Adventure at Micky D's

So for the past three or so weeks Skylar has had it in her head that she MUST go to McDonald's for some Chicken McNuggets...
Damn those advertisers know what they are doing...
We kind of laughed it off the first few times she said it but when it became a daily request then we decided that maybe it would be a good thing to oblige her wishes

Now this is the same child who would NEVER eat a chicken nugget at home or any meat for that matter. (Purely her choice and nothing I pushed on her.)
She has become an even worse picky eater -- basically she eats yogurt, grapes, raisins, bananas, cereal sans milk on occasion, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, butter toast, spaghetti on occasion and it has to be out of this one particular yellow bowl, and some random junk food items. That's it! So while I may think McD's offers the worst possible thing you can ingest -- I am willing to allow her to ingest just about anything at this point.
But I digress...


So off to McDonald's we go with positive thoughts and some yogurt and Funyons packed for *just in case.*

All is well -- super excited to be at McDonald's FINALLY!

She even wanted to wear the freebie bib????
Yay the arrival of the coveted Chicken McNuggets...
Her reaction.
As I predicted it was a no go.
Matter of fact she looked absolutely horrified!
Can't really blame her -- I have never found their nuggets to be appetizing either!
She also didn't partake of french fries or the apple slices that came in her Happy Meal. Hell, she didn't even like the Smurf toy that also came in her Happy Meal!?!?!
At least the root beer was tasty.
Yeah, I am one of those Mom's who lets her child have soda on occasion -- don't judge! I brush her teeth nonstop when she partakes of the sweets and corrosive acids! ;)

The funny thing was that when asked today if she wanted to go back to McD's she emphatically replied with a YES!
Silly girl.
Anyone want a Smurf toy?
*heh*

Wordless Wednesday

I know this is supposed to be wordless -- and I will keep this brief -- I just wanted to say that I have been super slacking on my blog lately (intentionally I might add) and I didn't want the few posts I do make to be about doom & gloom (my work situation)...
So in saying that...
Let me show you that even in the most stressed of days, there is SO much happiness in my life!








I honestly do not know what I would do without my family, true friends, and those who know me best. I love you all dearly!

And yes I know that my photos always seem to void of pictures of my teenage sons -- if they were ever home I might be able to snap a photo or two. Sadly they are growing up and have lives of their own now and I fully encourage them to do so!

We have a trip to Six Flags planned in a week for just Brian, myself, and my sons -- Skylar will be spending the day with her Grammy -- so hopefully I can takes lots of pictures that day!

Happy not-so-Wordless Wednesday Blogdom!

Recant...

Earlier I wrote a post that I have since deleted (a first ever). In it I wrote a pretty frank rant about my current situation involving my job. I decided to rethink posting such honest thoughts and simply because it put me on a level that I don’t really want to stoop to.

I am better than that…

But I will say this…
I have decided to leave my current position and while I wish circumstances for doing so were different I walk away with lessons learned. I am a lot wiser and I vow to never ever doubt my inner voice again. It has never been wrong!

I know where my strengths and weaknesses lie and I will not be defined by others who do not have my best interest at heart.

I found this on Pintrest and used it as my status on facebook the other day – wow does it ring true and has stuck with me ever since.

This is my attitude about A LOT of things…
Time to shake things up a bit me thinks?

I control my destiny and if I allow myself to be in situations that make me miserable than I only have myself to blame.
So today I take a step forward and walk away from situations that make me unhappy.

Life is just too damn short for that shit!

♥cyn♥

What Up?

‘Ello Blogdom!

Life as I know told the best way I know how… via photos!

Skylar doing *gymnastics* or *nastics* as she calls it.

Brian & Skylar

Some goodies I received…

I got this lovely necklace that I adore via Lesley at Fabulously Flawed. She is a very talented lady with an amazing Etsy Shop.

And this was a sweet charm she added to my order – so stinkin’ cute!!! I wear it over my heart every day at work.
Thank you Lesley!

L♥VE her shirt – wonder why? *heh*

Finally…
A VERY Happy Birthday to my dearest bestie, Angela! I love ya girl!

♥cyn♥

Cyn vs. The World

Happy Friday Blogdom!


Am I a bad parent if I say that my daughter is literally draining the life out of me?
Because she is…

I love her more than life – but dear Lord she is demanding lately. She had her two year check up last week and the doctor deemed her as *advanced* -- she speaks in full sentances, can spell her name, counts to ten in English and Spanish, yadda yadda – I could go on and on – but then I would become one of THOSE parents that I pretty much loathe.

The thing about having an *advanced* child is the need for constant stimulation. Miss Skylar must be doing something at all times – she is not the sit down and watch TV type. That’s not to say she doesn’t watch TV (how do you think she learned how to count in Spanish – thank you Sesame Street!) but her attention span for such things is limited. So we are constantly trying to find ways to entertain her and keep her going (and tire her out at time...).

Chasing bubbles!

Oh and did I mention she doesn’t nap? So this is an all day from 7am to 8pm sort of thing.

Look at her sweet little face -- all excited about picking her first tomato out of her garden -- which she tasted and ran off saying it was *gross*...

And I feel so much guilt for even saying all of this. She is a BLESSING, such a cuddlebug sweetie-pie and I am elated that she is so smart. And I think of all the people in the world trying desperately to have a baby and here I am complaining about mine…

But girlfriend IS high-maintenance!

I am just wiped by the time she goes to bed.
There hasn’t been one night this week that I have stayed up past 9:30ish and that is just SADDDDDD! I even missed the premier of Season Three of Ancient Aliens last night!
Why oh why did they move it to 10pm? Us lame-o’s can’t stay up that late!!!

I think between my demanding two year old, a week of difficult sittings at work, still adjusting to my meds, PMSing like a MoFo, and everything else in between – I am just toast!

I was a little disenchanted earlier this week. After feeling SO good on the new medication I seemed to come to a stand-still this week and started to feel some of the old anxiety and tension. Then I realized that this is MAJOR PMS week – and in case I have never mentioned it – I am a raging hormonal Biznotch when I PMS. I can go from emotional wreck to a wrecking ball in the blink of an eye. So with that in mind, in all actuality – the meds are STILL working great. I feel a little out of sorts but NOTHING like a typical PMS week.
YaY for Wellbutrin…lol!

Oh and PMS has certainly brought my appetite back and the only thing I want to eat is pretzel M&M’s and Jelly Belly’s.
Bahhh!

And I have been such a bad vegan this week… cheese why do you smite me so???
I admit it – I had cheese twice this week.
I ran out of vegan cheese and caved for the real stuff.
*hangs head in shame*

It makes me think of the movie “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” (which I LOVE) and the part where Todd the psychic vegan is stripped of his powers by The Vegan Police for eating gelato.

Any minute they will be bursting into my home to strip me of my vegan *powers*… HA!

Oh well at least I am adhering to my strict no meat policy.

Brian FINALLY got his much anticipated promotion this week! Sadly it means ALL super early (3am two days and 5am three days) mornings. But it’s Monday thru Friday (no weekends – lucky duck!) and he is home a good portion of the day.
It’s an adjustment though – I seem to wake up when he does and that is probably part of the reason I am dragging ass.
But it took TWO YEARS to find a decent job so YAY!
Rhode Island has one of the worst unemployment rates in the country.


Just a thought…
I am thinkin’ of revamping my blog a bit. A little less fluff and more writing. This does NOT mean I will cease to be flooding my blog with photos of my family… that just will never happen. But I think I want to stop some of the silliness and the need to post something every single day.
A quality over quantity sorta thing.
I think the new meds make me see things in a different light? I don’t feel the need to constantly please and am a lot more happier to just be.
I will blog when I feel like it…
Like it should be!

And there ya have it…
cyn

Saturday Musings...

She is definitely MY daughter – already a shoe obsession!

So this REALLY weird thing happened – I managed to get the entire weekend off and I didn’t even ask???
Woa…
Did the planets align when I wasn’t looking???
The thing is that during the summer months we are dead on weekends as I assume most people are doing the summery thing like BBQ’s and such. So here I am with a weekend off without even requesting it – sa-weet!

Another weird thing happened…
I have been missing the South (I am originally a Southern Belle via the Mississippi Gulf Coast) and the South decided to come up and visit me.
How nice!
Seriously oppressive HOT ASS weather in these parts. Yesterday we topped 100 degrees and today will be equally hot. But I am not complaining – just sweating bullets with a smile because hot weather is WAY better than cold weather in my humble opinion.

So we have had a great week – a lot of time in our pool and playing outside – which is a MUST when you have a clever two year old who seems to need constant stimulation.

It’s not a successful play day unless ya gotta dirty face!

Guaring her castle…

Sandbox time…

Skylar and Hunter

Hunter


In other news…
I am still feeling really great – the only side effect I have noticed is a lack of appetite (not necessarily a bad thing) and a feeling that nothing tastes very good (also not necessarily a bad thing). I have consciously had to make myself eat at times and it showed on my weigh-in yesterday.
I was down SEVEN pounds.
Of course I am happy about that – I am currently in a new weight bracket that I havent seen in a year.
I just wish it had been done in a healthier way. But it is the MAJOR push over the hump that has bogged me down for months. I will just make an effort to eat better this week!

Although I/We (my son Peyton & I) did have a good workout week – even despite the heat. We walked and spent a lot of time in the pool swimming. Sadly – we are TOTALLY slacking on the 30 Day Shred. I keep saying I will do it and don’t?
I do have a lot going on – but who doesn’t?
We just need to quit talking about it and just do it!

One final thing…
Every single time I think of doing a drastic cut to my hair I see someone who did and hates it…
Makes me really re-think the whole *chop your hair off* thing.

Vanessa Hudgens is a beautiful girl hands down with long or short hair. Apparently she chopped her locks for a movie and absolutely hates it calling it *soccer Mom* hair.
I dunno exactly what *soccer Mom* hair is but the cut definitely is not worthy of a gorgeous 22 year old and I think it makes her a bit matronly. Although that dress is fabulous!

I still want to take a significant amount of hair off – but anything past the collar bone is a wee bit drasticand I certainly don’t want *soccer Mom* hair -- whatever the hell that is? Although there is part of me that dreams of a SUPER short haircut that I can just roll out of bed, rub some pomade into, and go.
Ahhh to dream...

HaPPy SaTurDaY BLoGdoM!
♥cyn♥

THinGs I am L♥VIN' Thursday

Yeah I know it’s technically Friday – gah – the day got away from me yesterday…

HaPPy L♥VEfest!

OMGosh do I ever – it is my current obsession and a site I am on daily. (Thank you Lesley from Fabulously Flawed for showing me the way!) It’s a site to catalog things you love – and well, I love LOTS of things! I have cleaned up so much space on my PC thanks to Pintrest!
And yes, you need to be *invited* to join – but I am guessing EVERYONE gets invited.
If you are already there – come find me – Cyn Knight!
Let’s be Pintrest Pals!

Ummm yeah – who wouldn’t want an ginormous industrial strength stainless steel curly slide in their home???
I L♥VE it and if I had that space – you bet your sweet arse I would have it! Although I cannot imagine what something like that must cost?!?!

Love this idea!
I L♥VE mirrors – but they can be quite expensive – this is just three floor-length mirrors ($6 a piece at WalMart) hung on the wall horizontally.
GENIUS!

I don’t have any little boys anymore as mine are on the verge of turning 15 & 17 (WTF!!!) – but this costume is FABULOUS! Brian and I L♥VEEEEEEEEEEEE *Nacho Libre* -- and this ensemble is just classic funny!
Heh-heh!

I ♥ Bookshelves…
What a perfect way to make a room complete AND have a place to store books or whatever you like. When we move – I AM having bookshelves by-golly!

Chevron stripes – so L♥VE them!!!
I have a newfound love for stripes – and give me a chevron stripe and I am giddy as hell. (I know – I REALLY need to get out more!)

I am seriously L♥VE’n this ‘do (the cut not the color) and seriously considering going under the scissor and going this length.
That would entail taking about five inches (give or take) off.
Hair is SUCH a crutch – I like having longer hair but ack – it spends the majority of the time up in a clip. I need something A LOT easier to tend to.

I L♥VE Succulents – or Hens & Chicks as my Mom calls them. I just love the variations and colors.
They are of the cactus family so they thrive in poor soil and with little water!
YAY!
Just the plants for me!!!
I LOVE the succulent gardens – just lovely!!!

Finally...

I L♥VE Ancient Aliens – it is my MOST favorite show.
And I really L♥VE that Season 3 starts NEXT Thursday July 28th!!!
*w00t*

So there ya have it – just a taste of the things that are blowing my skirt up – what are you L♥VE’n this week?!?!?!

♥cyn♥

Oh yes!
Gotta PiMP...
Come HoP!










***All images via Pintrest***

This & That...

HaPPy WedNesDaY!

So what’s up?
Well I dunno about the rest of the planet but I am feeling pretty nifty these days. Seriously – if I knew that I would feel THIS good THIS fast I would have gotten myself some Wellbutrin A LOT sooner than this.
Now, I am totally realistic and know that I am still adjusting and will continue to adjust to this medication for the next five weeks – so I cannot assume that I am *cured* just because I consistently feel happier than Elvis after a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich. But I am hopeful and any improvement is improvement!
Even Brian says I am noticably *different*.
So fingers and toes crossed that this medication will continue to do what it’s doing. Because me likey!

So moving along…
I had to post these photos of Skylar’s garden because it is doing extremely AWESOME!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Wow, nice melons!
*smirk*

Oh and lookie – it’s Bruce the Spruce – my freebie tree from Home Depot on Earth Day – he flourishes!
BEFORE:

AFTER:

Our little Dancing Queen…

She’s got MAD moves…

Just being cute in her white hat that I bought for the pool that she insists on wearing ALL THE TIME…

Who could resist that smile?
Certainly not I!

Baby blues -- she gets them from me!

So all in all -- life is good and getting steadily better.

♥cyn♥