JUST FOR TODAY ....... One day at a time ..... Daily Commitment Thread for 2018

Bex953172 wrote: »

Hey all, didn't really stick to my goals today. I'm so busy! I kept munching on the MILs cake, I didn't even cut a slice I just got a fork and ate from the cake. Gross I know. Anyway I've binned it now lol, just get rid of the damn thing!
Gone into total Mum Mode getting everything sorted. Changed a few sizes on her uniform so everythings perfect. Downstairs has been cleaned hoovered and mopped! She's been bathed, hair washed dried and straightened.
And I've got everything laid out down to the bobble and bow she's gonna have in her hair!
I'm gonna grab a shower tonight and get all my makeup out of the car ready for morning!
Don't think I could be more prepared! Glad she's having hot dinners and not pack lunches!

Anyway last few bits to tidy upstairs and then it's time for bed for me!
I've not had to get up for school for over 10 years now LOL, not long enough!

This was my biggest problem as when the girls started school. I hated getting up. By the time they were in the middle of grade 1 and grade 3 we had moved out here and I was working nights. They had to get themselves up and ready to go mostly. My husband and I would meet in the doorway as he was leaving and tell me where they were in being prepared and I would go finish it up. Just typing that made me realize the massive responsibility they had at such a young age! I think I owe my girls an apology for making them grow up too fast!

JFT - Tuesday Sept 4
2L of Water -
Calories in Green by 150 - 336
Outside 15 Minutes -
Only 1 Evening Snack - I had an extra slice of toast, but I was hungry and had over 400 calorie left when I had it
5 Fruits/Veggies -
Walk if weather permits -
Write in Journal -
Move every hour at work, reinstate 10 Somethings? -
Yoga or Pilates - NO EXCUSES - - I need to come up with a better schedule, by the time I get home make supper, clean up, go for my walk, get back again I am tuckered out. Then when I might be ready hubby is in bed sleeping, since the craft room is right beside the bedroom, I don't want to disturb him. I move more in the evening than I do all day!

JFT - Wednesday Sept 5
2L of Water
Calories in Green by 150
Outside 15 Minutes
Only 1 Evening Snack
5 Fruits/Veggies
Walk - possibly, will be selling today so will have lots of steps in
Write in Journal
Move every hour at work, reinstate 10 Somethings?
Yoga or Pilates - NO EXCUSES

Fruits and Veggies
Sept 1st - 0/5
Sept 2nd - 3/5
Sept 3rd - 4/5
Sept 4 - 5/5

The Calgary guy is coming up today and Friday to try to get some business up here. I don't know what his plan is, but he says he's coming Friday too and told me he will be here either 2 or 3 days a week from now on. We'll see if that holds true.

The Grands are coming tonight I can't wait to hear about Jonah's first day of Grade 2 yesterday. He is in a grade 2/3 split which may be beneficial to him. Lauryn says he also has a stand up desk.... I can't wait to hear how that works!

Bex953172 wrote: »

What a morning!
She's in! She tried everything to avoid getting ready this morning. I woke up at 7 but gonna set my alarm earlier for 6.30 maybe as I didn't have chance to walk the dog. And was cutting it a bit fine!

Anyway leaving her was okay. She wanted us to stay a little bit so we introduced her to some girls and then said our goodbyes!

Me and my partner then went shopping. Firstly just to the butcher and because Marley had a massive poo en route he parked in the multi-story and just quickly ran down to get some meat. He was probably about 30 mins.
Except I fell asleep!
In the car LOL, an old man who was parked next to me said he tapped on the window but I didn't wake. And so he went and got security LOL he thought I might need medical assistance. Needless to say, I was mortified.

But other than that, all good!

Awe think of the story you can tell Saskia about her first day of school! Those are the memories that mean the most in the long run!

JFT Tuesday Recap
1. Be kind
2. Don't take peoples crap so seriously
3. Log all food just logged and did not eat enough yesterday, blah, this is a bad habit I'm getting into and totally foreign to me.
4. Drinks LOTS of water and let your muscles recover
5. Pick up hot tub chems
6. Cook dinner at home

JFT Wednesday
1. Don't take peoples crap so seriously
2. Be kind
3. Lots of water
4. Eat enough food!
5. Meds AM and PM
6. FIND SCALE
7. Unpack 3 boxes
8. Wind down 8:30 - make some sleepy tea and watch tv in living room, avoid screen time in bedroom.

PackerFanInGB wrote: »

Bex953172 wrote: »

Hey all, didn't really stick to my goals today. I'm so busy! I kept munching on the MILs cake, I didn't even cut a slice I just got a fork and ate from the cake. Gross I know. Anyway I've binned it now lol, just get rid of the damn thing!
Gone into total Mum Mode getting everything sorted. Changed a few sizes on her uniform so everythings perfect. Downstairs has been cleaned hoovered and mopped! She's been bathed, hair washed dried and straightened.
And I've got everything laid out down to the bobble and bow she's gonna have in her hair!
I'm gonna grab a shower tonight and get all my makeup out of the car ready for morning!
Don't think I could be more prepared! Glad she's having hot dinners and not pack lunches!

Anyway last few bits to tidy upstairs and then it's time for bed for me!
I've not had to get up for school for over 10 years now LOL, not long enough!

OMG! I laughed out loud when I read how you were eating cake with a fork right from the cake plate/pan! I cannot tell you how many times I have done that...then I have to eat just a smidge more with my fork to try to make it look even so my husband "won't notice" and will think it was cut with a knife! BWAHAHA! Probably eaten the equivalent of 70 cakes in my lifetime doing that! hahaha!

Sounds to me like you did a good job getting ready for everything in the morning. Hope it all went smoothly!

LOL I did do that and when I realised he wasn't eating any I just ate it however!

I'm all caught up! Holy crow, there was a lot of stuff going on while I was MIA! So, here goes my attempt at supporting everyone.

@mytime6630 THank you for the well wishes! I missed you, my friend! My go-to dish for potlucks is almost always a fresh fruit bowl. Usually it gets eaten right up...how lucky to have so much left over to bring home! I love fresh fruit as a snack. I wish I could follow your advice to shut myself in my sewing room to get away from drama! However, it's currently in the basement and I can't physically get down there yet! I'm hoping to have Tim bring my sewing machine upstairs in the next few days though as my leg gets more flexible.

@Faebert How'd class go? I was almost drooling looking at the picture of the cake you made and thinking about the freshly baked bread! Mmmm. I'm excited for autumn baking...we go apple picking and I enjoy baking apple bread, pie, cake, crisp, etc. I'm so sorry to hear about your sister needing another MRI! Did they find another mass? If you have any questions or need someone to vent to, please feel free to send me a private message. I am a Stage III breast cancer survivor (bilateral mastectomies, 5 months of chemotherapy (3 different kinds) and radiation therapy), so I know quite a bit about the journey. It sucks, and I am praying for her.

@bcTRAI Hi!!!! You started another quilt? That will be the 3rd one and I haven't even finished Bex's yet! LOL! I hope all is well with you my friend.

@Bex953172 Bex, Bex, Bex. Where do I even begin! You make me laugh in one post and want to hug you with the next! Thank you for posting a pic of Casey for us Aunties! She looks like a beautiful porcelein doll. Her skin is perfect! I'm glad to hear that school went well today! Which days will you have alone time with Casey? I think that will be such precious time for you to be able to really bond with her. I had 3 kids so close together that I didn't ever really get that time alone with any of them...especially since my first two kids were twins.

@slittlemeister I'm so sorry to hear you had food poisoning! Holy cow! That is nasty stuff! Sounds like you had a lot of fun at this last wedding though. I can see I'm going to have to start keeping an eye on you and your long days at work again! <shaking my finger at you!>

@Snowflake1968 Your daughter did a nice job with your perm! How do you like it? Is it easier to style? I have only had one perm in my life and my hair turned out like a curly clown wig! I'm sure they are much better than they were way back then though! hahaha! I'm sorry to hear about your MIL. How is she doing? Glad to hear the Calgary guy is going to be coming out to help drum up business, but was sad to hear about your new venture being postponed. So many good ones in all different venues of entertainment! (I love this show. Can you tell?)

@cschmitz110515 Sounds like you had a great Labor Day weekend! Good for you, putting MFP on hold. Sometimes a person's just gotta live, right? The storms and rain have been crazy around here lately. Hope you can get out for your walks soon so I can see "happy dog, happy me" in your posts again! P.S. Hoping when I heal up from this surgery and can start walking regularly again that I can talk to DH about getting another dog finally. He has been resistant because he still misses Jack, but he seems to be softening and pointing out different dogs to me as they go past the house on evening walks with their people. Hoping for a chocolate or silver lab puppy.

@HEGoddard0928 Hey girl! You have had a busy couple of weeks! Hope your ultrasound goes well and you are feeling better. Good luck to DH in his pursuit for a new career! Glad you have a new girl at work you enjoy and get along with. You mentioned "Thred Up" (at least I think it was you). I will have to google and check it out. Is that one of those places that mails you boxes of items that you can keep or return? Like they shop for you?

@jeschepp You jogged! You were jogging! You are a jogger!!!! Whoop Whoop!!! I love the 'What about Bob' reference! LOL! That movie is hilarious! Anyway, good for you! I would be in shock if I could ever do that! I have to tell you, I look forward to your Daily Gratitude items. I have a gratitude journal and write it in at night--5 things I'm grateful for that day. Sometimes it's simply that we have hot water and a shower. Other days it's something way cool. But every day I end the day on a positive note.

@crazyjerseygirl I'm going to have to take a look at the "Walk to Mordor" app! Sounds fun! Did you find a gym? After I heal from this hip thing, I'm going to look around here at my options. I have a membership at Planet Fitness, but I'd like to check out a few more to see what they have to offer. I need a LOT of motivation to get there... LOL

@nickssweetheart I can absolutely empathize with the new job thing! It's so hard to learn a new job and even though I'm really happy I made the move, it's a whole new level of stress to try learning something new! My weight has gone up rather than down... Hang in there! We've got this!

@Saragirl2 Welcome back! I joined Half Size Me yesterday! I've got lots of things to read and webinars to watch to figure out what it's all about. Love the podcasts though. Today I plan to do the Getting Started for the Final Time course and then start the Back to Basics challenge. Thank you for pointing me in Healther's direction! Hope you are well! I miss you when you're gone!

@josephinebowman Hope you're healing well after your eye surgery. Did you have cataracts or something different done? I have to do the cataract surgery but not quite yet. Anything done to my eyes freaks me out! I had to laugh at your reference to not losing weight after your haircut because your hair wasn't that heavy! HAHAHA! If only it were that easy, right? I'd shave my head and make sure my legs were always smooth too!

@Falcon Congratulations on the weight loss! And what a fun way to lose...playing table hockey I think you said? Way better than gnawing on celery.

@MLS1582 Feel better soon! Timing just stinks, doesn't it?

@maryrobinson40 Congratulations on your 4000 steps! Good for you! That's awesome. You just keep it up, missy! I want to tell you how sorry I am to hear about your brother. We are still trying to come to grips with the sadness of losing my BIL a few weeks ago. HUGS to you, sweetie.

@Sunnyme333 Welcome! If there were an Emotional Eater club, I think I'd be president! LOL! It's a huge struggle, especially since I've had problems trying to be active for the past 7 years! I'm hoping when I heal from this hip repair that I can fool myself into thinking I enjoy exercise more than eating when I'm upset!

@cesse47 Congrats on your BINGO win! I used to go to the Casino here in Green Bay and play BINGO. LOVE IT!

@clicketykeys One word...WOW! You are a firecracker! I get tired just thinking about doing half of your JFT's! You go, girl!

I hope I got everyone! Sorry for taking up an entire page of my own on here, but I have a lot of time on my hands right now! bwahahaha!

@PackerFanInGB thank you so much! I may well drop you a line. The MRI found more calcification so there is another biopsy on Friday. Hoping for more clarity after that. And amazing job catching up - I find it hard enough when I’m on every day!

@Bex953172 - how cute and grown up does Saskia look?! Hope she had the best first day.

We had the first day with all the children back at school today after two training days. I’m shattered but my class seem very sweet so I’m excited for a fresh year. After lots of conversations with my boyfriend about how hard it is to get time together we agreed to try and meet in the city after work halfway between our homes when I have childcare. So I went to meet him tonight. We had a nice time and I ate a burger and chips but had saved the calories for it so feel good that I stuck to the challenges! I took him a belated birthday cake to share with his colleagues too as I missed it when I had to go with my sister to an appointment.

Wednesday goals recap
- morning workout ✅
- Prep lunch and girls’ snacks ✅
- Remember to take cake into work ❎ went home to see the girls first and picked it up then
- April- sep challenges ✅
- Leave work on time to go meet M ✅
- Remember the cake! ✅
- Dinner out - eat mindfully. ✅
- Not too late home ✅ 11 not too bad!

Thursday goals
- rest day
- GP before work
- April to September challenges
- Sign up for girls’ clubs from 6:45pm!
- Early night

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Bex953172 wrote: »

Here is Saskia on her first day she looks so much older than 4 doesn't kshe!

She is adorable!