Daily Ooo's: Monday, April 15

[faerywings]

Happy Income Tax Day to the US ladies
Bah humbug, right? Hope everyone has them filed and got a big return!

I am super late. I did not want to get out of bed this morning even though I was up at 4.30. Then Scott did not want to get up either and it took me 4 trips upstairs to get him up and out. Does that count as exercise, trips up and down the stairs?

Speaking of exercise, I need your help.

I need to start doing some sit-ups at the very least. When I was stayed over my brother's this weekend, I took a shower and they have a really big mirror in their bathroom --UGH!!!! I have a tiny mirror in my bathroom and I got rid of the full mirror in my bedroom after I got out of treatment fro my eating disorder. That was very helpful to keep my body image better- but wow, now I am in shock at how saggy and flabby I am am. Yes, I am also 15 lbs heavier than I was back then, and I am probably at a healthier weight but damn. I need to work on my stomach.
So now that you heard all of the unimportant and icky details, I am going to ask you all to bear with me as I tell you every day if I did sit-ups.
I need someone to make me accountable and when I asked Gary to do that, I realized that was a bad move. He would only make me mad by telling me to go do sit-ups. (seriously, WTH was I thinking?:rofl
But if you guys get on my case, I can just skip over reading that part and no one will ever know! hahahah!!

I am not going to put a number on how many I do, just that I do some. Some days I might only be able to do 10- maybe more than that on others.

Thank so much!

And now it is time for me to get to Bus Stop #1

xoxoxoxo

 

[whatnext]

Chris, hats off to you! but i'm not gonna be an Exercise Nag. that doesn't work any better than having someone being my Diabetes Nag. you gotta be your OWN Nag. so. off you go, girl.... :rockon:

wow. i am really just drifting through life these days. dunno whether it's because i just need some empty air or because i'm just getting really lazy. i'm not motivated TOWARD anything except getting to the end of the day. wonder what all this means. i mean, i'm getting stuff DONE, like laundry and yard work and house cleaning. but beyond that? nothing. wonder if i'll make another page this month?

hope your week starts off well and just gets better from there! :clap2:

 

[nancyr]

good morning! Nothing much planned today as it is a mostly cloudy dismal day. My husband will be mailing in our taxes and checks LOL no refund for us. Today will be a laundry day. And hopefully a walk later today.

Chris yes going up and down stairs is indeed exercise.

Phylis sorry you are drifting.

Have a great day all!

 

[faerywings]

Hi ladies!!! I am here again- got my kids off to school, scooped litter boxes, running a load of laundry, and have a few minutes before I take Max to his bus.

Phyllis- I totally know what you mean about drifting. I feel the same way. No goals- just get through the day. Then the next day, I do it all over again. It has to get better, right?

Hey nancy! Hope that you get in a good walk too! Maybe for me as well. If I can get Cait to come with me that always makes it a lot more fun.

From yesterday--

First off, Happy Birthday Trudy!!!! Did YMG remember?? I hope so, and I bet he did

Phyllis - If Laurie found mojo and didn't send some to both of us, I am going to be sad. *winks* I scrapped 2 pages yesterday for CT stuff and I kind of hate them both. What is worse, Scrapping a page you hate or not scraping at all?
Hope that you got some good sleep -- think they can send home some of that anesthesia? When I had my wisdom teeth pulled- I asked the surgeon for that laughing gas. That stuff was good

Nancy- what a great thing for the Devils to do- and for you to get to watch.

Trudy- the bonfire sounds like so much fin and the walk for MS-- love it! Every once in a while you will see a walk for Lyme, but most Lymies can't tell if they will be able to get out of bed on the day of the walk uh-oh! There is a big Lyme Demonstration in NYC next month that I would LOVE to go to, but I don't drive in NYC

Laurie- Happy b-day to your DS!
Sounds like you have a very productive day.

Hi Cynthia! Good to hear that you got sleep too!! Its such a big thing, and all of us here really understand sleep issues.

Kristi-- awesome news to have your mom!!!! yay!!!

I have been wondering where you have been Nana. Glad that you are ok and bummed that it was not an MIA due to lottery winnings!!!
You'll get there to 57 years. If I can get to 20 (next month) with Gary you can get there with Mike. LOL
Congrats and best wishes to your mom and dad. xoxo

Hi heather!

love to all!! Have a great day!!!!!

 

[terryb]

Good morning ladies!

I had a HORRIBLE weekend. The one good thing--my mother came home from the hospital on Saturday afternoon.

The bad--remember the niece of mine? Well she had another episode of taking pills and cutting her wrists. My sister went out to her place after the police called. Make a long story short--the niece must have assaulted her boyfriend's relative. My sister went ballistic. End of story--both of them ended up in jail Saturday night. I bonded my sister out. She proceeded to tell me off as if it were all my fault--cussed me out, said horrible things about me and my family. My other sister who lives in Virginia told me off on the phone because I wasn't doing enough to the other sister out of jail--when I was really working on getting her out. Then my one sister also told off my mom's husband yesterday and left their house. She was staying with my mom. End of story--it's a mess and I have been stressed!! End of story--neither sister is talking to me. That's ok, it is probably a good thing---they are just causing stress in my life that I don't need. I am still taking care of my mom--checking on her regularly, cooking for her and her hubby, following up with doctors for mom.

The weather was great yesterday--I went out to the golf course with Craig. Really wasn't in the right frame of mind for golf. Played a few holes and rode around with Craig. Oh, our golf cart died---broke a tie rod on it. So that needs to get fixed.

I'm praying for a much better week. Couldn't get worse than the weekend. Actually looking forward to spending a full day at work. Think I'll start my daily walking routine this week also and will try and get back to the gym.

Hope you all have a blessed Monday.

 

[faerywings]

super quick before i head off to work..... ((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))) terry. What an awful mess-- and ITA-- you do not need this stress in your life. Hang in there, good thoughts for better days!! xoxo

 

[Alegna]

Ow Terry that is indeed a horrible weekend and how unfair they've been to you. :hug: Big hugs for you :hug:

Good luck Chris with the sit-ups/exercise, I've started this weekend to with doing a bit, made myself a scedule on the WII and now hoping I can keep up with it

Chris and Philys, if I could I would share some of my mojo with you, although I also have trouble with getting motivated, but I can almost always scrap ... even if it would only be about that lack of motivation


Today I went to the doctor to have my IUD replaced. He could not see the wires, so the question is whether the old is still there (just my luck again ...). So I have to go to the gynecologist now instead. In addition he told me, he suspected that I'm already in menopause :? it would explain some things ... just have to wait and see until next week.
Besides that it was a nice sunny day, now of to cook dinner, almost time for that

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning "O" friends!! Yes Hubby remembered my birthday!! No present as I was adamant about that, we certainly don't need to spend money on presents for each other anymore! But he did take me out for a lovely dinner! He wanted to do dinner and a movie but there wasn't anything showing that either of us wanted to see. I want to say thankyou to all of you for the thoughtful birthday wishes, you brightened my day for sure!!

Chris - I should join you with the situps everyday! My poor belly keeps getting more flabby every time I look at it! Ok way too much information :tape: Wish you lived closer and then we could start a walking program together everyday, perhaps Phylis would join us too? You would love to be here right now, the rhodos and azaleas are all starting to bloom and in few days the back yard will be filled with wonderful color again. Hope that you get to spend some time in your yard too and that your mojo comes back to you in full force!!

Phylis - Wish I could help you out with your non motivation right now. Perhaps you need to go to the Dr. and see if its some kind of depression or perhaps some hormonal thing. I know we all hate to hear that it could be hormonal, but lets face it we women are plagued with that kind of stuff!! Maybe you need some vitamin D?? Or maybe I should send you the same bottles that I sent to Chris ...here ya go that should get you through the day!! :becky:

Nancy - Not much happening for me today either, I have to finish apply for employment insurance, keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to collect for a while. Then have to get our cheques ready to mail to the tax man today too, we also are paying....Ouch!! Hope your day gets a bit more exciting !

Terry - OMG how awful that you have to go through all of this stress! Why is it that family can be so very hurtful to one another!! You certainly do not need this in your life right now!! Your sister should be thanking you for getting her out of the jail, not blaming you for it!! You could have very easily left her there! Hopefully she will realize that soon!! Sending you lots of :hug: and wishes for a much better week than you have had!!

Angela - Well if it is the start of menopause for you, then soon you won't have to worry about having another IUD!! I have never had one of those, just relied on the good old birth control pill. Hope your appt with the gyno goes well and they can retrieve that thing for you!! If you are going to spread some mojo around, then perhaps you could send some my way too!! Seems we are all going through a dry spell lately!! Enjoy your dinner!!

Nana Linda - I feel the same way about my MG some days, so happy that he has not retired yet and took another job, by the time the weekend is over, I am ready to send him on his way!! Poor guys, we love them, but some days they drive us crazy!! :argue:

Lots of :washing: to do today and should get the floors washed, other than that I really need to get some weeding done outside, so hoping the :rain: holds off for one more day! Have a great Monday everyone, pray to the mojo gods for some inspiration for us all!! :wave:

 

[whatnext]

Terry. yikes. well, from personal experience, (here's me, again, with "advice...." :mmph i can tell you that it is perfectly possible to get along just fine without your destructive sisters in your life. one of mine i haven't talked to in years and the other, well. we have a sort of stand-offish relationship. there is no rule that you have to have anything to do with these people, just because you're related. i think you should put the one who lives far away in touch with the one who caused you all this grief nearby and tell them both : "GOOD LUCK. you two can figure this out. i'm done with it." you are trying to do the right thing. your mom is important. the rest of them can just do what they do without you. hope this doesn't sound hard-hearted, but, what the heck??? there is NO way to win with people who do stuff like this. the best thing, it seems to me, is to get yourself the hell OUT of this. i hope it all ends in a place that is good for YOU, Terry.

Angela, OUCH!! hope the missing IUD adventure ends well and without pain. thanks for the mojo offer. i could surely USE some!

hey, Nancy! sending you some sunshine for tomorrow, i think. it's looking GOOD over here!

 

[whatnext]

Trudy! YAAAY! so glad he remembered!

i actually HAVE been doing my round and round walking on my patio when it's warm enough. forget situps, though.....

i thought about depression, but other than the non-motivation thing, i am still highly susceptible to a good laugh, and i AM doing stuff. i am gonna blame it on laziness and not being much of a social animal. e.g., i'm not one to "join" stuff. book clubs at the library, classes at the local Universities. and my Hubby is NOT a talker. so, things can get pretty quiet around here. maybe this is just me "winding down." there does come a point in life, i think, when you think to yourself:" Self, what would you rather do. go to the cooking class at the library or stay home and clean out the cupboard under the sink??" and you weigh the options, think about the drive and the possibly annoying people who will be in the class, and you answer: "cupboard under the SINK!!" :becky:

 

[whatnext]

and thanks for the booze, Trudy!! :rofl:

 

[faerywings]

Self, what would you rather do. go to the cooking class at the library or stay home and clean out the cupboard under the sink??" and you weigh the options, think about the drive and the possibly annoying people who will be in the class, and you answer: "cupboard under the SINK!!" :becky:

ound:

That is SO me!!!!!!!

 

[faerywings]

PS: I did 30 sit ups- 3 sets of 10!

 

[terryb]

go. chris. go!

 

[taxed4ever]

Woot Chris... I haven't done any yet :sad:

Phylis - I hear ya!! I am the same, really don't want to join any classes either, guess its just us winding down, like you said!! Try not to drink all that Vodka in one day ok? :becky:

 

[whatnext]

Chris, i think i will go out back right now and walk for 10 minutes in your honor!! :becky: