Guess who's coming early????

Hamin Lee!!!!

Ok, let's put it into perspective. She's only coming 2 days early. Instead of August 11th its August 9th. So, that will give her a few days to sleep and chill out at home before we go to Kentucky and see the Mammoth Caves. So, its all good.

Time is finite

Time - ok - daily allotted time - is finite. I have been away from this blog because I'm spending all my computer time lately on SparkPeople. If you want to get healthy, better yet - lose weight - this is the site for you. It is awesome. I was going to post my url, but decided that since I don't know who visits my blog I don't want everyone to see my weight so I didn't. If you're interested in this please email me.

All of my other time has gone towards outdoor work, exercising at the YWCA in the mornings on Monday and Wednesday, then Diversified - the new gym near my work on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday after work. I have a personal trainer and he's teaching me great stuff to help me with my knees and my shoulder. I love it. He pushes me but I tell him when I think its more than I can handle. He only lets me talk him into that if he sees the shake in my muscles from the weight. So far - I feel great. He's never pushed me to the point that I don't feel like exercising the next day. I was pretty upfront with him and said I just can't afford that. To keep losing weight I need to be able to exercise every day. So................then after all that time is taken up - there's not much left. So.......sorry otto - I know I've been lax on Monday Madness. Well, that's all for now. We got some rain so I'll be mowing grass now.

Condo girl takes a break

So........ what makes condo girl take a break you ask???? Dental work. When I was in South Carolina I broke a tooth. I was lucky it didn't crack down to the nerve. (thank you Jesus). So I dodged the bullet of the 'root canal'. But today was step 1 in getting a crown. My poor little tooth has been ground upon, the gum tissue all around it is very sad and sore. I loved the nitrous oxide. Its a relaxing little trip while you're under. Too bad you can't take a tank home until the tylenol kicks in. All the funny things you think to say you can't because the dentist is working in your mouth.

So...... tonight I created a new recipe and added it to 'sparkpeople'. I got a bunch of great emails and pictures from Ha-Min. It looks like they came on Sunday - not sure why I didn't see them. Oh well, she sure seems like a happy girl. I can't wait to meet her in person.

Today as I was driving to the dentist I realized how smart it was and how much more relaxing to allow time for the drive. When I scheduled the appointment in my work calendar I gave myself driving time. I always cut it too close - but today I didn't. It was so much less stressful. Then when I came home and my tooth hurt, even though I kind of thought I should go out and do more weeding, I took a nap to let my mouth get unnumb and let the tylenol kick in because my poor tooth was throbbing. Then I made dinner and continued with laundry. How much less stressful then working outside until 9, making dinner and doing laundry afterwards. Then I realized - who asks all these things of me. Okay - that'd be 'ME'! So........ the weeds will be there tomorrow.

Condo girl

Ok, I really think I should live in a condominium. A little outdoor work is enjoyable; even therapeutic. But gosh, yesterday I mowed grass from 3:30 - 7:30 and today I've been weeding around the house and digging up mounds of dirt for 3 hours and I feel like there's no end in sight. I want to enjoy life and not spend every minute away from work - working. There's got to be more......... I think I need to go on a trip. OK - so...... rather then complain about it, I decided to ask Rich to help me. I know he's been working on the remodeling, but its going to rain tomorrow and he has more muscles then me. So I continued weeding by my hosta and he and David started digging dirt and moving it. So now, its 7:00 pm and I'm going to get cleaned up and make supper, do laundry and bills. Things will get better. Its just a busy time right now because of spring - cleanup the beds after winter.

Sunday Sermon

The sermon at church this morning was awesome. Being a Christian should be enough. You know what salvation is, you know that all things on earth are temporal, and still the world can drag you down. Today at church it was a great refresher on how to have a happy spirit. The reminder was that today we celebrated 'Pentecost'. What enables you to have a free spirit??? The Holy Spirit. How do you strengthen that spirit within you? Read your Bible, go to bible study and church. The more you strengthen that spirit the more readily you can pull yourself out of the dolldrums of life. Well, have a good day. This one is starting off great. Thanks Pastor Schulz :)

Random thoughts

Yesterday I blogged a brain dump of my random thoughts. Posted it for 5 minutes then decided it was a little too much personal disclosure. So......... that'll keep you guessing.

Getting stuck in my brain...

Where is Ko? Why doesn't he call or write? Aren't we important to him? Why do I get so emotionally invested? Am I setting myself up again???

Monday Madness week of 5/21

This week's questions; all about birthdays! Have fun and thank you for playing each week. =)
1. Name one thing you received as a gift on your last birthday.
Dinner out to Red Lobster
2. What would be the "perfect" birthday gift?
a massage
3. Do you look forward to birthdays?
nope
4. On your birthday, do you treat yourself to something special each year?
I don't cook all day (I know what you're thinking - I don't cook a lot of days - haha)
5. Do you bother keeping up with your horoscope on a regular basis?
nope
6. What zodiac sign are you, and do you think you fit the description for that sign?
Leo - and yes - I'm outgoing and can be gregarious. I can growl like a lion - that's for sure. (ok - I know that's not part of the 'Leo' description, but it just fits with the lion thing).

I didn't think about this until after reading Granni39's answers, but I agree with her....... love is the best gift of all. My addendum to that is, the daily acts of love are what mean the most throughout the year. Words can be so damaging. I've delivered them and received them. I know how bad they can hurt. The tongue sure is a dangerous weapon.