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Thursday, January 26th, 2012When I wrote my resolutions for the year I wrote about making a decision regarding my employment in the future. This was something that I don’t take lightly. I have not worked for 8 1/2 years because I believe that it was what was best for me and my children. Now faced with the facts [...]
Best Laid Plans
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012It is time for me to reflect on my resolutions from 2011. Time to decide what worked, what didn’t, and if they are still a value I should pursue. Family budget: We have certainly paired down our spending a lot. We are living debt free and that is wonderful. Should we move to completely cash [...]
Christmas Cards
Friday, December 16th, 2011It’s almost Christmas and for the first year ever I am only just now sending out my Christmas cards. I tried really hard to get them out sooner but things just didn’t work out. Christmas cards are one of those special holiday things to me. I love to send them around the globe and know [...]
TV Madness
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Everyday when the kids sit down to watch a show they start one of the most annoying games. One child will say, “in every showing I am ________.” Basically they choose a character from the tvshow/cartoon/movie to “be”. Inevitably there is an argument over who is who and pouts about the fact that “you get [...]
Blessed Beyond Belief
Monday, September 26th, 2011Often I hear people talking about my life like it is some dreamy life. I roll my eyes at them and brush it off wondering why they can’t see what I see. Don’t they see that my house is only clean for a couple hours a week after it has been cleaned? Can’t they see [...]
10 days
Monday, September 26th, 2011Wow. . . 10 days without an update on the blog. Life certainly is busy these days and the blog is one of the last things that gets worked on when I am overworked. Honestly, not a whole lot has been going on. Kids are going to school. Paul is going to preschool. The kids [...]
So Squishy
Friday, September 9th, 2011The other day I was sitting on the couch with the kids and they were fighting over sitting next to me. I didn’t understand what was going on at first and asked why they needed to sit right next to me. Here is the responses I got: “Because you are so squishy.” “Because you are [...]
Every Action Speaks
Friday, September 2nd, 2011Often I can find myself just going through life, getting by and not remembering that every action speaks. I think this is something we all do. It is hard to be in control every second and to be the person you want to be every second of every day. Sometimes I speak to harshly to [...]
Emotions Running High
Thursday, August 18th, 2011I remember the day I realized Annie and Kimberly would be going to preschool. I recall how I felt letting them go, how I was far more worried for how they would handle the world than for how I would. Next Tuesday Paul has his open house at preschool so we can both go check [...]
Spinning in circles
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011I recently had the opportunity to participate in heartsy.me. I thought it would be fun and that I might sell some bags and get enough money to buy the gorgeous sewing machine I had been dreaming of. I had no idea how my feature would be received and nothing prepared me for what happened. I [...]
Change of Opinion
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011It has almost been a month since I have updated you about the healthier me project. The reason I haven’t updated is because, honestly there isn’t much to tell. I go to my workouts sporadically, I follow my diet somedays and not others, and I still weigh the exact same as I did 4 weeks [...]
When Crafting Goes Wrong
Friday, June 3rd, 2011Sometimes crafting has an ugly side, a gory bloody ugly side. That side showed it’s ugly head on Tuesday afternoon. Mimi and I were settling in to make some owl coasters for Bill. We had already found the fabrics we wanted to include in our project. Mimi was sitting at the machine ready to sew [...]
Good Enough
Monday, May 23rd, 2011“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.” ~Arthur Freed Too often I think people try to be different. We are often told to buck the system and make our own paths. However, I feel that this can sometimes be a disservice. Of course, we should find a new [...]
Week 7 to a Healthier Me
Friday, May 20th, 2011This weeks weight loss is .5 pounds, for a grand total of 3 pounds since I have begun this journey. I continue to feel stronger but I really wish the scale would move more. I missed Monday’s training with my trainer but made it to both of my jog/walking meet ups. I have rallied a [...]
Where is Summer??
Monday, May 16th, 201173 degrees for the high this week!?!?!?!? What is going on here? Where is the global warming the democrats promise me is coming? Where is my summer? Kids get out of school next week and instead of being a nice hot summer day it will be in the 90′s. What gives? Normally we would already [...]
Week 6 to a Healthier Me
Friday, May 13th, 2011This week weight loss is .5 pounds. Certainly not much but better than 0 pounds. This week I made it to all three of my trainings. I even ran/walked 2 times this week. I feel much stronger and my endurance is much better. Therapy continues on my shoulder. I have two more sessions next week [...]
Week 5 to a Healthier Me
Saturday, May 7th, 2011I lost 0 pounds. I only made it to the Wednesday training with my trainer. Tuesday and Thursday I went to the middle school track and ran/walked a mile. I ran 1/4 of the track, walked 1/4 of the track and repeated until I had gone for a mile. Between therapy on my shoulder, which [...]
Week 3 to a Healthier Me
Friday, April 22nd, 2011This week I only made it to Friday mornings workout. The kids were sick during the night with colds and waking up at 5:40 with little sleep just didn’t sit well with me. Also Madeline’s birthday on Wednesday I wanted to be home when she woke up. Aside from the fact that I somehow injured [...]
Week 2 to a Healthier Me
Monday, April 18th, 2011Last week I made it to all my workouts and made sure to stay on track with my food choices. The net loss was -1 pound. (-2 if you count the +1 I had the week prior.) This is fine progress. It doesn’t thrill me, nor does it devastate me. I certainly wish it were [...]
You Have to be Kidding Me
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011When we were on vacation in San Diego we had an unfortunate experience. I will set the scene for you: We are wandering around Sea World and Paul is being a typical 3 year old. I have finally had enough of his antics and am sending Bill to the van to get the stroller so [...]
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