Catching up.

Hello, wow, life is busy. We are now fully moved into our home, and it is fabulous. The upstairs is fully renovated. Next step is the basement, and the in the spring, the yard, deck/carport. It's going to be great.

Work is good, great actually....just busy, this is a rare time where I have a few minutes to blog and catch up. I've missed you guys, and think of you all often.

The kids are great. Halloween was a lot of fun. Little E was Batman, and Little G stayed home to give out candy, as she's too much of a maniac and would've run wild through the streets.

Now that Halloween is over, Christmas is all around. It blows my mind how quickly it all converts to Christmas everywhere you look, and so early!

I'm doing ok. Not hating the way I look, but am not loving it either. You know how it goes.

Let me know how you guys are doing. I'll try to catch up on your blogs today.

Love

Frida

xoxo

Exciting Times...

Well, lots has happened since my last post. We have finally moved into our new home. The upstairs is pretty much done, and we're soon to start on renovating the basement. It's been a bit of a challenge living in chaos, but things are finally coming together.

Little E starts grade 1 tomorrow...wow...what happened there? Time is flying by waaay too fast. He is so grown up all of the sudden, and so damn cute. Little G, ya, she's a naughty little one, but very adorable, and very funny. She is SO entertaining, I could watch her for hours. She is finally starting to talk. She's 22 months old, and only starting to say her first words now. We were a bit worried about her at first, but she's on the right track now. We have her on a waiting list for a speech therapist, but it looks like she won't be needing it :)

And the most exciting thing of all, is that I finally got to meet one of my blogger friends!! EJ came up for a visit to Vanc*ouver, and man, what a great time. It was so great to finally meet her. Emily, I miss you already and can't wait to see you again!!!

Hope you're all doing fantastic!!

Love
Frida
xoxo

Hello hello.

Wow time flies.
We've had our house for 1 month and bit now, and the renovations are coming along nicely. The house was completely gutted out, and is now being put together. Drywall, which is nice as we can now see how things are going to look.
Little G and Little E are doing great, cute as ever...and very excited to have their own yard, and their own bedrooms!!
Work is going great!! I'm loving my new job. It's been so challenging, but in a good way. I'm off today, as I'm taking every 2nd Friday off, to have some more time with the kids. Big C is either at work, or working on the house, so we don't see eachother so much right now...but it's temporary. Once we move in, we'll be back to normal. We're hoping to move in the end of August. I have no desire to live in the house while renovations are going on, with 2 small kids. So we're waiting until it's all done.
I've missed you guys, and always plan on catching up, but time flies, so fast.
I think of you all often.
Love,
Frida
xoxo

Time to update!!!!

Good grief, it's been a while. I think of all you guys all the time, and miss you so much. Life is so busy, but I'm going to try and keep up to date more with the blog world.
Work is going great, learning everyday. This new role has been a big challenge, and I think I'm doing fine. When I was a consultant, I was at the top of the heap, a 'senior'...now being a supervisor, I'm back to being a 'junior'....weird in a way, but good to be starting in this leadership role now, it was good timing for me.

My big news is that we have bought a house!! We currently own a 2 bedroom townhouse/attached to other townhouses, 1100 sq ft. And have a bought a house, with a yard!!! The house is 2400 sq feet!!! Nice big yard, and behind us, is a giant park!!! So green and beautiful, with a playground, summer pool, and lots of trails for hikes, with a creek! SO different from where we live now. The house is old, and we are completely renovating it, inside and out. My dad is a recently retired contractor, and is itching for something to do, so he THRILLED at renovating this house and yard, for his little grandchildren!! LOL
We get possession on the 16th of June, start renovations and move in about 6 weeks later. We'll be a 5 minute drive from my parents, which is awesome as my kids are there when Big C and I are both at work. AND this new location will shave my commute from 1 hour to 1/2 hour!!! I'm a bit overwhelmed, but so excited!!

On the eating front, things are up and down....more down than up, but like always, I'm battling and trying hard to make this work.

The kids are doing so great!! Little G is 1.5 years old now, and super naughty!!! She gets into everything and LOVE LOVE LOVES being naughty....Cookie will love that. Little E continues to be a good little boy, always listens and is a big help with his mischievous little sister!

The weather is great, warming up and always (or almost always) sunny!! And the days are long again, YAY!!!

Hope you're all doing well!!

Love you so much!

Frida

XOXO

Day 4....

Of no purging! I'm back on track. Now, I just need to stay here! Thanks for all your comments of support on my last post. Even though I wasn't 'around', I was reading those comments EVERYDAY!! Love you guys.

Love,
Frida
XOXO

Time to fess up...CAUTION-numbers talk

This is the lastest picture of my bunny rabbits. Little G refuses to have her hair clipped back, she rips the barrett out immediatly...So she runs around looking like a shaggy beast most of the time...

I am trying to do my best, I really am, but I am stuck in MIA hell at the moment. I'm not going to get into details, but I am at one of my low points, trying hard to get my ass out of here. I lost that big chunk of weight, healthily...and now am in that desperate cycle of trying to keep it off, and still needing to lose a bit more. For those of you who don't know me, I'm not thin. I do have weight to lose. I currently weigh 167lbs. After giving birth to my 2nd, and after losing that initial "baby weight", I settled at 195lbs. It was frightening, but it came off. I'm actually 10lbs lighter than when I got pregnant with Little G, so it's good. I know I've done well, I really do...but I'm stuck, stuck in this shit, and want to get back to where I was. No purging. I know if I stop, I won't gain weight, I know it. But I just can't stop. Where is the reasoning? I am so together, so strong, so clear minded, in everything in life, but this MIA shit. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????????? I have everything a woman could want, what is my fucking problem????

I know this is a phase, been here too many times to know how it works. I can't wait to be out of this phase, it's just getting there...it's a bitch.

Please send me some positive vibes, to help me get out of this nasty phase, FAST!

On a more positive note, this Saturday, my parents are taking the kids for an overnight, and we're hitting the town, can't wait!! We're heading to this place that does a mean grilled spicy squid....tasty!!

The kids are doing so great. I could eat them alive, they are so cute. Little E and I had a date day on Sunday. Took him shopping for clothes and then for sushi, we had so much fun. Little G is a little maniac, she's so entertaining!!

Take care my dear friends, I think of you all the time.

Love
Frida
xoxo

PS-If someone could please let AE know that I can't get into her blog, that would be great...even if she can email me feistyfrida1@yahoo.ca - Thanks!

How time flies...

Wow, it's been so long since I posted. My last post was so negative, it's time to write something more positive. I am in a totally different space right now. A much more positive space. I still feel fat, I think I always will, but I don't HATE how I look.

Work has been busy. Being a supervisor to 30 people is much different than being a travel agent. It's great, I'm really enjoying it, but I am busy all day. My days fly by. I like that my work day passes so quickly, but I panic at the thought that my life is passing quickly. My kids are growing so fast, I feel like I'm not keeping up...not enjoying it as I should. Such is the life of a working mom, which is what I want to be, but man, things whiz right by.

I miss you guys so much and wish I could update more. I will try, I promise. I hope you're all doing awesome.

Love you and miss you all.

Frida
xoxo