Yesterday, I babysat a 7-month-old and an almost-5-year-old, so I couldn't find time to fit in any exercise while my kids were in school. I try to fit in exercise when my kids are in school or after they go to bed. Last night, when they were going to bed, I was watching Scrubs on Netflix. Ok, I said, I'll exercise right after this show is over. I ended up falling asleep about 5 minutes after they went to bed. I never fall asleep at 8:00, so I probably really needed the extra rest. However, when my hubby got home at 10:30, he woke me up and I tried to go back to sleep in our bed. This took a couple of hours to fall back asleep. I'm still feeling groggy from the weird sleep schedule last night.
Today, my daughter had her Tumbling class. The class is 45 minutes, and I try to sneak off for 15 -20 minutes to take advantage of a little exercise time, since we are at the gym. However, today, the kids in her class were not in the mood to pay attention, and I had to stay to keep my daughter at least somewhat on-task, instead of goofing off with the others.
The parents of the kids in the class are pretty divided. Half of them stay through the whole class to watch, and the other half drop their kids off and do other things. I try to balance it out and sneak away for some of the class, but stay for the majority. I think the instructor appreciated me staying today, as the kids were pretty wild and not paying attention today.
So, here it goes again. I'm have the radio on, instead of the TV, so I'm going to clean up in here, then try to fit in some "real" exercise, though I know just being on my feet and cleaning will burn some calories. It's hard to stay positive and flexible in times like this, but at least I'm trying.
Thanks for reading!
- Hot-Mommy
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Don't be Afraid to ask for Discounts
Pre-losing my job and the economy taking a dive, I would have been too embarrassed to ask for discounts on anything. A few years and a 2 kids later, I sing a different tune. I am a stay-at-home mom/college student. I now inquire about student discounts and other discounts I could be eligible for as much as I can. Being able to keep my family healthy is especially worth looking to discounts for.
I raised pretty poor, and was taught not to ask for anything. Asking for things made me feel greedy. Asking about discounts made me feel tacky. I have had to get over this, in order to afford to stretch our money as far as possible.
My family in on financial assistance through YMCA. My daughter is a little more overweight than her pediatrician would like, and I try especially hard to find activities for her to do to keep her active, and that she enjoys. Last year, she tried ballet. She insisted that she liked it, though she seemed to have no interest in learning the steps. She liked dressing up, but that was it. She has been in Tumbling all school year, and seems to love it!
As part of my financial assistance, we are supposed to receive a 50% discount on programs, too. I have inquired about it periodically throughout her taking the class, and the Customer Service folks point out (a little rudely) that I save $10 already by being a Y member. I was on Unemployment previously, due to being laid off, so I just left it at that, as I had a little money coming in. My Unemployment has now run out, and we are surviving on my hubby's part-time job and my occasional babysitting job for our income. The $24 dollars that I normally pay for her class is what I make for a single day of babysitting. Don't get me wrong, she's worth it, but it really is a lot of money to me.
Today, when I paid for her class, I again inquired about the 50% discount I should be eligible. The boy at the front desk looked it up, and sure enough, I was supposed to receive a discount! Her class only came to $12!
I am very grateful to YMCA and them being able to have programs like this! Otherwise, families like mine wouldn't be able to put their kids into these programs, which are so good for their emotional and physical development!
Getting over feeling judged by asking for discounts isn't easy, but I figure that the worst they can do is to say "no."
Thanks for reading!
- Hot-Mommy
I raised pretty poor, and was taught not to ask for anything. Asking for things made me feel greedy. Asking about discounts made me feel tacky. I have had to get over this, in order to afford to stretch our money as far as possible.
My family in on financial assistance through YMCA. My daughter is a little more overweight than her pediatrician would like, and I try especially hard to find activities for her to do to keep her active, and that she enjoys. Last year, she tried ballet. She insisted that she liked it, though she seemed to have no interest in learning the steps. She liked dressing up, but that was it. She has been in Tumbling all school year, and seems to love it!
As part of my financial assistance, we are supposed to receive a 50% discount on programs, too. I have inquired about it periodically throughout her taking the class, and the Customer Service folks point out (a little rudely) that I save $10 already by being a Y member. I was on Unemployment previously, due to being laid off, so I just left it at that, as I had a little money coming in. My Unemployment has now run out, and we are surviving on my hubby's part-time job and my occasional babysitting job for our income. The $24 dollars that I normally pay for her class is what I make for a single day of babysitting. Don't get me wrong, she's worth it, but it really is a lot of money to me.
Today, when I paid for her class, I again inquired about the 50% discount I should be eligible. The boy at the front desk looked it up, and sure enough, I was supposed to receive a discount! Her class only came to $12!
I am very grateful to YMCA and them being able to have programs like this! Otherwise, families like mine wouldn't be able to put their kids into these programs, which are so good for their emotional and physical development!
Getting over feeling judged by asking for discounts isn't easy, but I figure that the worst they can do is to say "no."
Thanks for reading!
- Hot-Mommy
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Celebrity Crushes
I've never really crushed too much on celebrities. Even as a teenager, I didn't have a thing for the teen heart throbs that other girls did. Now, I'm definitely going to be dating myself here, if you already didn't know my age. My friends were all typical teens and had more age appropriate crushes, like Taylor Hanson or JTT (Jonathan Taylor Thomas, to those who weren't a teenage girl in the '90s). I'm not ashamed to say that I loved MMMBop for probably a bit longer than I should have. In fact, I recently added it to my happy cardio mix on my MP4 player. But, they weren't my weird taste.
My crushes as a young teen were: Mark McGrath, Tim McGraw, and LL Cool J. It's funny, I can't remember a single song/movie of LL Cool J's, but I sure remember the way he looked doing it. Are these the best choice for a teenage celebrity crush? Probably not.
I don't know if it is turning 30,.or if it's being out of high school for nearly a dozen years now, but it seems like all of my old friends have somewhat returned to their former drooling-teenage-crush selves. The most common object of these affections is that vampire from Twilight. I refuse to even Google it and find out his name or what his appeal, or the appeal of the movies, could be. Seriously, what is the appeal of Twilight to any age group?
Until recently, I was happy that I was again above having a celebrity crush on the latest heart throb. That is until 2 weeks ago when I saw New Girl's kiss between Nick and Jess. Jake Johnson now tops the list of my offbeat-taste-inner-teenage-girl crush list after that kiss. I'm so glad I'm married, because I'm not sure any guy could live up to first kiss expectations after that. I'm a little embarrassed about how much I've watched that episode and kiss. And I'm sure I'm not alone in the crush department or how much that episode (ok, just that kiss) has been watched.
How about his closing line, "I meant something like that"? Hot damn, Nick Miller has game!
What were/are your not-so-common celebrity crushes?
- Hot-Mommy
My crushes as a young teen were: Mark McGrath, Tim McGraw, and LL Cool J. It's funny, I can't remember a single song/movie of LL Cool J's, but I sure remember the way he looked doing it. Are these the best choice for a teenage celebrity crush? Probably not.
I don't know if it is turning 30,.or if it's being out of high school for nearly a dozen years now, but it seems like all of my old friends have somewhat returned to their former drooling-teenage-crush selves. The most common object of these affections is that vampire from Twilight. I refuse to even Google it and find out his name or what his appeal, or the appeal of the movies, could be. Seriously, what is the appeal of Twilight to any age group?
Until recently, I was happy that I was again above having a celebrity crush on the latest heart throb. That is until 2 weeks ago when I saw New Girl's kiss between Nick and Jess. Jake Johnson now tops the list of my offbeat-taste-inner-teenage-girl crush list after that kiss. I'm so glad I'm married, because I'm not sure any guy could live up to first kiss expectations after that. I'm a little embarrassed about how much I've watched that episode and kiss. And I'm sure I'm not alone in the crush department or how much that episode (ok, just that kiss) has been watched.
How about his closing line, "I meant something like that"? Hot damn, Nick Miller has game!
What were/are your not-so-common celebrity crushes?
- Hot-Mommy
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
My New Ring!
Thanks for reading!
- Hot-Mommy
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