Morning the loss of a friend

Today I feel as though I am in mourning. It was the last day for one of my co-workers. She works in another office, but she and I have become very good friends. She and her husband have purchased a resort in northern Minnesota so I am pretty sure we won't see much of each other any more. We had plans to get together this evening for one last supper out together. It didn't work out though. She is the kind of person you just loved being around. She always has a positive attitude and good things to say. she always looks at the bright side of everything and is always there for everyone. The kind of person I strive to be, but will probably never achieve. Work will never be the same and neither will I. Good-bye Marjean. I'll miss you more than you know.

Well, it has been a pretty interesting week. The weather has been pretty nice. I got the gardens cleaned out today. Most of them were packed with leaves and corn stalks, etc. I got all of them cleaned out this morning. Now tonight it started raining! Is that good timing or what???? Lauren has pink eye though. The kids were here yesterday afternoon and we helped Randi put drops in her eyes. I didn't even think of it at the time, but I hope I don't get pink eye. Oh well, if I do, it is a reason to call in sick. I guess I wouldn't mind that right now. I am kind of tired of what I do at work. I have been doing pretty much the same thing for 26 years. I just need a change. The other thing is, I think my husband is still going through some sort of male PMS. Even one of the guys on the fire department said he let loose on him at a drill the other night. Geeze that is just not right. I don't know what to do . . . . . . No matter what I say he snaps at me. I am just tired of it I guess.

Well, another Easter has come and gone. We had a lot of fun this year. Lauren was old enough to hunt for Easter eggs. She loved doing it. Next year Logan might be old enough to get in on the "hunt". Of course I ate too much over the weekend. We had lots of food everywhere all weekend. I think that blew my diet big time. We will see when I go weigh in on Thursday. Today it was back to diet! Our last class is May 7th and I desperately want to hit my goal by then. I have about 8 pounds left to lose to hit my goal. I know I can do it, I just have to try very hard. Then I get to take a month off of the diet before I attack it again. Then I can lose another 10% of my body weight. That should take me right up to Kruse-a-palooza. That is my long term goal. I just have to focus. The weather has been getting warmer. I think it was close to 60 today and will be again tomorrow. I probably should dig out my spring clothes. I don't want to be wearing heavy sweaters too much longer!

I firmly believe that men suffer from a testasterone version of PMS! A simple innocent question leads to a volcanic eruption on a scale equal to Mt. St. Helens! And it happens when you least expect it. It catches me so off guard that I can't keep the tears from coming. Does that make me a weak person? Then comes the question - should one just turn and walk away, or should you get right back in their face? Either way, my nerves are on edge for days after the event. It effects my every thought which in turn effects my work. It could lead a person to heavy drinking that is for sure!!!!!!

What a difference a week makes

Yipes! We got about 6 -8 inches of new snow yesterday. It was such heavy wet snow! Not to mention the wind was blowing!!! I can't believe this winter weather. It just won't go away. it is April 5th for goodness sake.

Randi worked last night and Travis was afraid he would need to blow out their road this morning so we kept the kids last night. That is always nice. So then we took Lauren to Sunday School this morning and took both of them to church with us. It went very well. Today the temp has warmed up and the snow is really melting. Hopefully it will be gone in a day or so.

This afternoon I got all the laundry caught up and did the cleaning I didn't get done yesterday. It really made me feel like spring is on the way. I aways feel good when I get done cleaning.

Hopefully tomorrow my new appliances will come. I have tried to be patient, but it has been more than 3 weeks. I called the appliance store last week and they thought they should be in this past Friday. Maybe they were and they just didn't have time to deliver them.

Well, I better get my stuff ready for tomorrow.

Well, it is a little warmer day today. I think it is about 45 right now. I did a little tour of my flower beds today and the tulips are popping up! That is always a promising sign!!!!! By tomorrow though we may get a little more snow. :( Maybe it is warm enough that it will just come as rain. The rain would actually welcome. It may continue to green up the lawns and ditches. That would be nice.

Yesterday afternoon I continued to put kitchen things away, but didn't get quite done. We ended up going out to Randi and Travis' and help them take down a couple of trees that were dead. They needed to come down so the guy coming to install their Dish Network Internet could put up the receiver. He is coming tomorrow.

Well, I need to get busy. I have so much to get done today - laundry, scrub floors and organizing. It will take me the rest of the day! I need to get done though as I still have not gotten started cleaning out the attic spaces. That is the next thing on my list.

I have spent a lot of time this week putting more things away in the new kitchen cabinets. The hardest thing is to decide which cabinet to put certain things in. I have moved things around a couple of times already, and will probably move things a few more times. Now I am not sure what to do with all of the things that are not coming back into the kitchen. I hope to finish up this project tomorrow. I work tomorrow morning, but after that I hope to finish up.

I had class last night. . . . . . . . . I gained a pound this week! AHHHHHHHHHH I am going to look at it as a waker upper. I need to try a little harder to watch what I eat. I sort of quit journaling my food intake because I was so busy in the kitchen. I need to get back to that to make sure I am staying within my boundries.

The weather has certainly cooled off. The high yesterday was in the upper 20's. We probably won't warm up again until late next week. At least the snow is gone, so it doesn't seem so cold.

Well, I better get ready for work.