Signal light happy (not hell)

I'm sure you all have seen one of these things in the middle of the road and wondered.... why is that there? They count cars... traffic for a variety of reasons.

I've been wanting a traffic signal installed near my home for a while and thought why not email the county. So I did... and guess what!! The very next morning they were installing a car counter near the intersection where a new signal "might" go.

I'm so excited. My one little email got to the right person and now they are doing some tests to see if we can get a light put in. Whoo hoo!!!

I hope it works out.

Mommy (minus TV) weekday

What does your average weekday schedule look like?

I was thinking about how different my time is managed since last year. I used to watch an average of 4 hours of TV and/or movies a day. Now I barely have time to watch 30 minutes.

Here's what my daily (weekday) schedule looks like:

4:30am: Wake up
4:32: make coffee
4:40: pump breast milk
5:00: Make bottle, wash pumping parts
5:05-5:30: Get ready for the gym, eat a protein shake.... perhaps throw a load of clothes in the washer

5:30: Look at my little Pea before leaving for the gym
5:40-6:45: Work out and then head back home
7:00-7:15: Hang out with P, pack my lunch, pack P's (homemade baby) food for the day and baby bag.
7:15: Start getting ready for work (I do get to see some of the news and Yo Gabba Gabba in the mornings)

8:00: Leave for work
8:30-5:00pm: Design beautiful magazine layouts all day

5:15: Pick up P (if the hubby didn't do it for me)
5:45: Get P in an area where she can play, put away/clean dirty clothes and bottles from daycare, do dishes
6:00: Start making dinner, maybe make some baby food, feed P her homemade baby food.
6:45-7ish: Hopefully eat dinner.....

No TV on since I've been home, but the hubby sometimes turns it on before we eat dinner. No TV during dinner. This is a big change. We used to eat in front of the TV.

7:05: Play with P and her toys, read to her, talk to her
7:15: Get P's bath/bottle ready... bath time for her
7:20-8:00: Feed P a bottle, read to her, swaddle and then to bed
8:00: If I haven't eaten my dinner yet, it's cold. The hubby and I will have dinner at the table without TV

8:00pm-9:00pm: Wash dishes, bottles, make baby food, pack my lunch, get my clothes ready for the next day, take a shower, do laundry....

9:00pm: Pump..... moooooo

9:00-9:30: ::MY TIME::
While pumping I might actually get 30-45 minutes of TV. I have to choose my shows wisely.... I only watch the most important TV like: Glee, Fringe and Modern Family

9:30ish: Wash up pump parts, set alarm, go to sleep

It's a crazy thing. All the time I used to waste and take advantage of before I had my daughter. Now I cherish my time like it's the last bite of the cheesecake.

Wine Tasting & mdh

So the wine tasting was great. i learned more about wine and figured out that i'm starting to like cabs more and more. mdh was a sport the whole time, considering he doesn't drink. we went to placerville and visited 3 wineries and 2 pubs. 2 of his friends branched off and went to a beautiful bed and breakfast. the rest of us went to his other friends house and we hung out. talked over some more wine, listened to some amazing jazz and then went out for sushi. after sushi we were going to go to a movie but we were all tired from drinking wine all day. it was a perfect day! i am really happy right now.

mdh has been such an awesome guy lately. he tells me he loves me all the time. makes sure to kiss me here and there. asks if im doing ok when i act funny. i tend to be insecure about how people feel about me and he knows it. he says and does these sweet things because it's what i need. i know it's sad on my part to need someone to tell me all the time how much they care about me. i am still working on this. something i will be working on for the rest of my life.

i need to finish my gifted child book. soon enough.