October Secondth

This was the fastest week… yesterday was a whole week since son3’s carnival and sleepover that he didn’t attend… yesterday wasn’t as fast as Thursday… It was twenty minutes instead of ten….

I got to work… made a list for the 7am associate to set the ad… and I proceeded to arrange and locate the boy’s shoes by brand, numerical order and sized… went to lunch… I am finally on the last book of The Percy Jackson series… organized more boy’s shoes and went home…

Walked with hubby to pick up son3… hubby brought son2 to the homecoming football games… son1 and girlfriend left for Disneyland… son3 played on video games… hubby and I watched Smallville and Supernatural… hubby picked up son2… and we all were asleep…

Yesterday I ate: vitamins, water… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… tortilla chips, cream soda… dinner~lasagna, spaghetti, garlic bread, sausage dog, pasta veggies, water… mini chocolate chips… ice cream with caramel sauce…

Today I slept all the way til eight something when I awoke with a start as son3 was standing next to my bed staring at me… He said it was time to get up… I told him to go play video games… Hubby and I slept for a bit more… son3 was back… told him to go wake son2… hubby and I were up, showered, dressed and hubby made pancakes for breakfast…

I tried to check my email… been having trouble with the laptop holding a connection… I have moved it to a different spot and it seems to be doing better… After breakfast, I made me a list and hubby a honey do list for October… and a list so hubby can pick up a few things at the grocery store tomorrow… I washed everyone’s laundry today, even son2 and son1… hubby mowed the lawns and son2 washed the cars… son3 had a special treat of playing some games online… he never did remember to ask about his friend coming over to play…

Then son1 texted me this afternoon and spoiled the mood of the day and hubby and I took it out on each other, mostly me on him…. Son1 never writes checks, however every once in a great while his bills require a check to be written… well he forgets to remember it since he relies on the online banking and everything else is by ATM that he can track daily… anyway he texted me that he was negative dollars and doesn’t get paid til next Friday… Remember he’s at Disneyland… I’m wondering why he’s telling me this except for I’m the mom… nothing I can do with hubby not working… wondering why he’s even in Disneyland… I told him it was going to be a long week til he got paid… hope he has gas in the Jeep for work…

I’m still wondering what all the lessons are for hubby losing his job… It is so frustrating that we have spent the last year helping son1 and spending about $4000 on him and now he is about to have two jobs and hubby doesn’t have one and yet he is in Disneyland and out of money and looking to us…. Argh…

So we adjusted attitudes… it got too hot again today… 95 outside and 87 in the house… so I have the air on for just a bit at 84…

 

Now dinner is done and we are watching the second Lord of the Rings…. Think I will get some jammies and read my Percy Jackson book while they watch the movie… Still have my laundry to fold and put away… and the boys need showers… and back to work tomorrow for more organizing of boy’s shoes and then on to the girls…

Today I ate: breakfast~fried egg, two pancakes, sausage dog, fried potatoes, cola… vitamins, green tea tablet, lemonade… dinner~lasagna, spaghetti, pasta veggies, sausage dog, garlic bread, lemonade…

Happy Journaling…

September 30th…

Oops, yesterday I put the date as September thirtieth… Today is September 30th…

Last day of September… This month went so fast… Can’t believe hubby has been unemployed for over a month already… Just doesn’t seem like it…

And today was the fastest day ever… I feel like I was at work for ten minutes not eight hours… I got to work at 6am, picked up all the ad signs for the week, finished up the women’s fashion boots, located all the girl’s fashion boots by brand, numerical order and sized, went to lunch at 10:15, finished up the girl’s boots and started the boy’s shoes and it was already time to go home… I have to have the whole stockroom in numerical order by next Thursday… I still have the girl’s, toddler, all the women’s and a ton of athletic shoes to go… I’m not gonna make it… If we don’t pass on the 7th, we have a second chance on the 25th… I might be done by then… Meanwhile the boxes are piling up from receiving…

Came home, walked with hubby to pick up son3, took showers, homework with son3, hubby made breakfast for dinner, we watched an episode of Lost in Space, straightened up and now we are watching Bones and then Fringe… Son2 is watching The Big Bang Theory and son3 is watching Marmaduke again…

It is still 93 degrees here at 8:30pm… I broke down and turned on the air yesterday afternoon and this afternoon, but have it set at 84 degrees… We’ve learned this past month we can handle 84, but 86 and up get to be a bit miserable and muggy… Our temps are going down and will be to the 80’s this Sunday and then 70’s hopefully by Monday… and then maybe they will stay there… Some of the trees leaves are changing through town so it is Fall time…

I am eating too much this week… but I am chalking it up to my eating week… but I can’t keep giving into that excuse each month… as I’m still sitting at 30-33 pounds lost depending on the day… My goal is 35 pounds, so still need to get there….

Today I ate: vitamins, green tea tablet, water… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… tortilla chips, lemonade… dinner~scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, sausage dog, english muffin, pasta and veggies… lemonade, mini chocolate chips…

Happy Journaling…

September Thirtieth…

These pictures are from the sunrise this morning…

We’re watching Marmaduke with Owen Wilson… Pretty Funny!

Yesterday I was up and off to work early… I spent the whole day arranging the women’s fashion boots into the stockroom by brand, numerical order and sized… and I’m still not done…

Came home and walked to pick up son3 from school… We did homework, made dinner and son1 was home for dinner and rented Robin Hood with Russell Crowe… We were so confused as it had the characters from Robin Hood but was supposed to be a prequel so the story line was all different… It was good though, once you figured out who everyone was…

It was so hot…. We are back to the 100’s at the end of September…

Yesterday I ate: vitamins, green tea tablet, water… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… tortilla chips, lemonade…. dinner~teriyaki chicken, rice, veggies, water… chocolate covered raisins…

Today I got to sleep in… Let son1 and son2 get up and off on their own since they do it every day while I’m already at work… Then hubby and I were up and walked son3 to school… Took a longer scenic route back home this morning through the neighborhoods…

Came home, had breakfast, checked emails and job alerts… Took some pictures of roses in the backyard this morning… Hubby and I had quiet time to talk without interruptions from the boys… And then we took a nap, not meaning to… I can never sleep during the day… Guess we needed it… Woke up at noon to watch Emergency and have some lunch… Then it was time to walk and pick up son3 as it’s early day… Got his homework done, although he forgot his spelling homework… He can only get three detentions and then he can’t go on the ice skating field trip… Then I made dinner early and we watched Marmaduke…

Son1 was home from work and then off to his Dad’s to go to the funeral tomorrow for his Great Uncle… He’ll be home tomorrow night… Then he is off to work on Friday and then after work, he and girlfriend are off to Disneyland for the weekend… Disneyland has started their Halloween theme…

Son2 is trying to make plans to go to the Homecoming Game on Friday but doesn't have all the details yet…

And son3 was invited to a sleepover birthday party on Friday… So hubby and I were thinking we may have a evening alone just for us… But son3 doesn’t want to go to the sleepover… He can’t tell me why though… I’m thinking maybe too many friends going, seven in all… or maybe he doesn’t like one of the boys… or he just doesn’t know… It’s not the same when it was just him and his friend playing video games when they were planning a sleepover…

Now we are having ice cream and watching an episode of Lost in Space… Then the boys are getting ready for bed and Criminal Minds comes on tonight… I still haven’t seen Glee from last night as it didn’t record right… So now I have to watch Glee and Hawaii 50 online… And I still have to see Castle that did tape…

Everyone can let out the breath you have been holding for the last month as the check is in the mail according to the recording I called at unemployment yesterday!!

Today I ate: vitamins, water… breakfast~yogurt on Honey Bunches of Oats cereal… tortilla chips… lunch~chicken and rice, cola… tortilla chips… dinner~tomato soup, 2 tuna fish sandwiches, orange soda… ice cream with caramel sauce…

Happy Journaling…

September Twenty Seventh…

It is so hot…. and we are still being good and not using the air conditioner, since we are still waiting for unemployment to kick in… In the 100’s, isn’t it Fall… they are saying we are ten degrees above normal…

Yesterday I was off to work… Set the ad, stock the men’s work boots, scan for missing displays, go to lunch, finish resetting the men’s shoes and work boots in the stockroom, move the women’s shoes in the stockroom to make room for setting the women’s fashion boots by brand, numerical order and sized…

Came home and did my 300 crunches, spent too much time on the computer, fixed leftovers for dinner, watched Lost in Space and True Blood and fell asleep during Simpsons and then again for Family Guy… I’m so tired getting up at 4:30am every day…

Son1 was still off with his Dad and Uncle to his Grandfather’s, whose brother had died in the motorcycle accident, and visited with family members… The funeral is Thursday… He wasn’t able to come home last night as the freeway was all blocked with emergency vehicles not that they could find anything in the news today as to what the trouble was… He came home this morning, changed quick and made it to work on time…

Yesterday I ate: water, vitamins, green tea tablet… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… snack of pork roast… dinner~turkey burger on a bun, chili hot dog on a bun, curly fries, water… ice cream with caramel sauce…

Today I was off to work again to set another little ad, scan for missing displays, changed my vacation requests around on the computer, locate women’s shoes in the stockroom, lunch, start setting the women’s boots by brand, numerical order and sized in the stockroom…

Came home, 300 crunches, talk with hubby, walk to pick up son3, homework with son3 while I was on the computer, fix dinner, watch Lost in Space, girlfriend and son1 are watching Employee of the Month, hubby is playing checkers with son3 and son2 is watching Family Guy…

As soon as Family Guy is over everyone needs to head for their rooms and settle for the night… School tomorrow and I have to get up early for work, son1 too… And hubby has chores and more job searching…

And I’m off to watch my shows: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men and Castle… Although I’ll be taping Castle as I’ll probably fall asleep….

Today I ate: water, vitamins… lunch~chimichanga, yogurt, cola… banana, water… dinner~chili dog, rice, green beans, curly fries, water…

Happy Journaling…

Bedroom Makeover

My Co Host Martha MM over at The Motivation Station is promoting a CSN Giveaway… Go check out the rules for your chance to win a $75 gift code for CSN…

Mainly you have to makeover a bedroom or show a past bedroom makeover, which is what I am doing… These pictures are from this past July when I reorganized and decluttered son3’s bedroom…

These are the before shots…

 

The decluttering in action…

And the after shots…

Happy Journaling…

Tailgating Time

Seems it’s Football Season… Although we don’t have any avid watchers here, though the boys will say The 49er’s are their favorite team… I have my favorites but it depends who’s playing on which side I’m on… The 49er’s and Chiefs were playing this morning on the TV in the break room while I was at lunch at work… Last I saw the score was Chiefs, 7-0….

What is your favorite team….

On Sundays Martha (among others) hosts a Tailgating Party to share your favorite football food and recipes…

Last night for dinner we had turkey burgers, chili hot dogs and curly fries that we’ll be having for dinner again tonight as there were leftovers…. For desert we had root beer floats…

Happy Journaling…