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Getting Back to the Basics!

Good evening!!

This seems like it has been a really crazy busy day!!! I have just gotten home from a REALLY REALLY LOOOONG day of work, a quick run to pick up a couple of my FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME, Pride and Prejudice, and The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (both in hardback, for my collection), and then dashed off to the grocery store to pick up dinner!!! WHEW!!!

Now I am going to confide something to you that maybe not a lot of people know about me, and for some of you this may be TMI, BUT, I LOVE when I get to come home, slip my shoes off at the door, get something cold to drink, tonight it is sugar free Orange Creme sparkling water, hang up the work blazer, and slip OUT OF MY UNDERWIRE BRA!!!! WHOOOO-BABY!!!! Now, I realize I might have just lost some of you there, but HONEY!! I am TELLING YOU!!! Talk about that feeling of, “LOOK, HONEY, I’M HOME!!” SAH-WHEET BLISS!! 😉

Thank you for letting me share that with you!! LOL! My sweetie and I are getting ready to sit down to a really late, light dinner, and then, of course, we are going to watch another episodes of Bones tonight. We are still playing catchup on NetFlix, and watch on average one episode per day, which is pretty good seeing they are about 45 minutes a piece!!

Hey, I just realized that if I wanted to, I could do exercises for 45 minutes while watching Bones every day, just to make sure that I get my time in. If I have time enough for Bones, I surely have time for EXERCISE!! What do you think???

I also picked up a copy of Martha Stewart Living this evening, I haven’t read through one of those in over 10 years – WOW! Has it really been that long!?? I remember when Jason and I were first married we didn’t have a lot of money for any kind of material things are for doing much more than finding free stuff to do, but if I was ever having a particularly rough week, my sweetie would manage to rustle up the funds to go pick up a copy of this magazine for me. I would just spend a whole lazy afternoon skimming through pictures, reading the articles, getting inspired, and dreaming about my future life that I just knew I was going to have – I may have to spend some time doing that this weekend!!! Simply DIVINE!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!

Note to Chunk Dunker’s: Take some time to reward yourself for a job well done today! Look for something that you did well, it could be large or small, and treat yourself to some pampering, time with a friend, maybe some flowers?? You will not only feel great about doing something good for yourself, but you will reinforce your positive behavior and it may subconsciously help you want to do that good action again!! GO CHUNKY DUNKER’S!!!

A Late Posting!

Good afternoon!

I know this is sooo untypically me, getting to my blog so late in the day!! I really do try and get at least SOMETHING written before I head out the door in the morning. Unfortunately this morning, I just couldn’t seem to manage it!! I have been working so hard at the office, and under such pressure, that I am now at the point where I dread going – I know, such a SELFISH attitude in an economy where there are literally thousands of people who would LOVE to have my job!! I am really just constantly stressing about it, and I seem to be doddling more and more to get out of bed and to get ready to go!

Do any of you ever experience the Sunday night blues? You know, when Sunday evening rolls around and you start thinking about how having to go to work the next morning and maybe feeling a little blue about it? Well, this happens to me by Saturday morning!! UGH! 😉 I dream about the day that I can LOVE my work!! That it feeds my authentic self and I feel tired, but energized by spending all day doing it!!! I don’t know what that job looks like, but I know it is out there for me!! I am looking for you!

Anyway, even though it is rather later today… 

Have a FABULOUS day!! 😉
~Christina

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In the Home Stretch!

Good morning!!

I have to give a shout out, and a THANK YOU to my sweetie and my niece, Megan, who made pretzel sticks and other goodies yesterday!!! These are some of my favorite sweet-treats, and it is so cool to know that they are so quick and easy (AND FUN) to make!! 😉 I get to take some for work today, and I know my co-workers will enjoy them!!!

Talking about work, you may have noticed that I am posting earlier than I normally do this morning. That is because I am in the home stretch of this CRAZY work schedule I have been keeping!!! My co-worker and I are working split-shifts for the next two weeks, and I get the earlier stretch, so I will be leaving the house by 6:30 every morning to make sure I get to work on time!!! THANKFULLY, this will eventually mean that I will be able to get home earlier, but that will probably start next week!!! Which is a very good thing because I am now tossing and turning all night thinking and dreaming about work!!! I am sure that is only because me and my co-workers ended up working ALL WEEKEND!!! WHEW!!! It’s ok, we are almost done!! 😉

Well, I hate to post and run, but I will post again this evening!!! My self-crafted journal is done, and I will post pics of it this evening!! 🙂 I am off to go finish getting ready for work!! WISH ME LUCK!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS day!!! 😉

Whistle While I Work!

Good morning!

This weekend is kind of an odd weekend for us, you see I have to work! Mind you, I can telecommute, but still!! I have to clock in at least my self-appointed 8 hours for today!!! (and then I get to do it again tomorrow!!) I think since I have to focus so much time on that today, that is all I will say about it here – for fear of depressing myself!! LOL! 😉

Since this is not a “normal” Saturday, I have created a short “Honey-Do” list for my sweetie to accomplish today. 😀

  • Duct tape box upstairs so I can fill it for GoodWill
  • Clean kitchen
  • Gather dirty laundry – including bedding
  • Put 3 large flower pots into corner in back yard
  • Prep worm/compost bin out back
  • Tend to mini front yard (and when I say mini, I mean like 5 foot by 5 foot)

The one thing I really miss about having a house vs a condo, is that I miss having fresh veggies ever year, so I am wanting to have a small container garden out back this year. In one section I want an herb garden, and in the other section I want some simple veggie plants, like cherry tomatoes, potatoes, and maybe some spinach and dark leafy lettuce. I wanted these things last year too, but we didn’t make them a priority, so we will see what we can make of these dreams this year!!! 😉

Does anyone have any good ideas on vegetable plants that may grow really well in a large container??

Also, my little sister, Jennifer is going to teach me about recycling – I know – WHERE THE HECK HAVE I BEEN??? I am REALLY BEHIND in this area of my life. You know GOING GREEN!?!?! Ever since watching the documentary No Impact Man, it has really been a persistent thought in my head, that I have to do more to protect my environment!! So, this is where my new found motivation is now coming from, with a renewed vigor!! 😉

I will keep you posted of our progress!!

Oh, and did I mention – WE ARE PICKING MEGAN TODAY!!! WHOO-HOO!!!

Have a FABULOUS day!!! 😉

That’s More Like It!

Got home from work not too long ago, and I am happy to report that, TODAY WAS SOOO MUCH BETTER THAN YESTERDAY!!! WHOO!!! HOO!!!!!

Less stress!
Less yelling!
Less anxiety!
Less headache!
More work done!
More smiling!
More laughing!!

That makes me a very HAPPY GIRL this evening!!! My sweetie and I stopped off and picked up some made-to-order salads, which were quite delicious. Then we made a b-line for home so we could have our dinner, and get started with our evening!!!

I am going to do some more crafting on my journal this evening, and maybe do a little reading, although I am having some trouble getting into a new book. That is one of the dilemmas of having so many books – especially when almost half of them are yours because you inherited them. Their genres are TOTALLY different than what I am used to reading, which I know could be a REALLY GOOD thing, but I am having a hard time falling into a story.

Does anyone have any good books that they have read lately???  Talking about books, that reminds me – I have been talking with my sweetie about starting a book club, but I am not exactly sure how to go about finding book lovers like me! I had recruited one person, but now she is moving back to Arizona, *SNIFF*, so I am going to have to start over!! I LOVE reading, and I ESPECIALLY love reading books that have adventure, mystery, intrigue, some action, a lusty romance is always good, you know – kind of like one-stop-shopping!!

Some of my favorite reads are:

  • The Harry Potter Series
  • The Vampire Diaries Series
  • The Twilight Series
  • The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
  • Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
  • The Mortal Instruments Series
  • The Percy Jackson Series

But, what I would REALLY LOVE to read with a book club is all of the Jane Austen books! Jane Austen has written some of THE BEST heroes and heroines EVER!! They are complex, tortured, and ABSOLUTELY LOVEABLE!!!! Has anyone ever started a book club before??? How do you go about doing it?? How do you find people to join you?? If anyone has any ideas, or if anyone is in the Salem area and would like to join me – THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!! 😉

Anyway, I am off to go get get crafty for a little while before bed this evening! I am hoping to have a picture of my new journal to share with you by Friday!

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

A Snuggly Morning!!

Good morning!!!

I realize that it is only 7:20 in the morning, so it might seem early to be saying  this, but I must confess that I have already had  good day so far!!! I woke up with my alarm at 6, and decided that I wasn’t going to be in a rush today! I rolled over and asked my sweetie if he would be willing to wake up early too so that we could snuggle!! With me working so much right now, there hasn’t been too much quality time going on right now – just me coming home, crashing and burning!!! God bless him for being so patient and supportive right now!! 😉 Anyway, after talking, giggling, and playing with our puppies in bed, it was mutually decided that we had better get a move on if I didn’t want to be late for work!!!

So, here I am dressed and ready to head out for the day! I feel a good day coming for the entire day! Yesterday, I was able to get a REALLY LARGE task completed, which made me feel like I was ALMOST skipping down the 2 flights of stairs to head home last evening!!! WHOO-HOO!!!

Today, my sis, Alex, is going to meet me for lunch today, WHICH I JUST LOVE!!! and then later this evening her and her kiddos will come over again for dinner, and then afterwords we will do some more vision boarding!! As promised, I will then take pics of my vision board and post them here so you can see them! If she is cool with it, I will post her vision board too!!

SIDE NOTE: I don’t know if any of you know this, but my sweetie always makes me breakfast in the morning and brings it up to me while I am blogging in the morning, so I can get breakfast and my blogging done – DOES THAT MAKE ME SPOILED????? Ok, yeah – it does!! Anyway, this morning he brought up THE MOST delectable of breakfasts – scrambled egg whites, and a small le tartain!!! a le tartain is a section of fresh baguette sliced down the middle, to make two halves, (Parisian baguette, not American), spread with butter and jelly – it is HEAVENLY!!!!

Anyway, I am going to go and finish getting ready for work – I may actually be early to work today – WHAT A NOVEL CONCEPT!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS day!! 😉

A LOOONG Monday!!!

Good evening!

It has been a really, REALLY LOOOONG Monday!! WHEW!!! I got to work super early this morning, since I had an early AM meeting, had to leave at 1:45 pm because I had a not-so-pleasant dentist appointment, and as soon as I got back home I hopped online and got back to work – as soon as I saw that it was 8 o’clock, that was it – I was clocking out!!! WHEW!!! 😉

My camera got here today too! That literally MADE MY DAY!!! It is a lot nicer camera than what I had thought it was going to be, for some reason – not an unpleasant surprise, but still a SURPRISE!!! WHOO! HOO!! Today was ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! The sun was shining, it was even a little warm out today!! It was trying SO HARD to be a full-blown SPRING DAY!!! 😉 What an AWESOME DAY!!

Anyway, I KNOW that tomorrow is going to be a GREAT day too! but the BIGGEST difference for tomorrow, is that I am going to take a LOVELY walk in Bush Park, all the while, taking TONS OF PICTURES on my new camera!!!

I hope you all…

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

 

Happy Tuesday!

Good evening!

I am in the middle of my nightly to-do list!

  • Prep eBay packages for mailing – Done!
  • Mail eBay packages – Done!
  • Blog – Almost done!
  • Floss – Done!
  • Drink 2 liters of water – Almost done!
  • Track food – Almost done!
  • Spend at least 1/2 an hour sitting in quiet (meditate) – Not started yet!
  • Plan tomorrow – Done!
  • Spend some time going through magazines for donation – Not started yet!
  • Plan weekly dinner menus – Almost done!
  • Set out tomorrow’s clothes – Not done yet!
  • Put laundry away – Not started yet!
  • Schedule Friday’s bills – Done!!
  • Re-post unsold eBay packages – Not started yet!
  • Read for at least 1/2 an hour – Done!
  • Change your PC’s password – Done!

Whew!! I have gotten quite a few of those done this evening already, so that is good!

Jason is downstairs cooking dinner, we are having chicken parmesan tonight! I LOVE when he makes that – HEALTHY + YUMMY = PERFECTION!!!

In work news: This week is the first week of about 4 weeks that I will be working late every night. I can see how that it is helpful, already, since Monday, I have been able to get some of the tedious tasks done without interruption which has been good!! Although, my job is mentally draining, so I find that I am really tired! I have actually had some difficulty getting out of bed on time, so I will have to adapt so that I don’t have to do my entire to-do list at night time.

My mind is racing tonight! I just have so much yet to get done this evening!! I am in GO-GO-GO-MODE!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!! 😉

Sunday Evening News!

I got a call from my dad tonight! He was worried about me and wanted to make sure that I was doing well!! Well, I am so glad he called, because I feel soooo much better after talking to him!!! He has a way of putting everything into perspective!! My dad has become a very VERY important part of my life, and I am not sure what I would ever do without him!!! Thank you, Daddy!! I thank God for you!!! 😉

I have a busy week ahead, but I am optimistic that it will be a productive week!! I have my i-pod ready to rock out to during my work days, I have our dinner menus planned, my life simplifying tasks written out, and I am going into tomorrow with the idea that it will be a fresh new day, and all of life’s BEST are possible!!!

With that said, I am going to go upstairs and read a little bit before bed!!

I love you, Daddy!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

WHOO-HOO!

I am not going to give you any details, but I wanted to tell you that there has been something that has been really stressing me out for the past year or so at work, and today we heard some news that the problem is going to be going away.

WHO SAYS MIRACLES DON’T HAPPEN EVERY DAY!!!

Miraculous, you ask? – OH YES – MIRACULOUS!!

There is only one way that I feel I can sufficiently express my feelings on this issue!

Have a FABULOUS evening!