Today's topic is Lesson's I've Learned in 2012.
There are way more than 10 lessons I have learned in this past year, but for your sake, I'll limit my list to only 10.
1. Setting a limit of eating out is a MUST
2. Teaching a young'n the meaning of the word "no" is harder than I thought
3. Blogging is good for me. Good for my soul.
4. How to make stuffed grape leaves (thanks, dad!)
5. Beginner HTML code (that's right, future geek alert- thanks, hubby)
6. How to balance a feeding baby in one hand and feed myself with the other
7. How to smile through tough times because life is short
8. The Gangnum Style Dance
9. Sticking to a diet and exercise plan is HARD work
10. My allergies have somehow gotten worse since I got pregnant
You can stuff grape leaves? God bless you. I love them.
ReplyDeleteYeah! My dad taught me when he was here last! It was fun, very tedious...but VERY yummy! Thanks for the comment love! :)
DeleteI totally agree. Blogging is good for the soul. Your blog is super cute. I'll be back. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Jill! :)
DeleteOoh, stuffed grape leaves! I remember you made a comment on my blog that you were of Greek decent. Such good food (and not that many people can cook it!). And what a balancing act! I think I just didn't eat when I had babies. Actually, I learned a very bad habit to eat too fast, and I still need to unlearn that (my youngest is 8...)
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am! I also still have to make these stuffed grape leaves so I can document it and post the recipe to my blog :) They aren't THAT hard to make, just tedious! ;) Thanks for the comment!
DeleteAs for the word and meaning of "no", she'll learn soon enough to over-use it with you. So much so that you regret teaching her ;). I've found and read that the more you use "yes", the stronger "no" is. Like if you don't want her touch something, then direct her to something else (positive). That way, if she tries to go for the stove, your "NO" will be that much more powerful. And stuffed grape leaves are my FAVORITE! I fell in love with them in high school when my Armenian friend's grandmother made them. Yum. And yay for therapeutic blogging and basic HTML! I had to learn some in college :). Gangham style. Nice. Hope your hormones settle down and your allergies get back in-check.
ReplyDeleteI'll work on more "yes"s than "no"s ;) Thanks for the tip!
DeleteYour number one about limiting eating out is so on target.
ReplyDeleteUgh! My husband and I were bad with eating out this year! It was too convenient with a new baby and it kinda became a habit. Definitely not keeping that up! Thanks for the comment!
DeleteWe eat out WAY too much!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of stuffed grape leaves, but they sound cool.
Allergies suck.
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Eating out is so convenient! It's a love/hate thing!
DeleteStuffed grape leaves are the bomb! <-- (yes I just went there) lol I plan to make them again maybe next month and blog the recipe. Be on the look out, cause they are SO worth trying!
And thanks for agreeing with me on the allergies ;)
I agree with Wayne. Eating out is such a money and time suck ha? Yet so nice to do..
ReplyDeleteAnd NO is a tough one. I just stood up and walked all the way to the other room to give something to my son. He did say please ;)
Mainly money for us...I couldn't even tell you how much we spent in the last year just from eating out...we'll be changing this for 2013. And I fear I will have the same challenges with "NO" as you, ;)
DeleteI love eating out, but now I try to limit it to doing it with friends or hubby only. With three kids it has gotten expensive...and it's also harder to eat healthy.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I really only eat OUT with my friends, but my hubby and I order out a lot...much more on the UNhealthy side and oh so expensive! Yikes!
Delete#9 - ABSOLUTELY!! I love it, but some days it is so. much. work. :)
ReplyDelete:) you're very right! But you look very fit! I am just beginning a program...it takes longer to make a habit of doing it. :-/ I'm learning!
DeleteOh my. I haven't had stuffed grape leaves in years. Yum.
ReplyDeleteJulia
Well...I suggest you do ;) I plan to make them again and blog the recipe my family uses within the next few weeks :) Come back for the recipe :)
DeleteYou have learned some great things! HTML code AND grape leaves? Awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd tonight I just horrified my daughter with my Gangham style dance until I totally nailed that hip kick-out. Then she was impressed. Ha!
Ellen
Hahaha!! That is funny! I can't wait to embarrass my future tweens with some cool modern dance moves ;)
DeleteGangnum style made me laugh out loud. Thing 2 has it down to a science. I have a great video of him and a friend dancing along with the video. It's the little things in life :D
ReplyDeleteReally? That's awesome! I hope you blog about it cause I'd like to see it! :)
Deletenumber 8 made me laugh out loud!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks for stopping by for a laugh! I'm still learning to perfect the dance ;) hehe!
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