helloooooO O-Fam!
I need to breathe, feeling anxious... so let's close our eyes, take a deep breath in, all the way down into your abdomen. Hold for a few seconds and then let it out very slowly-- really empty those lungs. And again-- really fill those lungs, all the way down. Hold. And out through the mouth. When you think your lungs are empty, exhale a little more. One last time... in, hold-- and really get all of the air out.
My anxiety is two-fold.
yeah-- that is real and current. That is one of the issues. The second is that I am really worried about the baby birds. I had forgotten but a couple of years ago, we had babies that froze to death. Cait mentioned that yesterday when we were complaining about it being cold and now I am petrified these babies are going to die too. I am pretty sure that I know the answer, but is there anything we can do to keep them warmer? A blanket over the top over the rhododendrons, at least to keep the snow off of them? Nature is a b**** sometimes.
The temps here have been horrendous. I feel like I can't get warm. Yesterday was cold and drizzly all day. Right now it is sunny but is going to be in the 50s. Blech.
Let's see what did I do yesterday, besides complain about the weather? I finished painting the trim in the kitchen. I scrapped a LO of the birds. I made an easy and yummy dinner. It was a spinach and cheese dutch baby. I never heard that term before but it was easy and all stuff I had in the house.
Cait and I studies together with the rats running all around. Tat is a Trash Rat. She *loves* to climb into Caitlyn's garbage can for some reason. There were a few times she found cheese doodles in it and we think she is looking for more. The little ones are getting bigger- and Evie is a piece of work LOL
BTW, I was mistaken about the award that Cait got- this is different than the one that I thought it was, she hasn't heard anything about that scholarship. I am so proud of that girl!
Today is Christopher's actual b-day and we are doing a family Zoom party for him this afternoon. I miss being able to see everyone together.
But that is about it, still have more things to catch up on around the house but let's see if I am in any sort of mood
Gratitudes:
-my parents aren't;t fighting ATM- always a good thing
-kids are finishing up coursework- tomorrow is the last day. ummm.... why did my stomach do some flips???
-tech like Zoom that can keep up in touch
xoxoxoxooooo!!!!!
I need to breathe, feeling anxious... so let's close our eyes, take a deep breath in, all the way down into your abdomen. Hold for a few seconds and then let it out very slowly-- really empty those lungs. And again-- really fill those lungs, all the way down. Hold. And out through the mouth. When you think your lungs are empty, exhale a little more. One last time... in, hold-- and really get all of the air out.
My anxiety is two-fold.
yeah-- that is real and current. That is one of the issues. The second is that I am really worried about the baby birds. I had forgotten but a couple of years ago, we had babies that froze to death. Cait mentioned that yesterday when we were complaining about it being cold and now I am petrified these babies are going to die too. I am pretty sure that I know the answer, but is there anything we can do to keep them warmer? A blanket over the top over the rhododendrons, at least to keep the snow off of them? Nature is a b**** sometimes.
The temps here have been horrendous. I feel like I can't get warm. Yesterday was cold and drizzly all day. Right now it is sunny but is going to be in the 50s. Blech.
Let's see what did I do yesterday, besides complain about the weather? I finished painting the trim in the kitchen. I scrapped a LO of the birds. I made an easy and yummy dinner. It was a spinach and cheese dutch baby. I never heard that term before but it was easy and all stuff I had in the house.
Cait and I studies together with the rats running all around. Tat is a Trash Rat. She *loves* to climb into Caitlyn's garbage can for some reason. There were a few times she found cheese doodles in it and we think she is looking for more. The little ones are getting bigger- and Evie is a piece of work LOL
BTW, I was mistaken about the award that Cait got- this is different than the one that I thought it was, she hasn't heard anything about that scholarship. I am so proud of that girl!
Today is Christopher's actual b-day and we are doing a family Zoom party for him this afternoon. I miss being able to see everyone together.
But that is about it, still have more things to catch up on around the house but let's see if I am in any sort of mood
Gratitudes:
-my parents aren't;t fighting ATM- always a good thing
-kids are finishing up coursework- tomorrow is the last day. ummm.... why did my stomach do some flips???
-tech like Zoom that can keep up in touch
xoxoxoxooooo!!!!!
Yes Heather is able to work on her course at home, but the boys keep her too busy to even try these days. :sad: Oh well hopefully things will improve shortly. Not that the boys will be going back to school or day care anytime in the near future, so it might not be until September. Who knows?? :noidea: As for keeping your birds warmer? The only thing I can suggest is to hang a warming light over the nest, but you would have to have a long extension cord, or perhaps rig up some kind of box to partially cover them? I sure hope that they will be ok! Enjoy your birthday zoom meeting today! Happy Birthday to Christopher!! I feel sad for the kids that can't have a fun birthday party with their friends!! 