Happy Christmas!

We are getting ready to leave for SFO in a couple of hours as we head up to the Great White North known as...Canada! I figured it would be best to pop over here and wish you all a very Merry Christmas - I hope you have lovely holidays and that 2009 holds nothing but wonderful things for everyone.

Wait, why is she blogging about the New Year on December 23?? FUNNY STORY (not so much) - I have found out that we will have no internet connection while we are gone - gasp!! What will I do? How will I read my daily blogs?? See the Facebook updates three times a day?? Keep in touch with everyone?? And what if I don't know where the Children's Museum is in Calgary - I can't look up the site?!? Oh dear!!!! I do have my Blackberry but with roaming charges being ridiculous, I think my beautiful little berry will be parked on the shelf until our flight home the night of the 30th! It will be good for me though, as when I return from Canada, I will be in full study-mode, and perhaps a little intervention will help with my study plans...OR make me obsessed when I get home!! heh heh

Well, it's time to pop yet another load of laundry into the washer before packing up the suitcases (traveling with children is so much tougher and SO MUCH more stuff than traveling alone - I long for a flight where I can sip my latte, listen to my iPod, read or sleep or watch a movie!!!)

Happy Holidays to All and to All a Good Night :)

Pushing me so far

Okay so many people think Gavin Rossdale sold out with his latest song "Love Remains the Same"...really, I don't care! I love it and love YummyMummy for making me think about it and enjoy the video (seriously, what's up with the soccer though?! but he is oh so pretty to look at, heh heh!!)

I can relate to one of the lines so very much - "I never thought that I had any more to give, pushing me so far". I feel that so much as a Mummy. I wake up on some days (especially the sick ones) and think "I can't do it...I have nothing more...I'm empty and I'm broken" - and yet it's amazing what I accomplish - all for the love of a little girl and a wonderful man (and yes a super dog!)

I remember when training for a marathon, a guy I admired very much told me, you will get to a point where you think you can't go on any further...but believe me, the body is amazing...you'll move past "the end" and be a stronger person for it. The brain says "You're done" to protect you...the body is a bit stupid - it goes to death. But I'm so grateful for it's "reserve tank"...it makes me a better runner and a better Mummy...

So tired...all the time!!!!

I don't get it! I've been going to bed fairly early all week - getting a minimum of 9 hours of sleep every night with the exception of Wednesday night - I didn't get a whole lot (my coughing kept me up)...and yet I'm so exhausted! I can't figure it out!

I'm going to play around with my Isagenix and see if I can get the needed energy naturally...I'm also going to hydrate more - could that be the cause of being so tired?! And if all else fails...I'm going to Starbucks for a Venti Caffeine beverage!! heh heh (kidding - I know that won't help anything)

I find life so much more difficult when I'm tired though...I totally don't have the patience for Sadie's whining - even a bit...the dog steals a toy and I feel like it's the end of the world...hubby says "boo" and I freak out on him.

I need to be more rested to be a better Mummy, wifey and Ally!! But what is the secret??

Festive Lucky Number Seven

I've just really entered the blog world and don't know a lot of bloggers so I wasn't tagged...but I saw this on a few blogs I follow and was excited to join in the fun!!!

Things I've Been Doing Instead of Preparing for Christmas7
1-Sleeping (did I mention I'm sick!)
2-Playdates - must keep the little one out of trouble
3-Reading Blogs...and way too much time on Facebook!
4-Studying (and wish I was doing more) for the PT exam
5-Watching tv in the evenings with hubby (hello?? perfect card writing opportunity!)
6-Sleeping (seriously, I've been sleeping that much I think it deserves 2 spots)
7-Shopping...which is kind of Holiday prepping...but also a form of procrastination!

7 Favorite Festive Foods
1-Egg Nog (and NF Egg Nog Lattes - see addiction to Starbucks post!)
2-Ribbon Loaf
3-Shortbread Cookies
4-Cheese
5-Shrimp Chips
6-Croissants
7-TURKEY & STUFFING

7 Things I Want For Christmas (are you reading this Hubby?!?)
1-Snow!
2-Burberry scarf
3-Miss S to start walking
4-Yoga classes
5-New bakeware
6-Yoga Package
7-Anything spaaaaah!

7 Celebrities I'd Invite for Christmas Dinner
1-Jennifer Aniston - er, if you know me, you knew this was my number 1 - and sure she can bring John Mayer
2-Giada De Laurentiis - she can cook for us!
3-The gals from The Hills - always need drama during the Holidays and it would be nice for it to be non-family related!!!!
4-U2 - I've been re-listening to lots of U2 lately, and they could belt out a few beautiful Christmas songs as we dine - plus how fun to say U2 was at my dinner!!!
5-Barack Obama - I have a few questions ;) Plus I'm fascinated by this man!
6-My family - because I'm not with them this year (we are doing Christmas at In-Laws) and they are celebrities to me!
7-Grover - Sadie would be OVER the moon!

7 Favorite Christmas Movies
1-Love Actually
2-The Holiday
3-Home Alone
4-It's a Wonderful Life
5-Bridget Jones Diary (not a Christmas movie but has snowy, romantic Christmas scenes!)
6-Miracle on 34th Street
7-Baby Einstein Christmas DVD - seriously it's giving me 20min of peace and quiet each day until Christmas - I LOVE IT!

7 Christmas Wishes
1-More people "go green" in 2009
2-Barack Obama does all he's promising to do
3-Financial Crisis is OVER
4-Sadie walks!
5-My family visits often
6-My business takes off and is better than I could ever imagine
7-I learn the art of "balance"

7 Things I plan to do over the Holidays
1-Sleep
2-Read
3-Study (kind of need to)
4-Build a snowman and make snow angels with Sadie
5-Romantic Date Nights Out with Curt
6-Make sure everyone I love, knows they are loved
7-EAT!!!!!!!!!! (and then workout)

My name is Ally and I'm a Starbucks-holic!

The first step is admitting a problem...

How is that a cup of Starbucks can make me so happy?? Seriously...I see the beautiful green font and the little lady standing in her green circle and I'm already in a better mood!

Like tonight...I've been sick and although I'm feeling better, I'm exhausted. Hubby came home early so that I could get ready for my Mommy's Night Out tonight...and what do I do?? He leaves with the baby and the pooch to go for a walk, so I can get showered and do my hair in peace and quiet...what do I do?? Grab my vanilla latte from this morning (ICK!) and heat it up and kick back to ponder and blog about this...okay who has a problem???

I think I average a Starby's drink everyday - I'm trying very hard to cut back (sorry Starbucks...but I'm sure there is someone else somewhere getting hooked!!) to 3-4/week. Sometimes I don't even want or need a coffee...it's just the emotional component that leads me to bundle the little one up and make the trek to the local Starby's to get my wonderful green and white (or red and white because of the holidays) cup of goodness!

I really think I have a problem...do you think there is a 12 step program for Starby's addicts?!?!?

Mumy-Time

We have our family blog which is great, but this Mummy needs a space of her own! So this blog is about me!!!! heh heh

I'm sick right now and there is nothing more frustrating than being sick. Especially during the Holiday Season - I have SO much to do and so little time - literally! Between taking care of S, being a wife to C, a doggy-mummy to D, studying, being in a very active Moms Group and setting up my own business...I really don't have a lot of time! But what's a girl to do! I suck it up, do the best that I can...with a little help from my good friends Tylenol Cold and Advil!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not really sure what the goal is of this blog, so I'm going to try and not have one...just somewhere I can pop in each day and know that it's about me...all me!!!!!!