morning all
i got some sleep the last 2 nights altho i still feel a bit blah. i had EFT and Bowen treatment yday. the bowen is supposed to help my headache. last night it felt like the headache was gone but it is back today so i am not sure it worked???

i am thinking of going out for breakfast as i can't be arsed making anything. only trouble is it's raining so i'm not sure i want to walk.

i also need to do accounts and stuff. i have to send some stuff to the tax dept for my investigation GRRRR and i have gst returns and accounts to do. i also have a 3 yr catch up to do on mother's accounts that i have completely lost enthusiasm for. i boxed it all up about a month ago and have not been tempted to open up pandora's box and get back into it. guess i should just get it done. i told her she has to find her own accountant or do it herself. of course we've been through this exercise before. she had a great accountant but he referred her to someone who he thought would be cheaper. he was of course just as expensive but totally useless. completely farked up the accounts. left a huge mess. then had a heart attack. pandora's box dumped on daughter. daughter yet to saddle up and ride to the rescue.

PLUS our year end is 31 march so i have 3 sets of my own accounts to do, plus my personal accounts and 2 GST returns. all very exciting riveting stuff. yep i definitely need something nice for breakfast

marie have fun playing with your glass. my mother does leadlight windows as a hobby and plans to do it one day for other people. she's done a small job for a neighbour plus all the windows in her house and a window in a house of mine. will see if i can post a picture somewhere or maybe email it to you one day

is the pix in your avatar one you have done?

<3 i need to go lie down and rest after hearing about all your exercise. makes me feel exhausted

marie - you talk about ADD sometimes. are you diagnosed as ADD or is that just what you call it? that hyperactivity often goes with anxiety. i know i get it at times. can't concentrate on anything.

oh crap. i've lost the letter from the tax dept and my headache is back WAAAAH!!! ok tantrum over

back later

SweetPea, wonderful, great avatar. Is that Saffie or Jazzy? Thank you for getting rid of the error message. It was hard on the eyes. I know, I'm the one with the bright lights.

<3 sounds like you're doing great. You're a senior in HS right? Sounds like your having a good last year.

SweetPea, guess you're going to be hunting for paperwork today. Go get breakfast. I made my breakfast this morning - cheese blintzes - all for myself. It took a while, but I have 4 more breakfasts and they reheat wonderfully.

I did a no-no. I gave in and took a nap. I was chilled and woozy so I decided that I'd just have bad night sleep. So I'm in for it tonight. But the nap was divine. I love snuggling with Blizzard.

Yes, my avatar is mine. It's hanging in my craft room. Other than making a fancy breakfast for one, I haven't done much today. DS's GF and I took DGS and the doggies for a stroll around the big block. That first hill is just a killer. We went pretty slow so that we could make it with the stroller, but it was very nice.

Chat with you later.
Marie

that's saffie. pix was taken about 2 yrs ago. one day i will put jazz up here. well i'm glad you like it but i liked being too sexy for this mb

breakfast was heaven - french toast bananas bacon and maple syrup courtesy of the local cafe. now i want to follow in your footsteps right to the comfort of my bed!

i don't have the patience for crafts or the attention span. even when i am reading books i enjoy i stop every few pages. it is pretty miserable weather here but it's autumn so i should expect that. we were spoilt with 2 lovely hot days which i enjoyed.

ugh paperwork. yes. i have sent the fax to the IRD knowing that they will have more questions and they will be difficult and possibly expensive ones.

enthusiasm for doing my own or my mother's accounts is still in the negative.
enthusiasm for rolling around in my bed and having a nap = 10!

Okay, bad again today, This is getting old. I'll check in later.

Hi everyone
Marcie hope you feel better soon. I know how awful it feels to feel so down and not be able to see any light. Just hang in there.

Sweet_pea I hope your headache is going. Good luck with the paperwork. I have our taxes sitting in a bag waiting for me to finish.

Hi Marie and <3 and Campbellredhead - hope everything is going great and Marie hope you enjoyed your walk. DD14 wants to go out for a run with me tonight as she has a competition tomorrow and her class was cancelled. And since it was so yucky out this morning and I didn't get my walk I can't argue.

Very quiet day today. DD18 felt horrible so slept all day and I wasn't to far behind. Did a quick trip to the grocery store after DD14's weigh in. It was nice and quiet in there. I have a corn chowder stewing on the stove. A little high in fat (bacon) but ever so comforting when it feels cool and damp. DD16 requested it. (she can handle it she's 5'6" or 7" and only 116 pounds, I'd worry but she sure can eat (I'm just jealous!!!))
Oh boy, I got to go, DD14 is harping about the sun going down. Love her enthusiasm!!
Take care everyone and I hope you have a good night! It is Friday, that has to count for something!!
K

hi again

Keira hope you enjoy your run. the corn chowder sounds lovely. i never cook anything like that but i often buy a corn and bacon chowder. you don't have to worry too much about fat for kids. they have a higher need for fat than adults. obviously eating all fat would be bad but young active people are fine!!!

marcie - how was the skating? i think you were going to that today???

i am going to mow the lawns soon. the rain has been on and off this afternoon and we;ve had some sunshine in between so i've been doing some reading. i also had a hot chocolate - for purely medicinal purposes of course

Omg Sweetpea that picture of your golden is soooo cute!!!! You have a very pretty dog!

Hey everybody!! Marie - Yeah, I'm a senior. My year started out pretty decent, but this last winter was pretty rotten because of my severe depression. I think I'd been depressed to begin with but it got very severe after the death of one of my classmates who I'd known since kindergarten. I'd never had to deal with death much before, so it was rough. Lately, though, things have been pretty good!! Especially with our show choir's Variety Show coming up. It's my favorite performance of the year. In fact, I really don't like show choir much with the exception of this show. I get a solo this year, too, because I'm a senior. I'll be performing "Blue Orchid" by the White Stripes because it's not too hard and it lets me rock out while saying to everyone, "Hey, I'm a soprano and I can sing high!!"

Sweetpea - That is a gorgeous dog!! So cute!!

Today I actually ate at McDonald's. They have this new Asian chicken salad and it is SO good! Also, they've come out with this new "Get Active" meal where if you buy a salad and a bottle of water you get a little workout DVD. I got the yoga one, which I'll probably try out tomorrow. It should be interesting, anyway.

I hope everyone has a good weekend! ^_^

<3 that workout DVD sounds good. McD have been doing a lot here to promote their healthier options but that's one we don't have. i love the chicken royale burger. not sure you have those. it's a real chicken breast with salad and big chucks of carrot and stuff. it's not totally healthy but it's better than the other burgers plus we have the deli choices subs here at mcd that are quite nice

hi kristen nice to see you back here again...

ok got to go prep for open house. it's pouring with rain ugh. the leak in the garage will be obvious.

haha someone forgot my instructions and opened the room at the book where the dogs live and got the fright of their lives when they rocketed out and made for freedom. i had to run and toss them back in and they weren't happy. lots of barking. so i had to feed them some biscuits thru the holes and they calmed down. what a hoot.

anyway lots of people. not sure whether they came to my advert or the other agents but all good! just had to print more flyers

Today’s open home was quite good – we had 5 groups of people through including the group that let the dogs out of their pen, much to their great excitement. Having the other open home across the road was a big help. Got lots of people off their open home. They are similar price. My house is $8,000 more so it’s basically the same type of buyers. Very pleased about it.

Exercise didn’t happen today. I got some activity cleaning but I only went for a short walk to the end of the street and deposited the dogs in the park then came home. Let’s just forget food for today! I have to get myself back on a proper schedule for eating. I am eating lunch at 3 or 4pm a lot of days and it mucks everything up. plus I am forgetting to give the dogs their lunch as my own timetable is so up the woopsie. I’d like to cut them back to 2 meals a day but right now jasmine needs 3 meals as she can’t eat a big enough meal for me to give her only 2 bowls of food. And of course saffie is very happy to help out with any leftovers if I give jasmine more than she can handle! Honestly she’s a worse scavenger than me. One good thing I got some lemons from a vacant section by the park. I’d like to get back to morning lemon juice and my own tree is empty now

I have been doing lots of reading lately and it is helping relax me a lot. I adore crime novels. One day i'd like to write one. Marie perhaps we can collaborate and I'll take all the glory

Okay, that works for me. I can collaborate and be a silent partner. I'm glad the ope house went good. Fresh lemons??? Do you make lemonade. Yummy!!

I didn't exercise this am since I ended up going walking yesterday late am around the 2 mile block with DS's GF and DGS. She had DGS in the stroller and I had three dogs. Quite a sight. So 5 miles for the day was too much. Since it's BEAUTIFUL out today, I figure we'll probably go again today so I'm not exercising before breakfast type of thing.

I started a drawing of DGS. I've never drawn people so it should be interesting. So far it looks good, but I've only got the outline in. The shading and stuff is what's going to be hard.

<3, I'm glad you're enjoying the end of your senior year. Death is pretty darn hard to deal with. Just when you think you're back on track, it springs up and memories fly. I don't know Blue Orchid. Maybe you should record it, put it into an mp3 and post it here. That would be cool, don't you think?

No big plans today. I defintely will be outside since there's hardly a cloud in the sky. YEAH!!!! Spring.
Marie

Sweetpea - We don't have that here!! I've noticed, though, that McDonald's in different countries and even different parts of countries have different menus. In Japan they had this delicious Teriyaki Burger that I loved, and they also had "Fish McDippers" which were like chicken nuggets but with fish and tartar sauce or wasabi sauce. When I went to New York they had things like cheese curds and sub sandwiches that we don't have here in MN. My friend who went to Italy said they had McToast over there. That would be cool!

Marie - I'll post my video after I preform it Yeah, things have been pretty good but I can't wait to graduate. I'm really sick of the high school drama. I often have a hard time dealing with that becuase I was an exchange student and we were told that when we came home we might have a hard time adjusting to high school life again after maturing so much when we were overseas. I never had too many problems with that immediately when I returned, but now it's sometimes pretty annoying. I hope college will be better!! Prom is next week, too. I'm sort of excited, and yet I don't much care, really. I'm only excited to wear my pretty new dress!!

I must've done waaaay too many squats yesterday because my legs are killing me!! I hope they'll be alright for practice this afternoon. Today's weigh-in was a good boost of confidence, though. I'm down another pound! So far I've yet to plateau or gain a pound, which is amazing to me. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing, I guess!

Have a great day everyone <333

<3- I am sorry about your friends death and I hope you ahve an amazing prom!! I can't wait til mine but I am a freshman so I have a good amount of time to go.