Watching the clouds is one of my favorite pastimes in the summer. Most people think of rain when they think of Seattle, but we actually don’t get that much rain. We do, however, gets LOTS of cloudy skies – the city sits between two mountain ranges and the clouds settle in and stay a while. Today, they were gorge.

I watched the clouds go from high up and fluffy white to low and dark grey with lots of thunder and lightening. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a drop of rain!

@nikki-massie, my list says that day 15 is sit outside and watch the clouds go by and day 16 is get yourself something fragrant. Is there a different list that I don’t have?

Perfect task for a Friday!  I spent an hour watching one of my favorite shows and shopping for shoes online just for fun.

Two hour nap this afternoon at my husband’s urging. Today is my son’s big move in day. He and my DIL were up all night packing, getting ready for the movers today. We figure there will be a “please, please PLEASE come get Gabe out of our hair for just a little while!” phone call sometime tomorrow.

Today has been a somewhat crappy day and I can’t even tell you why. I woke up tired, I haven’t wanted to eat and I haven’t come close to getting my fluids in.

I did get my steps in, cuz that’s just what I do.

Breakfast/Lunch… part of a vanilla premier protein shake used as creamer in my coffee.

Dinner… leftovers

Early bedtime (if I didn’t…[Read more]

On plan for the week, both food and exercise-wise. I’m having some knee issues, so cut back on walking and doing more intense weight lifting and tabata instead. And still trying to get in 64+ oz. of water a day!

So I’ve discovered recently that I have an irrational fear about traveling in foreign countries. Yes, I’ve done it, but always with responsible, trustworthy adults who spoke the native language! Thoughts of going alone (or with my husband) conjure up images of “Locked Up Abroad”.

BUT…I recently spent a long weekend in Canada and I’m…[Read more]

I picked a beautiful dark purple hydrangea for my desk. Love it!

I stopped by the store on my way home from my support group and they were having a sale on roses, making them the least expensive flowers there! 

I know, I know! I haven’t been posting lately. Things have been somewhat crazy.

I have my support group meeting in Temple today which means a big chunk of time will be taken up. A trip to Sam’s while I’m there. (it’s across the highway from my meeting and a trip to the Sam’s in Waco takes as much if not more time to get to than the drive to…[Read more]

I slept 8 hours last night, which I haven’t done in weeks – clearly I needed It!

I have an addendum to my earlier post. The pick up has a blown head gasket (very bad news), a tow truck has been called. All the moving boxes have been loaded into my husband’s truck and they (and my son) have been delivered to the new home. Luckily, my DIL was there unpacking what she had brought in her car so my son has a way back to Killeen…[Read more]

I tried to take a nap today. Twice. And someone called me both times. So I decided that I was going to go to bed early. And the truck that my son borrowed from his father in law to move broke down on the interstate. So my husband has gone to help my son and I’m on stand by incase they need me to bring more tools, etc, out to them. I don’t think…[Read more]

It’s a special day/week for many, I guess. Today is my wedding anniversary!  We’re both working (opposite shifts), so going to bed early is no problem at all.

Nik, I have a hard time powering my brain down, which is why I do sudoku and listen to music – it helps me stop thinking about all the things I need to do.

Getting at least 8k steps a day, meal planning and food logging are all pretty automatic for me. Vitamins are great on weekdays when I have a normal schedule. But water is always a struggle.

Today was hectic – I almost didn’t log in to check the challenge. But glad I did – this was a good one.

List is started. Not always easy for me to see the good in myself, but it’s getting easier.

This was just what I needed after a stressful  day! My favorite pic was of bright orange flowers  and a blue feather