Morning Sledding and what I'm currently reading

Tonight on The Current Lifestyle:
Morning sledding and what I'm currently reading

Morning Sledding:
For a girl who grew up in the South most of her life, I have to admit, life up North is cold. No this wasn't unexpected, however with temperatures plummeting this coming week to (I kidd you not) Thursday's high -11/12 and the low -18/0 (Celsius first then Fahrenheit) that makes a person who has worn flip flops for most of her life or sometimes no shoes, go.........uhhhh my toes feel funny.

So anyway, today dear husband and I thought we would spend sometime taking Chunky P sledding. Yes, We not only received a boat load of powder perfect snow all night long, but preggy McPreggers here even sledded a few times down the hill in our yard. The three of us had a blast which ended when we needed to shovel our way out of the driveway to get some shopping done and even faster when Chunky P decided she wasn't cold or hydrated enough and ate bowlfuls of snow! Literally, I think she took my line of, "daddy ate snow big time", to mean, well I've got to eat some serious snow too! Cue shovels of powder white into mouth while mommy pulls Chunky P on the sled towards the garage. It was like an all out buffet that never ended. As you can imagine, her face was quite red by the 20th time I told her to stop eating the snow and I took her into the house.

 Today was a fabulous day. I haven't been able to say that in awhile. It was so nice for a change to get the chance to relax and just enjoy the people in my life who I love and love me too. I'm grateful for these new and fun experiences and can't wait to one day share them with our little boy soon too.

What I'm currently reading:
Ah, I love that topic title. If you're an avid reader such as myself and either have books to recommend or want to discuss books, leave some comments or email me. I love book discussions. I'm currently working on a new page to add to my blog titled.....wait for it.................................................................................................................................Currently Reading.

Cue dorky smile

There you will find books I've read and reviews. I'm open to all types of genres but at the moment I've been into non-fiction. If you don't have a Goodreads account yet, get the free app on your phone and follow me there too. It's an amazing book app and has opened up a new way for me to track books I've read and want to read in the future.



That's all for tonight my awesome readers. Leave a comment or email me sometime. I'd love to hear from you.

Pregnancy sucks and toddler goes to school (a more serious discussion)

Tonight on The Current Lifestyle:

1) Pregnancy Sucks
2) Toddler goes to school
things are a little more serious this evening.



Pregnancy Sucks:

Alright, I'll admit it. This pregnancy thing I really can't wait for it to be over with. Now before I dive into my reasons, know that I am aware of how so many couples have the most difficult time conceiving a child. I completely sympathize with them and understand that conceiving any child can be a miracle and this is in no way an intent to trigger an argument.

Now with that out of the way, I'll state my reasons for disliking pregnancy altogether. First and foremost, I'm a complete psychopath when pregnant. These hormones that I have no control over made my husband laugh with the first child, but with this one; well we aren't laughing anymore.
For example; I was complaining to dear husband about the possibility of Chunky P getting our back seats muddy when it starts to snow this winter. (She still faces backwards) He calmly stated that he could fix that problem by using a piece of leftover carpet and tying it to the back seat of the SUV.................... Cue look of death!

Too harsh? 

Poor guy didn't know what hit him. I immediately started ranting all of my "then" reasons why I couldn't have that as a solution and we had to go buy something specially made for situations like this. I couldn't have a ghetto looking car! Because we all know I drive so many people around in my SUV (NOT) and I love to drive other people (NOT) and my car is always spotless on the inside (NOT) Alas, a month goes by and I've been to Target (several times) and have seen the item that is sold for my apparent problem. But, I've never been able to bring myself to purchase the thing. Another month goes by and it starts to snow. I decided to wash my car at home for the last time before winterizing the hose and I see that piece of carpet dear husband had in the garage. I went right up to him and said, "you know, we could place this here near her feet and tie it to the seat and this would be perfect for preventing mud and snow from getting on the seats!"
Yeah, I'm that wife!

The second reason why pregnancy sucks is MY KIDS MAKE ME SICK!!! Yep, like Chunky P gave me morning sickness for like 6 weeks. My son, all pregnant women claim boys don't make you sick, put me in the hospital with Hyper-emesis Gravidarum. The sickness lasted from week 4 to week 15. Thanks son I haven't nicknamed yet!!! If you don't know what hyper-emesis is, it's a severe form of morning sickness. I ended up in the hospital for an overnight stay, 5 IV fluid bags later and I was sent home. I was living off of cold white rice and cold boiled eggs. Even water made me nauseous. Which I didn't think was possible. Dear husband had to drive me to his parents and leave me there with Chunky P for a week because I couldn't take care of myself let alone Chunky P. (He had a work trip he couldn't miss) And if you don't know what morning sickness feels like, other than the fact I secretly dislike you now, it's like a hangover that never ends. Even after throwing up.

in the hospital

at the in laws healing

My third and final reason pregnancy sucks is because I literally lose my body for 9 months. Selfish, absolutely. But a mother literally gives up herself the moment conception starts to the finish line where shes either ripping her v jay jay open or her abs open in surgery. Like come on! No one tells you your V jay will disappear with your growing belly. Everyone talks about their feet missing. Like, one is more important than the other folks, trust me! And I just love watching the workout pregnant moms. I wanted to be one so bad, but I literally crave the worst foods, feel like my heart is going to give out just walking sometimes, and I'm exhausted. Seriously, I'm just exhausted watching those women workout! (and when not pregnant, I'm a fit mom)  Lets not even start on the topic of maternity clothes that I refuse to buy because of expense and how uncomfortable I feel in them or peeing in the middle of the night.

I miss that body...."ah I worked out!"

On a positive note, I do love and miss (when my kids are born) the kicks from the inside. I miss the connection and the "not knowing" who I'll be meeting. I am looking forward to meeting my son and having him complete our little family. But, I think I'm even more looking forward to getting back to myself and well, who am I kidding, that wont happen until I figure out how to juggle 2 kids with less sleep!

Pregnant and Pj's don't fit

Toddler goes to school:
This too is not intended for an argument.

our first day

Ahh the joys of Tuesdays and Fridays where little Chunky P goes to school. Its day care, but hey, they have a curriculum and she learns new things and has new experiences so we call it school. Each time I pick her up she's so excited to tell me about her day and what she did in school that it calms my anxiety of leaving her with complete strangers throughout the day. You'd think that a former teacher wouldn't be so anxious about leaving her own child with others, but believe it or not, it's a struggle. I didn't realize how much I needed Chunk to leave the house for a day or two and she probably needed it as well. I've come to realize I'm also a more likable person when I've had a break from my child. I'm not as quick to snap due to thin patience and I've also had time to not only myself, but to cross off items on my "to do" list that have been neglected. If you're a mom or dad struggling, try letting someone take care of your little chunk of love even if it's for an hour. Give yourself a break, because we all know you need and deserve it. Let the guilt go. That's my hardest thing but try, trust me, you'll feel better and be a better parent for it. And now that my wisdom has been read by all and spread through out the earth, go forth and prosper! haha!

Leave some feedback, I'd love to hear what others have to say about their experiences with mother or fatherhood.

I'm back. The pity party is now over, well sort of

Tonight on The Current Lifestyle,

1) Where did I go for over a year
2) New life 

New home in New York

 1) Where did I go for a year

After my last post sometime in November of 2015, I dropped off of this blog without warning. I simply couldn't take the criticism from my family. Honestly, people were mad at me days after my surgery for a number of things and I decided that I just was going to let them win and stop posting; which was healing for me, but alas I "forgot" everything is about everyone else.

I can see you as the reader saying, "okay, so whats going to stop you from disappearing a second time? Well, honestly, my "don't care" attitude. I'm going to start putting it to use just in time for the holidays to roll around, and YOU! My reader. I used to make people laugh with this blog and knowing that used to make me happy. That leads me to our next topic of discussion...


2) New Life

Since the last post in November 2015, We have moved from our tropical climate home to this place in central New York close to the wall. (Game of Thrones references may or may not be used here)

The Wall

I guess that makes my home Castle Black, except there is heat and things grow green in the summer and well, I have some close female neighbors.Yes, I know there is no actual wall separating NY from Canada, but I consider the boarder crossing a wall of sorts and all Canadians wild-lings! haha! J/K Love you my Canadian friends.

Wild-lings

We moved here on my birthday. To grant me the greatest welcome, it even snowed on my birthday. Something I didn't even know could happen in April. So, Chunky P, Scott and I lived in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment for the first 4 months until we found the place we could call our very own. We now live on a beautiful piece of land on the side of a mountain that we moved into in Aug. I must say, it took some getting used to, not just the apartment life, or Northern life, but even the new house was bigger and different. For example, some questions our realtor literally laughed at me for asking.....(Jen was fabulous, kind and understanding of my lack of knowledge in this area)
         1) Where are the air conditioning vents?
         2) What is a dehumidifier?
         3) What are those floor vents for?
         4) Why do we have to keep taking our shoes off in these tiny rooms in each house we look at?
         5) Wait, explain again how I'm not drinking shit water from my well if sits below my septic?
         6) What is a walk out basement?
         7) What the hell is a sump pump?
         8) Isn't a furnace one of those coiled things next to the wall you see on TV that makes a hiss?

Ahh, the luxurious life I've lived as a Southerner and a Westerner. These questions might seem like no brainers to Northerners but, hello, I was born in the desert and grew up mostly in Florida, where there are no basements, floor vents or mud rooms.

To add to this list, we are also expecting an addition to the family in March 2017. We will be expecting a little boy this time around and I kid you not Chunky P could give a care less at the moment. I guess at 2 years and 3 months, things aren't really a reality for you until it comes home and never leaves.

I'll leave you with all of those thoughts to ponder as I close this entry for the evening. As I crawl through this motherhood journey, you'll start to see that I've been battling a toddler, difficult pregnancy, new winter experiences and depression to cap it off. I say battling, because I can't quite say I'm surviving it yet. Well maybe, I'm not dead yet. To be continued.....

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Here are some pics of our new life:

Pregnancy announcement

Chunky P at lunch

Decorating our tree 

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Grass Stew, Healing update and Halloween

                          Today on The Current Lifestyle: Grass stew, a healing update and Halloween

Grass Stew: What the heck is grass stew? Well my friends, grass stew is just as you might think, a bunch of grass combined into a delicious "pretend" stew. Yesterday, I really needed to get myself outside, and since I haven't been cleared to drive until today, I brought my chunk of love outside into the yard and we dug around in my flower planters and the grass. One of her favorite games to play with me is to hand me items until my hands are full. Since we have an abundance of grass, we must have spent 45 minutes playing and making grass stew. She would grab handfuls place it into my hands until they were full. Afterwards, we would give our stew a little magical kick with a spell. "as strong as mountains as soft as hair, Chunks positive grass stew will be shared." I would then toss the grass back to her lap where she would happily kick it and scream. Then we'd repeat the entire process all over again. It was nice to be able to get some play time outside. Here in the tropics of South Florida, sometimes its just too hot, however yesterday was a perfect day. We ended our outside play with digging dirt in my planter. I realized this was a bad idea when I wasn't fast enough to keep a fist full of dirt from going into chunks mouth. Oh well, everyone has to "eat dirt" at some point in their life. At least Chunk chose too. Lol.

Healing update: since my last post, things had been rocky. I ended up back in the hospital for troubled breathing. After x-rays, multiple blood work, my device checked, and a very interesting CT scan, I was diagnosed with inflammation of my heart wall and told I was feeling my new leads on my heart. I stayed another night in the hospital for observation. The on call doctor was happy that I called and came in. I was worried that I was maybe blowing this troubled breathing out of proportion, but he assured me, that it could have been worse, like one of my leads puncturing my cardiac sack and needing another surgery or a pulmonary embolism. I was releases back home the following day. Since then, I've been getting stronger each day. Its difficult healing so slowly. I want to be back to normal, like yesterday. I'm able to hold some weight in my left arm now. Up to five pounds. I can even move my arm a little more and take a shower! Showers require me to place Glad Press and Seal over my incision site, but at least I've been cleared. Yes, I can see where the device sits under my skin, and yes I can feel it with and without my hands. As much as that might be a bother to some people, its not so bad for me. Its not as obvious as one would think. One feeling I didn't expect to have is a feeling of what new things can I do now? Having this device placed has really given me a sense of assurance.


Halloween, one of my favorite holidays. Since I didn't get my costume finished before my surgery, I went as a martial artist. Its just my TKD uniform. Simple, I know. But it was easy on my arm and chest too. My husband however, has been building and sewing his costume for months. He even incorporated chunk into his costume. He made a really awesome X-wing pilot costume complete with an R2 unit, from Star Wars. Here is their picture.

That's all for now my friends. I wish you all a great day full of cool breezes and sunshine. Get outside today and if you can't make some grass stew, at least take some time to feel the grass with your bare feet. It can be very healing.

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