- I took a mental health day today. Yesterday I worked my butt off because I was behind due to the stress of the week. Around 3pm I walked into my manager's office and asked for today off. "I could have called in, but I just don't do that." I don't know if she appreciated it or not, but it makes me feel better to know that I'm not going to get "busted" for falsely calling in sick because I really needed today off. That would have been in the pit of my stomach all day even if it was unrealistic.
- Of course, my car clutch decided to bite the dust, so today we're taking it in (when the traffic isn't too bad) so that I can have a first and second gear. Really stinks. My car being the source of the money suck REALLY stinks, but it's the first major repair that has been needed besides maintenance in the eight years since I bought it so I guess it could be worse.
- I was really hoping that Hubby would agree that I just need a new car, even though I don't really lust for new cars. I hate driving, and my car is a vehicle to get me from Point A to Point B. But maybe I hate to drive because I don't have a new car? I know it's not really feasible and I know it's unneeded, but it really upset me that he dismissed it without a thought. We have 4 years left on his car payment so maybe I'll have a twelve year old car when I get a new one. But then his will be six. Sigh.
- I finished Swamplandia! Um. Don't bother.
- I have errands to do today, like go to Michael's for stuff to make a birthday gift and the store for a few groceries. I think I'll ride my bike. Do you think eggs will be okay? Maybe I'll drive Hub's car to the grocery.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Five on Friday
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
(almost) wordless Wednesday
Guess who benefited from daycare finding Spencer's old video game player three months after we replaced it, thinking we were the ones who lost it?
Monday, January 9, 2012
Running and eating
I went for my first run Sunday since my 10k on 12/3, and for the first run since I got my new running shoes, and the first run of the new year. All in one. How do you like that? I ran four miles, and "run" is a term I'm using very loosely as I walked more of it than I ran, but it was still good to get out there and good to get moving.
Once of my biggest problems was that I ran in the middle of the day, and while the weather is FABULOUS (high 60s/low 70s), the sun really bears down and it was just plain difficult to keep moving. You know it's bad when you refuse to run the extra half mile to the water fountain and would rather just walk the 1.5 back to the last water stop, which is only half a mile from home.
We also went on a family bike ride later on the same day. I was getting discouraged by our family bike rides. Hubby lost a lot of weight last year too, and a lot of it was muscle mass. He did it by diet only, so now when we try to do family outings he gets irritated by his lack of endurance. And I wouldn't mind going slower and riding together but he insists that I "go ahead", which frankly isn't a family bike ride. It's a "me and Henry" ride and a "Hubby and Spencer while Hubby complains" ride. I know we just need to do it more, but it's hard to talk him into it because he's getting discouraged as well. We did get him a new bike (and then exchanged it for a different new bike) and today's ride was fun and encouraging again.
Last week was TERRIBLE for our eating. Meat meat meat meat yummy freaking meat. I made baked grouper on Friday night which was awesome, but we got take out from Red Robin on Saturday for the garage sale (which was awesome - we sold almost all the big stuff, a lot of the little stuff, made over $200 and I packed the rest of it up for goodwill). Now that I'm on Pinterest (okay, so resolution #2 sucked this week too) I've been loading up on great recipe ideas for the next week, and I'm making veggie pesto lasagna, quinoa burgers, salad, and ... well, something else. Once thing that has been good on the food front is that we moved Henry's seat to the regular table (it has removable legs) so he can eat with us, and he has been such a better eater the past few days. He has eaten mashed sweet potatoes, acorn squash, non-processed chicken, macaroni and cheese with carrots and spinach, couscous, and spinach artichoke feta quiche on Sunday morning. I think one thing that helps is that it's pretty low and he CAN'T SEE HIS FOOD so he doesn't realize the color until it's already been eaten. Plus, he can see all of us eating the same thing he is.
So this week is a new week! We had chicken and rice last night (and zucchini), but Monday through Thursday will be meatless, I'm going to run Tuesday and Thursday night and do weights Monday and Wednesday. I'm going to get myself off the computer until after the kids go to bed, I'm going to finish this god-forsaken book club book so I can move on to sunnier pastures. It's a new week.
A new week. Let's get this party started.
Once of my biggest problems was that I ran in the middle of the day, and while the weather is FABULOUS (high 60s/low 70s), the sun really bears down and it was just plain difficult to keep moving. You know it's bad when you refuse to run the extra half mile to the water fountain and would rather just walk the 1.5 back to the last water stop, which is only half a mile from home.
We also went on a family bike ride later on the same day. I was getting discouraged by our family bike rides. Hubby lost a lot of weight last year too, and a lot of it was muscle mass. He did it by diet only, so now when we try to do family outings he gets irritated by his lack of endurance. And I wouldn't mind going slower and riding together but he insists that I "go ahead", which frankly isn't a family bike ride. It's a "me and Henry" ride and a "Hubby and Spencer while Hubby complains" ride. I know we just need to do it more, but it's hard to talk him into it because he's getting discouraged as well. We did get him a new bike (and then exchanged it for a different new bike) and today's ride was fun and encouraging again.
Last week was TERRIBLE for our eating. Meat meat meat meat yummy freaking meat. I made baked grouper on Friday night which was awesome, but we got take out from Red Robin on Saturday for the garage sale (which was awesome - we sold almost all the big stuff, a lot of the little stuff, made over $200 and I packed the rest of it up for goodwill). Now that I'm on Pinterest (okay, so resolution #2 sucked this week too) I've been loading up on great recipe ideas for the next week, and I'm making veggie pesto lasagna, quinoa burgers, salad, and ... well, something else. Once thing that has been good on the food front is that we moved Henry's seat to the regular table (it has removable legs) so he can eat with us, and he has been such a better eater the past few days. He has eaten mashed sweet potatoes, acorn squash, non-processed chicken, macaroni and cheese with carrots and spinach, couscous, and spinach artichoke feta quiche on Sunday morning. I think one thing that helps is that it's pretty low and he CAN'T SEE HIS FOOD so he doesn't realize the color until it's already been eaten. Plus, he can see all of us eating the same thing he is.
So this week is a new week! We had chicken and rice last night (and zucchini), but Monday through Thursday will be meatless, I'm going to run Tuesday and Thursday night and do weights Monday and Wednesday. I'm going to get myself off the computer until after the kids go to bed, I'm going to finish this god-forsaken book club book so I can move on to sunnier pastures. It's a new week.
A new week. Let's get this party started.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Five on Friday
- It felt good on Monday night to strike through my first resolution. The blog has been redone. I really wanted a brighter, cleaner look for the new year and this seems to fit the bill. What do you think? Does everything seem to work okay on your end?
- Tuesday was my first day back to work since 12/23. I had two great holiday weekends book-ending a really lousy vacation. The sickness wreaked havoc on our household until about Thursday, and then Henry was teething and wouldn't stop crying so they sent him home and I had a migraine (and while he wasn't inconsolable at home, he was awfully whiny with my head hurting). Those two weekends were really really good though, so it almost wipes out those really terrible days in the middle.
- We plan on having a garage sale this weekend. Hold me now.
- We are going meatless 4 days a week now, but I have no real recipes and I'm afraid we're going to be eating too much mac and cheese, which slightly defeats the purpose. We have spectacularly failed at this for the first week of the year: wings, chicken sandwich, cream of chicken and rice soup (which Henry ATE so I call it a win), wings, and creole chicken with goat cheese pasta and mashed sweet potatoes. Not a single meat-free night) Recipes? Anyone? Bueller?
- My invite for Pinterest came through Monday night. This is not going to have a good effect on my #2 resolution - stay off the computer. I was never really interested in getting on it, and now I have a feeling I'm going to be up all night on the thing. But cute! Things! It's like a website devoted to letting me make lists, except with pictures. My first list was meat-free recipes.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The first Ten of the year
1. What did you get for Christmas?
I got a beautiful pair of earrings from the boys, new running shoes and Marc Jacobs perfume from the hubby, and lots of great other things!
2. Have you taken down your Christmas decorations? I didn't plan it, but Thursday we were stuck home because Henry got sent home from daycare for crying too much (love teething, the daycare thought there was something actually wrong with him) so the decorations came down then and the tree came down Sunday. I miss them, but I love having the space back.
3. What did you do for New Years Eve? We went to friends' house who has boys Spencer's age and hung out while the children (6 boys, 5 of them fully mobile and crazy) went insane and we drank and played board games. It was a lot of fun. The only problem *I* had with the night is that midnight is in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! I was so tired by the end of the night my head was a wreck and I hadn't even drank much. My wonderful husband let me sleep until 9am the next morning, and all was again right with the world.
4. Do you like accents? As long as they're not too hard to understand. If I can understand them, they pretty much rock.
5. What kind of television do you have? A big one.
6. Did you make any changes at the beginning of 2012? I have resolutions, but I haven't made any changes yet. We finished out our vacation properly, and now it's time to follow up on my resolutions, starting today (ps - I added to those a little - I shouldn't hit "publish" on something I haven't looked at right before I go to bed).
7. What’s the last book you read and do you recommend it? I'm about halfway through Swamplandia! and yes, it's pretty interesting.
8. Do you stay current on celebrity gossip? Vaguely. Very, very vaguely.
9. Do you know the words to Bohemian Rhapsody? Gangstas Paradise? Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Yes, no (most though) and yes.
10. What is your favorite educational television show? I don't think I watch a lot of educational television since LeVar Burton isn't on anymore. Why isn't Reading Rainbow on anymore?
I got a beautiful pair of earrings from the boys, new running shoes and Marc Jacobs perfume from the hubby, and lots of great other things!
2. Have you taken down your Christmas decorations? I didn't plan it, but Thursday we were stuck home because Henry got sent home from daycare for crying too much (love teething, the daycare thought there was something actually wrong with him) so the decorations came down then and the tree came down Sunday. I miss them, but I love having the space back.
3. What did you do for New Years Eve? We went to friends' house who has boys Spencer's age and hung out while the children (6 boys, 5 of them fully mobile and crazy) went insane and we drank and played board games. It was a lot of fun. The only problem *I* had with the night is that midnight is in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! I was so tired by the end of the night my head was a wreck and I hadn't even drank much. My wonderful husband let me sleep until 9am the next morning, and all was again right with the world.
4. Do you like accents? As long as they're not too hard to understand. If I can understand them, they pretty much rock.
5. What kind of television do you have? A big one.
6. Did you make any changes at the beginning of 2012? I have resolutions, but I haven't made any changes yet. We finished out our vacation properly, and now it's time to follow up on my resolutions, starting today (ps - I added to those a little - I shouldn't hit "publish" on something I haven't looked at right before I go to bed).
7. What’s the last book you read and do you recommend it? I'm about halfway through Swamplandia! and yes, it's pretty interesting.
8. Do you stay current on celebrity gossip? Vaguely. Very, very vaguely.
9. Do you know the words to Bohemian Rhapsody? Gangstas Paradise? Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Yes, no (most though) and yes.
10. What is your favorite educational television show? I don't think I watch a lot of educational television since LeVar Burton isn't on anymore. Why isn't Reading Rainbow on anymore?
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Resolve: 2012
A new year, a new set of resolutions.
Family:
1) Spend more time with my kids.
2) Stay off the computer until 8pm through the week and between 10am and 6pm on weekends.
3) Work more on my relationship with my husband
Health:
4) Go meat-free four days a days a week
5) Tough Mudder 12/1/12
6) 1 half-marathon (to be named later)
7) 1 triathalon (to be named later)
8) 3 5ks and 3 10ks
9) hold plank for 5 minutes
10) do a full split
11) down to 135lbs
Other:
12) read 100 books, including 10 "classics" and 10 non-fiction
13) redecorate my office
14) blog at least 3 times a week
15) re-vamp the blog
Family:
1) Spend more time with my kids.
2) Stay off the computer until 8pm through the week and between 10am and 6pm on weekends.
3) Work more on my relationship with my husband
Health:
4) Go meat-free four days a days a week
5) Tough Mudder 12/1/12
6) 1 half-marathon (to be named later)
7) 1 triathalon (to be named later)
8) 3 5ks and 3 10ks
9) hold plank for 5 minutes
10) do a full split
11) down to 135lbs
Other:
12) read 100 books, including 10 "classics" and 10 non-fiction
13) redecorate my office
14) blog at least 3 times a week
15) re-vamp the blog
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