What CanYou Do? Only So Much, I Guess!

Lately, I feel like I can't get it right. I can really only do so much. And while I am only doing so much I think it is only "right" for me to keep my family's needs and priorities on the for front at all times. I think that is a good way to live, don't you? Well, why is then that some folks make you feel like you are such jerks for not doing MORE!!

I just think that it is simply a question I won't get ya'lls answer before I finsh and publish this entry. At any rate, I thnk I need to go back to this advice an old and long lost friend gave me and really a friend of recent said it to me as well,....don't make someone else's problem yours! I think I do that a lot and then I enternalize unneccessary stress that causes my life to be abnormal. I need not do this any more. I can only control me and my life and that of my familys. I can help my friends and family( outside of my immediate family) by giving advice and help if necessary and what they do with it is their choice and then I need to step back and move on.

On a different note, I am starting a new diet with my mom, sisters and girfriend. I hope we all find great success!!!! Good luck ladies.

More later....ugh!!

Workin' OUt

Yes! I finally did it. My husband and I joined a gym just down the road on Wednesday evening and he has been 2 times and I only just went today! But I went, if you know what I am saying. I have felt like crap on and off since December 26th. I want to take back my body and health and today I did it! I got up off my rump and went straight to Fitness 19! I feel good! And I am sooooooo proud of my honey for joining and going too! I hope this is a turning point in both of our lives, health wise.

I guess this is a fresh start to the new year....getting in shape...it is a good thing.


Cheers and happy weekend!

OK, so last night was "Girls Night Out" for me. I was asked to be a "sub" for Bunco Circle. At first, I was reluctant, because it had been like 3 years since I last played. And the last time I played was the first and only time I have played. Nevertheless, I agreed to go and join in the fun. I must also say, we had to bring $5. So, yup, you guessed it, we won CASH MONEY! Anyway, it turned out to be a fun night of good food, big girl drinks, loads of laughs, squeals of excitement, and buckets of fun! At the end of the night everyone counts up the number of Buncos (3 of the same number on the dice), wins and losses and then prizes are awarded based on that information and guess who won the big pot? Little of me, the sub for the night...Yes, I won $25 cash money!!!! And I ended up the the "bean bag" which floats around all night from person to person. You get to take the bean bag from someone every time you get a Bunco! You also get the second highest prize for having the bean bag at the end of the night, but since I had the most "Bunkos" the prize went to the person who had the bean bag before me!!! Fun times! I love it, I am hooked and want to be a "sub" all the time. They gather once a month and have a blast! I do hope they will call me again. A great way to start my work week!!!!

Have a good week! Tally Ho

GMU vrs. ODU

So we went to the Ted Constant Center for the game today and we were with the family minus my sister and her youngest. I had fun watching the game, and my youngest was a pretty good boy..not to wiggly or bored. Well,he cried a little when Pa Pa scolded him for leaning over too far on the seat in front of him (for fear he'd fall or get hurt...I am sure). Actually, he tried several times to hit Pa Pa after he told my youngest not to do that! What a naughty boy!!! And my oldest, our daughter, was Miss Grumpy pants! Grammy even said she didn't see her smile once the whole day! Why she was this was I am not sure. She "said" she was really hungry and her tummy "hurt." That is not like her to be soo hungry; she ate popcorn and pizza and had lunch before the game. Hummm... maybe she is having a growth spurt and is needing the nutrients. Well, we need to do better than that for nutrients, you all are thinking! 4 sure!!
We were invited to go and dine with my parents, but opted not to since the kids were in some kind of funk. Specifically, Miss Grumpy pants. Anyway when we got home, I washed my car with my littlest help! He was so cute dipping the sponge in the bucket and getting soap all over himself. I wished I had the camera with me out there. We had fun and it was a good time for us. Miss Grumpy pants went inside to get in a better mood. Later it was dinner and a round of UNO Attack...well, it was 3 rounds! We love that game, it is so much fun. If you are a gamer then you will love this one. It is worth the $22! I think we will start a family game night tradition. You know what they say...families that play together, stay together!!!!

It was a good Saturday with family, fun times and wonderful weather!!!

I hope tomorrow will be as nice.

So, Here I go....

I just recently found out that my sister's blog is source of enjoyment for several of my friends. so, I thought I'd try my hand at this writing thing, again. Yes, I think it was the beginning of the summer my older sister helped me set up a blog site and I went to it 2-3 times and then never again. In fact, I even forgot my site web address. Sad, it ids true. But I think I was busy doing so many things that I never had time to read my sisters blog let alone write my own.

Today, I have done all of nothing. I feel like the weather, doom and gloom. I really can't shake this sinus thing. I just feel so tired today. Yesterday, I did so much around the house. I had wonderful help from my younger sister. We were busy decorating the house after having taken ALL the holiday decorations or shall I say the nick knacks down. Sadly, I still have the ornaments on all three trees to take down, too. But the house is back to normal as far as the day-to-day decorations getting back up! A big thanks to my sister. Because, now that I think about it, I wasn't motivated yesterday either and if she wasn't here to make me think about getting things done, I NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE A THING! My older sister is keeping her Christmas decorations up 'til the 15th b/c she is having friends over for a late holiday gathering. I suppose she will have many of my same feelings about NOT wanting to take the decorations down. Why is that? I can't wait to get it all out all over the house making me feel in the mood ever second of every day b/c the holiday cheer is all around me!! I guess maybe it is b/c I have so much of it! But change is good. The house decorations get a change for a short period for Christmas and then another change for clean up. Yes, change is good. As a child I was always rearranging my room and all the rooms in my house. It is kind of funny thinking back to those days. I remember I would change things around in the den so much that I whenever I would start to do it I would make sure no one was home to scold me about doing it, and then hurry to get it done before anyone got home. I would do the same thing to my own mothers room too! Sometimes, I would recruit my friends to help and many of them were crazy enough to do it with me. My mom was appreciative, but probably thought I was crazy! And then off I went to college, and my roommates and I would do the same thing...move things around at least 2-3 a semester. It always felt like a fresh clean start every time. Even when we get things together yesterday. When I went to bed last night, I felt a sense of a fresh clean start! Thanks for that feeling.
Well, I will try to get the things on the dining room table packed up and then tackle the trees. Hopefully, I will get that accomplished-fresh-clean start-feeling again, soon.

We will see!