Given 38 tornadoes in the last 24 hours and earthquakes of 6.5 magnitude, let's keep in mind that zombies aren't the only thing to worry about next year. Here are my thoughts on getting ready for 2012.

You may think "Why are you sharing with us? Won't we steal your preparedness plans? Or use them against you in case of apocalypse?" Well, studies ( Read more... )

Well, this is actually kind of disturbing. Thanks to a minimum of 48 oz of water daily, and breast feeding, of course, I am now at my pre-pregnancy(2) weight. In 2 weeks. That can't be right. Ok, so there is actually hope for total pre-pregnancy weight by the end of FMLAJust imagine if I hadn't made 3 batches of cookies or a lemon chocolate cake! ( Read more... )

Alright, I'll admit it, I'm vain. Not that you'd know it to look at me, I know. Last time (a la Kaylee), I lost the entire baby weight in the first 6 weeks. Of course, I subsequently gained 10 pounds, but that wasn't from her. So, I actually have that as a goal this time. Not just losing the Elissa weight, but also that sneaky 10. Let's get back to ( Read more... )

If you've never coughed so hard that you puke up your shot of NyQuil and your dinner to boot, well bully for you.

I was looking for a copy of my favorite quote, when I ran across this article that pretty much sums up everything that I was going to say. Well, except for the details, of course ( Read more... )

Cutting for tmi, drug and blood content

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Finally, despite how much I swore I would do at the beginning, we have managed to go swimming. Twice this week, even. We set new personal speed records of 9 laps in 30 minutes (2 swim, 1 walk, 3 sets). That's low-end records, mind you. But I'm not sure Kaylee knows what to think of this whole "buoyancy" thing ( Read more... )

I am not scared. I am not afraid. I am not anxious. And I'm certainly not terrified ( Read more... )

Stress is good for the baby. Someone thinks so anyway. Not only have I been the support system financially and emotionally since the day (literally) that she was conceived, now I get to decide if I want to be here after she's born or not ( Read more... )

Hubby and I were talking the other day about how when you decide to do something, you have to keep deciding to do it. Surely we've talked about this before, but basically, the gist is if you have decided to lose weight (for example), when the dessert tray comes by, what decision do you make then and there ( Read more... )