Woke up this morning after getting a good night’s sleep and felt like doing something for a change. I got a batch of fudge made successfully (I think). I put a chicken in the crock pot to roast. Felt good to get a few things done this morning.
I carried all the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter material to my car so it is ready to go to the post office in the morning. The clerk doesn’t like me getting there before 11:00 so plan on arriving a bit after that. It will feel good to turn those over to the post office.
I will have another load to take to recycling while I am in Cottonwood Falls in the morning. The mailing material comes in a lot of boxes that need to be recycled. I am reusing a couple of them to put my Christmas things in. The rest I will take and dump tomorrow.
Last night I got my kitchen cleaned. There were a couple of things I hadn’t taken the time to put away from our Thanksgiving feast and got those taken care of – a bit late but better than never – right? I had made quite a mess dipping the chocolate things and needed to get that mess cleaned up. I’m grateful I didn’t stop with that but went ahead and got the rest of the kitchen cleaned up.
Not much on my calendar this week. The window guys will be here all if not most of the week finishing up the window installation. It will be good to get that completed this week. The weather is to be good all week and in the 50’s and 60’s so they should be good to go. I’m grateful it won’t be so cold when they remove the windows. I am anxious to see how they do the big ones on the west side in the living room. Those will take them some time as will the three high windows that they will need a huge extension ladder to reach.
I’m going to go to Emporia either Monday afternoon or Tuesday afternoon. I need to go back to the Chiropractor and I have some errands to run in town. I need to pick up the last few things I need for Saturday and go to the bank to make a deposit. Ellexia got some mail so I need to get that to her.
I think I found someone to come measure and give me a quote for blinds for the new windows. Thanks Cyndi! It will be much easier to have an expert come to me and let them measure and show me their different products. It is hard to order something like that on-line. I will wait and have them come after all the windows are installed so they can get accurate measurements. Not sure what the time line is from order to delivery but will deal with whatever it is.
So far today I have eaten on plan for the first time in over a week. I fell off the wagon again and need to get refocused. I had some soup last week, which was OK, but I ate some crackers with it. Crackers are like a gate-way drug for me. Once I eat something that has flour in it, I start craving more flour products and am hungry all the time. It is hard for me to stop that cycle once it gets started. Hopefully today is the beginning of getting back on track. I set myself back four weeks by taking a week off. Oh well, there is no real time table that I was on and this really is the easy part – getting the weight off. Keeping it off is much harder. Crossing my fingers that I am back on track.
Kathy and I were talking this morning about how neither one of us can do moderation. We are all in or all out. None is easier for me than some. I don’t seem to be able to just do some. Once I cross that line, I want more and more and can never get satisfied. If I don’t do any, I am more satisfied. Weird I know but that is how we are wired. I think that is what they call addiction. Hi, my name is Kay and I am a food addict.
Chips and crackers seem to get me in trouble fast. I know this from the past but it didn’t stop me from going there again. Someday I will conquer this! Just not last week.
Sitting with a quiet mind today. I am caught up with things around here and have lots of empty space ahead. I feel good getting back on my eating plan. Now to get my ass moving and get started exercising. That is next on my self-care list of things to do and get started before year end. Maybe this will be the week.
Grateful the fudge turned out OK today, grateful the kitchen is deep cleaned, and grateful I am back on my eating plan.