Today started out by sleeping in until 10 am. I woke up and did my morning pages but forgot to take my thyroid med until after I finished so stayed in bed until noon, because I am supposed to take my thyroid med and wait at least half an hour before I eat or drink anything. So after I got up and got dressed (yes, it is becoming much easier to do it every day!) I went down to the kitchen and made myself a sandwich. Yummy ham with cheddar cheese on wheat bread with some yellow mustard. And instead of chips, I ate carrot chips. I used to buy baby carrots and then I found these serrated carrot chips. At first I thought they would be ok for salads, you know, covered in dressing but then I started snacking on them. They are so yummy! And so much more satisfying than potato chips or Doritos!
And I know I had planned on cleaning windows today but I decided I needed to work on clearing off the craft table. But then I got busy writing a letter to my nephew who is in prison. I write to him a couple of times a week. I don't know how much longer he will be in prison but I know it will be a couple more years, at least. Anyway, I was typing this long letter to him and was feeling a little overwhelmed about all the stuff there was to do and it was all I could handle to just be downstairs today. So I wrote, watched tv, and handled my email. Facebook is a lot of fun and I spent some time on it.
Later in the afternoon when I was watching Dr Phil, I got on the treadmill and walked for 25 minutes! That makes 2 days in a row. I am feeling a little guilty about not walking the dogs outside, as my two little dogs are grossly overweight too, but to do that I need to do it in the morning. They love to go out on walks but some days I just can't face the prospect of going out of the house.
Since we got everything off the floor and the floors all vacuumed, I am reluctant to put anything back down on the floor. The house is clean, at least when you look down, and I don't want to mess that up. It feels so good on my bare feet to have clean carpets. And the hairballs gathering in the corners of the stairs are all gone. I am hoping in my pursuit of creative housekeeping, I can continue on cleaning. Some day, I am going to be caught up enough that I will be able to start painting the walls and decorating the different rooms. I need to go around to the various rooms and start taking out fans, take them out to the garage to store until next year. Then I need to see whatever is put up if I still want it in the house.
I need to go through all the knick knacks I have in the family room. They are all dusty and some are broken from the cats running around. If I can fix them, I will but if not, then I need to get rid of them. I have another set of shelves to put up in the guest room to house more books. I would like to organize my books and get rid of multiple copies or ones I am just not that into.
I snacked on an apple instead of chips, I ate a healthy dinner of pork with mashed potatoes, peas and brown gravy. My portions were good and I didn't have seconds. I did have some wafer cookies for dessert. I resisted the urge to go down to our local Dunkin Donuts, a new addition to my neighborhood, and eat a couple of donuts and a large mint hot chocolate.
I weighed myself at my psychiatrist's office and I now weigh 198.2, so I am still gaining weight. I am hoping eating right and the daily walks on the treadmill will start to reverse it. Maybe next year, my husband and I will be able to join Weight Watchers.
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