Well, it seems like Mallory is over her little gastro virus so hallelujah for that. She’s still snotty from the cold virus she had at the same time; we’ll be wiping her nose for the next few days, I’m sure. There’s nothing like sprinting for a Kleenex every time she sneezes because of the twin fountains of slimy expectorant she brings up. Yum! Yesterday I saw the largest snot bubble I’ve ever seen in my life. It was half the size of her head, I kid you not.
Today she was well enough to venture out to the library for a Valentine’s Day event that featured book reading, crafts, and rhymes/ songs. We met up with my friend Claire, her daughter Emily, her friend Andrea, and her son Drew. Mallory had a blast! I don’t think she’s been around that many kids before 🙂 While she wasn’t able to really follow along, she was content to sit there in her mama’s lap and listen while playing with some stuff. At least she wasn’t howling the whole time.
Afterwards, we hit up Max & Erma’s for lunch. Our poor waiter… having to deal with two 2 and a half year olds and a baby. Mallory was just enamored with him. She did fairly well sitting in the high chair until I let her play with one of the paper things that wrap the napkins and silverware. She ended up getting a piece, it triggered her gag reflex, and I got to play clean-up. Luckily, disaster averted and it was just a quick wipe up. The whole thing got her tuckered out and she was fast asleep before I pulled into the driveway even though it’s less than a 5 minute drive home. All in all, I’m glad we got out and hope Claire invites us to more Mommy stuff. I tell you, that girl knows everything mommy-related going on in town.
So she’s still sleeping and then we’re going to hit the grocery store. I had to clean out a lot of the goodies in there yesterday because Ben got diagnosed with diabetes. I figured the Ghiradelli Brownie Mix and Frosted Flakes were just too cruel to leave in the pantry. Plus, I need to make room for all the healthy stuff we’re going to be putting in there… barley, brown rice, and quinoa. High cholesterol and diabetes… ai yai yai. As a bonus, Mallory and I will be eating healthy as well. I’m not about to cook two dinners, yanno.
I think it was the wake up call that he needed to get his life straight. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get his major causes of heart disease under control. Of the five risk factors, he has 4: smoking, high blood sugar (diabetes), high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Amazingly, all of them are controllable. The doctor wants him to quit smoking right away and told him a minor weight gain (5-10lbs) would be acceptable by his next appointment in 12 weeks if he quit smoking immediately. The major thing I see us having problems achieving is getting in 200 minutes of aerobic exercise a week. Seriously, going from basically ZERO to 200 minutes / week is a big jump. That’s 40 minutes five times a week or about half an hour every day.
I had him fill a prescription while I was there and then he looked at my chart and noticed that I hadn’t had a physical and bloodwork done EVER. Needless to say, I have an appointment in 12 weeks to have mine done. Doh! I think it’s for the best though. After we left Ben said that he got read the riot act even after he had lost 12 lbs… LOL. Looks like we’ll both have to try harder. Expect to see more posts in the future about our journey to get healthy.
Oh! Just as a ‘shiny monkey moment’ – have you tried Recipezaar.com? You can search for recipes based on ingredients. I think I’m going to actually pay the $24.95/year fee and join because it’s a lot easier to manipulate stuff. Plus, it allows me to have multiple cookbooks and I can take advantage of the menu planning / add to grocery list options. I’ll share our cookbooks and meal planners when they’re active so you can see what we’re eating. The most interesting recipe I’m trying this week is “Low carb shrimp with ‘grits.'” Instead of grits, they make a neat concoction with cauliflower. I figure we’ll have something New Orleans-ish for Fat Tuesday.
So how’s your weekend treating you so far?
Livin La Vida Kreestee 