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Beach day! Beach day! Beach Daaaay! :) :) :) :)

Impressed with Myself

so, knock wood, my back has been feeling almost good past couple days... sort of scared to say it or type it due to possible jinxing it... LOL but I have to share that today...  at one point in time, I felt like I was walking normally.  I was amazed and astounded.  Due to back pain, I have felt I have been waddling / shuffling for several months now.  Today, I felt like I was actually walking.  I felt my hips moving fluidly and my butt shifting and while I have never had a spectacular walk... it was MY walk and it had returned.  Now I don't know if it is back permanently but I am pretty excited about it.

Shall I continue my physio and acupuncture?  As Mr. Popper says "Yabsolutely!" 

I also saw Larry Crowne today :) an absolutely wonderful movie.  As Larry says "Spectacooler"  (He doesn't spell it that way but he says it that way).  I so hope that people get out to it as it is so wonderful.  I hope it doesn't get lost in the hubbub of the Transformers, and Harry Potter etc.

night all :)

Depressed and Confused

I am really really messed up.  It was this time last year that I very seriously embarked on getting healthy.  I exercised more in the past 12 months then I have in my entire adult life.  I made better, healthier choices and I felt positive change. 

Then, 2 months ago, once we returned from a great vacation, my back was in a lot of pain.  I have had continual chiropractic treatments, deep tissue massage and am now on my 2nd prescription with xrays yesterday.  My body doesn't not feel like my own anymore.  I cannot wear my clothes, I need help to get up and down often, walking doesn't last long nor does standing.  Different seats cause different degrees of discomfort or pain.  I am depressed and confused and what do I do when this is the case?  I eat sugary things.  : (

My weight buddy, who was on here with me and on the journey towards good health this year is doing nothing short of amazing.  I am proud of her and thrilled for her.

What Will We Leave Behind? Motherhood: All tied up together

Do you ever think about death?  I don't think about it too much.... just now and then.  Seems I often think about it when I am feeling a profound moment of pride or connection with my children and I then think of how it would feel like to not have them or for them to not have me.  I had two life dreams and one was to become a mother.  It was a long road for us to become parents and I am so thankful and blessed that it came true.  We have two beautiful daughters and a supportive family & network of friends that helped us navigate infertility and adoption and all the challenges that parenting has brought along.  It is exhausting, frustrating, confusing all the time.  It is also rewarding, joyous, blissful, exciting all the time.   I head to my great aunt's funeral this morning (I went to my uncle's last week) so as I reflect and contemplate Nora's life and the gifts / experiences she leaves behind I ponder my own and know that while I don't want to leave my children any time soon, I am a good mom and my contribution to raising two good kids will be a legacy / mark I will leave.  I know a LOT of amazing moms.  My own mom, my colleagues at work are sensational moms, some are "moms-in-lieu-of" and deliver such love and dedication, I have friends who are truly fantastic moms, I even have some friends who are moms-to-be who shall be fabulous.  I wish you all an amazing Mother's Day!   You bring so much to the world every day!  Never doubt a moment of it.

Exciting Day

Our eldest has an exciting day today!!!!  She is performing in the school's musical!  Tonight is the first performance.  : )  So excited for her.  Other then Reader's Theater when she was little, this is her first "real" performance.  So proud she stuck with it as she thought about quitting a while back.  I have complete confidence she will be the best darn villager / fork that Beauty & the Beast Jr. has ever had.  : )  love u Big D!!!! xoxoxo

Election Day

Please God... please don't let them get in.  Please...   I pray a lot.  You know that.   And it probably seems frivolous to pray about a political party not getting in in the grand scheme of the global picture.  But I am praying God.  Please DON'T LET THEM GET IN.  Thanks for listening God.  Love, H xo

I heartily recommend Apples & Onions

Wow! I cannot believe it has been since May since I last blogged. It has been an incredible summer. I so very much wish I had blogged about it. We had some wonderful family time and we actually got out camping twice too. The kids very much seemed to enjoy the summer. What sensational weather we had too!

We have slowly but surely renovated our family room over the summer too. I am so excited about it and it is really almost finished up. I am putting the last touches on it. Then I will have an album to post of pics!

With the family room reno, has come a new policy to eat together at the island in our kitchen every night. I hate to admit that we ate on the couch whilst watching tv before but the cat is out of the bag so I will suck it up and wear that reveal. We have been so enjoying our meals together in our new room. (It is open concept family room / kitchen combo but we really only reno'd the family room part). \

A couple of nights ago, I asked my husband to tell us the best thing about his day and the worst thing (worst first of course to end with something positive) and our eldest, piped up and said that is "Apples & Onions!" We have since done it around the island every night and what amazing conversations we have. It begins lovely discussions and marvellous sharing of our lives apart from each other, giving detailed glimpses into our days away from home. We have had lots of laughs in just a couple days and then we also often remember the apples & onions from day to day and inquire about specific things. I heartily recommend this and I sincerely hope we continue it! It has really enriched our lives & time together. :)