ARG! Its a doozy this time. Barely a whisper. I stopped talking Tuesday, but I try every day because you cannot really tell if you have a voice or not otherwise. I try once in the morning, then again in the evening. Nope, nada, not happening. Sigh.
Well, life must go on.
Today, I was determined to not feel sorry for myself and get things moving. Do you know how much your jaw starts to hurt when you don't talk? Wow!
So, I got up, and started my old plan of wiping the toilet, sink and bathroom mirror, and making the bed before I leave the room. I also gathered all the clothes and started a load of laundry. Then I sat down with my coffee. AHH!
After a while, I decided to start writing thank you notes for the Christmas gifts and those that brought us something at our Open House. 14 thank yous and 1 birthday card. That takes a while because I do hand write a note on each of them.
When I got through with that, I decided to take down all the Christmas decor. The kids helped me. Now I just remembered, I have not eaten today.
DH is working late, so I am all in for dinner - we are having pork chops with mushrooms, rice and a salad.
I may just take some more time and read this late afternoon. I love these slow days where I can get something done AND relax.
one husband......four kids......debt......sewing...... saving......cooking......yoga......sweet......chaos......life......
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Downtime
I am still getting over something. I am very chill - not worried about anything, not anxious, not restless - usually signs I am fighting something. I have no voice. I actually lost it Sunday afternoon, rallied for the party, but my throat was very sore and had a lump in it from overuse. That feeling went away with no use Tuesday. Today, no use either. I will probably go one more day not talking then try to talk on Friday.
It is frustrating to say the least, but at least my kids are old enough to read what I write and do not need me to fix their breakfast or lunch or anything really. The house is just really quiet.
Book anyone?
We found out what our new check will be now without the 401(k) and with social security back in. A much better place than we would have been without the inheritance - that's for sure.
Our 401(k) is now at $136,000! WOOHOO!!! So nice to see it over $100,000. I hear $225,000 is about the amount where things really compound. Cannot wait to get there.
Today, I am still contemplating habits and organization of my brain really. My motivation is low, but that is because I am not feeling great, so I am trying to wrap my head around developing good habits, using a planner effectively and gathering motivation to do what has to be done.
It is frustrating to say the least, but at least my kids are old enough to read what I write and do not need me to fix their breakfast or lunch or anything really. The house is just really quiet.
Book anyone?
We found out what our new check will be now without the 401(k) and with social security back in. A much better place than we would have been without the inheritance - that's for sure.
Our 401(k) is now at $136,000! WOOHOO!!! So nice to see it over $100,000. I hear $225,000 is about the amount where things really compound. Cannot wait to get there.
Today, I am still contemplating habits and organization of my brain really. My motivation is low, but that is because I am not feeling great, so I am trying to wrap my head around developing good habits, using a planner effectively and gathering motivation to do what has to be done.
The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as
interruptions of one’s “own” or “real” life. The truth is of course that what one
calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life—the life God is sending one
day by day; what one calls ones’ ’‘real life” is a phantom of one’s own
imagination. –C.S. Lewis
This quote spoke to me. It is true - all the mundane and everyday happenings that fill the day are life. Not what you sit around and conjure up in your brain that never comes to be. I guess it is what my mother-in-law considers "getting over yourself". This past year of living in flux really got me off track of managing our daily lives - I developed a ton of bad habits and am easily distracted from what needs to be done.
2018 is about me getting back to myself and reaching out to others (as well as getting healthier), but I think they all go hand in hand. When one is managed, the other come more easily and feeds into another which help stays focused on the former.
Alright, enough of all of that, I am going to go finish my very overdo library book.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Open House on New Year's Day
Well, we did not have as many come as we thought, but that is because of the flu epidemic that is going on. About 10 families called us yesterday morning about the flu! UGH! Glad they did not come.
Other than that though, the little get together was great! DH's boss and co workers came as well as some of my friends. About 20 altogether. As opposed to the 60 that RSVP'd in the positive.
Before anyone got there, I tried to get some pictures of the food we had out, but I only grabbed 4 before people started coming - it was a hectic morning! We had the normal - veggie and olive area.
Instead of making a new dessert, we just set out the leftover cookies from Christmas - these are the haystacks - chinese crispy noodles with butterscotch and peanut butter - some had peanuts in them and some not. We also had some cookie and cream sticks (gift we received) and light lemon crackers with a dusting of sugar that are melt in your mouth good (also received as a gift).
We found this gorgeous wooden cheese tray on clearance and we snagged it for only $5! I love that the edge matches our countertop edge! Cheeses served (all gifts received) Colby, Swiss and Smoked Cheddar.
Something NOT pictured is the little silver dollar sandwiches we picked up from a local grocer here - they are so good and great for a light gathering - they come with ham, turkey and roast beef. My kids love them and so did the guests. We have some left over, but college boy is taking them with him when he goes back to school today - he will eat them on the way there.
I used some Kohl's cash to purchase the triple crock when it was on sale right before Christmas. I LOVE it, but I am a HUGE crock pot fan. I made a corn and jalapeno dip, spinach artichoke dip and a simple queso using Tostito brand queso adding some milk to thin it out and added nacho jalapenos.
In the big crock pot, I made BBQ Sausages. Only I added some local link sausages as well as little smokies. For the recipe, I put only about a tbsp of brown sugar in it and added about 1/4 cup of spicy brown mustard. The guest went freaking gaga over them - they were excellent!
In addition, we had my famous Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade Punch, Sweet Tea, Coffee and Green Tea via Keurig, as well as one side of our sink filled with iced water bottles, wine and beer.
We felt that everything went very well, everyone was complimentary about the house and with most of the guest being Chinese, we talked about traveling quite a bit - it got the travel bug in me going, but we have to get out of debt first!
Overall we got a lot done with the house while DH was home. I am not looking around going - we need to do this, we need to do that. Homeschool was organized and I am ready to start this year fresh and clean.
Other than that though, the little get together was great! DH's boss and co workers came as well as some of my friends. About 20 altogether. As opposed to the 60 that RSVP'd in the positive.
Before anyone got there, I tried to get some pictures of the food we had out, but I only grabbed 4 before people started coming - it was a hectic morning! We had the normal - veggie and olive area.
Instead of making a new dessert, we just set out the leftover cookies from Christmas - these are the haystacks - chinese crispy noodles with butterscotch and peanut butter - some had peanuts in them and some not. We also had some cookie and cream sticks (gift we received) and light lemon crackers with a dusting of sugar that are melt in your mouth good (also received as a gift).
We found this gorgeous wooden cheese tray on clearance and we snagged it for only $5! I love that the edge matches our countertop edge! Cheeses served (all gifts received) Colby, Swiss and Smoked Cheddar.
Something NOT pictured is the little silver dollar sandwiches we picked up from a local grocer here - they are so good and great for a light gathering - they come with ham, turkey and roast beef. My kids love them and so did the guests. We have some left over, but college boy is taking them with him when he goes back to school today - he will eat them on the way there.
I used some Kohl's cash to purchase the triple crock when it was on sale right before Christmas. I LOVE it, but I am a HUGE crock pot fan. I made a corn and jalapeno dip, spinach artichoke dip and a simple queso using Tostito brand queso adding some milk to thin it out and added nacho jalapenos.
In the big crock pot, I made BBQ Sausages. Only I added some local link sausages as well as little smokies. For the recipe, I put only about a tbsp of brown sugar in it and added about 1/4 cup of spicy brown mustard. The guest went freaking gaga over them - they were excellent!
In addition, we had my famous Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade Punch, Sweet Tea, Coffee and Green Tea via Keurig, as well as one side of our sink filled with iced water bottles, wine and beer.
We felt that everything went very well, everyone was complimentary about the house and with most of the guest being Chinese, we talked about traveling quite a bit - it got the travel bug in me going, but we have to get out of debt first!
Overall we got a lot done with the house while DH was home. I am not looking around going - we need to do this, we need to do that. Homeschool was organized and I am ready to start this year fresh and clean.
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