Working and working.....and getting a reward!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014


I woke up this morning at 9:30, which was a lot better than the 7 or so that happened yesterday.  I can live with 9:30, especially since I just read for a while before getting up.  I did finally get up just after 11, and got into Happy Homemaker mode, getting the dishes all finished and also doing a load of towels.  Busy, busy, busy!
I also started a stew (venison) for our supper tonight, then discovered that I didn't have the veggies that I wanted to put in it, so I had to plan a trip uptown between the downpours of rain.  The rain was weird today, too, it would downpour hard, then stop for a bit, then downpour again (just when you thought it was stopping for the day, or at least a while), over and over.  I, of course, just played on the pute while doing my household chores and finally decided that I best get my ass uptown while the rain had stopped for an half hour or so.
I made a good choice, time-wise, I suppose.  It didn't start pouring down until I was ready to pull back into the driveway - I was less than a mile from home - and I was very glad that I only had one bag of groceries and could put my jacket over my head like Cornholio to run - okay, walk fast - into the house.

I got the grocery bag unloaded, and instead of getting right back on the pute, I started doing my exercises.  The dryer stopped (I had re-started it just before I left), and I went in to check the towels, to make sure they are dry.  They sure should have been - that was the third go-round!  They were, and I went back out to get back into my exercises, and I decided to text Josh to make sure he was stopping tonight, and, to my surprise, there was a text from Ron, saying that he was on his way home!  I totally missed hearing my phone go off!  I guess I was in the laundry room.  I answered him so he wouldn't worry about me, and then texted Josh, then went back to my exercises.
Ron came in while I was still doing the standing-up exercises in the kitchen, then Josh stopped in while I was doing the laying-down exercises in the living room.  I got up to give Josh the bag of stuff I had for him to take home (Zombie cookie cutters!) and we visited for a minute or two, then he left.
I got the veggies into the crockpot, then went back to my exercises, although he texted just a few minutes later to let us know that we had a rainbow in our back yard.  Of course, I had to get back up and go take some pictures!  I love the gift of rainbows in our back yard!
After taking pictures, I came back in and finished my exercises while Ron set up Quantum Leap so we could watch an episode or two before I had to take a shower, then leave for my TOPS meeting.

We only managed one episode, then I quickly took a shower, got myself lotioned and dressed, and left for my meeting.  I weighed in, and voila I have lost 1.2 pounds!  Lost!  Yay!  I am so glad - after the gain on Saturday morning, I was worried.  But maybe the exercises and all are finally kicking in - I certainly hope so!
I get home from my meeting and we ate our supper, which was really good, after cooking for so long.  I had forgotten to put the envelope of stew mix in, so it ended up being more like a big ol' veggie soup, instead of thick like stew, but it was still very good.  I had 2 butter breads with mine, too.  I figure you gotta soak up the juice somehow, right?
When I put my food and exercise in MFP, I had enough calories left to put in for a popcorn & milk snack, so I will enjoy that when I go to bed, which will be soon because I am tired.  I still came in under my calorie goal for the day, too!  Yay, me.

Tomorrow I get to drive back down to Kroger for his tonic water.  Fun.  That's my only plan.