Resolved: No Resolutions!

But I do have goals.

Keep my patience with my little Sweet Pea. She'll be 2 next month, and she's still a dream. But she's also 2.

Keep better touch with my friends and family. Remember that just because I don't have much to tell doesn't mean they don't want to hear from me.

Since about Thanksgiving I've dropped 10 pounds. I'd like to keep the weight loss coming. Better health, more energy, someday getting off so many meds, and possibly getting pregnant again without the help of a fertility center are the rewards.

Spend less, get more from the money I DO spend. Since we want to move this year to an area that will add a highway commute to my life, we decided it was prudent for me to get a car newer than the 1996 I'd been driving. So I have car payments again. I don't WANT to have car payments, so I'm going to try to pay it off ASAP. And I want to live a more frugal life in general. (Plus, I want to hire movers and cleaners when we do move.)

Be more creative. I have been collecting books on different crafts lately, but what I really want is to BE creative, rather than copy other's creativity. But I can learn from them and let their ideas compost in my brain. My own ideas will eventually grow.

Move, and make our new place a Home. Wherever we go, I think we'll be there a long while. We're really not looking to buy a home any time soon, so making our new apartment ours is high on my priority list.

Find a way to live with my job, or find a way to leave it. I don't think I can leave it, so living with it is probably it. My job isn't onerous. I like the people, and when I have work to do, I like the work. The problem is that I often don't have work. It's an on-call kind of position, but we're on-call in the office. The quiet days trying to keep myself busy can be maddening.

I'm sure there's more, but that's enough for the middle of the night...

Happy 2011! May it bring only welcome changes and pleasant surprises.

Bakeapalooza

This year's Baking fest is complete! Cinnamon roasted almonds, muddy buddies, chocolate bark, ginger\molasses spice cookies, chocolate mint cookies, spritz cookies, and magic cookie bars.

I had a couple more things I wanted to do, but I got lucky getting two Sundays in a row with the baby out of the house. Asking for more would be nuts. Now to get them parceled out and shipped to friends near and far.

A Fun Fact You May Not Have Known

The worst part of a root canal is when you have to go to the bathroom during the middle of one.

Also, the ouch factor afterward. Someday I shall again eat food that needs to be chewed.

Promises Kept and Promises Broken

I promised myself when I started this blog that it wasn't going to be a weight-loss blog. Unfortunately, I think it's just one of those things I'm going to have to talk about now and then. Maybe I'll start those posts with a big warning, "Weight-management talk ahead! Flee while you can!"

The short version, I gave up on remembering to bring food to work and went grocery shopping during my lunch hour one day. I brought food back to keep there so I don't have to remember to bring lunch. For 3 weeks I have not purchased food at work beyond a couple bottles of water and a stick of string cheese. The first 2 weeks I lost 10 pounds. (I also gave up soda except for a treat on Saturdays). For some reason the 3rd I didn't lose any, but I was also stressed out. Hopefully the loss of weight will resume this week.

A note: My diet was very, very bad, so yes, just the elimination of soda and eating breakfast and lunch that I didn't have to buy at work was enough for 10 pounds to basically fall off. Knowing my weight and the change in calories I should drop quite a bit more before I reach calories in = calories out again.

I'm also trying to put myself on austerity measures with money. I've been doing pretty well, although after 3 weeks I'm really feeling the pull to old habits. The need to go out shopping for Christmas gifts isn't helping. But I hope to pay off my new car loan way early by being good with money now.

I want my new to me car back! One day after picking up my car the check engine light came on and back to the dealer it went for repairs. I hate the loaner car but I'm grateful to have it. Thankfully any repairs to the car that are needed are covered by warranties. But that along with 2 visits to the dentist made last week very rough. Hoping for a quieter one where I can get my Christmas baking done this coming week!

Doctor tomorrow

Yup, I have an early morning doctor's appointment, and I don't want to go. Basically because I'm fatter than a year ago and I can beat myself up about it just fine without help from a doctor.

Thankfully this doctor is a nice guy but he won't ignore the weight (as well he shouldn't!). Bah. Oh well.

I got my annual haircut tonight. Maybe the loss of hair will affect the scale?

Nah, I didn't think so.

Fail!

So, I found out Monday morning that if I don't make my lunch the night before, it's not happening. I've still been buying my food at work. I'll admit, I would have done it today anyway, because today was Taco Salad day at work, and our usually sub-par cafeteria does a fabulous Taco Salad.

Tomorrow is another day, though, and I'll try to meet my goal for the rest of the week at least.

A small goal

I have a small goal for this week. Generally I either forget or wait too long to pack up my food for work and end up buying everything I need for the day from the cafeteria and convenience stores at my work.

My simple goal this week is to bring my food this week. I'd prefer to spend no money at work this week, but I won't beat myself up over up to $10 for the week. We'll see how it goes.