So I worked out two days in a row! I am so thrilled and excited and realize I should never have stopped in the first place. It makes no sense at all that I did and looking back I have no idea why I stopped. The Holidays? But the Holidays cause weight gain so why would I not have worked out during them? Also it relieves stress...I seriously do not know what goes on in my head sometimes!
The good news? The husband is out of the house, I took him over to Blaine in my pajamas this AM and he headed off in his truck to WORK. Therefore, my life is back to normal. I will go get the nephew this AM and then come back and clean up the house until daughter gets home to watch nephew and then can go get other nephew and niece! My life and routine are back! It is amazing how wonderful that is.
I also admitted I am looking for a job today. I didn't realize it before but my current job is not working very well. I struggle each month to meet the sales goals and my heart is truly not in it. I need to do something that I have talent for. I love to write, I love to organize events, I love to coordinate volunteers, I like leading. The problem is my resume reflects experience in insurance and banking which is not what I am good at doing. So I decided I am going to start asking people who I know are in the business and education world to see if they know of anything out there I'd be good at. Then I'm relying on their word of mouth and not my resume.
Well I'm off to enjoy my new-old routine!
Thought you'd want to know.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Husband must leave house!
You know how they say when a husband retires and he is normally not home and then he is home and he begins to drive the wife crazy? Well, mine has had a broken work truck for 3 days now. I normally have off on Tuesday and Wednesday and accomplish numerous tasks during that time. well, he has been here on my couch in my way, tromping in and out of the house with his boots on, making a mess in the kitchen! I could go on but I'd be whining. It is getting to the point that if the truck does not get fixed today, I will be going to the shop myself and standing behind the mechanic in a menacing fashion until he gets it done. It is too much for me to have him around this much.
I plan on working out today, yesterday I did not succeed due to the fact that I tried it when both husband and son were home. No one is home now but the beagle so you'd think it would work out, barring the phone I mean and other unforeseen circumstances!
I WILL have a decent body to take to the pool when it opens in June, I WILL. However, the upside of having him home yesterday is he ran out of things to do i.e. fishing and working out and fixed my car! So the brakes have decided to stay with the car and not seek their fortune elsewhere. It is actually a pleasure to drive the car again and I am okay with driving it again. There is always a silver lining.
Anyway, today my goal is to get rid of my pile of junk generated from the fact that husband decided to bring home some free cedar from somewhere and line our closet. This entailed getting everything out of said closet and I refused to put back the items I had not seen or wanted to see for 10 or more years. So I'll be heading to goodwill. Goodwill has such a wonderful purging effect! It really is awesome coming home to less stuff!
Thought you'd want to know.
I plan on working out today, yesterday I did not succeed due to the fact that I tried it when both husband and son were home. No one is home now but the beagle so you'd think it would work out, barring the phone I mean and other unforeseen circumstances!
I WILL have a decent body to take to the pool when it opens in June, I WILL. However, the upside of having him home yesterday is he ran out of things to do i.e. fishing and working out and fixed my car! So the brakes have decided to stay with the car and not seek their fortune elsewhere. It is actually a pleasure to drive the car again and I am okay with driving it again. There is always a silver lining.
Anyway, today my goal is to get rid of my pile of junk generated from the fact that husband decided to bring home some free cedar from somewhere and line our closet. This entailed getting everything out of said closet and I refused to put back the items I had not seen or wanted to see for 10 or more years. So I'll be heading to goodwill. Goodwill has such a wonderful purging effect! It really is awesome coming home to less stuff!
Thought you'd want to know.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
First blog in a long time!
I haven't been writing lately as I lack a key thing that I need..time. Things have been a bit crazy around here. You can tell this by the condition of my house and the lack of laundry in drawers and availability of spoons. In fact, I gauge my level of insanity by the spoon availability 2 or less and we are in trouble and 0 means serious issues and stay away!
My husband's truck broke down last week. He drives a truck for work and it is old and needs to be put into the big truck graveyard but husband believes it has redeeming qualities and continues to pour money and time into fixing it. Therefore, this entailed me going down to a random auto repair place in the far reaches of Blaine to pick him up one night last week.
As a result of the truck being down husband had a free day. Therefore, I naturally pointed out it would be a lovely time to fix my brakes as they sound like they may leave the car and seek their fortune elsewhere at any time. He said he thought he'd go fishing. That was definitely going to be my other suggestion...NOT!
That night my son woke up at 2:30 am and I got up with him. I wandered into the bathroom sat down and felt immense cold! Freezing cold in fact!! It seems that my husband, in preparation for his upcoming fishing expedition decided to dump his unused FROZEN minnow bucket contents into the toilet!! Yes folks, I SAT ON IT! Quite the wake up call let me tell you. So I lifted up the ice berg and placed it into the sink. My husband awoke the next morning and wanted to know why all his minnows were in the sink. Gee the toilet is such a better place!
Then I went to Wisconsin to visit my aunt and best friend who married my cousin. My friend has a Y membership and took us all to run around and have fun. The kids love the freedom of being able to play raquetball and swim and run free. Plus, I even got to work out on the treadmill for the first time in months. The problem came when I went to change back into my clothes after my work out. I am not entirely familiar with that Y and walked into the locker room to change. But, first I decided I needed some water so went to fill up my cup at the drinking fountain in the back of the locker room. It was then I noticed the balding woman...not entirely bald, just mostly...I looked toward her thinking perhaps chemo? NOT chemo and NOT a woman! I was in the men's locker room!! I quietly made my way out I don't think anyone else noticed, but just in case when I got dressed I put on my coat with the hood up!! I thought of the Southwest commercials that say "Want to get away?" I certainly did at that point.
We drove back without incident although the car sounded like it was less than pleased at having made the long journey lacking break pads and grinding at every stop. My husband said I wouldn't have to stop that much as most of it was freeway so it should be okay. I want a new car, I want a new car! NOT a new-new car just a new-used car/van type thing. Someday...
Anyway, my goal this week is to work-out. I started today but didn't finish as my son decided he needed something in the 5 minutes before he went to school that I HAD to find. I will walk the dog later and try again tomorrow.
Now I have meetings and stuff.
Thought you'd want to know.
My husband's truck broke down last week. He drives a truck for work and it is old and needs to be put into the big truck graveyard but husband believes it has redeeming qualities and continues to pour money and time into fixing it. Therefore, this entailed me going down to a random auto repair place in the far reaches of Blaine to pick him up one night last week.
As a result of the truck being down husband had a free day. Therefore, I naturally pointed out it would be a lovely time to fix my brakes as they sound like they may leave the car and seek their fortune elsewhere at any time. He said he thought he'd go fishing. That was definitely going to be my other suggestion...NOT!
That night my son woke up at 2:30 am and I got up with him. I wandered into the bathroom sat down and felt immense cold! Freezing cold in fact!! It seems that my husband, in preparation for his upcoming fishing expedition decided to dump his unused FROZEN minnow bucket contents into the toilet!! Yes folks, I SAT ON IT! Quite the wake up call let me tell you. So I lifted up the ice berg and placed it into the sink. My husband awoke the next morning and wanted to know why all his minnows were in the sink. Gee the toilet is such a better place!
Then I went to Wisconsin to visit my aunt and best friend who married my cousin. My friend has a Y membership and took us all to run around and have fun. The kids love the freedom of being able to play raquetball and swim and run free. Plus, I even got to work out on the treadmill for the first time in months. The problem came when I went to change back into my clothes after my work out. I am not entirely familiar with that Y and walked into the locker room to change. But, first I decided I needed some water so went to fill up my cup at the drinking fountain in the back of the locker room. It was then I noticed the balding woman...not entirely bald, just mostly...I looked toward her thinking perhaps chemo? NOT chemo and NOT a woman! I was in the men's locker room!! I quietly made my way out I don't think anyone else noticed, but just in case when I got dressed I put on my coat with the hood up!! I thought of the Southwest commercials that say "Want to get away?" I certainly did at that point.
We drove back without incident although the car sounded like it was less than pleased at having made the long journey lacking break pads and grinding at every stop. My husband said I wouldn't have to stop that much as most of it was freeway so it should be okay. I want a new car, I want a new car! NOT a new-new car just a new-used car/van type thing. Someday...
Anyway, my goal this week is to work-out. I started today but didn't finish as my son decided he needed something in the 5 minutes before he went to school that I HAD to find. I will walk the dog later and try again tomorrow.
Now I have meetings and stuff.
Thought you'd want to know.
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