Category Archives: General

Dec6

I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting.

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I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting.

This morning started with cleaning the snow off the cars and shoveling the driveway.  After finagling the laundry around a bit, I set up a table and started wrapping presents (I’m done, BTW, except for a couple of items I pick up on regular shopping runs. . .plblblbtttt!).  I ran out to the supermarket, came home and grabbed a quick lunch, then wrapped presents some more.  Then it was time to make whoopie pies for daughter #2’s bake sale, then make dinner.  I have five minutes until it’s ready to serve, so here I am enjoying 5 minutes on my behind before it’s time to walk the dog, then make the filling for the whoopie pies and fill and wrap them.  If standing burned as many calories as it felt like today, I’d never have to diet!  Oh, and I can’t forget to pack up the recycling and put it on the curb along with the giant robo-can of doom.

Nov30

Ow. Owow.

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Ow. Owow.

The pain is a good thing.  Really.  I took my first Pilates class, and today I got a weight training circuit workout.  Nothing like excercise to remind you how long it’s been since you exercised.  I’m still feeling my pulse in my biceps.  (That’s very weird, BTW.)

I did try to relax a bit with a long soak in the hot tub, but this goes way beyond anything that the hot tub can help.  However. . .my back is already feeling better when I wake up.  In 8 weeks, I’ll get re-evaluated and see how well I’m holding up.  I’d like to see some results as well as feeling them.  I think I will.

Nov28

Time Flies Some More!

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Time Flies Some More!

I didn’t even really host the holidays, but they do tend to run away with you.

I discovered that the Super Foodtown, while it might not be my first choice as a supermarket, does carry a lot of the things I used to get at Whole Foods. So we don’t have to go without Tazo teas or the Thai instant soups. I’ll have to check if they have Emergen-C. I’ll be running out soon.

There are some coffee joints, I’ll need to visit to see if they sell ground coffee, and if it’s good.

We thought it was a pretty dry town, but in reality, the liquor stores are plentiful, open late, just more discreet. Cool. We do, of course, like to pretend we don’t need to shop there.

I can take the kids a few times a week to the health club and let them swim indoors. It looks like the ice rink will be a good thing too, so we’ll check that out tomorrow.

The carpet for the girls’ rooms was actually ordered less than two weeks ago. That doesn’t mean I’m not still impatient for it to arrive. We’re stuck living among boxes until that carpet comes in. Maybe we can hit Lowe’s with the next month’s fee for storage. Maybe not.

We need a new dishwasher. The local paper has not been delivered. The blinds in the living room need to be replaced. But. . .what the heck. We have time to do all this stuff. We’re not going anywhere.