Morning chickies!

This is going to be a quick entry, at least quick for me, because I have a 3 hour meeting coming up in a few minutes. What fun!

Well, yesterday was a decent day. Water was good (especially for a traveling day), food wasn’t too bad, and I even managed to get a decent haircut and do some grocery shopping. Tonight will be hopefully the last of the grocery shopping for a few days and dyeing my hair back to its natural color once again.

I did, however, manage to beat myself even more. My right ankle is still a bit sore, and now my left ankle is being all achey too. And I smacked my hand on something yesterday (don’t remember what) and it is all scraped and bruised from the middle of my index finger all the way down across my thumb and onto my wrist. It’s not that bad, it just looks like I’ve been seriously injured. *rolls her eyes*

Steve and I are going to Applebee’s for lunch today. We’ve got a gift certificate, and it’s easier for me to eat healthily at lunch than dinner when we eat out. I’m thinking I’ll get a big salad… yum yum yum. I’m just in a salad mood today. Perhaps because I haven’t been getting enough veggies this week… hmmm…

Anyway, time to post and go to the meeting. Have a good day, chicks!
~Elisha

Hello!

Well, I am all packed and ready to go......tomorrow after work. (And that may depend on DH, as he has not been feeling well today.....and I made him promise that if he wasn't better by tomorrow, he would tell me and we could delay a day or so

I have been doing everything else except watching calories......they have been too high, I am sure, and I haven't made time for exercise......sheesh! But tomorrow, I will weigh in.....and vow to come back from vacation weighing no more than that!

Have a wonderful week, chickies......I will miss all of you!

Morning chicks!

Things are going…. well, things are going. Yesterday was a plain crappy day, most of it having to do with work. Everything is going crazy, and everyone is getting mad, and I don’t know there’s a whole lot anyone can do about it.

So my plan for last night didn’t happen. Well, I did manage to get more groceries. But the rest of the evening was off. We had to go bowling because we missed a game on Sunday. We didn’t know we were supposed to bowl 2 games on Sunday (but even if we had known we couldn’t have made it, but they didn’t ask us before making that decision). So anyway, we go bowling. We thought they doubled-up on the games so that we wouldn’t have to bowl on Easter Sunday. Apparently they just doubled-up on the games because they scheduled their summer league too early and need us to be done 3 weeks sooner, so we have to double-up on games two more times as well, so we still have to bowl this weekend. Umm… not my fault you morons don’t know how to read a calendar. Grrr… We will not be bowling at the same place next fall. Incompetence will not be tolerated.

So food and water yesterday weren’t too bad. We ended up doing Panera Bread rather than Applebee’s for lunch because Steve took forever to get here and I had to be back in time for a meeting. But it was good, and I made a semi-healthy choice.

Tonight will be picking up the last few items at the grocery store and a birthday present for my dad, then home to cook dinner, dye my hair, and get started on the cleaning. Tomorrow will be more cleaning and some of the cooking, then Steve’s sister is coming to stay with us tomorrow night. Sunday is cleaning more, cooking more, eating too much, chatting with families, and stupid bowling.

Today’s menu:
Breakfast:
2.5 c. coffee w/vanilla nut creamer
Hash brown
Egg
2 slices whole-grain toast w/Brummel and Brown

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine
Banana
Fun-size 3 Musketeers

Snack:
Cheese-on-cheese crackers

Dinner: (I think, but subject to change)
Pork tenderloin
Broccoli
Rice

OK, I guess I should get back to my crappy job. Have a good day, chicks.
~Elisha

Hiyeee...

Life is OK. Calories have been higher than my goal, but lower than what it takes to maintain my current weight. So I should be losing...

Am having a few feeling fat days. PMS time might be the cause.

Spreadsheet is definitely helping. Especially with the pop and fruit/veggie accountability.

Tomorrow I go in for surgery on the knee. Hope it heals fast!

This will be the 3rd time I tried posting this...Fingers crossed! Grrrr....

I just typed a very nice long post...and hit the backspace key ( thought)and lost the whole darned thing! Grrr!

Happy Easter to all of you if you celebrate. If not, Happy Sunday!

It's been a week since I posted! No excuses, just lazy, I think. It's been hard to get motivated since being back from vacation! Food has been pretty much whatever...lots of Fast food and fried food. I did get in some exercise this week, albeit a bit light. Walked a few times and got in some yard work yesterday...raking! My back is a bit sore today, which means I really need to get back to my toning exercises!

I'm thinking about a "Mid Month Exercise Challenge"! Anyone up for it? I am going for 90 minutes of Aerobic and 40 minutes of toning. That's a total of 130 exercise minutes. It's been a while since I really concentrated on exercising, so I think it's about time I get back on the band wagon. The weather here is starting to get nice and I have my bike ready to go (tires pumped). I do need to wash it, though! I took it for a short ride this week with DD and it felt good to get on it!

The scale has not shown a loss or a gain (which is good) but I really feel FAT right now. I'm not toned at all and my legs look horrible (cellulite) and I'm achy all over most often. I feel weak and just plain lazy! So...it's time! Time to start this thing back up...not just for a few days, but for LIFE! I know what I need to do (we all do) and I'm so good at the lip service and writing it down, but to actually follow through for more than a few days or a week...well, that's another story!

Today is Easter and to me, it means New Life. So having said that, I want a new life. A new body. I need to make some sacrifices to work for it and I know how to. My Lenten sacrifice was not what it should have been, so I'm going to work harder the rest of this month and really put forth some effort.

How am I going to do this?

1. Dig out my spread sheet and start planning exercise and food
2. Set my alarm for 6am every day to start my day unhurriedly and work out, prepare a lunch, meditate (not necessarily in that order)
3. Record my food intake every day at the end of the day
4. Start each day with a positive affirmation to myself and end each day with something I am grateful for

I need to print that out and post it on my fridge!

Anyone who wants to join in the Exercise challenge, I will try to keep us all accountable. Just post your minutes here.

Have a beautiful Easter Sunday!

Hugs!

Good Morning Chickies...
I feel good today, albeit a sore back again. Yesterday we went to my sister's for Easter dinner (she's a great cook!) and ate waaaaaay too much! So after dinner, she suggested going for a walk. DH actually came along. It was probably 2 miles and it felt so good! So I added my first 30 minutes to my "ticker"! I also dug out a "health" book this morning during my "meditation time" which might have some tips in it for me. It's a workbook of sorts, which is what I need to start focusing, I think!

Yes...I got up at 6am BEFORE the alarm even went off! I sorted a huge pile of paperwork that I needed to sort out, cleaned up my kitchen a bit, made myself and DD breakfast and had time for some morning meditation! It feels good Now I need to go get showered.

I still need to get out my spread sheets so I can start doing the menu planning, but for tonight, we are having grilled chicken and salad...maybe some leftover garlic mashed potoates that my sister gave me (along with a bunch of other stuff). Lunch is going to be some grilled asparagus and some deli turkey breast and a few Wheat Thins.

Gotta get running so I'm not running late today!

Hope you all have a great day! I'll make comments tonight...I PROMISE!!!

Morning chickies!

April showers are in full force in north-central WV this morning! Or at least they were. Now that I’m stuck in the office, it looks like the sun is trying to come out. Of course!

Julie, I’m up for a mid-month exercise challenge! My goal is 255 minutes. It is time to get back to business!

So I mentioned a few days ago that I’ve been reading Bob Greene’s Total Body Makeover. This morning I officially started on his program. He doesn’t give you a diet, merely a few eating guidelines/rules, like have an eating cut-off time (mine is now 7:30). The main part of the program is exercise. I really want to focus on exercise this month, and in the upcoming months. This is a 12-week program, with increases in the amount of exercise you do each week. Tonight I am going to print out weekly charts to hang on my frig.

This morning my alarm went off at 5am. Since I was late getting to bed last night, I turned it off and went back to sleep until 6. But then I got up and took Ella for a brisk 15-minute walk. I know 15 minutes isn’t much, but it’s better than nothing. And let me tell you, we were really hoofing it! I was sweating after just a few minutes. It was barely drizzling when we left the house, and as we went the rain got progressively heavier. By the time we got back it was really starting to pour, and we were both soaked. So I dried off Ella a bit, then hopped in the shower. Tonight will be another, hopefully longer walk (at least 30 minutes), then some stretching and some weights. The plan for the week is 5 30-minute aerobic sessions (walking, stair-stepper, or bike), 1 60-minute aerobic session, 3 15-minute weight sessions, and stretching every day. I’m not counting my stretching time toward my exercise minutes goal, so that brings me to my goal of 255 minutes.

But I do feel good today. Since I made myself get up and walk this morning, I feel like I actually accomplished something. And I had a healthy breakfast, so there’s something else good I did for myself today. I like it.

And food will be better. I set a new goal on my DietPower software to correspond to the 12-week program. This morning I am at 219.6 (though I know that is a little inflated because of all the food yesterday, and not enough water over the weekend). By the end of the 12 weeks (Monday, July 10), I hope to be in the 200-205 range, if not lower. If I can make it below 200… well, I will be a happy girl.

Menu for today:

Breakfast:
2 c. coffee w/FF vanilla creamer
2 slices whole wheat toast
1 T. peanut butter
1 T. apple butter
1 c. fruit salad (homemade, no sauce)
1 c. skim milk

Lunch:
1 ww bun
3 oz. roasted turkey
1 slice Muenster
½ c. baked apples
1 mini Cadbury egg

Snack:
Dried apricots or cheese crackers

Dinner:
3 oz. roasted ham or turkey (leftovers)
1 c. green beans
Salad w/LF dressing
Banana for dessert

The plan for tonight is to exercise as soon as I get home, then eat dinner, then spend the rest of the evening pampering myself: finally dyeing my hair and giving myself a much-needed pedicure. At some point I’ll print out those exercise charts I was talking about.

So anyway, this weekend went well. Friday night and all day Saturday were spent cleaning. On Saturday I did about half of my cooking too, so Saturday was a busy day. Steve and I did take Ella for a walk, so there was some exercise involved (besides heavy cleaning), and I got to meet some of our neighbors, so that was nice. Sunday morning was more frenzied cleaning and cooking. Yesterday was a couple of firsts for me: my first family dinner in our new house, my first time trying most of the recipes I made, and the first time my family met Steve’s family. Everyone ate till they were stuffed, everything turned out well, and everyone got along. Overall a very successful Easter dinner.

At this point I just have to talk about food for a minute. I made both a ham and a turkey, a Better Than Sex Cake, a dulce de leche cheesecake, sweet and sour carrots, garlicky green beans, rolls, and a big salad. Mom made pasta salad, my brother gf made the fruit salad, and my grandma made cheesy potatoes, devilled eggs, and pickled beets and eggs. I did pretty well eating though, or at least better than I used to. I had big servings of green beans and carrots and small servings of everything else. At one time I could have eaten that and kept going, but this time I ate that and was stuffed.

On a completely random note, I’m trying to cut back on my coffee intake, at least a little bit, and the amount of creamer I put in my coffee. Usually I will pour a cup with way too much creamer, then refill it a few times before I leave the house, then take a big mug with me. This morning I had one small cup with just a smidge of creamer and I didn’t refill it at all (I didn’t even finish it), and I still brought my mug with me, with a medium amount of creamer. I think it may have helped that I had a glass of water (after my walk) and a cup of milk before I even started on the coffee.

On another completely random note, Steve’s mom (who is a botany professor) gave us some advice on the plants we have and which ones to get, and they offered to buy us a lawn mower as a house-warming present.

Wow… now I’ve written a novel. OK, time for me to get to work. Have a beautiful day, chicks!
~Elisha

Hola, chickadees! Hope everyone had a happy and healthy easter!

Man, oh man, I'm sore today. It's been a hectic week. When's the last time I had 2 minutes to post? I can't even remember. I don't know if I got to mention, but Roid got in big time trouble. So bad that she was in behind closed doors for nearly an hour. The very next day? More poop hit the fan, on different files. Oh, I was doing the "she finally got caught" super colossal happy dance! Wicked of me, but it was about time. This past Friday- even more poop hit the fan when she called off "sick" after leaving early on Wed for Passover, and then leaving a 1pm on Thurs for "sinus headaches".

I have an official move date. Perhaps all my whining here finally worked some wonders, because the movers are coming Saturday morning (4/22) and 3 big burly men will be helping to pack up the remaining bits & pieces of our stuff, load the truck, and dump us at the new house. They will move furniture into the final resting places, so that'll be nice, too. I am taking Monday & Tuesday off next week, and see if I can't get a big chunk of stuff weeded through and away.

I can hardly believe it- 4 months after the house is finished, we're finally going to be making it our home. Housewarming Party! Bring your own chairs! Plenty of room for everyone!

And then, next Wednesday, the commute begins, with half hour lunches, and less Roid time. More prep time for me. A killer kitchen, with room to prepare many things at once. Breakfasts & lunches will be packed. And mentally, things will be coming together. If I can just get back to that place where I was when everything was clicking....the food fell into place, and the exercising was the only thing I had to make a concerted effort to fit in. I sure hope this change of scenery jump starts the mojo in a big way.

Have a wonderful week, chickies- I will try to get in here in the mornings to update. If not, as of Saturday I'll be back with my computer!

((((((((( chickies! )))))))))))))

Evening Chickies...

It was nice to hear from you Jennifer. Can't wait to have you back full time!

Elisha...Your Sunday dinner sounds divine! You did awesome, chickie! And glad you are joining me for the "Mid Month Challenge"! I am so ready!

TBJ...I hope the knee is feeling ok. I'm sure there's some swelling right now, but hang in there. I'm sending good vibes! Keep up the good work and soon you will be back to Jijitsu!

MsRD...I know you are on vacation (where are you, anyway?) but I hope you are enjoying yourself. Know we are thinking of you!

Joy...I haven't seen a post from you in a looooooong time! You need to get in here and join us for this mid month challenge! Time is ticking away...(tick, tick, tick!)

I don't know where the rest of you are, either! Maybe this April weather is getting us all outside!

And speaking of that, I went for another 30 minute walk tonight. Not as fast, but it was 30 minutes, anyway! I'm hoping to get up to 40 minutes by next Monday!

Food today was good.

Water was lacking a bit, but I am still drinking! Probably only about 50 oz. so far...

Hope you all had a great day! I'll be getting up at 6 again tomorrow, so need to go get some rest now!

Hugs!

Morning chickies!

Yesterday was a decent day for me. Calories were a little high—around 1925—but lower than they have been for a while, and it was healthy food, so I’m not too worried about it. Today is more healthy stuff. Water was good yesterday, coming in around 115 oz. Exercise was 15 minute walk in the morning, 40inute power walk after work, 40inutes of weights (took me longer than I thought!), and 10 minutes of stretching.

I discovered a flaw in my “No Eating After 7:30” plan though—I didn’t get done exercising until 7:40! I went straight home, changed my clothes, then started right in on the exercise, so it’s not like I was dilly-dallying around and wasting my time, either. Anyway, I had a quick dinner (small piece of pork, a big salad, and a roll) and stopped eating by 8:00.

I didn’t get any pampering in last night though. I started doing random stuff and by the time I looked at the clock it was 9:30, so I just got ready for bed. I was tired! I’m still tired!

Figuring I would compromise, I set my alarm for 5:30 this morning. I kept waking up every 30-45 minutes all night long, so I know I didn’t sleep very well. When the alarm went off, I plopped my feet on the floor and pushed myself up. My legs were so wobbly that I almost fell right back down. So I reset the alarm and slept for another 30 minutes. I tried talking myself into skipping my morning exercise altogether and just doing it this evening, but fortunately I don’t listen very well. I told myself that I would rather get into the habit of doing it in the morning, just to have it out of the way for the day. I know it’s going to take a while to get into that habit, but if I do just a little every morning I will get used to it. So I put on my shoes and Ella and I headed out the door. It’s not raining today—in fact it’s beautiful out—but it was cold and frosty at 6am. We took the same walk we took yesterday, and it took us 1 minute longer. We weren’t moving quite as fast this morning because my legs felt like rubber before we even started. But we were still clipping right along, and I did break a sweat, so I guess I’m doing something right.

Also, I packed up all my Easter candy this morning and brought it in to work. I left it in the kitchen for everyone, and knowing the people in this office, it’s probably already gone! I was going to bring some of my leftover cheesecake for the guys in my department, but I am out of Tupperware! I sent it home with everyone else full of leftovers, or else it’s in use at my house. I told the guys that if they will bring me some Tupperware tomorrow I will fill it with cheesecake and bring it back to them. I certainly don’t need it in my house, even if I did use LF cream cheese! Anyway, all the candy I have left at home is a few mini Snickers, a few Nestlé Crunch eggs for Steve (I don’t like them, so no danger there), and some Jelly Belly. I am not giving away my Jelly Belly! Easter is the only time I get them, and I love them, and I don’t just sit and eat them, I’ll have 1-2 at a time and savor the flavor like you’re supposed to. So that little bag will last me a long time.

So the plan for tonight is once again to dye my hair and give myself that pedicure. Of course, first thing on the list when I get home is exercise! Cardio might be walking again, but I might decide to do something else, Yourself!Fitness, WATP, or the stairclimber. Then stretching. No weights tonight. I don’t think my arms could manage it anyway—they’re a little sore today. So then dinner, then printing out the charts I didn’t get to print out last night (Steve took his computer apart again, and mine is routed through his computer to the printer, so no printing for me). Then comes the pampering.

Steve says he’s going to buy a lawnmower today and cut the grass. I’m not holding my breath, but it would be nice.

Menu today:
Breakfast:
2 c. coffee w/FF vanilla creamer
2 sl. whole wheat toast
1 sl. FF American cheese
½ c. egg beaters
1 T. LF mayonnaise
2 oz. ham

Lunch:
2 sl. ww toast
3 oz. turkey
1 sl. Muenster cheese
½ c. cheesy potatoes (yesterday after having just the apples I was craving something starchy, so I added a few potatoes for today)
½ c. baked apples
1 mini Snickers

Snack:
Dried apricots

Dinner:
Leftovers. Don’t know what kind. Probably some carrots, green beans, whatever else I feel like.

OK, meeting time. Have a good day, chicks.
~Elisha

Belated Happy Easter to those who celebrate.

Knee surgery was uneventful. I'm on crutches, but improving every day.

Eating has been bad, partly out of comfort food.

It's another beautiful day here in WEst Michigan! WOW! And tomorrow is supposed to be as nice and warmer! Yea!

Today was good. Food was pretty good. I did eat some really fatty (but yummy) ribs leftover from Easter Dinner for lunch today. I don't usually eat fat on any meat, but I like it on BBQ Ribs! Whatever! Other than that and a piece of chocolate that I had at work today, I did pretty good. But the thing I HAVE to share is what DD shared with me today.

She's been reporting that she's trying to eat fruit or a veggie at lunch every day. She's kind of picky with hot lunches, but I make her have them, because I was tired of her telling me what she wanted in the morning and then not eating any of it at lunch....So...today she reported that she drank a whole glass of water when she got home and that she had a vegetable at school with her lunch (her favorite Raviolli) and that she was eating a healthy supper (chicken & salad)...so that was THREE healthy things she ate today! I told her I was proud of her for thinking about what she eats and that she makes an effort to eat things that are healthy for her. Hey...at least she knows what is healthy at six. I never knew what was healthy until it was too late and I had gotten fat!

It's such a fine line to walk in teaching kids about being healthy because I don't want her to obsess, but at the same time, I want her to know what is good for her and what is not. She ALMOST borders on obsession with the food thing. To the point that I worry she may become anorexic when she is a little older. Let's hope that doesn't happen! Let's hope she is just a "normal" child with "normal" eating habits! She does like junk food but is ok with eating "just a serving"! YEA!

OK...so off my soap box now!

I'm going to watch American Idol tonight, so I need to get going.

No formal exercise tonight but I played soccer in the yard with DD and we walked through our new "Meijer's" that just opened about a mile from our house today! That was after a day of work and walking lots at work.

TBJ...so glad your surgery was uneventful. That's always a good thing. You are in my thoughts, chickie! Chin up!

Hugs to all!

Morning chickies!

Julie: I agree that it is good that DD is conscious of being healthy. On a side note though, something occurred to me. You said that you never knew what was healthy until it was too late. I don’t think that was the case for me. I knew what was healthy, I just didn’t make any effort to eat it, and my parents never made any effort to incorporate it into my diet (or their own, and they still don’t). I think (and hope) perhaps that is a sign of the changing view of nutrition in our schools. I remember being told to eat fruits and veggies, etc, but then being served cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, and French fries for lunch. Then by the time I got to high school they were serving green beans with the cheeseburgers, mac and cheese, and fries. I know schools are still not nutritional havens, but I wonder if they aren’t getting at least somewhat healthier, especially with the recent publicity surrounding child obesity. Just a thought. If you have an insight into that (having a child, you would know more about it than I do), I would be interested to hear it.

TBJ: Glad to hear you’re improving! Comfort food is a danger to us all! On a completely random note… have your pets gotten to come live with you yet? I remember you said they were in quarantine, but I forget for how long. I was wondering about that this morning for some completely unapparent reason. Just my natural curiosity, I guess.

Jennifer: How exciting to finally be moving into your new house! I know you’ve been waiting a long time for this, and I can totally relate! Now… when can I visit?


It’s a beautiful day here! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and on the way to work I noticed that all the redbuds along the interstate have turned to that brilliant shade of pink that I love seeing every spring (it seemed to happen overnight, because I didn’t see it yesterday). It’s already 70+ degrees out and it’s supposed to reach 81 today. I’m loving it!

As I predicted, Steve did not get a lawnmower yesterday. He says he will do it today. We’ll see.

So yesterday I got in a 14-minute walk in the morning, 30 minutes on the stair-climber after work, and some stretches. Calories came in at 1721. Water was somewhere around 90 oz. The scale is at 218.4 this morning. Whatever.

I did have a mini-binge episode at dinner last night. I set my eating cut-off time at 8:00pm, and it was sort of like “I have to eat everything I possibly can before 8:00!” I didn’t, but I wanted to. I ended up having small portions of a bunch of different things. I just wanted to eat and eat and eat. Then later when I took my birth control pill, I realized what it was—PMS! It gets me every time! But I am NOT going to let it win and set me back this month! I know what’s going on, and I’m going to fight it and beat it!

I finally gave myself that manicure and pedicure I’ve been wanting last night. I didn’t manage to dye my hair though. And why not? Because I came up with a better pampering idea—I went to bed early! I was in bed by 9:15, and that’s super early for me. Of course, I didn’t sleep well and woke up a few times, but I’m not too incredibly groggy this morning, so that is good.

So this morning the alarm went off at 5:30, and I promptly turned it off. Then I laid there for about 7 minutes and talked myself into getting up. I told myself that if I got up early enough I could get in my entire cardio workout before work and I wouldn’t have to do it when I got home. So I got up, put on my shoes, and took Ella for a walk. We walked for 24 minutes, so longer than we have been walking in the mornings, but still not quite enough. I’ll take her for another 15 minute walk this evening. At one point, I was trying to take the long route to extend the walk, I walked around the practice football field by the Jr. high. Little did I know, for some reason only part of the field had been mowed, so I ended up getting my feet soaked in the grass. The field is on the opposite end of the neighborhood from our house, so for the second half of my walk my feet were cold and wet. But, I did it, and my shoes will dry, so it’s fine.

But now my entire body is sore and achey. I feel like every single one of my muscles has been tensed for about 6 hours straight. I know part of it is from the weights session I did on Monday (I think I used too much weight on my dumbbells—I will adjust them for the next session), but I think most of it is just because I’m not used to so much exercise at such an intense pace. I was going to do weights Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but now I think I’ll change that to Monday, Thursday, Saturday, at least for this week.

So tonight will be a quick walk with Ella, then stretching, then dinner, then mostly just relaxing. I think I’m just going to put off the hair dyeing until the weekend.

Ugh… I want to quit my job and go home. I want to go back to school and learn something useful. I want to hit the lottery.

*sigh*

OK, I need to work now. Have a good day, chickies!
~Elisha

MsRD- hope you got a destination for this road trip! If not, I'm going to suggest "turn south" and come on down to the new house. We'll just have to time it so Elisha gets here at the same time, too. Party at the new place, chickies! I know, too late, you're already on the road.

Elisha- cool with the lawnmower, and also his mom being a botany prof. We're still trying to figure out what we'll be able to grow, since 99% of the places claim we're Zone 10, but the agricultural maps show us as Zone 9. Yeah, I know, it's hot as hades, what's the difference, right? All the darned plants say zone 3-9...and it'll be just my luck that the difference in heat vs. not freezing will cause the plants to self-destruct.

TBJ- good luck with your surgery- we'll be thinking about you!

Julie- I miss you, girlie! We need to coordinate our darned schedules already! Waaah! I need my chickie therapy!

Ok, we're getting down to the 11th hour with the move. Hubby has already freaked on me and tried to move it to next week. After I've scheduled the time off, and my boss is off for 3 days due to a funeral. Not able to change at the 11th hour, and NOT COOL, dude! So, 1 argument later, 1 stormy AM, and no talking for about 8 hours, and supposedly we are still on for this weekend. I just want to move, already!!!

We might be driving up there tonight with some things we don't want the mover touching, like our fireproof little mini-safe, and my few pieces of jewelry. We'll lock those away in the master bedroom until everything is moved in. Maybe even take up some of the small plants that might otherwise get roughed up in a big truck.

Ok, this has taken 2 hours to type between calls & crisies. Hopefully more tomorrow before the packing & moving starts- if not, I might have to post & add a picture of the chaos of the move.

Happy Hump Day!

Aloha --

Eating improved a little yesterday, and I've eaten three servings of fruits and veggies as of lunch today. Better. Still eating too much, though.

I went back to my doctor today. The Provigil did not help last month. So... it's official... I'm taking a stimulant, starting tomorrow. The stuff is called Adderall (Lame name! Of course, Strattera sounds like it would get you high (stratosphere), and Provigil sounds like it would keep you awake (vigilant). I guess the drug companies have good marketing skills. But still -- ADDerall? Ugh!).

It's a mixture of amphetamine salts. One side effect is weight loss. On the one hand, yay; on the other hand, who wants to lose weight with drugs? I've been proud of myself for doing it the natural way, even though the weight loss has been slow. I'm not going to turn down weight loss, but still, it seems unnatural to me. I guess it doesn't matter in the long run if I'm improving my eating and exercise habits. *Sigh*

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Julie -- Thanks for the well-wishes. Your daughter's "just a serving" habit seems reasonable, not obsessive. Obsessive would mean never eating any junk. Her attitude is healthy. She must have a rad mom.

Elisha -- Yep, our pets moved in with us in early February. The quarantine lasted four months. Sad, but they handled it well. Good job on your exercise yesterday. Ella certainly is helping you sta active.

Jennifer -- Thanks for your kind thoughts. Ah, yes, totally understandable that you want the move to be DONE.
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My mother sent us a box of Easter chocolate. I'm not usually too bad with chocolate. Especially since Hubby will eat most of it -- probably by tomorrow.