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October 31 Yet another pet is gonePoor kid. Just when we think we're on a good run with a hermit crab this happens. Bobo died. It looks like he accidentally cut himself in half with his shell! Not pretty. I think he was molting and got stuck. He had been buried under the sand for a while but came out yesterday sometime while we were gone. Poor guy! Emma doesn't seem too upset, but we were a bit hurried. She had this one for over a year, too. I don't know if we will get another one or not. I'd hate to waste the big bag of sand and crab supplies. Maybe after Christmas. October 28 Delayed Monday??Yesterday - Monday - was a perfectly fine day. Worked, went to the gym, had a nice dinner with Emma of homemade chili, watched some TV... Not a bad day. Today, however, it hits.
I get up late (not TOO late, but late still). Everything is seemingly fine, though, until I stop for gas a few blocks away from work. Which, by the way, is a 40 minute interstate commute from my house. I hear this noise, like someone is pouring out a drink behind me. Ok, someone didn't like it or had an old one in their cupholder. Been there done that. But no.
The gas was pouring out of my tank! The stupid nozzle did not shut off!
Not only did that run up my bill for gas that I won't even be using, but it splashed all over my pants, socks, and shoes.
Forty minutes from home. Each way. So no going home to change. So I will stink like gasoline all day.
I just may go home early. October 20 What a weekendSaturday was our 11th anniversary. I wonder how many people thought we were making a mistake marrying four months after we met.... No regrets here anyway!
Most of Saturday was really uneventful. Emma and her best friend went to the zoo with the church. The kids take a trip like this every month or so, and they really have a good time. While they were gone, Chris had to go to his office for a little while, so I had a few hours to myself. The quiet was nice; got most of the laundry done, watched a few things on TV that I wanted to see but no one else did, just had a nice restful afternoon. The girls came back around 130 - 2, and then they played outside for a couple hours. It was such a beautiful day! That night we went to Red Lobster for dinner - oh my goodness I love crab legs. I really should get there more often! I think next time we go that's all I'm going to order. Forget the pasta I can never finish anyway. After dinner we stopped at Marble Slab for ice cream. It is a little high, $15 for all three of us, but it is so worth it. The ice cream is homemade, the waffle cones are homemade, and they mix in your choice of "mixin" right in front of you. And the flavours are incredible! Usually I get sweet cream with cherries mixed in, but this time I got mocha with chocolate chips in a dark chocolate dipped cone. Yummmmmmmmm. Poor Emma fell asleep with her ice cream on the way home!
Sunday was the usual church, errands, pick up lunch routine. Chris left around 230 or so for South Carolina on business, will be home Wednesday night sometime. Emma worked on her Social Studies project. She made a trifold board all about Francis Scott Key. We are somehow related to him through my grandmother, so she really embraced the project. She is hoping for another 100 like she got last year for her project about the Holocaust.
Our church had a crock pot picnic at one of the parks yesterday evening, so since it was just the two of us we went. We had a really good time; lots of kids were there and they barely stopped playing long enough to eat! There was so much food, and a church member has an ice cream maker that sits on a trailer. He made orange pineapple sherbert and vanilla ice cream and we all had some of that. I stuck to one bowl (with a scoop of each of course) but I know many people had four or five bowls. You just can't beat fresh ice cream! After the picnic we did a small bit of shopping; Emma had outgrown all her jackets! Luckily we found one as it was 41 when we left for school/work this morning.
All in all it was a great weekend. Tucker had learned how to climb the gate and escape the back yard, but I fixed that problem yesterday as well. He is very unhappy he can't run next door to play with his buddy Max any more, and lets me know in no uncertain terms. He'll get over it. October 16 I have challenged myselfI am going to lose 20 lbs by Christmas.
I'm going to do it, too!
I know I can, because when I first started really trying to lose weight I dropped 10 lbs in one month. Christmas is just over 2 months away, so I think this is a pretty realistic goal.
So far I'm doing well; eating healthy and working out regularly. I did the 5k Race for the Cure on Saturday, then went to the gym both Monday and yesterday. I will go tomorrow, also. I have cut out sodas (if I have one on occasion I make sure it is diet) and drink mostly water. I'm even cutting back on tea! That is something I've never been able to do before.
The best part - I noticed leaving the gym last night I wasn't so tired my limbs ached. I wasn't queasy, I wasn't ravenous. I just felt really good.
Really good is a good feeling. October 15 Another siteI have added a link just above my photo albums. I decided to add a blog just for sharing recipes.
Now I am not a "cook" even though I am capable and make dinner on almost a daily basis, but sometimes I come across recipes that I just have to share with people!
I aptly titled the blog "Sounds Good to Me."
Enjoy!
 October 13 The Daily MuseI love Skirt! Magazine. I look for it every month, and a couple months back I read that I could sign up for Daily Muse emails. Of course I did it immediately, and have loved every one. Sometimes they feature a great product, or someting unusual, or sometimes, like today, really interesting information. Here is today's Daily Muse:
While it's nice to celebrate Columbus' discovery of the new world and not receive any mail today, we wanted to take a moment to honor some women that were making waves too. Thanks to Library.thinkquest.org! Visit their site to read more quick biographies of other amazing women. October 08 I tried Twitter.
Not worth the trouble, I think.
So today I deleted my account. If you were "following" me or I was "following" you, this is why I disappeared from the lineup, no personal reasons at all. It is just too much to keep up with! October 06 ImperfectionI just read this somewhere and loved it:
"We are human, imperfection is the price of admission."
So simple, yet so profound. Why should we berate ourselves, torture ourselves, starve ourselves, hate ourselves, until (if ever) we become "perfect?" October 05 By the way...I stopped at the used book store Friday afternoon and bought Les Miserables. I don't have the patience for 30 seconds of reading a day - when I get into a book I want to read it all! Not a two year span of reading, either. I want it all! October 04 It's 11:50 pm on Saturday nightAnd I am wide awake! I guess that is what happens when I spend the entire day laying on the couch, watching TV, reading, and napping. I love being sick sometimes! Okay not the feeling like crap and not being able to turn my head part, but the laying around reading, eating soup and Chris or Emma cooking part. Emma even gave both dogs baths today! Considering each dog is almost as big as she is, that is an accomplishment. About 830 or so I started feeling better, so I decided to take my new DVD (Sex & the City! Finally!!) to the bedroom and watch it while I folded and put away laundry. The movie was great - I loved that show and the movie was a good wrap up of the entire series. I sure do miss watching it every week, though. Anyway, the movie made me laugh a lot - although Steve and Miranda's reunion made me cry just a little bit - and now I am wide awake with a bed covered with not-yet-put-away laundry, and church in the morning. At least Emma does not have handbell practice, so we have a little extra time. It seems my laptop is under the weather as well. Unfortunately it will require professional help, as Chris has done all he could do, to no avail. Now if only I could find the time to take it somewhere! Replacing it would be such a headache. I realized I left something off my Favourite Things list - Pearls! How could I forget nature's perfect jewels?? October 03 When the dog bites, when the bee stings...Okay, quick - what makes you mad? Sad? Just pissy in general??
Now - what makes you happy? What do you love? What puts you in a great mood without fail?
There, now, that's better, isn't it? Focusing on the negative is so... negative! When we dwell on bad things, they just seem worse. And the bad mood from that influences everything else in our lives. I mean, who hasn't snapped at a loved one when we are upset about something else?
So here is my Happy List - things that make me happy, my favourite things, things I love.
(In no particular order)
Red
Skirt magazine
Cosmo Radio
My family
Dark chocolate truffles
Pasta
Hot tea on cool mornings
Iced tea any time
Warm cookies
Pancakes
Reading
The quiet time on Saturday mornings, after the dogs have been out and have been fed and are quiet, when Emma wakes up early also and just cuddles on the couch with me, my little girl again instead of the budding preteen who is too cool for goodbye kisses at school.
Sims 2
Bones, House, and Grey's Anatomy
The Shield
Cosmopolitan and Vogue magazines
Lunching with a friend
Windows Live Messenger for keeping in touch with far away friends
Curling up under a warm blanket with a good book
YouTube
PerezHilton.com
Taking walks
Being a Girl Scout leader
Having a clean house
Shoes
Shopping
Red patent leather
Heels
Sex & the City
Fall clothes
Fall weather
Fresh peaches
Vanilla yogurt
Painting
Sleeping in
Sweaters
Stripes
A long hug from my husband
Watching Emma grow up into an amazing person
Boots
October 02 Wow.Wow. 679 installments for Les Miserables. Coming each morning, M-F, that is over 2 years of reading. I'm enjoying it so far, but I could just buy the book and read it in a weekend.
If it gets really good where I want more I just might do that. |
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