TGIF

all the packing/moving talk will be over soon, so just bear with me for a few more days... i got rid of 3 items this morning (microwave cart, vcr, and old tv) so that's 3 less things to move over the weekend... last night, i boxed-up what i could so when eric comes over later to get my bed frame/mattress - we can move as much as possible... rain will be lingering both sat/sun so i want to take advantage of today's sunny and mid-60 degree weather... whatever we don't get tonight, we can grab tomorrow and/or i can grab on sunday when i clean - not looking forward to THAT but it must be done... hopefully, i can still take monday off but will have to see how full my plate is before leaving for the day... :)

last night after my final chiro appt, i ran over to big lots to get a few things (found more huggable hangers) and unknowingly - grabbed a small bag of cheddar cheese combos... this would definitely be an item on my list of 'what 5 things could you not live without' because i LOVE them... when i got home, i didn't feel like cooking (or using anything that i had to pack) so i had some lucky charms... what kind of dinner is that!? i counted the points at least but damn, that blows... :(

hope you all have a great weekend and i'll be back after the move... :)

happy friday...

p.s. if you need some kitchen items - pfaltzgraff.com is having a great sale!

*whew*

for what it's worth, thank-you scale gods for being so nice to me this morning (2.4 pounds gone!)... :)

had a busy day at work but managed to squeeze-in a 30 min. treadmill workout (intervals)... :)

mom came over to help pack-up my kitchen, she made dinner so that was nice (pork, sour kraut, and mashed potatoes - yum!)... we used up most of the boxes i had, so i'll have to bring more home this week so i can finish up tomorrow night and friday... my bedroom and closet are still a disaster area, but think i can just throw stuff in shopping bags, etc. and call it a day on saturday... i'm hoping to have most everything out by then, so all i have to do on sunday is clean and remove anything that's still here like food in the fridge, etc.... poor max is so confused - all the furniture is gone and he keeps walking around like he's lost... i can't wait til he's with his bothers 24/7... :)

oh, and check-out what was waiting for me on the front steps when we got home from work yesterday... eric said that i kept talking about wanting a real mixer, so he bought me a belated bday present - how awesome is that! now i just need to figure out what recipe i'm going to christen it with... and yes, it's sitting on our new baker's rack since it's too big to fit on the pantry shelf - this sucker is heavy too! :)



happy hump day...

are you kidding me?!

i caused a stir at work today - all i was trying to do was point-out that it would be nice to know the status of things, on this huge project i'm working on... the person i deal with, in editorial, is notorious for saying things like, "you'll get file X tomorrow" and then i don't, and i have no idea when i will be getting it... so i wrote this email this morning, with my boss's help, and sent it to all parties involved... i guess someone got their panties in a bunch and was upset, and then had the balls to lie and say she HAD been telling me things... both my coworker and boss heard her in my office yesterday and know that's not the case, so why bother lying? i just don't understand... later, my boss got an email that said a list has been in the works - meanwhile, i've never seen it and it would've eliminated everything that happened this morning... c'mon people - work with me here! we're all on the same team! :-p

(end of rant)

eric and i got anxious last night and decided to move my bedroom furniture (sans bed) and my tv... this week may be crazy and with the threat of rain on sat/sun, we thought we should take advantage of what we could last night... it's now in the garage, and my couch is now in the LR which the cats have been LOVING! to them - it's something new to play under, jump-on, and most of all - cover with hair! wahhhhhhh! we stopped at panera bread on the way home but they were closed, so option B was chipotle. (eric was considerate enough to ask which was a better option for me)... i did fairly well considering their menu, and i skipped both the sour cream and guacamole (which is a first)... :)

tonight, i'll be heading home and i have to clear-off my bed since we dumped all my drawers on there last night... i also need tackle my kitchen, walk-in closet, bathroom, and eventually - dismantle the computer... i told eric i wasn't sure how i was going to watch tv in bed now since my dresser is gone (and the tv is now sitting on the floor)... oh, how i'm going to miss watching tv before going to sleep... :(

happy tuesday...

are you wearing green today?

Happy St. Patricks Day!

i have on a green sweater today, and that's about all you'll be getting out of me for st. patty's day - never been my thing really... wasn't really the 'bar' type person in college and even after, i thought irish bars smelled funny and i hated the music (sorry!)... i don't even like guinness - never have, never will - just too damn bitter for me (you're talking to someone that adores bud light lime)... so for those that will be celebrating later - have fun and be safe... :)

sorry for the lack of posts - this weekend was a flurry of activity, though no moving was involved because of the weather, and sunday was pretty much shot because of my niece's bridal shower... i did take a car-full of stuff to goodwill on saturday though, and i mean a carload - even the front passenger seat had stuff on it... and just when i cleared out my DR, i cleared out my balcony closet and now the DR is full of bins and more boxes again... eric may come over tomorrow and take a load to the house, and that will still leave at least 3-4 loads til my place is empty... having 2 full weekends left is comforting to know, and they say it will be warmer and sunny on sat/sun so i think i'll be okay (crosses fingers)... i spoke w/the rental office on saturday and i have to do my final walk-thru on 3/30 with the head maintenance guy - i will have to make sure that any sign of max is gone since he's been living there illegally for 5 years... shhhh.... ;)

like i mentioned above - my niece's bridal shower was on sunday in harrisburg, which meant a lot of driving in crappy weather... it was your normal event with food, games, cake, etc. but not very organized or well-managed time wise... we got there around noon and i think she finally got around to opening gifts around 3:00... she got a LOT of pyrex but then again, you can never have too many mixing bowls or baking dishes, in my opinion... it seems like yesterday when i got the call, at my boyfriend's house, that she was born... 21 years sure goes by fast (sniff*sniff)... :)



happy tuesday...

back and forth

i'm thankful that the scale was kind to me this morning and only showed a .4 gain this week... with everything that i have going on these days - painting, packing, moving - it's easy to put exercise on the back-burner on the weekends... but my goal this week is to get outside at least once on sat/sun, esp. since they say it's going to be in the high 50s... though i feel like i've done okay with WW since re-starting in january - one can see that i've had more gains than losses so i need to pick-up the pace a bit... i could easily put the blame on my body, since it's still adjusting to no b/c and being on synthroid again, but i feel that's a cop-out and need to take more responsibility for what i'm doing... i stopped tracking last weekend and understand that's not an option if i want to be successful at this game, so off to eTools i go... :)



my apartment is starting to resemble a war-zone - boxes everywhere, stuff on my dining room table, and piles of things going to goodwill... the only room that looks semi-normal is my bedroom and will probably remain that way until closer to moving day... i was going thru the drawer of my hutch and found a bunch of pictures that my sister had given me - most were of me when i was very small, some with my beloved dog, sandy, and some with my hamster, spot... one picture made me choke-up for some reason - i was maybe 3 or 4 and it was of me, helping my mom icing a cake in our kitchen... funny how things like that can affect you 30+ years later... there was also a photo of me wearing a sombrero and one of me sitting next to a b/w cat on the couch - it's obvious my love of mexican food and animals started early... so after i had a good cry - i cleared out some kitchen cabinets (how much corning ware can a girl own?) and a shelf in the kitchen - tonight, i will tackle my walk-in closet... :)

and yes, i watched that stupid after the rose show last night - i think i'm going to be sick...

happy hump day...