Santa Barbara's Ty Warner Sea Center

A couple weeks ago, Hubster had some meetings in Santa Barbara so the kids and I tagged along. Having already been to the zoo, I decided to go someplace new and the Sea Center (part of the Natural History Museum) seemed the best choice.
We arrived at the pier in the morning, I loaded them into the dually stroller, and we headed in.
One of the first exhibits that caught Tylerbear's eye was of the Moon Jellies. :-)


Connor-pillar liked them too!


It was pretty quiet being a weekday and when Tyler dropped his binky which rolled far under a cabinet, a staff member was nice enough to fetch it for us. Then he introduced Tyler to their top billing, the Swell Shark who came up and let Tyler pet him!


They both had a great time and the only casualty may have been a sea cucumber who was squeezed a little tighter than he may have liked. ;-)

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Thanksgiving Preparation

I'm glad that the only prep I need to do is pack up the kids and Hubster then go. Wait,.. I'm lying. I do wish I was cooking up a huge spread from scratch for everyone that comes with ooh's and ahh's--turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, pies, casseroles, and a few odd & interesting side dishes I've heard about along the way. But alas, with a toddler and wee one, that fantasy is best put on hold. ;-)

Tomorrow we'll be heading out to Nanay's house for Thanksgiving where Hubster's mom and grandma will be joining us. Here's to hoping we remember everything!



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Turkey Time!

November is the month we wait around for all year because turkeys go on sale. Hubster brought home a nice 24 pounder and it made it's way into our oven then into our tummies. Yummy!

Health
It was also my first successful gluten-free day. Yay! Hard boiled eggs for breakfast, all beef hotdogs for lunch, and turkey, baked potatoes, cranberry sauce and yams for dinner. Satisfying!

Summary
Other than that, it's raining tonight. Tyler and Connor are already asleep and I'm gonna set to playing a little Warcraft and continue reading the Paleo Solution book.

Good night. :-)

Starting afresh?

Maybe now that I've moved my PC upstairs into the bedroom, I'll post more often. If nothing, I have less of an excuse as to why I haven't posted! :-)

So, since there's no beginning to begin at, I'll begin in the middle: Right here, right now.

School
I've received all the transcripts I ordered except for the one from high school. There's LAUSD's Rush Fee of $35 plus transcript fee in motion (or lack of?). As soon as I receive it, I'll go ahead and call the college counselor for an appointment so I know what classes I need to take in order to transfer to Cal Poly. At this point, I'm going into engineering although there's a slight pull toward some health profession calling. Not sure. Whatever it is, it will need to pay decent money and offer great benefits. This age is no age to fool around!

Health
Been reading, "The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet", and it is a really long choo-choo train of OMG, OMG, OMG, etc. The cause-effect explanation of nutrition explains why I am and feel this way (Blech!) And it will take some willpower to wean off the addictions to wheat, dairy and legumes. Wish me luck cuz I'll need it. o_O

As for supplements in my attempt to normalize, I'm taking a big Vitamin C, a Cal-Mag-Zinc, a B-complex, Fish Oil and a Prenatal Multi. I haven't gotten nor skipped to the back of the book yet to see the recommendations but expect to be doing that any day. One of the pluses with taking so many pills is that it's up'ed my water intake. :-)

Summary
Well, that's it for tonight--easing my way back into blogging. Til Tomorrow.