~~~>STS 6 month Alumni-Aug.15<~~~

Just a quick in and out for me.
We are coming to the end of what we are going to do this week on the floor and everything is pretty much done except where the living area is going into our bedroom . We had to leave that staggered until we get to our room so it will flow right in but we are not starting that until next week. We are taking a break this weekend and probably doing very little. I will probably be doing a lot of cleaning where I can though. ugghhh..It is a saw dusty mess every where.

Today I did the shortest premix of drillmax. Then it was B&G stability ball abs. I think I might have to give that one another go. By the time I was at the end of DM I was tired and not really that into it:eek:. Oh well there are always those days!

Cendrine-I am sure you are just like me and busy trying to get your house back in order. When I get home from a trip, I am the type to unpack and get everything situated immediately so that I can relax.
I am sure the kids just loved everything about staying at the hotel but I love it that you took school on sort of a mini field trip! Way to go on not slacking off do to extraordinary circumstances!

Jo-How did pt go? Are they saying you are healing?
Although I hate funerals I am glad I went. It was nice to see every one from my school years too.
 
Ok, we're back! And Rachel, you are so right! LOL! The minute I got home I started getting into all the bags and doing laundry, I know they say it's not necessary, but I still want all the bedding and towels washed, just to feel safe.... So as of now, all the bagged stuff is back where it belongs, the school books are back on the shelves, the clothes are waiting in line by the laundry machine to get washed, the kids are situated for now, Now I have to get a menu plan and shopping list going for the week ahead. I can't believe our bad planning, we (me, and the kids) all have dental cleanings tomorrow! I really wanted to shop and vacuum and mop, but I guess we'll fit that in in the afternoon. No energy to work out today....I'm probably just going to give myself a couple of days off and hit it again Monday. I'm so tired, I can't wait to go to bed early tonight in my own bed!
Now that the tent is gone, we have people repainting the outside of our house. Several of us neighbors went in together on a deal, all our houses needed it, and so they started on the other houses first and as soon as that tent was gone, they hit it whith the high pressure water stuff and now they are doing something noisy that makes me look forward to when they quit for the day....:rolleyes:

Kim, I meant to comment about your neighbors... one of our next door neighbors just left (we saw a for sale sign up a while ago but then nothing changed... and that neighbor wasn't the chatty type so we never were informed) one day they were just gone... so now I hear someone chipping away at stuff in that back yard and see a car in the garage every once in a while but I haven't actually seen anyone, and even if I did I wouldn't know if its just a worker or if its the new owner or if it's a renter....:rolleyes: time will tell, I guess. This neighborhood is pretty anonimous, so we kind of just all keep on doing our own thing....

Rachel, a restful weekend sounds nice for you guys. If I were you, I wouldn't even touch the sawdust, after all there will only be more before you are all done, right? Just rest, and relax!

Jo, how are you doing, how did PT go? I hear you on getting back on a programmable schedule, it was only a couple of days and yet I'm ready for my old routine....LOL¨

Well, I'm gonna go get those menus planned!
 
Good Saturday!

Well scheduled workout is slow and heavy chest and back...we'll see !lol
Last night I kind of had an impromptu girls night with a friend of mine while dh and her husband were here we were at her house hanging out in her "cool Pool". I am not sure if yall have heard of the "hillbilly hot tub" (I think it might be in Mother Earth Mag. and maybe others)...anyhow they got one but it has been too hot to really start any welding or any of the stuff that it takes to set it up so right now it is just a big metal trough...haha so we just lazed around in it last night in the dark with a big moon. It sounds kind of weird but it was very relaxing and nice to just have some girl time. Needless to say, I was up way to late but of course was still up before 7 and am just not feeling awake at all but could not sleep anymore.:rolleyes: I hate that internal alarm clock sometimes!
I have lots that needs to be done today anyhow so maybe I can actually get my errands ran in town before it gets to blazing hot!

Cendrine-Wow there is a lot going on around your house! I don't blame you for taking it easy until Monday...it does not really sound like are on a break though;)
I would have been the same way on washing everything. I just would find it hard to believe that it would be totally safe. I am not exactly sure how that whole process works but there has got to be a chance of poison entering and settling in the house if they was you to bag up all the food.
Did you just go back with the same colors on your house? How nice that the whole neighborhood will be spiffed up!

Jo and Kim-I hope yall are having a great weekend!
 
Hey Guys,

dd, ds and I all did well on our dental exams! No cavities, yay! We went straight from there to Whole Foods and Costco and because dh helped we got done faster than usual. More noise on the house, since the guys decided to work today... Dh and I were not feeling all that great, probably from not having slept well two nights before and all the work getting situated again. I hope tonight is going to be better. I got all the laundry done as well and the floors too, so I feel like tomorrow can be a good off day. I will do some kind of baking, though, but that's probably pretty much it.

Rachel, the pool sounds fun, I love relaxing in the water! I agree with you, the internal alarm clock is not always something coming in handy... I wish I could turn it off for a couple of days, but well, I guess that 's not going to happen, which is why I try to be good about getting to bed on time....:rolleyes:

Hi Jo, and Kim!
 
Oh what a busy day today! This is the first weekend we've been home all weekend in WEEKS! Okay...so... up.. cleaned (major cleaning), Costco, Albertsons, juicing, making soup...you know the WHOLE drill! I'm worn out! This is the first chance all day I've had to sit down! DH just left about an hour ago to go fishing for the evening. So, I have a few minutes to myself.

I'm like you girls about unpacking the minute I get home. Just like when we came back from MT -- the first thing I do is unpack, put everything away, get laundry going, etc. It's like I can't relax until things are in order!

Cendrine, interesting experience with the neighborhood! So did somebody actually have termites? Or are your houses at high risk or what? What prompted this adventure for your neighborhood?

Rachel, your evening with GF sounds FUN! I have not heard of a hillbilly hot tub! I'll have to google that! LOL! But there's nothing like some good GF time to help recharge! Did you get S&H done today?

Hi Kim! Okay, I have more to post but I'm so scared now about losing posts that I'm going to save this one and start another. :p:D:(:):rolleyes::confused::eek:
 
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So I know this sounds crazy (really crazy I know) BUT...I lost my bra (Oh, I do have more than one by the way)! I mean this is CRAZY. The night before we left for MT I had on this bra. It's my favorite. I took it off as I was going to wear it the next day. Then when we got up, I can't find it ANYWHERE! So I of course pulled out a different bra to wear. (I'm telling you this story because it's making me crazy!) Anyway, so today, I (we) cleaned house from top to bottom and it's NOWHERE! It's like it vanished into thin air...POOF! My favorite brassiere has evaporated into the ether! I even called GF in MT on the off chance it had been in my suitcase (though I know it wasn't) and got left there. IT'S DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE!!! Sigh... Do you think I have a bra wearing poltergeist in my house? So there's that.

Here's the other thing: Monday morning in MT I woke up with this pain in my back - feels like indigestion. I have indigestion issues from time to time and I did have a drink Sunday night so I think...indigestion. Anyway, it's persisted all week...not bad...just annoying. But over the last few days it's gotten worse and it hurts whenever I swallow something (including saliva). So I went and saw the Dr yesterday and I'm going to have an ultrasound next week (except no one was there to schedule it). Could be gall bladder, could be anything, but isn't that WEIRD? I usually take pepcid AC when I have indigestion, so she told me to quadruple the dosage until next week (instead of one a day; 2 in a.m. and 2 in p.m.). But it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Scheesch! So are we all just having the weirdest issues this summer? I should say I don't have fever, feel bad otherwise, etc.
 
Oh Hello Cendrine! You posted while I was typing! Congrats on the good dental exams! You and I both got lots done in the house today! I'm going to hit Whole Foods tomorrow and I think make another batch of granola. I forgot to tell you guys that I took granola to MT and it was a big HIT!

Rachel, what projects did you tackle today?
 
Jo you really made me laugh with your poltergeist story! LOL But, yes, very weird! I can only tell you that when you least expect it you will find it! This happened to me (not with a bra) with some supplements, I didn't leave it at my mom's in May and yet we could find it nowhere! We thought maybe the customs guys opened the suitcase and took it out because it looked suspect, but then we thought they would have pulled us aside or at least left a note or something... It drove me crazy too, until a few days later it finally showed up in the portable dvd case, where dh had stuffed it without telling me....:rolleyes: So, maybe go through dh's stuff....LOL!

The indegestion issue is annying and I have to tell you I have had about three cases of it myself this year. For me it feels like cramps of sorts in the stomach area, not the intestines and first I thought it was some supplements but the next time I had it I was not on those supplements so I am not sure what brings this stuff on or what makes it go away....:confused: But try a hot water bottle if it feels bad and massage, see if that helps? Antacid did not help for me. But then we may not have the same thing. Just weird, though, isn't it?

The termite story is odd, since this neighborhood is only about 13 yrs old. We should not be having termites. The only reason we found out is because our insect happy son found a funny insect and we searched online to see what it is.... a termite. So we had two different companies come check out the house, they were in the attic, the outside wood moulding and the fence.... Go figure... So of course all our neighbors are thinking how come they are tenting the house, how did they know something is going on? And I'm thinking, they better all get inpected because the termites are not just targeting our house, if they re in our fence, chances are they are in other people's wood as well...

And the painting of the house, well, this is a gated community with the housing association gestapo and all, so if you leave your trash can on the street for a day after trash day, they will let you know, if a tree dies in your yard and you don't get rid of it soon enough, you will be getting a letter, well, last year we were notified that the houses needed a new coat of paint....:rolleyes: Well, we didn't think they could force anyone on that as it is rather pricey, but this year, with the neighbors going in together, it was actually a really good deal, plus we needed the mouding replaced, since it was eaten by the termites and rotten, so the guy said he could do that as well, and we had had two rooms' windows replaced upstairs and the outside stucco was needing to be redone there, which they are doing as well, so now our house will finally look nice again... same color as before, very light earthy tone, i'm bad with colors so that description will have to do... LOL!

I need to do a batch of granola as well, thanks for the reminder and I'm so glad it was a hit in MT!

I hope that tomorrow will be restful for all of us, now that chores are complete...!
 
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