At Home First Aid Kit

Check to see that your home first-aid kit is complete.

Is it bad that we don't have an actual "first aid kit"? American Red Cross says you should have this stuff. This is what were are currently still lacking. Bold is what we don't have and need to get.

• 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
• 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
• 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
• 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
• 5 antiseptic wipe packets
• 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
• 1 blanket (space blanket)
• 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
• 1 instant cold compress
• 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
• 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
• Scissors
• 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)
• 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
• Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass)
• 2 triangular bandages
• Tweezers
• First aid instruction booklet

Yikes! Looks like we've got some catching up to do.

Daily Challenge Day #5

Go credit-card free today.

Easy. I don't use one anyways :p

Daily Challenge Day #4 and a New Project!

Share a favorite healthy breakfast idea.

My Absolute favorite healthy breakfast is a fruit/granola parfait. Low fat yogurt, fruit, and some crunched up granola (not too much because its usually cooked in lots of sugar!) and its delicious! I get it at work all the time. My favorite kind is peach flavored yogurt with strawberries and raspberries :)

Okay, so about this new project of mine. Who's up for a 365!?

My friend made me aware of this awesome idea. to capture a picture every single day and tell its story for a whole year. 365 days, 365 pictures, 365 stories to tell. How much fun does that sound!? I wasn't going to do it at first since I don't have my dream camera yet, but she encouraged me to do it anyways and sent me a really great blog who did it, the one where she originally got the idea from.

I'm excited about it! So without further ado..here is 1/365. Babies at play.

Out of half guiltiness for not having Abby around other babies enough and half of a sad heart for missing one of my best friends - Nicole and I got the babies together today! I can't believe how much Christian has grown and changed since the last time I saw him, which was only a little over a month ago! Abby is quiet with kids, I have realized. She quietly played with him and patted him on the shoulder and called him "baby". I asked her to say Christian, and she called him something that sounded like "Corupt". She did share her pacies very well though! Silly girl.

We decided to take a stroll around the mall just to get out of the house. We were so deep in conversation that we lapped around the whole mall twice (its a circle, and a mile around exactly - so we did two miles!) and didn't even realize it. We ate burger king (epic fail at my diet numero uno) and I bought Abby her bathing suit for this summer! SUPER excited.

Jake has been working lots of overtime and I have not been seeing to much of him at all which I am super bummed about. After this week, he will be back on his normal schedule and I am very much looking forward to having his studly self around more often!

Happy Hump Day!

Changing a negative to a positive.

Me you health daily challenge. Day #3: Turn a negative to a positive.

Find time today to reflect on something negative that happened recently which is still upsetting you. Are there any lessons to be learned from the experience? Is there something you could do differently next time to get a different outcome? A good time to do this exercise is during your commute to or from work or school, on a walk, or any other time that's quiet when you can be alone with your thoughts.

Something that has been bothering me: the year 2010 in general. With all this reflecting going on in general, I've been realizing that it wasn't an awesome year. We had a really stressful and frustrating first couple of months of 2010 living with and moving out of Jake's Mom's, then the two of had a hard time adjusting to being a couple out on our own. Hard enough that at times I wasn't sure if we were going to make it.

It makes me sad because I have wonderful memories from the year as well. Watching Abby grow up, spending time with her, growing into a Mama, having great memories with my friends..but it always seems like the bad things out weigh the good. I want to remember the good.

How is this positive? Because it opens my eyes. Opens my eyes and makes me see that the good really does out weigh the bad, you just have to want to see things that way. This positively has given me a new outlook for 2011. It feels good. Like breathing in a gush of fresh air.

Needless to say, Jake and I have matured over the past year and have finally found a happy middle for us. It was hard. Being 19 and 21. Parents. And moving into an apartment with not a ton of money. It took us awhile, along with a lot of tears and lots of late night talks..but we did it. I have never felt so at peace with him, ever in my life.

Jake is very organized, I am not. It used to really frustrate him when I would loose my car keys or lock myself out of the house..causing terrible fights. But, he's accepting it more these days...and I'm accepting his advice on how to be more organized more rather than less. Me? I wear my emotions on my sleeve. Him? He'd rather not talk about it and go for a drive by his self. That used to really bother me. I craved for a tear, a fighting word, a hug, an it will be okay, ANYTHING..but I never got it. I have learned to be okay with this, and that he talks when he is ready. We are different. But we are working it out. After all, opposites attract, right?

So! 2011. Get ready. Jake and I are fresh and ready to take you on head first. Having such a struggling year as a couple has only made us stronger. We have learned so much about each other, which was hard at first, but in the end has only made us more compatible together. We are in love and have a beautiful little toddler who keeps us happy every single day regardless the circumstances. Hooray! :D

Daily Challenge: Day 1 and 2

My first day of The Daily Challenge!

Challenge #1 Jan 2 2011: Get a water bottle, canned veggies, or dumbells and do 10 curls on each arm.

complete. i used tomato soup :) didn't seem like too huge of a deal. but its better than doing nothing!

Challenge #2 Jan 3 2011: Share 5 things that are on your bucket list.

(I'm really excited about this because I've been planning on making a bucket list for my blog!)

1. Go horse back riding on the beach.

2. Achieve a college degree, in whatever the hell I decide to do with my life.

3. Cruise the Caribbean.

4. Be completely happy with my body.

5. Meet someone famous.

Did tomorrow's too since I'll be working all day!