Not much

Not too much is going on.  I feel like I've been floating along.

I got a filing last week, it wasn't too bad. Especially since I hate going to the dentist.  I have three more sessions in August, since my cavities are all over the place.

I've been eating like crap, but keeping up the exercise.  So I'm not feeling too bad.

I've been having some insomnia.  Mostly waking up and not going back to sleep.  I don't mind this much though, I like being up early, and I get tons done.

I had to get four new tires on Friday.  That sucked, tires are expensive, and we don't have a lot of money. I should probably see if I can find a job that might work.  I kind of miss working, but I kind of like being home all the time.

Bertie has been a handful,  But I think he always is.  He is a good kid, and I love being with him.  He works on my patience though.  On Thursday I took him to Happy Hollow.  He is just barely talk enough to ride all the rides.  He decided he wanted to go on the roller coaster. It's a small one, but big for him.  So we rode on it, and as it started he said he wanted to get off.  He wasn't happy on it, but he didn't cry.  Once it stopped and we got off, he said he wanted to go again.  We didn't though.  The other ride he went on was the little train that goes around the park.  So he went on the scariest ride, and the least scary.  But he refused to go on anything in between.  Funny guy.  We have a season pass, so we'll go again in a couple weeks.

Bertram starts swimming lessons tomorrow.  It's mommy and me.  I love swimming, and he likes the water, so fingers crossed, it will go well.  After that we're doing a gymnastics class.  Swimming is a necessity, but we'll do other things to see what he likes.  I asked a lady at church about piano lessons (she's a piano teacher), she said she doesn't start teaching kids til 4-5.  So we'll have some time on that.

A Saturday Night.

I'm sitting here by myself.  Bertie was feeling extra tired and went to sleep around 8:30.  And Aaron's gone out birthday shopping for me.  So here I sit.  I shut the tv off, and an just enjoying the quiet.

Last night turned into a co-sleeping night.  Aaron brought Bertie in to bed, so I could feed him.  And we both fell asleep.  This happens sometimes unless I make it a point to stay awake, or I feed him on the sofa. (I usually only do the latter when I need to pump as well).

I think I've become boring since becoming a mom.  I don't go anywhere interesting.  I've given up on most of my hobbies for now too.  I have a quilt that is nearly done that I haven't touched in months.  Every time I pick up a book, Bertie needs something.  And once he's in bed, I'm usually too tired to do anything but watch tv, or play with my phone.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not bored.  While I miss doing the things I want, I really enjoy what I am doing: being with my son, bonding with him, giving him nourishment from my own body.  (On that subject, I've been really happy with how easily breastfeeding has been.  He still has a great latch, I have plenty of milk for him (and lots sorted up for later). And he is doing great on mama's milk alone.  Hopefully we won't have to use formula at all).

There are lots of things I should/could be doing.  Putting laundry away, cleaning the kitchen, starting to get my stuff together for my trip (in two days!!!) etc.  But I'm going to enjoy my quiet time.

I've been doing the Bikini Body Mommy Challenge for 16 days now.  Yesterday was a weigh in, measure and picture day.  I was really sad to see I'd only lost 1 pound.  But I was pretty please with the measurements.  All the numbers were lower (aside from my bust, which had no change), and in the pictures I could see some difference in my belly.  Plus my pants are starting to feel less snug.  I'm going to keep up with it, and hopefully there will be more changes in the future!  (I think Tuesday, I'll need to get up early so I can exercise before we fly, since we doing get in til 10:30).

Just the hits

Pregnancy

• Bending is getting really hard.  Sometimes I have to walk the dogs by myself, which is hard because they pull a lot.  But harder because I really have to bend to pick up after them.  Mojo is still kicking around a lot.  My bladder has shrunk.  I can feel like I'm bursting, and I get to the bathroom, and just an average amount of pee comes out.  Plus it's really fun when he uses my bladder as a trampoline.

Insurance

• Related to pregnancy: I'm trying to get all the insurance stuff sorted out.  It's a little overwhelming, which is saying something, since insurance is what I do.  I know I want to stay with Kaiser.  And I know I was Mojo to be with Kaiser at least through year 1, if not beyond.  But it's really difficult because all the plans are based on income, and I have no clue whether (or how much) I'll be going back to work.  The other issue to when (or if) to switch off my work plan and onto either an individual plan (or Covered CA plan).  I tried to call Covered CA, but their phones are too busy, so I filled out the online form, hopefully they'll call back soon.  I'm going to call Kaiser in the next couple of days and see what info I can get from them.

Fitness

• I've been using my Fitbit.  I try to get to 10000 steps most days.  I don't always make it, but I try.  I'm also watching what I eat.  Hopefully I won't gain too much weight before the next appointment.  The Fitbit also monitors my sleep, which has been not great.  I do ok on the weekends, but during the week, I usually get 6hrs 15 min.  My lunch walks are getting more difficult.  I'm starting to get achy, and I still have sciatica off and on.  I'm not meant to weigh 190-some pounds.  

Play

• We  saw The Book of Mormon in San Francisco on Tuesday.  It was so good, and we had a lot of fun.  We don't really go out and do stuff much, and it'll be even less in a couple of months.  It was a little last hurrah.  I had previously thought about a babymoon, but I don't think it's going to happen.

When the cat's away...

Aaron's gone over night for... Scoutaree?  Camporee?  Camporama?  Some sort of overnight with the troops in is district come and do games and such.  So I've had all day to myself, I planned to do all sorts of things, but didn't do as much as I'd hoped.
I slept in til 10, which was nice.  I don't get to sleep in much.  I made some oatmeal and watched Project Runway.
Then I got the great idea to try a new recipe.  I saw a recipe online for a pizza crust made with cauliflower.  I knew if I didn't do a test run, Aaron would never try it.
Here's what  I did, I took pictures, because that's what's you do.

Start with a cauliflower and chop into florets.

Use the food processor to rice the florets

Here is the riced cauliflower

Cook cauliflower for 8 minutes

Next was the hard part, squeezing out the excess water.  This is hard because that water is f-ing hot!  I didn't get all the water which caused issues later.

The next step is to mix in 1/2 cup of mozzarella, an egg, a teaspoon of herbs.

Mix, mix, mix

Pat into a disc.  Here's the other part I messed up.  I made my disc regular pizza thickness, but it really needed to be very thin.

Next you par bake it for 15 minutes.

Add toppings.  I made a magharitta pizza.  The original recipe was for bbq chicken which might have been better.  As the bolder flavour would have covered up the cauliflower flavour a little.

All done!

It fell apart.  

The flavour was ok, I think if I made the adjustments I noted above it would be better.  The taste was a little weird, the crispier edges were very good.  I'll likely try it again.

I also did some laundry, washed and line dried the bed linens.  I went to the store.  I was looking for 3 things: cow milk, cereal and sprinkle cheese.  We have plenty of soy milk, but Aaron won't drink that.  I got a lot of other stuff, of course.  Took the doggies for a walk.  Took a nap.  Exercised, showered, ate dinner.  Aaron called me from the camp office.  That was nice and unexpected.  

My diet was been going well.  I've lost a couple pounds already, I think that's mostly due to cutting out sugar.  I did have diet soda yesterday, but none before or since.  Tomorrow will be more difficult.  It's french toast day, and we're going to two birthday things tomorrow.  I guess we'll see how it goes.