I'm blogging right now while sitting in the parking lot of the ocracoke - cedar island ferry. I have 2 hours before the next one comes. I missed the one I made a reservation for because the hatteras - ocracoke ferry didn't show up on time. Needless to say I'm not thrilled. As much as I am happy to be home, this not having a road nonsense is more than annoying. I wish I could pick up all my friends & my family and move us somewhere things like this didn't happen. No idea when the road will be mended either. As it looks right now, probably not anytime soon.
I have a very sad Kadence in my backseat as we speak. It's naptime so I don't want to get her out, I wish she would just give it up and nap so I could too! After all, we have another 2 hours before we even get on the ferry!
Kadence will be with her dad all week & while its super sad because I miss her everyday, I am looking forward to sleeping in ;) I honestly have no plans for thanksgiving this year, but I think my dad and I might go to my roommates parents house or to another friends house, who knows! I love thanksgiving but being vegan makes it not as much fun! I am looking forward to the parade though. Holidays make me excited for when Kadence is older and I can start fun traditions with her. We never had any in my family so I want her to have some!
Well I'm done rambling for the moment! Maybe I can sleep for a little to pass some time!
I am LOVING it. Did you guys know I am YouTube famous enough to have people hate on me on my own personal thread on gurugossiper.com? I feel really special. & no, I'm not being sarcastic, I actually am certain that it's a compliment. In my book, if you have haters you're doing something right & you're definitely getting people's attention!
So what if my baby sleeps in a walk in closet? it's big, there's a fan, & she doesn't care. she's not in a dresser drawer. So what if I live with my best friend? I'm not ashamed to say I can't pay rent on a two bedroom apartment alone. So what if I am not with Kadence's dad? This is the real world, relationships don't always last. So what if I moved to college & came home? People make mistakes & things don't work out. So what if I do something you don't agree with? Don't do it with your child.
The Lord is the only one who can judge me, no one else matters.
I cannot convey the joy I just felt when this page loaded! I have been out of decent internet for days since Hurricane Sandy tore through my town & apparently the signal is finally strong enough to allow me to write a blog post to everyone! I have been trying fervently for days, but with no avail. :( Facebook still isnt working correctly, & I will be pleasantly surprised if YouTube allows me to upload, but here's to hoping!
We fared through Hurricane Sandy just fine, however, the one road on & off of the island I live on did not do so well. If you have been following me for a while you know that this happened last year during Hurricane Irene while I was pregnant & it sucks just as much now, as it did then. The only way to get anywhere is to take a ferry that takes 2.5 hours to go 17 miles. That being said, I am obviously not going ANYWHERE for quite some time, but I digress.
Other than that, Kadence & I have been nothing but bored. I did get to have a little night out this weekend, which was well enjoyed with some friends I don't get to see often, but aside from that there is nothing going on. The kids I babysit have been out of town, the restaurant I worked at is closed for the season, & cheerleading has a break between seasons (though tryouts start up today, hooray!).
I plan to do a Baby Led Solids blog post &/or video here in the near future because I am absolutely in love with this idea of feeding & I am uploading a day in the life video (FINALLY) as I type this. Fingers crossed it works.
Thank you all for checking up on me during the storm. You are all my greatest friends & I love you!
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:
