Yeah!!!
My new sectional is finally ordered!!! I was promised new furniture as a Christmas present, but then it was put off for a little while. But now it is finally ordered. I am not sure if it was the threat of me having to start all over with looking if we waited much longer or not, but I am so glad that we finally did it. It is from Lane. And it will take about 6 weeks before it is ready.
I am getting a sectional. It will have a chaise on one end and a recliner on the other. The chaise is actually a recliner also. Both are the wall hugger style of recliner, so I don't have to have it pulled out from the wall any more than I would normally.
The color of it is one of my favorite colors. It is rust colored. Or cinnamon colored. It was the color that was the inspiration for our wedding and has already been weaved throughout our house. I had originally planned on red...but when I saw another couch done in this color, I was hooked. Plus Jody wanted whatever we got to be microfiber, and I did not like the red that was offered in the microfiber. It was too orangey red, or too purpley red. Just not the right shade.
So we did go with the Microfiber. It is suppose to be the best when it come to repelling stains. Plus very easy to clean. Jody did not care about much in the choosing process, except that he was pretty clear that he wanted the fabric to be mircofiber. So since that was the only thing he required it was pretty easy to give him that request. Especially since the sectional came in a color that I truly love.
Yeah!!! I will post a pic once it comes in.....
March 17, 2008
March 15, 2008
Family Drama
I have had MAJOR family drama in my life this week. MAJOR!! So major that I am not sure yet if my relationship with my father, or my step-family will ever recover. I am at the point now though, that I don't care if it does. I'd love to work it out with my dad, but am not sure that I care to work it out with my step-mother or my step-sister. I also just don't know if our relationship is something that CAN be worked out with my dad.
My relationship with my dad has been strained for quite a while. I had just thought that we might begin to work on it, when I had a fight with my step-sister. A bad fight. I let my dad know what happened, so that when it was brought up to him, he would know my side and maybe stand up for me. Instead my dad said he would not get involved. He said that we were both adults and he would not get in the middle of it. His wife, my step-mother called me cussing me out. I let him know about this, and he told me not to worry about her. He has talked to her.
The thing is that I asked him to call me. He has not. He has only contacted me through e-mail. I feel that he is taking her/their side. I feel that he does not care to repair our relationship. I get most of these feelings by seeing what actions he is choosing to take. I never asked him to get into the middle of our fight, I just wanted him to have my back on a very personal matter. He says he can't call me. I know that is not true. He can call. He HAS called his "New family", but he has yet to call me. I am his daughter. I am his real family. But he is choosing them over me.
Sigh......
This is so hard. I am not even telling half of what happened, or going into the nitty-gritty of the details. It's ugly! I just wish my dad would wake up and see what he has done to US! See what he has done before this fight with my step-sister even started. I wish he would be a man, and treat me like I deserve to be treated.
For now, I have decided that I am done. I am over it. I am finished. IF my dad wants to have a relationship with me, he is going to have to make the next move. I have made all the moves that I care to make right now.
Maybe someday............
My relationship with my dad has been strained for quite a while. I had just thought that we might begin to work on it, when I had a fight with my step-sister. A bad fight. I let my dad know what happened, so that when it was brought up to him, he would know my side and maybe stand up for me. Instead my dad said he would not get involved. He said that we were both adults and he would not get in the middle of it. His wife, my step-mother called me cussing me out. I let him know about this, and he told me not to worry about her. He has talked to her.
The thing is that I asked him to call me. He has not. He has only contacted me through e-mail. I feel that he is taking her/their side. I feel that he does not care to repair our relationship. I get most of these feelings by seeing what actions he is choosing to take. I never asked him to get into the middle of our fight, I just wanted him to have my back on a very personal matter. He says he can't call me. I know that is not true. He can call. He HAS called his "New family", but he has yet to call me. I am his daughter. I am his real family. But he is choosing them over me.
Sigh......
This is so hard. I am not even telling half of what happened, or going into the nitty-gritty of the details. It's ugly! I just wish my dad would wake up and see what he has done to US! See what he has done before this fight with my step-sister even started. I wish he would be a man, and treat me like I deserve to be treated.
For now, I have decided that I am done. I am over it. I am finished. IF my dad wants to have a relationship with me, he is going to have to make the next move. I have made all the moves that I care to make right now.
Maybe someday............
March 11, 2008
Birthday
Today's my Birthday. My 29th birthday to be exact.
My dear sweet sisterfriends threw me a birthday party! It was great. We went out to lunch. Then we went back to Freda's house for cookie cake and ice cream. Angela makes the BEST cookie cakes! Plus they all went together to buy me a present. It turned out to be my only present, but that is okay, because I was not expecting anything from anyone.
The present that my sisterfriends gave me was GREAT!! I was given a painting of butterflies. I LOVE butterflies!!! And they all know that. In fact they had this painting, painted JUST for me!!! How cool is that?? There is this lady that goes to the scrapbook retreat that comes to paint. Her stuff is very fun and whimsical. Anyways, Freda and Angela asked her to paint me a painting, AND to get MY input on it while she did it! LOL!!! I loved the painting when she had it finished, and never had a clue that it was for me. LOL!! As soon as I started to unwrap it though, I KNEW exactly what it was. I thought that they had just contacted her after the retreat to buy the painting, but nope! All along they knew that they were giving me this painting for my birthday.
THANKS sisters!!!! Thanks for giving me a great birthday!!!
My dear sweet sisterfriends threw me a birthday party! It was great. We went out to lunch. Then we went back to Freda's house for cookie cake and ice cream. Angela makes the BEST cookie cakes! Plus they all went together to buy me a present. It turned out to be my only present, but that is okay, because I was not expecting anything from anyone.
The present that my sisterfriends gave me was GREAT!! I was given a painting of butterflies. I LOVE butterflies!!! And they all know that. In fact they had this painting, painted JUST for me!!! How cool is that?? There is this lady that goes to the scrapbook retreat that comes to paint. Her stuff is very fun and whimsical. Anyways, Freda and Angela asked her to paint me a painting, AND to get MY input on it while she did it! LOL!!! I loved the painting when she had it finished, and never had a clue that it was for me. LOL!! As soon as I started to unwrap it though, I KNEW exactly what it was. I thought that they had just contacted her after the retreat to buy the painting, but nope! All along they knew that they were giving me this painting for my birthday.
THANKS sisters!!!! Thanks for giving me a great birthday!!!
March 5, 2008
Furniture Dilemma
Okay, I am going to start by saying "I HATE the furniture that I have right now!" It's is OLD and so not my style and worn out, and ugly and hand me downs. It is functional, but it is not pleasing to the eye.
That being said, I am "Suppose" to be getting new furniture. Yes, I put it in quotes on purpose. Because I was promised that new furniture at the beginning of December as my Christmas present, but it's not even close to being ordered. It's picked out. But if he waits too much longer, I am going to have to look at everything again, to make sure that there is nothing new, that I like more. It's already going on 4 months.......
This afternoon, I decide to move the furniture into the "proposed" layout of how we want the new furniture to go into the living room. The T.V. is already in place. (We moved it across the room) We plan to get a sectional, so I put the couch and the loveseat in the corner to take the place of the sectional, and then the recliner, where the new recliner is going to go. And........I HATE IT!!!!! Okay, maybe not hate....but I am not loving it. At all. It might work. It could work. But there is a lot of OPEN space in the middle of the room, and it just looks wrong. I can't explain it any other way.....Just too much space and nothing to fill it with.....Maybe it will grow on me. Maybe......
The room layout is so odd, that ever since we moved in, we've had a struggle of where to put things. Too many doors in odd places. No flat wall with out other stuff breaking it up. There is not a "Perfect" solution for this room at all. I played around with the other scenarios till I had a headache, then I finally figured out that there is NO other solutions, UNLESS we went back to what we had before. Neither of us loved that layout. The T.V. was cornered before. So to go back it would have to be cornered still. (Or Jody's other solution is to put it on the wall where the two big front windows are. As in, in front of the windows....Uhhh... NOT!) Plus since we are going to get a bigger T.V., it needs more room than the corner really allows.
So, I either need to come up with a solution to help camouflage the big open space (an area rug would not work, at least not while I have my cat) OR, I need to get used to the layout. I may. It is possible. I did not love the furniture layout that we had previously, but I eventually got over it. Maybe, once I have the new furniture (IF I ever have the new furniture) it will look better, because there won't be a big gap in the corner.......Plus the sectional will come out into the room differently, since I will have the chase.
I don't know. For now, I am going to leave it. I am going to see how I feel about it in a few days. Maybe my opinion of it will change. I doubt it. But, you never can tell.
That being said, I am "Suppose" to be getting new furniture. Yes, I put it in quotes on purpose. Because I was promised that new furniture at the beginning of December as my Christmas present, but it's not even close to being ordered. It's picked out. But if he waits too much longer, I am going to have to look at everything again, to make sure that there is nothing new, that I like more. It's already going on 4 months.......
This afternoon, I decide to move the furniture into the "proposed" layout of how we want the new furniture to go into the living room. The T.V. is already in place. (We moved it across the room) We plan to get a sectional, so I put the couch and the loveseat in the corner to take the place of the sectional, and then the recliner, where the new recliner is going to go. And........I HATE IT!!!!! Okay, maybe not hate....but I am not loving it. At all. It might work. It could work. But there is a lot of OPEN space in the middle of the room, and it just looks wrong. I can't explain it any other way.....Just too much space and nothing to fill it with.....Maybe it will grow on me. Maybe......
The room layout is so odd, that ever since we moved in, we've had a struggle of where to put things. Too many doors in odd places. No flat wall with out other stuff breaking it up. There is not a "Perfect" solution for this room at all. I played around with the other scenarios till I had a headache, then I finally figured out that there is NO other solutions, UNLESS we went back to what we had before. Neither of us loved that layout. The T.V. was cornered before. So to go back it would have to be cornered still. (Or Jody's other solution is to put it on the wall where the two big front windows are. As in, in front of the windows....Uhhh... NOT!) Plus since we are going to get a bigger T.V., it needs more room than the corner really allows.
So, I either need to come up with a solution to help camouflage the big open space (an area rug would not work, at least not while I have my cat) OR, I need to get used to the layout. I may. It is possible. I did not love the furniture layout that we had previously, but I eventually got over it. Maybe, once I have the new furniture (IF I ever have the new furniture) it will look better, because there won't be a big gap in the corner.......Plus the sectional will come out into the room differently, since I will have the chase.
I don't know. For now, I am going to leave it. I am going to see how I feel about it in a few days. Maybe my opinion of it will change. I doubt it. But, you never can tell.
March 4, 2008
Feeling good......But tired!
I feel good today!! I am also feeling very very tired!! I did go to the gym again today! Yeah me!! 2 days in a row. That is pretty good for me. Isn't that sad? It should not feel so good that I went 2 days in a row. I SHOULD go every day...or at least every other day. That is my goal. (Or at least one of my goals) To be more consistent in going to the gym. Making a habit with it. I have not been consistent at all. I would be lucky if I was going once a week, cause I was hardly doing that.
Once I make the gym a habit, I think that then I will get serious about changing my diet. I'm not sure how I want to approach that yet. I need to eat better than I do now, but am not sure which program that I want to follow, or even IF, I want to follow a program. I am ALREADY making better choices, but I know that there are LOTS of room for improvement. LOTS!!! LOL!!! So gym habit first, then focus even more on my diet. Leaning the right choices.....
Yesterday, I walked on the treadmill only, for 3 miles, in one hour. I thought that I was going to go into the gym today and do the exact same thing. Instead, I decided to do it a little differently. Today, I walked on the treadmill for a total of 1.25 miles (about 25 mins). I did the resistance workout (on the machines, the activ-trak, workout). Then I did about 10 mins on the recumbent bike, for 1.75 miles, then decided to try the elliptical again. I did it for 12 mins and another .75 miles. I am very please with myself. 3.75 miles in total!! I was at the gym for about an hour and 20 mins. Not bad! I am already feeling it in my arms, and a little in my legs.
I have not decided for sure, but I may update here everyday that I go to the gym, with my progress. If I don't update daily, than I will do a weekly update for sure. My updates will include: what I am doing at the gym, weight loss or gain, and maybe how I am feeling about my progress.
That's enough for tonight.....Goodnight!
Once I make the gym a habit, I think that then I will get serious about changing my diet. I'm not sure how I want to approach that yet. I need to eat better than I do now, but am not sure which program that I want to follow, or even IF, I want to follow a program. I am ALREADY making better choices, but I know that there are LOTS of room for improvement. LOTS!!! LOL!!! So gym habit first, then focus even more on my diet. Leaning the right choices.....
Yesterday, I walked on the treadmill only, for 3 miles, in one hour. I thought that I was going to go into the gym today and do the exact same thing. Instead, I decided to do it a little differently. Today, I walked on the treadmill for a total of 1.25 miles (about 25 mins). I did the resistance workout (on the machines, the activ-trak, workout). Then I did about 10 mins on the recumbent bike, for 1.75 miles, then decided to try the elliptical again. I did it for 12 mins and another .75 miles. I am very please with myself. 3.75 miles in total!! I was at the gym for about an hour and 20 mins. Not bad! I am already feeling it in my arms, and a little in my legs.
I have not decided for sure, but I may update here everyday that I go to the gym, with my progress. If I don't update daily, than I will do a weekly update for sure. My updates will include: what I am doing at the gym, weight loss or gain, and maybe how I am feeling about my progress.
That's enough for tonight.....Goodnight!
March 3, 2008
Getting serious ......
Okay, I have a confession to make. I joined a team with my sisterfriends to do a "Scale Back Alabama" weight loss challenge. You had 10 weeks to lose 10 pounds. My confession is that I have not lost 10 pounds. Not even close. Why? Simple. I have not really tried. I hate that. I've been busy. And Frustrated..... And I just have not made the time to go to the gym. Plus, I've been so busy that I have not made the right choices when it comes to food. At all. My Husband is a bad influence on me too. Excuses! I need to quit making excuses!! I can only blame myself for what I weigh.
Today, I am getting serious. I have 10 days left until the final day of the challenge. I don't think I will make it to a 10 pound weight loss though. I'd have to starve myself to do that. I WILL have loss weight by then. I already have lost a few pounds, just not enough.
I went to the gym today. I walked on the treadmill for an hour. I walked 3 miles! At an average speed of 3 miles an hour (DUH!) LOL!! I walked as fast 3.3 miles an hour for quite a while too. That's a pretty good start. I am pretty tired tonight, which normally leads to me not wanting to go again the next day.....But I AM GOING TO GO!!! I have to! I need to!
I wish I had someone to work out with. I know that would motivate me sooo much more. The truth is, I don't. I am alone in this. BUT......that is okay. A partner or not, It's time for me to serious. I don't want to look the way I do anymore.
I'm not sure how much I want to lose. Or even how much I can lose. I think the best thing to do is set small goals and work towards each one. I was a size 4 in High School. WOW!! I'm not anymore. Not going to say what size I am now, or how much I weigh, either. Technically I am 90-100 pounds overweight. Which is really weird to me. I don't think I LOOK that much overweight. At least most of the time. Until I see a picture of myself, then I can sorta see it. I say that I am that much overweight because that is how much I'd have to lose to put me back in the "norm" for a woman of my height and bone structure. I'd love to be a size 4 again. SOMEDAY!! But even losing 50-60 pounds would make me very happy.
Time to GET SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today, I am getting serious. I have 10 days left until the final day of the challenge. I don't think I will make it to a 10 pound weight loss though. I'd have to starve myself to do that. I WILL have loss weight by then. I already have lost a few pounds, just not enough.
I went to the gym today. I walked on the treadmill for an hour. I walked 3 miles! At an average speed of 3 miles an hour (DUH!) LOL!! I walked as fast 3.3 miles an hour for quite a while too. That's a pretty good start. I am pretty tired tonight, which normally leads to me not wanting to go again the next day.....But I AM GOING TO GO!!! I have to! I need to!
I wish I had someone to work out with. I know that would motivate me sooo much more. The truth is, I don't. I am alone in this. BUT......that is okay. A partner or not, It's time for me to serious. I don't want to look the way I do anymore.
I'm not sure how much I want to lose. Or even how much I can lose. I think the best thing to do is set small goals and work towards each one. I was a size 4 in High School. WOW!! I'm not anymore. Not going to say what size I am now, or how much I weigh, either. Technically I am 90-100 pounds overweight. Which is really weird to me. I don't think I LOOK that much overweight. At least most of the time. Until I see a picture of myself, then I can sorta see it. I say that I am that much overweight because that is how much I'd have to lose to put me back in the "norm" for a woman of my height and bone structure. I'd love to be a size 4 again. SOMEDAY!! But even losing 50-60 pounds would make me very happy.
Time to GET SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 2, 2008
"Tweak" the color please!
I've been driving the lady who does my hair CRAZY!!! Every time I go in there, I want her to "tweak" the color a little. I am after the PERFECT shade of RED! I have always wanted red hair. Which is really funny because my mom is a red head. SHE did not want a child with red hair....she joked that if she would of had a kid with red hair that she would of had to dye it another color. LOL!! Maybe that is why I am obsessed with the color. I don't know. I also want a little girl with red hair.....but I guess that is another story!
So we've been working on getting my hair red. I keep saying that to me the color is not very red. Oh sure it has red in it, but I see brown more than I see red.....Looking back at some pictures of me from the fall, I realized that she had gotten it pretty close to what I was looking for. Close, but not it!
THEN the perfect color came on the cover of a magazine. It was a photo of Marcia Cross....Her hair is usually a deeper red, but this time it was lighter and had the most amazing highlights. I was so excited, but had told Mary that I would try and stop making her change the color, that I would let her work her magic.....so I was not sure how she would react. Well, lucky for me, she LOVED it too.
So now we are in the process of getting my hair there. It will take a couple of services, but I am already loving how it looks. She almost bleached my entire head, giving me blond hair. I have NEVER been blonde, because I DO have red in my hair color. (Just not enough!) When I tried to go blonde before, my hair turned orange!! I wish I'd had my camera the other day, so that I could have take a picture of it! LOL!! It was pretty cool! (The blonde, not the orange) Anyways then she put the red glaze on top. It looks sooooo good!! I can't wait till next time! Only problems, is she is getting sooo busy that I was not able to make an appointment for SEVEN weeks!! We've been doing my hair every 5 weeks, so that is quite a long way off.....
I'll try and take a picture of how it looks now (that I like) and then figure out how to post.....Until later......
So we've been working on getting my hair red. I keep saying that to me the color is not very red. Oh sure it has red in it, but I see brown more than I see red.....Looking back at some pictures of me from the fall, I realized that she had gotten it pretty close to what I was looking for. Close, but not it!
THEN the perfect color came on the cover of a magazine. It was a photo of Marcia Cross....Her hair is usually a deeper red, but this time it was lighter and had the most amazing highlights. I was so excited, but had told Mary that I would try and stop making her change the color, that I would let her work her magic.....so I was not sure how she would react. Well, lucky for me, she LOVED it too.
So now we are in the process of getting my hair there. It will take a couple of services, but I am already loving how it looks. She almost bleached my entire head, giving me blond hair. I have NEVER been blonde, because I DO have red in my hair color. (Just not enough!) When I tried to go blonde before, my hair turned orange!! I wish I'd had my camera the other day, so that I could have take a picture of it! LOL!! It was pretty cool! (The blonde, not the orange) Anyways then she put the red glaze on top. It looks sooooo good!! I can't wait till next time! Only problems, is she is getting sooo busy that I was not able to make an appointment for SEVEN weeks!! We've been doing my hair every 5 weeks, so that is quite a long way off.....
I'll try and take a picture of how it looks now (that I like) and then figure out how to post.....Until later......
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