No Room... My Life is Full

Is It the Weekend Yet?

I cannot believe another week is almost over.  Tomorrow Ron and Camden are going to DC for an overnight trip to meet up with his parents, who will be in town.  Yay!  That gives me a night alone to do whatever I want!  Looking forward to it, too!

Saturday I am actually driving up to DC myself to visit a friend and have lunch and shop.  So, I guess we'll both be up in the DC area, but not together.  I can't wait to see my friend! 

I still need to finish decorating the house for Christmas.  We did some of it, but not all.  It's a slow going process.  I hope it's done by Christams.  Heh!  The shopping is out of control, too.....I am no where near close to being done.  I'm dragging my heels big time.  Maybe I can get some done this Saturday when I'm shopping with my friend.

Oooh, I'm getting ready to start a hat project....this should be interesting.  If I surprise myself by making a hat that would be really really cool!!!  Yeah, little things excite me.

Run Baby Run!

I came home this afternoon all ready to go running and I was disappointed.  I usually get home at 4:35 pm, and because the days are growing shorter and shorter, it was really starting to get dark.  I didn't want to go running and 45 minutes into it, be in the dark...that is dangerous, especially with all the traffic coming home from work.  So, I skipped running this afternoon.  I feel so yucky....whenever I miss an exercise day I feel like this. 

I'm not sure what to do.  Wish my gym had an indoor track.  I may call the other location across town and see if they have an indoor track.  They are a brand new facility and it is huge, so they just may have one.  Plus, they are on my way home from work, so on Tuesdays & Thursdays instead of going home I could just go to that gym and run and then go home afterwards.  It would work at least thru February.  Then in March time will be longer again and I can run at home.   I could always run on a treadmill, but I DESPISE running on a treadmill.

In the meantime, I feel blah....I have always exercised as long as I can remember.  Even when I was a teenager I belonged to a gym and did old school aerobics classes.  I've never not exercised.  Heck, even when I was 9 months pregnant I still walked.

Well, it is time for me to take my lazy ass to bed.  Sweet Dreams!!  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ......

Mmmm....Pork & Peanuts!

I knitted this Dish Rag over the past two days and it was a total pain in the ass.  I used cotton yarn, which I guess is what is recommended for dish clothes, towels, etc.  It was a total bitch....It doesn't look all that great either, but at least it gave me the opportunity to try a new stitch and practice doing two types of stitches in one project.  It has holes in it too...good thing I am using it for the kitchen.  Haa haa!!

 

 

I bought stuff to do scrapbooking this weekend, but I haven't touched it....I need to work on it tomorrow.

 

Today we drove down to Surry County, which is about an hour south of where I live.  That's where all the country ham stores are.  Yummy!!!  We drove down to order my inlaws a gift box for Christmas.  It had country ham, sausage, bacon and then we added peanuts, spicy peanuts, Budweiser BBQ Sauce and some Virginia Gentleman Bourbon BBQ Sauce and a kit to make peanut soup.  I hope they like it!!!!!

 

I rented a movie for tonight..."Four Christmases", with Reese Withespoon and Vince Vaughan.  He's so funny.  Hope it makes me laugh! 
 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I made this cute little scarf for Camden.....

He loves it!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I am all dressed and going for a run right now!!!!  I wanna burn off some calories before lunch!!!!
 
 

Thankful

Things that I am thankful for:

• I am thankful for my relationships/friendships - I am a very social person and if I didn't have others in my life I would probably turn into a hermit crab. I loves my peeps and thank God for them every day!

 

• I am thankful that my children are healthy and don't have any issues that hold them back in life. I am truly blessed that they are rarely sick, smart and have generally good personalities.

 

• I am thankful that I have been able to really change my eating habits and keep my weight off. It's a daily conscious effort to keep myself on track, but I like living this way. I still continue to write every single thing that I eat down in a journal and calculate the total at the end of my evening.

• I am thankful that I was born with a sense of humor and love to laugh. Nothing makes me happier than to laugh and to make others laugh.

• I am thankful for my job/bosses and the wonderful partnership I work for. They treat me very well and always make me feel like I am valued. I have never felt this way about any other company I have worked for....then again, this isn't a corporate job either...it's a partnership and that makes the difference!!!! I am thankful for all the things they have given to me over this past year, even though it has been stressful and overwhelming at times. I can truly say my bosses love me. :-)

 

• I am thankful that I live in the USA and not some third world country or some other strange place. Even when I complain about the city I live in, I don't know if I could ever live anyplace else.

 

I am thankful for lots of other things...it would be too many to list here....some are large, some are small, some are silly......but here are a few more things I am thankful for: 

• Peanut butter
• Chocolate
• Coffee
• Funny friends & stupid humor
• Second hand clothes that are still brand new with store tags still on them...but I got them for $5 or less
• Orbit Bubblemint Gum
• Lipgloss
• Instant Messenger
• Music and my iPod
• Fun hobbies
• Diet Coke
• Photographs
• Memories.....Memories.....Memories :-)

Tis the Season...for Seasonal Depression

Ugh, why why why do I have to suffer from seasonal depression?  It's not even January yet and I'm already feeling it......ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's gonna be a long, dark, cold, brutal winter.   Happy Happy Joy Joy!!! 

 

 

UPDATE (7:25 pm) - Yay, I just taught myself to do a "purl stitch"!  That has made me happy today!!!  Yay me!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Days til Thanksgiving!

I am counting down the days until this week is over and the Thanksgiving weekend begins!!!  Um, I guess that would be 2 days....hee hee!  Thursday is Thanksgiving and then Friday my mom and I are going shopping/lunch and enjoying the day.  Saturday we may drive down to a Virginia Ham Shop that we sometimes go to and order a gift for Ron's parents....they like Virginia ham, peanuts, etc.  I also have lots of scrapbooking to do.   Bring on the weekend!!!!!! 

I'm about done with another scarf...Camden wanted one.  It's cute...a bright blue.  After this one, I should probably give it a rest....and learn some other stitches.....  :-)

Well, time for some fun TV!  Later all!!!

Free Day Pour Moi!

Yesterday was a fun day!  I did my usual chores that I do on Fridays and later in the afternoon I got a phone call from a little gift shop that I frequent.  I won a door prize!  A $120.00 value of all sorts of awesome spa stuff!!! 

Bath Gel

Body Sugar Scrub

Bath Soap

Body Lotion

Foot Bath Salts

Foot Cream

I hit the jackpot!!!  Mmm....it smells so good, too! 

Last night I met up with some of my high school girlfriends (and one gay high school dude) for some fun times!!!!  We laughed the entire time, took tons of photos and drank lots of Happy Hour drinks.  We had dinner and laughed some more!!!  I love going out with this group...they always always always are fun!!!! 

 
Yeah we were trying to do sultry faces here....bwaaa ha ha ha haa!!!!

Today I had a "free day".  Ron and Camden went to a college football game and Austin was gone most of the day, so I did everything I wanted to do...knitted, watched a movie, went for a run, had lunch, went shopping at my second-hand stores.  It was a very relaxing and nice day and I'm now ready to take a hot shower and watch "Stepbrothers".  Heh heh...I hear this one is hilarious!!!!!

Camden is currently watching "Coraline".  He loves those Tim Burton movies.

Scarf Done!

OMG I did it!  I finished it in only like 6 hours total, too!!!  Wow, I think I impressed myself!   Hee hee!!!!  Here's some photos...

Ta da!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Project!

This so-called knitting project is getting worse....it's because I am not using a pattern and didn't really know what I was doing when I got started.  I have decided I'm going to abandon this project and start a new one!  I found a cute pattern online of a simple scarf.  It actually tells me what type of yarn, needles and how many stitches to make, how long, etc.  I think if I am actually following a pattern I will do much better!!!!!  I am going on my lunch break today to get the supplies and am going to start this evening!  Yay!!!!  Maybe this one will actually be completed.  The other one will work well as a dish rag or pot holder...it's FUGLY!!!!!!  (heh heh love that word FUGLY)

I am so glad it is Thursday.  This has been the longest week evah!!!  Tomorrow I am doing my usual Friday stuff and then we are getting a new dishwasher installed.  Yeah!  Our old one has been acting up for months and it finally died over the weekend.  Let's hope this one works well.  I haven't minded washing dishes by hand this week at all.  It has actually been fun.  It reminds me of my first little house years and years ago....I didn't have a dishwasher and would wash everything by hand.  At least I know the dishes are getting cleaned no doubt.

Oooh, one of my favorite little gift stores is having a sale today.  I think I may stop by this evening and do a little Christmas shopping.  It's not far from my house, just a couple miles, so I can do it after dinner.  Maybe I'll find a little sumtin' sumtin' for myself, too.  Heh heh!

Well, time to get back to work.  Thank goodness next week is Thanksgiving week. Yeah!!