What's Up on Saturday?
My sleep pattern is all out of whack lately. So, I am up late, and it is officially Saturday on the East Coast.
Saturday will be a busy day for me. First, I have an AA meeting to attend. Then, I am taking my AA sponsor to a Christmas tea at my church. She does not have a church, so I am hoping she will consider attending my church.
Then, my son and his beautiful wife, Casey, will be here for lunch. I haven't seen Casey since January, when the Les Mis tour was in Philly. She has not seen my apartment yet. Chris, my son, helped me the day I moved in, but it was loaded with tons ofr boxes and chaos. So, I spent last night, and all day today, tidying and mopping and vacuuming. This place had not been touched since my toe surgery, on October 11th.
I hope everyone has a blessed day. Prayer and love to all in need, especially those dealing with physical and emotional problems.
Hugs,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Morning Trish!! And OFF Family to follow!!!
Sounds like you now have everything in order there Trish!!! Wish I was even close to having our stuff all put away and tidy here!!! Long time for that to happen for sure!!! LOL
Well we went to bed early last night for a change and boy were we out fast!! So tired!!!! Hurting some but back is ok!! Its my legs that are hurting the most right now!!
Waiting for Rick to get home from plunging a toilet so we can go to our first Hillbilly Breakfast that we were invited to!! :-) Had a fish dinner lastnight that one of the renters brought us. Boy was that ever nice and also good!!!
Thinking of putting the Christmas trees up in club houses today and tomorrow so that is all set for the party that is going to be soon. Might as well get it done I told Rick because we will be doing our place next year for decorating it up for Christmas!! Not going to be here anyhow. Going to Michigan for Christmas so why bother? To much other stuff to deal with right now.
Well he is back so time to go eat breakfast!!! Have a great day and know that I am thinking of you all!!!!
HUGS
It took me several weeks before I was unpacked and put away after I moved Labor Day weekend. I was blessed to have some friends from church and AA help me unpack and put things away, because I was wearing a special boot for my foot back then. I made a goal to get rid of at least one box a day, and that really helped me clean and organize.
My daughter lives in Michigan, and is coming home for Christmas. She does not put up a tree the Christmases she comes to Pennsylvania. The kids have little trees in their bedrooms and playroom, but the big decorating is only done the holidays they stay in Michigan.
Hugs,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
I've been lurking the past week while doing my volunteer work here at the Refuge. Thought I'd post before I go in to open the Visitor Center for the day.
RV is a mess because I'm just lazy about cleaning. Have to muck it out this weekend. I have two days off and then shift to my December schedule which is working Tuesday through Friday. I'm overhauling the Refuge file system. I've done it once before at another Refuge so I have some experience. Right now I'm building a pile of boxes of paper to be shredded. Then the work begins. I'll be cataloging, labeling and putting the files into a new file cabinet system that they have here. I have fun doing this because I get a chance to read about the history of the refuge while I'm doing it.
This Refuge is part of a complex of four Refuges on the upper Texas Coast. All four were seriously impacted by Hurricane Ike and also Hurricane Rita. Soils on the refuge contaminated with sal****er, trees died, native plants killed, critters killed and most of the buildings wiped out by the storm surge. There are several prairie restoration projects going on to restore the native grasses and plants. They run an adopt a tree program to replant native trees that were killed. Compounding all this effort is the record drought so many of the ponds on the Refuge are dried up and ducks and birds are not here.
Tomorrow I will be going to a Christmas concert with my volunteer friends. This week we have a Christmas party for the entire staff and next Saturday is Chili Saturday. The Refuge Friend's group will be serving chili to the duck hunters on the hunt unit trying to recruit additional members to help the refuge. For those of you who are interested you can check out the Friends Facebook page, Friends of Anahuac Refuge.
My weight loss has stalled again and I'm struggling with the temptations of Christmas. I trying to stay positive and not turn the stall into a negative thing. I'm trying to remain focused on all the positives of my weight loss. I can lift boxes for my project without pain, my mobility is a 100 times better than last spring. Most of my clothes have gone to donation and I'm wearing sizes that I haven't worn in 10 years. Just need to focus on these positives and stop comforting myself with food which is an old habit.
Well, that's all OFF ladies. Positive vibes to Nan, Nancy and Morgan. I share your feeling vibes to Trish and Judy as you settle into your new places. Happy thoughts for Monica on her sobriety. Swinging that chicken for Eileen on the job in Indiana. Hope I'll get to meet up with you and Vickie before you move to Indiana. Now it's time to go open the visitor center and become the government bar tender to all the visitors. Remind me to tell you all about the visitors I greeted on December 2.
Cindi
Hello everyone.
Today I am going back out into the shopping crowd to try and find me a party outfit for hubby's office party and my office party. Then, I need another one for eggnog at my director's house. Damn. The reason I have such a hard time finding an outfit is that I hate to spend a lot money on an evening outfit that I am going to wear maybe three times a year. Even if I get a neutral color one that I can wear to something besides Christmas things, well, I cannot wear it too soon because the dressy up places that I go are attended by the same people or some of the same people. Now, I can wear it to the theater, but again, I will run into friends. So, basically, I spend a fortune on an outfit that I can wear next year to the theater but the way my weight has fluctuated, it may be too big or if I quick exercising, too small. Plus, I hate spending money on a one or two time outfit; I would rather buy a really nice business casual outfit that I can teach in or work in. So, today, Immagonna try to get me a new thing to wear.
And, I am meeting with one of the social worker professors. She called me yesterday and asked if I would meet her and read a portion of her book. It's a text book and she has trouble "with punctuation" whatever the hell that means. She has offered to pay me for editing her book, but I want to look at it first because if it is in really bad shape, I am going to charge her more than just a clean-up fee. Then, there's the entire development of it that I won't really know, since I am not a social worker I won't know if she is making a lot of sense. That means I will need to spend a lot of time meeting her and asking why and should and all of that.
We let the grands put a little christmas tree here at our house. A couple of years ago, we let our kids divide up the decorations and my son took the huge tree. So, we put a little four or so foot tree up and the kids put candycanes and bells on it. Nothing too fancy because when the holidays end, I take the candy off, put in a sack for the kids, and wrap the tree in a garbage bag, and sit it in the garage. I don't even take it apart.
Well, I am indulging in coffee and need to get out the door to face the shoppers. Damn.
Hope you all get a lot done.
Judy, you probably should take an antiinflammatory because of your sore legs. Maybe one or two for the next day or so will help get that lactic acid buildup in your legs out. And, I don't envy you the unpacking but I do envy you with the new start. How much fun is that going to be.
Jeannie...I should be used to walking ALOT but then going up and down the truck ramp is what made my legs sore. Also have done alot of leg stretching I guess while picking things up and putting them down again. All I can say is right now I am tired of walking around here! I did the whole complex passing out our flyers telling them that we took over as the new managers. This place doesn't look that big til you actually go door to door!!! LOL
As for you and some new clothes for party's....why not a cute BLACK dress that you can dress up or down for ANY occasion? A sparkling top or pins would change the look each time. Something to think about. Good Luck!!
HUGS
Good Morning Everyone,
I so enjoy reading about your lives. Cindi, your description of your current job sounds like would that I would like. My husband would not even think about it but it sounds wonderful to me.
Trish, I need to get into the "spruce it up" mode also. However, my crew of 4 adults, 3 kids, and 2 extra dogs makes me think why bother!
As much as I hate taking drugs, prescription or other wise, I sure added some to my pillbox this week. Upped my restless legs med to double what I was taking and starting taking generic forms of ambian and celexa. Hope that they help resolve my sleeplessness and anxiety. I'm on 10 mg of both ambian and celexa.I'm thinking those are fairly low doses. Anyone with experience have any insights?
I subbed 3 days last week and body says that was enough. Today will be spent finish putting up holiday decorations inside and out. With everyone coming the week before Christmas I'm sure I'll be ready to rip it all down the day after Christmas. As you can see I'm still trying to find my holiday spirit. I keep running into the Grinch instead!
Jeannie, How about a really sparkley top that doesn't kill you price wise? Can you get away with some nice dark pants that you might be able to wear again? I know the pain. I love the dress I wore to Nathan's wedding and it wasn't expensive.I think $80.00 at dress barn, but I'll never wear it again. Trying to sell it but no luck so far. It's lovely and would be a great deal for someone.
Have you thought about one of the nicer resale shops? You are certainly worthy of a nice outfit, but I totally understand your feelings. I'd rather spend the money on a weekend rock hunting trip with you!
Judy, glad you've made it to your new home. Sounds like the people you'll be working with are friendly and glad to have you there.
Eileen, Hope you find you soon if this new job will be yours. Sure sounds like you've impressed them.
Happy weekend to all of you. I need to get in gear. Lots to do!
Karen C
Check out the Refuges in your area. They are always looking for help, especially in something like environmental education. www.volunteers.gov/gov Many of my fellow volunteers are married and husbands work doing easy maintenance, heavy equipment, driving tour vans, etc... The way our government is stalled on budget allocations and appropriations I encourage everyone to reach out to National Wildlife Refuges and National Parks to volunteer. I really enjoy doing it and then returning to Maine in the summers.
Cindi
