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"Getting strong enough to keep two tiny humans from unaliving themselves."
Happy New Year everyone! We rang it in with the kids just before bedtime, we all got dressed up and found a kids count down on YouTube.

The angle is a little weird, but Biggie is between Nose/Eye height on Munchie and Hubby is 6’1”. My kids are tall!!

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"“Keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change.” Percy Weasley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone."
Congrats
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"Getting strong enough to keep two tiny humans from unaliving themselves."
Checking in a bit late today, but still here.

After our New Years dance party with the kids, hubby and I chilled on the couch catching up on WWE till real midnight, then crashed. (I know I know, but it's a soap opera and I'm a Mom... at least this soap opera has Rhea Ripley in it...)

Yesterday was another "Everybody chill and for the love of everything get healthy!" Munchie's fever broke over New Years night and we eventually had to change her and blow dry her hair because she was so sweat soaked from it. She was up every half hour between 2-5, so Hubby was quite tired and slept most of the morning. The kids and I chilled, watched some tv, ate some breakfast, played a bit, read some books. Poor Biggie desperately wanted his sister to play with him but she still wasn't quite feeling it. :dead:

For lunch we brought out the waffle makers again, but this time Mommy put on the oil and Munchie's hands stayed far away. She wanted to use the Snowman mold and was very excited to see we could do just a snowman, like a waffle cookie, rather than a full circle. Biggie... fell asleep in his high chair. So I took him up to bed while we cooked, and he had waffles later. :carbs:

Then during Biggie's nap, Munchie played on my phone, Hubby chilled with his phone, and I absconded to the basement to catch up on some Librivox stuff. Got one recording edited and submitted (20 minutes of recording takes easily 2.5 hours between recording and editing), and another quick poem submission done. :typy:

Then I made teriyaki meatballs, Munchie wasn't interested in squishing the meat today so it only took me 20 minutes instead of an hour. Popped that in the slow cooker and played a bit more with the kids while Hubby started moving our now 3 dining sets around to try and get the 2 we no longer need rehomed. While I was glad I didn't need to move furniture, the kids wanted to do their Ninja Now and Floor is Lava exercize videos, which, as I keep saying, are no flipping joke. Even though I didn't do a Darebee workout, I still put my time in. :bored:

This morning we woke up to 10 cm or 2.5 inches of snow that I had the privilege of shoveling, winter has officially hit in Ontario. We're supposed to get another 10-15 cm of lake effect snow before the end of tomorrow. Maybe I'll let Hubby shovel while I enjoy my coffee. :kcoffee:

Munchie's doing much better health wise, just a couple of coughs overnight and her fever hasn't returned. Biggie's still got a bit of a runny nose, but it's nowhere what it was last week. I... well, I can finally breathe and say all of my consonants correctly. I'm not jinxing it, so I'll just say I'm happy with the progress being made. :shine:

And now to looking ahead.

2025 Goals and Plans

I have decided that I need to get some of the "accomplishment" check marks done, so I'm going to attempt to do the 5 minute plank challenge this month. I used to be real good at planking, but it's been a while since I did it regularly. :flat:

I'm not sure about a program at the moment, so I'm going to just kind of do workouts for a bit, mainly just to get myself settled into the gym and figure out my routine. They have a 30 minute circuit there that I might try for a bit. I'm getting the :perfect:Fancy :perfect: membership so I'll definitely be checking all the features out.

I was going to put a goal of consecutive days, but with sicko kids making sicko Mommy, I just can't guarantee anything. :pet:

So my plan right now is to get my check for 5 minute plank, maybe try for 50 pushups but that's a super stretch goal, and see if I can't get myself to do 1 unassisted pull up by the end of the year. :curlz:

I'd love to do the "in 1 go" distance challenges, but they'd be walking not running, due to my knee, and for me that doesn't quite count. :rush:
 
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Not much to say for the last day.

I was Munchie's pony for a bit, and danced around with the kids while waiting for supper to finish. Played a bit more after, then ran through bath time and bed. :zzz:

Munchie was good with no meds until she had a nightmare and was crying in her sleep. This caused tears and guck to go down her throat and start a coughing reaction that continued through the night even after medication and Vicks were given. :teary:

She was so done that I had to give her a hug and kiss to wake her up as I was leaving to work, which of course brought forth more tears. Luckily, once she realized I was taking her brother with me to daycare and she had Daddy, and therefore video games, all to herself, things were much resolved. :eager:

We've been having mother-in-law stress again. Not something I really go into on here, but it's a significant mental strain. Both hubby and I are stressed by things going on there. I'm hoping with the gym membership (which I'm getting tonight!!!) I'll be able to get endorphins enough to push away the bad feelings. There's nothing I can do to change things or make anything better there, all I can do is support Hubby. :pet:

Physically I'm a bit sore from shoveling yesterday. I can really feel it in my arms and back, but luckily it just feels like worked muscles and not injury. We have another 5-15 cm coming tonight, Hubby and I can flip a coin for who has to shovel tomorrow. :muahaha:

Was able to get another small section I need to get recorded for Librivox. Now to hope I can find a half hour to edit it. I'm already intending that some of my "gym time" will probably be going to a coffee shop or something to do a bit of computer work, or just pulling out my laptop while I use the massage chairs. :softz:

I'm really trying to get my book review blog going and once I have that caught up and I feel comfortable keeping it updated, I'd like to start cross posting to other social medias. Most likely Bluesky, tumblr, and TikTok because I'm not good at pretty pictures for Instagram and I don't want to make longform videos for YouTube. Depending on how my schedule goes with the LibriVox podcast I might start up a book review one and post on Substack. I used to blog all the time, and had very active tumblr's and such, I just need to try and etch out some time for me to do my stuff again. Stuff that got put on the back burner after I had kids. :typy:
 
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Tranquil_warrior said:
Seems like you had a harsh day today. We are proud of you to get through it :))
Know that seeing you optimistic after everything you have been through inspires the rest of us to be optimistic in whatever situation we are in.

I hope things turns out well for you in the future. Peace 🤞
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Thank you! My kids have been on and off again sick since September so it's been a rather tough time in our household. :roadkill:

I try very hard to keep things positive, it's one of the reason I use an emoticon for every paragraph! :dkitty:

The kids have been doing toddler exercize videos all day, and after getting (and using) my gym membership yesterday I'm a bit sore, but still good. :tude:
 
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Saffity said:
Thank you! My kids have been on and off again sick since September so it's been a rather tough time in our household. :roadkill:

I try very hard to keep things positive, it's one of the reason I use an emoticon for every paragraph! :dkitty:

The kids have been doing toddler exercize videos all day, and after getting (and using) my gym membership yesterday I'm a bit sore, but still good. :tude:
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Aww :< I hope they get better soon and that you get less stressed.
And aww >w< I didn't know toddler exericse was a thing. Do they train to become cuter? 😜
 
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Tranquil_warrior said:
And aww >w< I didn't know toddler exericse was a thing. Do they train to become cuter? 😜
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When Covid locked us all down, a bunch of YouTube channels started up with various exercize videos. Miss Linky, PE Bowman, Be Well Played for example. DannyGO is another one but he was more in response to Blippi than Covid. :makeway:

Some of the videos are songs or 'adventure' videos, where you're helping a sick unicorn get ingredients for some medicine, or following directions from a Disney princess. Others are more like freeze dances, or pretend dodgeball. A lot of getting up and down, running in place, jumping back and forth. We mainly use them to get the kids moving if we're stuck inside due to weather or illness. PE Bowman is a really good one for us because they have the family's 3 kids doing the exercizes, and Munchie and Biggie love copying them. :ballerina:

Be Well Played is more like, Freeze dance, copy the character dancing on screen, floor is lava type videos. The favourite of Biggie is their "Going on a something hunt", because you have to "RUNDAWAY! RUNDAWAY!" as he runs in circles around the living room. :rush:

Watching a 2 year old attempting to do jumping jacks or the running man is the absolute cutest. Though Biggie sometimes requests a higher viewpoint and wants to be held by an adult while we do the moves. I take it as added weight training, but boy is this kid starting to get too heavy. When did my babies get so big. :teary:
 
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Morning update!

I am now :pose: officially :pose: a gym member! On Saturday I took Biggie's naptime to go get it. Friday I was not feeling going out, especially with the weather taking a turn. Luckily we only got 1-2 cm of snow rather than the 10 they were calling for. We're just on the edge of the snowbelt, so it's totally a matter of 1-2 km of the storm shifting whether we get a dumping or not. Quite often, I leave my house in the morning to barely any snow, and get to work (which is 7 km away as the crow flies) and it's ankle deep or more. Gotta love lake effect snow.

So Saturday (after a morning of toddler exercize videos because Biggie is All. About. Those.) I went to the gym during Biggie's nap and did a short workout, then tried all the relaxation beds. :softz: Very nice, and each with a different use I will rotate through as needed.

Got home and played with the kids more, then we took them out for a snack and Christmas money spending. Munchie got a Mario board game (she is currently obsessed with Mario since Daddy pulled out the N64 and Wii and showed her Mario Kart). Biggie got a new Hot Wheels truck that doubles as a garage and a ramp, this, of course, became a source of contention for the kids over the weekend, but we are slowly working with them to keep things on an even keel. Last year Munchie got a Hot Wheels 'city' which is a little pack and play with a couple garage spots and a swirly road the cars can go down. We split the cars between them and separate the kids when things get tense. Biggie is learning to share, though "No Chie! No Chie!" (he can only say the end of her name, so I'm supplementing with her nickname here) Is heard regularly when Munchie does something he doesn't like. Munchie is better at sharing, being 5, but Biggie is starting to learn which is nice to see. :yell::onfire:

Yesterday I was feeling everything. From the gym stuff that worked muscles I haven't used in a while, to the toddler exercizes with Biggie weight assist. So I took it easy, but still danced with the kids. Their current favourite video is the New Year's Eve countdown dance party. We rang in the new year about a dozen times yesterday. Munchie had an electronics day, where she was allowed to use the chromebook, iphone, and laptop at will, and I was very proud that she stopped a number of times to come play with me and Biggie. She's learning self regulation, though there were a couple of times where we told her to stop because she needed to do something (clean up, lunch, etc) that resulted in tears. The explanation that if this was how she would behave when she needed a break then we wouldn't give it to her at all improved her behaviour immediately. :typy:

All told yesterday was a good down day, though we are having some issues with Munchie overnight. We're not sure if it's because she still fighting this edition of her rotating cold, or if she's started to have nightmares, but she cries out in her sleep and wakes up a lot. It's never the same dream either. She's screaming out about not sharing, or her losing her lip cream, or various other things going on in her life. Sometimes I have to wake her up fully to get her out of the dream, because if you just try and calm her down, 30 seconds later she's back into it. I think she might take after me, being a lucid dream and a sleepwalker. When I'm sleepwalking it's very hard to tell that I'm sleeping. I've had full conversations with Hubby (there's a friend story that he and his two buddies love to tell about the time I came down freaking on them about their voices sounding like buzzing bees and I have no recollection of this event), the main way he can tell I'm not really awake is because I'm angrier and snarkier than I'd normally be (because my filter is turned off because I'm asleep). Munchie has made comments about making different decisions in her dreams, which makes me think she is a lucid dreamer and can control them to some effect, which is something I've been able to do since I was a kid, but it also means your dreams are very vivid and real feeling. I'm hoping that I can help her through it and she can get better sleep, and then we can get better sleep. :night:

Other than that, I'm going to kind of take it easy today, stretch out my newly stiff muscles, and maybe just get some movement in at my desk. We'll see what tonight brings for heading to the gym, depends on how the kiddos are.
 
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Did a short treadmill walk at the gym last night and not much out. It felt good to get moving, though I have to be careful about the settings because when I increased the incline, my knee didn't like that. :standby:

We think Biggie is getting his 2 year molars in. His cheeks are bright red and look swollen, but don't bother him to the touch. (He thought it was funny when I was touching the outside and inside seeing his reaction). Unfortunately, he was up a bunch last night, including one point shortly after midnight where he screamed to high heaven until I cuddled him like he was nursing and he had his bottle. Every time he started to drop off he'd shake himself awake with a desperate "No no mommy all done! All done!" Then if I could get him wrapped back up and cuddled he'd settle down with his bottle again. We got him into bed at about 1:30, and I went to sleep, but Hubby said he didn't fully settle back down till 3. :teary:

Munchie was up a couple of times with nightmares, but had a decent night compared to Biggie. If it's not one it's the other. :crawl:

I have discovered that I have fully come into my Mommy voice, as Hubby called me on my way to work as Munchie was misbehaving. She was screaming and crying about something silly and clearly running around by the volume difference on speaker phone. Eventually, Hubby was clearly in the weeds with her and Biggie carrying on, so I called out "Munchie you come over here to the phone RIGHT NOW" and she did, and she stopped howling, and we had a chat. I couldn't help but internally giggle at the new milestone of Mommy voice that I have achieved. :cape:

Otherwise, I'm finishing up the veggie tray that we had from our last gathering, and chilling for the most part today. Not sure if I'll hit the gym tonight, but knowing the kids there's at least one exercize video in my future. :noming:
 
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"Getting strong enough to keep two tiny humans from unaliving themselves."
:imp: I just read through the first couple of pages of this thread, oh to look at the poor girl complaining about the weight of her 18 lb baby and to tell her the pain hasn't even begun! I love going back through and seeing how far I've come, not just physically but in other aspects of life. The fact that Munchie was "Tiny Toddler Dictator" for a page and a half and Biggie had a rotating nickname till basically this summer makes me giggle too.
 
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Last night was awful! We're pretty sure Biggie's getting his 2 year molars. He screamed to high heaven and only wanted me, and only wanted me to walk around the room with him on my shoulder. 45-60 minutes of walking around with a nearly 35+ struggling, then dead weight toddler is enough of a workout. :tearz:

So I stayed home and decided to read my book. :love:

Went to bed and slept ok, though apparently Munchie was up and screaming again. We're trying to find reasons and think she might be getting too hot. It almost always at the same times. She goes to be shortly after 8, screams around 10, screams around 12, screams around 2, then sleeps in till 6:30. It's weird that it's about every 2 hours, we figure if it was just nightmares it would be more random. We're hoping making changes to her sleep environment will help. :deepsleep:

Biggie woke up at 4, and Hubby had to tap out, so I've been up since 4. Bring on the coffee.:kcoffee:

He hollered at me, whined and fussed. For the first time ever we kind of had to force him to take his meds (he's usually amazing at it, but this time he was just so out of sorts nothing was consoling him). He fussed more for about 15-20 minutes until the meds kicked in, and then decided he was hungry. He ate at 5, was back and forth fussy and playing, I was able to keep him quiet for nearly half an hour by allowing him to give his Bluey figures a 'bath' in the sink, which meant everything everywhere got wet. He finally crashed at 6:30, just in time for Munchie to wake up. :crawl:

Managed to get Munchie ready for school, tossed my breakfast and lunch in my bag, kissed Munchie and Hubby good bye and dashed out the door. :rush:

Tonight is Hubby's night out with his buddies (He plays D&D) so I'll be chilling at home. I'm hoping by letting Munchie chill in the guest bed she'll be ok, and making sure Biggie has the right amount of painkillers will help his bedtime. Then I can get more computer stuff done. I have to get the LibriVox podcast compiled and edited as it releases on Friday. Then I'd like to try and get things really setup for my reviewing stuff. I've been keeping up with my blog schedule so far, and I've setup an Instagram and Bluesky. I have a tumblr ready to go but still needs some setting up. I'd like to get a posting schedule figured out, something reasonable, and also get my review posts drafted for my blog. I have a backlog to get out, I just need that bit of time to get the work done. :typy:

Tomorrow evening I have plans to meet up with a friend after the kids are in bed (and if they go to bed early enough I may be able to get a workout done before hand). Very much looking forward to that as I haven't been able to hang out with her in ages. :party:
 
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