I know you won’t believe this, but Brian is home from his business trip.
Already.
Yes, I said already. The weekend flew by, it even freaks me out a little bit at how the entire five days are a total blur. Well, maybe not all of them but 90% of it.
We did so much and that makes me pretty proud of myself. Friday night we went to a Matilda Jane Trunk Show where I splurged on a dress for Anna, then my best friends came over and they held Eli while I drank a beer and finally relaxed. But I went to bed at 1:30 and Eli woke up at three something, the night was short but totally worth it.
On Saturday, the kids and I went to a European Market, it was so much fun. That’s where I bought the flowers you see at the top of this post. We went to a park later in the day and then ordered pizza. On Sunday, I was officially worn out, I could not keep my eyes open, it was definitely the most difficult day of them all. LUCKILY, my parents came over and held Eli while I took a nap and then they made dinner. It was fantastic.
After weeks and weeks of trying to pinpoint Elijah’s fussy problem, I decided to call his pediatrician yesterday morning. When we arrived I was so happy to see that he had gained 2 pounds from his birth weight, he’s getting so big. The doctor diagnosed him with reflux and medication has begun.
I am so hopeful.
My Mom came over and watched Anna and Noah while Eli and I headed to his appointment, when we came home I found that she had folded two loads of laundry and she didn’t just fold two loads of laundry but she folded them perfectly. She made me realize that maybe I just don’t know how to fold laundry and maybe she should always fold my laundry or train me? I’m sure she taught me when I was a teenager but I was probably too busy thinking about more important things like what time my boyfriend was going to pick me up in his Pinto.
Anyway, I have obsessed over her laundry folding since she left yesterday and I’m wondering if your Mom is a better folder than you? I’m thinking I really suck at it but not as bad as Brian but not nearly as good as my Mom. (I should take a picture but I am so lazy.)
So, I’m feeling inspired again. Inspired to make my house pretty, inspired to declutter and reorganize and inspired to also become a better folder. (I promise, I am not talking about folding laundry because of the name of my blog.)
In general, I’m just excited that Brian is home, safe. I’m excited to have some time to myself.
And tomorrow, I’m joining Weight Watchers, I guess I’m excited about that, too.
What are you excited about?
I’m excited about the sunshine and seventy-something weather we’re having today. After a week of rain, it is very welcome.
Oooh…Weight Watchers…I have been tempted to sign myself up, but keep hesitating! Please share your thoughts about it once you get started! I know several people who have had great, lasting success with it!
Love the photo of Eli below…so adorable!
I am excited about our upcoming vacation to Michigan City on Lake Michigan with my entire family (that’s 12 adults and 13 kids…I just realized that we are outnumbered! Maybe I shouldn’t be all too excited about this after all!)
Wishing you a happy baby and sunshiney days!
Not only is my mom an amazing folder, but she also makes beds like she’s a robot maid or something. The sheets are wrinkle free, the blankets are tucked in tight but not too tight. She’s so good at it. I’m so not.
I am excited about Eli hopefully feeling better, and I am also excited about summer being so soon, but I would really like the weather to cooperate because I am very cold right now. And finally, I am excited because I FINISHED GRADING THE DUMB ESSAYS.
I just rejoined WW a few weeks ago…and YAY it is working.
Now I just have to stick to it.
Good luck!
wow this is such a happy post I love it!!!! Have a wonderful day!!!
I always have this same feeling after a great weekend of doing things on my own. I have always done a lot of things with my kids by myself, but there was a bitterness to it because I was married and felt the discontentment that I *had* to do it on my own.
Now that I am divorced, now that there is no one to do it but me…it is soo very rewarding. I am proud of myself.
I need to get more active in my Weight Watchers journey…I don’t want to go back to where I was when I started. I have kept the weight off for almost two years…and THAT makes me excited, but I don’t want to give up there. I want to keep going, keep the weight off and be more active.
I am going to do the Weight Watchers walking challenge, a 5k in Highland on June 6th…another thing I am excited about.
Life is exciting and I want to live it.
Geez, enough about me. Kudos to you, I hope Eli’s meds help.
15-ish days of school left. but who’s counting?
and then?
i get to be home with my babies … all. summer. long.
can’t wait.
i am excited to be alive! excited to be a mother! and, i am really excited that i am starting to make time to for myself! i’m starting to eat better,read more and play often!
happy tuesday!
My mom is WAY better at folding laundry than me. I just don’t care enough. I hate folding it so much that we hand up almost everything! Only jeans, pjs, socks and undies get put in drawers.
I always enjoy reading your blog. Sounds like a lovely weekend.
Wanted to tell you that I have done weight watchers since October and have lost 52 lbs. It totally works! Good luck to you!
I share a weight watchers tips on my blog every Wednesday so feel free to check that out. You can check out previous ones by going to the weight watchers label on the right sidebar. I won’t say its an easy diet but I will say that it is easier than some diets I have tried before. Are you still nursing? Sorry if thats too personal…its just that you get way more points if you are nursing! I was sort of bummed when I had to start feeding my babe real food because that meant I got few nursing points. hahaha!
Good luck…& your Eli is so precious.
I’m so glad that you bought those flowers for yourself – they are gorgeous! (I tend to hem and haw, obsess and then put them back and NOT buy them!) I’m always happy when I actually get over myself and just splurge and buy them!
I’m excited about the VisionaryMom.com retreat! I’ll be teaching the art journaling sessions, registration just opened yesterday and I can already feel such a great energy – it’s going to be an amazing getaway!
I’m excited that my son only has 9 days of school left. But, I’m kinda sad too, Kindergarten went waaayyyy too fast! I know the years to follow are going to go even faster. I’m also excited about warmer weather to come this week, 50′s as highs in May is just nuts!!!
I’m excited that I decluttered most of my house this weekend by getting rid of, (donating them to the Salvation Army) a lot of clothes and toys! My kiddos are 4 and almost 3 and it was time to get rid of a lot of stuff!
My house looks and feels so much better now! I rewarded myself by having a Snickers Ice Cream bar! So yummy!
My mom has always folded laundry better than I. Its almost art like the way she does. There are times I miss living at home and finding a basket full of my clean laundry that is perfectly folded just waiting to fit neatly into drawers and such.
I am SO sorry to hear that Eli has reflux – it can be so heart breaking to know that your baby is in pain and have to medicate at such a young age. And, I know this, because I have been there – My daughter, Madaline, was diagnosed at 3 weeks old and we have been riding the reflux roller coaster for 3 years this coming July. Please, from one mom to another, don’t hesitate to drop me an email if you have any questions or would like to know more about what we experienced.
And, what am I excited about? My sister and I are traveling 6 hours to Connecticut next Tuesday to watch one of only two games that the Men’s National soccer team will be playing here in the United States before they leave for the FIFA World Cup in Africa. How cool is that?
I haven’t been caught up on laundry since I was 12. There is a permanent pile in the corner of the laundry room, I take some away every day and I add more to it every day.
My mother… can also fold fitted sheets! God love her…
i love how inspired you sound!!
i cannot believe brian is home already. that DID go fast. [well, i guess it's different from my point of view, but you know what i mean.]
time is so fast.
The crazy thing is that my mom probably hasn’t had folded her own laundry in years because she has help, but she’s a magic laundry folder. And her clothes smell better directly from the wash than mine do, despite the fact that we use the same detergent. Her house always looks like a model home and her handwriting is nicer than mine. I’ve always wondered when I would get my mom skills like she has, because they didn’t magically appear when I became a mom.
I’m excited to finally see our baby on ultrasound next week and hopefully find out if we are growing a he or a she!
The flowers you got at the market are beautiful. You’ve inspired me to venture out to ours tomorrow AM with the kids.
And about that laundry…my dad was the folder in our house growing up and he does a meticulous job. I mniss that!
My mom can fold like a champ as well and I just don’t get it. Even the darn bottom sheets…..they look beautiful every time. She can fold presents like a pro, too. I think our moms are holding out on us.
I didn’t have a boyfriend with the Pinto in high school (late bloomer) so I was able to give Mom my full attention during her rigorous folding training camps so I fold *precisely* like she does. My folding skills are her proudest maternal accomplishment and not-coincidentally the ONLY thing she doesn’t roll her eyes at and set about to re-do entirely whenever she visits. (Seriously.)
I am excited about the sun, and my kids’ glowing, happy smiles, and how in love I am with Al, and now that I stop and look at it, I’m also pretty tickled with the new Susan G. Komen pink toenail polish I’m sportin’!
I’m excited to be 35 weeks, 3 days pregnant and still have ankles. I’m excited to be having contractions, but would really like for them to be more productive and less annoying. I’m excited for the gray skies and drizzle in mid-May Southern California (probably why I still have ankles). I’m super-dee-duper excited for this baby boy to get here…to sleep on my stomach, walk without waddling, reduce the heartburn and discover the new normal!!!
I am excited for today. I am here, my children are here and relatively well. My husband I and I are having some health problems (on top of my pregnancy) but we have today and it is good.
you might find out she delegated the job to the littles? my mom folds better too, but my laundry not hers. LOL
I’M glad he’s home, too! Personally, I have a specific way I prefer my towels folded. I watched Martha Stewart demonstrate this fold and it makes the towels look so nice on the shelf (no ends or edges show). But if someone is doing my laundry no way would I complain about how they go about it!
Steph
My mom is WAY better than me…I still can’t fold a shirt like her! And don’t get me started on bed making…my mom is a nurse and makes beds like they do in the hospital. She’s tried to teach me but I just can’t get it! My mother-in-law is the most amazing fitted-sheet folder I’ve ever seen…she too has tried to teach me but I think I’ve just given up on that one. My baby girl is 2 months old today and I just finally made it back to story time at our library for the first time since she was born…took all 3 kids by myself and it went great…I was so proud of myself!
I so so hope that the meds work for Eli and he is a happy, snuggly reflux-free baby very soon!!
My folding skills are pretty good (and I’m kind of picky about the folding)… I have actually been known to refold some stuff so its “right” (towels and t-shirts!) HOWEVER I am a HORRIBLE ironer!!!! I can never get all the wrinkles out I usually burn myself. Thank God my husband is a fantastic ironer. My mom is also a greater ironer (is that even a word?).
I am excited that its finally sunny today and that I’ve lost a few pounds. Maybe my weak attempt at exercising is helping a little!
I love those flowers.
Also, my mom is a WAY better folder than I am. She’s managed that whole folding a fitted sheet business, which I think is actually just magic. Every time I do it, I get mad and wad the whole thing into a ball and shove it in the closet.
I’m excited that I’m getting a skirt I ordered from Etsy tomorrow, and that our CSA starts on Thursday – farm fresh veggies rock my socks.
Congrats on making it through the weekend! And with such ease!
I’ve been doing WW since January and lost 22lbs so far. This week wasn’t my best week ever, but I plan to hit the restart button and try again.
I love that picture, love the color.
I have given you an award on my blog. I hope you accept it.
I don’t know if my mom is a better folder than me or not, but I do know that when she was here last week, she folded lots of loads for me, so she can’t be bad
Going home to spend two full
weeks with my momma! I love it, even at 36, going home to mom.
That’s a loaded question lol I’m the better laundry folder. When I was in college I only had two fairly small dresser drawers, so I learned how to fold very neatly to save as much space as possible.
However, now… yes I still fold it like that… when I fold it at all! LOL I have a bad habbit of just taking the basket upstairs and leaving it.
This is such a bright and cheery post. I think ultimately you’re not only happy that Brian’s home because you missed him but you’re also very pleased with yourself for handling everything so well while he was away. Kudos to you!
And as far as that folded laundry goes? Oh no. You’re not going to trick me into doing all your folding for you no matter how flattered I am. (I will, however, be happy to give lessons.) lol
Hi! I have followed your blog for a while now but never commented so hello! My daughter Evalyn is just now one month old and she’s my first so I am excited about that! I also just wanted to say that I am joining Weight Watchers tomorrow too! I have done it before and it really does work, but nursing is so different so it will be interesting to see how the weight comes off now post-baby! Good luck Mama and say hi to Eli from Eavie!
My Mum IS better at folding than me, but she takes AN AGE to do it, so I can’t stand to let her do mine ~ seriously three T-shirts and a few pairs of socks can take her 30 minutes ~ she is THAT fussy! I don’t have that kind of time. BUT I AM good at folding (and quick) ~ it’s just that the kids are also way to good at fumbling through the pile (which is never small) to find the ‘right’ T-shirt just minutes later!! I don’t iron though, so folding is a crucial part of my laundry cycle; straight off the line/out of drier ~ fold ~ and put away (mostly hung). The kids are hopeless, so I don’t ask them, and Paul just does it ‘wrong’!!
What am I excited about (Certainly NOT the laundry, which is endless here)..?
Summer ~ I’m always excited about the prospect of being warm!
Camping ~ with a bunch of HomeEd friends in a couple of weekends time
Losing 4 Big Kids ~ to their own ‘camp’ for a whole 5 days!!
Pizza Hut on Friday night!!
Will that do?!!
my mom isn’t really a folder and I have a certain way that things need to be folded. Luckily no one ever does my laundry for me and truthfully the thought of someone not doing it right makes my chest ache with anxiety.
I am excited for my trip to Atlanta in just a couple of weeks. I am excited that my hubs is off 2 days in a row again this week and its on a weekend. And that the rain is supposed to have stopped for today and tomorrow.
My daughters both suck at folding laundry. Should I tell them? Should I show them (again) how to do it? Or should I just continue to mumble under my breath?
How sweet of your Momma.
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I am excited about getting back on track to losing weight. I finally had the light hit me this morning when I stepped on the scale…I’m ready to start being proud of myself again!
Good luck at WW!
What is it about mother’s and folding laundry? My mom is the best laundress I’ve ever seen. Her folds would make Martha Stewart proud. You have such a wonderful mom. My daughter only lets me do her laundry when she’s on her sick bed and then I have to beg. And yes, time is way too short….great seeing you at the market!
I’m not sure who is better at folding – my mom or me. I’ll have to hand her some laundry next time she comes to visit and find out for sure.
I’m excited for our homeschooling year to be OVER within the next week and start the summer – followed by the new adventure of public school for my men. I think it is going to be so good for all of us.
My mother folds the towels and sheets to perfection for sure. I don’t know HOW she does it. And i’ve watched.
I’m excited about our beach vacation that is coming up. Thanks for asking!
Glad Brian is home and safe.
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Thanks for hosting this great party! I’ve been wanting to link up for a while now – I’m glad this week finally worked!
Have a great weekend.
Alissa