Weekly Update - May 25th

Well,another not so great week. Some ups but I have had a serious lack of motivation and energy. Need to start taking a daily vitamin. One thing though, I am daily being made aware of how much my husband loves me and how much I love him. My heart if full to bursting for him.

The Fam:
Emma is being a fantastic helper! She is doing so much and without complaining. I am so thankful to have her as a daughter. She's a chatterbox, which can be painfully exhausting; but she is such sweet, caring little girl. Great job, Ems!

Novalee provided an especially funny moment this week. She was being naughty (naturally), so when I went upstairs to get her, she attempted to hide under a blanket, crying out, "I'm a rock! I'm a rock!" I was almost fooled. "D

Kurt experienced TWO firsts this week! On Monday, we went on a field trip with his Infant/Toddler program. It was his first time in a pool. Kurt's not the adventurous type, so he was pretty reluctant the whole time. He sat on my lap in the pool for the first 20 minutes, but eventually he got brave enough to take a few steps away from Mommy to play with his ball. He actually didn't want to leave when it was time to go. My sweet little guy.
Kurt also had his very first haircut on Saturday. We went to the NEX where his first haircut was FREE! Hooray! I was really reluctant to cute those adorable little curls off, but they were getting so raggedy and he hated having a comb pulled through his hair. So...here are the before shots: Pretty nappy, huh? The hairdresser was very sweet and good with him, but he was not too happy about sitting in that big chair all by himself. But he was soon quieted with a yummy Tootsie Pop. "D And here's the video of my sweetie's first haircut.
And she did a fantastic job! I was worried I would hate losing the curls, but it turned out very nice. My handsome boy! Thank you, NEX!

Julia is growing fast! She is such a little chunker! It's too cute, but she's grown out of all her clothes. I had to go shopping to get some summer clothes for her because she practically had nothing to wear. I couldn't find much I really liked though, so I had to settle for mediocre. But she makes them look so much better.

Weight Loss: Still not so good. No motivation at all. Hopefully, sooon. Ever since my sore throat episode, I've wanted nothing but juice. I don't really even want to eat unless it's fruit. I've gone through three bottles of juice by myself this week. Yummy, yummy, yummy! But I know it's wreaking havoc on my teeth. So...I need some motivation. Oh, and did I mention?....JUICE!

Craftiness: Still working on the socks. I've decided to get back into sewing also. I am itching to make some summer dresses for the girls. It's been a slow week for crafting, though. However, on my consignment store run, I happened to find a Baby Surprise Jacket that someone had made...on CLEARANCE for $1.25. I couldn't just leave it there when someone had spent so much time on it. So now Novalee and Kurt are fighting over it.


Bookshelf: Finished The Graveyard Book! I actually ended up really liking it (4 stars). After the ghoul gate thing and when Bod starts to come into his own, it gets kind of Harry Potterish, which was cool with me. Pretty good! So the next book on the bookshelf is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, which is supposed to be funny. Looking forward to a book with a lighter mood.

Celestial University: My previous goals were way too much at once for me to remember every day. So right now, I'm just working on one. I'm getting ready for a yard sale for Business & Economics. Went through two boxes from the shed tonight. Hopefully at least two a day. But I've started! Woo hoo!

Not a great couple of weeks for me. I had to bid a very sad farewell to my sailor. So that's....
Also, got a nasty viral throat infection right before he left, so that didn't make things very easy. And to top that off, it came back! That is just so crappy. I know it's not strep because I had a throat culture done, but it sure does feel like it. It is super painful and the only thing I can do to soothe my throat is to keep eating and drinking anything that's not really dry, which brings me to...

Weight loss: Also not a good week for weight loss. Chad took me out to Outback Steakhouse before he left, and then he and the kids grilled hot dogs and corn for my Mother's Day dinner, and then we all went over to Grandma and Grampa's to eat even more hot dogs and hamburgers the next day. Now my throat is killing me, so I'm just eating and drinking stuff all day to soothe my throat. I hate this.

Craftiness: Working on my first pair of socks done at the same time on one circular. Yay! Coming along nicely, but they won't be usable when finished. Since I'm just doing this first pair to learn, they are two different colors so I don't mix them up and I'm using Red Heart Super Saver. Not a good yarn for socks. I know I wouldn't want to walk with that on my feet. Anyway, pics later.

Bookshelf: Reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I really don't like it as much as Coraline and I'm struggling a little to get through it. Something about the ghoul gate weirded me out and I haven't been as enthusiatic about reading the book.

Okay, I'm feeling too crappy to try to remember any more or post pics or links, so that's all you get until I feel better.

Blogging can be irritating sometimes

Okay, I changed my template to the customize one so I could add gadgets, but now I lost my picture and my walk to Rivendell thingy and I can't get my ticker to post on the sidebar. Megan, help please!!!

Weekly Update

Okay, I'm going to try to do what Megan started with the weekly update thing. I hope I'll be able to keep it up. I'm actually doing it right now because I need to do something to stay awake. I am incredibly tired and Julia and Novalee will not sleep. So if I'm sounding a little off, you know why. K, gonna try to make some categories that will usually always have a weekly entry.

The Fam:
Emma performed in the school talent show this week. She sang Seek the Lord Early and she sounded beautiful. She was so brave and just got up there and sang her little heart out. She got quite a round of applause. I am so proud of her.

Julia is growing fast. She's already 16 lbs! I think Emma was like 16 pounds at a year old. She can almost roll from her back to her front now, and she can scoot backwards. Really have to watch that one now. She had stage 1 foods for the first time this week also...tender peas. She wasn't that impressed.
I should be sending out her six-month update to everyone soon, so someone remind me to do that.

Kurts seems to be on a "let's see how much I can possibly whine and cry during the day" kick, but I suppose that's normal for a two-year-old.

Novalee's just Novalee.

Chad has duty today so I'm really missing him and being reminded what it's going to be like every day for 7 months when he goes on deployment. This has been a particularly bad day, though, so I'm not too worried.

Weight Loss
The goal is to lose 33 lbs before Christmas!  That’s approximately 5 lbs a month.  I think I can do that.  Also, I need to keep up to date with my Walk to Rivendell.

Craftiness
Almost finished with my Children's Book swap package. Excited to get that out and getting more excited every day to receive mine. The Hubby got me some new fun yarn this week. I got Sirdar Snuggly Poppet in blue and Bernat Baby Boucle in Flower Power, all on clearance! And Chad picked out some sock yarn for me...all by himself (the choices were too overwhelming for me)! He got me Regia Cotton Java sock yarn in colorway 1180. It is beautiful! I am so impressed. You did good, Chad! I'm searching for my 2-at-a-Time Socks book so I can get started on that. Yay! Just signed up for the Superheroes swap, too.

Fun Stuff
There is a way cool tree in front of a house around the corner from us. It looks like it came straight from a Dr. Seuss book! I want one. If anyone knows what kind of tree this is, let me know. Check it out.


On Saturday, we took a family trip to our favorite comic book store, AF Comics, for free comic book day. There were a few characters from Star Wars there, so we had to get pictures.

Kurt picked out his very first free comic! Cars: The Rookie

And Mommy caught a glimpse of his budding comic book nerdiness. So proud!



Celestial University
I've been wanting to participate in this program for a long time and we've finally gotten a couple groups started in Relief Society. I'm going to night school. ;)

So my major is Business & Economics, but I have to complete at least 5 goals in the College of Theology also. These are what I'm going to get started on now:

Business & Economics
1. Be two minutes early for all of your appointments and meetings for one month.
2. Don't use any credit cards for one month.
These will be completed on June 4th, 2009.

Theology
1. Pray twice a day on your knees for one month - Completed by June 5th, 2009
2. Read the scriptures for 15 minutes at least three times a week for two months - Completed by July 5th, 2009
3. Hold family prayer twice a day for a month - Completed by July 5th, 2009
4. Read all of the lessons in the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith manual.

Bookshelf
Megan and I are reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. I actually really love the book even though I really despise most of the characters. But that's a good thing I suppose because if I didn't feel anything toward the characters, that would be a sign of a badly written book. Anyway, it's getting even better now that we're getting down to the nitty gritty and I'm having a hard time putting the book down at night. I'm also trying to finish Covenant Hearts, and LDS book on marriage. And to remind myself, I need to get started on The Gathering: Signs of the Times for bookclub this month.

Next week's entry will also have entertainment and scripture entries. So long for now!

Dancing on the Dugout

The Ewell family went to our first Norfolk Tides games in our quest to have all the fun we possibly can before Daddy leaves. The girls were chosen to do the Chick-fil-a Can Can on top of the dugout. Novalee won, but they all received prizes. They both got Tides baseballs and Novalee got a Tides ball cap. Loads of fun!!