We ended up "working" an hour late today, because it took that long to finish the trip. 
DH said, "WoW! That was fast for you!" I am a slow chopper and new recipes esp. usually take me a long time. I made a Vegetarian recipe of Tuscan bean & pasta stew. It was really tasty & healthy & easy. It is definitely a keeper! 
and they flattened the hill where it will sit! YAY! We are excited that some work is actually being done now! They did manage to mess a couple of things up already though 
They tore up some of my grandparents paved driveway and busted a pipe that helps to drain one of our ponds. Oh well, DH will call and fuss about that stuff tomorrow. We are still really excited that work has begun ! 
We walked up to check it out and then later went back up to take some pictures. 
Didn't think I was exercising then 
We were bent over pulling weeds and digging then doing the planting. I am not really sure what I did that made me sore. Kinda wish that I did know so I could work those muscles on a regular basis! 
, curly fries, coke (Arby's) ( we were on the road)
& I didn't even eat Any of the jalepenos, just the juices were enough to burn me up! DH was even overwhelmed and took the jalepenos off of his pizza and he Loves HOT things. He was really apologetic about it. I forgive him cause he didn't mean to do it. It was almost a workout just eating dinner though 
HIPPIES RULE!! Just finished watching the finale of Amazing Race! I love that show & the Hippies were definitely my Favorite team! I had to tape LOST, gonna watch it in a minute here. Silly lady. At least she didn't use that as an excuse not to exercise. Sis is flat out refusing these days she is disappointed cause she is not seeing results. Not ever gonna see any if you stop. 
I come up w/ totals of C - 2100, fat- 58. (I'm sure that is gonna add up to be pretty bad) 
then surfed til Dh got up. When he got up I told him we needed to exercise today. So he says well lets go Right now. We walked a mile and then remembered we needed to stake out the house again. When the crew came and flattened the land they did away w/ the original stakes. How hard could it be? We spent a good 40 minutes or more trying to figure it out It is important that we put it in the right place cause there is no going back and moving it later. We have a funny shaped lot and had set the house on it at an angle, but w/ the landscape changed somewhat it was hard to remember what that angle was. On top of that frustration it was Very hot and I had been up for going on 3.5 hours w/ nothing but Coffee in my stomach. Needless to say we were not having fun by the end. We finally got it laid out and went in for lunch. I know we walked a steady 20 minutes. I am adding 10 more for the trip up to the land and all of the measuring and remeasuring we did ). Dh would rather give in usually than be combative. He can get frustrated too though, like today. I was saying that I am afraid we would get on that show and look like those couples that do nothing but fight. We were discussing though how most of those couples demean each other by saying things like "You are so stupid" or "you idiot", etc. We don't tend to attack each other, just snap a bit and move on. Anyway, we won't be applying for the Race anytime soon, cause if you don't win that is a Long time to be away from your job. But a girl can dream... 
Gonna try to stay sane We are just at the beginning stage so I better save some of my sanity to lose later We just had to do a rough rectangle of where we want to house to be and what direction it should face. It really shouldn't have been that big of a deal, but, you know, we were sweating the small stuff. So w/ the new schedule most nights I should get about 7.5 hours. Close enough. ) w/ cheese & mayo it ended up being more like 13. In the future I will leave off the mayo & go heavy on the mustard) I haven't been keeping up that well lately. I looked back and the last weight I posted was 198.5 on 4/26. So 2.5 pounds off It took long enough but at least the scale is moving in the right direction. I think it is helping a lot to be home and not traveling. We are starting to get excited now! . Anyway, very exciting about the house!
Yes, planned dinners....Hmmm... That does work well when I actually get home at a decent hour 
When I am stressed or upset then I always want to go out for dinner or pick something up (usually eat out ) Dh didn't say no and left it up to me, but he seemed pretty resistant and said several times that we had leftovers we could eat. I finally decided to just eat leftovers at home. They were good and better for me that eating out anyway. 
. I know that things will be better for them now though and that we did what is in their best interest (although they were really hating us in the moment). I did ok in front of the girls, which was a good thing. Most of the time if someone else is crying I am crying right along w/ them. I know that in this job I cannot be that emotionally vulnerable. So, I didn't cry with them, but I did cry when I came home. I think this is going to be a process in which I try to reduce my reaction over time without becoming too cold. I can do this it is for a good cause We had planned it ahead of time, but we couldn't have picked a better night! 
I even got off of work early because of the extra hours I worked earlier in the week. My eating wasn't too good today though However, we did go and join the gym today My sis had checked it out the other day and they were running a special. Mom, Dad, Shell (sis), Dh, and I all went in and signed up. We officially become members Tuesday, but he said we can come over the weekend if we want. We have a lot planned though so I doubt it. my family is... we sign up at the gym, don't workout, then go out to dinner I tried to pretend that I was gonna workout...I got on the stair stepper for about 2.5 minutes It didn't seem to be going fast enough and they kept saying "go faster", but I was really Struggling not to be breathing too hard! I don't do well on stair masters. That will be one of my goals --- Make it 10 minutes on the stairmaster. 
