Life goes on

The days pass very quickly when there is so much to do each day. I have been busy the last few weeks. I had several people move out of my rental houses. That always presents a challenge to get any repairs made and cleaning done so the houses are ready to show again to others who might like to rent. As of right now they are all rented, thank goodness. Maybe they will stay that way a while.



Annacarmie is trying to settle back into school and take care of Makenna. She told me yesterday there is no way she could go to school if I did not help her with Makenna. I think she is finding taking care of a baby is much harder than she realized it would be. She wants Makenna to sleep at night because Annacarmie does not function at all when she loses sleep. Welcome to the real world my child. Get used to it as it will only get worse.



Annacarmie went back to the doctor today to have her blood pressure checked. It was 140 over 100 and that was when he decided to put her on blood pressure medicine for a while to bring it down so maybe she will get to feeling better. Please be praying for her blood pressure to return to normal.



I have not been doing much cooking lately but after today I am sure that will come to an end. I have enjoyed the vacation from cooking. Today, after class Annacarmie went by Weight Watchers and signed up. She is wanting to get some weight off after Makenna's birth.

Getting back into a routine of planning and cooking regular meals will be a change for me. I did that for years when I planned and prepared every meal for Pappa because he was diabetic. It takes more work on my part however, anytime some one is on a weight loss program it is a must to plan ahead so there will be less failure. Annacarmie has set her mind to getting the weight off and since I will be doing the cooking I will also be following the weight watchers program and it sure would not hurt me to lose some weight.

Tonight we had a good meal that took less than 10 minutes to prepare and it was very low in points which was a bonus. Chicken stir fry with vegetable was sooooo good. We will have to have that again soon. Let's see how many other things I can make before Annacarmie gets tired of what I cook.

We have discovered that Makenna does not do well when she is taken out of her routine. She thrives on routine and structure. That is a child after my own heart. She gets really fussy and irritable when she does not have the same routine each day. Now that we have learned to follow a strict routine we just have to learn to love organization as much as Mamma Kim does. I will have to work on that with Makenna. Let's see would you call that OCD or not? Her mamma just shakes her head at both of us.

Annacarmie is so afraid that Mamma Kim is going to spoil Makenna. For Annacarmie's entire life she would lie in Mamma Kim's lay and say, '"sizzle Mamma sizzle" and I would scratch and sizzle her back for hours. Makenna loves that also and Annacarmie fusses when I start sizzling Makenna's head and back. It just comes natural and some things you just cannot help. That is one of those things. I just do it without even realizing I am doing it, so calming and soothing.

Kim