him! So the next time he had to go what does he do....strips down and makes it to the potty!!! WOO-HOOO!!! We made a super huge deal out of it and I gave him a sticker, elmo of course! Today however has been spent chasing around a nakie baby with no success in actually going potty. But hey he's trying and I am super encouraging it. I know that if he potty trains now it would be SUPER awesome! So just maybe.
It is a bit crazy though b/c Opie is still in house breaking mode himself!
Anyway- hope everyone is well!
*peace* (^0^)v
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
really?!?! get a life, better yet QUIT your day job
Okay so I have ranted about Mr. Housing guy before but here we go again.
I mean seriously does this guy have nothing better to do than nit-pick my house??? So a few days ago he came to our door to tell us to organize our propane tanks....WTF?! someone PLEASE tell me how to organize 2 propane tanks. Giving his award winning speech about his boss and taking pics to send to Caleb's first SGT. So whatever, we dismiss the guy.
So yesterday I am out back on the phone. Let me take a moment to say how much I love my phone time, I have basically no friends here and so after about lunch time I have no one to talk to, b/c everyone in the states is asleep so I LOVE my small amount of phone time! Anyhoo- here comes Mr. D-bag, all tryin to give me the same speech about the damn propane tanks, while I'm on the phone. I simply tell him I am on the phone and walk into my house. Okay so come on guy, get a damn life! First off thats totally rude! Second if you want to tell me exactly how to organize some dang propane tanks I will then do it. I understand that living on a military base there are certain standards for your house. I do not mind following them, yeah it sucks when you just haven't had the time to cut your grass and you get a note but all the same you know your grass has to be cut. Whatever.
So in my anger, I go out back and freakin rake our literal 8x4 back yard, which has no grass is just rocks. I pick up the itty bitty trash specs I can find and I move the tanks..... I'm really hoping this makes old dude happy because it's really starting to piss me off!
Bleh so long weekend coming up and it's THE birthday celebration weekend woo-hoo! Forget D-bag I'm ready to PARTY!!
*peace*(^0^)v
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Opie
So it's 7 days til Valentines day and 10 til my birthday. What does the most amazing man on this planet do 2 days ago??? He brings home a puppy for my early gift!! I have never been surprised with with a dog! It was AMAZING!! =0) It took me FOREVER but I decided to name him Opie! No not because of Andy Griffen, but Sons of anarchy, it just fit and trust me I tried everything haha. He is a french bulldog, he is 6 months old, and just LOVELY!! We're (or I) still working on house breaking him but so far he is doing not so bad. He and Katai, our other dog, get along pretty good. They've had their moments but he they're "brothers" right? Seriously though I absolutely adore this pup! However his gas is enough to make you gag and boy does he ever have gas haha!
Though not to be outdone, I got Caleb a PS3 =0).... no it doesn't even come close to Opie but I think he's pleased. It started out in our bedroom but tonight found its way to the living room and I am more than excited about the change =0)
One week til the harajuku trip!!!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!
Tobe received another P.R.I.D.E. award at school on Friday, go Toby!! He also got into the actual sash/award part of Awanas. Don't think I've mentioned it before but about a month ago, a friend from his class invited him to go and he loved it so every Sunday we take him to Atsugi for Awanas. It was so strange at first to think that he had "his own thing" going on but I've really come to like it. Caleb grew up big in to church (I mean come on his pap is a Babtist preacher) so it's nice to let Toby have some of that in his life as well =0)
Anyway- gonna go look at more tattoo ideas...hopefully getting something new VERY soon!
*peace* (^0^)v
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
...
So whats been going on....
1> we decided not to get the range rover, after careful deliberation it just seemed like a not so wise idea. Really I'm okay w/ it I mean we only have (at most) a year and a half left here.
2> we got SNOW on Monday night!! It snowed for about 6 hours straight, accumulating about 2-3 inches on the ground. Caleb had no pt BUT they expected kids to go to school. We however didn't send big T in.... where i'm from a dusting = SNOW DAY!!**continued rant on school below**
3> I'm getting a cut and color this weekend and have no clue about the color!! UGH! suggestions?? I'm thinking of just doing highlights but idk...bleh
4> We have 10 days til we go to Harajuku!!!! I am soooooo excited!!!!!
5> I moved the boys into one bedroom and made the other a playroom.... 2 nights down and it's still working out okay =0). It seriously looks so much better and so far seems like it was an AWESOME idea!! We are going to get them a little couch for movie/tv watching. And thinking of getting Toby a PS2 to go in there for his bday. (March 5th)
OKAY SO.....
***SCHOOL RANT***
Okay so they didn't cancel school because of the snow...total crap! On top of that they don't do holiday "parties". If we want to send in Valentines for the class it's totally up to us. Nope they wont be making the cute little shoebox card holders or enjoying a day a handing out valentines followed by cupcakes, ect. I think this is total BULLSHIT! Some of my fondest early school memories were dressing up for Halloween, getting Valentines, and those days where you did nothing but have parties! I think it's totally crazy they are taking these joys away from our children.... as a parent you always here "they're only little once" and that is sooo true so why take parties and fun days away from kids who can barely tie their own shoes?!?!?! UGH! It's sooo super frustrating! I mean some of the things my son has done in the 4 months of kindergarten I'm pretty sure we didn't do til 2nd grade! WHY?!?! I'm totally confused!
Anyway- thats all my ranting! Hope all is well out there!
*peace*
1> we decided not to get the range rover, after careful deliberation it just seemed like a not so wise idea. Really I'm okay w/ it I mean we only have (at most) a year and a half left here.
2> we got SNOW on Monday night!! It snowed for about 6 hours straight, accumulating about 2-3 inches on the ground. Caleb had no pt BUT they expected kids to go to school. We however didn't send big T in.... where i'm from a dusting = SNOW DAY!!**continued rant on school below**
3> I'm getting a cut and color this weekend and have no clue about the color!! UGH! suggestions?? I'm thinking of just doing highlights but idk...bleh
4> We have 10 days til we go to Harajuku!!!! I am soooooo excited!!!!!
5> I moved the boys into one bedroom and made the other a playroom.... 2 nights down and it's still working out okay =0). It seriously looks so much better and so far seems like it was an AWESOME idea!! We are going to get them a little couch for movie/tv watching. And thinking of getting Toby a PS2 to go in there for his bday. (March 5th)
OKAY SO.....
***SCHOOL RANT***
Okay so they didn't cancel school because of the snow...total crap! On top of that they don't do holiday "parties". If we want to send in Valentines for the class it's totally up to us. Nope they wont be making the cute little shoebox card holders or enjoying a day a handing out valentines followed by cupcakes, ect. I think this is total BULLSHIT! Some of my fondest early school memories were dressing up for Halloween, getting Valentines, and those days where you did nothing but have parties! I think it's totally crazy they are taking these joys away from our children.... as a parent you always here "they're only little once" and that is sooo true so why take parties and fun days away from kids who can barely tie their own shoes?!?!?! UGH! It's sooo super frustrating! I mean some of the things my son has done in the 4 months of kindergarten I'm pretty sure we didn't do til 2nd grade! WHY?!?! I'm totally confused!
Anyway- thats all my ranting! Hope all is well out there!
*peace*
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