August Thirteenth…

Yesterday was my first day back to getting off at five from work, now that the boys are back in school… so my evenings are shorter and I ran out of blogging time… So yesterday was a long day at work, although it went along… I spent all day locating shoes into the stockroom… until the last two hours when the supervisor and I did too much talking since we hadn’t seen each other all week… Today I finished locating the shoes into the stockroom and opened the rest of the boxes… Now just waiting for receiving to bring up the big pile waiting in the warehouse… Lots of people back to school shopping… when I got to work yesterday, you needed a snow plow to get through the kids shoe department… shoes all over the floor in every aisle… so I helped clean up kids for a bit in the morning…

The boys had a good second and third day at school… so technically one week in already… son2 tried to change his classes again today, his teachers said ok, but the office said no… he wanted out of anatomy and drawing… son3 wanted to join band but I did not like that he would get pulled out of class randomly throughout the week to go to band and miss class time, plus I do not think he realizes the commitment it takes to learn an instrument… he wants to play the trombone… so we have compromised and told him we would learn some things at home… so son2 is going to show him drums from when he was in drum line in junior high and give him his electronic drum pad… and I am looking into getting an electric keyboard… I use to play piano a bit and I have been telling son2 we should get one, plus it might be cheaper than son3 taking band… He’s only in the fourth grade…

Son1 is wanting to go to driving school to get his class A license to drive big trucks… It’s $1200 for the driving school… Told him if he saved up for a couple of months, he could go, and then it would not be a struggle trying to pay as he went… Plus he mentioned something about wanting to go to City College… he does know they have books there and you have to read them, right… I’m glad he’s interested, just don’t know if he has the patience to go to college full time…

He’s been waiting for girlfriend all evening… to go to dinner… she was getting her hair done… it’s 9pm and she is finally on her way… son1 said he is not even hungry… he had pizza with us earlier…

I am still perplexed that I am losing weight… my goal for August was to lose 6lbs… bringing my total to 20lbs since the middle of May… I’ve already lost 4-6lbs this month… I say 4-6 cause weight fluxuates so much every day… So I’m giving myself the month to lock in the 6lb lost for good… Have to wrap my mind around the discipline to keep my body at the new weight and let my body adjust and settle at the new weight… So this whole weight loss thing is more a battle of the mind than with the body… I’m still eating but I am aware of how much… I’ve eaten a bit more this week… but even mixing up the days keeps your metabolism on its toes…

Yesterday… Breakfast: two waffles with peanut butter and apricot jelly; chocolate milk… Lunch: chimichanga, yogurt, cola… Dinner: chicken leg, rice, tortilla chips and chili, water… mini almond joy…

Today: Breakfast: yogurt with frosted flakes sprinkled in… Lunch: chimichanga, yogurt, cola… tortilla chips… Dinner: pizza, salad, cactus cooler… thinking of having a popsicle…

To me that looks like a lot of food… and it is no different to what I used to eat… it’s the portions that are way smaller… I used to have tortilla chips all day by the handfuls… now I take one at a time and only have a few to appease my need for crunchy and salty… instead of four full size pizza slices… I now cut one slice in two like I do for son3 and it seems like I had four slices but really only two sliced into four… the biggest thing is Stay Out Of The Kitchen! that is where the food is that we don’t need if it’s not meal time or the stomach is not growling… I think too that everyone has to find what works for them… this is life not a diet and you have to learn what your relationship with food is… Everyone keeps asking what I did to lose the weight and I don’t really have an answer… I’m not doing anything cause that would be work and too hard… I’m simply adjusting how much I eat… eventually I’ll have to add in some exercising and change foods here or there… I’m learning as I go as this is a life long mission learning to have a relationship with food where we can get along…

Last night hubby and I watched some Kolchak episodes from Season 1 and tonight we introduced son2 to Lost In Space, the very first episode… he has now gone to bed as he is tired from school… Son3 is latched onto video games… isn’t he tired from school… he needs to go to bed… I need to go to bed… I’m tired… Tomorrow we’ve got to do more school stuff on our day off…

Happy Journaling…

August Eleventh…

 

I had a wonderful quiet day today while son2 and son3 were back at school… Son2 had his first four classes today and tomorrow will be another first day of school as he has his second four classes… Son3 didn’t want me to walk him to his class this year… He didn’t even want me to get out of the car, lol… Said he’s with the big kids now and he could find his class with his friends… They both already had homework and  I had a ton of papers to fill out for the teachers and office… Plus hubby and I had to go to Back to School night for son3’s class to hear the teacher’s expectations… Son2 already needs money for his Home Economics class and son3 has a project due next Friday… I already feel behind and it’s just the first day…

Hubby and the boys just finished watching Win It In a Minute… Now the boys are settling in their rooms… They’ll be tired after school for sure tomorrow…

I played on facebook and the computer, cleaned up some paper piles, updated the calendar for the next three months and watched Emergency… It comes on at noon on the Retro Channel… For breakfast I had Capn Crunch Berries cereal… For lunch I had two enchiladas, a tomato, some chips and a cola… I was stuffed… so I skipped dinner… there was leftovers in the fridge for the boys… I did have an ice cream bar just a bit ago…

Now we are all tired and going to bed… it was an emotional up and down day of starting the new school year… and hubby has been staying late with all his customers getting ready for the school year…

Happy Journaling….

Back to School

Son2~Junior

Son3~Fourth Grade

Happy Journaling…

August Tenth

Last night got away from me and I ran out of time to do a post… Nothing exciting at work yesterday… I wasn’t quite motivated either… We were short hand helds so I wasn’t able to scan the displays for men and athletic shoes… So just changed out the ad from the weekend… and checked out Pebble on the computer… kind of like facebook but just for work… opened boxes… went to lunch, had my usual chimichanga, yogurt and cola… then opened boxes til it was time to go home… I actually cleared up half the boxes but as I was leaving saw the guys bringing two more full carts to the stockroom…

After work I made chicken enchiladas with corn and stewed tomatoes… while hubby ran to the grocery store… son1 and girlfriend had dinner too… then they watched Rush Hour 3 and girlfriend fell asleep… Son2 watched Legion and stayed up too late… son3 watched Hot Shots… and hubby and I watched Star Trek Insurrection and I fell asleep…

Today I had a vacation day… Which was good cause even though they are getting ready for school they are hanging onto summer… Son2 finished his Netflix movies today'; Legion and Book of Eli… Son3 had Pirates of the Caribbean marathon yesterday and went back and forth between video games and movies today… Son2 had a very hard time getting up at 6am this morning… I spent the day cleaning out the school supply drawers and making sure they have everything for tomorrow from clean clothes to backpacks to lunch money… Now they are showered and ready for bed, nails have been cut… they are heading to their rooms and it is lights out at 9pm…

This morning I got on the scale and it said I have lost 17lbs since the middle of May… I don’t know how this is possible… I know I have made changes but nothing that I feel is drastic… For breakfast this morning I had a handful of shredded wheat with a glass of juice and my vitamins… For lunch I had boneless chicken, stewed tomatoes and black eyed peas… For a snack I had two plums and a cola… For dinner I had two chicken legs, white cheddar shells, broccoli rice and white corn… and only water to drink… and a few tortilla chips before dinner… and now hubby is making brownies and last night before bed I had an ice cream bar… I am watching my portion sizes and being aware of the food going into my mouth and chewing…

Now I am off to straighten up and put away laundry and myself to sleep so I can get up early and send everyone off to work and school….

Happy Journaling…

August Eighth

 

Today was a quiet non eventful day…

Worked 6-2:30… Set the ad, inputted my vacation requests for the rest of the year into our new system, cleaned up the stockroom to make room for more shoes and went to lunch… After lunch I opened boxes and more boxes…

Once home, got the boys on their chores… son2 finished taking down the pool today… son3 read another chapter in his book… and son1 and son2 were playing video games… son1 is just hanging out today resting from all his working and playing…

I ate my usual lunch of chimichanga, yogurt and a cola… two tomato sandwiches when I got home… and a chili dog with peas and carrots for dinner… hubby gets home late on Sunday so everyone is on their own for dinner…

I had plans of going through all the school supplies but still haven’t got to that… Definitely this week though… Instead I watched After.Life with Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long… It was OK, kinda sad and confusing… I think I understand the ending… Then I watched Avatar with son3 while playing on Facebook til Funniest Videos came on… Now I’m watching some old movie with hubby called Empire of the Ants with Joan Collins… Boys are watching Simpsons and Family Guy… they need to head for the showers and bed… Only two days til school starts…

We’ve started planning for Halloween… Hubby found a video on YouTube on how to make candles out of pvc pipes… Son2 is thinking of being a scarecrow for the yard to scare the trick or treaters… Hubby is making stands out of pvc pipe for the dummies this year… Need to start stocking up on candy… Still have 100s of pencils to give out too from last year… Now hopefully hubby is able to get Halloween off… It’s on a Sunday this year… I have the week off before but will have to work on Halloween… Hopefully I can get off early… Or how will we set up for the trick or treaters if either of us is home…

Time to get the jammies and head for bed… Back to work tomorrow…

Happy Journaling…