It would seem that my entire household is afflicted with allergies or intollerances of some sort.
This is very annoying.
I have issues with dairy products and alcohol. (the alcohol issue I don’t care about - I’ve never been a drinker)
My son has issues with dairy products, and it would seem a slight issue with pineapple of all things. That might just be due to the acidity of the fruit. We will try it again at a later date.
Our dog has issues with wheat products, fleas (just the bite from ONE flea will turn him into a mess), and possibly a tree or grass allergy too - yet to be verified by a vet.
My son gets lactose free milk, but it still gives him a bit of an issue. I just mostly avoid dairy altogether if I can help it.
The dog’s issue is becoming the bigger one because he is bound and determined to sneak snacks from the kidlet. Most of his snacks are wheat-based… graham crackers, cheerios…
Research into my dog’s allergies continue… as much as I can possibly do without spending a massive fortune at the vet…
Both the boykid and I have seasonal allergies. And I still remain allergic to cats (which is annoying as I HAVE cats!)… I need to find a way to reduce our issues.
I attempted to watch Paper Hearts last night while wrapping up a few small projects… I just couldn’t do it. Ten minutes in and the movie was boring the heck out of me. I turned it off.
It takes a LOT for me to turn away from a movie, especially a movie that is running in the background while I work. Perhaps this movie gets more exciting and interesting past the first 10 minutes but I just couldn’t find it in me to continue to find out. I do not recommend Paper Hearts.
I did watch Julia & Julie - total chick flick, but a sort of sweet enjoyable one. It did make me want to race into the kitchen and start banging out awesome food!!
My work schedule as of late has not left me with much in the way of mental capacity needed to come up with interesting food stuff.
Anyway, I recommend Julia & Julie.
I haven’t been to a movie theatre to see a movie in a while… I think perhaps either the Harry Potter or Star Trek movie were the most recent last year. I tend to only go when it is something I really really want to see on the big screen. Otherwise it is just not worth working out the babysitter stuff. 
I have a couple more movies to watch - a few chick flicks and a few sci-fi oddness things.
My schedule might even itself out in another week so I am hopeful that the rest of my world will even out.
Still working on travel plans.
And slowly working on the plan to move (again) in October.
Time to announce my amazing ability to be better than so many of you whiny little people… this is my average schedule lately…
6:30am - 7am - woken up by my son
7am - 7:45 - diaper change, breakfast, put the dishwasher on, start the laundry, feed the animals
8am - 10am - floors, bathroom, fold and put away laundry while amusing and playing with my son
10am - 10:30am - snack time/milk time, settle down for morning nap
10:30am - 11:30am - nap time for my son, work time for me (sometimes nap time for me too if I’m lucky)
11:30am - 12:30pm - lunch time, flip the laundry
12:30pm - 1:30pm - walk around the neighbourhood (weather & energy permitting)
1:30pm - 2:30pm - play with my son
2:30pm - 3:00pm - snack time/milk time, settle down for afternoon nap
3:00pm - 4:30pm - nap time for my son, work time for me
4:30pm - 6:00pm - playing, laundry, dishes put away, more playing
6:15pm - 6:45pm - dinner
6:45pm - 7:00pm - bath time for my son
7:00pm… bed time for my son
7:15pm - 4:00am - work time for me…
4:00am - 6:30/7am - sleep for me…
Repeat…
Tonight I worked until 5am. My son will be waking up in little over an hour… there’s no point in sleeping… I’ll just feel worse when I wake up.
Sometimes it sucks being the only responsible parent my little kidlet has. Sometimes I could really use help, another pair of hands, an extra income, sometimes to just do something else so that I don’t have to do that something else…
Enough whining… I’m super mom…
sick. sick. sick. again!
i am so totally going to work out how often my kidlet and i have been sick since he was born…
trying to organise flights. a bit more work doing it on my own instead of using a travel site, but a bit cheaper too…
seems there is a shortage of direct flights to london from the departure point that i’m looking at… sucky.
i will work it out. tis what i do…
Birthdays have not meant much to me for some time.
My birthday is rarely remembered and oft forgotten.
I do not have a desire for gifts, I cannot recall the last birthday where I received a gift.
I do not have a desire for a party, I cannot recall the last birthday party I had - perhaps when I was 14…
I do not have a desire for much.
Sometimes, however, it stings just a little bit.
I suck it up and move on.
My son’s birthday is the most important one now…
I am a good driver, I know this!!
Yesterday afternoon after visiting a dear friend, the Boykid & I were in a car accident. The term “car accident” sounds pretty fierce…
I am so paranoid to drive now! I don’t want to go anywhere! Especially not with the boy in the car with me!!
Sometimes it is truly amazing how life is forced to go on.
Sometimes something so heart breaking and heart shattering takes place and you feel as if you will never feel whole again. You feel as if the flame that represented your entire reason for being was extinguished in a cruel and brutish manner.
But then you find yourself opening your eyes to a sunny day. You swing your legs over the side of your bed and stand up. You go through the motions of your established routines. And one day you find yourself cracking a smile at the most unlikeliest of things.
You realise that, while your life has been profoundly affected and injured by the heart shattering incident, you are able to find a little piece of happiness again.
In time you realise that sometimes bad things do happen to good people (even good people who spout of cliches). You realise that while sometimes you are pushed and pulled into so many directions that leave you feeling helpless and floppy, you are a strong and stable force to be reckoned with.
You realise that you may never return the happy blissful person you were but this person you have become ain’t all that bad…
You realise that life goes on.
Sometimes it takes a very long time to get to that point; but the important thing is that you do get there…
My gardening project for 2010 is underway. My seeds are being started in indoor greenhouses and thus far I am having great success with two of the veggies I’m growing this year.
Pictures will come at some point…
I am told to expect insane growth with my cucumbers - so dear friends who live near me… you may find yourself gifted with cucumbers in about 2 1/2 months…
I am formatting my plan of attack for my veggie garden this year.
Thus far on the menu I have: tomatoes (3 varieties), banana peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, jalapenos (always a fav to grow!), chives, corn, and peas.
I am going to grow a few of them in containers because it is easier to give them shelter when needed. I have found a variety of large tomatoes that claims to do well in containers. We shall see. I know that the cherry tomatoes and peas tend to do pretty well in containers. The jalapeno and banana peppers do okay in containers but I’ve always had a much higher crop yield when I’ve let them go wild in the garden.
I am debating putting in raised planting beds. They’re pretty expensive when you buy the kits so I am looking into what it’ll take to either make my own or just cave and spend the $’s on the kits. We shall see… budget is going to be a huge determining factor here.
I plan on keeping my garden as organic as possible. Home compost makers are pretty pricey so I am also researching making my own in lieu of spending $200 on a kit.
If I find myself with an over-abundance of veggies this year, you may find yourself being invited over for harvesting/grilling/salad making!