So i changed my blog name... again! i am just trying to find what fits! i started blogging so that my friends could keep up with my life while we all went our separate ways. I know the friends i follow it helps me SO much to keep up with their life. Lately i feel that blogs have gotten so political and especially my blog i am trying to hard to "teach" people things. I forgot that i wanted to keep people updated on my life, interact with them more than a text and keep up on their lives. So i am heading back to my roots! i am going to work on having more pictures, more updates and more discussions but mostly a more honest door opening into my life. I am not a person who debates or gets all political, i have my beliefs, i stand by them but i respect that everyone is entitled to what they want to believe. So instead of getting all belief based i want to open an honest online dairy! I promise to show you all my shortcomings as i learn to be a mother and a wife as long as readers promise to not judge (in return i wont judge either!). I am a very social person and i hope this journey i take is something everyone can take with me!
As i embark on motherhood and grow as a wife it should be rather humorous! I am anxious and excited to see where this road leads and my new idea for my blog is to show people my path, and hopefully everyone who follows can help me!
Made from Scratch
- Sara Robson
- I am married to a crazy quirky man who is perfect for me and together we have a BEAUTIFUL baby girl and another little angel up in heaven. I strive to find balance in my life between faith, family, friends and work.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
people are asking questions:
quick updates:
- no baby: false alarm (full story on my pregnancy blog)
- i am doing every old wives tale i know to get this baby moving
- we are ready, she is ready
- i finally got SOME things settled at work so the chaos will be minimal while i am on leave
- i am super pumped for the Olympics! At least when i do go into the hospital i will have guaranteed entertainment to distract me on TV!
- thanks for all the prayers.... a few more would be great!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Yes i actually ate a salad!
It's 5:30 in the morning and i am ready for my work day but have 15 minutes before i leave for work. Yesterday i had a 4 hour break during the day (worked 6am-noon and 4-10p) and i came home and for the first time in forever i actually took time to prepare a lunch for the next day (today) and i am SO proud that i actually 1.) made a sack lunch 2.) it's super healthy and 3.) it's very yummy!
It has in it:
I have never done well with eating healthy or dieting. honestly, the more i try the more i fail. So i have lately been trying super hard to eat super healthy (when i actually am able to eat) so that when baby gets here and i'm breastfeeding (hopefully) eating healthy is a natural thing to me and wont cause me stress. Either way i wont be told i have to gain weight for very much longer. I'm honestly just happy to be eating a couple meals a day FINALLY since i have been so sick and am trying to not even remind myself what junk food is, just jumping straight into fruits and veggies and protein!
It has in it:
- a romaine lettuce salad with cabbage carrots and cheese and croutons
- hard boiled egg
- grilled chicken (my hubby grilled it, it's yummy)
- a yogurt
- applesauce
- carrots
- Olive Garden Italian dressing- light calories and strong enough flavor a little goes a long way
- AND a juice box (love me some Capri Sun)
- Peanuts to munch on throughout the day
I have never done well with eating healthy or dieting. honestly, the more i try the more i fail. So i have lately been trying super hard to eat super healthy (when i actually am able to eat) so that when baby gets here and i'm breastfeeding (hopefully) eating healthy is a natural thing to me and wont cause me stress. Either way i wont be told i have to gain weight for very much longer. I'm honestly just happy to be eating a couple meals a day FINALLY since i have been so sick and am trying to not even remind myself what junk food is, just jumping straight into fruits and veggies and protein!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
this is what i do!
i have a lot of people lately ask me what my job is. It's not necessarily hard to explain, but sometimes it is hard for people to understand WHY i chose to do this and WHY i love it! In fact there are a lot of aspects of my job that most people say are bad- and yet these are the aspects i love about my job.
I work for an organization that helps people with disabilities (PWD is what i will shorten that to) strive to live their lives to the fullest capacity. My job specifically is that i am a manager of a house. The house is where 6 PWD live and we have 24hour staff there to help take care of them. At this point A LOT of people say "oh kinda like a small nursing home." and my response is "no." In a nursing home people come into the building and are taken care of, but in a physical way. Everyday myself and my staff come into these people's home and help them improve their quality of life. we are always striving to help THEM make decisions. They all set goals and are living a life better than they could anywhere else. they are not able to care for themselves, but they are NOT invalids as most of society thinks they are.
Now my job has a lot of cooking, cleaning, laundry, and helping someone ELSE (adult) out with different hygiene issues. None of this include the mental aspects of my job. These people all have varying degrees of intellectual disabilities, so i deal with a lot of tantrums, arguments, extreme highs and extreme lows. This is definitely a job that you HAVE to LOVE to do because people who come for the paycheck leave before they ever even get one. My job also has more aspects as a manager, for example: i have NEVER gotten off at the scheduled time i was supposed, i have always had to stay and help handle situations. Going in early does not mean leaving early, it means getting extra time to get things done. Open shifts on the schedule= extra shifts i will be working.
HOWEVER: everyday i get to see people grow. Small things (like finishing coloring a picture that took a WEEK to color) are causes for celebration.The smiles and hugs i get from everyone are so genuine it melts my heart EVERY TIME! The people we care for don't understand appreciation, to them we don't need appreciation for the work we are doing. This isn't because they are taking us for granite, it's because we are their friends who come and help them and hang out with them, just like any of us would go and hang out with or cook dinner with a friend.There is not other job in the world where i would leave for work everyday and someone would follow em to the door (everyday) and hug me (everyday) and ask when i was coming back because they will miss me and want to see me tomorrow. THAT is worth every load of laundry, every dirty toilet i have to clean and every time i get yelled at just because someone is having a bad day. the best part is the staff i have understands that feeling. It's like being part of a secret club where only people who work there understand WHY you come to work everyday.
(sidenote- i hate getting political, so this is not political it is facts based on what i see everyday) COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC ABOUT MY JOB: so there is TONS and TONS of hype lately about the new Obamacare. I have heard every angle from every different type of person. I have a lot of feelings about it both religious and nonreligious but i think it's time for me to tell everyone some FACTS about it. People "pro" obamacare use the argument that it is providing healthcare and opportunities for women and children who would not otherwise have them. My first responce to that is that IF these women and children were really THAT desperate there are 5 different organizations in my town alone (not-for-profit, religious and nonreligious) that will aid, care for, pay for and establish soem form of free health care for womena dn children. in fact women and children are the most likely to be taken care of- so your argument is really to help the women and children who are too proud to go and seek help for themselves!
I myself am not on state aid, but i work everyday with people who are. in fact i have had to deal with state aid (of ALL forms, medicare, medicaid, link, wic, etc) everyday for the past 6 months of my life. BEFORE obamacare people (this is for EVERYONE not just with disabilities) were able to go to the ER, receive DENTAL care, see doctors, get specialized treatment for things (physical therapy, podiatry, etc), receive eye appointments and new glasses every year along with other things. The only downside was you didn't really get to pick your doctor and it was harder to make appointments because you were not the top priority (honestly did you know that the insurances that pay out the most get top priority of appointments, sick isn't it). However people were able to see doctors, get treated and receive medicine without paying. Obama care cut ALL funding for: dental visits (except extractions), eye appointments more than once every 2 years, podiatry-unless you have diabetes, specialized appointments, along with TONS of other things. Obamacare even cut prescriptions. For example obama will make my tax money pay for ANY woman to have an abortion but unless you have diabetes it wont pay for medications that people need for blood pressure, seizures and other serious health problems. Finally obamacare had cut the amount of incontinence supplies (aka adult diapers and pads) it will send to people who have a prescription and real need for them.
I am not trying to get political, but i would really appreciate it if people would look into the FACTS before defending something truly horrible. If half the people who support obamacare were on it then maybe they would see the effects it has and how truly messed up it's priorities are. A 15 year old girl can get free birth control, abortifications or sterilization so she can be "sexually active" while a 50 year old women can't get a dental check up unless it's to have all her teeth removed (oh and it does NOT pay for dentures).
Honestly if YOU were given such lousy healthcare would you complain? Would YOU be willing to give up your healthcare for this? The saddest part is knowing that it was SO MUCH BETTER before July 1st yet people still defend it, simply because MORE people (who had access before) can now have crappy healthcare.
That's the end of my rant. i really love my job!
I work for an organization that helps people with disabilities (PWD is what i will shorten that to) strive to live their lives to the fullest capacity. My job specifically is that i am a manager of a house. The house is where 6 PWD live and we have 24hour staff there to help take care of them. At this point A LOT of people say "oh kinda like a small nursing home." and my response is "no." In a nursing home people come into the building and are taken care of, but in a physical way. Everyday myself and my staff come into these people's home and help them improve their quality of life. we are always striving to help THEM make decisions. They all set goals and are living a life better than they could anywhere else. they are not able to care for themselves, but they are NOT invalids as most of society thinks they are.
Now my job has a lot of cooking, cleaning, laundry, and helping someone ELSE (adult) out with different hygiene issues. None of this include the mental aspects of my job. These people all have varying degrees of intellectual disabilities, so i deal with a lot of tantrums, arguments, extreme highs and extreme lows. This is definitely a job that you HAVE to LOVE to do because people who come for the paycheck leave before they ever even get one. My job also has more aspects as a manager, for example: i have NEVER gotten off at the scheduled time i was supposed, i have always had to stay and help handle situations. Going in early does not mean leaving early, it means getting extra time to get things done. Open shifts on the schedule= extra shifts i will be working.
HOWEVER: everyday i get to see people grow. Small things (like finishing coloring a picture that took a WEEK to color) are causes for celebration.The smiles and hugs i get from everyone are so genuine it melts my heart EVERY TIME! The people we care for don't understand appreciation, to them we don't need appreciation for the work we are doing. This isn't because they are taking us for granite, it's because we are their friends who come and help them and hang out with them, just like any of us would go and hang out with or cook dinner with a friend.There is not other job in the world where i would leave for work everyday and someone would follow em to the door (everyday) and hug me (everyday) and ask when i was coming back because they will miss me and want to see me tomorrow. THAT is worth every load of laundry, every dirty toilet i have to clean and every time i get yelled at just because someone is having a bad day. the best part is the staff i have understands that feeling. It's like being part of a secret club where only people who work there understand WHY you come to work everyday.
(sidenote- i hate getting political, so this is not political it is facts based on what i see everyday) COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC ABOUT MY JOB: so there is TONS and TONS of hype lately about the new Obamacare. I have heard every angle from every different type of person. I have a lot of feelings about it both religious and nonreligious but i think it's time for me to tell everyone some FACTS about it. People "pro" obamacare use the argument that it is providing healthcare and opportunities for women and children who would not otherwise have them. My first responce to that is that IF these women and children were really THAT desperate there are 5 different organizations in my town alone (not-for-profit, religious and nonreligious) that will aid, care for, pay for and establish soem form of free health care for womena dn children. in fact women and children are the most likely to be taken care of- so your argument is really to help the women and children who are too proud to go and seek help for themselves!
I myself am not on state aid, but i work everyday with people who are. in fact i have had to deal with state aid (of ALL forms, medicare, medicaid, link, wic, etc) everyday for the past 6 months of my life. BEFORE obamacare people (this is for EVERYONE not just with disabilities) were able to go to the ER, receive DENTAL care, see doctors, get specialized treatment for things (physical therapy, podiatry, etc), receive eye appointments and new glasses every year along with other things. The only downside was you didn't really get to pick your doctor and it was harder to make appointments because you were not the top priority (honestly did you know that the insurances that pay out the most get top priority of appointments, sick isn't it). However people were able to see doctors, get treated and receive medicine without paying. Obama care cut ALL funding for: dental visits (except extractions), eye appointments more than once every 2 years, podiatry-unless you have diabetes, specialized appointments, along with TONS of other things. Obamacare even cut prescriptions. For example obama will make my tax money pay for ANY woman to have an abortion but unless you have diabetes it wont pay for medications that people need for blood pressure, seizures and other serious health problems. Finally obamacare had cut the amount of incontinence supplies (aka adult diapers and pads) it will send to people who have a prescription and real need for them.
I am not trying to get political, but i would really appreciate it if people would look into the FACTS before defending something truly horrible. If half the people who support obamacare were on it then maybe they would see the effects it has and how truly messed up it's priorities are. A 15 year old girl can get free birth control, abortifications or sterilization so she can be "sexually active" while a 50 year old women can't get a dental check up unless it's to have all her teeth removed (oh and it does NOT pay for dentures).
Honestly if YOU were given such lousy healthcare would you complain? Would YOU be willing to give up your healthcare for this? The saddest part is knowing that it was SO MUCH BETTER before July 1st yet people still defend it, simply because MORE people (who had access before) can now have crappy healthcare.
That's the end of my rant. i really love my job!
Friday, July 6, 2012
day off
So this week at work i FINALLY got a lot of things on my to do list done. there are things i have been trying to get done for 3 months and i have not had a chance to finish them. finally i am caught up enough that i was able to take a whole weekend off! 3 whole days! i have not had 2 consecutive days off since January, let alone 3. Someone the other day said that was a sign of a bad work environment, instead i see it as a sign of a good hard worker/boss. I have been working so much to ensure that everything is done and taken care of. Last week however, i worked too much and my body told me to stop. So this week i arranged the schedule so i finished my 40 hours of work by Thursday and i told my staff I'm off Friday, Saturday and Sunday! So today, for the first time in 6 months, i did not have to set an alarm to wake up (i was still up at 7am, but no alarm needed). It was glorious!
So my goal was to do nothing all weekend, literally. i have been working so hard and feeling so sick that i feel i deserve a weekend of NOTHING! Well apparently that is impossible for me, but i still thoroughly enjoyed my day. In fact here is what i did:
One final note: so i am having my mom and dad over for dinner and we fixed an AWESOME menu i just have to brag about it:
Literally this is the perfect summer meal! Kel has been cooking all day and he is SO excited to have my parents over and share the food. We rarely have people over so we get a bit eccentric when we finally do! I am sure i will post pictures of everything later! I feel all my hours on pinterest are finally paying off!
So my goal was to do nothing all weekend, literally. i have been working so hard and feeling so sick that i feel i deserve a weekend of NOTHING! Well apparently that is impossible for me, but i still thoroughly enjoyed my day. In fact here is what i did:
- i watched Armageddon- at 7 am!
- i went grocery shopping with my husband
- He used his father's day gift for the first time (he got a HUGE meat smoker) and spent the whole day smoking some brisket- SO excited to eat it
- I made peach cobbler, from scratch, and it's AMAZING
- i worked on baby's room!
- took a 3 hour nap
- read 1/2 a book
- and most importatnly i spent good quality time at home with my husband!
One final note: so i am having my mom and dad over for dinner and we fixed an AWESOME menu i just have to brag about it:
- Home smoked bbq brisket (smoked and wrapped in bacon- BEST IDEA EVER!)
- sweet corn (grilled out)
- au-graten cheesy potatoes
- seasoned (dry seasons so there are no added fats or oils) veggies-onions and red potatoes b/c my parents are trying to eat healthy and i support that
- wine (everyone else, not me)
- Homemade peach cobbler from fresh peaches with vanilla ice cream.
- sun tea (made it today)
Literally this is the perfect summer meal! Kel has been cooking all day and he is SO excited to have my parents over and share the food. We rarely have people over so we get a bit eccentric when we finally do! I am sure i will post pictures of everything later! I feel all my hours on pinterest are finally paying off!
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