Bushlady - Congrats on getting DH to part with the pails

Tina - Good luck updating your goals I am in the process of doing that. I however do not have as many deadlines as you luckily. Diana is right teachers are very special people.

Diana - I read on another thread some of the things you managed to do while your family was visiting. So glad you had a good time.

Carol - Sounds like you are still busy putting your stamp on the new place good luck

Well as you can see I am back from holiday. 2/3 of the laundry has been done and I am just pottering and catching up on here. I will be back later with an updated goals list.

Karen
Hoping your holiday was wonderful and you were able to rest and relax.

Yes, we had a fabulous time last weekend. I did find something the boys left behind. We have a running joke about what I have sent back over the years: shoes, keys, etc.

Have a class today, but want to go downstairs and start planning my stuff to sell. Can't hurt to try it once, and if I don't want to pick up the items they will donate them to a charity.

karen and diana, welcome back!

fri night i read 75 email and then stopped for the night. early sat morning i read another 75.

tonight i'm going out to dinner w jay

mary

we ordered pizza in b/c jay didn't want to drive my car in the rain. the cab of his work truck is packed w things he needs on the job and his car has been in the shop for 2 months b/c it needs a rebuilt head (don't ask me what that means all i know is he isn't the first friend it happened to)

we watched the game and the second half of 'day of the jackal'

mary

Mary
Not having to cook either way is good, in my book.

You are really catching up on your reading!

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Taking today off.

@tinytina - when does school start? End of June seems late.

@mary57 - I am enjoying reading your posts again. I am inspired by you. I tend to make a list a mile long on the weekends and then on Sunday night I sit with half of it left. When I read your posts, I realize I need more baby steps in my life because then I could get to the point where you are. A few things each day and you can enjoy yourself the rest of the time.

DH and I burned the pile of dried grass and landscape clipping in the garden today. First day it is not windy. We had the yard thatched on Monday and the grass is the greenest I have ever seen it. It was so worth the money. Thatching is a lot of work when you do it by hand. DH will need to mow this week.
We are a month ahead of the season.

DH has a partial bowel obstruction (I know TMI). I am worried he will end up with an ileus again. I actually have a list of things to bring to the hospital just in case. We are hoping he is feeling better in a few days.

DH ordered a new computer for me and it came yesterday. We ordered an easy tranfer cable to make file tranferring easier. I hope to have it up and running by April 5th. I have some PTO time and would like to spend a half day getting to know Windows 7.

I listed our old china cabinet on craigslist today. Going to give it away. It needs a lot of work and we do not use it anymore. Someone is coming over in a few minutes to take it. I had 6 people contact me in the last 20 minutes. I removed everything and carried it to the porch. It is very light compared to the new ones today. Glad to have it go to someone that will use it.

Diana - It was lovely, and I have only done laundry this weekend so I am still relaxed.

Mary - Thanks

Frugal - I hope DH feels better soon.


GOALS UPDATE
Family goals:
*Date night with DH once a week quality time at least - Lots of quality time this month especially last week as it was just us and DS

*Monthly muckerteers meeting - Met on the 16th for nan's memorial

*Weekly visit to granddad - missed last week due to holiday, but apart from that done

*Memorial event of some kind for my nan it will be a year on the 16th since she passed. We went out for a meal on the 16th

Health Goals
*Focus on eating more healthily and exercising 3 times a week -I have fallen off my diet with style this past week, but I have done a lot of walking exploring the area on holiday. I am hoping to get back on track this week.

College
*Complete assignment for the 8th - done
*Start team working assignment - photocopied notes for my teach so we can discuss my role within the class room this week.
*Start communication assignment - started jotting notes down
* 29th - Meeting with college tutor

Friends
*Weekly meeting with the girls - this has been done so far and is a necessary stress management tactic for all of us
*30th - Girls night out

Health
*27th - Dentist appt for me
*28th - Dentist appt for DS
*28th - Nurse appt for me to have a Asthma check up
*29th - Chiropractor appt for DH and I

September (pretty standard in Canada- we all start and end within about a week or so)