Now what?

Wow - been a long time

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:05:12 GMT

Since I've posted. But this is what's been keeping me busy:

parentstobe.blogspot.com

Sorry, I've forgotten how to post pictures on livejournal

His name is Carson, he came into our lives on Dec 1, 2006 and he's absoloutely adorable. I'm probably a tad bit biased but he's gorgeus and he's a joy of a baby. I love him more than I ever thought I would.

Almost October...

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:25:29 GMT

Which means just over 2 months left for us before the baby arrives.

Work is going well, by the end of the day my back is pretty sore and without being able to take hot baths OR Advil, I'm pretty much SOL. We moved our basement around a bit so I no longer lie on the couch, but sit straight up in a comfy oversized chair.

The nursery is painted, the furniture assembled, now we are just waiting for the wood moulding to go up and then I can get my greedy little hands started on decorating.

Nope, still haven't found out if it's a boy or a girl yet, I haven't actually even been tempted, but that might be because I have only had the one ultrasound, talk to me in teh middle of Oct. when it's time for my second one and we'll see how resilient I was :)

I'm HUGE too. I can't wait to start running again and going back to Greco, my body will need it. Desperately.

Been LOVING TV lately, too many new good shows on this fall (I'm digging Studio 60) but it's true what they say, we definitely watch way more TV with a PVR than pre-PVR.

I'm trying to get a new job (well, a deployment/lateral transfer) to start when I get back from maternity leave, my resume lies in the hand of a few friends (who work for the Feds too) and once I get the OK from them, I have a few people's address that I have been recommended to send it to, for a job that I would love to have. We'll see what happens.

Thank GOD I got into the gov't when I did, it's going to be pretty nice to be topped up to 93% while on maternity leave.

God, I'm boring.

4 more to go...

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:26:14 GMT

My due date is 4 months + 1 day away.

What have I done to get ready for the baby? Nothing.
How have I been feeling? Besdies the now occasional headache, been feeling great.
What do I think it is? A boy
Names picked out? Anika Rose for a girl, not a clue for a boy
Weight gained? 20 lbs so far - eek!

I lie awake at nights now with my mind just racing about what needs to be done (paint nursery, hallway and guest room), get closet redone, find place to put all crap that's currently in the 'nursery', the list just keeps going. Jeff keeps telling me to just take it one step at a time and concentrate on one thing at a time but that's hard for me. I've never worked that way, even though I'm sure I would be much happier.

It's only 8am but I think I may head to Home Depot to find something to go under my bathroom sink (note to all home builders, why did you ever do away with the drawers in bathrooms?)

I have some pictures posted on my other blog (you may have to check the archives) at parentstobe.blogspot.com

xo

4 months...

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:12:18 GMT

5 more left to go!

One piece of advice I am constantly given: enjoy your pregnancy and don't only look forward to the end.

Kind of hard, because, the end is SO exciting!

Haven't done a stitch of baby-preparation yet. I'd really like to get the nursery done before I have problems bending over. My friend bought the baby's first present - Curious George book! I love it!

I've been given oodles of baby stuff, maternity clothes and furniture, that's what you get for being the last one in the family/friends to have a baby!

My sister lost her baby when she was just 6 months pregnant last year, but she's pregnant again and due just 3 weeks after me.

We haven't had an ultrasound yet but first visit with the OBS is this Thursday and we will see what happens....

I know I know...

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:26:22 GMT

I'm horrible!

I only update when I have exciting news - but that's the best time, isn't it?

Soo.... I'm pregnant and my wonderful husband and I will be welcoming a new baby in December.

We are absoloutely THRILLED and couldn't be happier. We have already moved the guest room to the office, the office to the basement so to make room for a nursery. We won't be finding out the gender so I've been scoping out some non-gendered themes and I love a barnyard animal theme! I found one I lovee from Pottery Barn, but so expensive! Me thinks I will check out e-bay.

Anyways, that's it. I have a pregnancy journal on missusG.blogspot.com or something like that, I update it daily but it's not very interesting.

Honestly, I will probably post again in december with pictures. Till then....

xo

First contact in the new year

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:37:47 GMT

So resolution #214 - update livejournal more regularly.

You can see how well that worked out.

Not much new here, started at Health Canada before Christmas and am loving it so far! It's fantastic finally being back in the field that I dedicated myself for 4 years to at university. Steep learning curve, but it's actually quite fun! I definitely miss the people at my old job, I had been there for 7 years, but it was time to move on.

WOO HOO for free money! At my old work I was part of an Employee Share Purchase Plan, I called before I left to see how much I was getting and it was approximiately $11000 - but the cheques came yesterday and it was closer to $17000 - that's 6 K more than I was expecting! Although the 11K is registered, so that's tucked away in RRSPs that I won't see till I'm 70, but the other is CASH. It's going directly on my line of credit, but it's wicked.

I donated blood on Wednesday night, I hate needles, hate the whole procedure but it's one thing that I feel everyone should do, so I do it. It's only my 4th time, but I keep going back since I started. I guess that's what important.

Going to check out what's going in Jacques Cartier Park this weekend and maybe get Carrie and the kids to go down with me, I heard there were ice slides and stuff, but with the weather it would be more like slush slides, so we'll see.

Have started back with a venegance on Weight Watchers. Stepped on the scale post-Christmas and saw a number that I haven't seen in almost 2 years. So I decided to get back before I gained it ALL back. So far, 5.5 lbs down and have been a perfect Weight Watcher this week so I am hoping to see another good loss this weekend. I have a goal now - I want to be at my goal weight by my 31st birthday. It's funny, I want to get skinny before I get pregnant -how whack is that? Anyways, that's 15 lbs away, my birthday is almost 5 months away... that's do-able. I WILL do it.

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Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:00:29 GMT

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Update Required..

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:01:16 GMT

Why you ask?

Because I say. Because I GOT MY LETTER!

I am in, I am in indeterminate employee with Health Canada.

And I couldn't be happier.

Pros:

1/ A new job!
2/ A job in the field I studied for 4 years at university (microbiology)
3/ A quite hefty raise
4/ New people, new responsibilities
5/ It's a change (been at my current job 7 years)
6/ Pension!

Cons:

1/ Have to pay for parking
2/ No more weekly Viatnamese lunches with Lisa
3/ Bonus time

Overall though, I am SO excited to get back into the science field. I have been out of it for way too long. I am happy to be leaving my current work, just been here too long. I am ecstatic to have change in my life, I needed it.

I'm sure that some of the issues I have at my current place of employment will be echoed at my new job, and I am sure that there will be other changes that I'm not used to (after working for a private company) but DAMN I AM HAPPY!

No letter yet

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:56:35 GMT

I'm about to scream. Oh wait. I already have. It's now almost a full month after my first given "Start Date"... it's come and passed and still no letter.

I've followed up a few times, everyone in the gov't is telling me to keep following up but I feel bad! I don't want to piss off my new boss before I even get there! Heh, I guess I never want to piss him off even after I've been there.

I will give him till Friday and then ask again. They have told me the job is mine, but now I've wasted 3 months looking for another job, so if it isn't mine... I'll be behind a couple months on the job hunt!

Grrrr.......

-C

Snow!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:53:55 GMT

It's snowing outside!

That is all.

-C

Hehe

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:31:25 GMT

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4 things...

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:59:44 GMT

FOUR THINGS YOU USE EVERYDAY:
1. lipbalm
2. shampoo
3. conditioner
4. water bottle

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. Worked at a marina (best job EVER)
2. Worked for the NCC (inside job)
3. Landscaping
4. Business Analyst/Project Manager

FOUR STORES YOU SHOP AT THE MOST:
1. Farm Boy
2. Shoppers Drug Mart
3. Moncion's
4. Gap

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. Ever After
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4.

FOUR THINGS YOU WANT DO IN LIFE:
1. Start working at Health Canada
2. Have a baby (or two)
3. Travel
4. Lose 20 lbs

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION TO:
1. Cuba
2. Acapulco
3. Cancun
4. PEI

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. pinkisthenewblog
2. hotmail
3. Google
4. weight watchers

FOUR OF YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
1. The Keg
2. Mexicali Rosa's
3. Phi Bo
4. Lone Star

FOUR COSTUMES YOU'VE WORN ON HALLOWEEN:
1. Kermit the Frog
2. Gypsy
3. Tin Man
4. School Girl

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED:
1. Georges Vanier
2. Hopewell
3. Glebe
4. U of Guelph

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPINGS:
1. cheese
2. onions
3. green peppers
4. ground beef

FOUR MOST DIALED NUMBERS:
1. Jeff
2. Carrie and Rob
3. Mom
4. Dad

FOUR THINGS I SHOULD BE DOING BESIDES FILLING THIS OUT:
1. Working
2. Working
3. Working
4. Working

2 more days.....

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:15:23 GMT

Hopefully until I am able to resign here!

Went to my Lean and Fit class last night, made a yummy chicken dinner then watched Lost (totally addicted).

It's funny now that I am writing down everything I eat that I notice extra points that I wouldn't have even thought of/remembered eating before!

So yesterday was a whopping 30 points, but 7 AP points so really not that bad.

On to today...

Activity Points = 3 (60 minutes power walking at 140bpm)

Breakfast: Protein shake (skim milk, strawberries + 1/2 banana) (5)
Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese (1) + fruit cocktail (1)
Lunch: 1 chicken breast (3) + veggies (0) + tzatiki (2). Green salad (0) + feta (1) + ff dressing (0)
Snack: Apple (1), yogurt (1)
Dinner: Eggplant casserole (6)
Popsicle (0)

Hump Day!

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:50:52 GMT

Ok, middle of the week. Still going pretty well, eating above my daily points but I've been getting in activity every day so it should still be working.

Still stressing out about the letter of offer, I'm so anxious to resign but scared and feeling guilty at the same time. I know I shouldn't, but I've been here 6.5 years so I feel like I will be letting them down. Oh well, must do what's best for ME.

For today....

Activity Points =3 (50 minute walk/run) + 4 (Lean and Fit class)
Points = 30

Breakfast: Protein shake (skim milk, strawberries + 1/2 banana) (5)
Snack: 1/2 protein bar (3)
Lunch: 2 chicken thighs, 1/2 cup potatoes, green salad, ff salad dressing (6)
Snack: yogurt (1) + 1/2 cup cottage cheese + pineapple (3)
Dinner: 1 chicken breast (3) + veggies (0) + tzatiki sauce (2)
Popsicle (1)
1/2 protein bar (3)
20 almonds (3)

Letter

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:03:12 GMT

So here I sit waiting, waiting, waiting, much less patiently so then I was in the previous weeks.

Which letter you ask?

The one from the gov't, the letter of offer for my new position.

I followed up with HR yesterday and apparently now it's sitting on the Director General's desk for an approval signature. Probably the only person I *can't* follow up with.

So, back to waiting.

Send me happy letter vibes, will ya?

Tuesday's Schmoozedays

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:52:32 GMT

So, I am feeling better than yesterday, I went to my Lean and Fit class last night which I love and always feel way better afterwards.

Packed a lunch today, won't be persuaded into going out for lunch.

So, here goes.

Activity Points = 3 (50 minute walk/jog)
Points = 24

Breakfast: protein shake (skim milk, strawberries and 1/2 banana (4)
Snack: Apple Sauce (1)
Lunch: 2 cups mixed greens, 2 oz chicken, 1 tbsp fat free dressing (3)
10 jujubes (3)?
Snack: Apple + yogurt (2)
1/2 protein bar (3)
Supper: Chicken breast, 1 cup potatoes, spinach (5)
Popsicle (1)
Popcorn (3)

Ok so I lied...

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:20:58 GMT

I said I wasn't going to talk about how discouraged I am, but I'm going to. I can't concentrate on work right now so I feel like trying to explain myself. Here goes.

I'm 30
I'm about 5'3" (I always get the " and ' messed up so no jokes please)
I currently weigh 152

Two summers ago I had shed about 30 lbs and was sitting at 138. I felt better about myself then I do now, but I still didn't like the way I looked. I didn't have a flat stomach, I couldn't wear a bikini but I was wearing size 6 clothing.

Now it's two years later and I'm about 14 lbs up from that. I hate my body. I think about my weight and how I can work at improving it probably 4 hours a day. That's not healthy. I can eat really well all week and I don't lose anything, perhaps this is where my body should be? I am still wearing size 8 clothes and look skinnier than alot of women out there, but I still look at each and every woman who walks by me and compare myself to them. Is that normal? I don't think it is.

My husband wants me to be happy, he loves me the way I am. He's super supportive in anything I want to do. He doesn't care if I lose weight or not, he only wants me to because I'm happy when I'm losing. But at what point do I say that's enough? At what point do I focus on making myself happy at the weight I am? I see lots of women who are my size and they look happy. Perhaps that's it... I said they LOOK happy. I probably look happy most of the time, but only those closest to me know how obsessive and disgusted with myself I am.

I can't even believe I'm writing this down. I can't believe I'm admitting my inner thoughts - no one should know these. Then they will know I'm not the happy go lucky person I appear to be.

I don't even know what to say anymore. I am going to my Lean and Fit class tongiht, I always feel better after that. Then I will go home, watch TV and cuddle with my husband. I have to focus on the good things, we bought a house this year, my boyfriend asked me to marry him, I married the man of my dreams, I got my dream job. I SHOULD be happy. I am going to work on being happy. If it's only my weight that's holding me back - well then FUCK I have to work on that.

I'm sad, I'm going to cry and then I will laugh at myself.

Sorry for putting you through this.

October 3rd Journal

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:07:43 GMT

I'm not going to post about how crappy, frusterated, fat and discouraged I am. Rather, as per my promise I will post my journal for today.

Activity Points = 4 (Lean and Fit class)
Points = 26

Breakfast: skim milk, shredded wheat (bran), banana (5)
Snack: Fruit Source Bar (2)
LUnch: Vermicelli bowl (12)
Snack: Apple (1)
Dinner: Meat Pie (small piece) (5)
Snack: Popsicle (1)

HR

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:30:32 GMT

Ok, so I haven't posted this yet but I got a new job! A full time, permanent position at Health Canada as a screening officer. Right now I'm waiting for the paperwork. And anyone who works in the gov't knows this is a long and painful process. But my expected start date is October 24th and I talked to the woman at HR and she says I should be getting my letter next week.

Anyone who knows me will understand how absoloutely fantastic this is! I've been working for the same software company for 6.5 years. I started off as a receptionist straight out of university and am now a business analyst/project manager. The money is OK, the people are OK, the politics are horrible and I just keeping getting screwed over and over. So, I'm happy as a pig in shit to be leaving.

PLUS, at Health Canada I am back in the science world! I graduated with a degree in microbiology and have been working in a computer world since (Ok Ok, I've heard it a million times but I'll say it here - I'm working with the wrong bugs and viruses hardy har har). So back to my roots, it gets me giddy thinking that I will be back where I belong. Science. Drugs, viruses, prescriptions... I LOVE IT.

So please keep your fingers crossed that HR gets their thumb out of their butt and gets me my letter now! I've been waiting over a week and have been obsessively checking my e-mail ever since.

Peace out

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:25:06 GMT

Day 5 and still at it. Had a few set backs, but am still under my points for the week and have gotten in lots of activity!

My size 8 jeans feel good again and going to try and keep this in mind for the weekend, my hardest time to try and stay on plan.

Here's to me!

Activity Points = 3 (50 minute walk/run)
Points =

6:00am protein shake (3)
9:30am 2 pcs rye bread, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1 banana (5)
12:30 2 cups mixed greens, peppers, oil/vinegar dressing, 3 oz chicken (4)

That's all I have so far!

Sept 29th journal

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:51:04 GMT

Wow, I actually journalled the Caramilk bar and dill pickle chips I ate yesterday!

Here goes for today!

Activity Points = 3 (walk/run 60 minutes) + 4 (lean and fit class)
Points = 24

6:00am protein shake (3)
9:30am 2 pcs rye bread (2)
1 tbsp all natural peanut butter (2)
1 banana (2)
12:30 2 cups mixed greens (0)
2 oz chicken breast (2)
oil/vinegar dressing (1)
3:30pm green apple (1)
carrots (0)
8 jujubes (2)?
6:00pm nectarine (1)
8:00pm strawberry/banana protein shake (5)
10 almonds (2)
1 oz chicken (1)

Sept 28th journal

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:40:30 GMT

Day 3 and going strong!

Edit: not as strong as I thought, didnt get my letter of offer yet so a Caramilk bar and dill pickle chips landed in my mouth

Activity Points = 3 (60 min walk/run)
Points = 31

protein shake (3)
2 pcs rye bread (2)
natural peanut butter (1)
banana (2)
1 cup skim milk (1)
15 almonds (3)
1 cup mixed greens (0)
veggies (0)
feta cheese (1)
oil/vinegar dressing (1)
2 ounces chicken (2)
tzatiki (1)
caramilk bar (5)
dill pickle chips (5)
fish (3)
cauliflour (0)
popsicle (1)

Sept 27th journal

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:45:24 GMT

Might be editted later on, but here goes so far:

Activity Points = 3 (60 minutes power walking)
Total Points = 21

protein shake (3)
banana (2)
nectarine (1)
apple (1)
snack pack tuna (4)
yogurt (2)
almonds (2)
3 ounces chicken (3)
2 cups mixed greens (0)
1/4 cup couscous (2)
veggies (0)
oil/vinegar dressing (1)