Toystoryduo's Journal....Moving Forward From Here

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies.

I can't believe spring break is over already! Good thing is that we're about 6 weeks away from summer break.

My DH had a meeting tonight and my girls went over a friend's house for a couple of hours. It was nice to have a few hours of peace and quiet to myself. I got a lot of thinking and planning done on paper. (a.k.a Journaling ) It brought out some emotions that I wasn't quite ready to face though. With all of the busyness of the past few weeks, I haven't "processed' some things and it all kind of hit me at once today while I was journaling. I'm feeling kind of punky and not so positive right now, but I'm praying that after a good night's sleep, I'll feel much better tomorrow morning.

Hope everyone has a nice evening!

 

[eyor44]

I hope you feel better tomorrow Tracy.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2432954 have you seen this thread? I signed up at the web site, but haven't been able to do anything yet. Might be something extra to do?

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Lisa. Thanks for the info in that thread too! I'll have to check it out later and see if it's something I can work into my schedule.

Woke up to sunshine today. What a great feeling!

I got lesson plans done for the week and got one of my rewards programs done for the day. Just waiting for DDs to get done with breakfast and we'll get school done as well.

Today's Plan:
* Homeschooling
* Work for DH
* Walk
* Laundry

Hope everyone has a great Monday!

 

[eyor44]

Happy Monday Tracy

you are at 5 months today!

 

[toystoryduo]

Good evening friends,

We had a nice day today. My DH worked, we got our taxes sent out, we paid a bill, and we had lunch by the lake today. I even took a nap! It was a nice day. We may grab something to eat for dinner and then take a walk later on this evening.

The weather is supposed to be super nice tomorrow so we may go to the zoo. We'll have to wait and see.

SR has 5 daily surveys now and I got all 5 surveys today!

Not much else going on right now. Hope everyone has a nice evening!

 

[DisDee]

Tracey, I just realized we will be in Florida at the same time. I looked back at your itinerary and saw that you arrive on Sunday, Sept. 12. That's the morning that we get back from the cruise (Port Canaveral). Not sure when our flight will be, or if we'll be going to a park but maybe there's a slight chance that we could meet up.

I hope you had a nice evening with your family! Enjoy your day tomorrow.

 

[toystoryduo]

Tracey, I just realized we will be in Florida at the same time. I looked back at your itinerary and saw that you arrive on Sunday, Sept. 12. That's the morning that we get back from the cruise (Port Canaveral). Not sure when our flight will be, or if we'll be going to a park but maybe there's a slight chance that we could meet up.

I hope you had a nice evening with your family! Enjoy your day tomorrow.

That's cool that we'll be in Florida at the same time! We won't arrive in Orlando until late afternoon on the 12th and we're meeting family for dinner that evening. Are you flying out of Orlando that day or staying an extra day or two?

 

[toystoryduo]

Good morning friends,

It's too nice of a day to stay inside so we're either heading out to the park or the zoo. Not sure which. The girls can get caught up on their school stuff tomorrow when it's raining.

Got 3 out of my 5 surveys at SR today already! I am really loving these extra survey opportunities!

Today's Plan:
* Enjoy the weather
* Have coffee with my friend tonight
* Walk

I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[eyor44]

Tracy, sounds like you have had a couple of good days.

on the extra SR surveys. Get's you to the next GC that much faster.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, smart move to be outside on the nice day and save the inside schooling for the rainy day!

Its amazing how writing things down sort of makes you come to terms and acknowledge what is going on in your life. I know you have so much going on and that at times, well life can be just plain tough to deal with. Best wishes for all that Wish sis.

Your trip is coming ever closer, and with spring and summer in between, time will fly by!

 

[solar]

Good morning friends,

It's too nice of a day to stay inside so we're either heading out to the park or the zoo. Not sure which. The girls can get caught up on their school stuff tomorrow when it's raining.

Got 3 out of my 5 surveys at SR today already! I am really loving these extra survey opportunities!

Today's Plan:
* Enjoy the weather
* Have coffee with my friend tonight
* Walk

I hope everyone has a great day!

glad you're getting extra survey stuff...sounds like this works well for you...and hope you enjoyed your time outside. Where did you end up going? the zoo or the park? What did you do while you were there? Pics, discover new things or revisit favorites?

 

[toystoryduo]

We had such a great day yesterday! We went to a local park and hiked for about an hour. The end of the trail had a STEEP hill so our legs got quite a workout! I'm feeling it today! After that, we came home and relaxed a bit before I went to have coffee with my friend. After that, I helped my MIL with taxes, we got something to eat, and came home and went to bed early.

Today, we got school done early, went grocery shopping, and I got all 5 surveys done at SR. As far as the rest of the evening goes:

* Dinner
* Pick up MIL from work
* Watch a movie

No real plans for the weekend...My DH has a couple of jobs tomorrow and he has to take my MIL to work. On Sunday, we have church and have to take my MIL to work again. Hopefully, it will be a relaxing weekend!

Weigh-in was good. I was down two pounds from last week. The thing is that I keep losing the same 10 pounds over and over again so progress really isn't being made. I'm hoping that once school is over for the year, I can focus on weight loss more.

That''s about all from here. Have a great evening!

 

[toystoryduo]

Good morning friends,

We have a busy day ahead of us, but it's a good kind of busy.

Today's Plan:

* DH works for a couple of hours.
* Rewards Programs
* Buy Disney gift cards with change jar money (earn fuelperks from grocery store!)
* Walmart (DH needs stuff for his office.)
* Disney Meeting (girls have been asking for one!)
* Movie night with hubby: The Blind Side

I need to do some research too to see if drug store shopping will be profitable tomorrow or not. I haven't been CVSing or going to Wags or Rite Aid regularly for a few weeks now. We've been stopping in here and there, but not like we used to.

Hope everyone has a nice Saturday!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, I like your idea of cashing in your change jar for Disney cards. I need to do that, when we cash it in for cash, or save it too long, the money somehow seems to go for who knows what!

Saw Blind Side last weekend, it was very good, I hope you like it too!

Congrats on the 2 pounds, I know how you feel with losing that same weight over and over again! Boy do I know how you feel!

Have a good weekend Wish Sis!

 

[eyor44]

HI Tracy
Sounds like you have had a good ending to the week. I really liked the Blind Side, I hope you do to. Of course I Tim Mcgraw, but the movie was really good.

Amy same thing keeps happening to my change. It disappears! Everything else, (rebate checks, extra $$, recycle $$ etc.) I deposit once a month in the bank and have a seperate check register to record it in. Think I am going to have to start adding the change to those monthly deposits.

Hope you have a really great weekend Tracy.

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies. I absolutely loved The Blind Side! Sandra Bullock was wonderful in this movie! Tim McGraw surprised me. He is a really good looking guy with a fabulous voice, but I wasn't sure how his acting would be. I was pleasantly surprised at how well he did. And that little kid was HILARIOUS!!!! Great movie!

We've got a busy day ahead:

* Homeschooling (Finish History TODAY!)
* laundry
* Walk
* Work for DH
* SR (2/5 surveys so far!)

I paid another $125 on our trip over the weekend (change jar money + survey and rebate money) so our package balance is around $180. That's without DH's deejaying money!!!! Woohoo!

Well, that's about all from here. Have a great Monday!

 

[DisDee]

Tracy, I love the way that you are creative with your trip payments. I have a change jar too, and I'm always pleasantly surprised at how fast it adds up.

It looks like we won't have the opportunity to meet in Florida. We'll be leaving about the same time that you'll be arriving. I still say we should all plan a WISH trip!

Have a wonderful day!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Denise. Since we're a one income family, I've had to find a lot of different ways to earn extra money for our trips. It's kind of fun to see the balance we owe go down and how much we are saving going up. I'm sorry we'll just miss each other in September. I definitely think we should all plan a WISH meet someday! It would be so much fun!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's been a good start to the day so far....I've gotten 3/5 surveys at SR and we're right on track with school today. The girls are doing their paragraph writing now so I've got a few minutes to DIS.

Not a whole lot going on today:

* Homeschooling
* Rewards Programs
* Walk/workout
* Work for DH

I'm going to sit down tonight and try and finish lesson plans for the year. That way, I can see where we're at and if we can finish the school year early or not. My brother and SIL are coming home in mid May and the girls asked if we could be done with school by then so they could enjoy their visit. I'll see what I can do!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Here here to the Wish Sister Meet in WDW!!! The "World" may never be the same again after all of us congregate there!

That is awesome you have under $200 left on your balance. You are really doing well with that!

Please, please, please don't kill me. Send me the SR information one more time. I am serious this time and when I went into my pm's, that one was somehow gone. For awhile with some of the threads I was on (frig swaps and other stuff) my pm box would fill up in a week and I guess once again its gone. I am so sorry and understand if you don't want to post that stuff to me yet again!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Amy. I love the idea of a WISH meet! It would be so much fun! And of course, it will have to be in WDW!

No worries, my friend. I sent you a PM with the info. If you're interested in SimpleGPT, please let me know and I'll send you that info too. Basically, I just do the paid e-mails and daily clicks there and make almost a dollar a day. The good thing is that as soon as you hit the $1 mark, you can cashout through Paypal.