Time Marchs On

Well life has been marching on. School has been going great. I am getting better with the typing, still have a ways to go. Last Sunday the kids came over to watch the game. My daughter is a Cardinals fan and my son is a Redskins fan. My daughter brought all kinds of good stuff to eat. I had to leave early to go to church. I taught my class and it went ok. I didn't feel like I was very prepared. Next month will be better.

On the food and exercise front?? Well I have been been making pretty good choices. I am down on the scales as of yesterday morning. Still wearing my size 14's. I feel really good about myself at this time. Going to enjoy it, cause I know that the tide can turn, and then I will be back to self loathing. Walking every morning at least 2 miles. I love listening to The Mormon Channel. It's an app I get on my phone and it is full of such good stuff. Technology is the BOMB!

I still have boxes that need to be unpacked. My new place is bigger then my old place. I feel like I need more furniture. Alas, I have no money for anything new. It will just have to echo in my downstairs. I do LOVE it here though. It was so nice to have a decent air conditioner and lots of room for my kids and GKids on Sunday!

Tonight I am going to a dinner for my BFF. It was planned my another friend of hers. Lots of friends coming so it should be fun. That other friend kind of drives me nuts, but she has a good heart and shouldn't be that way. My daughter will be there as well, so I am glad of that.

I am writing my descriptive essay on my Little Lady that I took care of a year ago. While writing it I cried a little. I really miss her. Mr. King had a stroke, but it looks like Mrs. King is going to keep me employed. Bless her heart. I don't know how long it will last. There is really just a limited amount of stuff to do at her house now, and I am sure a care center will cost her lots of money. They aren't rich, by any stretch of the the imagination. I am strangely not freaking out. Something always come up for me. I will be putting feelers out there to see if I can find something else just in case. I am still going to Mrs. H. We went to see The Debit yesterday. I really liked it. Still trying to clean out her house, but it's kind of a loosing battle :(

I guess that's it for the week. I have missed not having my blogroll, but it has forced me to branch out and read other blogs that I haven't read before. This really is a great community of people! Have a great weekend. I have a baby shower and then a church broadcast tomorrow evening.

Keep the mood and the food real................

Comments

  1. E. JaneSeptember 23, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm so glad I found yours, and I will be back. Have a great weekend!

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  2. GraceSeptember 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Hi Dana! I also thought about you as we headed to Arizona, but I knew my focus had to totally be on my husband the whole time. Going to Sedona was a bit of a last minute impulse, and we didn't stay long...just enough to eat lunch and then walk into a few shops.

    We loved Flagstaff, and may be going back just for fun in the future. If we do, I'd love to meet up with you somewhere!

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  3. bbubblybSeptember 25, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Sorry to hear about Mr. King, hope something else comes up for you. Yes it does always seem like we are watched over. Hope you have a nice weekend. (hugs)

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  4. Anne HSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    Lucky for us, there's no shortage of Mr and/or Mrs Kings - that need a great nurse like you!

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