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Last Saturday we had Peter's kids party. Secret agent style I had purchased a kids party schedule and just followed that with a few adjustments when necessary. The kids had a lot of fun doing all the games, and Peter had a great time with his friends ❤️ I had purchased party glasses and fake mustaches. The kids looked so cute! I was exhausted afterwards, but I'm glad I could give him a good birthday party

This is a relieve 😂 So REST. Don't exercise yet. Focus on nutrition to make your body heal. Exercise is only like 10% of the equation anyways. I actually just read an article in the newspaper saying that covid will make flu season less severe than other years. Possible reasons for that, they listed: due to covid people are being more hygienic, wearing masks, keeping distance and such. When there is already a virus going round people's antibody's are already on the alert, so flu doesn't have much of a chance. And people that would get severely sick from the flu are most likely already killed by covid. This last point is a sad one, but valid nonetheless. So no need to get anxious about this, just take care of yourself and your family ❤️ Lots of hugs back to you ❤️❤️❤️

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Try to make pancakes with it. They will be the best you'll ever have!

My thoughts exactly. But husband wants him back in his life. So I suck it up and be polite when he comes over. Husband does know what I think of him though, but he is like 'yeah, he's always been a dick' and is at peace with it, because there is nothing he can do to change him.

My goto is oat milk. It tastes ten times better than almond milk when combined with coffee. Also I add a drop of vanilla extract to make it taste extra fancy

Well, like like Valkyrie said, it's not fine because pandemic and all. And he was a real dick when leaving my MIL for this Russian woman*. So I have a strong dislike for the man. This didn't help. *He didn't tell my MIL he found another woman until he left to pick her up from the airport. He had his suitcase packed and an apartment rented already. My MIL didn't saw it coming at all. It was a real cowardly move. He's always been a coward, but this was low, even for him. I think our prime minister was the one that introduced us to it. I don't know where it originated. But I think it's smart Thank you ❤️ I think so too. He doesn't always believe me when I tell him, but he's really awesome Aw, thank you ❤️ You're right. I need to remember this

That sounds like the cutest thing ever ❤️ My boys just get dirty whether they're going to have a bath or not

The festivities around Peter's birthday continued on Sunday with first my SIL and her boyfriend. She's been struggling with clinical depression for years, but this Sunday she looked really good. She actually engaged in conversation and played a few games with us and the boys. I'm really glad she's doing so much better ❤️ In the afternoon my sister and her boyfriend came by. We had a good time playing games. And in the evening my parents came to eat pizza together (Peter's request). When they first arrived Cory had a melt down. Both boys have been diagnosed with autism at the end of spring, so I knew what was going on. The boy was just overstimulated from all those visitors. I took him upstairs and after he cried a bit I managed to distract him and after that even talk about the incident. I could tell Peter was getting overwhelmed too, but he doesn't cry, he just shuts himself off from the rest of the world. He managed to do it in a way that he could still carry a bit of a conversation with my parents, and I'm really proud of him for doing so well. The boys played a game with my parents while husband and I went to get the pizza, and we had a very pleasant evening. Monday morning I somehow got lost in playing the sims. I have a rule for myself that I don't play computer games during a workday. I just really felt like I NEEDED to do so. I just started building and suddenly I was hungry. Looking at the time it was lunch time already. I had been building for 4 hours straight... I felt really guilty for not doing the stuff I should have been doing and I did everything that absolutely had to be done while eating lunch. Not the healthiest way, but I didn't really had another choice at the moment. That evening I reflected on what happened, and I realized I had been overwhelmed by all those visitors that weekend too. And after building in the sims my brain felt soooo much better. Although I still feel a little guilty, I recognize I just needed this to wind down to not have a melt down of my own. So today I'm working overtime to finish the stuff I left yesterday. I'm almost back on schedule

She knows a few words Dutch, not enough to make a sentance. They communicate in broken English. But I guess they mostly communicate by her shoving food into his mouth. My FIL has gotten huge in their years together. He gets winded when he walks from his car to our front door (which is like 10 meters). I don't think they are able to communicate in the way you're implying though 🤣🥴

Saturday was the first day of Peter's birthday celebrations. My FIL and his wife came in the morning. My FIL wanted to shake my hand and hug the kids, but because covid, I refused and offered to bump elbows instead (as the boys have learned to do at school). He exclaimed that if this were the case he shouldn't have come. As my eyes widened in disbelieve, my husband gave the best reply ever: "Okay, bye!" Which shocked him enough to not be an asshole anymore and behave. Talking to them is quite difficult, as his wife is Russian. She lived a while in Scottland, so she does know some broken English. My FIL speaks broken English as well. And the level of English me and my husband are able to speak is beyond them (and yes, the both of us have a huge accent). So that was fun... My MIL came at the end of the afternoon. She kept at a save distance and was just a really sweet grandma ❤️ Today we'll have more family coming in shifts. Wish me luck

Wow, those are some really great changes! Your body is going to love you for this ❤️ I really don't understand the fuss around bread. As long as it is whole grain, it's healthy stuff, right?

What change dit you make?

I did space my run days, and didn't go all out. That article is really helpful, thanks for sharing! I think I need to focus more on my eating habits and strength training before I go running. I think my muscles are just too weak. And I also have an really old neck injury (no idea how I even got it, a chiropractor discovered it when I was a teen, using an x-ray), and I don't think that's helpful too in this case

Yes! Good idea. I think your first priority should be getting tons of sleep ❤️

After two of those couch to 5k workouts my hips and neck/shoulders where killing me. I could barely function yesterday. So I decided to give it a rest and do a ringfit workout this morning. I had a lot of fun doing it And now my body is not hurting anymore. I don't know if I should try to continue to run, or just let it go for now. Is it normal for your muscles in your hips and neck area to hurt after running? Will it pass when I'm more used to it? I hope someone here knows, because I don't. Next weekend we'll be celebrating Peter's 10th birthday. I can't believe he's almost 10 already... Where does the time go?! I mean, he's still a tiny boy (just 1.28 cm or 4ft2), but he's getting OLD now 😧 It's a whole weekend of celebrating, because we don't want too many guests at once in this pandemic. He loves this idea (we did the same with Cory last month), and I loved that we could talk to them individually and play games with them, but the whole thing was exhausting The weekend after this one we'll have his kids party (secret agent style), and then we can relax until the december holidays start up again.

Things have been going really well. I've aced my challenge goals. My workouts were starting to get boring, so I started a couch to 5k. I've never run before, so this is a challenge, and so far I'm liking it

Oh no! Sending more ((hugs)) That is a good sign. Hoping he'll continues to be cheerful today ❤️ Good call. Just take care of yourself, and allow yourself to ease back. You're body is going through a lot right now, it needs TLC ❤️

I'm sorry life is so hard at the moment ❤️

I need to try that! I'm really working on this right now. I don't always get it right, but this was a big win for me ME TOO!

I can highly recommend lucifer. If you're more in the mood for something really silly try "Legends of tomorrow". And have you watched "once upon a time"? That one is real cute Queer eye if you're more into reality shows. And off course "the big bang theory" which is just hilarious I'm not really one for baking shows though 🤷‍♂️

I've been playing around with filmora. And made this. I'm having too much fun

Glad that procedure is over, and I hope everything will heal soon. I recommend Netflix and ice cream to feel better ❤️

So last night a random thought made me really sad. My first instinct was to grab a snack and suppress it. But I remembered that it's okay to feel sad sometimes, even if it makes no logical sense. So I faced my demons head on, and lo and behold: the feeling passed rather quickly, leaving me feeling calm and accomplished. After that I was actually feeling pretty hungry, so I asked google for a healthy snack and made the first thing it recommended. Because my brain was exhausted from this and I didn't want to make my own decision 😛. It was popcorn with curry and paprika powder. It was delicious

I'm pretty sure you can do both. Just use the podcast as the background music