It's 4:24 am....

and I'm at work.
Bored out of my mind.
I've been done for three hours.
Just rounding every hour or so...
walking around every 1/2 hour.
Trying to stay awake.
This sucks.

Bad Habits..... Mojo Blog prompt

Thanks to Gabi.....


Well... I have lots of little bad habits... I blogged about my food issues a few entries back, so that one's out of the way.....

But here's some more of my dirty little habits:
1. I don't clean the tub... rarely anyway... hate it. It's like trying to stand on your head and scrub your butt at the same time.... what a PAIN!
2. I take the elevator almost all the time
3. I let my car run down to the light coming on before I fill up
4. I pay the bills sporadically..... it's pretty regular and rarely things are late, but it would be much better if I just paid them on a regular SCHEDULE
5. And my last one.... I don't sort laundry very well.... Light/Dark/Towels.... it works though.


So.... there's some honesty for ya

Venting post... Mojo Challenge

Things that I have found out that totally irritate me.... beware.... these are things about my hubby.......
1. PUT THE DISHES AWAY.... I'm very glad he washes them, but sheesh.... do you not know where they go?
2. Can you use a BIGGER bowl to save things in the refrigerator... come on, do you need a salad bowl for 2 cups of mac and cheese?
3. TOYS.... We have MANY buckets for toys... they are arranged by type... it's not that difficult. The children can sort them and put them away if you get them to do it... can you?
4. Laundry is NOT DONE IF IT's STILL IN THE DRYER
5. Why do we have to watch the NFL network ALL THE TIME????
6. Coffee sucks when you can see through it.
7. Finally.... I sort clothes VERY SIMPLY... dark, light and Towels...... and the kids' clothes are seperate..... how difficult is this????????

My new do....

I finally took a pic.... it's fun, but it's getting difficult to get used to having hair! LOL.... Definitely not my usual "Whack it off and call it good..."

Now... Martha let me borrow her flat iron... guess I'd better go get one of my own.... cause it certainly doesn't look like this before the flat iron LOL

SM Prompt... my scrappy space

I'm so excited.... I want to talk!! LOL

Naw... but I LOVE my room!! I'm SO SO SO SO THRILLED to have my own scraproom... and plenty of room to play too! I have a 13x13 bedroom with a large walk-in closet to scrap in.... we have a regular dining table in there and I recently put the large leaf in and it's so much better. I love it when Martha comes over and scraps... she has one side, I have the other. I have one table on the door wall that is open for her goodies..... I have a 6ft table for my computer and scanner and stacker, I have a bookshelf and several drawered organizer things......

I need to do two more things. First, get a new light source..... the one in there has only one bulb and it's awful. I bought a lamp and it helps, but it's not good at all. The other thing I need to do is to find a way to put out all my embellies... the odd ones.... I have these old fashioned wooden strawberry crates and I think I'll staple them to the wall and sort that way... but I haven't done it yet.

Anyhoo... that's my room! Pictures later.

Lots going on....

Man... for being relaxed and not too bad... I sure have a lot going on!!! LOL.


So, I'm going to try to blog several times in the next couple of days to get caught up and to make it easier to read... and not end up sounding like Grandpa Simpson LOL


The thing on my mind this morning is my weight. And my cholesterol... and my blood pressure. I went to the doctor on the 19th to talk about my cholesterol. She (and I) was not happy... she was very blunt. She asked me if I wanted to change my lifestyle or start taking meds. Geesh. 35 and on meds for cholesterol? Ewww. I don't want to be that person. PLUS... big bonus... my BP was REALLY high.... .like 150's over 110. It's NEVER been high..... I'm sure it was partially anxiety, but holy moly. I don't want to be on blood pressure meds at 35!!!!!

So what's the problem.... my weight. I weighed 203 at the doc's office.

SO... she sent me to the dietitian. I went yesterday and she was very good and didn't belabor the things I already know, but did give me direction and specifics. The good part... I was 199 lbs there and my BP was like 128/80 or something.... much better.

And I started my "diet" and exercise. I put diet in quotes because it's really just eating RIGHT, not some kind of crash thing.

Fortunately, we're not looking at total calories.... but I know we are looking at 1500-1700 calories per day...... She's got me watching my carbs/fats/proteins.... it's not hard. I just have to do it. And exercise. I got on the treadmill last night and I didn't die!!! AMAZING. It was only 20 minutes, but I figured I'd be really hating it if I did more than that.

So now I'm thinking of ways to punish myself/reward myself.

I'm goin with both...............

And it's all about the scrappy purchase power.

Lose 5 lbs: Get $5 worth of goodies

Lose 10 lbs: Get a kit

Lose 15 lbs: Get $5 wort of goodies

Lose 20 lbs: Get a kit

And so on.....

Now... my goal is 145. My reward will be a Cricut and two cartridges.

I can do it. I can do it. I can do it.

I must keep the denim shorts that I ripped out in the belly for a reminder too.