Thriftshop

So I'm on the mend today and I ventured out with the boys. The girls were distraught watching me get ready to leave.
We went to Hillsboro to get new (to us) tires on the suburban then out to what was supposed to be breakfast but ended up being lunch at Frishes (the only redeemable thing being the vanilla coke especially since we are days from the switchover to pepsi at Frishes). Then Bubs was all about stopping at some junk stores... Sometimes that kid surprises me. He and the Hubs bought some junk and then Bubs let me pick him out an outfit for the upcoming basketball homecoming spirit day Thrift Shop. That's pretty exciting. He chose a denium carthart vest that has wooly on the inside and a plaid long sleeve shirt with cords. Yeah. Pretty thrilled actually.

Crud

Feeling like crud the last few days. Doing activities that can be done while lounging on the double wide chair.

The other day Bub's was telling us his Spanish teacher is a 'pretty smart lady'. He likes to throw around his knowledge and apparently she is making this difficult because she knows so much. He got in a small jab about a turtle and its classification and her comeback was a very scientific sermon. He was 'put in his place' I suppose. Quite funny to hear him tell it.

some things i should be able to get done today...
print printables
read attachments
paint my nails

Bible Studies

Attended my first Beth Moore Bible study this evening. Not sure this is for me. Anymore it takes a lot to make me want to leave my family and pups and go out after I just got home from a long, exhausting, although enjoyable day at work. I'm looking for something personal, extra, insight, relationships. Instead I showed up to a room of a few other women who chatted a bit then we basically watched a video and said good night. Not what I was thinking. Of course it was my first night and I missed the first meeting last week so I didn't have any insights or learn anything the week before. Here's hoping this week in the workbook homework will sway me over to looking forward to this.
I am looking forward to another 'Bible' study I am currently 'in'. My friend G read a chronological Bible last year and said she was starting it again this year. I asked if I could join her. We'll be meeting in the next few weeks to discuss our month's reading. That should be interesting. I've been taking notes, and jotting down thoughts.
I'm seriously thinking next year I'll host a Bible study in my house, once a month. We'll read some selections and then we'll talk it over, dig in deep, relate.
Alrighty I'm off to read for the evening and sip on some throat soothing tea. Somethings caught in there and I'm hacking. 

Snow Day #6

Well there is that. We are now past our days but goodness knows I would not want to get out in this cold! Temperatures were in the negative teens with wind chills we've never heard of around these parts :)
I've been watching Rosemary and Thyme episodes the last few days. A good British mystery show.
Can't seem to get anything done. Not motivated to move for the last 7 days. Yesterday I cleaned the kitchen. The laundry is done up but that's about the extent of it.
Yesterday we watched 007 Skyfall, a James Bond flick. The hubs and I that is, the teenager had already seen it apparently.

I need to get into the groove of dailies:
Weighing 1st thing
Drinking water
Bible reading
Drinking green tea
Write in my Berry Basket journal

Snow Day #5

January 6th and our 5th snow day. Yikes. Not so good al. But needed. It is currently negative 1 degree. Even Stella won't stay outside long. 

First Saturday

Loving my new fit bit.

Working at home today to get caught up on scrapbooking.. ok not caught up but moving toward being ready for Jan 31 scrap weekend.

I finished watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy and reading Game of Thrones.

The girlfriend came home with the teenager. We made pizza and they are watching a movie while I act like I don't exist. Joy.

Sunday… reading Eleanor and Park and completely loving it…
But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.
need to watch Billy Jack

Snow Day #4 from Thursday Jan 2

Today's Main Goal...
Finish Game of Thrones! That left me with little time for much else. I've been reading it since November. Geesh, at least it is super good.
And then we ended up with a house guest so I stopped to clean up our house a bit. I'm hosting some crafters tomorrow so I would have had to do that anyway by the end of the day.
Hubs has been watching/listening to Lord of the Rings movie trilogy with me. I'm not that impressed with the movies but I am impressed Hubs has hung in there. Bubs quit about an hour into the first movie. Can't blame him.

Here's to 2014!

Another year has come and gone... so fast!
This morning I am working in my studio organizing iPhoto, Shutterfly, Walgreens and Snapfish. Not going smoothly of course.  I taxied the teenager from his New Year's Eve party to his girlfriend's house for the New Year's Day. Hubs left to fish at 6 this morning. Now back in the studio trying to organize and clean. I'd like to get to the playing part but no so sure about that today.
I've revamped my resolutions... really just recopied last year's since I've shifted more towards
Top Ten Things to Focus On
1 Follow my personal plan- if it's important it gets put into the routine
2 Get skinny/Eat Less Move More- pitiful that over the last decade I've continued to get heavier each year
3 Read my Bible plan- starting over
4 Focus on Family- spending quality time with them and feeding us healthy meals
5 Read an hour a day/200pgs including one YA from my library per week
6 Be Nice- less judgement, more grace
7 Spend Less
8 Clean and Organize
9 Create Daily
10 Watch movies and series

Added some books picked up here and there to my collection and updated my lists.
Cleaned the studio table off.
And now it's almost 7pm and I'm sitting down to read. Finally!