Just a Spoon Full of Sugar

Birthday Party!

We have another birthday party to attend today!  I picked up J from school and we went shopping to get a gift.  He picked out a beautiful Barby doll.  This is for one of his favorite friends, Hannah.  He adores her.  They usually ride the bus together and it is so cute.  Hannah is just a doll.  I am looking forward attending her party today.  The other Mom's will be there and we can chat and we also are going to get our Pampered Chef stuff today from A.   I have met so many new friends since J started school.  It's really cool.  I actually am starting to have a social life!  With real life friends that live in the same area as I do!!  I feel like the odd duck on my parenting message board since I am the only one living on the west coast and no one ever comes out my way, so it's good to have friends that you can go to dinner with, chat with and have fun with.   Very cool!

Next week is going to be busy.  It is Parent/Teacher conference week and then the next week is Spring Break.  I have so many things going on with my choir performances, work, J's school, PTO, Site Council and home stuff.  The weeks are just flying by!

I have a nasty cold, so I am popping cold medicine like candy. 

Okay, need to get in the shower and get ready for our fun day!

I Think I Need an Intervention

I talked to my dear friend, Dorothy yesterday.  We worked at the same Medical Center when I lived in the Bay Area.  I miss my hospital friends, so we try to stay in touch.  We talked a bit about QVC.  Dorothy, I think I need a QVC intervention.  There was this GORGEOUS Tiger's Eye ring and it was only $24.50 and my fingers just immediately typed in the info and ordered it on-line.  It really is not my fault.  QVC makes it so easy.  You can either call an automated number and spend like 20 seconds on the phone and order an item or go on their website and order it.  But, Dorothy, they said that this ring sold out last time presented, so I had to order it early, right?

Sigh.  I love QVC.  I wish I could hit the lottery and just get this massive big screen TV and have QVC parties.  Fly all my friends in and buy them everything they want on QVC.  I have about 13 orders floating around in QVC/UPS land.  Jeff is getting teased at work because his wife has all this QVC coming in.  Sometimes, I wait all day for our UPS driver to come and Jeff has intercepted him and I don't get my stuff until Jeff gets home late that night.  I almost beat him up the last time he did that.  Doesn't he know that I need my Lock & Lock Storage containers?  Men.  They just don't get it.

It's Gems week on the Q.  Wow...look at that.  Okay, gotta run.  No more purchases today..no more...no more.

The Start of Another Week

Uggg.....I can't believe that tomorrow I start the whole process all over again.  I have such a busy week ahead of me.  I don't even know where to start.  I am going to have to just dive right in and get started on the office stuff.  I have put it off long enough and I just need to plug into my MP3 player and just do it.  I also want to get a menu going for the week ahead so I know what to plan on making.  These last minute decisions are just too hard and time consuming.

I am watching QVC, of course, and need to get my butt into bed.  Well, I am in bed, but I need to get to sleep.  Mornings are SO hard.  That reminds me...I need to take my vitamins.  I am trying to do as much as I can to get as much energy as possible. 

Okay, off to do what I gotta do!

Shame!!

I just read something that just ticked me off.  Apparently, some people feel that John Edwards and his wife's speech about her cancer progressing was selfish and simply a campaign strategy.  I was mortified when I read that.  Obviously, people who feel that way have never lost someone to cancer or have had to go through the horrible journey of cancer.  Whatever happened to walking in the other person's shoes?  It absolutely mortifies me to think that people can support a President who is sending our American men and women to die, but don't support a politician and his wife who courageously came out and spoke about the progression of her disease. 

It just makes me nauseous.  How many more months before this guy is out of office?  And how many more before people wake the fuck up?  Good grief!

Fun Day!

J had a birthday party to attend today and it was at the skating rink.  I decided to give it the ole college try and put on a pair of skates.  Now mind you, I have not gotten on skates in about 25 years.  I thought it would be like riding a bike and you would just pick right back up where you left off.  WRONG.  Thankfully, DH did not skate and helped me like an invalid around the rink.  I made one lap and landed on my ass once.  I thought I was never going to make it.  Obviously, I need more practice.  The fun part was that I got to bond with my new school friends.  There are some neat mothers that I have met this year and even started to socialize with.  They are SO nice and even though they all know each other, they embraced me into their group of friends.  I have a lunch date in couple of weeks before one of the school meetings.  DH has also gone to a lot of the birthday parties and helped set up and also done a lot of work at the school, so the gals really like him.  He is one of the only husbands who hangs out with the mothers and helps where he can.  They keep telling me how lucky I am to have him and they are right, but I don't want him to get a giant head, so I'll just throw him a bone here and there.  ;)

I am up at 1:00 a.m. in the morning watching QVC.  I have turned into a QVC addict.  Dorothy, if you are reading, remember when you bought things from QVC?  Well, now I have joined the ranks of the addict club.  They have such neat stuff on there.  I even set my alarm last night to wake up to watch a clothes show.  I can find clothes that fit me and they are nice clothes too. I just love it.  Although, DH thinks that I have gone overboard when he saw in my calendar that I had blocked out certain times when QVC shows were on.  Well, too bad.  I have done so many things for so many people for so long that it is my turn to have some fun.  I still am going to choir, getting my nails and hair done and have joined a gym.  I turned 40 and will turn 41 in July and I am not going to let it get me down.  I look better now than I did a year ago.  I put on makeup everyday even if I don't leave the house.  I am trying to get out of the funk I have been in for so long.

Okay, Antoinella from QVC just came on and I love her so I am going to go.  Ta for now!

What ya listening to?

So, what kind of music do you listen to?  I have music on both my computer and MP3 player and I always listen to Bette Midler's From a Distance.  It always brings tears to my eyes and puts things into perspective for me.   I love the lyrics.

Bette Midler, From a Distance

From a distance the world looks blue and green,
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
and the eagle takes to flight.

From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man.

From a distance we all have enough,
and no one is in need.
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease,
no hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance we are instruments
marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace.
They're the songs of every man.
God is watching us. God is watching us.
God is watching us from a distance.

From a distance you look like my friend,
even though we are at war.
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
what all this fighting is for.

From a distance there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
it's the heart of every man.

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves.
This is the song of every man.
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us from a distance.
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching.
God is watching us from a distance.

Funk

I am still in such a funk.  I went to my doctor and got put on a new med.  I feel like we are throwing all these meds and it is futile.  Like trying to put a bandage on a gushing wound..temporary measures.  I did get out side today and got some sun.  I had a banking issues with the business that I got taken care of, but it caused much stress this morning.  I haven't done much anything else.  I need motivation.  I am taking vitamins again and am instructed to walk down my lane once a day.  I haven't done it yet...I can't get motivated.  I will do it before it gets dark because I go back in 2 weeks for a followup with the doc and I don't want to lie about doing those little walks.

What a downer post.  I have been posting such awful threads.  I haven't participated in Thursday Thirteen in forever and I am behind on reading blogs.  I have cut back on my spending with QVC.  I still watch it, but not as often.

Okay, this post has to end because it is just pathetic.

Hmmmm

Okay, I think I am going to go to the doc and just have my blood checked for anemia or thyroid.  I am exhausted ALL the time and have ZERO motivation to do anything.  You know what I did today?  I took a shower, fixed my hair, put on my make-up and didn't go anywhere.  I have laundry needing done and tomorrow, I have to go to the rest home to pick up my aunt's laundry.  I do have a mammogram scheduled that I have canceled and re-scheduled so I guess I will go to that and just get it over with.

Okay, since I mentioned it here, I just scheduled an appt with my doc for next Tuesday.  I have been feeling blunky for a couple of weeks now and want to know why my energy levels are at rock bottom.  Will keep you updated.

Okay, going to go watch some Tivo shows that are piling up. Another lazy task.  LOL

Hot Sunday

It's like in the 70's here!  It is so warm.  We are being really lazy today.  DH is going to the store for me and I am sitting here watching some Tivo shows that I am behind on and also going back and forth to QVC.  I bought the Today's Special Value.  I definitely feel much better about myself after buying some clothes, makeup and jewelry.  I didn't realize how dowdy I looked in my over-sized T-shirts of DH's.

J is just now getting out of his pajamas and is going down with DH to feed the property kitties.  I hate this time change.  There aren't enough hours in the day and to lose one is just the pits.  It also will be harder to get J to go to bed, which is hard enough as it is.

Next week is PTO and I have to finish cleaning out the old office and move J's train table and toys in there so we can start on his playroom.  Basketball is done and we have a couple of weeks before T-ball starts.

I am going to start going back to the gym next week.  I have lost about 16 lbs so far, but that is just because I am drinking more water and drinking unsweetened tea.  I have cut back my soda intake by about 90%!!  Now just to add my exercise back in there and I should be good.

Okay, I am going to go back to being lazy today!!

Saturday

It has been a busy week.  It seems the week flies by and so does the weekend.  J is having more and more play dates and we went to a birthday party this last weekend. Today was the final day of his basketball games and we start T-ball next month.  Then comes soccer right when the new school year begins.  I can't believe that there are only three months left in the school year.  It has just flown by!

As for me, I am still going in all directions.  I got my nails done for the first time in a very long time by a friend I went to high school with.  Her son and my son are in the same class and get along really well.  In fact, we went to a Pampered Chef party last night and had a good time.  It feels so good to making new friends and connecting back up with old friends.

I still haven't forgotten my goal of medical transcription.  I will have enough money and enough motivation by June to start.  We really need a supplemental to our income so this will be really good.  It also will be good to use my medical training again and to do it at home.  The new office is still in transition, but we are getting closer.  Then the old office will become J's new playroom.  We have other remodel ideas, but I am going to have to be making some money in order for us to do it.

I am going to update my sidebar because it is a little old.  I have still been reading, but recently have become addicted to QVC.  I went on a little spending spree and it was like Christmas in February.  I have slowed down on buying, but continue to enjoy watching it.

Okay, off to tidy up my blog a bit.