Journey back to ME!!- I'm getting bugged!!

[goldcupmom]

April 2 - Day 29/108 - 58 days I leave for FL/Cruise - Day 2 of my Easter NO CANDY 2 week mini challenge

12 oz water
28 oz decaf tea
32 oz cf diet coke
CFA grilled sandwich(5)
sauce(1)
100 cal pk (2)
baked potato(3)
bbq(2)
lt sr crm(1)
berries(1)
ice cream(4)
3 meringues(1.5)


Today has been an UGH!!!!! Day!!! Up at 5:30, made breakfast & lunches, took DD to school, got DS17 up, took him w/ me to Trader Joes. His replacement Verizon PDA stopped working on day 6, so had to go to get it replaced. Ended up taking well over 2 hours(I spent it PACING- drove him NUTS!), 2 different stores. He was almost an hour late for work. Then at NOON I was finally able to start my real errands. Made it to Sams & WalMart. Still have a couple more stops to do later in the week. Forgot to mail a pkg I promised I'd mail, so I have to do that in a few minutes. So, 5 hours on my feet again!

Still need to do Ebay tonight & get some stuff done here at home.
Tomorrow DS17 is off - I WILL make it to the Gym!!!!! Then it's Tuesday & I WILL FINISH MY TAXES!!!

I'll try to get to some journals in between.

Hope everyone is off to a good start to the week!

 

[DisDee]

Hey Julie, You're such a busy lady...your schedule wears me out just reading it. Sometimes when I think I'm really busy and stressed, I think of you. My kids are grown and gone, and even though I miss them, I don't miss all the sports, scouts, driving, school functions, etc. I think back and can't remember how I balanced everything.

Don't forget to carve out some time for yourself. That's really important!

 

[toystoryduo]

Julie,

Sounds like another busy week for you.... Here's some extra to help you through....

Hope you have a great week!

 

[goldcupmom]

Good news on the DS20 front. He came home from work & told us that sometime later this week he will be named the 'Conversions Supervisor' - desk, phone, computer & about a 1/3 raise. Let's just hope & pray he doesn't somehow blow it. He'll still be the Zamboni 'King' and to celebrate ......


he's getting a Zamboni tattoo! EEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!

Not like he doesn't already have enough ink on his body!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Julie, your food today looked very good. That is great news about DS20. I am really praying this works for him and that he can stay on the path! He can do it! Keep up the good work with avoiding candy, you can do it Julie! Just keep thinking about the better desserts you will have on the cruise, they are worth waiting for and sacrificing candy to get them!

Good luck making it to the gym tomorrow!

 

[goldcupmom]

April 3 - Day 30/108 - 57 days I leave for FL/Cruise - Day 3 of my Easter NO CANDY 2 week mini challenge

ww yogurt(1)
Fiber One(0)
romaine(0)
2 ff hot dogs(2)
boca veg chili(2)
ff chz(1)
sf latte(4)
24 oz water
16.9 oz propel
beef(4)
potato(3)
onion(0)
heart healthy ice cream(4)
strawberries(.5)
ff sf hot fudge(2) - and worth EVERY POINT!!!!!!

Yesterday was hard to avoid the candy as I did major grocery shopping/errands. Bought 4 bags of chocolates! But, I WILL NOT buy any Cadbury mini eggs (my fav!) until AFTER Easter, IF I see them then. Kids won't miss them and I don't need them!

I'm going to leave here in a few minutes & go treat myself to a sf Latte (they laugh when I order at Starbucks - Veinte Decaf Non-Fat No Whip Sugar Free - What's left?????) then sit & do TAXES. As soon as they are done I'm heading to the gym to swim. THEN I will do other stuff that needs done & Ebay. I got stuff ready to list, but didn't last night.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Too late when I finished taxes to swim before DD gets home. But, they're done, ready for DH to sign & mail. And, I'm getting back w/in $850 of the cost of the cruise! So, I'll go w/ her right after school. I'll do a bit of Ebay here before I go.

Did my 15 min waist/abs workout in between taxes. I DID make the gym to swim .....Finally!!!! 80 min including my 50 tricep push ups & 50 reg. push ups.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Julie,

Congrats to your son and his new position. That is great news!!!

Way to go on reisisting the candy....and the chocolate. Candy is big weakness for me, not the chocolate, but about anything without chocolate!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

Have a great day

 

[CaroleD]

Julie,
You are doing so well! What will power avoiding all the Easter candy and chocolate. Your body will thank you for not sending it into sugar high's and lows!

 

[tbstein]

Julie, congrats on your DS! Well, a tattoo, not too bad!

Have a great week!

Wendy

 

[goldcupmom]

Julie, congrats on your DS! Well, a tattoo, not too bad!

Have a great week!

Wendy

I wish it were ONE tattoo. Let's see, 18th birthday he went out & got a LARGE tribal heart on one bicep with his girlfriends name in it. I told him "Congratulations on your first mistake of adulthood". Also told him he'd better get a REALLY CUTE tiny little puppy named Ashley.

Then he got both wrists - one looks like stitches, the other is little stars - says, in RUNES , From Adversity.... to the Stars.

Then he got something in LATIN tattooed on one hip.

And now a Zamboni.

This kid definitely keeps me on my knees!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Julie
Congrats on DS job
Congrats on getting to swim
Congrats on avoiding the candy
Congrats on getting the taxes done
& congrats on getting some cash back towards your cruise
I'd say you've had a pretty good start to the week
Hope it continues

 

[toystoryduo]

Congrats to your DS! I hope this job continues to work out well for him.

It sounds like you have gotten a lot done this week so far! That is great about the taxes and the cruise!

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Julie,

Hope all is well!!!

Have a great day!!!!

 

[goldcupmom]

April 4 - Day 31/108 - 56 days I leave for FL/Cruise - Day 4 of my Easter NO CANDY 2 week mini challenge

slimfast(6)
hot choc(3)
48 oz water
22 oz diet sunkist
ham(1)
ff string chz(1)

Did my abs/waist stuff this morning(15 min), then ended up going to the casino with a friend. I donated my $10. But we played for about 3 hours on it.

Now I'm recording March Expenses from receipts that I never recorded, then Ebay. Tonight DD & I plan to go to the gym to do weights. If not, I'll at least take a long walk.

 

[tbstein]

Hello Julie!

Sending you extra help for your mini challenge.


Enjoy your gym/walk with DD. There isn't going to be any walking this evening outside for us. We are in the middle of gale force winds and snow. Hard to believe it was 65 a few days ago. Oh well, it is Michigan, and we are right next to the Big Lake! At least we are getting the blizzard northern Michigan is getting. Some areas are to get 20 inches!

 

[npullen]

WTG on the Easter candy! Anything sugary is my weakness! I admire your willpower!

 

[goldcupmom]

Well, gym didn't happen. DD had WAY TOO MUCH homework thrown on her. It's April & around here by May 1 they have all their work done & end up watching movies (but usually Disney Movies ) until school is out. It's rather pathetic. So, I went for a 20 min walk alone. Tomorrow is swim day again. She's off school on Friday so Gym WILL HAPPEN!!!! OR ELSE!!!!

FINALLY got all the receipts/expenses for March recorded. Tomorrow I have to do totals.

I'm still doing Ebay as DD needed the computer for school, then DS17 wanted a ride to go rent a movie & DH was too busy watching TV to take him. Frustrating as I have SO MUCH spring summer stuff & SO LITTLE time before we leave to get it done. Oh well..... I needed one more thing to do tonight!

I'm afraid to be hopeful for making it to WI tomorrow as I have to take DS17 to work, but I really need to go. Hopefully it will be good if I make it!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Julie
Hope you manage to make the gym & WI tomorrow

 

[toystoryduo]

for your weigh-in, Julie. Hope you have a great day today!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Julie,

I must say that is weird that DD school gives them a ton of work and then they watch movies the rest of the year....I wish we did that when I was in school!!!! Nope we had to work until the very last day. We even had to work on the last day of school..Hard to believe that schools are getting ready to let out!!!

Hope you were able to make it to the gym....

Have a great day