K, I wanna live here (see picture below) !
Dont know exactly where ‘here’ is, but it is someplace in Utah. We just got this killer storm, feet of snow, and I am leaving work early to Shovel. I love to shovel! Shoveled for 2 years when I worked up at the Ski Resort. So one day, I just might be rich enough to find a house in the woods where I can retire.
(yeah right, not)
I cant believe that I actually have some time on my hands in which I can perhaps start blogging on a regular basis! Overtime is Over at work, so I am back to my regular schedule. I forgot how much I like my normal schedule too! I can get lots of stuff done when I am on schedule.
The only thing I need to get back into is getting to sleep on time. I need at least 8 hours a night. Last night was hard, got about 5. Not good. But tonight I hope to go to bed earlier. I am planning on Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner, so after that I can rest, wee hee! ! !
Yesterday I woke up and decided that I just cannot take it anymore ! So I forked out the dough and signed back on to WW. My goal is to loose 25 lbs. I have until summer to get back into my Summer clothing, not to mention my Spring clothing as well as I cannot even fit into those anymore.
So yesterday and today I have been surfin’ around the WW site and it really has changed in the past several months. I am not quite sure if I like it yet . . . They have changed the Point system . . . They dont go off Calories anymore, only Fat, Carbs, Protein and Fiber.
So for example, a Banana used to be 2 points; now it is 0 points. This also includes Apples, Oranges, Grapes, etc etc etc. Pretty much all the friuts and veggie are 0 points. What I dont get is how can I eat so many Calories from friut and veggies and not have it count towards my daily Points ? Its just too strange. Oh and get this, my Points used to be 20 a day; now its 29 a day. That is about 1900 calories a day as compaired to 1000 calories a day at 20 points a day. I cannot eat that much ! I have to stay around 1200 calories a day otherwise I gain. I know this cuz I am nutso about couting calories.
So, what I am doing, is when I add a Banana in my daily Tracker, I put 2 points down.
I just cannot see how eating so much will help me loose! Its not like I lost 45 pounds before, i just kinda gain a lot back.
Soo Frustrating !
Today is Christmas Eve and our family celebrates this day more than than tomorrow, Christmas Day. I love both days; mostly cuz I get to spend time w/my Family, eat good food and just have a wonderful time all around. The presents dont get me excited anymore. Perhaps if I got some silver bullion bars, but now I mostly like Christmas for the family and friends. All this gift-giving really puts a strain on my budget. I have a balance on three Credit cards this year and I hate credit cards ! ! ! Without them this year, we would have had no presents. I really wish that we could just get rid of all the presents and just have the family together instead. Presents dont make the Holiday, family and friends do.
Well my week off work is just about over. It has not been that great of a week, but at least it is ending good. My sis and I went to see HP yesterday and it was pretty good. Now I have to re-read the book as I cant seem to remember the details. Tomorrow the kiddo and I are going to see Tron. We watched the 1984 version last week and it was pretty good. My son was like freakin’ about the graphics as he is used to the fancy ones we have now, but back then, Tron was the best there was.
I guess I am getting old. I really hate getting old. Speaking of getting old, the ‘o’ on my laptop is still broken. It makes typing rather difficult as I have to press the ‘o’ key very hard. I have to check on the laptop insurance on this baby as it might have run out. I think I want a Mac next laptop . . . . My son can have this one, har har har !
OMG. This is the wall in my Sons bedroom. It is falling apart! Since we live in such a dry state, I have not been worried about this wall for a few years now – but I have kept an Eye on it. Well, the other day it rained; we dont get much Rain around here, but this time it was a bugger and the wall finally fell apart.
So I climbed on the roof in about 2 feet of snow (as the rain turned to snow) and shoveled off all the snow. Came down soaking wet. Not Fun. A few days later the snow melted, went back up on the roof, this time w/my Dad and gooooped some roofing goop up there. I will now wait till summer and then re-do everything. I hope dehumidifiers might keep the moisture out of the room till then. But the roof has to be fixed, the drywall removed inside and I can only dream of what else. I guess this summer I will learn to be a carpenter and roofer. ugh.
I wish I was more of a tech person and knew what the heck I was doing when it comes to pcs and websites. I had to call over the brother in law to help our internet connection as it seems for some unknown reason our Router was reset and it was no longer a secure connection. But now we are safe, and I feel much better! My son is even taking classes in school to learn more tech stuff too. He has a web page design class and they are teaching him about free website builders, how to design web pages and tons of other stuff I would like to learn about too! So far he is getting an A in the class, so I hope he continues to learn. My sis created my web page for me, but from what my son is telling me, he has already created a website under the schools site and I cant wait for the trimester to end so he can show me, and tell me how to perhaps improve my site. That way I wont have to keep buggin’ my sis and her hubby! However, every time I do bug them, I sure learn a lot!
Every year we have our annual Marzipan day with the family. It is my favorite day of the year. We get together as a family, make marzipan and have dinner. Its almost better than Christmas!
Sometimes being with the Family can be stressful, but on this day we all really enjoy each other company. We dont have the TV on at all, so we dont need any digital television antennas, we just listen to Christmas music, talk about our lives and really interact with each other. It is a very good day – best of all, we get to eat what we make !
Today is my first day of my vacation. I am not going anywhere, but I am off work for the entire week! I have been so tired, that I took my first nap today. I like naps. Even tho it was a short one, 45 minutes, I feel much better.
The snow has melted enough outside so that I could rake some leaves. So I got my butt off the couch, turned open the door knob and got outside to work. But I decided to rake only half the yard today. I figure since I have the whole week off I dont need to push it! Tomorrow we might drive down to Cabela’s and check out their Air Soft guns; the kiddo wants one for Christmas . . . we will see. I am thinkin’ he might be ready to drive on the freeway . . . Sundays around here dont have much traffic . . . .
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