Oooooooooooh blogspot sucks. Does anyone even use it anymore?? It was getting quite popular, until...along came the mighty Facebook.
Anyway. I'm married now. Fat or no fat. Lol. Yep. I was fat. Who cares. It was gorgeous & I was happy. I can't wait to get my pictures back.
I'm sick. Ugh. Have a cold. Blah. Have to go away this weekend, too. To the "Voices Of The Bay" concert. In which I am only playing ONE song. So that's kind of pointless. But, in all fairness, Mum is sick, too, and she has to go.
Work's almost over. It'll be done in another week and a half. Well. On the tenth. Basically yes. Exactly a week & a half. I guess...
Well...I'm bored. Just checking in. My once a year blog.
Bye! 4 this year. Lol.
Laura
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Weeeeeeeeeeell well. It's been a long, long time! I forgot blogger existed, frankly. I think everybody mostly has. If I had the internet at home, I might've kept up with it. But I just go to other people's houses to check in on the basics now and again (Facebook & Hotmail). And that's about it!
So, I'm back on Weight Watchers again. Just started a couple days ago. I quit for quite a while. Got off track, it all snowballed, and gave up. Then of course, I went back to the bakery, and that didn't help. Pastries and cookies and muffins and donuts anytime I wanted. And cafe au lait, and coffee...Yep. It helped my weight immensely.
But!! Geoff and I finally decided to decidedly become engaged, officially. 'Bout time, eh? People have asked me how he proposed. Ha ha...well. He asked me when I was 17. Then a few years later. Basically brought it up several times, and I didn't know what I wanted, and I wasn't ready. So he just gave up.
So, I brought it up. We had a good talk about it, and gave ourselves a little time to think about it, and then when we were away a while ago, I brought it up again. And he said, "Well, you said you wanted to lose weight before we got married...so I just stopped asking!" Well JEEZ, I thought, no way am I going to let THAT stop me!! I want to get married, start a family!! So. I said, Well. IF I CAN lose weight by then, then great. And if not, we'll just get married anyway! That's a stupid reason not to get married. In fact, Mark told me, one evening, "Well, that's a logical reason. It's much more important to look perfect in your wedding pictures than it would be to have a precious little girl curled up in your arms right now." (He had Marissa snuggled up with him while he was typing). Hmm. Yep...good point.
SO! Long story short, we are engaged now. No ring yet...gotta go away and pick one out. So I've been wearing my promise ring every day instead.
Anyways. So yeah, that also forced me to go back to Weight Watchers. Cuz I've got til next September, and I wanna look and feel the best I possibly can. I'm not doing that well so far. I ate chips & dip--light dip--and pepsi, and a couple cookies--tonight. At Duane & Angela's housesitting. The problem was, Geoff's here, and he dug out chips & dip & pepsi. Thaaaaaaaaaaanks. And I wasn't going to eat them. Until I was putting his onion dip back in the fridge, and spotted LIGHT Smoked Salmon dip. Yep. HAD to eat that. And then I had another cookie. After the chips & dip & pepsi. I figured, well, I blew it for today, might as well top it off with a cookie. Lol. Good logic, eh?
Anyway, I hope once all these Christmas concerts are over with, I can get working out again, and try to stay on track better. I've told Geoff he's not allowed to bring junkfood home. He's not allowed to have it around me. Because, it's not just the bringing it home FOR me. It's just even having it in the same room as me. If it's there, I want it. Especially if he's eating it and I can SMELL it. So. I know that's mean. But at this point, I just don't have the self-control yet. Or the appetite control. I think I NEED it, I think i'm still hungry, even if I just finished a meal.
But. I did it before, and I can do it again. Especially with the motivation of our wedding. And, too, I want to be HEALTHY before we even TRY to get pregnant. Because Sheena was warning me about the potential dangers & complications of being overweight when you get pregnant. Besides. I want to have 30 or 40 pounds to lose, not 90!! That'd be a nightmare.
Well. Now, it is 1:19 in the morning. And I really think I should've been in bed a long time ago. Although, we can sleep in in the morning, yay! And it's the Christmas Market tomorrow, too--yay! I haven't been to it in years, because I always forget & miss it. So, yay. Well, clementine, then, bedtime. Can't wait to sleep on that super-comfy bed in there. Gotta get me one of those.
Bye for now! Hope I remember to write sooner than next November!
Laura
So, I'm back on Weight Watchers again. Just started a couple days ago. I quit for quite a while. Got off track, it all snowballed, and gave up. Then of course, I went back to the bakery, and that didn't help. Pastries and cookies and muffins and donuts anytime I wanted. And cafe au lait, and coffee...Yep. It helped my weight immensely.
But!! Geoff and I finally decided to decidedly become engaged, officially. 'Bout time, eh? People have asked me how he proposed. Ha ha...well. He asked me when I was 17. Then a few years later. Basically brought it up several times, and I didn't know what I wanted, and I wasn't ready. So he just gave up.
So, I brought it up. We had a good talk about it, and gave ourselves a little time to think about it, and then when we were away a while ago, I brought it up again. And he said, "Well, you said you wanted to lose weight before we got married...so I just stopped asking!" Well JEEZ, I thought, no way am I going to let THAT stop me!! I want to get married, start a family!! So. I said, Well. IF I CAN lose weight by then, then great. And if not, we'll just get married anyway! That's a stupid reason not to get married. In fact, Mark told me, one evening, "Well, that's a logical reason. It's much more important to look perfect in your wedding pictures than it would be to have a precious little girl curled up in your arms right now." (He had Marissa snuggled up with him while he was typing). Hmm. Yep...good point.
SO! Long story short, we are engaged now. No ring yet...gotta go away and pick one out. So I've been wearing my promise ring every day instead.
Anyways. So yeah, that also forced me to go back to Weight Watchers. Cuz I've got til next September, and I wanna look and feel the best I possibly can. I'm not doing that well so far. I ate chips & dip--light dip--and pepsi, and a couple cookies--tonight. At Duane & Angela's housesitting. The problem was, Geoff's here, and he dug out chips & dip & pepsi. Thaaaaaaaaaaanks. And I wasn't going to eat them. Until I was putting his onion dip back in the fridge, and spotted LIGHT Smoked Salmon dip. Yep. HAD to eat that. And then I had another cookie. After the chips & dip & pepsi. I figured, well, I blew it for today, might as well top it off with a cookie. Lol. Good logic, eh?
Anyway, I hope once all these Christmas concerts are over with, I can get working out again, and try to stay on track better. I've told Geoff he's not allowed to bring junkfood home. He's not allowed to have it around me. Because, it's not just the bringing it home FOR me. It's just even having it in the same room as me. If it's there, I want it. Especially if he's eating it and I can SMELL it. So. I know that's mean. But at this point, I just don't have the self-control yet. Or the appetite control. I think I NEED it, I think i'm still hungry, even if I just finished a meal.
But. I did it before, and I can do it again. Especially with the motivation of our wedding. And, too, I want to be HEALTHY before we even TRY to get pregnant. Because Sheena was warning me about the potential dangers & complications of being overweight when you get pregnant. Besides. I want to have 30 or 40 pounds to lose, not 90!! That'd be a nightmare.
Well. Now, it is 1:19 in the morning. And I really think I should've been in bed a long time ago. Although, we can sleep in in the morning, yay! And it's the Christmas Market tomorrow, too--yay! I haven't been to it in years, because I always forget & miss it. So, yay. Well, clementine, then, bedtime. Can't wait to sleep on that super-comfy bed in there. Gotta get me one of those.
Bye for now! Hope I remember to write sooner than next November!
Laura
Saturday, March 8, 2008
March 8th/08, 6:15 p.m.
Oooooooooooooooooooooh I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God I'm bored. I am babysitting tonite. Got 4 kids now. Lance just showed up to spend the night with Matthew. But they always play good together, so I don't mind. In fact, it'll probably keep Matthew busy so I don't have to chase him and Kelsey around all night.
I have no idea how long I have to babysit, either. Could be quite late. Adam & Trish are gone rinkling. I don't know if they just went somewhere, or if they went in the boat. Probably in the boat. Which means they'll be later. But that's ok. I don't have to entertain the kids, they're already fed, I can just do whatever until about 10 and then try to get them to bed. Cuz it's still a weekend and March Break, so I don't have to get them to bed early or anything.
Anyways, haven't had to good of a day so far today. Well, that's not entirely true. I did ok until suppertime. The kids wanted Kraft Dinner. And I had a big bowl of it. Which is probably a billion points. Then I had...a 90-calorie Special K thing, I don't know what they're called. But I had something else, too....oh yeah, a peanut butter & fluff sandwich :S I guess I'd better work out tonight!!
That's the most important thing. Even if I overdo it, if I work out, it doesn't make much difference. And besides, there's always the extra weekly points allowance, too, luckily.
I got lots accomplished today, though. Vaccuumed in the bedroom, and the livingroom, swept all through the house, and cleaned out the computer room. That's the beginning of my Spring Cleaning. The computer room was probably the worst, actually. There were clothes all over the floor, the shoe rack was a disaster, cat litter kicked everywhere, papers piled all over every surface, and of course dust everywhere. So Geoff & I picked through everything, and threw away about 2 garbage bags full of...well garbage. And put everything back in the desk, and dusted and vaccuumed. Looks like a ROOM in there now. Tis great.
I'm preparing for a new little addition, too, which will be arriving in about a month. Geoff & I went and picked out a puppy yesterday. A little lab-mix. She's sweet. We both felt like it was the right time, and we're both ready. It doesn't feel like we're just looking for another Molly now. Just like we want another puppy. She doesn't look like Molly, either. And I'm sure she probably won't act like her, or train like her. Molly was lab & pitbull (we think). This one is lab & rottie. Supposedly. The father doesn't look like a rottie, but apparently it's a golden rottweiler? Never heard of it. I just looked it up...I think all it is is a Rottweiler and Lab mix that turns out to look sort of like a Rottweiler, but with golden coloring. Idk. Who cares. Anyways, both the parents are nice dogs, as far as I know.
Anyway, tomorrow or Monday, I'll clean the bathroom, then the next day the kitchen, then the livingroom, then the bedroom/closet.
Gotta go away next Thursday with Ruby. She has an ear infection, she's had it for quite a while now. Gotta get it looked after. And she needs to have her shots, too. Then we'll get the pup, take her away for her first shots, and get a camera. Mine's been broken for quite a while. So we're gonna get a better one. Can't have a new puppy and not have a camera!! Then after that, we've got to get Ruby fixed. Then more shots for the puppy. But that's fine. Mayfield comes to Grand Manan once a month, so they can just come give her shots here. I want to make sure both dogs are up to date on their shots so we can take them with us the next time we go to Maine.
OH BOY. The kids are all wrestling in the livingroom. How wonderful. Don't come crying to me when someone gets hurt.
Anyway. I'm really looking forward to being at home and getting things done up, and getting the bills paid off, and paid up to date, too. I've been looking through the catalogues a lot lately (especially IKEA) for stuff to decorate the house with. For the summer, I just want curtains, aaaand...oh what else. Paint, I guess. Prime the walls, paint the livingroom floor (grey), put new trim around the windows (and prime it white), and hang curtains all through the house. I'd also like to have new bedding that looks a little more summery. Then eventually I'd like to order stuff from Ikea with Miranda...make a big order together and split the shipping & handling between us. Get some furniture maybe, fabrics, shelves, etc. etc. Idk what else. I'd have to look at the catalogue to know what it was that I was looking at.
Finally the kids are being quiet. I was IM-ing Brian telling them to stop. Lol that is hilarious. I'm in the bedroom, he's in the livingroom, on two different computers, both on MSN, IM-ing him for them to stop fighting.
Talking to Mark on the phone sending his kids winks of a frog eating flies, pigs dancing, ufo's...etc.etc.
Anyway, I can't concentrate, I'm on the phone, on MSN, on here, and on Facebook. So I think that's probably good for now. At least the kids are being quiet. On my end of the phone. Ttyl!
I have no idea how long I have to babysit, either. Could be quite late. Adam & Trish are gone rinkling. I don't know if they just went somewhere, or if they went in the boat. Probably in the boat. Which means they'll be later. But that's ok. I don't have to entertain the kids, they're already fed, I can just do whatever until about 10 and then try to get them to bed. Cuz it's still a weekend and March Break, so I don't have to get them to bed early or anything.
Anyways, haven't had to good of a day so far today. Well, that's not entirely true. I did ok until suppertime. The kids wanted Kraft Dinner. And I had a big bowl of it. Which is probably a billion points. Then I had...a 90-calorie Special K thing, I don't know what they're called. But I had something else, too....oh yeah, a peanut butter & fluff sandwich :S I guess I'd better work out tonight!!
That's the most important thing. Even if I overdo it, if I work out, it doesn't make much difference. And besides, there's always the extra weekly points allowance, too, luckily.
I got lots accomplished today, though. Vaccuumed in the bedroom, and the livingroom, swept all through the house, and cleaned out the computer room. That's the beginning of my Spring Cleaning. The computer room was probably the worst, actually. There were clothes all over the floor, the shoe rack was a disaster, cat litter kicked everywhere, papers piled all over every surface, and of course dust everywhere. So Geoff & I picked through everything, and threw away about 2 garbage bags full of...well garbage. And put everything back in the desk, and dusted and vaccuumed. Looks like a ROOM in there now. Tis great.
I'm preparing for a new little addition, too, which will be arriving in about a month. Geoff & I went and picked out a puppy yesterday. A little lab-mix. She's sweet. We both felt like it was the right time, and we're both ready. It doesn't feel like we're just looking for another Molly now. Just like we want another puppy. She doesn't look like Molly, either. And I'm sure she probably won't act like her, or train like her. Molly was lab & pitbull (we think). This one is lab & rottie. Supposedly. The father doesn't look like a rottie, but apparently it's a golden rottweiler? Never heard of it. I just looked it up...I think all it is is a Rottweiler and Lab mix that turns out to look sort of like a Rottweiler, but with golden coloring. Idk. Who cares. Anyways, both the parents are nice dogs, as far as I know.
Anyway, tomorrow or Monday, I'll clean the bathroom, then the next day the kitchen, then the livingroom, then the bedroom/closet.
Gotta go away next Thursday with Ruby. She has an ear infection, she's had it for quite a while now. Gotta get it looked after. And she needs to have her shots, too. Then we'll get the pup, take her away for her first shots, and get a camera. Mine's been broken for quite a while. So we're gonna get a better one. Can't have a new puppy and not have a camera!! Then after that, we've got to get Ruby fixed. Then more shots for the puppy. But that's fine. Mayfield comes to Grand Manan once a month, so they can just come give her shots here. I want to make sure both dogs are up to date on their shots so we can take them with us the next time we go to Maine.
OH BOY. The kids are all wrestling in the livingroom. How wonderful. Don't come crying to me when someone gets hurt.
Anyway. I'm really looking forward to being at home and getting things done up, and getting the bills paid off, and paid up to date, too. I've been looking through the catalogues a lot lately (especially IKEA) for stuff to decorate the house with. For the summer, I just want curtains, aaaand...oh what else. Paint, I guess. Prime the walls, paint the livingroom floor (grey), put new trim around the windows (and prime it white), and hang curtains all through the house. I'd also like to have new bedding that looks a little more summery. Then eventually I'd like to order stuff from Ikea with Miranda...make a big order together and split the shipping & handling between us. Get some furniture maybe, fabrics, shelves, etc. etc. Idk what else. I'd have to look at the catalogue to know what it was that I was looking at.
Finally the kids are being quiet. I was IM-ing Brian telling them to stop. Lol that is hilarious. I'm in the bedroom, he's in the livingroom, on two different computers, both on MSN, IM-ing him for them to stop fighting.
Talking to Mark on the phone sending his kids winks of a frog eating flies, pigs dancing, ufo's...etc.etc.
Anyway, I can't concentrate, I'm on the phone, on MSN, on here, and on Facebook. So I think that's probably good for now. At least the kids are being quiet. On my end of the phone. Ttyl!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
March 6th/08, 1:11 p.m.
Wow, I didn't realize what time it actually was!! The stupid clock on the computer's wrong, and I forgot that til just now. I gotta go eat dinner before I have to go to Sheena's to work out at 2.
But, I just had to write an update. Last night was Weight Watchers, and honestly, I dind't think I'd done very well. I just didn't think I'd really done much this week, and there were a couple times I used some of my activity points for food. And I used 10 of my extra weekly points, too. Idk, I just wasn't really seeing or feeling a huge difference. So, I went to Weight Watchers, feeling like I never stick with anything, and I always wind up failing when I try to make a big change. I was expecting to either gain, or lose very little, if any. When I stepped on the scale, I was like, "WHAT??!! Is that right?! It can't be right. No way!!" I had lost 5.6 pounds this week!! Which is the biggest number I've had so far. That put me past my first 10 pounds, at 10.6 lost so far!! I wasn't expecting to reach 10 pounds for another week or two. I just didn't feel like I was losing that much. So yeah, I was SUPER excited.
So this morning, I was watching tv, and it was this show about brides trying to lose that last little bit of weight to fit into their dress. Then it occurred to me, I wonder if I could fit into my prom dress now? The last time I tried it on, when I was just starting lose a little weight, Geoff couldn't even get it done up. Not without risking breaking the zipper. When I wore it to the prom in the summer, I must've been more like 215 pounds, probably. I couldn't even breathe in the damn thing. The ribs of the top part of it were jabbing into me the whole time, and in order to sit down at least somewhat comfortably, I had to pull the top part up so my gut would be in the nice roomy skirt of the dress. I have pictures...terrible, terrible pictures. Anyway, Geoff wasn't home at the time. But I got the dress done up myself, no trouble. It wasn't tight even a little bit, it was just perfect. I could breathe in it. And instead of being SQUEEZED into it, it was actually skimming along me nicely. And I could even sit down in it. So I came down to Adam & Trish's and took pictures, and posted before and after pictures on Facebook. So take a look!! Amazing the difference 10 or 15 pounds makes!! I can hardly believe it. It was definitely the motivation I needed to keep at it. I can't wait til summertime, now!!
Well, I gtg eat, bye for now!
But, I just had to write an update. Last night was Weight Watchers, and honestly, I dind't think I'd done very well. I just didn't think I'd really done much this week, and there were a couple times I used some of my activity points for food. And I used 10 of my extra weekly points, too. Idk, I just wasn't really seeing or feeling a huge difference. So, I went to Weight Watchers, feeling like I never stick with anything, and I always wind up failing when I try to make a big change. I was expecting to either gain, or lose very little, if any. When I stepped on the scale, I was like, "WHAT??!! Is that right?! It can't be right. No way!!" I had lost 5.6 pounds this week!! Which is the biggest number I've had so far. That put me past my first 10 pounds, at 10.6 lost so far!! I wasn't expecting to reach 10 pounds for another week or two. I just didn't feel like I was losing that much. So yeah, I was SUPER excited.
So this morning, I was watching tv, and it was this show about brides trying to lose that last little bit of weight to fit into their dress. Then it occurred to me, I wonder if I could fit into my prom dress now? The last time I tried it on, when I was just starting lose a little weight, Geoff couldn't even get it done up. Not without risking breaking the zipper. When I wore it to the prom in the summer, I must've been more like 215 pounds, probably. I couldn't even breathe in the damn thing. The ribs of the top part of it were jabbing into me the whole time, and in order to sit down at least somewhat comfortably, I had to pull the top part up so my gut would be in the nice roomy skirt of the dress. I have pictures...terrible, terrible pictures. Anyway, Geoff wasn't home at the time. But I got the dress done up myself, no trouble. It wasn't tight even a little bit, it was just perfect. I could breathe in it. And instead of being SQUEEZED into it, it was actually skimming along me nicely. And I could even sit down in it. So I came down to Adam & Trish's and took pictures, and posted before and after pictures on Facebook. So take a look!! Amazing the difference 10 or 15 pounds makes!! I can hardly believe it. It was definitely the motivation I needed to keep at it. I can't wait til summertime, now!!
Well, I gtg eat, bye for now!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Feb. 29th/08, 3:50 p.m.
MAN I'm tired today. Geoff & I were up til about 5 in the morning I think. It's not what you'd probably think. We just couldn't stop talking. About absolutely nothing, really. Nothing we probably haven't already talked about a billion times before.
So we didn't get up til dinnertime. Thank God for coffee!! Otherwise, I would not even be FUNCTIONAL today at ALL. Oh well, I'm sure I'll survive the day. Maybe it'll just make me be able to actually go to bed EARLY tonight.
Yesterday, went to Kate's later on, tried to go for a walk. But, the sun wouldn't come back out from behind the clouds, and it was about 5:30, so it was starting to go down, anyway. So it was FREEZING...we went as far as Tina & Farron's, stopped & had a visit, and decided it was WAY too damn cold to go the rest of the way. Especially with Kate's asthma. So, we went down after supper and got the 1-mile video from Sheena, and EVENTUALLY, at like 10:30 at night, finally did it. So I actually did more than 5 miles yesterday. Not only that, I didn't go over my points yesterday, either, and I ate really healthy all day. But then the staying up all night probably wasn't too great for me, though.
Today, we did the same 4-mile workout, and I am EXHAUSTED now. Exhausted. Completely. I can't wait for bedtime. Gotta go home and have dinner...supper...something...and maybe fold laundry. And shower. And probably call it an early night. I could actually go to bed right now. But then I'd never be able to get to sleep later. I never just nap for like half an hour like a normal person. If I lay down for a nap, I "nap" for hours.
Well, anyway. I do feel much more motivated the last couple days--because I know Spring's coming. Which means summer isn't as far away as it seems. And I want to weigh 170 this summer. So I gotta PUSH MYSELF HARD. NOW. I'll probably even workout while I'm away this weekend. Seeing as I'm staying with Carolyn. Why not. Gotta do something, so I won't get off track again. And she eats really healthy, anyway. So it shouldn't be too hard to stay on track up there.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeell....I don't really have much else interesting on my mind...probably because it's really not functioning all that well today. So, I guess that's all fer today. Bye!
So we didn't get up til dinnertime. Thank God for coffee!! Otherwise, I would not even be FUNCTIONAL today at ALL. Oh well, I'm sure I'll survive the day. Maybe it'll just make me be able to actually go to bed EARLY tonight.
Yesterday, went to Kate's later on, tried to go for a walk. But, the sun wouldn't come back out from behind the clouds, and it was about 5:30, so it was starting to go down, anyway. So it was FREEZING...we went as far as Tina & Farron's, stopped & had a visit, and decided it was WAY too damn cold to go the rest of the way. Especially with Kate's asthma. So, we went down after supper and got the 1-mile video from Sheena, and EVENTUALLY, at like 10:30 at night, finally did it. So I actually did more than 5 miles yesterday. Not only that, I didn't go over my points yesterday, either, and I ate really healthy all day. But then the staying up all night probably wasn't too great for me, though.
Today, we did the same 4-mile workout, and I am EXHAUSTED now. Exhausted. Completely. I can't wait for bedtime. Gotta go home and have dinner...supper...something...and maybe fold laundry. And shower. And probably call it an early night. I could actually go to bed right now. But then I'd never be able to get to sleep later. I never just nap for like half an hour like a normal person. If I lay down for a nap, I "nap" for hours.
Well, anyway. I do feel much more motivated the last couple days--because I know Spring's coming. Which means summer isn't as far away as it seems. And I want to weigh 170 this summer. So I gotta PUSH MYSELF HARD. NOW. I'll probably even workout while I'm away this weekend. Seeing as I'm staying with Carolyn. Why not. Gotta do something, so I won't get off track again. And she eats really healthy, anyway. So it shouldn't be too hard to stay on track up there.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeell....I don't really have much else interesting on my mind...probably because it's really not functioning all that well today. So, I guess that's all fer today. Bye!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
February 28th, 2008, 3:52 p.m.
Hey, I just realized February's almost over. Yay!! The faster Spring gets here, the better! Oh of COURSE, Geoff shows up JUST as I start a blog. Anyway...whatever. I'm going to finish it anyway.
I'm feeling much better today than yesterday. I don't know what the hell was wrong with me yesterday. Guess I was just depressed about Weight Watchers, maybe. But I actually have lots of energy today, and it's nice out, too.
Worked out at Sheena's today, in fact, that's where I am right now. We did a 4-mile, one I'd never seen before. I really particularly like that one, actually. I'd like to do it again, maybe tomorrow, even.
Hopefully I can get back on track with the dieting, though. Cuz for about 2 weeks I've really not even been trying. And it shows. 3.4 lbs. As I probably said yesterday, I'm sure.
But, I'm sure I can get that back off, and then some, if I try really hard in the next little while. Well, if I try really hard for QUITE a while. Not gonna do me much good to try for a LITTLE while. But you know what I mean. I just need to get back on track, as I've probably said a billion times by now.
But, it's true. I just need to get back into that mindset. Aim for my 30-pound goal for summer. 10 pounds a month, roughly. Should be able to do that. And then there's another 20 pounds after that. Well, more like 27, right now. So yeah, that 2 weeks of slacking was REEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY worth it. Set me back quite a bit. While the other girls are flying way ahead of me. Dammit!!!!
Well anyway, Geoff's waiting for me, and Kate's waiting for me, so I gtg for now. Ttyl.
I'm feeling much better today than yesterday. I don't know what the hell was wrong with me yesterday. Guess I was just depressed about Weight Watchers, maybe. But I actually have lots of energy today, and it's nice out, too.
Worked out at Sheena's today, in fact, that's where I am right now. We did a 4-mile, one I'd never seen before. I really particularly like that one, actually. I'd like to do it again, maybe tomorrow, even.
Hopefully I can get back on track with the dieting, though. Cuz for about 2 weeks I've really not even been trying. And it shows. 3.4 lbs. As I probably said yesterday, I'm sure.
But, I'm sure I can get that back off, and then some, if I try really hard in the next little while. Well, if I try really hard for QUITE a while. Not gonna do me much good to try for a LITTLE while. But you know what I mean. I just need to get back on track, as I've probably said a billion times by now.
But, it's true. I just need to get back into that mindset. Aim for my 30-pound goal for summer. 10 pounds a month, roughly. Should be able to do that. And then there's another 20 pounds after that. Well, more like 27, right now. So yeah, that 2 weeks of slacking was REEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY worth it. Set me back quite a bit. While the other girls are flying way ahead of me. Dammit!!!!
Well anyway, Geoff's waiting for me, and Kate's waiting for me, so I gtg for now. Ttyl.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
February 27/08, 7:54 p.m.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeell, today SUCKED. Not that I didn't know that it would. I haven't been doing that well working out and eating healthy for about 2 weeks now. Ever since we went away for Geoff's appointment that weekend. Hard to get back on track now. So, over the past 2 weeks, I gained 3.4 pounds, putting it back to only having lost 5 pounds in total. Dammit.
And here's Trish, and she's only been going for 2 months, and she's already lost 20 pounds!! She's been super-disciplined and stubborn, though. Stuck to eating right almost all the time, and when she doesn't, she works it off. I don't know why, I just don't feel all that motivated lately. I don't enjoy working out usually. I don't care what I eat. Can't figure it out.
Anyway, I hope I can get back on track soon, or I'll gain it ALL back before you know it. And I REALLY don't want to be the one out to Miller's this summer who's still a cow. Alyssa's doing it, Sheena & Trish have both lost 20 pounds, and Mikayla (Fudge--Sheena's niece-in-law) has lost probably 10 pounds or better. And she's only 13!!
Anyway. I need to get out of this depression, whatever the cause is. I think it has something to do with the lack of money, and all the stress lately. And not getting very good sleep, for 2 reasons. One, because I don't usually go to bed early enough, then wind up sleeping in too late. Two, because I'm finding our mattress increasingly uncomfortably, and I can't do one thing about it. Wonderful. Having a messy house day in and day out is discouraging, too. And not having my own dryer to use sucks, too. It's not plugged back in yet, since the flood. Idk what the problem is. Too much stress and pressure, not enough good sleep. And other things, too. Idk why it's bothering me, this particular thing. There's no reason that it should be. Ne way. Whatever. Idk wtf is wrong with me lately.
Well, I suppose that's all for now. Ttyl.
And here's Trish, and she's only been going for 2 months, and she's already lost 20 pounds!! She's been super-disciplined and stubborn, though. Stuck to eating right almost all the time, and when she doesn't, she works it off. I don't know why, I just don't feel all that motivated lately. I don't enjoy working out usually. I don't care what I eat. Can't figure it out.
Anyway, I hope I can get back on track soon, or I'll gain it ALL back before you know it. And I REALLY don't want to be the one out to Miller's this summer who's still a cow. Alyssa's doing it, Sheena & Trish have both lost 20 pounds, and Mikayla (Fudge--Sheena's niece-in-law) has lost probably 10 pounds or better. And she's only 13!!
Anyway. I need to get out of this depression, whatever the cause is. I think it has something to do with the lack of money, and all the stress lately. And not getting very good sleep, for 2 reasons. One, because I don't usually go to bed early enough, then wind up sleeping in too late. Two, because I'm finding our mattress increasingly uncomfortably, and I can't do one thing about it. Wonderful. Having a messy house day in and day out is discouraging, too. And not having my own dryer to use sucks, too. It's not plugged back in yet, since the flood. Idk what the problem is. Too much stress and pressure, not enough good sleep. And other things, too. Idk why it's bothering me, this particular thing. There's no reason that it should be. Ne way. Whatever. Idk wtf is wrong with me lately.
Well, I suppose that's all for now. Ttyl.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
February 14th, 2008, 7:04 p.m.
Well, what a day!!! Gad. Well, not today, so much. Last night was the disaster. I went down to the basement to give the cat her medicine, and she was standing by the stove, staring over towards the washer looking horrified. I'm like, What in the world is wrong with you cat? When I went to pick her up, water was rushing up through the floor in the corner, where the drain (behind the washer) runs out to the ditch. I mean it was RUSHING in. What had happened, we soon discovered, was that there was ice in the ditches, clear from Craig's to Tim & Holly's, and the ditches were flooding, because the culverts were blocked off. So, the only place for it to go was back through the "drain" pipe into our basement. Within an hour, there was TEN INCHES of water covering the entire basement. Ten inches! By then, a few of the boys from the Fire Department were there, trying to get it pumped out. But, the holes in the screen at the end of the pump were too big, and debris soon clogged that pump up. So, they had to go get a different one. And luckily, that one worked just great. Didn't take long and it was down to 4 inches. Then they went and got us a sump-pump to get the rest of it out. We ran that all night, and luckily, through the night, the ice melted out of the ditch and the basement drained out (except for a few little puddles).
So, today, I called Mark (Wilcox) up, and he came and helped Geoff & I clean the basement up. He also loaned us a few dehumidifiers to help everything dry out--like, our woodpile, for example. There was still water that needed to be vacuumed up, and dirt and debris everywhere, and things that were water-damaged that needed to be thrown out, and just a lot of cleaning in general to be done. Not to mention that we have a couch and chair in our basement around the woodstove...so those had to be blocked up so they'll dry out completely. I could only help for half an hour, because I had to come babysit. But it'll be kind of nice to go home and not have to even think about it, because it's already taken care of. Hopefully we can get rid of our old woodstove and our old wood furnace soon, too. Cuz once everything is really dried up and cleaned out of there, I'd like to re-surface old cement floor, and paint everything, and have a nice CLEAN basement. I'd like for it to be a little lounge down there, and basically have it be just an extension of the upstairs. Because, our house is so small, so it'd be nice to have an extra living space to use. Ron & Liz Harvey's house gave me that idea. Their basement is set up really nice. All painted up, couple couches, coffee table, coffee maker, tap, tv, end tables, etc. etc. Ne ways....I thought it was a good idea.
Yeah I wouldn't have even remembered it was Valentine's Day today, if it wasn't for the fact that Geoff came in (while I was still in bed) this morning and wished me Happy Valentine's Day. I thought us women were supposed to be the ones who remembered stuff like that! Oops. I still haven't given Geoff his card I got for him. Or was it cards. I don't remember. I got them a couple weeks ago and stashed them in my dresser...then I forgot it was Valentine's Day!!
So, to update on Geoff's "condition", he's perfectly fine, coming along well. In fact, he was driving today for the first time. When we went for his appointment, we didn't have to wait too long to get in, and then they cut off his old cast. And he started to black out. Lol!! I'm not sure WHY...but anyway, he did. He was sitting in this recliner, and starting turning white and shaking, and telling me to lean the chair back more because his ears were ringing and he was starting to black out!! So one of the guys came in and did it, and grabbed him a glass of orange juice, and a cold wet facecloth to put on his head. And after a few minutes, he was fine. I guess it was just the idea of the possibility of surgery, and also, looking at his foot after they took the cast off, and them touching it, just grossed him out. Something tells me he probably won't ever work in the medical profession. But anyway...Lee Crossman's uncle, Adrian, was the one who helped him, and also re-casted his leg after Dr. Abraham and the med-student who was working with him, had looked it over, and looked at the x-rays. He did a great job casting it, it's a much better cast than the one Dr. Qayyuum put on him! More sculpted to his leg. And, they put black "tape" over it, too. And gave him a little stocking that ties around the back of his heel. Anyway. He doesn't have any serious tendon or ligament damage, and he certainly doesn't need any surgeries. I really didn't think he would. And his cast is a walking cast, so he's been starting to put a little weight on it lately. He has another appointment for March 3rd, so we also made a follow-up appointment for the cat for that day, too (for her shots). Maybe we'll stay with Uncle Gavin and Auntie Jean the next time we go up. It'll be in about 3 weeks. Well, 2 and a half. We stayed with Greg and Julie this last time, had lots of fun. Went to my first Fantansia party with Julie--it was her first one, too. That was a ball...I'll definitely be having a Fantasia party for my bridal shower when I get married--provided that the same woman will host it for me. She was hilarious!! And Julie & Greg's little boy loved me. Hardly left my side the whole time I was there. We ate out a couple times, I got to practice my city driving lots, and argue with Geoff lots, too. He is a nervous passenger. We were both stressed, anyway, and that didn't help. And the fact that there was 6 inches of snow and slush on the road the morning we had to do the most driving didn't help, either. But, oh well. We made it home safe, and got over it.
Anyway, that about updates everything, for anyone who may still be checking in on my life periodically. Bye 4 now!
So, today, I called Mark (Wilcox) up, and he came and helped Geoff & I clean the basement up. He also loaned us a few dehumidifiers to help everything dry out--like, our woodpile, for example. There was still water that needed to be vacuumed up, and dirt and debris everywhere, and things that were water-damaged that needed to be thrown out, and just a lot of cleaning in general to be done. Not to mention that we have a couch and chair in our basement around the woodstove...so those had to be blocked up so they'll dry out completely. I could only help for half an hour, because I had to come babysit. But it'll be kind of nice to go home and not have to even think about it, because it's already taken care of. Hopefully we can get rid of our old woodstove and our old wood furnace soon, too. Cuz once everything is really dried up and cleaned out of there, I'd like to re-surface old cement floor, and paint everything, and have a nice CLEAN basement. I'd like for it to be a little lounge down there, and basically have it be just an extension of the upstairs. Because, our house is so small, so it'd be nice to have an extra living space to use. Ron & Liz Harvey's house gave me that idea. Their basement is set up really nice. All painted up, couple couches, coffee table, coffee maker, tap, tv, end tables, etc. etc. Ne ways....I thought it was a good idea.
Yeah I wouldn't have even remembered it was Valentine's Day today, if it wasn't for the fact that Geoff came in (while I was still in bed) this morning and wished me Happy Valentine's Day. I thought us women were supposed to be the ones who remembered stuff like that! Oops. I still haven't given Geoff his card I got for him. Or was it cards. I don't remember. I got them a couple weeks ago and stashed them in my dresser...then I forgot it was Valentine's Day!!
So, to update on Geoff's "condition", he's perfectly fine, coming along well. In fact, he was driving today for the first time. When we went for his appointment, we didn't have to wait too long to get in, and then they cut off his old cast. And he started to black out. Lol!! I'm not sure WHY...but anyway, he did. He was sitting in this recliner, and starting turning white and shaking, and telling me to lean the chair back more because his ears were ringing and he was starting to black out!! So one of the guys came in and did it, and grabbed him a glass of orange juice, and a cold wet facecloth to put on his head. And after a few minutes, he was fine. I guess it was just the idea of the possibility of surgery, and also, looking at his foot after they took the cast off, and them touching it, just grossed him out. Something tells me he probably won't ever work in the medical profession. But anyway...Lee Crossman's uncle, Adrian, was the one who helped him, and also re-casted his leg after Dr. Abraham and the med-student who was working with him, had looked it over, and looked at the x-rays. He did a great job casting it, it's a much better cast than the one Dr. Qayyuum put on him! More sculpted to his leg. And, they put black "tape" over it, too. And gave him a little stocking that ties around the back of his heel. Anyway. He doesn't have any serious tendon or ligament damage, and he certainly doesn't need any surgeries. I really didn't think he would. And his cast is a walking cast, so he's been starting to put a little weight on it lately. He has another appointment for March 3rd, so we also made a follow-up appointment for the cat for that day, too (for her shots). Maybe we'll stay with Uncle Gavin and Auntie Jean the next time we go up. It'll be in about 3 weeks. Well, 2 and a half. We stayed with Greg and Julie this last time, had lots of fun. Went to my first Fantansia party with Julie--it was her first one, too. That was a ball...I'll definitely be having a Fantasia party for my bridal shower when I get married--provided that the same woman will host it for me. She was hilarious!! And Julie & Greg's little boy loved me. Hardly left my side the whole time I was there. We ate out a couple times, I got to practice my city driving lots, and argue with Geoff lots, too. He is a nervous passenger. We were both stressed, anyway, and that didn't help. And the fact that there was 6 inches of snow and slush on the road the morning we had to do the most driving didn't help, either. But, oh well. We made it home safe, and got over it.
Anyway, that about updates everything, for anyone who may still be checking in on my life periodically. Bye 4 now!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
February 11, 2008
Wow, is it really Feb. 11th?? Getting so close to Valentine's Day!! It can't really be the 11th. Idk. Maybe the date on this computer's wrong. That could be.
Anywayz...we're in Saint John for a couple days. Til tomorrow, only, we hope. Depends on whether Geoff needs any surgery or not. I doubt it, though.
He's a little nervous about tomorrow, he doesn't like hospitals much. I mean, who does. Hopefully everything comes out alright though. He has to find out whether he needs surgery for ligament or tendon damage, or a plate on the break itself to stabilize it. It's a crack, with a chip out of the middle of it. Called a spiro-something-or-other fracture. Geoff's just been calling it a spiral fracture. Idk. Ne way, it be broke.
I've been getting lots of driving practice (in the city) the last few days. Geoff doesn't seem to have been too nervous of a passenger, so far. He can be sometimes.
I haven't been doing Weight Watchers this weekend...just didn't want to bother. I'm still trying to eat fairly sensibly, but it's hard when you're staying at someone's house, and not cooking your own meals with all your own groceries, and you're eating out, and all that. So...I'll make sure I get back on track when I go home.
Well ne ways...probably time to get to bed, gotta get up really really early tomorrow. Gotta get the cat fixed tomorrow morning, she has to be at the Animal Hospital on Manawagonish Road between 7:30 and 8:00. Then Geoff's appointment is at 10:45 at the Regional. Aaaaaaand it's almost 1:00. So, g'nite. Update later.
Anywayz...we're in Saint John for a couple days. Til tomorrow, only, we hope. Depends on whether Geoff needs any surgery or not. I doubt it, though.
He's a little nervous about tomorrow, he doesn't like hospitals much. I mean, who does. Hopefully everything comes out alright though. He has to find out whether he needs surgery for ligament or tendon damage, or a plate on the break itself to stabilize it. It's a crack, with a chip out of the middle of it. Called a spiro-something-or-other fracture. Geoff's just been calling it a spiral fracture. Idk. Ne way, it be broke.
I've been getting lots of driving practice (in the city) the last few days. Geoff doesn't seem to have been too nervous of a passenger, so far. He can be sometimes.
I haven't been doing Weight Watchers this weekend...just didn't want to bother. I'm still trying to eat fairly sensibly, but it's hard when you're staying at someone's house, and not cooking your own meals with all your own groceries, and you're eating out, and all that. So...I'll make sure I get back on track when I go home.
Well ne ways...probably time to get to bed, gotta get up really really early tomorrow. Gotta get the cat fixed tomorrow morning, she has to be at the Animal Hospital on Manawagonish Road between 7:30 and 8:00. Then Geoff's appointment is at 10:45 at the Regional. Aaaaaaand it's almost 1:00. So, g'nite. Update later.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
February 6th, 2008; 1:21 p.m.
Well, doing pretty well so far. I mean, I think I am, anyway. Today's weigh-in day, so we'll see what the scales have to say about it. The last time I wrote, I had jogged. It turns out it was about 4 & 1/2 miles. Then the next day, I did it again. Only, I just went as far as the school and back. But that was probably 3 miles, still. Last night, I went to Trish's and did a 3-mile video, even though I REEEEEEEALLY didn't feel like it. At all. Then this morning, I came up here (to Sheena's) and did the same video again, with her. I did as low-impact as possible. I'm really not feeling like doing it, the last couple days. So tomorrow I'm takin a break. I can tell I need to.
I didn't do too well with food yesterday, though. I didn't get to eat very much, given the choices I made. I had pizza, part of a chocolate bar, uuuum...a cookie...so yeah. I was hungry. Even though I'd eaten most of my points. It sucked. So today I've had orange juice, a banana, veggie soup with ground turkey in it, a piece of Weight Watchers bread with a bit of butter, and a Weight Watchers cake. And I've already worked out, too. So I'm doin better today. I don't know what I'll lose this week, if anything. But, I'll keep you posted. Whoever "you" are that may actually still be reading this.
Bye 4 now, gtg to the store, and then home. It's a blizzard out there, and I wanna get home!!
I didn't do too well with food yesterday, though. I didn't get to eat very much, given the choices I made. I had pizza, part of a chocolate bar, uuuum...a cookie...so yeah. I was hungry. Even though I'd eaten most of my points. It sucked. So today I've had orange juice, a banana, veggie soup with ground turkey in it, a piece of Weight Watchers bread with a bit of butter, and a Weight Watchers cake. And I've already worked out, too. So I'm doin better today. I don't know what I'll lose this week, if anything. But, I'll keep you posted. Whoever "you" are that may actually still be reading this.
Bye 4 now, gtg to the store, and then home. It's a blizzard out there, and I wanna get home!!
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