*~* Fall Forward Friday *~*

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 5:53am

Good morning everyone. Ok, I have decided I don't like this green

Miss P




 

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 6:21am

I am sooo looking forward to my day today. I'm planning to stay home all day and clean which greatly surrpises me. I have

Miss P




 

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 8:11am

Good morning Martha.

Nancy

"Make Choices that bring you joy"  cl-Patty


 


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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 8:13am

Good Morning,

Another chilly day here on LI with the prospect of rain moving in. DH is not going to be happy-he has several outdoor projects on hold and the weather hasn't been cooperating with him.

Today was a non workout day which meant an extra hour under the covers for me. That extra hour feels good at the end of the working week. It's Friday which always makes me happy. I'm hoping the workday goes by quickly. I finally said something to my boss about the nonresponse to my request for my vacation days. He apparently signed off and passed it down to the other end of the office and there it disappeared. It really disturbs and annoys me that we have to put everything in writing and put it "just so" and then you're left hanging. I've certainly never abused my time. In fact in 14 years I've only had one year where I've had to use all my sick days, rarely use my personal days and make sure I keep within my vacation time-just a sore point with me. Of course the offender who made the memos necessary is gone but her legacy lives on! Anyway, just a pet peeve that needed to be released.

Friday evenings are a take out and relax for the evening. I'm thinking of raiding DS DVD collection and see if there's something I feel like watching. I'll have to start it early so that way maybe I can stay awake through it all.

In spite of botching up the measurement of the ingredients in dinner last night DD declared that my turkey sloppy joes were the best ever. Guess it paid to make a mistake!

Rhonda-I do hope the situation with your Dad is cleared up. Sounds like a very sticky situation and that everyone will listen to the voice of reason-which you seem to have.

Margie-hope you enjoy your 1/2 day off. I'm looking forward to my vacation day on Monday.

Patty-sorry that your adventure for the perfect snowMAN didn't end well but sounds like you had a good time trying. And I do agree about the color and the size of the font. Even with my glasses on my posts seem very small and without my glasses pretty much impossible!

LI-Deb-glad to hear from you!

Terry-thinking of you during this difficult time.

Grace-hope the christening goes well. And want to wish you good luck with the stress test next week. I know you're nervous about it and just wanted you to know I'm thinking good thoughts for you!

Well that's about it from here. Hope you all have a great day and TGIF!

Susan

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:21am

Hello Martha :),


I'm still liking the green color. The font size issue is being worked on (I CL another board and reported that plus the fact that originally hyperlinks only showed when hovered over). That and other bugs are known and fixes are on the way.



DH has the afternoon off; originally, I had planned to stay home rather than work this afternoon but changed my mind. The therapist feels that DH doesn't get enough alone time, so I made the difficult decision to go to work so he can have time by himself. (He doesn't know I was going to take the afternoon off.) The upside is that I know he'll start dinner LOL.



This morning, I plan to haul the boxes of stuff from DD's room up to the attic. It took me months to get in there and tear down after she and the baby moved out. I finally had DH tear down the bed (she took the mattresses but not the frame). Then, a few weeks ago, I started cleaning out; everything is going in boxes, which we made room for by cleaning out the attic. My brother gets a kick out of our attic...even "messy" it has about 100x less junk in it than our parent's :-)).



Then, I'll vacuum the kitchen because the cat hair is really disgusting. I'm walking to/from work and will also do a strength workout today.



When you've fallen off the fitness wagon, are struggling to get in your clothes or continuing to make bad food choices it's easy to see yourself as a failure. You beat yourself up and wonder why can't you get your act together. It becomes a vicious cycle where your negative thoughts make it even harder to turn the situation around.



This is so me....I was just thinking last night that I'm kind of upset with myself that I haven't been able to keep myself in shape enough to go back to the USVI like I was 3 years ago. I feel like I've let myself down. Since I stopped working with a personal trainer, my fitness has gone in fits and starts. I re-group so often, I feel like re-grouping is the norm :). I also have clinical depression, and that is sometimes affecting me in ways I don't always realize. I decided last week that I need to take care of my health; it's not necessarily about fitting into that size '6' again. It is about not shrinking (like my SILs have)...I'm 5' 3" I can't afford to shrink :). I am someone who does well until about 4pm. I started several months ago eating a slightly larger lunch and afternoon snack, which has made it so much better, and I don't feel like eating everything including the plate and silverware at dinner time :).



Thank you for this post. I tend to be really hard on myself so stepping back and realizing I'm human, not a machine, is helpful.



Judy

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:36am

The day you had planned today, being Martha Stewart was my plan for yesterday.

“You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” -Brian Tracy
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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:36am

Good morning everyone........it is Friday and I am off from the paying job. I plan on doing the same as Miss P, or Martha as she is known by today. I have already had my morning walk............got that in before the rain started, I have already done 3 full batches of laundry, placed a grocery order with Peapod, made some Steel Cut Oats and will enjoy them in a few minutes with a second cup of morning tea. From that I will head to Target and pick up a few cleaning supplies to get me going into the late morning, my groceries won't come until tomorrow morning and I have to clean today or else the board of health will be knocking at my door. I need to get my nails done but will wait until Monday after work. I will just repolish them myself todayafter I finish my cleaning. I have two

Debbie

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:39am
Lighted Snowman
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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:46am

You look

Miss P




 

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 9:52am
I think my sister got that one or one

Miss P




 

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Fri, 11-09-2007 - 10:44am

So this morning I’m sitting at the kitchen table with my cup of coffee making out my ‘to do’ list for the day and decided I better start a ‘to do’ list for the ‘season’.

Karen


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