happy HALLOWEEN!!!!

happy Halloween!!! I'm a kitty cat, what are you dressed up as today??


Tonight will be a nice relaxing night of handing out candy at home! At work, my fours dressed up and there was a fantastic variety of super heroes, princesses and animals. My threes dressed up last week too and although party day is a very stressful time for us teachers, it was truly a lot of fun!!! Especially with costumes.

Have a safe Halloween!!! I'm sure I'll be seeing more super men, Cinderella's, monkeys and dragons tonight, starting in about 20 minutes :)

N.

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birds

Feeding the birds is always so much fun for us! They come and land right on your hand, it's so incredible. What a reminder that the world we live in is truly amazing.



N.

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Oh food...

I've got so much going on lately that it feels overwhelming some days. Lately I've just had crazy cravings, I'll get off work and come home and all I want is a hamburger, or chocolate bar. I've discovered a lot about myself in terms of my eating by just being more aware of what I'm doing.

This is what I've discovered:
1. I don't eat enough, and then I get crazy hungry and eat everything I can get my hands on. This then brings me to over eat, on an empty stomach.
2. I never plan anything, this then results with us not having food in the house and then we eat out. If I saved receipts from all our restaurant visits in any given month I'd probably be disgusted by the number.
3. I'm an emotional eater, if I'm sad or had a really hard day at work then I want to come home and eat something. And not something good for me. If I'm happy or something great happens then I want to go celebrate, with good food of course.

Yesterday as I was driving to school, I realized that I need to do things that I may not want to do at the moment because I care for and respect myself, my body, my life and my future.

This means that I need to:
1. meal plan
2. exercise which means waking up earlier in the morning
3. kick sugar and junk food out
4. keep track of what I'm eating in a food journal or my phone app
5. drink waaay more water

There are probably more things I could do, I already stopped drinking caffeine. Anyone have any other ideas?

I'm glad I'm finally respecting myself enough to make changes, even when those hamburger cravings are overwhelming. Like tonight I had spaghetti with veggie sauce, whole wheat noodles and a pear for dessert! Even though all I wanted was fries :)

Off to college now, got a presentation today.

N.


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Happy Thanksgiving

This weekend is our Thanksgiving holiday, I'm so happy for this break it's so great to have good food and spend time with family.

I've been thinking about what I'm thankful for and the list is long. Here are a few:
- my husband who loves me unconditionally
- my immediate family, and in-law family who I adore
- my nieces and nephew and the one Jessica has on the way
- my friends who I love and I am always thrilled to see
- my fantastic job and co-teacher, my regional manager and all the staff at W&T, also all the adorable kiddies
- my health and the opportunity I have on Tuesday at VGH, my gynecologist and the fact that she's made it possible for me to be functional without crazy Endo pain :)
- school and that I found something I love love love to study (psychology) and a career path I'm good at and passionate for

Yah, that's all the obvious stuff. I am also very thankful for coffee, chocolate, my new cute car, flip flops, sweatpants and sweaters, contact lenses, and my ability to be super creative! Oh, and flowers which reminds me


One of my three year olds handed me these gorgeous flowers and with a big hug said "happy thanksgiving teacher Nicole". It made my Thursday all that much better :)

There's just SO much to be thankful for

N.

Also... HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANTINA! love you lots friend, you're my sister in so many wonderful ways, my bestie, have a super day, cheers!! Xoxo


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Wednesday ramblings

So I'm still sickly, not nearly 100%. I suffered from a headache all day yesterday, and still woke up with a stuffed nose and a cough with phlegm this morning. I'm sure this will eventually go away, but I'm done with it already. I want my normal back.

Tonight is my first night class, I'm not looking forward to it. Other than the fact that I get to see my friend Jen. It just doesn't feel like I'm back in school. I wish I had this degree complete before I started work. But I just couldn't pass up the chance to work at W&T. I'll get the degree, eventually.

I'm so excited for thanksgiving this weekend. I get three family meals and I'm overly excited to consume some great food and see all my family. It's going to be good times. I also have a very important assessment appointment at the hospital on Tuesday. I am SO nervous for it, but that's another post.

Time for dinner! I'm thinking a sandwich would be delicious :)

Blessings, N.


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