Closing

I am closing on my house soon!! Excited. I was "window" shopping today for ideas and I have come to the conclusion that I have no clue what my "style" is anymore. I like country cottage lake like and I like modern and smooth.... How would you combine those?? This could prove to be an interesting experiment. I have decided the bathroom will be purple. Kind of a modern country look. The new shower curtain I got a month or so ago has purple "flowers" on it, but they have a modern feel, so I think it is a good combination of what I am looking for. The bed room is going to be more country romantic. I have a white down comforter, and my fav sheets have blue flowers. Now to add some stripes and a little more blue... plus some furniture would be cool. I don't think I have had a bed in 10 years or more... At least I got the idea for 2 rooms done!!

On another note. Dalton is worried about Ted. I guess he is having panic attacks or something. Good news is the guns are still at a friend of ours house. I think he is really worried though. He's gonna call me tomorrow and let me know why he thinks there is something really wrong. sigh.... poor kid. That's a lot for him to go through and I am so grateful that he is doing it. I don't know why Ted doesn't call Nate or Matt when he is feeling like this. Maybe he calls Dalton cuz he's closer? IDK...

Night all!! Thanks for checking in!

HUNGRY

Oh my... I hate the pending visit from my unwanted friend. I get so sleepy and so hungry... I could eat a moose and I want junk food. The only occasion I crave chocolate!! Good thing I am too lazy to leave the house to go get some. Oh...and cheese doodles... and pizza... wings... and funny drinks... yikes.

So, on another note, I have not taken my measurements in awhile, and maybe today was not a good day to take them, I am sure I maybe a little bloated, not happy with what I saw, but then again, it's been so long, I have no clue where I have written them down and I have stuff packed away... the only ones I could find were from '09 and I am about the same size. My waist is shrinking, but these damn hips wont budge!

Alas... on the house front, I have my commitment letter, now just waiting for a closing date...yeah! Trying not to question whether or not I am doing the right thing, if it's the right house, all that other stuff... I made a decision and that's all there is to it. Sometimes I think about the lake shack... yeah, I really can't call it a house. I do, I almost wish I had had the guts to go for it... STOP... I know I made a sound choice. My lake house will come. It will happen in time. I got the best bang for my buck out of everything that I looked at. I would have never touched a single family house in this condition for this price. There were a few I looked at that were less, but there was updating that needed to be done. (not that I don't plan any here...) but I really have 2 houses for the price of one...lol. Things are coming together.

So there, just a brief update... nothing too exciting here... tatah for now.

A couple pics

The top is my new hair color... Mmmm... not sure.

The bottom is Dorchester Park... One of my favorite places to run!

Ahh, I am done with 8 days of the midnight shift (11pm-7am) Trying to adjust back to days, so I was up at 3:30AM, which is okay. I kinda like to get up early. I am not one who likes to rush in the morning, I like to sit, relax, drink coffee and play on the computer. There lies the problem. I have been spending way too much time on the computer. I think I am going to have to set myself a timer. It's not like I am really doing anything productive. Just Facebook, reading some really stupid news articles, checking my email... oh, and reading 100 different ideas on how to eat, what to eat, when to eat. If I would spend all that wasted time looking stuff up and just start planning healthy meals, cooking and packing a lunch, I would probably be so much better off...

So here goes. My friend who was having GI issues suggested eating chicken and rice and slowly add food back in. Good plan...but I have food in my house that should be eaten up... Nothing to horrible, (I finished the chicken wings last night...lol) but fish, eggs, couple of cheese sticks... so, If I go to the store to buy food, it has to be chicken and rice or eat what I have in the house... sounds easy...but hard... but I really can't be having issues while I am running.

Other good news is that the house I am buying appraised well and hopefully I will have my commitment letter soon! I am so excited and I have so many things I want to do... craziness... It is great to feel my creative juices coming back. It feels like it has been so long. I am praying that the upstairs tenant will move out well before the 19th and that I will be able to get in there and do some cleaning and painting and some minor work before I move in. So much easier when there is not crap in the way!

AH...yes, I survived my 40th Birthday! I think I got over the sadness of turning 40 before it happened, so it turned out to not be a big deal. Still finding it hard to believe that I am 40. I sure don't feel it. I still feel young and full of life. I get scared when I think that I an "1/2" way through it, but then I remember... 40 years is a LONG time... I have done a lot in 40 years... a lot... and there is a lot more to do... so get over it!! It's just hard because where I am in life is a complete 180 from where I was going to be, but God knows what he is doing and I am trying to hear what he is saying.

So, all in all, I am loving life. I love being positive... try not to be negative as it only drains you. Sometimes at the moment when everything is going wrong, it is just so easy to be negative and throw temper tantrums... yell,scream and bitch... but it is draining... exhausting... and while I sometimes go there, I don't stay there as long as I used to. It is an amazing feeling. So, while the shit is really hitting the fan in my life... there is no place I would rather be. It's my life and I love it and I am not going to trade it for anything.

GI

And no, not GI Jane... Did a 6 mile run yesterday, which is great. What is not so great is the time I spent in the porta-potties. I have been so good lately and I hope this is a freak thing and it's not my GI acting up again, but now if I think about it, I had issues Saturday as well. It is so bad, that I can see the potty's and still have "issues". Did some research and there is so much info... low fiber, no dairy, (except yogurt w/ live enzymes), I know that fruit seems to bother me...grapes, pineapple... So, off to the groc. store to experiment... I had pizza tonight for dinner, but we shall move forward... Going to try a bland diet for a few days... mashed potatoes, banana's, fish, chicken, eggs, yogurt, cucumbers... oh what else can I add... gonna be boring, but I need to figure this out.