At least I was active.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead!
) Anyway, my project took much longer than I thought, originally. However, I have managed to throw out alot of paper and I think the binder idea is going to work out really well. I may have to have another binder for each child, but at least it will still be organized, take up less room and each one of the kids will be able to have them to keep one day. Needless to say, I worked on nothing else and didn't even exercise. Instead, I took a nap. My thinking is that I really needed to get up and get in some activity instead of napping since my project is mainly inactive. Something to remember for next time.
It was really becoming overwhelming, so I thought that I might as well just take it one step at a time. Maybe next week, I will tackle the cards or newsclips.
At any rate, I have found that if I let too many things go "to deal with later" then I never make a decision (unlike me) and things begin to feel overwhelming, then I eat so that I don't have to deal with it and to soothe that sense of being overwhelmed. Of course, then I get a bit depressed because I didn't do these things and I ate too much, then I eat more to quell those thoughts. And so the cycle continues.
When I think back to the points where my weight was within a healthy range, I had everything very organized and took care of things as they came through the door. This allowed me time to deal with stress and deadlines better without food. It also gave me plenty of time to enjoy life.
I'm glad that you feel like you're making some headway getting organized and that doing so helps make you feel more positive. I know you can accomplish anything you set your mind to--I've certainly seen you do it over the years!
I have an idea of the route you took to Galena, which put you about an hour away from me. In fact, I am going up that way this weekend for a GS fundraiser gala. It's funny that you were thinking of me as you cam out this direction because I was thinking of you a few weeks ago when DH and I went up to Rosemont.). Recently, she managed to get away to FL for a week. If anyone deserves it, she does since she has been going to school non-stop for 4 years without a vacation or much of a break. DD19 is attending a local community college and seems to be enjoying it, which is great because she never really liked school much. However, she is very determined to reach her goals and knows that she has to go to school to do that. Of course, it always helps to study the things you enjoy. I give her alot of credit because she is working as well and is doing a great job at putting away for future college expenses. DD11 is going through the trials and tribulations of middle school. The "who likes you now, are you wearing the right thing, did you say the right thing, did you tie your shoe the right way" type of "junk". It's frustrating, but fortunately, she is very intelligent and has already started to analyze why the kids behave that way which I think helps her get through. Otherwise, she is busy with dance and seasonal sports. DS 6 is a sponge or maybe two. He soaks up so much info that it isn't even funny and he is practical. With him there are always new inventions that he comes up with.....and they work. Fortunately, I was blessed with a boy who is not overly rambunctious, but is definitely all boy. He'll be starting up some sports here soon as well.
Now, I did have to pop a piece of gum twice during the day just to keep the mindless munchies at bay, but that's alright. It was great. Did BIL's taxes and am almost done, cleared somethings that I don't need anymore, and I found an old chore list that DD21 and DD19 used to do when they were younger. So I revised the list a bit and made a new one so that DD11 and DS6 know what is expected of them and when. I already have it up, but I said that we would start in April allowing us this week to get a few other things taken care of so that the chores just help maintain. They seem excited about it, in fact, DD11 started a few things today and DS6 wanted to do some things also. Some days you just have to wonder. At least, the rest of my day has not continued that way.
I pinpointed something about myself the other day when I was responding to something a person on the WISH boards wrote. In my response I was talking about how we need to address the emotional needs that compel us to eat as well as the physical. Using myself as an example, I had mentioned that I eat more when I am not organized and on top of things, so this is something that has to be addresses along with the weight loss. By nature, I am and always have been (for the most part) an organized person except when I have been overweight. For various reasons, I have ended up with too many things to take care of, run for and put pressure on myself with unrealistic deadlines. Hmmm........Is that called being a mom?
Pray that it stays that way. is on the horizon. There's no place like WDW, there's no place like WDW, there's no place like WDW.
Did it work?
You're not gonna send it my way are you? 
Tracy, my guess is that you will be getting the SNOW. I am hoping that it goes away before crossing the river.
your way to help you with your paper pile. I need to start organizing paperwork and getting my house in order too. The mess and stuff lying around is driving me bonkers!
Have a good weekend! Now, I have a few more days to see if I can take off a little more and try to stay in that losing mode. Papers are still spread across the desk a bit, but I know that I can finish them up by the end of the weekend. On the plus plus plus side, I took care of all paperwork that came in the door ASAP yesterday. Bills put away, things that had to be signed for the kids, etc. Hopefully, that will help me re-learn (is that a word?) how to stay on top of things.)), 1 glass of wine, not sure what else but will keep it reasonable. stays away long enough.....or just goes away, since we really don't want to drive in it. If things get too bad too quickly, fortunately, we can just check into a room where we are doing the event tonight.
......I've never been to one of those. I hate it when I don't know what my food options will be.....you're right, it takes the guess work out of it when you know ahead of time. Hope you have fun tonight! The gala was a lot of fun. Of course, trying to make sure that people didn't out bid me on some silent auction items was even more fun. But it was all for charity and it was great to see some old friends again. At the event, I had a small glass of wine, plenty of water, 2 rounds of fresh fruit, some veggies, a sm slice of brie, about 4 crudites (1 was toasted baguette slice w/tomatoes, 3 were toast points w/salmon mousse), 1 artichoke critter (fried artichoke, not bad but too much lime), probably 11 stuffed mushrooms (fortunately, they were sm button mushrooms w/ a little cheese, very delish), mashed potatoes in a martini glass (yes, fancy, I added a very sm bit of butter, chives, some bacon, and very sm bit of sour cream, skipped the cheese, only ate half), little bit of ceasar salad, and turkey w/ sm bit of cranberry sauce, followed by a sm piece of lemon chiffon cake. All in all very good. The appetizers were wonderful and I think it helped that all of the food was set up in stations, so you only picked up a little at a time versus doing a buffet where you just keep piling everything on in one trip. It also helped that I kept checking those silent auctions so I didn't focus on the food. My biggest surprise of the night was the fact that I actually liked the salmon mousse because I am not a big fish person. It's fun to try new things. We drove up with some wind and sleet, then it rained, then it snowed, then it was sleet again. Needless to say, the roads weren't too bad until we had to drive down the the winding hills 5 miles off of the highway to get to the resort. DH was not to thrilled with that......thank God we had just put on new tires recently. Of course, looking at the snow while in the resort was beautiful. On the way home it was snowing quite a bit, then along the way we hit a large stretch that had barely been cleaned and the snow was piling up quickly since the flakes were HUGE. I was beginning to think it was Christmas, again. Eventually, we drove out of it an the rest of the way home wasn't too bad, but it sure made for a very long evening. Fortunately, the snow was washed away by the rain yesterday, so the afternoon turned out to actually be beautiful, although still cold. A month ago, I would have eaten the entire bag because I was tired (which is why I switched to small bags and we share). I managed to avoid the cake and when I got home, I had some cheese and gr peppers. A little too much pizza for supper. Water was down. However, considering how tired I was, I am thrilled that I did so well with food.
