got the word today from my physical. My cholesterol is good but my triglycerides are high. Dr. F recommends Milk Thistle for that. I am vitamin D deficient - so I get to take a vitamin D supplement. Nice.. And here is the fun stuff. I am pre-diabetic. (and now for the collective, "duh") I need to try and lose some weight and get some exercise and then go back to see Dr. F in 4 months to check my sugar again. I read today that a vitamin d def. can affect your blood sugar. Mine is probably just from eating crap and not getting enough exercise. That and lovelies like chocolate pudding cake and homemade blackberry ice cream. It's all Britt's fault!!!! ha.. just kidding. Scary stuff. How much more do I need to try and scare me in to getting my life together? ugh.
I'm getting a lot done at work this week. It feels good to be sort of getting caught up with stuff. I just need to keep up the momentum. I have cooked dinner four nights in a row now.. wow. It's getting better..I'm getting the house cleaner.. Praying the laundry fairy shows herself soon though.
Well, YUCK
Sales ... & stuff
So I am thinking about going in to some sort of sales, but I'm not sure what. I don't like selling things where I have to beg people to buy what I have for sale. I hated selling radio. I don't want to do any kind of home party sales thing. Too much work and not enough money.(also adds tons of "stuff" to my already junk filled life) Plus I am not organized enough to keep that stuff separate from my personal stuff and I don't want to handle money any more than I already do at the church. Money stresses me out. ha! I want to do something that would allow me to work very part time and have much flexibility but something that I could actually enjoy and make a bit of money at. I'm not talking about instant wealth (although that would be nice). So, what could I sell that is something people need and want, something that I won't have to push on people, and something that I could make a bit of decent money at? Suggestions? When I say a bit of decent money - I make very little right now - so adding 10K or so to our annual income would be a great big help. Real Estate? Insurance? (can you sell insurance part time?) Do you HAVE to have a nice car to succeed in sales? I would definitely have to have a redo on my appearance. I don't think frumpy housewife who doesn't like to wear makeup would fly. ha! We have to be able to increase our income in order to get ahead and start saving. yuck. conflicted.
Why didn't this post yesterday when I wrote it??
It's Friday night, nearly 12:30 in the morning. 15 years ago this would be just about the time I was getting started. Now I am just tired and wondering why I didn't go to bed an hour ago. I'm still a night owl and probably always will be. I guess I got that from my Mom. Elijah has inherited it from me but I think Hannah took after her dad. She goes to bed pretty early.
Condo life is starting to lose its shine. The condo that is directly behind ours is vacant and being remodeled. They don't start with the noise terribly early, but it's noise just the same. Loud power tools and music. I love music and normally don't mind it, but our houses are soundproof enough that the music just comes through the walls like muffled noise.
We have unpacked as much as we possibly can. We honestly don't have room for anything else. We have a storage unit that is packed to the gills and our little place is still lined with boxes. It's starting to get to me. How did I accumulate so much stuff?
I don't even want to get started on the animals. Duchess has thankfully found a new home. The cats and smallish dog are enough to make me nuts right now (not that I am far from it anyway!) I love the furries, I really do. I just don't like the fact that we are in such a small space they seem everywhere. We are used to being in small spaces - staying at the Ronald McDonald all the time. I just wish we could figure out what to do with all the "junk". AND I wish I could teach the cats how to use the toilet instead of a litter box. I hate the litter box.
Okay.. I have whined enough. On the plus side of things, I am loving being back in the area we live in. Elijah is enjoying the pool nearly every day - which is awesome. He's getting great exercise and building strength. We are also liking the break we are seeing from big utility bills. I think our electric bill was less than $100 last month. That's amazing to me. So.. we will stay in the little condo for a couple more months. I am already looking for the "perfect house" for our family. I think my obsession with looking so soon is making Britt nuts. I think we are going to try to move mid October. Not far and probably still not going to buy anything. Just a rent house preferably with a small yard, a few hundred more square feet, and a 3rd bedroom. Maybe we will luck out and find one with a state of the art kitchen.. ha! A girl can dream, right?
People you see in airports
I wish I had the nerve to take pictures of some of the wacky things we see while traveling. Mainly the outfits that people wear. Last week was one of my favorites. Lovely guy wearing board shorts and bright pink Crocs. I overheard him telling the man standing next to him in line that he was on his way to Chicago to teach a class on impulse buying. Seriously? I wanted to ask him if the pink Crocs were an impulse buy or if had planned to purchase them. I felt bad - because then I thought surely he would come up with some story like the Crocs had belonged to his late mother and it made him feel close to her to wear them when he travels - or something tragic along those lines. I let it go. I didn't take the picture and I didn't judge. Elijah got a big kick out of it though. Then (again in Chicago) getting ready to board our flight home we see a another nice young man (late teens - maybe??) wearing shorts that he looked like he borrowed from Hannah with a tight tee (also could have been from Hannah's closet) and BRIGHT RED SUSPENDERS!!! oh my.. It was too much for us to hold the giggle back from this one! Especially when we saw the big burly guy standing next to us looking at little pinnochio in sheer disbelief. It's not about homophobia - it's not about judging others who are different.. I walk around the airport with a bald kid - believe me when I tell you that I am sympathetic to those who are different. It's just about the humor of the clothing choice. I know what we wear should be about our personality and reflect who we really are, and that's fine. Really.. I had my days of dressing outlandishly and fully expected people to stare or point fingers. I think that's why I did it..
I wonder if anyone has pictures floating around of me and some of my crazy outfits.. someone other than my grandmother.