Yay, it's the weekend!

Katie wasn't feeling good tonight and was complaining that her stomach was hurting. She had a cup of milk tonight and threw up afterwards. My stomach wasn't feeling too great either, so now I'm wondering if it was the dinner we had. I thought we had a great dinner, minus the tummy ache. Stu grilled chicken tonight and I'm not sure if it was the chicken that was bad or if it was a little under cooked. Stu thinks it was under cooked, but I blame myself for that because I kept telling him to not over cook it. Thankfully Katie feels normal again, and my stomach has settled a bit more.
We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us. We have a lot of house work to do tomorrow afternoon, and then we have a birthday party to go to. Then, we're planning on taking the kids to the zoo Sunday. I'm trying to find one of those cute insulated tote bags to take with us so that we can take our lunch. The food there is junky and not to mention overpriced!
We have been really good about eating healthy, and proud of ourselves that we have changed our eating habits (or at least for the most part). We have red meat once in a blue moon, whereas we'd have it at least 1-2 times a week. Stu uses his Jack LaLanne juicer almost everyday and makes us fruit and veggie drinks so that we get that all in. I am not much of a fruit eater and I definately don't get all my veggies in everday, so drinking it is so easy and it tastes great surprisingly.
This week has been pretty hectic for me as far as deciding on whether or not to keep my board certification. At the end of each year, we have to renew our certification and pay our fees. Well, with my dad being sick at that time, and with us living at my parent's home for the month of Dec, I completely forgot to renew it. I followed up on it and they gave me till the end of this month to pay my fees to renew it. Not only did I realize that I was late on my fees, but every 3 years, we are required to complete so many continuing education hours, and yes, this happens to by my recertification time. After talking to Stu and trying to decide what's best for me, I've decided to continue it. I have worked way too hard in getting my Master's and sitting for my boards to throw it away. I have also worked with so many great children with autism, and I feel honored to be able to have this title, so I can't give it up. I love the principles of ABA (applied behavior analysis), even though I feel like I need a refresher course. I joke and say that I've lost all my ABA skills after having Sophie. I quit my job in Jan 2007, so needless to say, I don't have any continuing education hours. I need to have 24 hours by Nov. I was so stressed, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is a 3 day workshop that is offered in 2 weeks, and my friend Gail who is also the director I worked for, has generously given me a HUGE discount to go. I am so thankful! The rest of the hours I can take online. So, some of my stress has diminished. Thanks to Stupot who is always supportive and gives me great advice, and to Gail who is hooking me up to go to Dr. Carbone's workshop.