CJ, it has been a few days. I think it's been a week now since I last posted. However, we have been busy, busy, busy. We went to Calgary last weekend to check out the new condo...ended up racing around to get new access cards made (the ones we got with the purchase didn't work), then had the locks changed, looked for a management company to rent the place, oh yeah, and had to clean. There was a layer of grease on absolutely everything. Since the ceilings are 12', it was up and down the ladder for 2 days trying to get all the grunge off.
Then it was a rushed trip back home because my DM missed her birthday party the week before so we had to rebook for this past weekend. She is starting into the first stages of dimentia and has difficulty remembering anything for more than the moment that you are speaking with her. Anyway, we got that done and she was pleased that she was honoured - the boys and their girlfriends made a special trip to see her, also.
Then on Tuesday, I got a call from her to let me know that her cat had died. Soooo, it was dealing with the cat on Tuesday evening. We still have a lot of snow in our backyard, so have buried it in the snow until the weekend when we can have mom out to the acreage and bury the little dear properly. Right now, we don't have any light when we get home from work, and it is too cold to have mom out in the evenings to do something like that. I can also spend more time with her on the weekend. She has had the cat for 19 years, so it has become a constant companion for her.
On top of all that, the boss has been away. Although it is nice when he is gone, I end up dealing with the major problems that come this way. Sooooo, this week has been a scramble all around.
I am really looking forward to the weekend for some peace and quiet - finishing handrails in the master bedroom, scraping the ceilings and re-stippling them, installing hardwood floors, baseboards and window trim, making window treatments (they aren't called curtains anymore
), changing light fixtures, etc., etc., etc.
Also must get some Christmas baking done. I have decided that I would join a cookie exchange this year, so must get stuff done for that. Last year we had DS's girlfriend living with us and she decided that the traditions in our family were insignificant and just tromped all over everyone. I was really hurt that we weren't allowed to eat the foods that we traditionally have, nor celebrate the traditions that are improtant to us. I was too stunned to say anything, but this is a new year, and things WILL be different.
Sylvia - Great to hear from you. Hope to hear more when you are done housesitting. Talk next week.
Loon - I would like to be staying home for a while to be able to catch up on some of my projects and housecleaning. I am booked for surgery soon, so might be able to fit some of that in, if I feel like it. DH used to travel quite a bit, so I convinced him that I should have a puppy to keep me company when he was gone for a month, or two. Two weeks after the puppy came home, one DS moved back home, then a few months later, the other DS moved his stuff and his puppy back home, four months after that he moved himself and his girlfriend back home... Yep 5 adults and 2 dogs. THEN DH changed jobs and doesn't travel anymore.
But, I got my puppy. Hope the job hunting goes well and that you get the customer service job. Sounds like it will be right up your alley. Take care.
CJ - 5 days OP!!! Woohoo. WTG, girl. Keep it up. You will have those few pounds off soon...remember, though, that Thanksgiving is coming and plan to stay OP for that. You can do this.
Shaun - Keep up the great work on eating. Your snacking last night was all OP foods, so don't beat yourself up over eating something when you are hungry, especially when it is OP foods. What program are you following? When DH is away, have you tried having a larger meal during the day and eating more snacky foods in the evening when you don't feel like cooking? Remember, you don't need to eat at specified times, just when you are hungry. Keep working on it, though. You can do it.
Well, I guess I should get going here. I have a complaint to respond to and I have been putting it off all day. Well, I shall grit my teeth and just get it done.
I'll try to pop in tomorrow. Have a great evening everyone.