Sunday, May 31, 2009
Weddings and Anniversaries
Some of my friends are getting married soon. It kicked my memory for my own wedding and that I was remiss in the thank yous. DOH!!! Will have those out by the end of the week when the photos are printed. *sigh*
I am in nesting mode. Been looking through the house as I clean and listing the things we need. I am back at that damned kitchen. I purge stupidly slow.
I was also thinking about my and my hubby's upcoming anniversary. How do we celebrate it? Do we celebrate first started our relationship? Do we celebrate when we were legally married? Do we celebrate from the handfasting? I think I want to go from our handfasting. That would make this coming July 10th our first anniversary.
I was looking up anniversary gift stuff and found this site that lists British, American and Modern traditional gifts. To PLEH with the modern. I think I prefer the British as it appeals to my practical and European sensibilities. That means the first anniversary is a Cotton anniversary. No now I am planning.
July 10 will be a cotton day for my household. July 10th this year falls on a Friday. I work from 10am till 4 pm. I thin my home could be an open house for friends and family to come over and hang out in the garden and share a BBQ. This time we will make sure we have gas for the BBQ. The theme will be COTTON! So... wearing cotton is obviously a must. *grin* I will have cotton candy there. Mmmm... Gifts really are not necessary. The hubby and have alot. If people do plan to gift us on our anniversary (again really not necessary), then this is a list of things to consider:
I am in nesting mode. Been looking through the house as I clean and listing the things we need. I am back at that damned kitchen. I purge stupidly slow.
I was also thinking about my and my hubby's upcoming anniversary. How do we celebrate it? Do we celebrate first started our relationship? Do we celebrate when we were legally married? Do we celebrate from the handfasting? I think I want to go from our handfasting. That would make this coming July 10th our first anniversary.
I was looking up anniversary gift stuff and found this site that lists British, American and Modern traditional gifts. To PLEH with the modern. I think I prefer the British as it appeals to my practical and European sensibilities. That means the first anniversary is a Cotton anniversary. No now I am planning.
July 10 will be a cotton day for my household. July 10th this year falls on a Friday. I work from 10am till 4 pm. I thin my home could be an open house for friends and family to come over and hang out in the garden and share a BBQ. This time we will make sure we have gas for the BBQ. The theme will be COTTON! So... wearing cotton is obviously a must. *grin* I will have cotton candy there. Mmmm... Gifts really are not necessary. The hubby and have alot. If people do plan to gift us on our anniversary (again really not necessary), then this is a list of things to consider:
- soft cotton bedding (flat sheets for queen size)
- cotton blanket (navy and white queen size)
- basic cotton t-shirts and other cotton clothing (stuff we really will get each other)
- HBC gift certificates are great for a cotton fest
- pretty cotton bookmarks
- zabutons for shared meditations
- sprig from an actual cotton plant with cotton on it
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Angel
I own a bird.
There are very few birds i actually can stand. There is a bird whose name I can't remember... but it is colorful and small and the equivalent of a tumbling kitten trapped in a bird's body. A stupidly expensive exotic bird. I adore them. The other is the turtle dove. I have only ever seen the grey and brown ones in the stores. I have certainly heard wild ones. I find them soothing. I love their purr-like cooing.
I own a white turtle dove.
He came free with a cage and some food. I will have to get him more next week. He is pure white with a thin almost purple-grey faded collar on the back of his neck that is almost invisible. His eyes are a deep amber red. His beak a pale pink. His feet a dark dark pink. He is 7 or 8 years old and was a rescue about 5 years ago. He will live till maybe 20. So I figure he has at least another good 10 years of life in him. He is freindly. I can pet him and hold him. The husband also pet and held him. He already sings.
He is curious and calls the cats in so he can watch them. Bagheera is fascinated by him and doesn't knwo what to make of him. Ninja (now named Chunk cuz he got so fat) sort of thinks about hunting him but is not even close to a real hunter. Tsuki comes into my safe office when I am hear and holds whole long meowing and mewling conversations with the dove. Kinda drives me bonkers... but at least it is not yowling. Cloak... want to... and knows ahow to... EAT the poor bird. I am going to have to be VERY carefuly with Cloak.
The dove's name is Angel.
He seems already perfectly content on my file cabinet next to my computer. He watches me type and sings to get a cat's attention. They he flirts with Bagheera, stretching his pretty wings and showing off to the gazing amazed cat. Thankfuly, Bagheera has no hunt instinct and is too stupid to know what to do with a bird other than watch it.
I am already much in love with Angel.
There are very few birds i actually can stand. There is a bird whose name I can't remember... but it is colorful and small and the equivalent of a tumbling kitten trapped in a bird's body. A stupidly expensive exotic bird. I adore them. The other is the turtle dove. I have only ever seen the grey and brown ones in the stores. I have certainly heard wild ones. I find them soothing. I love their purr-like cooing.
I own a white turtle dove.
He came free with a cage and some food. I will have to get him more next week. He is pure white with a thin almost purple-grey faded collar on the back of his neck that is almost invisible. His eyes are a deep amber red. His beak a pale pink. His feet a dark dark pink. He is 7 or 8 years old and was a rescue about 5 years ago. He will live till maybe 20. So I figure he has at least another good 10 years of life in him. He is freindly. I can pet him and hold him. The husband also pet and held him. He already sings.
He is curious and calls the cats in so he can watch them. Bagheera is fascinated by him and doesn't knwo what to make of him. Ninja (now named Chunk cuz he got so fat) sort of thinks about hunting him but is not even close to a real hunter. Tsuki comes into my safe office when I am hear and holds whole long meowing and mewling conversations with the dove. Kinda drives me bonkers... but at least it is not yowling. Cloak... want to... and knows ahow to... EAT the poor bird. I am going to have to be VERY carefuly with Cloak.
The dove's name is Angel.
He seems already perfectly content on my file cabinet next to my computer. He watches me type and sings to get a cat's attention. They he flirts with Bagheera, stretching his pretty wings and showing off to the gazing amazed cat. Thankfuly, Bagheera has no hunt instinct and is too stupid to know what to do with a bird other than watch it.
I am already much in love with Angel.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Upside Down
Sometimes things just happen. We don't know why. We feel like we have landed in a rut of repeated frustration and see little way out. The problems seem to be the same... over and over again.
Focus and exhaustion are nil.
The vacation was supposed to be one of purging and relaxing. The first half was purging and relaxing. The second half was dying of pain. It would be nice if I had a little more help with the purging and cleaning. I don't. Now I have to try to fit it in around working.
I still hurt but much much less. I did some of the physio exercises and relaxed this morning. I will try to get into work a bit early so poor co-worker is not alone and starving.
Tomorrow I have guinea-pig osteopathy with one of my students. I am a mess of things she gets to experiment with.
On tomorrow's agenda is also mopping the stairway, purging the damned kitchen. Hopefully doing some more writing on a variety of projects.
Today... just work till 9pm. Need to get going. I hope everyone has a great day. Better than yesterday!
Focus and exhaustion are nil.
The vacation was supposed to be one of purging and relaxing. The first half was purging and relaxing. The second half was dying of pain. It would be nice if I had a little more help with the purging and cleaning. I don't. Now I have to try to fit it in around working.
I still hurt but much much less. I did some of the physio exercises and relaxed this morning. I will try to get into work a bit early so poor co-worker is not alone and starving.
Tomorrow I have guinea-pig osteopathy with one of my students. I am a mess of things she gets to experiment with.
On tomorrow's agenda is also mopping the stairway, purging the damned kitchen. Hopefully doing some more writing on a variety of projects.
Today... just work till 9pm. Need to get going. I hope everyone has a great day. Better than yesterday!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Struggling through slow mode
The weekend was kinda shot for accomplishing anything. I was laid flat from pulling something when exercising. That seemed to only get worse through the week and weekend. Friday the monthly hit me and everything hurt a thousand times more. I missed a few appointments with people for which I am very sorry. I worked on pretty much nothing.
We cleaned the kitchen some and I started to purge it a tiny inch at a time. I haven't gotten very far. I will do a bit more today. I hope to finish the kitchen tonight sometime.
Coven was amazing and productive. I wish I could wipe many things from my plate and focus more on it.
I rested alot and managed to find a position last night to lay in while reading that REALLY helped relieve pain. I think I will do more of that today. The cool air and sun are rejuvenating. We changed cars today. I have my red one back now. She is a quiet ride again. We christened her return with a trip out to the Kirkland theatre to finally see Star Trek. It was AMAZING!!! It took me a bit to get over the Heroes villain being Young Adult Spok. So well done. I wonder what they will do next....
Off to read and relax more, then purge a bit more kitchen.
We cleaned the kitchen some and I started to purge it a tiny inch at a time. I haven't gotten very far. I will do a bit more today. I hope to finish the kitchen tonight sometime.
Coven was amazing and productive. I wish I could wipe many things from my plate and focus more on it.
I rested alot and managed to find a position last night to lay in while reading that REALLY helped relieve pain. I think I will do more of that today. The cool air and sun are rejuvenating. We changed cars today. I have my red one back now. She is a quiet ride again. We christened her return with a trip out to the Kirkland theatre to finally see Star Trek. It was AMAZING!!! It took me a bit to get over the Heroes villain being Young Adult Spok. So well done. I wonder what they will do next....
Off to read and relax more, then purge a bit more kitchen.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Exhausted Agony
Welcome to the monthly cycle of torture. I did nothing today but lay fetal in bed and want to die.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Kia Temporaire
I have a temporary Blue Kia car till Saturday. The garage people are super nice to me. They gave me a deal and my repair job will only cost $310. I have it. It bites into my Visa payment. Maybe the husband can help some. I prepaid the repair job and they gave me a loaner. They were SUPER nice to me. They let me in back in the garage and showed me stuff and explained everything nicely to me... didn't treat me like an ignorant woman. They even offered me a the deal if I could leave it for them to get a less expencive part and not have to rush them. I was glad to. My poor hunk of junk. She will be a quiet hunk of junk with sympathetic guys. I will give them more business as finances permit and maybe even get my little car back up to long-roadtrip sfae standards again. *SQUEE*
Well that took a chunk of my day from purging. I will never get purged!
I picked up some juice and milk and strawberries to console me. Giant yummy strawberries.
Today's purgine... I will finish the stairwell in a moment and dump the Sally-Ann stuff into the loaner car... It's BLUE! I have forever wanted a blue car... sigh... Anyways. Stuff to be GONE to the Sally Ann TODAY! The husband just called for me to come and save him from work at 5pm. We'll get some more groceries and do a Walmart clothing run.
Guess I will be purging the Kitchen and Livingroom tomorrow.
Well that took a chunk of my day from purging. I will never get purged!
I picked up some juice and milk and strawberries to console me. Giant yummy strawberries.
Today's purgine... I will finish the stairwell in a moment and dump the Sally-Ann stuff into the loaner car... It's BLUE! I have forever wanted a blue car... sigh... Anyways. Stuff to be GONE to the Sally Ann TODAY! The husband just called for me to come and save him from work at 5pm. We'll get some more groceries and do a Walmart clothing run.
Guess I will be purging the Kitchen and Livingroom tomorrow.
Magical Exhaustion
I was busy last night. VERY BUSY! I worked some heavy duty magic for the "right" outcome for something important. I am tired from all the effort, especially for adjusting it to a way that was less specific and more in the hands of the Divine. Now to meditate on the result which was not at all what I had hoped, and yet somehow expected. The question is... WHY did that result come about. Where should the energies of this important thing be focusing?
Time to re-evaluate.
While I am tired... I still have a TON to do today. I am going to have some lunch, then take my poor car out to the muffler place for the scary estimate for repairs. It the estimate is less than $200... I will be thrilled and do it! If it is more... sigh... I will have to start saving, or suck it up while I keep dumping my current money into the debts I am trying to ease.
Also on the list is more purging: Stairwell (almost done), kitchen and livingroom.
Time to re-evaluate.
While I am tired... I still have a TON to do today. I am going to have some lunch, then take my poor car out to the muffler place for the scary estimate for repairs. It the estimate is less than $200... I will be thrilled and do it! If it is more... sigh... I will have to start saving, or suck it up while I keep dumping my current money into the debts I am trying to ease.
Also on the list is more purging: Stairwell (almost done), kitchen and livingroom.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Bad Cat! Bad Cat!!
Our cat with thumbs who opens cupboards, the fridge and tupperware has figured out the front door. BAD CAT! He did it right before my eyes even after I told him no.... like a petulant child! BAD CAT!
So now we have to remember to put the deadbolt on the door, front and back. The front door only opens into the stairs where our neighbor has been frequently finding our cats roaming. The back door opens to the outside though.
*Sigh!*
Bad cat...
So now we have to remember to put the deadbolt on the door, front and back. The front door only opens into the stairs where our neighbor has been frequently finding our cats roaming. The back door opens to the outside though.
*Sigh!*
Bad cat...
5pm already?!
I slept badly last night, waking ever 1-2 hours. I slept a solid 4 hours between 8am and noon. Then just drifted considering my pain till about 2pm when I gave up lying down in bed. I think I pulled something while working out. Down the back of my left hip. OMG! Pain. I can stand. I can sorta walk. Sitting is hard, bending excruciating.
I had some lunch, washed a load of dishes, folded the laundry and sat to research some writing. I watched an episode of Avatar while taking notes for the next chapter. I have yet to transcribe. I also took notes on the ethics class for Friday.
I started purging the blankets and linens. Hall purging has commenced. I wish I were not so tired. I am so far behind in my week purging project.
Tsuki is yowling again. Opening cupboard doors and yowling inside, then clawing at other doors and yowling some more. WTF!! At least it is daytime and not the wee hours.
I reverse French Braided my hair. That is real hard to do alone, especially with hair as long as mine. The arms just plain get TIRED. But I did it! Actually I did is a day or so ago so when it comes out in the morning tomorrow, I will have wavy hair. It isn't a perfect french braid. I am out of practice. It also took forever to do with the redos I had to do. The husband i think really likes it. He keeps touching it in passing or while we watch a movie on the sofa. *shy smile... little squee* However, now it is getting a bit scraggly. The short bits are sticking out all over and electric curls as they are wanton on damp days. Tomorrow. I will endure one more day for my hopefully wavy hair.
Sitting here is hurting too much right now. Going back to purging. I am determined to have my hall and stairwell purged.
I had some lunch, washed a load of dishes, folded the laundry and sat to research some writing. I watched an episode of Avatar while taking notes for the next chapter. I have yet to transcribe. I also took notes on the ethics class for Friday.
I started purging the blankets and linens. Hall purging has commenced. I wish I were not so tired. I am so far behind in my week purging project.
Tsuki is yowling again. Opening cupboard doors and yowling inside, then clawing at other doors and yowling some more. WTF!! At least it is daytime and not the wee hours.
I reverse French Braided my hair. That is real hard to do alone, especially with hair as long as mine. The arms just plain get TIRED. But I did it! Actually I did is a day or so ago so when it comes out in the morning tomorrow, I will have wavy hair. It isn't a perfect french braid. I am out of practice. It also took forever to do with the redos I had to do. The husband i think really likes it. He keeps touching it in passing or while we watch a movie on the sofa. *shy smile... little squee* However, now it is getting a bit scraggly. The short bits are sticking out all over and electric curls as they are wanton on damp days. Tomorrow. I will endure one more day for my hopefully wavy hair.
Sitting here is hurting too much right now. Going back to purging. I am determined to have my hall and stairwell purged.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Bedroom done!
Yes... the bedroom has been purged. Tomorrow is writing and more purging. I plan to tackle the hall, stairs and kitchen... maybe even the spare room.
On the writing, I plan to finish the CMS book, another chapter in my fanfic, some write-up on warrior's ethics... and who knows what else.
It feels good to purge!
On the bedroom list of needed items:
On the writing, I plan to finish the CMS book, another chapter in my fanfic, some write-up on warrior's ethics... and who knows what else.
It feels good to purge!
On the bedroom list of needed items:
- essential underthings for the hubby and me
- jeans for us both
- he needs more t-shirts
- flat sheets in queen size
- queen sized comforters to replace the double sized ones we have
- blind for the bedroom window (the navy blue one from Ikea)
Slow Motion
Today feels like everything is in slow motion. The weather has been up and down. The temps have been up and down. My energy has been up but mostly down. I hurt all over again and want to die!
I couldn't get to sleep till something like 3Am. The husband tossed and turned restlessly through the night which meant I woke every time her turned suddenly. I gave up on sleep and stared at the wall at 5am. I refused to get out of bed because that would mean the cats would want to be fed and mess up their schedule. I fed them at 6:30am. The husband got up and left for work... then I fell asleep and missed a couple phone calls, including his. I dragged myself from bed around 11am.
I didn't give up on my workout. I did the weights and sit-ups this morning. Breakfast was a grilled cheese and some apple sauce.
Everything from there progressed in slow motion. One load of dishes took more than 30minutes. I sat for tea and some Avatar then wrote a fanfic chapter and posted it before tackling the big job of the day... purging the bedroom. This is in progress. I needed a short mental break from it. All of the husband's clothes are sorted. All of my clothes are sorted. Those are just the clothes in the bedroom. We each have closet spaces in other rooms. Will purge those when I get to said rooms. I purged my shelf in there and my corner shelves. I avoided the treasure trunk of memories. Above it is just storage blankets. Not sure where else to put them so I left them as is. Now tackling the side tables, bed, cat toys under the bed, and laundry. Two bags of garbage, two bags of charity clothes and some clothes for a friend all to go so far. The pain of sore muscles is making every movement 10 times slower than normal. I know I can't give up. The pain will pass as I get used to the working out.
I want to get back to Curves, but I just can't find the time in my crazy schedule to go there. Maybe I will try weight watchers? Some friends have had great success with them and they have an online tracking resource so you don't have to go for meetings all the time. Depends on the budget. Right now, part of the purging includes purging debts.
Hubby's home... time to get back to work and make dinner.
I couldn't get to sleep till something like 3Am. The husband tossed and turned restlessly through the night which meant I woke every time her turned suddenly. I gave up on sleep and stared at the wall at 5am. I refused to get out of bed because that would mean the cats would want to be fed and mess up their schedule. I fed them at 6:30am. The husband got up and left for work... then I fell asleep and missed a couple phone calls, including his. I dragged myself from bed around 11am.
I didn't give up on my workout. I did the weights and sit-ups this morning. Breakfast was a grilled cheese and some apple sauce.
Everything from there progressed in slow motion. One load of dishes took more than 30minutes. I sat for tea and some Avatar then wrote a fanfic chapter and posted it before tackling the big job of the day... purging the bedroom. This is in progress. I needed a short mental break from it. All of the husband's clothes are sorted. All of my clothes are sorted. Those are just the clothes in the bedroom. We each have closet spaces in other rooms. Will purge those when I get to said rooms. I purged my shelf in there and my corner shelves. I avoided the treasure trunk of memories. Above it is just storage blankets. Not sure where else to put them so I left them as is. Now tackling the side tables, bed, cat toys under the bed, and laundry. Two bags of garbage, two bags of charity clothes and some clothes for a friend all to go so far. The pain of sore muscles is making every movement 10 times slower than normal. I know I can't give up. The pain will pass as I get used to the working out.
I want to get back to Curves, but I just can't find the time in my crazy schedule to go there. Maybe I will try weight watchers? Some friends have had great success with them and they have an online tracking resource so you don't have to go for meetings all the time. Depends on the budget. Right now, part of the purging includes purging debts.
Hubby's home... time to get back to work and make dinner.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Unbirthday
Some may know... some not. My husband was born on Yule in 1980. Since his birthday kept being lost in in the Yuletide holiday stuff and often forgotten, he moved it to May 13th. Work prevented me from doing anything more special than wishing him a happy unbirthday. So this weekend I bought him a membership to the downtown Anime shop. I rented a bunch of anime and treated him to the supplies for a dinner of his choice and chocolate cake.
Tacos and chocolate cake and anime ensued all weekend. He even received a card from Liam (the 4-yr-old downstairs... well he is practically 4).
The husband returned the anime today and as I suspected promptly rented the second volumes to everything. Hehehe. I am glad he is happy.
No purging got done this weekend. The focus was on enjoying each other and good anime.
Happy unbirthday, my love!
Tacos and chocolate cake and anime ensued all weekend. He even received a card from Liam (the 4-yr-old downstairs... well he is practically 4).
The husband returned the anime today and as I suspected promptly rented the second volumes to everything. Hehehe. I am glad he is happy.
No purging got done this weekend. The focus was on enjoying each other and good anime.
Happy unbirthday, my love!
Still determined if a bit frustrated
The morning was great. I woke at 8am to let the cat out and feed them all. Tsuki did not yowl again this morning. So far that makes 3 days in a row that he has not yowled in the morning. YAY! *knocks on wood* Maybe it was a weird air pressure whether thing. So I went back to bed. The husband woke around 10am and went to play on his computer in the cave (the basement office).
I roused liesurely around 11am. It was blissful. I woke feeling... rested. How amazing is that!?!
I tackled the Tai Chi Fan workout again. I got only as far as I did last time. The first foot and fan stance step. It is like rubbing your tummy, patting your head and doing to little steps and hops at the same time. I feel fat and unbalanced and uncoordinated. VERY FRUSTRATING! I struggled with it for a while then gave up. The soreness is starting to settle in. So off to a shower to saok out the sore. Hot water does wonders to sore muscles. After furiously washing my hair, I was again reminded why I often consider cutting it short. Wash and go hair would be real nice. I hear Locks for Love calling me! Later maybe when the budget opens again to go to a hair dresser and get it cut... even though sometimes I am frustrated enough to chop it off myself. No... I won't... relax.
I still haven't purged more of the house but the bathroom. I hope to do the bedroom today. With luck, even the hall and stairs and kitchen. Lunch first, then anime, then purge the bedroom. I wrote another little bit on the CMS-L2 book 2. Five more bits to go! I want this finished too.
The RA folks got back to me. Apparently we were not supposed to meet in the 2nd floor lobby where we were told to. We were supposed to be telepathic and know someone's mind and show up in the Art Ed department someone on that 2nd floor. *gnash* Her and her apprentice had a great 2 hour meeting. No payment contract was worked out though. I was told to keep logging my hours. The next meeting will me Tuesday May 26th. As much as I would like to be part of something like this... I think I will pull out. I don't have the energy to be frustrated.
I roused liesurely around 11am. It was blissful. I woke feeling... rested. How amazing is that!?!
I tackled the Tai Chi Fan workout again. I got only as far as I did last time. The first foot and fan stance step. It is like rubbing your tummy, patting your head and doing to little steps and hops at the same time. I feel fat and unbalanced and uncoordinated. VERY FRUSTRATING! I struggled with it for a while then gave up. The soreness is starting to settle in. So off to a shower to saok out the sore. Hot water does wonders to sore muscles. After furiously washing my hair, I was again reminded why I often consider cutting it short. Wash and go hair would be real nice. I hear Locks for Love calling me! Later maybe when the budget opens again to go to a hair dresser and get it cut... even though sometimes I am frustrated enough to chop it off myself. No... I won't... relax.
I still haven't purged more of the house but the bathroom. I hope to do the bedroom today. With luck, even the hall and stairs and kitchen. Lunch first, then anime, then purge the bedroom. I wrote another little bit on the CMS-L2 book 2. Five more bits to go! I want this finished too.
The RA folks got back to me. Apparently we were not supposed to meet in the 2nd floor lobby where we were told to. We were supposed to be telepathic and know someone's mind and show up in the Art Ed department someone on that 2nd floor. *gnash* Her and her apprentice had a great 2 hour meeting. No payment contract was worked out though. I was told to keep logging my hours. The next meeting will me Tuesday May 26th. As much as I would like to be part of something like this... I think I will pull out. I don't have the energy to be frustrated.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Figures...
Yesterday there was supposed to be just a sprinkle then sun all week. So I planned to tune the bikes and bike during the week. Last year's no-biking curse seems to have carried over to this year. *grrr* Figures, I mention biking and the weather storms all day and is supposed to now ALL BLOODY WEEK! *RAHR!*
What was accomplished then instead?
Did my morning workout, folded laundry, had breakfast (more like brunch), ended with a cold shower *sigh* (never showering right after the husband again), and dragged the dilapidated car out for groceries. We watched the birthday anime while eating Indian food left-overs for late lunch. Moribito is AMAZING! I must own it. Must rent the 3rd volume. Maybe I will give the husband m,y coins to get it for rent tomorrow. *grin* I baked a chocolate cake while he washed dishes. Then we sat through the first volume of Rorouni Kenshin. This is way way better than the crappy version we had downloaded and tried to watch.
I am starting to feel some of the ache from two days or working out, but it is not too bad. We will see tomorrow. I think I will alternate days. Do the weights and crunches and stuff one day and the Tai Chi Fan workout the next.
The husband chose to have taco's instead of salmon for supper. I am missing salmon. *pout* Tacos are still good. His are way better than Three Amigoes. I don't think I want to eat there again. I was kinda turned off by the not so clean cutlery that I cleaned with my napkin. The food was goo... but I have had better. I look forward to the husband's tacos (being made as I write this).
Tonight we will watch... more anime! I think only one more disk. I had gotten him 4 seires starters to see if he liked any of them. So far two for two! I am so happy to now have a source of plenty of anime to rent and watch.
I managed to write a little bit more on the CMS-L2 book 2. Maybe after tyhe next bit of Anime, I will write a bit more. I want it finished before the end of the weekend. Other things I want done over the weekend are: purging the bedroom, hall, stairs and kitchen. And finish the section of RA stuff I have so I can switch books on Monday. Meed to email the official team members that us RA's are working for and prod them into getting back to us about payment and feedback on what we have been doing.
*sniffs the air*
Oooo... Tacos are almost done....
What was accomplished then instead?
Did my morning workout, folded laundry, had breakfast (more like brunch), ended with a cold shower *sigh* (never showering right after the husband again), and dragged the dilapidated car out for groceries. We watched the birthday anime while eating Indian food left-overs for late lunch. Moribito is AMAZING! I must own it. Must rent the 3rd volume. Maybe I will give the husband m,y coins to get it for rent tomorrow. *grin* I baked a chocolate cake while he washed dishes. Then we sat through the first volume of Rorouni Kenshin. This is way way better than the crappy version we had downloaded and tried to watch.
I am starting to feel some of the ache from two days or working out, but it is not too bad. We will see tomorrow. I think I will alternate days. Do the weights and crunches and stuff one day and the Tai Chi Fan workout the next.
The husband chose to have taco's instead of salmon for supper. I am missing salmon. *pout* Tacos are still good. His are way better than Three Amigoes. I don't think I want to eat there again. I was kinda turned off by the not so clean cutlery that I cleaned with my napkin. The food was goo... but I have had better. I look forward to the husband's tacos (being made as I write this).
Tonight we will watch... more anime! I think only one more disk. I had gotten him 4 seires starters to see if he liked any of them. So far two for two! I am so happy to now have a source of plenty of anime to rent and watch.
I managed to write a little bit more on the CMS-L2 book 2. Maybe after tyhe next bit of Anime, I will write a bit more. I want it finished before the end of the weekend. Other things I want done over the weekend are: purging the bedroom, hall, stairs and kitchen. And finish the section of RA stuff I have so I can switch books on Monday. Meed to email the official team members that us RA's are working for and prod them into getting back to us about payment and feedback on what we have been doing.
*sniffs the air*
Oooo... Tacos are almost done....
Friday, May 15, 2009
Continued determination
Three Amigoes was relatively yummy with a small miscalculation that ended up costing me twice as much as I wanted to spent. Alas.
I came home and the house thankfully was as I left it in the chaos i created and no feline additions to that chaos. *phew* I was too stuffed from dinner to function when I got home, so I watched an episode of DS-9. I had forgotten how much I liked that series. Lichee tea simply added to the relaxed experience. Then I tackled the bathroom some more. The only thing I did not go through thoroughly was my old First Aid Kit. I want to have a fresh list with me before I do. That way I can determine what I have and what I need. I also made a notes... more like a wish list... of items I need for the bathroom. Makes me wish I had more money in my account so I can just get the items I want. What do I want?
The last thing to do in there other than those things is to take out the windows and scrub them and the frame clean. That is the husband's job. I hope to have him do it this weekend in between watching anime. *grin*
I came home and the house thankfully was as I left it in the chaos i created and no feline additions to that chaos. *phew* I was too stuffed from dinner to function when I got home, so I watched an episode of DS-9. I had forgotten how much I liked that series. Lichee tea simply added to the relaxed experience. Then I tackled the bathroom some more. The only thing I did not go through thoroughly was my old First Aid Kit. I want to have a fresh list with me before I do. That way I can determine what I have and what I need. I also made a notes... more like a wish list... of items I need for the bathroom. Makes me wish I had more money in my account so I can just get the items I want. What do I want?
- new shower curtain
- fresh toiletries that we ran out of (mostly for the husband)
- metal wire shelving to match the corner shelving
- another little but tall work of art in blue
- a paw mat for the litter box
- a mesh insert for the bathtub drain
- advil (as I am out)
- sun block (the other bottle was expired by 4 years)
The last thing to do in there other than those things is to take out the windows and scrub them and the frame clean. That is the husband's job. I hope to have him do it this weekend in between watching anime. *grin*
Determined... even if real slow
Today I dragged myself from bed at 11am. It felt good to sleep in. And guess what?! Tsuki was not a screeching annoyance! I woke a bit reluctant to give up the peace, but I was awake and stuff needed doing.
I folded laundry and brought down more to wash. I worked a bit with the weights (only 1Lb-ers). Then did some stretching and crunches. Once done that bit of warm up stuff, I tackled the house a little more. Washed dishes and switched laundry. I made a banana milkshake for brunch. I had forgotten how amazing and filling these are. I need to get more bananas and milk and eggs now. I think this will be my regular healthy breakfast. Maybe I can get some protein powder or slim fast suppliments to add to it for extra goodness.
I tackled some RA stuff now that someone has done part of their work and set up the wiki. This took me longer than anticipated. It is 2:45 now and I have not done anything else on my long list yet! At least I feel a bit ackomplished here.
What is next?
I want to scrub and purge the bathroom, do my Tai Chi fan workout, shower and dress, switch laundry again, and maybe try to finish the CMS L2 text.
Tsuki has starting yowling again. *sigh* At least it is at a reasonable hour. I can tolerate it in the afternoon. I can't at 6am.
Tonight I will be having dinner with some amazing students who put in so much work at the Beltain Fair. Mmmm... 3 Amigoes! Yummy Mexican food!
Looking back on the day so far, I guess I haven't been as slow. 11am to 3pm is only 4 hours and I did get quite a bit done.
::EDIT::
Ok... I never got to my Tai Chi Fan workout. I hauled everything out of the bathroom and have been scrubbing it inside and out. I threw away a ton of expired stuff and stuff I just never use. I squeezed in a quick shower so I can be a bit presentable tonight. I will get a more thorough shower tomorrow after I am finished with the bathroom. I have to get going, so I have abandoned the bathroom mid-way through the project. Laundry is almost done. When I get home this evening, I have to finish the bathroom. I never thought my bathroom could accumulate so much crap!! It is such a little room with few places to put said crap. OMGs! *sigh* It will be done before I go to bed tonight.
I folded laundry and brought down more to wash. I worked a bit with the weights (only 1Lb-ers). Then did some stretching and crunches. Once done that bit of warm up stuff, I tackled the house a little more. Washed dishes and switched laundry. I made a banana milkshake for brunch. I had forgotten how amazing and filling these are. I need to get more bananas and milk and eggs now. I think this will be my regular healthy breakfast. Maybe I can get some protein powder or slim fast suppliments to add to it for extra goodness.
I tackled some RA stuff now that someone has done part of their work and set up the wiki. This took me longer than anticipated. It is 2:45 now and I have not done anything else on my long list yet! At least I feel a bit ackomplished here.
What is next?
I want to scrub and purge the bathroom, do my Tai Chi fan workout, shower and dress, switch laundry again, and maybe try to finish the CMS L2 text.
Tsuki has starting yowling again. *sigh* At least it is at a reasonable hour. I can tolerate it in the afternoon. I can't at 6am.
Tonight I will be having dinner with some amazing students who put in so much work at the Beltain Fair. Mmmm... 3 Amigoes! Yummy Mexican food!
Looking back on the day so far, I guess I haven't been as slow. 11am to 3pm is only 4 hours and I did get quite a bit done.
::EDIT::
Ok... I never got to my Tai Chi Fan workout. I hauled everything out of the bathroom and have been scrubbing it inside and out. I threw away a ton of expired stuff and stuff I just never use. I squeezed in a quick shower so I can be a bit presentable tonight. I will get a more thorough shower tomorrow after I am finished with the bathroom. I have to get going, so I have abandoned the bathroom mid-way through the project. Laundry is almost done. When I get home this evening, I have to finish the bathroom. I never thought my bathroom could accumulate so much crap!! It is such a little room with few places to put said crap. OMGs! *sigh* It will be done before I go to bed tonight.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
One Day...
One day, I will have a real home that we own.
One day, We will have a child of our own.
One day, I will have a car that is not broken.... maybe even new!
One day, I will own a scooter.
One day, I will finish my MA.
One day, I will get a good night's sleep and wake refreshed... one day.
One day, I will be able to stay home at length and write swaths of the stuff I want to publish.
One day, I will stick to my workout routine and make that many days.
One day, I will not hate how I feel in my skin.
One day, I will have that Pagan Collegium / seminary with a retreat centre.
One day, I will look back at my life and know it was good despite all the current struggle.
One day... will be today.
One day, We will have a child of our own.
One day, I will have a car that is not broken.... maybe even new!
One day, I will own a scooter.
One day, I will finish my MA.
One day, I will get a good night's sleep and wake refreshed... one day.
One day, I will be able to stay home at length and write swaths of the stuff I want to publish.
One day, I will stick to my workout routine and make that many days.
One day, I will not hate how I feel in my skin.
One day, I will have that Pagan Collegium / seminary with a retreat centre.
One day, I will look back at my life and know it was good despite all the current struggle.
One day... will be today.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Divine Clue-By-Four
So the Ecomuseum was amazing, despite the rain. There are new lynxes that I was in love with. I also adored the arctic and red foxes, and of course the wolves. Crows, ravens, reptiles, coyotes and an albino turtle also captivated me. We adopted several smaller animals (Ravens, flying squirrel, black rat snake) since we were a bit short for adopting a larger animal like a wolf, fox or lynx. May our contributions go to wonderful use. This will be an annual spring activity I think.
I spent the rest of the weekend trying not to kill my yowling cat. Still don't know what is up with him. I even did a house banishing in case of negative entities or energies. It didn't help much. Sunday's odd weather and air pressure finally broke some. Tsuki has yowled less. However, he is still having bouts of odd yowling.
I spent Sunday relaxing and trying to get caught up and the bad sleep week I had. I needed to. I couldn't keep track of day and time anymore.
Today, I slept really well. I woke refreshed even, though late. I had plans for the day to exercise and clean and whatnot. But I was hit by a divine clue-by-four. I pulled myself out of bed, dressed and ate quickly while the thrumming of the vision was still in my mind. I lit my meditation candles and incense and got busy writing it down. It is ritual stuff for coven. I will discuss it further with them.
Now I am sucking back energy drink... because... yumm...
I am off to a Kyudo information session. YAY!
I spent the rest of the weekend trying not to kill my yowling cat. Still don't know what is up with him. I even did a house banishing in case of negative entities or energies. It didn't help much. Sunday's odd weather and air pressure finally broke some. Tsuki has yowled less. However, he is still having bouts of odd yowling.
I spent Sunday relaxing and trying to get caught up and the bad sleep week I had. I needed to. I couldn't keep track of day and time anymore.
Today, I slept really well. I woke refreshed even, though late. I had plans for the day to exercise and clean and whatnot. But I was hit by a divine clue-by-four. I pulled myself out of bed, dressed and ate quickly while the thrumming of the vision was still in my mind. I lit my meditation candles and incense and got busy writing it down. It is ritual stuff for coven. I will discuss it further with them.
Now I am sucking back energy drink... because... yumm...
I am off to a Kyudo information session. YAY!
Saturday, May 09, 2009
content and grrr
So the week was rough. Tsuki (my savanna cat) has gone insane. He has started yowling at random and definately inconvenient times and sometimes as though he is in agony or terrorized by something. I cannot figure out why. The cats in general have been acting odd all week, running or bolting without reason, crying, being exceptionally bad... and there he goes again... yowling like the wolrd is going to end. I've tried soaking him, boxing him, smacking him, playing with him, cuddling him... even walking him outside. WTF!!!
Other than that, things are good. Students came over and we watched Boudica. It was amazing. The company was good. The boys are great. I hope they enjoyed the film. They were so quiet. I felt a bit shy having them in my home. How rediculous is that? Part of me felt stupidly worried what they would think of me in my own home. Would they think less of me?
Anyways... things seem good. I ache still from the new workout routine, but the extra rest helped alot.
Today I am going out to the Ecomuseum with friends.
Other than that, things are good. Students came over and we watched Boudica. It was amazing. The company was good. The boys are great. I hope they enjoyed the film. They were so quiet. I felt a bit shy having them in my home. How rediculous is that? Part of me felt stupidly worried what they would think of me in my own home. Would they think less of me?
Anyways... things seem good. I ache still from the new workout routine, but the extra rest helped alot.
Today I am going out to the Ecomuseum with friends.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Rough Week
just barely surviving
booking a week off to recoup
starting back to some journaling from a book of experiences... repeating something i started and failed to continue. I hope to complete it this time
considering dropping the RA stuff due to their lack of communication and organization
poor sleep if any
looking forward to a day off tomorrow to just tidy things up and then watch a good movie with some students ... it will be a good end to a rough week
not sure how i will drive out for Saturday's outing with my car broken... ya... more broken
booking a week off to recoup
starting back to some journaling from a book of experiences... repeating something i started and failed to continue. I hope to complete it this time
considering dropping the RA stuff due to their lack of communication and organization
poor sleep if any
looking forward to a day off tomorrow to just tidy things up and then watch a good movie with some students ... it will be a good end to a rough week
not sure how i will drive out for Saturday's outing with my car broken... ya... more broken
Monday, May 04, 2009
OMG sore... but still undeterred...
So... Beltane happened. Joys and love to the usual coven folks. Welcoming hugs to the new potential coven folks.
Saturday I ended up working at the store. Le Sigh! It was good though.
Yesterday I started my new work-out routine. Sit-ups, crunches, stretches, worked with little 1-lb weights, and a bit of cardio for 20min before breakfast (right after waking up essentially). The hubby snickered much at me saying I will hurt and hate the world by the afternoon. *narrows eyes vehemently at him* He made breakfast of yummy omlets. After breakfast I put in my Tai Chi Fan Dance dvd and worked through the exercises I was familiar with, struggled through the challenging complicated one, then moved on to 2 new ones. The day was full of relax and sorting and cleaning after that. Then I dragged the hubby off for a long walk that took over an hour. The river walk is so beautiful. We even saw a mates pair of mallard ducks.
Snacks and more work were followed by a nap as I was definately sore, but nor from the early morning routine. My legs were sore from the Tai Chi and the walk. I woke from the nap out of sorts and grumpy. I worked on my RA stuff a bit while I burnt my pasta water dry. I was tired and unfocused and forgot about it. *pout* Started over and had KD for supper while the hubby was babysitting downstairs.
I did some further work oin the RA stuff, and even wrote some fanfic AND a section of the CMS level 2 Book 2.
I was messed up from my nap and couldn't really sleep till like 5am! ARGH! That was then broken up ever couple hours by something. I gave up at 10am.
Today I woke achy... but that's expected. I redid the before breakfast routine. I stuck to sets of 10. Ya... now I am SORE! I am determined to do this every day till it is easy. The Tai Chi won't happen on work days, but the other stuff will. Time for breakfast now that I have rested from the workout and checked email and stuff. Then I will do the Tai Chi workout, my ritual mediations for Monday, and get back to the RA stuff.
I need to finish this allotment of RA stuff and change it TODAY for the next allotment. I need something to go on in the background. My dumb computer doesn;t have the drivers set up to play the DVd... so I guess that waitds for the hubby tonight. I will use the portable DVD player.
Goals:
breakfast
Tai Chi Fan workout
RA recording
Sort Kitchen shelving unit
unpack various bags collected over weekend teachings
switch for new RA books
sort the living room shelves
finish the CMS L2 B2
finish the writing guide section
supper
write an epilogue bit
mop
finish TY card things
prep for morning meeting for SOTL
relax and RP :)
Saturday I ended up working at the store. Le Sigh! It was good though.
Yesterday I started my new work-out routine. Sit-ups, crunches, stretches, worked with little 1-lb weights, and a bit of cardio for 20min before breakfast (right after waking up essentially). The hubby snickered much at me saying I will hurt and hate the world by the afternoon. *narrows eyes vehemently at him* He made breakfast of yummy omlets. After breakfast I put in my Tai Chi Fan Dance dvd and worked through the exercises I was familiar with, struggled through the challenging complicated one, then moved on to 2 new ones. The day was full of relax and sorting and cleaning after that. Then I dragged the hubby off for a long walk that took over an hour. The river walk is so beautiful. We even saw a mates pair of mallard ducks.
Snacks and more work were followed by a nap as I was definately sore, but nor from the early morning routine. My legs were sore from the Tai Chi and the walk. I woke from the nap out of sorts and grumpy. I worked on my RA stuff a bit while I burnt my pasta water dry. I was tired and unfocused and forgot about it. *pout* Started over and had KD for supper while the hubby was babysitting downstairs.
I did some further work oin the RA stuff, and even wrote some fanfic AND a section of the CMS level 2 Book 2.
I was messed up from my nap and couldn't really sleep till like 5am! ARGH! That was then broken up ever couple hours by something. I gave up at 10am.
Today I woke achy... but that's expected. I redid the before breakfast routine. I stuck to sets of 10. Ya... now I am SORE! I am determined to do this every day till it is easy. The Tai Chi won't happen on work days, but the other stuff will. Time for breakfast now that I have rested from the workout and checked email and stuff. Then I will do the Tai Chi workout, my ritual mediations for Monday, and get back to the RA stuff.
I need to finish this allotment of RA stuff and change it TODAY for the next allotment. I need something to go on in the background. My dumb computer doesn;t have the drivers set up to play the DVd... so I guess that waitds for the hubby tonight. I will use the portable DVD player.
Goals:
breakfast
Tai Chi Fan workout
RA recording
Sort Kitchen shelving unit
unpack various bags collected over weekend teachings
switch for new RA books
sort the living room shelves
finish the CMS L2 B2
finish the writing guide section
supper
write an epilogue bit
mop
finish TY card things
prep for morning meeting for SOTL
relax and RP :)
Friday, May 01, 2009
busy busy busy
Breathing? Eating? Sleeping? People do those things?
Happy Beltane everyone!
Happy Beltane everyone!
