Teaholic not quite anonymous

Well, I think Maddy may be getting my cold. She's been extremely snuggly all day today. It's been quite enjoyable, though, I must say. I've been propped on the recliner with her in my lap under her favorite blanket. She's layed back, patted my cheek with her hand, sucked her thumb and gave a big sigh. She seems pretty content just snuggling. She's also not eating real hot either (more on that later).

She's still be having a great time with her purse (credit card, keys, and cell phone). She goes to get it, puts it on her shoulder, goes to find mine and hands it to me. We take a walk with our purses and she insists on checking to make sure I still have mine. It's REALLY cute.

I have been able to get a few things done today, which makes me pretty happy. I'm doing two loads of laundry, ran the dishwasher, paid two bills, took out the mail and swept the kitchen floor.

I took out my resignation notice to the mailbox today. You see, I've been on Long Term Leave of Absence since I gave birth to Maddy. I can do two years and they need to know by the end of March if I'm coming back or not. It's been nice to have that I have a guarenteed job waiting for me if I wanted one in the county. But my time is up and I needed to decide if I wanted to go back (to any school in the county, which is quite large) or resign. It's like cutting the apron strings, really. But well, I know I made the right choice. I'm glad I'm staying home with Maddy. I'm blessed with the opportunity to do so and I enjoy it (most days) so there ya go!

Now, about Maddy's eating (I can hear Matt in the background saying, "NO! DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT!)... last night Matt opened up the nerds rope from my parents for Valentine's day. He just loves those and really has MAYBE two a year. Well, he ate one a couple of days ago and had the other one last night. Well, he tried to have the other one last night. I wound up eating about 1/3 of it. So he was very snacky last night and was rummaging through the box of 'candy/gum' we have up in our pantry. Mind you, most of this stuff is so OLD you would never want to touch it. We don't have much candy or gum, really. He found a packet of Pop Rocks. For those of you who don't knwo what Pop Rocks are they are sugar laced, colored exploding candy that pop in your mouth. He opened it, had a bit, I had a bit and yes.... wait for it! Maddy had a bit. Yes, I allowed my daughter who is 14 months old to eat CANDY. She had such a good time with the popping though and it was really cute coming from her little mouth. She had MAYBE 1/4 teaspoon. She still fell asleep fine!

Well, I think I'm going to do a bit of yoga or pilates while Maddy is down for a nap. Normally I'd do elliptical but I'm still feeling a bit under the weather. Then a hot shower (with no towel, it's in the wash and the linen closet is in Maddy's room).

Have a good Monday, everyone!

Tea of the day: Twinnings Lemon Ginger Herbal Tea
WO of the day: Pilates or Yoga video