Serial Starters

First snow of the year as we speak! So not ready for it!

Not good on food front... not at all....

Dawn in Mo... where that extra curricular activity was just legalized, medically...

And...HUGE GOT fan!

Hello all!
Had to laugh at the legalization talk. I am from WI. It will be ages until we get progressive (: Michigan on the other hand has come around. LOL.
Crocheting - jealous of you all. My mom was fabulous, even taught at local tech college. Couldn't teach me though. Although that was when I was young and dumb.
Welcome Messy Apron - like the name lol.
Hickchick - it will be worth it in the end!!!! (: good luck on the concrete - hope not too cold of feet!
Happy Friday!
CW 194.6
HW 209
GW 170
39 weeks until my daughters wedding (:

9120 steps yesterday.

Not happy about the floor demo. Got home to find DH did NOT put up barrier, so entire house (and EVERYTHING in it) blanketed in nice thick layer of tile/mortar dust. He also broke waterline to dishwasher and when he used water shut-off, it turned off water to sink as well. I have been hacking and coughing like I have pneumonia from all the dust. Next step will be him using concrete saw to cut trenches to run conduit and electric over to island. (am going to INSIST he put up barrier for that!) I keep telling myself it will all be worth it once the new floors are in - I just keep saying it over and over and over and over and over and over and over......

No way to cook or any way to wash anything in order to cook, so I had to do a pizza run last night. That put me waaaaaaaayyyyyy over calorie count (and sodium) yesterday. Today I am all puffy and swollen. Hopefully, can try to cobble together something better for dinner tonight.

I too had to giggle about the "legalization" talk as well. Being in Indiana, its likely to be decades before anything like that even makes it to the state house. Not that it would make any difference to me - that extra-cirricular activity has never done anything for me for some reason which is disappointing.

Have been doing a "test drive" of hearing aids. I have found there is so much I either have not been hearing or have just tuned out. Some noises now drive me crazy like the clicking of typing on keyboard or the clacking of my high heels on the floor at work. Haven't worn them at home yet though. Its been all hammers, chisels, and tiny jackhammers which require earplugs instead!

Getting really frustrated with these last 10 pounds. Feels like more work than the rest of all weightloss combined! And with holidays coming up..... am just not looking forward to holidays and hate myself for feeling that way. I have always loved the holidays and family & friends get-togethers. This year, am just not feeling it.

CW: 160
HW: 216
GW: 150

Lynn - I never learned any of the things my Grandmothers tried to teach me, crochet, knitting, quilting. I can sew a bit, but nothing fancy. I have a cousin she was the youngest of 8, the other 7 were all boys. She could do all the things and my other female cousins and I didn't like her very much because she was always being touted as someone to live up to by our shared Grandmother. When she got pregnant at 17 we all laughed that she had finally fallen off the pedestal she had been put on. It wasn't very nice of us, and she is a nice woman and she still does all the things while being a bank manager. She's also still married to the father of her baby. I tried to crochet last year and I just don't get it.

Messy Apron - I love this group of ladies

hickchick - Oh I feel for you and the mess that was made. I lived through that the first year we were married. Our landlord did drywalling without giving us an opportunity to pack everything up and cover it. What a mess!

I did a craft project last night to use for a sample and to take a picture of for the craft night I've been asked to do. I don't think I'll use it though, it's just a bit too messy to do in a boardroom I think. Now I need to come up with something else. The ladies don't want to do a paint night. I also have to do a couple paintings today for the paint night for next Friday so I can let her decide what she wants to do.

It's a long weekend for me and I'm so happy about that! 4 more weeks to my last day!
Tracey

Peep! 🐣

Hey all. Been lurking. Hard week.

@hickchic67 - I wonder if you could buy a kitchen floor pad to use while prepping/cooking for the next month. I saw them at my local Walmart for about $15 or so. They are larger than a floor mat and provide some give - better than straight concrete.

I learned how to crochet as a young child, but never took to it. Couldn’t do it without lessons now. Learned how to knit in my early 30s, but forgot how to cast on once and called the person who taught me and asked them to tell me the steps. She said it was impossible without being face-to-face. I told her to just try telling me... I could picture it in my mind if she walked me through. It worked, she was floored and shocked, and I kept interest for another few months and abandoned that, too. In August I bought Diamond Art paintings for shipping only on a deal. I am still working on the first one - or will be if I ever sit back down to do it. Just not a crafty person unless it comes with companionship... by myself, I watch TV, read, or now play games (which can be interactive as I am on a team with members on both “sides” of the globe 🌎 🌏 - so there is usually someone online)... but I have no family or friend obligations so the online games are it for accountability and companionship.

One day, I may finish this little guy.



Lana... still hanging in my own frumpy section... but enjoying the chatter of y’all around me! 🏖📚

Sara - glad you are enjoying your yummy scents!

Good Morning

Dawn - *Hugs*

I’ve been going to bed so early this week. Went pretty early last night and got up early this morning because the puppy was whining. Fed the dogs and just wasn’t able to go back to sleep after... I decided to get up and take a walk and let the dogs and husband sleep! Walked for 80 minutes and 4.35 miles - feel pretty good about that! A good way to start the day.

I go out of town next Friday and will be gone through Thanksgiving, so we are doing our Thanksgiving early this weekend. I’m doing most of the cooking and am pretty excited! They key is to not each TOO much..

Anyway! Off to get some breakfast and coffee. Hope everyone has a good Saturday!

Sara - I don't really have an anniversary...I think, it's just a lot of little things on my mind... getting myself into things, that I'm not sure I should of. But, thought it was a good idea at the time. I'm trying to enjoy the newly married thing. Things have been really nice with us. Better than in a long time. Missing Gpa, holidays, getting myself into extra stresses and, always job frustrations. Still down a girl. So, I go 2 weeks at a time without a day off. Just exhausted. Maybe, I'm fooling myself into thinking I need food to get me moving... more than I actually do. I know, if I would get up and make a decent breakfast, I would be better. Just not a morning person. And, being exhausted doesn't help.

Hope air quality improves so you can get your steps in.

Good Monday Morning.
I am so tired today. Too much weekend. Should've stayed in bed
Sara - i do hope your air quality gets better. Those fires. So devastating, so sad.
Dawn - I am sorry to hear about your struggles. If you are having a tough time - don't forget to be kind to yourself. Your mind/body is going through a lot of stress.
coffee...Welcome.
Lana, Eryn, Meg, Marsel and all others that pass through - hello. Lurking form work in between naps
Lynn