Thursday Thirteen: The Toddler Puke Edition

1. Its easier to have a potty learned toddler sick than one still in diapers. 
2. Explaining the BRAT diet to a toddler is hard.
3. Explaining the BRAT diet to the healthy toddler sisters of a sick toddler is even harder.
4. Its a lot easier to get probiotics into a toddler who loves kombucha and kefir.
5. Medicines are not the answer to everything.
6. I love the DVR.
7. I love coffee.
8. I don't love laundry.
9. I loathe changing bed linens multiple times a night.
10. Having four beds in the house is awesome even if they aren't used most of the time.
11. Convincing healthy toddlers to let their sick sister sleep alone is pointless.
12. Listen to G-d. He'll steer you right. (Like cancelling a whale watching trip the day before the puking starts so that bugs aren't shared with the community.)
13. The best sight for my tired eyes is a happy, healthy, bouncing, previously sick toddler.

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Thursday Thirteen

aka I don't have a good post ready so I'm joining this meme.

Here are 13 things I know I should do because I feel so much better and life runs more smoothly, but I don't.

1. Eat low carb.

2. Eat gluten-free or at least low gluten.

3. Drink water. A lot of water.

4. Walk.

5. Use an electric toothbrush.

6. Take my vitamins.

7. Use my neti pot.

8. Really stretch after I work out; not that half-hearted lame thing I call stretching.

9. Go to sleep early.

10. Wake up early.

11. Eat raw veggies.

12. Stick to my menus.

13. Go to Disneyland.

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Random Thoughts

Its been a while since I joined in on Thursday 13, but here we go again. We'll see where this takes us.

1. I need to get to a different dentist because i'm still not 100% convinced that this bridge is done right.
   
2. I can't believe I forgot my $15 gift card to Target...again.
   
3. I like my new phone.
   
4. Please, please, please let Aba somehow learn how to work my old phone overnight so that he will stop asking me questions.
   
5. I'm going to kill this fly if it takes all night.
6. The Metformin is working much more quickly than I recall. Yay!
7. I really missed blogging regularly.
8. Aba fell asleep on the sofa again. I wanted to watch TV but now I have to move him first.
9.  Why can't there be a universal connector for all things computer? I have a huge box of cables on my desk that I can't toss and rarely use.
10.  Can someone tell me why the previous tenant disn't just take the nail out instead of hammering a row on nails to hang a picture.
11.  I think i lost my comfy glasses. Bah.
12.  When the girls get into the car and ask if we are going to Disneyland I want to take them there.
13. Despite the girls being in a very trying stage, I really do love them and am happy I'm their Ima.

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Thursday Thirteen, Vol. 4

Thirteen things that I threw away today. (My freezer got left open and defrosted so I had to toss a bunch of stuff. It was so sad.)

1. 4 cups of homemade chicken broth.
2. Large package of smoked salmon.
3. Bag of frozen corn.
4. Bag of assorted chicken pieces.
5. Bag of strawberries.
6. Box of popsicles.
   
7. Cake (Popsicles melted all over it.)
8. 2 Quarts of beef broth.
9. Frozen gefelte fish.
10. Frozen grapes.
11. Bag of frozen bananas I was saving for banana bread.
12. Whole chicken.
13. Frozen lasagne.
    

Thursday Thirteen, Vol.3

Thirteen things I love about Shabbat.

1. Staying in bed in the morning with my girls.
2. Three hour afternoon nap without guilt!
3. A glass of wine with dinner.
4. Listening to the girls sing Shabbat songs.
5. Hearing about "Shabbat!" all week as we buy and prepare for it.
6. Experimenting with new recipes.
7. Having guests.
8. Being a guest.
9. No laundry.
10. Curling up on the sofa with the girls for story time.
11. Challah
12. Dessert
13. No Elmo's World.

Thursday Thirteen, Volume 2

Thirteen things I have gotten rid of today:
1. Box of dishes.
2. Box of dishes.
3. Paper bag of dishes.
4. Box of dishes. (Yes, 3 boxes of dishes and 1 bag.)
5. Vacuum that doesn't work.
6. Lamp that doesn't work.
7. Dish network receiver that doesn't work.
8. Showtime rotisserie
9.Bag of my clothing.
10. Box of scrapbooking stuff.
11. Box of assorted books.
12.Box of books on Judaism.
13.Bag of dh's clothing.

Thursday Thirteen: Issue #1

The inaugural issue! Think it might become as valuable as a Superman #1? (Yes, I know it was actually Action Comics.)

In honor of this being issue #1, here are thirteen #1s I'd like to do this summer.

1. Sleep through the night since the girls were born.

2. Spin some wool into a yarn I can actually use.

3. Write a letter to the editor.

4. Finish a pair of socks.

5. Deliver food to a new mother.

6. Do once-a-month cooking for a month.

7. Send a postcard to Post Secret.

8. Have a picnic with my girls.

9. Take my girls to the beach.

10. Host a playdate at the house.

11. Sew hats for the girls.

12. Go plastic bag-free for a month.

13. Learn to make soap.