Friday Happy Dance

I'm glad it's Friday and I am happily looking forward to a quiet weekend of doing stuff around the house. Hub has to work tomorrow, so I'll be a bit lonely. He hasn't had much overtime lately, and the money will help since 1) it's his birthday next Saturday and we are going on a surprise trip up to the DC area to visit friends and 2) our lawn mower is on it's last legs (wheels?).

I am still eating too much crap and not getting enough exercise. My weight is hovering in the same area, so it's at least not going up any more. We've been having a bit of an .. issue around our house with the equitable distribution of the housework since the cleaning lady is only coming once per month now. Instead of getting up at 5 to walk, I've been getting up at 5 to clean. We had a "come to Jesus" talk about THAT last weekend.

This afternoon's bit project is organizing the sewing room. Hub is building some shelving in the guest room closet for me, so I'll have additional storage (much needed for craft stuff).

I guess I'm organizing my proverbial nest for winter. :-)

Playing ketchup

This weekend was waaaaay too busy. Friday I shopped, Saturday we were out of town all day - getting home just in time to collapse into bed, and then Sunday I had gobs of cooking to do. The day ended with me falling into bed, exhausted, my kitchen looking like a crime scene. I've gotten up early the past 2 mornings, but instead of walking I've worked in the kitchen! Hopefully we'll get it cleaned up tonight.

We took the boat out yesterday evening, which was really nice. We were able to swim, but it seems to be cooling off around here.

Weight is staying the same.

Maybe one day, but not to-day

Many times on this journey I've gotten discouraged, and many times I've wanted to quit. I always tell myself that I can give up one day, just not to-day. Even though I don't have a lot positive to report, I can say that I haven't quit.

Thanks for reading and commenting Jack - it helps a lot!

A rut too deep to climb out of?

I am so stuck in my current rut. By the time I get home, I don't even have the will to try & climb out of it. It's a very discouraging feeling. My new mantra is "tomorrow." Not good. Evenings have become "snackin' time!" and morning has become "sleeping in time." Double not good.

Too much information, too many choices

You know how people are always complaining about not having enough time/ too much stress? Of course we do! Good grief - our parents didn't have nearly the responsibility to manage things like their health care and retirement funds the way we are expected to do today. Try managing all of those things, keep the household on a budget, raise kids, maintain the home, maintain the cars, cook, and hold down a full time job.

I need a wife! :-)

I am getting very frazzled.

Food isn't ugly, but it's in the "not good" range and I'm too tired to get up and walk. And I have too much on my plate for the weekend.

Things are pretty good - hub still working for a good company, boy liking his new school, but there's just a lot and my brain is feeling overfull.

I had a dream

I dreamt last night about my weight, only I'm not sure I was really me but I was (if that makes any sense).

I hope I am getting ready to be at a point where I am willing and able to deal with my weight.

I'm not gaining, but I'm not losing any either. Exercise is spotty, but not non-existent.

I'm not there yet

I'm still doing my Sunday cooking session to make the week easier. This year I decided that I would make the same thing for Minday and Wednesday nights: a casserole in advance, a pot of soup in the crockpot that can be re-heated for Wednesday - that sort of thing. My reasoning was that Monday and Wednesday are the nights I have available to go to spin class, so that would make it easier for me to go.

I have to admit, I haven't been yet.

I am walking my 2 miles in the morning regularly, but my eating is nowhere near under control and until it gets that way I don't feel up to spin. But I'm slwoly dragging myself back into my routine...

Please send cash :-)

Hub got the root canal (and filling). Our part is just over $800. He will need a crown, but it can wait until the first of the year, when our insurance starts over. He is filling better - his mouth is still a bit sore, but hopefully that will subside.

Last night we took my mom to the urgent care place. She was supposed to have a colonoscopy this morning and they had given her an anti-nausea medicine to help her keep down all that crap you're supposed to ingest. She was allergic to it, so off we went last night. She's feeling better this morning - I let the boy have the day off school so he could look after her. He was worried, and I appreciate the fact that he wants to help out. And I was tired.

So, earlier in the evening the boy came to us and asked us to sit down as he had something serious to discuss. His grandpa and his wife want to take the boat down to the Bahamas next summer, and he wants to go. Because she can't take that much time off work, it would mean that boy & grandpa would sail the boat from Washington NC down to Merritt Island Florida (a week's trip). His wife would fly down & meet them there, they'd sail to the Bahamas (a week down and a week back), drop her back off to fly home, and then sail back from Merritt Island. So, he'd be on the boat for a month.

I reminded him about the issues on the last trip. Granted, this time his uncle won't be there to make them nuts (he wasn't much help anyway), they won't have to rely on hard charts (GPS is working), and he can take along medicine for the sea sickness we had no idea he would get. But still, a month is a long time. We gave him permission, but hub wants him to have a personal GPS as well (for the record, hub does not share in our family's passionate love of the water).

My step brother in law and his wife may take their sailboat along as well (they live on Merritt Island), so they'd be caravanning down to the Bahamas, which would make everyone feel better.

Things like this make you realize that your baby is growing into a mature, responsible, amazing person.

I owe my soul to the company store

Let’s review, shall we?

January: husband has crown, resulting in an emergency root canal.
April: son needs braces
June: house has termites
September: husband’s tooth hurts – needs an emergency root canal, possibly a crown as well. Oh yeah, and of course the dental is nearly maxed out, so all but $250 will be out of pocket.

Should I sell blood? A dog? The dog’s blood? Just joking (so far).

We just can’t seem to get a stinking break this year. Oh well, we’re healthy and we have dental insurance.

Start of the school year

Overall, the post vacation/start of the school year seems to be going better than normal. My eating is getting back to normal, I’m getting up at 5 and walking every morning, and I seem to have a decent plan for meals – making a double batch of something (casserole on the weekend, something in the crock pot Monday) and then having it for both Monday and Wednesday nights. This frees up those 2 nights for spin class. No, I haven’t gotten back to spin class, but my house is largely back in order, my habits are falling back in place, and I’ll be back at the gym in the next couple of weeks. Baby steps.

I think I mentioned it – my company is sponsoring a “Financial Peace University” class for 25 employees. Names were drawn by lottery, and I got picked! It’s 13 weeks long. Every week we watch a 1 hour-ish dvd by Dave Ramsey, then we spend an hour talking about how to apply these principles in our lives, discuss where we are, goals – etc. So it can get fairly personal, but so far its okay. Luckily, no one from my department is in there with me. A girl I work with went through the last one and said it was great. Our spouses get to attend as well. It’s so great to finally be getting on the same page about money! I think this is a really good program.

The boy seems to be enjoying public school – he’s happier, he’s doing his chores and schoolwork with less argument (hopefully that will last!), and he’s getting up in the morning! Knock on wood!

Anyway, things have been kinda stressful with the whole back to school plus some (potential) re-structuring coming at work. But overall, things are okay.