Cantoya Goodness

b/c dear friends & nosy bastards alike keeping asking me the same few questions, i decided just to answer them here:

1) you moved BACK to nebraska? omg. why? i thought you were in virginia?

well, for 3 reasons. 1–lemme start this off by saying when we moved to VA 4 years ago, we NEVER said we were gonna be there for life. i have no idea where ppl got this idea. even when we moved out there, we knew that it would only be for a few years & then we’d probably move somewhere else. the following 2 reasons are why that “few years” was only 4 (which is still a “few years” but i digress). 2–to be closer to caleb’s family. nuff said. 3–to straighten out some financial issues.

2) when? when did you move? when did you decide?

we’ve been in NE for a little over a week. we’ve decided to move out of VA for about a year ago. see reasons above why we settled for NE.

and because this is the short version, I’ll end it here.
maybe i’ll work on a longer version later.

from my folks:

New York City Public Schools have officially declared Jewish English, now dubbed Hebronics, as a second language. Backers of the move say the city schools are the first in the nation to recognize Hebronics as a valid language and a significant attribute of American culture.

According to Howard Ashland, linguistics professor at Brooklyn College and renowned Hebronics scholar, the sentence structure of Hebronics derives from middle and eastern European language patterns, as well as Yiddish.
Professor Shulman explains, “In Hebronics, the response to any question is usually another question with a complaint that is either implied or stated.

Thus ‘How are you?’ may be answered, ‘How should I be, with my bad feet?’ Shulman says that Hebronics is a superb linguistic vehicle for expressing sarcasm or skepticism. An example is the repetition of a word with “sh” or “shm” at the beginning: “Mountains, shmountains. Stay away. You should want a nosebleed?”

Another Hebronics pattern is moving the subject of a sentence to the end, with its pronoun at the beginning: “It’s beautiful; that dress.”

Shulman says one also sees the Hebronics verb moved to the end of the sentence. Thus the response to a remark such as “He’s slow as a turtle,” could be: “Turtle shmurtle! Like a fly in Vaseline he walks.”

Shulman provided the following examples from his best-selling textbook, Switched-On Hebronics:

Question: “What time is it?”
English answer: “Sorry, I don’t know.”
Hebronic response: “What am I, a clock?”

Remark: “I hope things turn out okay.”
English answer: “Thanks.”
Hebronic response: “I should be so lucky!”

Remark: “Hurry up. Dinner’s ready.”
English answer: “Be right there.”
Hebronic response: “Alright already, I’m coming. What’s with the ‘hurry’ business?”

Remark: “I like the tie you gave me; I wear it all the time.”
English answer: “Glad you like it.”
Hebronic response: “So what’s the matter; you don’t like the other ties I gave you?”

Remark: “Sarah and I are engaged.”
English answer: “Congratulations!”
Hebronic response: “She could stand to lose a few pounds.”

Question: “Would you like to go riding with us?”
English answer: “Just say when.”
Hebronic response: “Riding, shmiding! Do I look like a cowboy?”

To the guest of honor at a birthday party:
English response: “Happy birthday.”
Hebronic response: “A year smarter you should become.”

Remark: “It’s a beautiful day.”
English answer: “Sure is.”
Hebronic response: “So the sun is out; what else is new?”

Answering a phone call from a son:
English response: “It’s been a while since you called.”
Hebronic response: “You didn’t wonder if I’m dead already?”

so the past few wks, i noticed that my scale was on the fritz. i have a digital scale that’s SUPPOSED TO flash your weight at you after 3s or something. my scale does not. no flashing of any kind. instead, it jumps all over the place (number-wise, not literally ;)). so now idk if it was really accurate or not. but i have good news! i ordered a coolio kind from amazon & it should be here tomo! yay! i’ve been sick for the past few days so i’m sure that’s gotta help (i kid, i kid).

FINALLY! after trying several times, chloe is potty trained! yay! i’m so happy & very proud of her. it’s one of my huge projects that’s completed. it’s such a sense of accomplishment. i think she’s been properly potty trained for like 4-5 days now. i’m not sure what exactly happened other than our perseverance. for a week or two, she wouldn’t go in her potty but would go in her diaper like 3m after we stopped “trying.” then, all the sudden, the whole behavioral issue just stopped. praise god! i’m a happy & proud mama.

down 12.5#. i haven’t been in these “10s” since before virginia. so about 4 yrs.

tmi in 3…2…1…:i decided not to weigh myself during my “womenly week.” i bloat pretty bad & so my numbers are all off. of course, the following week, it looks like i did awesome.

i know how incredibly arrogant i’m gonna sound here in a sec but i don’t care: am i the only one that’s not in total denial?

just wondering…

i’m down 10 lbs & under my pre-chloe weight.
what up.

ahhh! i gotta make this short b/c i’ve been behind on some important crap that i hafta do. including working out for today.

1 to 10: 5-6? i’ve noticed that i’m starting to feel better & not crave wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets so much. now, i’m like, “ehh…i don’t hafta have them. i have grapes instead” & y’all now how much i love my fruit!

exercise: i’ve been slacking. i have done SOME but not every day like i wanted to. tomorrow is another day.

calories: again, w/ the ups & downs! one day i’ll do the awesome, the next i’m at 2000+. yeesh. i’m working on it.

other concerns: my sleeping habits have started to shift back to normal. i noticed it about 2 days ago so that’s good.

pounds lost: another 1.5! woo hoo!
total: 3!

well, i started out really good & i’ve slowly slumped off the past 2 days. ugh. i feel disgusting. and not like in a “i’m so ashamed” feeling (although, there is some of that too). it’s more of a, “i feel like i ate my body weight” disgusting feeling.

over the past few days:

1 to 10: 4-5. see “other concerns.”

exercise: done about 30m of cardio, some sculpting, & then jack squat yest & today.

calories: way too damn much! i did good on day 3 & 4. i bombed yest & destroyed today. trust me. it’s ridiculous.

other concerns: i need to find out some way to balance all of this out for when i work on the weekends. i can’t exactly leave for a carrot break but i’m gonna need to. not eating for several hours is what’s hurting me. then i pretty much binge b/c i’m so hungry. especially when i worked on eating healthy snacks throughout the day. hmmm…must figure that out….

pounds lost: 1.5! woo hoo!

so i’m feeling better today. not a whole lot but a little bit. i think the beautiful sunshine is helping.

i’m also on cloud 9 b/c chloe went potty in her big girl potty! yay! the best part is that she was only sitting for like 3m & she told me the second she was done peeing! i’m so proud of her! as you know, we’ve tried several times to potty train. it seems like she’s never rly motivated or something. caleb & i talked & decided that she probably needs a bigger “carrot.” so we bought “candy land.” she’s been sitting on the pot, w/ this huge game in her lap, & asking me all & every question about it. i told her that she could play it after she goes potty (so, yes, it’s still sealed). needless to say, she’s been trying so hard but tonight she did it! i also noticed that she was sounding out the letters! she’s TWO! “what does ‘c’ say? ‘c’ says ‘cuh! cuh!’” my kid’s a friggin genius!

i try to weigh myself on thurs mornings so we’ll see how that goes. i’m not rly hoping for anything outside of 1 lb. that would be glorious. meanwhile, here are today’s stats:

scale of 1 to 10: 5ish. like i said, a little better from yest but i’m not “up there” yet.

exercise: 20m of cardio. my abs are sore! but that’s a good sign!

calories: if i figured it out right, i’m at 1388. goal is 1480 (i think) for today. i know it sounds freakishly low (well, to me it does) but i’m actually fine. i’m eating veggies & maybe some string cheese at work when i get hungry. in short, i’m staying full longer. oh, the wonders of healthy eating! of course i know that i’m trying to lose weight so i wanna find that perfect balance where i’m eating enough to lose weight but not too much that my body goes into “starvation” mode.

other concerns: i had a hard time waking up this morning. basically b/c i couldn’t breathe. stupid allergies. i’m gonna pop a claritin tonight & see if that helps for the morning. other than that, my sleep schedule’s still off. boo.