Wow, I've been away from here for far too long!
Okay, quick update:
Not a whole lot going on here. We went to the States over Christmas to see my folks. It was great and wonderful and now I'm horribly home sick! That will wear off over the next couple of months.
We got home on Dec. 31st and I haven't done a whole lot since! I got so out of my routines while we were gone that it's been a real struggle to get anything done. Even work has been suffering, though I'm getting that back on track.
As for the house, it fell into total CHAOS. From the time we got home until earlier this week I did so little, this place was a dump. Finally on Monday morning I kicked myself in the butt and forced myself to just do SOMETHING, I didn't care what just do something. I did the laundry and got it all done. Woohoo for me :)
Each day this week I've done the same thing. . . forced myself to do something. Today I did the WHBH for the first time in ages. The house actually looks pretty darn good now.
This afternoon I'll be re-jiggling my CJ and loading it into my iPod. I figure I have it with me all the time, so it makes sense to have all my lists there. My CJ in a binder just gets stuck somewhere and I never look at it, my iPod on the other hand is in my hands a million times a day. I think using it to store my CJ will work well . . . fingers crossed!
Friday, 16 January 2009
Thursday, 30 October 2008
A whole long weekend to myself!
I've just sent Simon and Sophie off to Yorkshire to spend a long weekend with Simon's parents. They'll be back on Sunday evening. I now have the better part of 4 days all to myself!
After thinking about it and debating several options (most involving spending four days in bed), I think I've decided what I'm going to do with my time.
I've already been to the store and got dinners for myself and all the little bits I'm going to need. Before they left Simon gave me money to get through the weekend. After getting dinners I still have £40 left (I got some really good deals on yummy meals), so I think this afternoon I'm going to take myself out for a little while and maybe get myself a treat. I'm thinking a new book or two. The more grown up part of me says "just because you have money doesn't mean you have to spend it" while my inner brat says "yeah but I'm alone for the next few days, I deserve a little treat". The brat is winning out at the moment!
Tomorrow I'm going to have a good cleaning day. There's no-one here to get in my way so I can get a fair bit of decluttering done. Then since no-one will be here, it shouldn't get messy again :)
Saturday will be my running around and doing stuff I need to do day.
Sunday I have church in the morning, then I think I'll relax for the rest of the day until they get home.
It's nothing terribly exciting, but it's not often I get this much time to myself. The last time was about two years ago when they went to Yorkshire for a week. I didn't get anything done then as I was staying up all night watching the Tigers lose the world series. I'll be more productive this time :)
I do miss them though. They haven't been gone long, but the house is so quiet.
They'll have a great time, and so will I!
After thinking about it and debating several options (most involving spending four days in bed), I think I've decided what I'm going to do with my time.
I've already been to the store and got dinners for myself and all the little bits I'm going to need. Before they left Simon gave me money to get through the weekend. After getting dinners I still have £40 left (I got some really good deals on yummy meals), so I think this afternoon I'm going to take myself out for a little while and maybe get myself a treat. I'm thinking a new book or two. The more grown up part of me says "just because you have money doesn't mean you have to spend it" while my inner brat says "yeah but I'm alone for the next few days, I deserve a little treat". The brat is winning out at the moment!
Tomorrow I'm going to have a good cleaning day. There's no-one here to get in my way so I can get a fair bit of decluttering done. Then since no-one will be here, it shouldn't get messy again :)
Saturday will be my running around and doing stuff I need to do day.
Sunday I have church in the morning, then I think I'll relax for the rest of the day until they get home.
It's nothing terribly exciting, but it's not often I get this much time to myself. The last time was about two years ago when they went to Yorkshire for a week. I didn't get anything done then as I was staying up all night watching the Tigers lose the world series. I'll be more productive this time :)
I do miss them though. They haven't been gone long, but the house is so quiet.
They'll have a great time, and so will I!
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
I'm a freak :) So says a friend
I was talking with a friend of mine today and the subject turned to reading. She very proudly told me that she's never read a book from start to finish. Okay, fair enough, she isn't a reader. But then she told me with a fair bit of disgust that her oldest daughter "always has her nose in a damn book". That hurt my heart a little. My daughter loves to read and I encourage that to no end.
Anyway, her daughter joined us a little later, and she did in fact have her nose in a book. Not wanting to leave her out of the conversation I asked what she was reading, was she enjoying it, what else does she like to read, questions like that. The look on her face when I showed an interest was priceless. She's a fairly shy girl, but she became so excited talking about books. When it was time for me to leave I promised her I would bring some books over for her to read this afternoon.
I headed back there with my daughter and delivered the books I had promised. It was like all of her Christmases had come at once! Again we got talking and she asked if I liked to read. I told her I do and I usually get through one book each day. Then her mom butted in and said "God you're a freak, who would actually want to read that much?!". I said Thank You, gave her daughter a little wink and we left again.
It makes me sad that my friend can't encourage her very clever child, but at the same time it makes me very happy that I could help the girl by being someone she can talk to about her love of reading and by giving her some good books to get her teeth into.
I'm a freak, and proud of it :)
Anyway, her daughter joined us a little later, and she did in fact have her nose in a book. Not wanting to leave her out of the conversation I asked what she was reading, was she enjoying it, what else does she like to read, questions like that. The look on her face when I showed an interest was priceless. She's a fairly shy girl, but she became so excited talking about books. When it was time for me to leave I promised her I would bring some books over for her to read this afternoon.
I headed back there with my daughter and delivered the books I had promised. It was like all of her Christmases had come at once! Again we got talking and she asked if I liked to read. I told her I do and I usually get through one book each day. Then her mom butted in and said "God you're a freak, who would actually want to read that much?!". I said Thank You, gave her daughter a little wink and we left again.
It makes me sad that my friend can't encourage her very clever child, but at the same time it makes me very happy that I could help the girl by being someone she can talk to about her love of reading and by giving her some good books to get her teeth into.
I'm a freak, and proud of it :)
Monday, 27 October 2008
FLYing, falling and fluttering agian
Over the last few weeks I've had a hard time keeping myself FLYing. It's not the housework that's causing a problem, my house is actually in fairly good shape, it's outside influences that I've been stumbling over.
I had an issue with the guy next door just over a week ago that left me shaking and scared to go outside. I'm slowly getting better, but it's going to take some time. At this time I can't walk our my front door without feeling the panic rise. It will pass, but it's hard to deal with sometimes.
Another big stumbling block as been my source of encouragement, the FLY forums. In the run up to next weeks elections I've seen a few things that have made me doubt my fellow FLYers. Some people who I thought were the nicest, friendliest, most helpful people have shown another side. They seem to take such joy in attacking those with opposing political views with such venom. It hurts my heart to see it. I've decided to avoid the forum a little, or at least avoid the section these attacks are taking place in. Though it's hard to seek encouragement and help, and try to offer the same, in a place that seems so full of hate right now.
It looks like "Love thy neighbour" no longer applies to either situation.
Maybe taking myself away from all the drama and hate will allow me to start to flutter again. I want to love myself as much as I love everyone else.
I had an issue with the guy next door just over a week ago that left me shaking and scared to go outside. I'm slowly getting better, but it's going to take some time. At this time I can't walk our my front door without feeling the panic rise. It will pass, but it's hard to deal with sometimes.
Another big stumbling block as been my source of encouragement, the FLY forums. In the run up to next weeks elections I've seen a few things that have made me doubt my fellow FLYers. Some people who I thought were the nicest, friendliest, most helpful people have shown another side. They seem to take such joy in attacking those with opposing political views with such venom. It hurts my heart to see it. I've decided to avoid the forum a little, or at least avoid the section these attacks are taking place in. Though it's hard to seek encouragement and help, and try to offer the same, in a place that seems so full of hate right now.
It looks like "Love thy neighbour" no longer applies to either situation.
Maybe taking myself away from all the drama and hate will allow me to start to flutter again. I want to love myself as much as I love everyone else.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
At least we got to spend most of the day together
Yesterday was our 7th wedding anniversary, it was also Simon's appointment with the eye specialist.
We dropped Sophie off at school (she was very excited that Daddy was dropping her off) then got the bus out to the hospital. We got there about an hour early, we didn't know how long the bus would take or even if we were getting the right one so it was better to be safe than sorry. Since we had a while before his appointment he treated me to a coffee, that would be my anniversary present!
When it was time we found where we needed to be to see the doctor. Then we waited and waited and waited. His appointment was for 10.15, he saw the nurse at 11.15 and didn't get in to actually seen the specialist until gone 12. Of course his time with the specialist lasted all of about 20 minutes. They did what they needed to do, sort of answered our questions, then sent us on our way.
We then hunted down the bus stop and . . . . waited and waited and waited! :)
We've never gotten the bus to or from the hospital before, so again we didn't know how long it would take to get back into town. Once the bus came and we hopped on we thought it would only be a few minutes. Wrong! This bus goes all over half of England, I swear. At one point it was near out street so I told Simon we should get off and walk the rest of the way. He didn't want to as the bus would eventually stop in town (near his office). 30 minutes later we did finally make it into town.
We got off and said our good-byes. He went off to work for the afternoon and I went to the grocery store to pick up stuff for dinner (his anniversary present) then headed home. By the time I got back here I had 10 minutes to put the shopping away and try to grab something to eat before I had to go get Sophie from school.
After being so sick over the weekend I wasn't (and I'm still not) feeling 100% and the day really took it out of me.
It was a long day with lots of waiting and a fair bit of stress, but we got to spend our anniversary together so that makes it okay :)
We dropped Sophie off at school (she was very excited that Daddy was dropping her off) then got the bus out to the hospital. We got there about an hour early, we didn't know how long the bus would take or even if we were getting the right one so it was better to be safe than sorry. Since we had a while before his appointment he treated me to a coffee, that would be my anniversary present!
When it was time we found where we needed to be to see the doctor. Then we waited and waited and waited. His appointment was for 10.15, he saw the nurse at 11.15 and didn't get in to actually seen the specialist until gone 12. Of course his time with the specialist lasted all of about 20 minutes. They did what they needed to do, sort of answered our questions, then sent us on our way.
We then hunted down the bus stop and . . . . waited and waited and waited! :)
We've never gotten the bus to or from the hospital before, so again we didn't know how long it would take to get back into town. Once the bus came and we hopped on we thought it would only be a few minutes. Wrong! This bus goes all over half of England, I swear. At one point it was near out street so I told Simon we should get off and walk the rest of the way. He didn't want to as the bus would eventually stop in town (near his office). 30 minutes later we did finally make it into town.
We got off and said our good-byes. He went off to work for the afternoon and I went to the grocery store to pick up stuff for dinner (his anniversary present) then headed home. By the time I got back here I had 10 minutes to put the shopping away and try to grab something to eat before I had to go get Sophie from school.
After being so sick over the weekend I wasn't (and I'm still not) feeling 100% and the day really took it out of me.
It was a long day with lots of waiting and a fair bit of stress, but we got to spend our anniversary together so that makes it okay :)
Saturday, 4 October 2008
God bless the health service!
Well, Simon and Sophie are alright, but I had to have the emergency doctor out this morning.
On Wednesday I was woken at about 4 in the morning with intense stomach pains. It lasted for most of the day then suddenly went away in the afternoon. Again this morning it woke me up shortly before 4. I couldn't move, breath, talk, heck I could hardly think. After several hours of walking and crawling around the house (it was too painful to stand at some times) I woke Simon up and asked him to call the emergency doctor.
Now what you do is call them, tell them what's wrong then someone will call you back with advice. The whole thing can take hours. Usually they call you back with something you can do for yourself or they ask you to come into the hospital.
Simon called them and talked to someone who said a doctor would ring back. Five minutes later they did. Simon talked to the doctor because I couldn't (I was in tears at that point), and the doctor said they would send someone out. I didn't expect that! They hardly ever make house calls and when they do it's generally for the very old or the very young.
The doctor was here within 30 minutes.
From the time we first called to when the doctor was here looking at me was less than an hour. Considering we were warned in the first call that it could be up to 2 hours before anyone called back, I thought that was amazing.
So, the doctor looked at me and decided it is either gastritis or gall stones. More likely gastritis. He's given me antibiotics and told me to see my usual doctor in the week if it flares up again.
It's eased off now to more of a discomfort than an intense pain, I'm very thankful for that. The only pain I've ever had that was worse than that was child birth!
Now for something I totally blame FlyLady for. I was showered and dressed to the shoes before the doctor got here, I'd also done my full morning routine. I know I could have just curled up and waited, but doing a few things gave my mind something else to focus on.
I'm sure I'll be fine now, though there was a scary few minutes when they wanted to send an ambulance! Thankfully it didn't come to that.
I am very thankful for the quick care I got today. It was far more than I thought I would get. The doctor was great and the whole thing went so smoothly. Many people complain about the emergency doctor service, but I have nothing but praise for them!
Now I'm going to try to relax then get an early night tonight.
On Wednesday I was woken at about 4 in the morning with intense stomach pains. It lasted for most of the day then suddenly went away in the afternoon. Again this morning it woke me up shortly before 4. I couldn't move, breath, talk, heck I could hardly think. After several hours of walking and crawling around the house (it was too painful to stand at some times) I woke Simon up and asked him to call the emergency doctor.
Now what you do is call them, tell them what's wrong then someone will call you back with advice. The whole thing can take hours. Usually they call you back with something you can do for yourself or they ask you to come into the hospital.
Simon called them and talked to someone who said a doctor would ring back. Five minutes later they did. Simon talked to the doctor because I couldn't (I was in tears at that point), and the doctor said they would send someone out. I didn't expect that! They hardly ever make house calls and when they do it's generally for the very old or the very young.
The doctor was here within 30 minutes.
From the time we first called to when the doctor was here looking at me was less than an hour. Considering we were warned in the first call that it could be up to 2 hours before anyone called back, I thought that was amazing.
So, the doctor looked at me and decided it is either gastritis or gall stones. More likely gastritis. He's given me antibiotics and told me to see my usual doctor in the week if it flares up again.
It's eased off now to more of a discomfort than an intense pain, I'm very thankful for that. The only pain I've ever had that was worse than that was child birth!
Now for something I totally blame FlyLady for. I was showered and dressed to the shoes before the doctor got here, I'd also done my full morning routine. I know I could have just curled up and waited, but doing a few things gave my mind something else to focus on.
I'm sure I'll be fine now, though there was a scary few minutes when they wanted to send an ambulance! Thankfully it didn't come to that.
I am very thankful for the quick care I got today. It was far more than I thought I would get. The doctor was great and the whole thing went so smoothly. Many people complain about the emergency doctor service, but I have nothing but praise for them!
Now I'm going to try to relax then get an early night tonight.
Friday, 3 October 2008
What a strange sort of day
It's been an interesting and fairly productive day so far.
I got Sophie to school early and I was home again before 9. I got all my housework done before 11 and I've done all my real work for the day. It's not even 2 year and I'm all done. It's a great feeling.
Earlier I got an email from my high school English teacher. I haven't seen or spoken to him since I left school. It was interesting. I can't say I've thought much about the people I left behind when I left school (and then the country), but it was a nice surprise to hear from one of them. I know there were a lot of unanswered questions when I left, and part of me feels bad for having never explained it to anyone, but it was too painful at the time and now it doesn't seem relevant. I suppose if anyone asks then I'll tell them, but I'm not going to make a point of it.
So yeah, interesting and productive, a good day so far :)
On the matter of everyone's health, Sophie hasn't come out in anything so I'm feeling fairly confident that she wont. Simon says his eyes don't feel right, but they haven't gotten any worse. We're seeing the specialist on Monday so we'll mention it to him and see what he has to say.
I got Sophie to school early and I was home again before 9. I got all my housework done before 11 and I've done all my real work for the day. It's not even 2 year and I'm all done. It's a great feeling.
Earlier I got an email from my high school English teacher. I haven't seen or spoken to him since I left school. It was interesting. I can't say I've thought much about the people I left behind when I left school (and then the country), but it was a nice surprise to hear from one of them. I know there were a lot of unanswered questions when I left, and part of me feels bad for having never explained it to anyone, but it was too painful at the time and now it doesn't seem relevant. I suppose if anyone asks then I'll tell them, but I'm not going to make a point of it.
So yeah, interesting and productive, a good day so far :)
On the matter of everyone's health, Sophie hasn't come out in anything so I'm feeling fairly confident that she wont. Simon says his eyes don't feel right, but they haven't gotten any worse. We're seeing the specialist on Monday so we'll mention it to him and see what he has to say.
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