The end of the world is near, pretty sure anyway. Hurricane Sandy is headed my way & the weather channel is calling it "the perfect storm". *eye roll* I am not thrilled. If you didn't know, live on a tiny little island that only has 1 way on & off. For obvious reasons storms are not something I love, they eat our road & flood everything. After Hurricane Irene's craziness last year I just don't feel like dealing with it again. If I have to take a boat just to get to Wal-Mart ever again, I am going to loose my mind.
Regardless of how little I want to deal with this storm, it's coming. So my roommate & I went out on a little shopping trip today for batteries, flashlights, candles, food that you don't have to cook to eat, & a bottle of wine. It was a successful trip. I have even been preparing food for Kadence for the past hour just incase (HA, I mean WHEN) the power goes out.
In other words, do not fear if you don't hear from me for a few days, or weeks (God, I hope not). I will be safe, we live on a higher part of the island & in a sturdy apartment building, however I will be internet deprived & that will be sad. Though I might get a lot of videos filmed if I can keep my camera charged!
In the mean time, say a prayer that our road doesn't get washed out & watch my newest video, the controversial parenting tag!
I'm pretty good with words, I can write fairly eloquently. I have been blogging for 3 years & do really well writing about topics I love & even topics I don't love. But let me tell you there is no good descriptive word for today beside shit. Today was shit. (If that word offends you, you're probably reading the wrong blog and you can click HERE to go to somewhere you fit in better.)
I got little to no sleep last night due to Kadence's teething (I think) issues. There is no other explanation for her lack or sleep/constant crying/overall sad demeanor, I hope. In addition, I found out I am now having to deal with more stuff about my old apartment that I could live my ENTIRE life without having to deal with. I actually had a miniature meltdown about this part of the day.
To deal with such stress I usually bake, but today I ate a bunch of chips and salsa & went for a really long run with Kadence in the stroller. I guess it all evens out.
But as bad as my day was, I managed a dinner (after the power came back on -.-). I made an awesome Pumpkin Alfredo (vegan of course) & SUPER yummy!! Here is the recipe I went off of & with a few minor changes, I omitted the allspice because I didn't have any & added a bag of steamed veggies (carrots, green beans, & peas) because I love vegetables. It turned out A-MAZ-ING. Enough to turn my day around at least.
I have been toying with the idea of baby led solids (if you're not sure what that is click here) for quite some time now. However I have been a little reluctant to try it out because of the whole choking factor. I read up on it though & it eased my fears a bit and so Kadence had some toast & some steamed zucchini slices for lunch. She did really well with it! She gagged a few times, which apparently is completely normal and by the end of her meal she was nom-nom-noming on the toast like a champ!
Day one of BLS was a success over all I would say. We had zucchini steamed, some toast & then I sauteed some zucchini in a little olive oil & Kadence gummed it down for dinner! Tomorrow I think we might try some steamed broccoli & finish off the sauteed zucchini!
Things I have learned thus far about BLW:
children learn to chew first, then to swallow. which is the correct order.
gagging is normal & no reason to be alarmed
apparently babies turn out to be less picky
it tends to be cheaper since you don't have to buy certain foods for the baby you just feed them stuff you already have.
I have found an awesome website with a great timeline of BLS (click here)
It's way fun.
My plans for BLW include healthy foods (non dairy & soy free of course) that I eat. I'm gonna stick to soft foods for a while & also veggies & other non-sweet foods, since I don't want Kadence to have a preference for sweet stuff! I will of course, keep you guys updated!
Today I woke up feeling extra happy. I don't know if it's the coffee I never drink and decided to this morning (purely for the fact that I own a keurig), or possibly the fact that Kadence went down so easily for her morning nap, or maybe it's because my life has taken such a sharp turn upwards lately (for the most part I'm still a single mother trying to lose weight while having a constant battle with money & wanting to have a life, don't worry)
Moving home from college, while to most probably sounds like a death sentence (& trust me I sometimes think it is), has actually, for the most part, been a blessing in disguise for me. I may live everyday feeling like a fool for all the money I wasted & all the time I threw away, but at least I am a happy fool for it. Living with my best friend has been something I will never be able to repay her for, seriously who wants to live with a 21 year old single mother & her infant? Apparently my best friend & her white german shepherd. They don't make many like her (except for you Ericka, cause I know you're reading this).
I watched a documentary on netflix last night while babysitting (aka trying not to go drown myself in the shower because 3 kids were screaming) called "Happy". (WOW that was a contradicting sentence) Anyway, the whole point of it was about studying what makes people happy. Turns out, that being a happy person has very little to do with how much money you make, your status in life, or where you live (see the diagram below) & much more to do with your genetics & more importantly, the actions you do. However, people seem to think that money, status, etc will bring them happiness, when in reality even if you did win a million dollars, your happiness would be short lived. Allow me to gush on about this movie for just a minute longer & tell you that it also had a good point of how good people do when bad things happen to them. What I mean is, people think that when lots of bad things happen to them their life is going to go to hell in a bucket & they will never recover, however it tends to be the opposite & the human race rebounds very well & very quickly. In addition to all these GLORIOUS facts (LOL) it shows a huge scope of different people and what they think will make them "happy"which is super interesting & totally worth and hour and fifteen minutes of your life.
I'll stop quoting facts from this movie now & just suggest you go watch it. It will really give you a positive outlook on life if you have been feeling sorry for yourself lately, which if you are like the rest of America, you have. Here is the trailer:
My letters to Kadence are published here (letterstomylittleone.tumblr.com) I have been writing her letters for over a year now, they are all there if you are interested!
welcome to my new blog. as if I havent started a blog for my youtube about a million times over right? I couldn't sign into my other one though, so here we are. fresh & new.
I like when things are new. I like a new clean layout, a blank box to write in, & the ability to turn this into whatever I want it to be. I get off on the fact that I can mold this into whatever I want it to be, I can make it mine, I can pour out as much or as little of myself onto this page & people will look at it. To think that I have an impression upon people never ceases to amaze me, and that's coming from someone who has had a fairly successful YouTube channel for over a year.
Speaking of things being fresh & new, my new house is almost finally in order. As some of you may or may not know, I have returned home from college (many reasons for that one) & have moved in with my bestest BFF since childhood in an apartment that is awesome. Not only does it not have cockroaches everywhere, but it is clean & brand NEW. yes, we are the first ones to live here! how awesome is that?
I am sure I will have an apartment tour coming soon! In the meantime, watch my latest videos:
