We'll back to work for me and a day of R & R for Darren and the girls...NOT! Darren put new brakes and rotars on the van!!! It doesnt' squeek anymore! What I really wanted to do was post a picture of Makenna missing her two front teeth...very cute! She was chewing on an orange tonight and I was giving her a hard time about not getting it off the rind very good when I realized she has no top teeth to do it with...no wonder she was having a hard time.

Adventures with the Withers

Here I sit on Sunday morning...Darren and the girls are off to church and I'm hanging out with Nicole. Nicole is 19 and comes to hang with us two weeks out of every month. Her laughter is contagious and she is mostly easy going.

I'm thinking of all the things I should be doing ...."should" - need to get rid of that word in my vocabulary!

This weekend I have spent a good amount of time preparing meals and finding new ways to incorporate whole grain foods into our diet ...often in disguise so the girls don't know it's good for them...So far the girls havn't caught on in any exciting way ...but I am holding fast..we all need to eat healthier! To me it all tastes pretty darn good...just time consuming to learn to cook in a new way. Any yummy, healthy favorites out there please forward them on!


This afternoon I'm hoping to go shopping with Mickala for a bit...she got a couple gift certificates for her birthday...and is in a hurry to spend them. Tonight we have invited a friend over for dinner... Roast Chicken etc....should be good!

Well back to my world...

Okay here goes the first post...boy do I feel green...I am so not the computer guru...We'll the kids are off to school and I had a few minutes to myself...just finished my bowl of Red River with pears and apple...I really should go get ready for my day but find it more relaxing to sit here and check out the world...

My goal for the week is to eat whole foods...as much as I need - but whole foods...I'm tired of feeling like crap! I feel like I'm being detoxed as my body is definitely not happy with me about this! Next week will add to that but for this week I'm finding it exhausting just to plan to eat well. (But boy did I sleep good yesterday!)

My day today looks like doing laundry, packing my 1/2 ready lunch, shower, make-up, few e-mails and off to pick up a kid to take her to the doctors. Then back to school with her and off to work for me. I'm not sure how Darren does it with me working in the evenings...getting dinner on the go, kids homework, lunches and keeping them on track - plus his own homework which I know is heavy to say the least! He is amazing!

Work...oh ya that J. O. B. thing. What can I say - best thing I did was cut back from managing to just "working"! I do miss parts of managing but the staff shortage thing - I'm all to happy not to have to worry about! What parts of managing do I miss? The co-ordinating of things...keeping everything flowing...it has been hard at times to take a back seat and let someone else step up...but only because I would do things differently...not that things are not happening good/ well - just different than I might do them. I also miss the team building part! I really love finding what motivates people and getting them to tap into that - it is so cool to watch their energy and excitement for their jobs grow.

Well that's the first post...let's see how it looks on the site...I guess I just talked about me...well next time it will be more about the family.

Bye for now,

Sonia

Mickala, Mom and Makenna - 150 Mile House - August 2005