Tidbits

Have been thinking of a few different things I wanted to blog about so this one is just that. Tidbits of different things.

First off, let me say to my darling daughter that I cleaned out partially, some of my closets. I didn't do them good, but I did them. She was getting on my case while she was home, Michelle, yep, the same daughter who we didn't know the coloring of the carpet in her room until she married Bo and left home. Fact is I don't think we knew if she had carpet. Bo will testify to that I am sure. Anyways, like I said I got rid of a few things, took some to Val at work and have a bag here ready to go to Goodwill. Problem is I need to go through that bag, I looked for a shirt I wanted today and can't find it. Afraid its in the bag. LOL, I learned some things while going through those closets. I cannot through out things with sentimental value. I am a sentimental person and cannot bring myself to get rid of a jacket my mom bought me, although I outgrew it and wore it out long ago. I have a short set that I was wearing the day I bought my little red convertible, that was in 98. What do you suppose the chances are of me wearing that again? its now in my cedar chest. Speaking of the cedar chest I don't think either of my kids knows this but my grandma bought me a sleeper when my son was born. She bought it in red and blue, its quite unusual. We didn't know if he was going to be a boy or girl and my gram was really sick, she died 3 weeks to the day after he was born. Anyways, its in my cedar chest too. Both of my kids wore it and maybe someday a grandchild will get it, but for now its safe. Back to the closet. I have mine and my daughters wedding dresses in there. I have a dress Michelle bought but never wore, the tags are still on it. Michelle hasn't lived here in what? About 8 years? Anyways its a start. Like I said I gave somethings away. I was reminded of my daughter who when cleaning out her closets once when she was little wouldn't let me through out her favorite dress. She had gotten to big for it, but I wasn't allowed to give it away. I am really not sure but that could be in the cedar chest too. Okay, enough on the closet. Oh shoot, lets not forget my son, I have a variety of his winter coats, Leather jackets, mustang white jacket, Rusty Wallace etc. Just can't seem to part with things. Going to have to work on this.

Next thought, I am doing extremely well with this detox we have been on. Don't miss the sugar, the meat, or anything except maybe the coffee and am doing well with a cup or two of decaf. I even had the energy to run 2. 62 miles tonight. While down there I watched a man get out of his car with a little boy, I am thinking his grandson. I watched him light a cigarette and go over the playground with this child. I am thinking this used to be me. I would sit and smoke while the kids played. Up until 4 years ago when I got sick and started to eat healthier and exercise more. I just want everyone to get up off their butt, turn off their computer, put down their book and go move, just move.

His grandson couldn't sit still, he was on the swing, on the slides, on the merry go round, he knew that bodies are made to move, this little 2 year old knows more than most of us adults. I am going to turn off this computer now, go eat and then am going to move some more people. Get up and get moving!

Day 1 of 7 Day Detox

I did okay with the food yesterday, it actually follows a lot of what I eat anyways. Had cereal and fruit for breakfast but used the rice milk, had a large salad for lunch along with rice cake and peanut butter, fruit and yogurt for a snack, fish and veggies for dinner. Not hungry a bit. However, doing without the caffeine is another story. I have a headache, had one yesterday too. Took 2 Aleve at work and another 2 last night. couldn't seem to stay awake and keep goiing. John is working nights and I fell asleep on the couch. He woke me up when he got home and I went to bed. Slept great all night too. I knew the caffeine would be the thing that would bother me the most and guess I was right. I didn't have the energy to get a good workout in, so did a short walk. That bothers me too, but its only 7 days and the diet did say that you energy levels will slow a bit. Here is the link to the detox. http://www.wholeliving.com/article/healthy-detox?autonomy_kw=sea change detox

Freaky Accident

I had quite an upsetting thing happen today. I was downstairs working out, John was outside cooking ribs on the grill when we heard a loud crash, it sounded like pots and pans falling so we both came running. It took a while to find out what happened, but the top shelf in my glass curio fell down. It broke most of the knick knacks on the two top shelves. A few of my Mrs. Albee dolls broke, some of the porcelain hummingbirds my daughter had bought me and most of my Australian Lead Crystal pieces. It shattered the crystal castle Mike and I bought years ago when we bought the house. It broke the crystal bird bath with two little birds and the red heart. It broke the peacock, and another red crystal heart.

There is no earthly reason why that shelf should have fallen. That curio cabinet has been there in that room since we moved into this house. John glued some of the pieces together to see what we can save, but the crystal was to far gone.

Holy Cow! Is my daughter

Is my daughter really 29 years old today?? How can this be possible? Where the hell did these years go and I want them back! I need to back to the time Uncle Rob and I took her and Robbie and Gina to Sea World and Michelle was soooo sick. I need to go back to her first day of school, or the day she graduated. I just need to go back. I want to do it all over and I want to do it better this time. I want to be the parent who is the perfect parent and I want her to have the perfect family. In my mind like Marcy at work or Margie and marty next door. I just want to turn back time and keep her little and with me.

I love you and miss you dolly!

Detox diet

Sharan, The Mother Superior at work has decided we are doing a 7 day detox diet starting Monday. I am going along with it. I had a nutritionist look at it yesterday and it actually looks pretty interesting. Starts out the first day with eliminating all caffeine for the week, eliminate sugar, foods processed with white flour. Add 8 glasses of water, add 20 minutes of exercise.

The second day, you add more fresh fruit and veggies, but avoid tomatoes, peppers, and a few others. Avoid citrus fruits. Third day is tough, eliminate all dairy. Includes eggs and soy milk. What do we eat?? Fourth day you eliminate all grains, well not all, you can have brown rice, amaranth, oats. Did you ever eat oatmeal without milk? Oh! We can have rice milk or almond milk. Wonder if you can buy that in our little town? I may have to find out.

I call Sharan the Mother Superior, because she likes to be in charge and to boss us around. I've decided I'm just the novice in training. We have decided to try this for the 7 days starting on MOnday. Today I had them all doing planks and side planks so we have decided that I will teach them one new exercise a day during these 7 days. Sounds like fun. I want to hit all muscle groups.

I'm thinking I will be the one that has the easiest time with this because alot of it I already do. A few of them are going to give me problems though. Should be interesting.

Been a while

Its been a while since I've taken time to update this. The kids have both been here and gone. 10 days with howie and Anton and then later 10 with Michelle, Bo and Zoey. I miss the hell out of them. We've done two cookouts, one for each group. My poor husband doesn't enjoy them at all, but has gone along with it extremely well.

Its strange getting back to normal. Last night I took time and did my test. 95% which gives me 96% average, so thats good, however I am so far behind on my timeline to finish it. I really need to pick it up.

I started reading a good book that my daughter sent me. Its called My Sisters Keeper and I started it last night. I need balance and have decided to take some time and read for fun. I have been saying for years I am going to do that again. Lets see if I finish it. I also ordered " The Five People You meet in heaven" from Amazon. Pretty neat, the book was used, cost $.01 and $3.99 for shipping. Hopefully these two will get me back into the joy of reading for fun. Just have to figure out where to fit it into my schedule.

Here is a picture taken last week, the four of took off and went shopping for the day, what fun!

Daughter

My darling daughter, her husband and my grand puppy arrive tonight for a 10 day visit. Late tonight, I wonder why she chooses the times she does to come and go? My best nephew, Paul, is riding to Pitts with me to pick them up. I remember the first time we had to go get them and Paul and I went and it was the middle of the night that time too. I'm going to have to discuss the time changes with her.

I am so excited to have them home! I can't wait. Couldn't even sleep last night.

Sparkpeople

This is an article written by Dean Anderson from Sparkpeople, I wanted to share it with you. What are you grateful for? I am grateful for my parents, my children, my husband, my siblings. I am so fortunate to have them all be in good health and to have my daughter coming home today for a 10 day visit.

Dean Anderson : 12/16/2008 12:09:25 PM : 265 comments
Would you be willing to spend two minutes doing a special exercise that could improve your mood and make your life a little (or a lot) easier?No, this isn’t a gimmick that will get you off the hook for the kind of exercise that makes you breathe hard and sweat a lot. You’ll still have to do that. And it’s not going to make it a breeze to pass up temptations and stick to your food plan.But this exercise might help you appreciate and enjoy these things–and the rest of your daily duties--a lot more, and avoid feeling sorry for yourself.You don’t need an expert to tell you that a good mood is like money in the bank. It helps you let the many minor irritations and problems of your daily life roll off your back like water, and gives you the optimism, creativity, and stamina you need to handle whatever life throws at you.But how do you get yourself into a good mood when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, or so many little things are going wrong that you’d have to be unconscious or really snockered not to feel pretty anxious and upset?The answer is simple: practice gratitude.The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And if you’re trying to go from feeling down about your situation to feeling good about it, the shortest path is to be grateful for what you’ve got.I have to admit that, for many years, this kind of claim drove me crazy. I was stuck in a very long, deep, and unpleasant struggle with major depression and PTSD that had already wrecked my marriage, my business, and left me living on disability benefits with 3 kids to support. To have someone tell me that I should find something to be grateful for struck me as either ignorant or cruel.Then one day I was sitting in the lobby at my therapist’s office, running through all the problems I wanted to talk with her about that session, when a another client came in. She was carrying a baby, had a toddler in hand, and asked me if I could watch them for a second while she got the other kids out of the car. She came back in with two more young kids, sat down and started crying a little bit while trying to get the kids interested in playing with a few toys. She apologized and explained that she and the kids had just lost their apartment and were living in the car, after her husband had gone to jail for child and spousal abuse.Well, I’m sure you can guess the rest of the story. I ended up telling my therapist I felt pretty silly getting all caught up in my own worries after hearing about this woman’s troubles, and was feeling grateful that my life wasn’t really as difficult as it could be.I can’t tell you that this single incident “cured” my problems with depression and anxiety, but it definitely did change my thinking about the power of gratitude, and gave me a great tool I still use whenever I’m starting to feel a little down.It’s incredibly simple. Just sit down for two minutes and think about what you have to be grateful for today. Come up with 3-5 things that make your life better than it would otherwise be at that moment, and write them down. These don't have to be big things--in fact, this will probably work better if you focus on little things that change from day to day. Putting the same things on your list every time will make the exercise less effective. So you might include something like being grateful for not having a headache, or enjoying your morning coffee that day, or having a pleasant moment with a family member or friend.If you have the time, think for a minute or two about how and why you have those things in your life, and how to keep them there. If what you’re grateful for is having certain other people in your life, think about how you can let them know how you feel.If life is pretty hard right now, this may feel a little artificial, trivial, or phony at first. But do it at least once a week anyway–fake it until you make it, if you have to.If life is really hard today, and things to be grateful for don’t spring to mind, go spend an hour volunteering at the local food bank, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter–or anyplace where you’re likely to find other people having a hard time. Or get on the message boards at Sparkpeople or another site you’re involved in, look for someone else having a hard time, and say something encouraging to them.The distance between a bad mood and a good mood often isn’t nearly as far as we think it is, and the shortest route is often to practice a little gratitude for what you already have.You don’t have to take my word for it–there is lots of scientific research supporting the practice of gratitude. And there is a pretty large and active community of gratitude practitioners on the SP message boards you can talk to about this.Why not give it a try yourself, right here, right now. What do you have to be grateful for today?

You can run..

..but you can't hide. I had a funny experience at work today. I was helping a single gentleman choose living room furniture. He stated he had been looking for years and couldn't find what he wanted. I was showing him various sets and pieces and after about 20 minutes he commented that I looked familiar and that back in the years he rode a Harley was I married to Mike B? I was and he was someone we rode with only occasionally. I personally didn't recognise him, but the name rang a bell and we had mutual friends.
This had to have been at least 15 years ago or maybe longer. I am wondering how he ever recognised me and am hoping that I was a nice person to him and that is why he remembered me? My last name isn't even the same.
I think this just reinforced my belief that we always need to be on our best behavior because we truly never know who we may meet or come into contact with.
I do think his memories must have been good because he bought a living room! YEAH, after years of looking we found one he liked and he had to have enough faith in me to buy it from me.

Ideal weight

I am learning some really interesting things in class right now, like how to determine someones ideal weight and their weight range. Simple really once you know the formula to follow. I love learning new things and am looking forward to putting it to use.

On the other hand I ate a huge, amish made fresh cream filled donut today. I took my lunch as usual, a very healthy lunch, yogurt for a snack along with a large veggie filled salad for lunch. One of the guys bought the donuts for us. I had no will power. How can I expect to help a client lose weight when I cannot fight the temptation sometimes myself? I do really well with the goodies at home, but work is something else. At home I can get busy and do something, but at work, its like right there in your face. I need to come up with something to help me fight temptation and hard as this is, I think I may have found it.

I was waiting on a woman tonight at work, and I know her, she is about my age, maybe a bit younger, she had on a real tight pair of jeans and tight shirt and her shirt kept riding up, and her jeans down. I could see rolls. Not really trying to see them, believe me, she kept pulling her shirt down a bit, but they were there. The picture in my mind should help me say no to donuts, to cookies, to all sweets. I am hoping to hold that picture in my mind. I came home and did 40 minutes on the treadmill, intervals of faster, slower, hills and then did 5 minutes of ab work too. Lets keep on moving, work off those donuts