Good and Bad at ATA Worlds

The Good:
Went to ATA Worlds TaeKwondo tournament this past weekend. Cool!! We drove up Friday night, did the thing on Saturday, and drove home. And I stayed lo-carb the whole way! (Except for purchasing ripe plums at a roadside stand and eating two.)

And yesterday I tried the crustless pizza at lunch, then did bad by eating a huge bowl of homemade ice cream that my brother mixed up. It was delicious! Last year, we only made ice cream one time, and just in case that is the limit this year I was *not* going to miss it.

And I'm down to 334!!

The Bad:
I broke the toilet seat in the hotel just by sitting on it. How embaressing! But I will remember that for a long, long time.

Kevin Moore - Inspiration

I just read about Kevin Moore, Jimmy Moore's brother. He has at most 1 year to live, he's dying from obesity. He weighs about 350. This weekend, I got on the scale, and I weigh 340. I've got to do something, and it has to start right now.

I'm too upset, I'll post more later.

Tummy Issues

Last night, I gave it to Willow and we ate Mexican. I at least tried to find the new restaurant north of Saltillo, but couldn't so we went back to our regular haunts. As usual, Willow didn't finish her meal, so I did. And I didn't get a salad, I got a chimmie. I had been so great all day, why did I give up then?

Well, I've paid for it. My tummy has hurt all night. And it still does! Maybe I shouldn't eat big meals at night. Maybe I shouldn't eat at night. Maybe I shouldn't eat. Yeah, that's it!

Still Not Yet Started Again

OK, I'm not real sure why this keeps happening. Yesterday, I finished Willow's breakfast of pancakes, I was so tired, so we ate Chinese for supper, and we got home right in time for bed. No cleaning, no dieting, no exercise. And I'm still tired this morning. Oh, well. All I can do is try.

Not-A-Father's Day

Well, I survived yesterday, known as Father's Day to most of the world. Since my husband died 4 years ago, and my father died 3 years ago, my daughter and I don't have fathers. So we celebrate Not-A-Father's Day! We gave presents to my brother, nephew, and father-in-law.

Strangly enough, this year really was the easiest to deal with regarding memories. In fact, the few times I thought of husband/daddy I didn't get sad at all, just a little nostalgic. Some things do get better with time.

The saddest part was saying goodbye to Brother Mike, our minister at St Luke's Methodist Church. He's been there for 9 years, and he's leaving to be a District Superintendent in Vicksburg. He christened my daughter, and buried my husband, father, and mother. I'm going to miss him. It's going to be weird getting used to a new minister.

I did not eat very healthy at Cracker Barrel last night, and I'm queasy this morning because of it. Back to few carbs!!

Not enough done, not enough time

It's the same old story, not enough done because of not enough time. But I did take the time to watch a movie with my daughter. And last night in bed, she wanted to just talk before we went to sleep instead of me reading her a book.

I'm going to post what I eat in this journal and exercise, as sort of a food diary. It won't be in any particular order, just for me and me alone.

No exercise, just cooked breakfast. We ate out for lunch and dinner. Not good, but it could be worse.

Right now, I'm cooking a lasagna for church, drying a load of clothes, and washing a load of clothes. Any idea how much heat that can generate in such a little bitty kitchen?!?! I have the door open, but it's still too hot in there. And since I can't stand the heat, I got out of the kitchen! (Sorry, had to say that. )

Anyway, that's my life right now. Placid, content, and happy.

Beginning

OK, this is the first day of the rest of my life. We've all heard this, but do we ever really take it to heart? It's really tough to think about the distant future (like even a year from now) when we have so much to do right now.



At the moment, I've got a dishwasher to unload then load again, a dryer to unload then load again, a washer to unload then load again, put out pre-emergent herbacide and fertilizer on the grass, mow the grass, pull weeds from the flower beds, clean out the car, get breakfast, take a shower, find father's day presents for Grandad and David, wrap those presents and more, do grocery shopping, help Willow with her summer homework, make something to take to church for lunch tomorrow, clip the dogs toenails, give the critters their monthly flea/heartworm meds, clean the aquariums and critter cages, clean the litterbox, fill the birdfeeders, and just general cleaning that must be done. And don't forget breakfast!



Who has time? It's hard to think about (much less do) the things that affect where I want to be a year from now. That would include practicing taekwondo, studying the A+ lessons to teach next week, practicing paino and/or harmonica, installing Linux on my laptop, and cooking for next week to make it easy to eat healthy low-carb. I have a headache because of the weather (but I'm not complaining about the rain since we need it). Even just getting up thinking of what all needs to be done makes me tired.



So, instead, here I am beginning a blog. That's great use of my time. NOT! But it is something that interests me, and it's something I want to do, so there! (Thumbing my nose at the world!)



I hope to update this every day or so, just as a way to journal life. Just keep in mind, it's not the journey, it's the destination. Where do you want to be? If you focus on just the journey, you wander around and never get anywhere. Where do I really want to be?