Cleaning, Day 14: Six Flags

We spent the day at Six Flags today, so keeping the kitchen clean was no problem.  We did get the bed made before we left, too.  Go us.

Sleep, Day 1: Back to the 21-Day Thing

Okay, so… it’s Monday and I’m back to the usual grind.  It’s a Down Day for me and an Up Day for Andy, so we’ll be serving Spaghetti tonight.

Lent, Day 37: Wildlife Walkin’

Well, if I have been at all lax about walking this week (and admittedly, I did skip one day), I made up for it today.  The kids had a series of activities today, including a Wetlands For Kids fair at Busch Wildlife.  Andy was busy with a golf tournament all day, so I had to handle it by myself with all four kids.  It actually went really well, though sadly Zack and Noah missed out on Archery because the line was too long.

The only downside (which, depending on how you look at it, could be sort of an upside) was the fact that parking was an absolute nightmare.  In the end, we had to park WAY up one of the side roads and walk a long ways to get to where we needed to be.  That plus the walking around AT the fair was a good amount of exercise for both me and the kids.

And I still walked 2 hours tonight besides, so go me!

Lent, Day 26: Coming Home

I like leaving from trips on Down Days, or at least leaving the LAKE on Down Days.    Even though anymore I actually have to remind myself to eat on Up Days sometimes, it’s still never a bad thing to have a LOT TO DO on your Down Days to keep your mind off of the kitchen.   Any visit to the lake requires about a half-day’s worth of cleaning before you head out, so staying busy today was not an issue.

Lent, Day 23: Travellin’

Spring Break has officially begun here.  To celebrate, we’re going to tackle something we’ve not done since November: we’re planning a trip to my family’s Lake cabin near Sullivan, Missouri.  This will be the first real out of town trip we’ve made since Christmas, so it should be interesting.

Lent, Day 14: Contemplating a Gym

Facebook, as it turns out, is an amazing invention.  I’d gotten an account about …a year ago?  Probably more, actually.  Younger players from NarniaMUCK encouraged me to get one because they’d started a Facebook group called NarniaMUCKers Anonymous and they felt I needed to be there.  At the time, I regarded Facebook as ‘one of those kid things’, and so my attitude as I set up the account was concilliatory but not enthusiastic.  I certainly had enough to do online that I didn’t need one more thing.

Of course, then Facebook went all GenX and even Baby Boomer on us, and here we are.   Vast numbers of friends and acquaintances from high school and college have now turned up there, and between that and the various (and silly) ‘apps’ they have, I find myself drifting there more often than not.  In fact, nowadays, I’m devoting the time there I used to channel into NarniaMUCK, and I feel a little guilty about that. :/

But that was not where I was going with this.  Let me get back on track:

Lent, Day 13: Outdoor Walkin’

Andy was called for Jury Duty today, which meant he had to arrange for a sub and then head to the courthouse first thing this morning to report in.   Apparently once he got there, they had the jury candidates lined up in the appropriate room and waiting, and then the judge came in to announce that the one of the lawyers was ill and would not be able to appear.  Therefore, the trial was called off and the jury candidates were free to go.

So..what started out as a potentially annoying day turned into a day off.  The weather was warm, so when he got home I begged permission to go out and take a walk with Phoenix.  You know, outside.  On the actual road and stuff.

Lent, Day 9: It’s a Beautiful Day

Today was gorgeous.   The high was 68, and I made good use of it.

Sleep, Day 10: Why are people playing tennis on our Rollerblading court?

Okay, so I did fine last night.  Go me.

I am now finding that I actually look forward to walking.  I’m not sure that I’m quite ready yet to make it something I just decide to go out and do out of doors purely for the sake of getting some exercise, as that still strikes me as potentially pretty boring.  But other forms of exercise are starting to appeal to me now, and that’s sort of new.

For example, I found myself in the garage today, giving my rollerblades more than a cursory glance as I got something out of the van.

Sleep, Day 1: Still Getting Yelled At.

So I lost ~ 2.6 pounds last week.  That’s still utterly amazing to me.   I really meant it last night when I said I’d be fine with just staying the same and not gaining anything, so this feels like an unxpected bonus.

And of course, even though the loss this week didn’t tip over the 3-pound mark, I’m still getting gripes from my Weight Watchers Online account.  “While it’s normal to lose an excess of 2 pounds per week in the first few weeks of your weight loss plan, a normal rate of weight loss is between 1 and 2 pounds per week.  Anything greater than this can result in muscle loss, heart complications and other health issues.  You will want to moderate your eating habits to reduce your loss to between 1 and 2 pounds per week.”   It’s getting so that if I’m NOT scolded, I feel like I’ve failed.