do first things first!

Heading up to the lake later today – hot weather is promised for the end of this week, and I hope it won’t be like Silvie’s retreating horizon.

• personal trainer: meet this morning at 10am
• pack up for cottage (remember to consult my list of things I don’t want to forget!!)
• remember to eat wisely, if I’m to make progress on my weight goal!

Didn’t get a lot done yesterday – it was too hot. However, from the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success! So, on to today.

• work out
• remember when eating to pause about 15 minutes before going for a second helping: I might be more full than I realize
• continue with tidying and decluttering

There was a quote posted in the gym the other day – I don’t remember it exactly, but something like, Don’t let what you think you want now get in the way of what you know you want in the long run. I like this quote. I find it so easy to sabotage my own eating and exercise goals by giving in to what I “feel” at the moment. So easy to say, I’ll start again tomorrow.

What I really want is to have some sexy boudoir pictures taken of myself, before I get any older! I want to feel good about how I look, and have some photos of myself that don’t make me cringe. I taped the advertisement on the wall above my laptop, to remind myself of my long-term goal. I hope this will help me say no to temptations, and focus on my eating and exercise resolutions. I want to lose my 10lbs by September, be a little more toned, and feel good about going to the photographer in the fall.

• -meet with personal trainer-
• -pick up Mouse from day camp-
• try new carrot/zucchini casserole recipe
• visit Mom
• clean out some more boxes

• do strength training workout
• pick cherries – the tree is laden
• try making vegan mushroom-pecan burgers
• visit Mom
• sort out some stuff to go to Goodwill this week
• get C and Mouse sorted out for their respective camps tomorrow

Happy Birthday SnowLeopard!

• drop Q off at cart camp
• visit Mom
• work out
• return handweights. Did I tell this story already? I bought them, brought them home, and realized that they were broken and had been cleverly repackaged to be sold again to some unsuspecting customer. Argh.
• plan something for dinner
• head out to track to watch Q’s cart race
• Love my man, who will be home sometime in the afternoon

Off to the lake! Everyone enjoy a happy Canada Day on July 1st!

See you all on 7 July!

• visit Mom done, and she was actually in a good mood
• pay J, and tell her take the summer off done. sigh of relief
• make bean brownies for Q’s class in the oven!
• ready receipts for treasurer
• do tons of laundry
• take Q to last violin lesson before summer
• return violin
• pack to go up to the lake
• verify P can check on house while we’re gone

• -appt with personal trainer-
• -deposit cheque for H-
• -deposit other cheques and rolled coins-
• -purchase supplies for Teacher Breakfast and leave in school fridge-
• -purchase TY cards for departing teachers-
• -pink up ice rink sign and put into storage-
• -attend C’s grade 6 graduation-
• -Bubs’ friend visits after school-
• visit Mom
• organize receipts

Today we’re moving Mom from the “temporary” nursing home she’s been waiting at for 15 months, into a place that’s just 15 minutes away from our house.

• Move Mom
• Try to get back in time to take Bubs and Mouse to their year-end gymnastics show (hope we won’t miss it!)
• Relax. Breathe. Be grateful for DH. Trust that things will unfold in the best possible way.

Back in the saddle again. Mouse and Bubs had some weird virus through last week, and the weekend was busy with numerous things, including visiting my mom.

Anyway, some news: DH has decided to leave the company he helped co-found last autumn. Partly because he is finding it difficult physically to be at a computer 8+ hrs a day, and doesn’t want to reawaken his computer strain injuries. Partly, he isn’t feeling passionate about what he’s doing; he says the other guys will be arguing over what path to pursue, and he finds himself thinking that he really just doesn’t care.

So, soon he’ll be working at home again. Happily, he’s able to part with his partners on good terms. And next, he and I will have to talk about where we’re going to go from here – what each of us wants to accomplish professionally, and how we can help each other, or whether there might even be some projects we can work on together. This may result in my overhauling my goals to suit.

Well, back to FTF:

• eat mindfully
• physio exercises
• dinner plans??

Other:

• take lunch to Bubs and Mouse at school
• watch C’s gymastics performance tonight
• buy more “New England Boil” cat food (cat’s favourite) before Charlie drives me crazy with his meowing.