what are the big ticket items and little ticket items on your mind these days?
biggies: dd and her growing up, financial security and making the correct decisions over the long haul, finding peace in my weight maintenance journey
small stuff: what tunes to down load onto my iPod, birthday gift for a friend, whether to cook this morning or later, which DVD to rent
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
I'm fortunate that I don't have any really serious big worries right now.
some medium: ds passing geometry
Some small home repairs that need to be done.
small: Gas prices (and other rising costs) Paid $3.70 a gallon (for the cheapest gas, bought two gallons to get me down the hill) in Kings Beach. Went down into the "Valley of Cheap Gas" (what my sister calls going down from Tahoe to Sacramento ) and filled up in Dixon for $3.37 a gallon. And here at home... it is $3.47 a gallon.
I remember when I didn't even know the price of a gallon of gas... because filling up the tank was $20. Very glad that I've never had a big car/truck.
Originally posted by Nbox: Big: floundering at work and also dealing with rampant hypochondria. I'm 44 and painfully conscious of my mortality - what a combination. Who am I anyway?!
Wow, do I remember going through THAT. One of the suckiest periods of my life. I know it sounds silly, but I had had myself convinced for much of my adult life that I was only going to live until the age of 42, so you can imagine that the year of my 42nd birthday was rife with anxiety and potential health crises.
Actually, I DID have a health crisis around that time--whether it was brought on by my anxiety or separate from it, I don't know, but it was very scary.
Hang in there, Puck--it does pass! And it gets better and better!
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7217 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Peg, regarding Mother's Day...a friend of mine who lost her mother very young and does not have children has taken her dad (who is in a nursing home) "out" for Mother's Day for several years. My step-grandmother (who came into step-children who were all over 18 and who lost her mother very young) hosted a brunch at her home after church every year.
Big: Finding a piece of land we want and buying it near the boyfriend's family in southern Illinois. Saving money to build/furnish our "dream" home on the land over the next 3-5 years, and finding jobs there.
Little: Being understaffed at work at a time when the work load is increasing.
Challenge Goals: *10 minutes of unplanned exercise five times a week *Gym time twice a week *Socialize at least once every two weeks.
Everything feels pretty big right now! Let's see if I can't get some perspective...good question! I think I'm more in Big, Medium and Small.
Big: Moving back to my hometown in 20 days. I'm making good progress on packing but holy moly is it a lot of work. It's all good though...LOVE my new house and I really do think it's going to make life much, much better. Will be 10 min from my dad's doorstep and just more able to be present for him and almost all the important people in my life. Knock on wood...all real estate seems to be going very, very smoothly. The universe may be making things up to me for my last nightmarish sale.
I have to have minor surgery on 4/11. I don't wanna but I've been putting it off since December and I just gotta get it done.
The anniversary of my mother's death is approaching 5/4. I have no idea what to expect, just as I have been surprised at almost every turn of this process but I'm sure it'll have its moments. Some say this is worse than the initial grief. We'll see. Along these same lines, I really want to figure out something positive for Mother's Day. I was in the throes of brand new grief last year but even then noticed that being childless and motherless on MD was not really a great thing (I can't actually think of anyone else in my life in that boat at this point. I have friends that will be eventually but right now, I'm the only one I know of that doesn't at least have step-children). I either need to find something to do at home and just avoid being out and about (the totally innocent questions people asked that day seemed really tough) or I need to find some way to make the day better for others and myself. Not sure which direction I'll go. I'm willing to hear suggestions if you got 'em.
Medium: Health issues for my loved ones. Nothing very, very serious but 4 different health issues/surgery situations brewing besides my own. My SIL, my father, my best friend and another friend. My best friend's surgery is a logistical nightmare and the week of my closings/move.
Work is fairly stressful right now on a couple of fronts including the likely need for me to go back to San Juan, PR sometime next month. It's not as much fun as it sounds! LOL
Little: I am doubling my housing costs. I can swing it but will need to be much more vigilant with spending than I've had to be in a long, long time.
There are lots of things I will want to buy/do at the new house. Just need to do what I can as I can and not get impatient. I plan to be in this house for a long, long time. It doesn't have to all get done right away.
I need to lose some weight I've let creep on but more importantly got to get back to eating a more balanced diet (and actually think the weight will follow). I'm totally out of the cooking/planning healthy food habit at this point but the new house is a new oppty to get those habits reestablished. Stay tuned....sure you'll all hear lots about that.
I need to figure out what I'm going to do about exercise after I move. I will lose my walking buddy and I think I need to change what I'm doing to something more intense, less often.
I need to work on developing my next level of FLYing in the new house with developing some new routines.
I guess, big items right now are finding a home to live in or even making the decision what we want to do, stay in this house---not sure, move to a different house in the area, or totally move. We chance out thoughts every day.
Another biggie is to decide who and what I have become in not being a hands on mother any longer. Having been a very much hands on mom, there all the time, I have found myself feeling lost not having kids around all the time. I am inventing myself as I go along.
Getting my furbabies and myself healthy is another biggie. One has heart problems, much like an older male adult human, and the other is taking after his mother...me...in having a big roast beef butt. So......can't wait to get them out walking again. If we can all go.....
Small items: Cleaning out clutter; no more pack rats; visiting my brother and sil and father; getting back to writing my book, and making sure that my health needs are being met to the best of my docs abilities.
Have a great day!
It's never too late to get it right.
Posts: 3453 | Location: Central USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
Big: floundering at work and also dealing with rampant hypochondria. I'm 44 and painfully conscious of my mortality - what a combination. Who am I anyway?!
Small: One more assignment before bed; please don't let me fall asleep before I'm done. We're also out of milk.
****************** “The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.”
I retire in just under 3 months. Will my pension be enough to make my mortgage payment and bills with fuel costs rising or will I have to go back to work to make ends meet? How will I be intellectually fulfilled without my job?
After almost 10 years of living debt-free (other than a car payment), I'm now faced with paying off my VISA (on which I charged all of the blinds and shades for my new place) and my furniture store account on which I bought the desk/hutch and recliner after I moved in. I want to get as much of this debt paid off while I'm still making full salary as possible.
Faced with having to think about every purchase--and go without things I want/need--because I'm worried about money. Not a happy condition after living in the apartment for so many years gave me financial freedom, but I accept that this is necessary and how many people live every day.
Little:
Getting better from bronchitis.
Getting back to Virginia on Fridays (I've taken off 2 since I've been sick).
Getting art up in the new place.
Getting the new place painted.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7217 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
) and filled up in Dixon for $3.37 a gallon. And here at home... it is $3.47 a gallon.
