I don’t play golf. I did take a golf course in college as part of my degree. My boyfriend at the time, and my husband to be, was an avid golfer but he didn’t like playing with me too much. I mean, I thought that once I learned to play golf he would be more willing to hit the courses with me but he just didn’t like my lack of competition. I mean, I enjoyed it, but if I hit the ball in the woods or I missed a close putt, I really didn’t get that upset about it. I simply let things be what they were and didn’t get all worked up over my game.
But, it was all this man thought about it. He was looking at golf magazines, watching golf on tv and continuously hunting a new course to play. I remember his parents buying him a set of clubs for Christmas one year. I don’t know what kind of clubs he had at the time and I don’t know what kind of clubs they bought but I do know that right now he is probably carrying around a set of Callaway irons because I can’t imagine that man letting anything get in the way of his game. I mean, even when we I said the worlds divorce, he wasn’t concerned. Not even divorce was enough for him to give up his game.
I own a daycare, I know you already know that since I talk about it so much. The thing is this, there is not a real sign telling anyone where my daycare is located. And, right now, we are in the middle of this big change over. We are going to move from daycare to preschool. I’m not sure how well it is going to transform but I’m determined to make it work. So, while I’m thinking of all the things that need to happen to make this happen, I stat to think about how to get signs out and about so people actually know I exist.
There is a sign at the main road, but not a really good sign. What I would really like would be digital signage. That’s seems to be the way to go these days. I don’t know exactly how to go about making it work, but I am going to try. I’m even getting ready to put up some temporary signs so that I can get a heads up on getting students registered and more.
My husband and I have to be the most un-budgeted people I know. For four years I’ve tried to handle our finances and on more than one occasion, I’ve thrown up my hands and tried to force him to take over. The last time this occurred was….last week. I kid you not, I am so horrible when it comes to budgeting. And, so with my final throw that he had to do something and he had to do it now. So, he looked at me in disgust and agreed to give the checkbook a whirl. Now, that only leaves me with 3 or 4 accounts to manage. You see, we do own a daycare. And, I am in charge of enough account, I think he should definitely have to try to make pennies meet pennies for a while.
And, it’s no joke that my daycare could use an accountant. Instead, they got me. There is no secret that we could use some budget software. But, of course, that would mean I would have to figure out a way to use it, right. So, I need to find a good way to manage money, that’s for sure.
I asked my husband if he knew what a HDMI cable was and he looked at me like I had grown an extra head. Of course I do he said, we have one right over there. I said, ok, so what is it. He said, one of those cables right over there. I wasn’t amused with his wise cracks. So, I suggested we start this conversation over. Now, this time I said, “Excuse me for interrupting your Learning Channel show but do you know what a HDMI cable is?” And, this time his answer was the same doggone thing, “yea, we got one right over there.”
So, why is it that he couldn’t just tell what it was. Because from there his answer became more technical. “It is a High Definition Multi-Media Interface Cable”. Ok, so I asked if we could start the conversation again and this time in plain common language. I learned this time that this was a cable that ran from the satellite that allowed us to watch our shows in High Definition. Oh, now see, that was as easy as pie. That’s all he had to say in the first place, no need for all the junk, right?
Both of my children were born in winter months. I put all kinds of warm hats on them people would talk about it all the time, “how do you get those boys to wear a hat?” and the such. Even when summer came around, I found hats for their heads so that they wouldn’t get sunburned. As they got older it wasn’t as easy to keep those hats on the boys until they were old enough to start wanting to wear a baseball cap.
This was my oldest son’s first year of T-ball and he loved it. Both boys got jerseys though but only the oldest got a hat. We had to find my youngest a hat though to wear with his “uniform” so that he could be like his big brother. It was such a momentous occasion that their non-hat-wearing-father wanted one as well.
I’ve never been very big on how my hair looks. I mean, I like my ponytails to be pretty but because of the way my body reacts to the heat, I simply don’t ever try really pretty ‘do’s that require a lot of work. My hair has always been very very straight. I mean, so straight the ends were prickly. But, the older I get and the more babies I have the more curly my hair gets. I have a few little tight curls at the base of my neck and the hair by my ears curls up as soon as I get in a little humidity and well, I live in the south and humidity is an issue…almost year ’round. If I put a lot of product in my hair, I can wear it curly and it looks fine, otherwise I just blow it out with a brush and I have the straightest hair ever.
Some women go all out, using products like a ceramic flat iron to make their hair straight and flat. The word iron does exactly has what we equate ironing our clothes does, it simply flattens out or straightens the curves or wrinkles. One of my pet peeves is to see someone who has worn a ponytail for a while and then decided to brush it out. Then, they are out and about in public with this big crook at the crown of their head where the ponytail had once been. That would be another good use for this ceramic flat iron.
Let’s pretend for a moment that I have a degree in physical education. Wait, no that part wouldn’t be pretending. That part is true. The fact of the matter is this though, I’m not real fond of all that sweating and pain. For me that’s what it was too, painful. When I was in high school the girls weren’t allowed in the weight room because that was only for the football players. NO Girls ALLOWED! I mean, please? But, times are different and that very high school has this huge complex for weight lifting for the male and female teams.
So, I never really learned to use the equipment we had during high school. If we ran, we ran around the ball field or up the stadium bleachers and we did it in the heat. Other than that, there was nothing done by the way of strength training.
When I got to college and we hit the weight room for the first time, I could barely bench press the bar. Yes, I was there on an athletic scholarship and yes they were far bigger expectations than that for me. But, I had made it that far on natural talent alone because that’s all I had to rely on. Well once I reached the collegiate level, there were lots of folks with natural talent and there were even more that had natural talent with some serious fitness and strength training behind them.
Now, as I near 40, I was given a treadmill last fall and my goal was to run half a marathon before I was 40. Well, I’m merely 2 months away from that and it will never happen. I still can’t walk to the mailbox or my mom’s without being seriously winded. But, by the way of , fitness equipmentthe treadmill is probably as sophisticated as I’ll ever get, considering the embarrassment that one bench press bar caused me.
Check with me next year, I guess my goal will have to be moved to running half a marathon while I am still 40.
That question was the topic of discussion between one of my employees and I on Friday. She was explaining how she had over 2000 photos on her computer that she was afraid she was going to lose if she didn’t get them off somehow and stored. I suggested a USB Flash or maybe just burning them to a CD. But, then she said, what about all my college work. She said that as easy as it was to use the desktops at the school, she hated to wag her laptop with her everywhere she went. And, again I suggested she find a really large Flash so that she could carry her school work around with her and then work on it as she had the opportunities.
And, that left us with what to do when her son wants all his games downloaded, she wants all her photos stored on her computer, he daughter wants her cames installed and then she wants to keep all kinds of school papers and the like. She says that when she looks at her computer, she has very little free space. I didn’t ask her what kind of laptop she had but I do remember that she didn’t have a Dell because we discussed that once before when i first bought my dell. When she started telling me all the stuff that was on her computer and how she didn’t really want to get rid of any of it, my first thought was girl, get yourself a Dell computer and some dell memory. That alone would probably be enough to solve all her issues.
If I knew the answer to that question, I’d be the most popular and famous woman in the world right now. No, honestly, there’s so much going on these days that people are just not sure which way to turn to get themselves in shape. Sure you need to exercise, you need to watch what you eat, but you know what, in my opinion, you’ve got to have a healthy attitude as well.
I was diagnosed with thyroid disorder in October, finally about a month ago the amount of medication that I needed to make my body function correctly was reached. And, really, my doc’s not sure we are all the way there yet. I did have all the classic symptoms of thyroid disorder for years but couldn’t get a doctor anywhere to acknowledge it. When I finally found someone who would listen, it has still been a long slow process, but it is happening.
I had a panic attack last Friday morning and went to my doctor. Two weeks Prior to that I had basically reached the point that I was on the verge of a full nervous breakdown. I wasn’t about to allow that to happen to me again. Anyway, when I returned to the doctor yesterday for my follow up, she immediately wanted to know how I lost 8 pounds in one week. I told her that it was strictly a thyroid issue. I knew I had missed 2 or 3 doses of it and that was probably slowing me down, but now with the right dose in me and on a regular basis, my weight wasn’t as big of an issue. Sure I’m still over weight, and I’ve a long way to go before that changes, but I definitely didn’t lose those pounds by exercising or starving. Everyone I know says that I will probably continue to lose for a little while longer, I sure hope so. You know, if I could have found a doctor that was willing to believe that I knew my medical issues when I weighed 150 pounds and quickly went to 180 pounds, I probalby would have never made it to weigh 223 pounds. Right?
So, for now, every time I hear someone say how to lose weight, I immediately recommend they have a full physical by a doctor that is willing to listen and help, not just blow them off and tell them to eat less and exercise more.
We’ve had our bathroom torn into pieces for years now. We’ve even discussed selling our home but you know what, I’d be embarrassed to even show anyone the mess we have, never mind ask them to give me money for it. No, I am not kidding. We live in a double wide and it was nice enough when we bought it. Was it the fancy smancy awesome perfect kind that they make these days. No, it was simple, it fit our lifestyle and it was roomy. But, it also had a leaky shower and sink. So, we took the shower out all together and we’ve yet to replace it. We probably won’t if I have my way. I’d e perfectly happy with making that area another closet, but who knows.
When we had the horrible link at the sink, we had to removed the cabinets and they were ruined from all the ater damage. So, that too is a big remodeling task that needs to be undertaken. And, add to that the fact that we have a huge bathtub but would prefer one with these cool bathroom fixtures then you probably realize that we have one heck of a job on our hands.
If we do indeed sell he daycare, I am going to start in that room and strip it down and start painting. We have another bathroom we can use if it is absolutely necessary and we will most definitely strip ours totally and start with some paint. Then, the closet, then the sink and some cabinets and lastly the tub. I’ll leave my big tub as long as possible before changing it out for two reasons. One reason being the expense factor and the other being that I don’t want to be without for too terribly long. Bu, yea, we need to get started already.