Fat, Angry blog -- it's f*cking FAB!

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 01 May 2014 03:19:00 +0000

confession

I re-gained the weight; I'm on a LOT of meds re: a uber of al ealth
Diagnoses. I ought to start following some you again...

Working on two blogs now -an accumulative blog - http://adornthetruth.blogspot.ca/?m=0 and one just mental health: http://wth-is-bpd2.blogspot.ca/?m=1

Still alive --

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:48:00 +0000

Weight hasn't changed... well, it's gone down and gone up again and so on. My mental health journey has been taking all of my energy and focus and it's certainly not easy. I'd say that I am still not on the right meds & I still haven't found a good psychiatrist. The process is taking longer than what I'd like, but I've never been a patient woman. Once I get more balanced or at least hit a bit of an upswing instead of this extended down cycle -- I feel I'll be able to focus more on my physical health again. Best wishes.

short update

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:12:00 +0000

weight: 247.6 lbs

state of mind - all sorts of messed up but I'm working on it...

*sigh*

Tuesday mornings weight

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:57:00 +0000

250.0 lbs

That's cool... though it may just be from all the sweating I've been doing and all the water I've been drinking...

I need a new scale as my old one hasn't been working for awhile

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +0000

I did weigh myself at a friend's house on Saturday though.

255 lbs.

So yeah. Saturday was just under 2 years from when I started this blog and I boomeranged from the 278 July 2010 official starting weight to the low 204.2 April 2011 to the 255 July 2012.

Fuck me.

Let's not forgot my non-pregnancy 2010 high of 286 lbs.

so 2010 high = 286
down 8 lbs
2010 start = 278
         down 73.8 more lbs
     2011 low = 204.2
                up 50.8 lbs
current 2012 = 255 lbs

So, in the end I only managed to keep off a total of 31 lbs from my highest 2010 weight and 23 lbs from the weight I was when I first started this blog.

Do I feel like a failure?

Yes.

Am I ashamed of myself?

Yes.

Am I going to eat myself into oblivion?

No.

I've gone through some serious depression and a recent new diagnosis that I am still dealing with and am on some different medications.

I am to stay away from cardio, like the cardiologist told me back in 2011. Walking and swimming were the recommended exercises for me as well as weight training.

So, we'll see what happens.

I can't promise I'll post here a lot.

But I'll try to post once in awhile so you know I'm still alive.

FAB

Things seem so bloody strange right now

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Well my weight has gone up and down a bit but this morning I was at 257.0 lbs so no significant changes.

I am now on three medications.

Cipralex (20 mg), Wellbutrin (300 mg) and Topamax (20 mg) and I have a new (or additional - I guess I should ask how that works) diagnoses but I'm not going to talk about that right now.

My anxiety is very well under control. As a matter of fact, I have actual FINGERNAILS, growing beyond my fingertips. If I remember later, I'll take a picture and login with one of my other accounts to post it.

The heat and humidity are crazy around here.

We've had a fan and a window air conditioner going since we got up this morning and it is, at this moment, 27 degrees C in here!

Little Man is off at his father's for the weekend so Hubs is here with all his female-folk, myself, Rhyme Girl and I'm not sure what I should call the baby now since she is less a baby and more a rampaging toddler...

Any suggestions?

Little Man has attended one ABA group with some other boys with autism and will be attending another one, one evening a week through the summer.

I just completed the "It Takes Two To Talk" program with my energetic toddler and hopefully she'll get into speech therapy around September. Still not sure if it's just the pragmatic speech delay or if she could be at the top end of the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum.

Rhyme Girl was doing the Wii Fit today and she's lost 2 lbs since she got here on July 2nd, which puts her at 156.6 lbs at the age of 12 and the height of 4 ft 11.

Her Wii Fit age was calculated at 25.

Hubs also did the Wii Fit today. His Wii Fit age was calculated at 61 (he'll be 45 this year) and I was calculated to be 38 (I'll be 40 this year).

I have my next appointment with the psychiatrist on Monday and I'm not sure if I am going to peer-led group therapy on Tues, Thursday or both days this week.

I feel good about working on this stuff, though with the new information -- I have some new things to research/read up on.

In other news, we went to Teeswater the other weekend and had a wonderful visit with my Grandmother's cousin, who was a complete sweetheart! It was a very peaceful town and it was relaxing.

A number of people in my adoptive family have found some great success using Weight Watchers. So my brother-in-law, T, gave me a points calculator yesterday. I will give it a try, although I'm sure there are some foods I won't know how to calculate (like basmati rice for example).

I hope everyone else is happy and well!

Still alive and struggling

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Hey there everyone.

Well, I'm still unmotivated, still trying to work out the best meds to help me through this time of depression and exhaustion.

Depending on the frequency of my sporadic bowel movements I am ranging between a low of 249.2 and a high of 252.4

I have started going to a peer-based support group and I am finding that to be helpful, especially since the person I was seeing at the counselling place is no longer there so I only had a total of 4 sessions with her.

The 4th session consisting of my freaking out because she told me while there that it was going to be our last session.

Baby Girl has been assessed with a speech/language delay. I started the "It talks two to talk" program last week.

Little Man is participating in a group ABA program with some other boys around his age for kids with autism and I take him to that every Tuesday evening.

Hubs is still not working but has been getting coverage for some re-education programs. He starts a Microsoft Office Suite course in a week or two.

My anxiety is very much under control, though I still have the paranoia issues but my depression just seems like it's getting worse and worse and I am struggling daily.

I am working so hard at sorting out my mental health issues and doing what I can to help my kids with their issues and be emotionally supportive of Hubs while he works on upgrading his education so he can eventually GET a job and support our family.

Rhyme Girl has been having a tough time at her Mom's with various things, so that's a worry and stressor for us as well.

*sigh*

I've been avoiding the blog world in general and I've actually been on Facebook a lot less as well. It's almost like the more I have to leave my house to do other things, the more I hide away.

But - I'm not dead.

I've spent quite a bit of time on ancestry.ca and ancestry.com as well as findagrave.com as that tends to help me relax.

And I've been reading more again the past week or so.

So that's where I'm at.

I hope all of you are well.

Update on the meds

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000

OK so I have been consistently taking my medication.

The Good:

Negative self-talk is still almost completely gone.
Binge eating seems to be gone.
Depression does not seem so dire.
Paranoia has lessened a fair amount.
Anxiety has lessened quite a bit.

The Challenging:

Sex drive is WAY down.
Sleeping issues are difficult to deal with (tired during the day, tired but unable to sleep soundly at night).
Increased headaches.
Almost constant dry-mouth.

A success story:

I went grocery shopping ALONE on Thursday for the first time in YEARS!!! It was stressful because I was also having them price-match to competitor's flyers, but I did it. And I only had to do one extra walk around the store to calm myself down before getting into the checkout line.

Sadder success stories:

My neighbour passed away on Feb 16th of cancer and I went to the visitation at the funeral home to show support for his wife.

Today I am going to the visitation of my friend's mother, who passed away of cancer on Feb 23rd.

I have always had issues with funerals and funeral homes, even before my adoptive parents died.

I'm just updating my blog before my friend gets here to pick me up.

On a brighter note:

If I remember, I have a cute video of Baby Girl that I will post but back-date to before this entry.

Total Woman's Show

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:36:00 +0000

On Saturday I attended the Total Woman's Show with my friend & her mother. I found it quite similar to MeFest as there were a lot of people offering information about doing direct selling through party-hosting.

As well, there were 3 stages where presentations and such were occurring. There were also people offering health and wellness information, posture checks, gym passes etc.

I had a complimentary styling done on my hair by Angelina Fitz-Henry from Cowboys & Angels (and I looked great!)

I grabbed the business card for The Nu Me Boutique, as my birth mom has shopped there since they specialize in products for women who have had mastectomies.

As well, there was a booth about Thermography, which is a non-invasive, radiation-free monitoring of breast health. And another booth offered information about mammograms and the Ontario Breast Screening Program (toll free information number is: 1-800-668-9304.)

Latasia - has cool jewelry. So did Stella & Dot and -- crap, the one place did jewelry, scarves & purses... but I am currently blanking on the name. EDITED to add: it was SheBella!

Wicked is coming to Centre in the Square - which is pretty exciting... though there are other events coming up too.

There were a number of booths that had tea products; my favourite being Distinctly Tea.

I saw a line up at the booth for Align-Right, as a lot of women were purchasing pillows.

I grabbed some information from two different booths about senior care, one was Home Instead and the other was Warm Embrace.

I grabbed an information sheet from Lotus Meditation.

My friend purchased some clothing made from bamboo from Yogainn Sakuja, who told us that he is working on a website and when it's reading it should be elaNela.com but if you are interested in his products, you could contact him at elanela7 AT gmail DOT com.

There was a booth for Spanner. I've never been there before, but my friend was keen on it as she's shopped there before.

The one talk we were able to attend was "Weight Loss Revealed" presented by Bruce Kahn, author of The Fat Fighter Diet. Afterwards, my friend's mother purchased his book & some supplements from the Fiddleheads booth. Now Bruce also gave out a website address re: his personal training, but I don't remember what it was. If I found out, I'll link it in this entry later.

There was a booth with sample shakes from the Body By Vi program. Two shakes a day and one healthy meal, but I am not into meal replacements.

I was given a day pass for GoodLife Fitness. Though I'm not sure how I feel about GoodLife.

I grabbed some information from some friendly house-cleaning ladies from Polished Expectations (which I plan to pass on to one of my friends).

I tried to get close enough to smell some of the products at The Body Blessed, but it was too crowded.

There were many more booths and representatives there but these are the ones I was given information from.

There was just so much going on, I found it challenging to take everything in but it was enjoyable and I'd have to say that I don't know if I could have handled being out that long without the medication I am on.

Baby Girl

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:07:00 +0000

I'm on an SSRI

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:05:00 +0000

OK so I am taking Ciprolex as of today.

Too early to tell anything yet of course, but I thought I should make note of it.

Relationship/family update

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:00 +0000

So Hubs and I had a *massive* blow-out on Sunday night.

Some things were said that we didn't mean and I said some things that I hadn't revealed before.

While it sucked in the midst of it and during the aftermath for a bit -- it was also very cathartic.

Since that night, we've actually been communicating better than we have in ages. And, the best part is that Hubs has even been initiating some of these conversations about how I am feeling about things and what we want to accomplish and work on etc...

It's more like the way we used to communicate in the earlier years of our relationship (we've been together for 5 years).

I think the combination of the Ciprolax and the Wellbutrin is working well for him.

We are trying to have a week of no yelling and we've made "time out cards" for each of us (except Baby Girl) to try to use when things are starting to get heated.

Hopefully it helps :>

Also, Baby Girl has an appointment at KidsAbility later this month to have her speech development assessed so I'm glad that is being taken care of (I put her on a waiting list in late 2011).

Little Man is on a waiting list for some ABA work. And he's doing well on his daily dose of 30 mg of Biphentin (to help him focus and control his impulses) plus 3 mg of Melatonin before bed to help him sleep.

Rhyme Girl is back in therapy and her mother has been taking her - though Hubs needs to push to find out what the counselor recommends...

I have an appointment with my family DR to discuss anti-depressants tomorrow and my next therapy appointment is on the 9th.

Right now I am drinking a protein packed smoothie and then I've got some tidying up to do.

Here's hoping everyone is well.

2nd therapy appointment yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:00 +0000

So I had my 2nd session yesterday.

She said that we will start doing something called EMDR in a few more sessions. Before my next appointment (in 2 weeks) I have to work on a timeline for her of positive and negative events in my life that I remember.

That may well be challenging because, frankly, most of my memories are negative as those are the ones that stick whereas the happy ones are harder to hold onto.

Yesterday I described the fact that, to me, happiness is transient whereas, in my ideal world, it would be a constant.

I think there were a number of emotional factors and stressors related to my unfortunate re-gain.

The counselor that I meet with told me yesterday that it is not her job to diagnose me or prescribe anything, it's her job to help me accept what has happened in the past and release all the negativity and fear that I hang on to.

Though she did suggest that I talk to my family DR about medication.

I'm still thinking about that.

If anyone reading has some experience with anti-depressant and/or anti-anxiety medication, feel free to comment or to message me privately.

weight: 247.6 lbs

a few pics

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:31:00 +0000

update

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:09:00 +0000

So, just had a fight with Hubs re: my anxiety/panic/PTSD -- he doesn't understand it and I try not to make a big issue of it all. But, I've been struggling with it lately.

I have my second therapy appointment tomorrow... am feeling pretty keyed up about it. I debated back and forth and back and forth on whether or not to write about it here and, as you can see, I did NOT detail the session.

I still find myself feeling somewhat "raw" from it in ways. Even though, overall, I think it went well but I have been having more times where I feel really disconnected as well as times where I am really emotional.

I suppose it's all part of the process.

In other news, I've made a new friend and her son and Little Man get along EXTREMELY well and that's really nice for both of them.

My appointment with Little Man's school was re-scheduled due to poor driving conditions re: my support coordinator from DSRC so hopefully the weather cooperates on Thursday which is also the day back in 2007 that Hubs and I really connected and started talking.

Have been working on saving money on groceries thanks to H's advice and Walmart's price matching policies.

Budgeting on a low income is a must - but is still challenging.

Am hoping to swing a discounted Y membership into February's budget so I have something to do to help re-motivate me.

Right now my one motivation is, apparently, house-organization. It's a slow, arduous process but worthwhile if we can actually get this place all sorted out.

Baby Girl is 22 months old today. I'll have to log in with one of my other email addys so that I can add a photo of her.

Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Well hello 2012.

I hope everyone is doing well.

I *finally* have my therapy appt on Friday (the therapist called in Dec and said she had to re-schedule) so I am excited and nervous and apprehensive all at the same time.

Xmas was alright - though we have one more to do on Sunday the 8th and then we will actually be done.

Still a battle with moodiness around my household. Some days it seems like we are all out of sorts and other days it might only be one or two of us.

But we are alive and we haven't given up!

Why all the nightmares?

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Sleep is traumatic for me lately... filled with fear, anxiety, panic, horror, confusion, entrapment, confinement without escape.

I feel like a zombie, walking around, constantly exhausted - my motivation and get-up-and-go are virtually non-existant.

The biggest stand-outs with dream horror was a portion of a dream from last wk (the rest of it was OK but the recurring refrain was of me coming up to people and saying, "I can't believe my father died on Friday and my brother died at his funeral!")

Of course, my Dad died in 1993 and my brother is still alive.

It could refer to my birth dad and one of my half-brothers but I kept feeling like it was about my Dad who raised me instead.

Last night - every time I went back to sleep I was trapped in this nightmare that began with Hubs and I walking into a store that appeared to have been cobbled together by my subconscious from 3 of the places I have worked...

a Cdn Tire Gas Bar
a Personal Edge store
a Black's Photograpy store

I was dropping off a high school student I'd sourced out as an intern for the store and explained that to the manager (who in the dream was Mike, owner/operator of my fav place, Club Abstract).

Hubs was with me and we went out through the photolab and were in a garage and walked past cars up on the hoist and then we were outside, facing a mall.

We turned back and all the doors were closed so we had to make our way through the mall to find our car and get home to the kids who were being babysat by my son's godfather.

Suddenly we found ourselves out on a country road, with deep snow and no real landmarks.

There was a rundown rusted bus and we got on it to shelter ourselves from the wind. We checked for our cell phones but they were missing.

There was a phone and I called our house to leave a message and say we needed help but then there was a young woman in dirty clothes, holding the phone cord.

I began apologizing for trespassing but all she was interested in was if we had kids.

We were taken at gunpoint to a large barn where there were a lot of people and my immediate thought was "inbred rednecks" because they were like the movie/TV show stereotype of that sort of character.

They wanted to keep us as a fresh set of breeders.

I woke up, extremely freaked out and every time I managed to get back to sleep -- I was back there again. Without escape. Without surcease.

I still feel like I am on maximum alert.

Since Saturday, I've been feeling like there is some major doom awaiting me and I've left the house as little as possible because I kind of feel like I am going to have a heart attack out of sheer fear at the moment.

I *KNOW* this is illogical but I am not willing to try to force myself out of it, I am going to treat myself gently over the next few days and keep reading, "Depressed & Anxious - The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for overcoming Depression & Anxiety."

It could even be that reading the book itself is behind this wall of panic surrounding me... I really don't know.

If I can just make it through Xmas and get to that first therapy appointment on the 28th, I'm sure I'll start getting a handle on things again.

The other night I had to have one of those hard cries, the kind where it feels like there is a ball of steel wool jammed down your throat and your emotions have to slide past it, tasting of bile and blood and metal.

It's funny how I can manage to write things here when I get the nerve to do so but it's so incredibly hard and EMBARRASSING to try and explain in person to those I care about.

Though even writing this entry has my stomach churning like I am about to start projectile vomitting.

My head aches, my heart is pounding and I just don't want to talk to ANYONE right now...

Are things looking up?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:30:00 +0000

The good:

- Hubs started therapy this week
- I will be starting therapy on the 28th
- we are receiving some financial support (which also covers the cost of therapy)
- http://i-am-amused.blogspot.com/

Stuff in process:

- IPRC for Little Man

* this has been a source of frustration as we only have an IEP in place for him and as I understand it, an IPRC is necessary if we want to look into specialty educational programming. But I heard back from a nice woman at Developmental Services Resource Centre (DSRC) today and they meet on the 21st and I will be contacted after that about a service co-ordinator who could be someone to assist me with advocating for my son to get the whole process rolling.

The bad:

- though, as ever, there are some things that fall into "the bad" I'm not going to go into them as my mood has been very down and I'm actually feeling somewhat hopeful at the moment

I made these today...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:46:00 +0000

Random silliness...

I am still alive - just struggling

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:21:00 +0000

So, instead of keeping my promise to post once a week - instead I got sucked further and further into depression, stress and anxiety.

My relationship with Hubs has been extremely crappy, though I am hopeful that a lengthy conversation we had the other night will keep us in a better head-space with one another.

I just could NOT come on here and even attempt to post with Hubs and I getting into multiple arguments per day.

Him still being jobless and constantly feeling bad about himself and life really generated a negative cycle with a life of its own that impacted me so that I also got worse and reactionary and really, it has just been a really tough time.

And what do I do during a tough time?

I find forms of escapism.

Eating, drinking, general avoidance of some things and throwing myself into things designed to distract me from my unhappiness and my pain.

If I don't stop this fucked up ride I'm on now - I'll keep re-gaining the weight that I lost and that, in turn, will feed (what a great word, eh?) my negative pattern cycle.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT FOR MY LIFE!!!

Surprisingly, I can still manage to feel hopeful.

Yesterday was the first day in AGES (at least a month, honestly) where Hubs and I did not have one single argument.

I'd like to repeat that today and let this be the beginning of a new, more positive and loving time for Hubs and I and our relationship.

I believe if I can reduce my negative experiences and feelings that I can regain control over my emotional eating/self-destructive behaviours.

And I am pretty embarrassed to post this.

But - there it is.

After I get the hang of this... I'll have a giveaway in the next week.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:39:00 +0000

I am messing around with My Memories Suite because I received an email offering me a copy of the software to try out and a giveaway (but I'll post that once I've played around with the program, which I received a copy of).

They've also given me a coupon code STMMMS64457 which is only good for the program I am using (My Memories Suite v2) though if you tend to be the impatient type, you have the opportunity to go to the site and by using the coupon code above, a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store (which is a $20 value!)

Once I get a page or two done, I'll screen-cap them and post them to the blog using one of my other google email addresses where I haven't used the maximum allowable photos and also post the official giveaway.

I won't be doing it today though, because it is Hubs' bday and we've got things to do! Plus I'm supposed to take Little Man for an autism-research testing session later this afternoon.

It's been a week

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:36:00 +0000

My mood is still decidedly depressed.

That being said, I had a decent day today -- Hubs and I went to Elora. He and Baby Girl went to the museum whilst I perused the archives looking for genealogical info on my ancestors.

http://www.wcm.on.ca/archives_arcollect.php

Tonight I am going out dancing with Baby Girl's godmother and Little Man's godfather.

Hubs is staying home with my kids (he says "as usual") and Baby Girl's godfather is staying home with his kids.

Other than that, not much to say but I did remember to post!

Saturday is Hubs bday. I'll have to make a cake on Friday.

Though Sat afternoon, Little Man is participating in an autism study for York university.

Where I'm at - mentally, physically and financially

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:58:00 +0000

So what I tend to do when I get depressed is that I throw myself into something different.

I become less introspective and tend to internalize the things going on rather than dealing with them.

With that being said...

First things first.

Mentally - I'm still really out of sorts, unmotivated, depressed and frustrated.

Physically - I have only being doing the diaperfit class with Baby Girl and I've been eating complete crap. Ready for the horrible backslide confession???

I am appalled that I've done this.

But here we go.

*sigh*

Weight: 232.0 lbs

That's up 27.8 lbs from my all-time low of 204.2 back in April on this year.

:(

The things I've thrown myself into re: my main method of escapism...

#1 - genealogical research (which is actually pretty cool and is helping me feel more connected to the maternal side of my birth family.
#2 - online games - word games, yahtzee, FB games like who wants to be a millionaire and are you smarter than a 5th grader and family feud.
#3 - going out dancing with my friends (although I have been doing more drinking than my usual).
#4 - EATING CRAPPY FOOD!

Financially things are tight. Hubs has not found work yet, though he did attend a job fair on Saturday and he has had 3 job interviews this week so we're hoping something comes of it all... though he'd most like to hear from the job fair and that's the one he hasn't heard anything from.

He was 62 hrs under what he needed to qualify for employment insurance so we've had no income since he was let go in Sept.

If it weren't for the fact that we live in geared-to-income housing and that I receive the Canada Child Tax Benefit for Little Man and Rhyme Girl - we'd be completely fucked.

Hopefully one of these interviews turns into a job. Worst case scenario - we apply for Ontario Works (aka welfare) and I look into going back to retail part-time around whatever temp work Hubs can find.

*sigh*

re: the kids:

I've been having some real issues with Little Man and his temper... it's stressing me out a lot.

I've ordered a new book with some birthday money I received and once it gets here, and I read it - I'll either post here or on my kids blog about it.

And I'm still concerned about Baby Girl's speech development.

At her 18-month-appointment - she was not hitting all the milestones, but she was close. Our family DR told me to wait until she's 2 and see how she's doing then.

This is the same thing he said about Little Man so I've got Baby Girl on a waiting list at KidsAbility just in case.

She is communicative - but she still uses a limited amount of words.

Because Little Man has autism spectrum disorder and Rhyme Girl has ADHD - I am really trying to be proactive when it comes to Baby Girl because that places her at an increased risk of having one or both of these issues.

I really need to stop being self-destructive re: eating crap, not exercising, not expressing my feelings & just HIDING from the things that are bothering me.

I can't promise that I'll blog as much as I used to -- but I am going to commit to making at least one entry per week.

I hope everyone else is doing better than I am...

Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:03:00 +0000

Well, the kids are driving me a little bit nuts...

I've been keeping busy with ancestry.ca and family tree related things.

And my period is being strange.

Blah!

I hope all of you are well.

Swimming lessons

noreply@blogger.com (FatAngryBlog) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Today is Baby Girl's first day of "Duck" swimming lessons.

from the activity guide:

To enter this level the toddler must be at least 16 months old and participate with one or both parents. Children will build confidence while enjoying the water through games, songs and active water play. Parents come prepared to demonstrate for your child. Please note Duck is determined by age. Your child may take this course several times. (Min 5- Max 11)

And then tomorrow is the first day of "Diaper Fit":

This registered waterfit program is designed for the busy mother/caregiver who finds it difficult to exercise while watching children. During this shallow waterfit class you will be positioned in the water with your baby/preschooler to provide the best possible workout using the resistance of the water. Each participant needs to provide their own flotation seat to place the child in during the class. An excellent,vigorous workout while watching your child! Due to age prerequisites you will register the child for this program.

I'm feeling anxious about being in public in a swim suit...

But I'll survive!