Me again... had a really bad night last night. When I left work I was all pumped about working on my house projects, but by the time I got home, all I wanted to do was curl up in bed and pull the covers over my head. Sigh.

Sandy - you can add me to the clutter list. I really try to not clutter my house, but somehow it just seems to show up. I think it totally messes with my energy - like having hundreds of little things buzzing at me all at the same time, creating agitation which I tend to try to quiet with food - ok that may not make any sense, but I'm not getting much sleep so please excuse.

Anyway, all - Nice to see everyone!

Hi everyone!

Wow its hard to believe that we are almost into August. Its going to be odd around here with only one going to regular school.
Not a lot new around here. I did do one thing I'm kind of surprised about. I was in town on Wed and made an appointment and then got a tattoo on Friday. I've been wanting one since I was 15. Actually I found some pictures from when I was researching designs dated march 2007!! so this is a long time in coming and I'm very happy about it.
My moods and everything else have been up and down like a roller coaster. Everyone in the house seems to be suffering from PMS so there has been a lot of weeping going on!

Sandy, Hi! I have the clutter issue. I'm a member of Flylady. I'm still working on the decluttering. There is a lot to be said about the flow of energy and all the clutter just stops it. I'm getting to the point where I realize it will be better for me to just throw things out rather than get overwhelmed with the sorting, that really holds me up.

amarie, I'm sorry you had such a bad night. You had such a great weekend as well. Hopefully tomorrow is better.

Sassy So sorry about your hubby's job. But you guys have a great attitude and now he has nothing stopping him for accepting a great job!!

Raven boy do I wish you could share some of that energy!!! Way to go and enjoy those yoga classes!

momof4 sorry you aren't feeling well. Try to take it easy. Glad your camping trip went well, well other than the worry part.

spoz don't worry about not being at goal yet, just keep plugging along and you'll get there

Ambrosia Hi there! Looking forward to getting to know you! My kids are so bored as well.

Hi Hope, Leenie, Cathy, Francie, Heather and everyone else!

Well I better go and maybe do something. I've been putzing around the computer all day. Hubby isn't suppose to be home tonight as he has an oversized load that can't be moved until midnight so I don't feel rushed to do anything. I'll try to post a pic of my new artwork. I hope I can do it.

Take care everyone and have a great day,
K
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Well All this talk of clutter and I was looking at that site and the picture of peoples clutter...I went up and cleaned out the baby's and kaci's room..It had baskets of girls clothes...big box of girls clothes given to me...bags of hanging clothes from the old house..the two girls needed their clothes sorted and put into their own drawers!! it is all clean...I keep looking at it everytime i walk by cause it looks soo nice. Ther is just something about a cleaned room...My old house did have piles and piles of stuff that it was overwhelming and i just got to the point that there was too much too do and stressed me out so i would just lay on the couch and do nothing. Well with the move I eliminated the junk and clutter. I have boxes and boxes of stuff I will probably end up getting rid of cause most of it i havent used in the two months i have been here. but I am not doing anything with them cause i want to start looking for a nice house that we can be in for like 10 years....I dont want to do anymore moving around.

After cleaning the room the kids were driving me crazy to go swim so I took them out to swim even the baby got in with me. So we swam for a while and just came in and got cleaned up and in pjs well actually just diapers and undies...LOL...EXCEPT FOR ME OF COURSE....HAHAHAHA....BAD MENTAL PICTURES I KNOW!!!! LOLL....so yeah I am still left with the tons and tons of laundry... I have like about 10 loads of bedding and blankets from here and camping and that there just stresses me out...but oh well thats life

ok well I am gonna go switch a load over!!! LATA!!!

PS I LIKE THE TATTOO BUDDLY!!

Well I may have spoke too soon about the new supervisor. The reason I say this is because I have a meeting with him in the am, about a work issue, or so he "says" but I see absolutely no evidence of it. It was supposed to be this morning (Tuesday Morning) but I went home sick. So I called him this morning and tried to discuss it, but he just said, "we'll discuss it tomorrow morning" Its not something huge, so I do not understand why we have to meet about it. Also its something I've done for 2 1/2 yrs (since I've been here) and there were absolutely no complaints about it before and there are others who are worse than me! And I do not think I have a problem.

So I guess its my "non-trusting" nature but I have a feeling it is NOT about what he says its about. If not fired, I am not sure. Maybe I won't be canned (fired) but if not, then I just think its about something else...........Oh well. If I am, I am.......

Guess I'll find out in the AM. Meanwhile I have 11.5 hrs left of pure **** thinking about it.

Hey all my peeps!

Sassy chick -- OMG, I am ALWAYS paranoid when my boss says we need to talk. With a new supervisor, yeah, you never know, but whatever it is you can totally handle it! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that it is a raise!!

Momof4 -- Wow, that is a huge deal to sort through piles, especially those that have been sitting. I have a few piles of misc. stuff around my house, and instead of going through them, I just kinda shift them around. A swim is a great relaxer, especially if it is as warm there as it is here (and humid).

Buddly -- Ohh, I like the tattoo! On the foot, no less. That is a happy thought you have with you all the time now. I want a tattoo too, someday. I just have to decide what to get!

Amarie -- I have many days like that, many many many. I blame it on the car, because what else could it be? ha! If your house projects can be put off a day or two, maybe a break isn't a bad idea. Take a breather and go full swing in a day.*hugs*

sandyfanny -- Magazines are so wonderful but do have a tendency to pile up. I have a "to read" and "already read" piles in my house. My mom gets "smut" (celebrity gossip) mags from her hairdresser. I just love the pics.

ravengirl -- Congrats on yoga!!!!! I love those moments too, when you can't do it, can't do it, can't... then you CANNN!!!! So great! Meditation classes are wonderful, but I always found it makes me so tired. I guess I was just so relaxed!

hope4me -- If you wanted to do my bills to, I'd be ok with that! They are on a PILE on my kitchen counter... sheesh!

ambrosia -- hot weather? Yeah, here to. sometimes I like to sit and watch TV with a spray bottle and a fan. It feels good!

spoz -- I wish I had your self awareness when I was 18, so don't get down if you aren't exactly where you want to be. You are doing in the right direction and that is what really matters! Plus, enjoy the moment while working toward your goals... What's that quote "Be happy in this moment, this moment is your life" or something like that. ~=)

And to everyone else, I hope you are all super and fantastic!


Now me. today was better than yesterday, for sure. I worked out this morning before work and when I got home (I've never done that before and I liked it). I find it less daunting to do two smaller workouts (about 45 mins) than a huge one after work. And I needed that release in the morning because work was a nightmare today, but thankfully not for me. My coworker has been dealing with a wrenched client and print rep telling lies. I think it all worked out, but it was annoying. I also wrote a letter to a friend I lost touch with about 5 years ago. Not so much lost touch, as I blamed him for stuff that had little to do with him, alienated him, and we haven't spoken since. I know it was during a REALLY hard time, I was spiraling, and we've always had kinda a complicated relationship, but I think he is one of the few people I really miss. So I have no idea if he will respond, but I'll never know if I don't try. So *fingers crossed*.

Oh, and I have the air on because it is so humid it's thick outside. I turned the air on in my car on the ride home from work, and actual steam/mist came out of the vents. That as weird!!

HAve a great night!

Morning! It's stormy here, and I have today off, so going to clean and do some de-cluttering myself!

Not much of news - buddly, do you do that as a drawing, or tattoo, or what? It's beautiful!

Have a good middle of the week girls - I've gone a bit 'running mad'... on Monday I did 10 miles, just to push myself. It keeps my mind (while I am running, at least!) off my situation, which isn't really feeling any easier. Still no word at all from HIM... which is starting to feel painfully hard and odd and just - wrong.

Chat soon -
Heather

I am fighting of MAJOR cramps....ugh TOM better LEAVE SOON!! Anyways I really have got to focus on laundry and scrubbing the kitchen floor...so then I might be caught up. If my dh hadnt broke my clothes line then I coulda hung blankets out side to dry and not had to dry them in the dry...Oh well...have a good day!


Heather-awww I couldnt imagine that would so be a killer to not even hear from him....10 miles WOW...Like when you started running how much did you start out with?? Have you done a lot of other excercise during your journey down to onederland??? I know my biggest problem is the workout/excercise... I have to make time or plan it or my day slips away and I've done nothing. My eating is not as bad (except when TOM is here)....


Sassy-Yeah I would be paranoid too..good luck...I hate 'Meetings" with anyone period...hopefully it goes well and not bad!!! Good luck!!

della-good luck on the letter to your friend hopefully he misses you as well..

Good morning everyone!

DdA has the day off from work today so we are planning on taking her in to get her hair cut. She's needed a style for years. And then there are a bunch of errands to run. DdB is going to go to the movies tonight, but I'm not sure if I have to do any driving for that, she wants me to so we'll see. My mom adopted a bunny and a guinea pig the other day so the girls want to go over there to meet them. My mom keeps talking about sending them to my house, but boy do we not have the room! Our bunny is in a cage that doubles as our coffee table in the living room as it is! and we definitely only have room for one coffee table!
Thanks for the comments on the tattoo. Helps confirm my decision. As much as I've always wanted one knowing its for life is a little daunting.

Sassy hope your "meeting" is going alright.

Heather, 10 miles!! holy cow, you go girl!! And its an actual tattoo. Its healing really nicely. (my mother says I'm starting my mid-life crisis, who knows. She got her tattoo when she was in her 50's and in Mexico!)

momof4 I sure hope you feel better soon and I hope your hubby gets your clothes line fixed soon. I love hanging the sheets and blankets out there.

Bella good luck with your friend and the letter. I'm getting reacquainted with someone I hadn't spoken to for 25 years. I wasn't sure if he would remember me or return my email, but he did on both accounts and we are having great chats now. His boys are about the same age as my girls so its interesting to compare notes. Thats weird about the mist coming out of your a/c vents. I have to get our van in and get our a/c fixed before we leave on holidays. Hubby says it could be the belts or clutch, I have no idea just that it makes one horrid loud racket whenever I turn it or the defrost on!!

Anyway I should toodle here. I was thinking of enjoying this beautiful morning and taking the dog for a walk while all my girls are still sleeping.

Take care all and have a wonderful day!
K

Yeah my ac is broke and needs a expansion valve...like 200 some dollars to fix so I really gotta work on that...UGHH..ok anyways...I feel like I am going to go crazy!! HAHA....lata girls!!

Heya all!

Another bad night last night, but I think I can see a light at the end of this tunnel. I got up this am and started packing up my books (well, they had already been shoved in boxes when I painted, so it was more just sorting and putting like with like, etc.) Then I moved some furniture out of my dining room so that I can paint the baseboards in there.

Before last night went to heck, I did get started on packing for my two upcoming trips. I leave Saturday for my cruise (!) and then the following week I go to a business seminar (my last hurrah at this job), and I'll barely touch down between them so I need to get as packed as possible for both of them. It was kinda fun trying on all my swimwear/new clothes for the cruise - although I've put some pounds back on since I bought them, so they are not as loose as I remembered - still, they look good enough! I'm gonna have to get a picture taken of me in my fancy dress - its so beautiful! Knee length, strapless, all sequins. Maybe, just maybe I'll even get brave enough to post the pic on here!!

Bella - haha, yep, must be the car!!! WTG on 2 WOs!!!! I'm impressed

Buddly - Ooohhh, I like your ink!! Very nice! Do the flowers by chance represent DDs AB&C?

Mof4 - I absolutely love a clean room! Its so comforting, and really inspiring to know that you accomplished it. If only it stayed that way all by itself. Sorry about the broken AC That sucks.

Sassy - deep breaths... don't freak out He's new, he is probably just trying to show he's boss. I have my fingers crossed that it will be no big deal!

Heather - WTG!!!! 10 miles? You are so my hero. I remember how running can become an addiction, but as addictions go - it seems like a pretty awesome one!

Well, I better run - I've got a meeting to go to.

well laundry is coming along slowly...got my kitchen floor scrubbed, papers at the puter desk sorted and thrown out and desk is now clean, I am now waiting to rinse my hair dye out...gotta keep the greys covered!!! I guess it takes time to get everything in my life under control....Like i am doing good/better at keeping my house cleaned daily and the clutter out, doing better at eating and drinking water (have my days but that happens), There is ALWAYS room for improvement in organizing, Now I just have to get the money in order some how....really bad at spending when I shouldnt and not getting the bills paid first and not saving like I should....Ok well thats all thats on my mind right now...catch you lata

For some reason my computer takes a long time to connect to this site and then moves slowly through different pages. It makes me paranoid that my post will get lost, but here goes...

I've been off the last two days and last night was the George Michael concert. It was really good. He put on a good show in D.C. Today dh's job was put off so we both slept in. This afternoon we saw the movie Hancock, which we also liked.

I have to go to bed early b/c I have to be at work at 6am. I had fun today but didn't get anything done that I needed to. I never do when dh is off with me. I needed to clean everything you can think of, wash the dogs, mow the yard..... Oh well.

Buddly, nice tattoo, are you the mama bee to your three little flowers?

Amarie, wow you have a lot going on. I hope you are able to enjoy your cruise.

Heather: I know you are having a hard time but I'm glad you are posting and working out like I should be.

Hi to everybody else but I gotta run...

Hi All --

Thanks Buddly and Amarie! This is why I come to this site, for support and inspiring stories and other people in the same boat as I am. Living my life while trying to lose weight and not get too down.

I'm down more than 3 lbs as of this morning - WOOHOO! That is incentive enough to keep with what I'm doing (working out, eating right, trying to minimize stress). I haven't heard from my friend, and I'm not sure I will. I'm trying to brace myself for worst case scenario, which is either no response for telling me to eff off. I'm not sure which would be worse, honestly. But anyways, I don't regret writing, nor will I, whatever the outcome.

Today was a good day, except I was very tired. I think I just need to go to bed earlier tonight, not a problem! Weird thing, I was cutting grass and found a bright green golf ball in the middle of my yard. I live in the city, so not sure where it came from (possibly the golf course a few block away?)

I wish everyone a wonderful rest-of-day!

on the 3 lbs Bella! And great job on the work outs!

Good EARLY morning

I was hoping for something to read, but alas you are all sane and still in bed!

I was up a little early and I knew if I went back to sleep I'd feel worse. I feel surprisingly fine right now, but I'll probably crash later on. I get off at 3 today so I hope I have the energy to mow the yard when I get home. We may get thunderstorms though so I may not have to worry about it anyway.

My eating has been terrible still and I'm feeling it. I don't know what is wrong with me. Besides feeling like crap, I find it hard to find any motivation to change. I think dh and I are just comfortable with each other and our life, and we love our food. I need to remember that both of our cholesterol levels are high b/c of this. Please pray for a wave of common sense to hit me.

Have a great day everybody and I'll see you after work!