Today was a really great day. Actually it's been a really great weekend. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, just normal day off stuff. I really think it says a lot when your normal everyday life makes you pretty happy though. That really should be the whole point of living it. Lets see, slept in, made grilled cheese and tomato soup, took down the very last of Christmas (the village gets an extended stay), exchanged my exercise ball for a larger one, did some balancing exercises, jogged my 30 mins, went shooting with Derek, and now am in the process of making some pizza. Nothing really extraordinary, but nothing bad either :) I absolutely love just hanging out with hubby and the pets. We have a good little life.
Yesterday I got some retail therapy. Had some running around to do, needed new work shoes, a prescription filled, and had a few gift cards burning a hole in my pocket. At winners I bought a light winter transitioning into spring jacket. It's black and poofy and I love it. It's been a mild weekend and my hopes are up that the end to winter is within sight... OK. It's still January, but I can hope. I got some snazzy steel toed sneakers at Mark's for work. Then hit my favorite store, Canadian Tire, for a plant pot and some soil. I have successfully not killed one plant for a while now, I just upped the ante to two plants! It was a great day for shopping. Sunny out, roads were melted and great for driving, got to have a little more fun in the car than you can on snowy icy roads!
Realtor comes Tuesday to give us an evaluation on the house... It's pretty darn clean right now. I absolutely love a clean house but hate cleaning in order to get here... I think we can maintain it until Tuesday. Heaven help us if it goes on the market!
Pizza Dough is ready! Time to make a masterpiece!
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Sunday, 20 January 2013
First Blog of the Year
I've been called out on slacking on writing my blog! It's already well into the second half of January without a post. Bad blogger, bad. So without further dilly dallying let's get caught up.
First on the list, resolutions! I have a nice list on my phone of things I want to do this year. The usual, get more exercise and eat better are on the list. So far I've been on the couch to 5K program and am on week two. Doing OK I think, it definitely makes me sweat, but I am still able to handle it. Eating better consists of a few easy to follow rules. Only one fast food meal a week, making meals at home most nights with good real food ingredients. We did eat out twice last week. I fell victim to the delicious smell of KFC on the drive home. There might not be a cheat day this coming week. Also no pop, unless we are using it as mix. This might backfire and turn us into alcoholics, but it's intended that on a normal evening we'll drink water with meals or at night, not pop. Also there are no chips in the house right now. If I crave them I get the little snack size bag which nicely forces you to control how many you mindlessly eat in a sitting. That's the plan. I don't think we were eating really all that horribly (although I found out there was a lot of fast food lunches at Derek's shop!) but there were little changes we could make to improve things a little.
Other resolutions on the list:
Volunteer: I have so much spare time I really should get out there and do something in the community.
Shop before November for Christmas: I really felt stressed about shopping this year so that's what that stems from
Visit the Multiplex: our huge sports complex the city built. It has an amazing pool that I really should check out, maybe get back into swimming.
Get Massages: OK, hardly seems like a sacrifice, but we have coverage that includes them and I know my back and shoulders could really benefit from regular massages, it just never happens.
Right now we are cleaning up the house to once again invite a realtor over for a home evaluation. It's been a year since the last one and hopefully the market has picked up enough that we can get out of this current house and at least break even after all the fees... We've been looking at listings for houses and think we can get what we want for less than it would cost to renovate our current house. Not to mention no matter what we do here there will never be a garage. So fingers are crossed. I cleaned all weekend (between facebook and TV movies) and we'll probably have someone in this week.
Car has snow tires! They have come in handy as the roads are completely ice covered and slippery. Car also has a faulty coolant gauge that at -30ish decided to not show a reading and turn on the check engine light. They really need to test cars in California and Northern Alberta during the winter... but service at the local dealership has been relatively hassle free and she gets a new sensor tomorrow. I am enjoying having a warranty! So much better if that light comes on and you know it's not going to cost you anything to fix it.
Bought myself a Kobo for Christmas, using money from my Grandmother and a gift card from my sister. My first downloaded book was "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. It was a great book. I recommend it. You don't really know what's happening, side with one main character, then find out stuff, side with the other main character, and basically bounce back and forth the entire book. I ended up not really liking either character, lol, but not really hating them either. I can't really say more without giving away plot. Need to get to the library to get a card so I can use the online ebook borrowing. I absolutely love having books in digital format. Less clutter on the bookshelf, you can preview things before you buy, and you can carry it around so much easier than say, a 1000 page book, if you like Ken Follett or George RR Martin.
Other things...
Mike and Candace had their second daughter, Alaia Joy on Jan 1st. She's a carbon copy of Adara.
Went to the dentist, 32 years and no cavities! How I don't know.
Just finished another glazed set of kitchen doors at work. Ugh. Now I am onto a distressed one which I love. Taking a sander to stuff and making it look old, it's very satisfying.
That I think is about all. I had a deep thought last week I think? Now I forget it :) gone forever into the universe...
First on the list, resolutions! I have a nice list on my phone of things I want to do this year. The usual, get more exercise and eat better are on the list. So far I've been on the couch to 5K program and am on week two. Doing OK I think, it definitely makes me sweat, but I am still able to handle it. Eating better consists of a few easy to follow rules. Only one fast food meal a week, making meals at home most nights with good real food ingredients. We did eat out twice last week. I fell victim to the delicious smell of KFC on the drive home. There might not be a cheat day this coming week. Also no pop, unless we are using it as mix. This might backfire and turn us into alcoholics, but it's intended that on a normal evening we'll drink water with meals or at night, not pop. Also there are no chips in the house right now. If I crave them I get the little snack size bag which nicely forces you to control how many you mindlessly eat in a sitting. That's the plan. I don't think we were eating really all that horribly (although I found out there was a lot of fast food lunches at Derek's shop!) but there were little changes we could make to improve things a little.
Other resolutions on the list:
Volunteer: I have so much spare time I really should get out there and do something in the community.
Shop before November for Christmas: I really felt stressed about shopping this year so that's what that stems from
Visit the Multiplex: our huge sports complex the city built. It has an amazing pool that I really should check out, maybe get back into swimming.
Get Massages: OK, hardly seems like a sacrifice, but we have coverage that includes them and I know my back and shoulders could really benefit from regular massages, it just never happens.
Right now we are cleaning up the house to once again invite a realtor over for a home evaluation. It's been a year since the last one and hopefully the market has picked up enough that we can get out of this current house and at least break even after all the fees... We've been looking at listings for houses and think we can get what we want for less than it would cost to renovate our current house. Not to mention no matter what we do here there will never be a garage. So fingers are crossed. I cleaned all weekend (between facebook and TV movies) and we'll probably have someone in this week.
Car has snow tires! They have come in handy as the roads are completely ice covered and slippery. Car also has a faulty coolant gauge that at -30ish decided to not show a reading and turn on the check engine light. They really need to test cars in California and Northern Alberta during the winter... but service at the local dealership has been relatively hassle free and she gets a new sensor tomorrow. I am enjoying having a warranty! So much better if that light comes on and you know it's not going to cost you anything to fix it.
Bought myself a Kobo for Christmas, using money from my Grandmother and a gift card from my sister. My first downloaded book was "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. It was a great book. I recommend it. You don't really know what's happening, side with one main character, then find out stuff, side with the other main character, and basically bounce back and forth the entire book. I ended up not really liking either character, lol, but not really hating them either. I can't really say more without giving away plot. Need to get to the library to get a card so I can use the online ebook borrowing. I absolutely love having books in digital format. Less clutter on the bookshelf, you can preview things before you buy, and you can carry it around so much easier than say, a 1000 page book, if you like Ken Follett or George RR Martin.
Other things...
Mike and Candace had their second daughter, Alaia Joy on Jan 1st. She's a carbon copy of Adara.
Went to the dentist, 32 years and no cavities! How I don't know.
Just finished another glazed set of kitchen doors at work. Ugh. Now I am onto a distressed one which I love. Taking a sander to stuff and making it look old, it's very satisfying.
That I think is about all. I had a deep thought last week I think? Now I forget it :) gone forever into the universe...
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