Ever since I became an adult it has been easier to gain weight than lose it. This is mostly thanks to being hypoglycemic. My body loves to store carbs as fat, because it thinks that it needs to go into storage mode when my blood sugar gets low. It’s annoying.
But [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Weight
Posted in misc. meanderings, tagged weight on February 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
weekend pics
Posted in family on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weekend in IL
Posted in family on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
All of us Kopp’s spent the weekend in Illinois to see family and a couple of friends. It was tiring! But it was also fun, great, hilarious… Here’s how everything went:
Thursday
We left around 4:00 p.m. Stopped at Huddle House in KY to eat supper. Arrived at my parents’ house at about [...]
Seaners
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sean is 11 wks. now! His nickname has emerged without much effort just like the other kiddos. Sean is usually called Seaners by all of us.
His loves his paci! It has been a life-saver. When he doesn’t have his paci, he finds these….
It begins…
Posted in garden, tagged garden, greenhouse, peppers, tomatoes on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is one of the things I did today:
I planted:
Yellow Currant tomatoes
Red Currant tomatoes
Jungle Salad tomatoes
Beam’s Yellow Pear tomatoes
Dr. Wyche’s Yellow tomatoes
Cherokee Purple tomatoes
Crnkovic Yugoslavian tomatoes
Brandywine Red tomatoes
Amish Paste tomatoes
Early Niagara Giant sweet peppers
Orange Bell sweet peppers
Ancho peppers
Jalapeno peppers
I assembled this today too:
Day 1 for the seeds:
Today we are going to finish up our homeschool day and then go to the dr. The reason for the dr. visit is two-fold: one is for Sean’s 2-month check-up and the other is for Arden. Since December Arden will wake up every week and a half or so with a really [...]
Fringelaude
Posted in family on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fringelaude the Fairy is a character that my 5-year old made up, including the name. “Fringelaude” likes to go around the house in a red ladybug ballet tutu and her ugg-like salmon pink house slippers. I’m not sure what “Fringelaude” likes to do besides flit around the house dancing.
A Morning Drama?
Posted in family, tagged children on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Liam has dismantled the kid-sized drum set into a few pieces. Arden is definitely not pleased with the situation, as she likes things a certain way. (Her way.)
Arden: Liam!! Are you happy?!?! (meaning she is not happy with him)
Liam: (totally oblivious to his sister’s wrath pauses and replies non-chalantly) Yes. [...]
Phlegm-atic
Posted in family, tagged diapers on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Nope. Not talking about personality. I have been sick with a cold that started as, (not to gross anyone out,) a bunch of snot running down my throat. This was followed by sinus headaches and a stuffy nose. Now it is at a slightly sore throat with a runny nose and [...]
Happy Anniversary
Posted in family on February 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Eric and I have been married for 11 years today! We didn’t do any celebrating, as we didn’t have a babysitter. I’m glad though, because Arden ended up throwing up and 3 of us feel like we’re going to also.
