Well I just happen to live with the two crabbiest people on the planet who in turn make me the third most crabby person on the planet. Well as a family who has had a diet too heavy in crabby patties lately-here was our weekend.
Friday night was the end of the school year bash, art fair, ice cream social at Bella's school. After our spagetti supper we headed over to the school with Bella's friend Angela. It was nice to see all the kids art work. I took a couple of pictures of Bella with her art work for scrapbooking later.
Saturday, we had reservations for the Canyons and waterfall tour at Starved Rock State Park. I was up early and and performed my chef duties by making each member of our family a different breakfast. I had oatmeal, Bella had pancakes and I made Scott eggs and hashbrowns. we got on the road after much complaining, consulting, running around, packing, searching for shoes etc. We made it there in plenty of time and went to the visitor center which was a lot of steps-down was not bad, back up was a huffing and puffing feat on my part that had a backgroud phrase from the "Little Engine that Could" -I think I can, I think I can. For someone like myself who loves to be outside in nature I was really kicking myself for letting me get so fat and out of shape. Our tour package included a buffet lunch, most choices not the healthies and honestly when faced with these kinds of choices I make poor ones. The tour was fun-we saw three waterfalls and being outside was wonderful. I think crabby and crabby Jr. had fun too at least until the camera was dropped in the waterfall and ceased working, of course that was my fault.
We drove home and stopped and got a pizza at Pappa Murphy's. Incidently we took Scott's car because my radio is still locked and it looks like we will be paying Saturn too much $$$ to get it unlocked.
While we ate pizza we watched the Tale of Desperaux.
Sunday we were up really early to get on the road to head to WI for my niece and nephews confirmation. The four of us made it in plenty of time (we had to take the puppy with us, because that would have been too long of a time for her to be alone at home without a potty break). The confirmation was nice and my sister made a very nice lunch. we stopped at Taco Bell coming in to town and got supper.
The weekend was not good diet or exercise wise.
Last evening after the munchkin was in bed, I paid bills, did the laundry, loaded and ran the dish washer, made a grocery list, swept the floors and read a magazine. I know my husband wanted me to come to bed with him, but I was just not up for it.
tonight I plan on doing the grocery shopping, printing pictures and cleaning. Sounds exciting.
Later,
Monday, May 18, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
DREARY
It is a very dreary Friday her in Northern Illinois. I think it is supose to storm tonight, we hope not as it is the end of the year party, ice cream social and art fair at Bella's school. We are hoping for good weather tomorrow as we are going to Starved Rock state park for lunch, hiking and a trolly ride. On Sunday we will head up to Wisconsin for my niece and nephews confirmation.
yesterday was a gorgeous day here and I spent it inside. I was going to do some work outside last evening but Scott had rented a couple of movies so we watched those instead. We saw Hotel for Dogs and The curious case of Benjamin Button.
We still do not have the radio fixed in the Saturn because Saturn is making that difficult.
My husband is off work today and I am a little disappointed that he doesn't seem to be able to accomplish much on his day off. We need to get some tree trimming done but he has not called to get an estimate. We also need our fireplace chimney cleaned and/or inspected but he didn't make that call either. I am currently still planning on painting my dining room and living room next weekend and I really do not expect any help from him. then I want to get a computer desk for the living room but I do not know when i will have time to do that either. Is it any wonder that I often feel overwhelmed?
Have a great weekend.
Joan
yesterday was a gorgeous day here and I spent it inside. I was going to do some work outside last evening but Scott had rented a couple of movies so we watched those instead. We saw Hotel for Dogs and The curious case of Benjamin Button.
We still do not have the radio fixed in the Saturn because Saturn is making that difficult.
My husband is off work today and I am a little disappointed that he doesn't seem to be able to accomplish much on his day off. We need to get some tree trimming done but he has not called to get an estimate. We also need our fireplace chimney cleaned and/or inspected but he didn't make that call either. I am currently still planning on painting my dining room and living room next weekend and I really do not expect any help from him. then I want to get a computer desk for the living room but I do not know when i will have time to do that either. Is it any wonder that I often feel overwhelmed?
Have a great weekend.
Joan
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Today
This morning I weighed in at 207.5 pounds which is a big improvement over Monday. Honestly I am not doing anything to really lose weight I think it is just getting past a bad period.
Last night after I put Bella to bed I worked in the basement for awhile. It is such a mess down there and I was looking for some braid I bought to put on the bottom of the valances for our bedroom, and I found it. I may get the sewing machine out tonight. It it is nice I should work on the yard some more. I still have weeds to pull along the side and in front I need to rake and clean out the flower bed.
My windshield washer is not working and I thought I was just out of fluid so I asked Scott to check it and he did but it was not empty and it still does not work and neither does the radio. We took the car in this morning. Hopefully they can get it fixed and it won't cost too much.
Scott is not feeling well and may stay home from work I will see when he calls, he thinks he may have a sinus infection.
We have another number to call for tree trimming. I sure would like to get that taken care of.
Well I need to get to work. Later.
Last night after I put Bella to bed I worked in the basement for awhile. It is such a mess down there and I was looking for some braid I bought to put on the bottom of the valances for our bedroom, and I found it. I may get the sewing machine out tonight. It it is nice I should work on the yard some more. I still have weeds to pull along the side and in front I need to rake and clean out the flower bed.
My windshield washer is not working and I thought I was just out of fluid so I asked Scott to check it and he did but it was not empty and it still does not work and neither does the radio. We took the car in this morning. Hopefully they can get it fixed and it won't cost too much.
Scott is not feeling well and may stay home from work I will see when he calls, he thinks he may have a sinus infection.
We have another number to call for tree trimming. I sure would like to get that taken care of.
Well I need to get to work. Later.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Better
I have to say that I am feeling better today and the scale said I weighed 209 pounds which is 1.5 pounds less than yesterday. However my pants still feel too tight and i doubt I will fit into the dress I want to wear to my nieces wedding in a few weeks.
Last night I like many people in America spent 3 hours in front of the TV watching the final of the biggest loser. I have always been a fan of the biggest loser. I was really hoping that Tara would win. I was not a big fan of Helen. I do think she is a little selfish, but then again I think you must be selfish if you want to accomplish a large weight loss goal. I think her changing to Jillian as a trainer was a big plus for her as it was for Mike. I know a lot of people think that Helen looked too thin. Maybe she is. I don't know here hight or BMI or % body fat so what can I say. What I do think is that if it was Jennifer Aniston or Tori Spelling who stepped out at that weight all the tabloids would probably be writing about how fat they were so it is all perspective. As a 46 year old woman I don't think I appreciate that the fact that people consider 48 old.
As for the at home contestants I think that Dan really should have been able to win the whole thing, I am glad he did well. I think that with a longer season we should have seen more weight loss from some of the contestants. I also wish Kristen would have lost more (she is from WI afterall) I think a cheese hat would have been better than that hair do! I know a lot of folks disliked Joelle. I feel/felt sorry for her. It was obvious to me that this person was in a seriously disadvantaged state. Remember she considered taking the $$$ just to get out at one time. I also think that this is a woman who has NEVER had anyone who believed in her and I know how that feels. I think she would have done better on Jillian's team simply because what I think that Jillian gets that Bob doesn't is that people are not just fat but they are fat because of some mental roadblocks that need to be addressed along with the changes to diet and exercise. I really did not like Ron. I think he did not participate or try hard in the challenges. Come on he couldn't do a half marathon but then just a few weeks later he did a full marathon. I really don't believe he did the full marathon. I don't think that Ron will maintain his weight loss because he has not addressed the mental aspects of why he was over weight. I hope his son Max is able to make progress with Mike as his role model.
Now all the shows I usually watch are done for the season and hopefully I can do more for my own weight loss story.
Last night I like many people in America spent 3 hours in front of the TV watching the final of the biggest loser. I have always been a fan of the biggest loser. I was really hoping that Tara would win. I was not a big fan of Helen. I do think she is a little selfish, but then again I think you must be selfish if you want to accomplish a large weight loss goal. I think her changing to Jillian as a trainer was a big plus for her as it was for Mike. I know a lot of people think that Helen looked too thin. Maybe she is. I don't know here hight or BMI or % body fat so what can I say. What I do think is that if it was Jennifer Aniston or Tori Spelling who stepped out at that weight all the tabloids would probably be writing about how fat they were so it is all perspective. As a 46 year old woman I don't think I appreciate that the fact that people consider 48 old.
As for the at home contestants I think that Dan really should have been able to win the whole thing, I am glad he did well. I think that with a longer season we should have seen more weight loss from some of the contestants. I also wish Kristen would have lost more (she is from WI afterall) I think a cheese hat would have been better than that hair do! I know a lot of folks disliked Joelle. I feel/felt sorry for her. It was obvious to me that this person was in a seriously disadvantaged state. Remember she considered taking the $$$ just to get out at one time. I also think that this is a woman who has NEVER had anyone who believed in her and I know how that feels. I think she would have done better on Jillian's team simply because what I think that Jillian gets that Bob doesn't is that people are not just fat but they are fat because of some mental roadblocks that need to be addressed along with the changes to diet and exercise. I really did not like Ron. I think he did not participate or try hard in the challenges. Come on he couldn't do a half marathon but then just a few weeks later he did a full marathon. I really don't believe he did the full marathon. I don't think that Ron will maintain his weight loss because he has not addressed the mental aspects of why he was over weight. I hope his son Max is able to make progress with Mike as his role model.
Now all the shows I usually watch are done for the season and hopefully I can do more for my own weight loss story.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
OFF
That is all I can say at this point is that I am off. I am off the diet-the scale said 210.5 this morning this is crazy!
I am off emotionally too. Being motherless for mother's day affected me more than I thought it would. My husband who always gets me flowers didn't. My darling daughter, after I told her that the car carts at the Home Depot were too hard to push, told me "then you would be skinny".
I am off physically, having the worst period in a long time. I have been downing asprin and caffine like crazy to no avail. Even took a hot shower and slept with a hot water bottle. My husband, I guess can be forgiven for not getting me flowers since, without me asking, he stopped at Wal-Mart last night on his way home from work and bought me some Midol.
I feel fat and bloated and I could put my head down on my desk and take a nap.
Last night I went to the Healthy Woman confrence sponsored by the hospital I work for. The speaker was good, but long. We did get a copy of Dr. Dale Atkins book. I ws just too crampy to really enjoy the confrence and I needed to pick up the kid and dog from grandma's and get them home.
Last week I sent my friend LA a note about meeting me for lunch in Madison last Saturday, she did respond by stating that they were going to the farm. The note came on our Yahoo account, Scott read it, told me about it and then responded to LA that he had given me the message. LA then responded by saying that the message was for Joan only and to be responded to by Joan only. I am not sure what her problem is. She is convinced for some reason that Scott had read emails from her in the past and not told me about them and then deleted them. I know this is not true. Her apparent hatred of my spouse is really ruining our long standing friendship and it makes me extremely sad.
Work is frustrating because people do not give you enough information to do your job and/or hound you for something in a time frame that is impossible to meet.
Blah, Blah, Blay-Yuck, Yuck, Yuck
Joan
I am off emotionally too. Being motherless for mother's day affected me more than I thought it would. My husband who always gets me flowers didn't. My darling daughter, after I told her that the car carts at the Home Depot were too hard to push, told me "then you would be skinny".
I am off physically, having the worst period in a long time. I have been downing asprin and caffine like crazy to no avail. Even took a hot shower and slept with a hot water bottle. My husband, I guess can be forgiven for not getting me flowers since, without me asking, he stopped at Wal-Mart last night on his way home from work and bought me some Midol.
I feel fat and bloated and I could put my head down on my desk and take a nap.
Last night I went to the Healthy Woman confrence sponsored by the hospital I work for. The speaker was good, but long. We did get a copy of Dr. Dale Atkins book. I ws just too crampy to really enjoy the confrence and I needed to pick up the kid and dog from grandma's and get them home.
Last week I sent my friend LA a note about meeting me for lunch in Madison last Saturday, she did respond by stating that they were going to the farm. The note came on our Yahoo account, Scott read it, told me about it and then responded to LA that he had given me the message. LA then responded by saying that the message was for Joan only and to be responded to by Joan only. I am not sure what her problem is. She is convinced for some reason that Scott had read emails from her in the past and not told me about them and then deleted them. I know this is not true. Her apparent hatred of my spouse is really ruining our long standing friendship and it makes me extremely sad.
Work is frustrating because people do not give you enough information to do your job and/or hound you for something in a time frame that is impossible to meet.
Blah, Blah, Blay-Yuck, Yuck, Yuck
Joan
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