40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Sounds like a brutal work schedule, Larro!

Got my saturday cardio in and done. Faded at the 45-minute mark, but that's okay.

I have no voice! Virus settled into throatbox. Anyway, off to daughter's hockey and then home for a rest. My son came down with this virus yesterday, so he is fevered and lethargic. We will all be healthy in time for xmas!

BOOM!

Morning Kid's !
Since it's the second morning on a weekend waking up at 5 a.m. for no reason I skipped the "good" in there. Battery in my scale died. So it's also day 2 without weighing myself. Hard on my "OCD tendencies".
My husband's company was brought out by another recently. They waited to tell them till last week. They are all being terminated by the end of the year and then re-hired as new employees at the first of the new year. Can you say stressful? I think the stress has my tummy acting up ( memories of being laid off after 8 and 1/2 yrs. re-surfacing ). You don't want to know. The new company only gives up to 3 weeks vacation a year so some employees are losing a week or two paid vacation now. Thankfully he has only been there 2-3 years.
So I've been retreating to my felt crafts. The first picture is most of the play food I've made so far.

The second is a stove top she can use on the counter when I'm cooking ( with turning buttons ), bags of pasta ( still need to velcro ), page of quiet book, "Doc McStuffin" band aids, and 2 of the 3 owl ornaments I've made so far.
A selfie from the other day. Wearing a man's XL sweater I've had a few years ( cozy ).
Well back to my felt projects. I'll try to check back soon. Trying hard to fight the "bahumbugs" !

Good Monday morning all! Had a busy weekend as always! Jake's party was nice. It was not a surprise as I don't think he would quite understand the surprise part at this point. He was a little overwhelmed at first- the party was at a place called Champions for life. they have trampolines and mats the kids can run and tumble on and bars they can hang from and other stuff. Once he got the hang of it he had fun. He got lots of great presents too!
- I visited Hubby after the party. He is having some difficulties with tremors still and last night was a really bad night for him- he was very confused and was extremely drowsy and a bit uncooperative. I had a long discussion with the doctor and they are thinking that he is over medicated. They held some of his meds last night and are going to discuss what they can take him off from as a team today. Hoping for some improvements.

larro- lets not rush things!! It doesn't seem possible that he is two already- certainly not ready for him to leave for college yet!

Caramel- No, the boxes aren't unpacked yet, but they are in my spare room so that I can unpack a few at a time and not have to have them all over the place. With everything that is going on in my life right now, it will take me a while to get them all unpacked.

Mzklutch- I have at least put my furniture where I want it, but the boxes will be unpacked slowly as my life is in a bit of turmoil right now with hubs being in the hospital and all. It will get done eventually.

Have a good day all!

Good morning.

Ugh, it's Monday again. One good thing was the traffic was really light coming in to work today. Lot's of lucky people must be taking the week off.

I came to work on Saturday, and yesterday was getting all my weekend chores done, so I feel like I didn't get much of a break over the weekend. I'll sure be glad when the new year rolls around and the year-end projects I'm working on are behind me. I'm ready for normal again!

Someone on another post explained how to make an omelette (mine usually evolve into ramped up scrambled eggs), so I gave it a try yesterday. It actually looks like an omelette! Apparently I've been cooking them at too high a temperature and not using a lid while it sets. I still need to practice the fold though.



For our weekly pot of something I made a pot of pintos cooked in veggie broth with crushed tomatoes, onions, carrots, garlic salt, basil, pepper and a little enchilada season. They turned out really good.



I noticed today that there isn't any goodies floating around the office. Maybe it's slowing down now that we've hit Christmas week. Then, my boss comes over and gives me a big old bag of See's candy and a gift card to Starbucks. Ha! I've been bad this season. Other than leaving a big bucket of mini candy canes at the end of my desk for passersby, I haven't brought any gift for my co-workers. I guess I'm bah-humbuggy this year.

We've actually had one whole day now without any rain. It was really foggy this morning, but that's about burned off now. Since the rain has stopped, I think my Dad will be taking my dog to the dog park later today. Every time we head for our cars, poor Cisco gets excited thinking he gets to go. Hopefully they make it over there. That dog loves to romp around at the dog park.

Well, better get back to work. You all have a wonderful day, and if you are taking the week off, I'm jealous!!

Good Afternoon Cool Kids.

Kate, I love the crafts and the selfie. You are looking good.

Caramel, I'm done with work until after the New Year. We have our office party at noon tomorrow, and I will go in to water the plants once a week, but other than that I will have too much free time the next couple of weeks. I've done this for 23 years, so I know it will be slow for a while. Folks eat too much and spend too much over the holidays so they don't have as many parties in January.

Kelly Sue, not trying to rush things. But I know how time flies for me. I remember one of the first events I worked at the Civic Center was a 13 year old birthday party for a daughter of one of my sister's good friends. It seemed like no time had passed, and that girl was bringing in her kids for birthday parties.

Laura, I have froze half of the sirloin. I've been eating a little of the rest of it everyday, including for breakfast this morning. About that drive, you don't by any chance pass a pine tree or two on the way to work, do you? I don't get that far west very often, but when I'm driving on SR20 going toward Panama City, pine trees is all I see.

Mygnsac, that is a good looking omelette. I have trouble folding mine too. How low do you turn the heat? I've been cooking them on medium. Is that too hot?

After many nights of working until after midnight, I was home before 2100 last night. I went to bed at a decent hour and still slept in until after 0900. I messed around and ate breakfast before I did my lifting, so I'm really running late today. But I have done the lifting and over half of my cardio. I'm not sure if I'll get the rest of it done or not. I'm not too good at getting back to it after I sit down.

My food porn is always more graphic and never as tastefully done as Mygnsac's, but here is a breakfast picture anyway. Maybe what she does in food erotica

Hope everyone is having a good day,

Larro

I got my lifting in-and-done today! Whew! That felt good.

I started a four-day-split program. Something new and different....to stabe off boredom.

How is your lifting going?

I'm in

Larro- a BEAR story- OH MY!! :l Can;t wait to hear it!

Two days till Christmas!! I am looking forward to it! Still wishing my hubby was going to be there, but I am going to see him in the morning that day.
I had Jake at the house this morning. Today is his official birthday- we had chocolate donut holes with sprinkles. He ate all of the sprinkles off and didn't eat the donut part- should have just given him a dish of sprinkles!!

I have decided that I will pick up with the gym after the holidays. Hopefully by then things will be a bit more quiet and I will be a bit more unpacked- I am considering switching from the Y to the community rec center in the town I just moved to. If you live in the school district- which I do, the membership price is almost half of what I currently pay with a lot of the same kinds of options and classes. We'll see though. I will have to actually go and check it out- I like saving money though!!

Have a good day all!

sdereski- Love your profile picture!!! Very Sweet!

Happy Christmas Eve morning! It's Friday for me as we are closed on Friday this week so a four day weekend- Whoo Hoo! The kids are coming over later this evening to open gifts at my house and then I will be off to see hubs in the am and then to my parent's house for the remainder of the day. Friday I will head home early to install my internet and wait for the new propane suppliers to install the new tank. I hope they come earlier rather than later in the morning cause I may be able to go do something with my daughter and Jake that day! I hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!