Random ramblings

I have a head cold and have probably spread it around most of lower West Michigan and now it's expanded into my chest and I keep waking myself up by coughing up a lung. I'm just whining - it'll pass, it's just a cold.

The dining room project moved along really well when we got Joe to work for us! Now, it's stalled again. We're waiting for a professional painter because there's also some plaster work to do. Here's what it looks like now, from where I sit typing:

Look at all the extra light! It's wonderful! It's like a wall of windows! I mean, it's not, but it feels like it. Now, we have to choose paint color and that's gonna be a battle. He wants white, I want color. How to compromise (he thinks pale colors are "wimpy.)? The kitties don't give a rip about paint color; they just love looking outside!

On other topics, I still haven't started doing anything about my excessive bulk. Sis gave me a VERY generous gift certificate to the yoga studio of my choice, right down the block from the bookstore, even, but I haven't started going yet. I WILL go in January, when they've got their new session starting.

Here's an outfit that I wasn't totally hot for, but it was comfy and I love the skirt. I didn't realize how chopped up the blouse makes it look. Next time, I'll stick with a sweater.


I look so CHUNKY! I keep forgetting that I actually AM chunky. I look skinnier in the mirrors at home than I do in photos or in mirrors elsewhere. When I go shopping, I'm continually shocked at how chubby I am in the store mirrors. And, let's face it, stores do NOT have "fat" mirrors (y'know, the kind of mirror that distorts your image, making you look wider). Also, AAAAAGH! MY HAIR! I'm growing it out, which is a VERY slow process with my hair, and it's at a very unflattering length. I'm growing out layers from the Posh Bob and it's taking forever. patience patience patience....


Today, Mr Handsome and I are going to go out with some friends to cut down our Christmas tree! I'm looking forward to decorating the house - it's so cheery when it's all decorated and festive! Bubba loves the tree, too!

clean it up

I've got my bookclub coming over tomorrow night and the house is still completely messy from the ongoing dining room renovation. I just haven't had the gumption to clean. Better get started, though! Cleaning, purging and organizing my stuff really helps me feel more in control of ALL areas of my life and helps stave off the Black Dog of depression that trots ever-so-loyally by my side.

Also, I'm going to decorate for the holidays! Not earth-shaking news, no..., probably super boring to lots of people, but I'm hoping it, too, will help to just cheer us both the hell up. With Mr. Handsome's "sabbatical" ongoing (probably not over until after the new year(!)), we genuinely need all the help we can get.

So, I better get to work. Any suggestions for organizing, etc. are WELCOME!

cheating or lazy? you decide!

Here's a time-waster for ya. I betcha it'll make ya laugh, though!

Literal Music Videos

Perspective

I find it very easy to get all depressed about my weight, hair, clothes, skin, blah, blah, blah. This post (thanks, C. Parker!) puts things in perspective.
Starlet Showcase

Seriously, click on that link, read his post. It's a good one.

Some days...

... this is just exACTly how I feel.



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I just want to stay in and read, watch DVDs, troll the 'net, ignore the phone, isolate myself from human contact at all.

Probably not a good thing....

Halloween

We were so busy at the store on Halloween, I was too tired to go out afterwards and party. Darn it! I'm mad at myself for that, but, geez, I was completely exhausted. I did have a cute costume, though, completely homemade.





Poet Boy went as a hippie, courtesy of my dashiki, rose-colored glasses and necklaces, Gina went as a milkmaid (albeit a 5 months preggers one), and I'm a kitty cat! My face looks weird in the group photo, 'cause some customers walked in right then!
We had a Halloween Party for kids and there were probably 50 kids there, with their attendant grown-ups. Our little store was a vortex of chaos! Yowza! We felt quite shell-shocked when it was all over, and there was nothing left but cupcake and sprinkle crumbs ground into the carpet. Little monsters....

I've realized (kind of more like a sledgehammer-to-the-head than a lightbulb moment) that work is absolutely consuming me. I'm working from home, I'm dreaming of work, I'm thinking about it ALL the time. I know this is temporary, until Book Doctor is recovered (she's back in the hospital, after being out for a day and half), but that will be months. I MUST find a way to balance my life! To get a life, outside of work. I need more hobbies than just reading and watching DVDs, that's for sure.