Time To Diet

Beginning Monday, I hit a serious diet. I know, I know - been there, said that. But this time I think I'm finally ready and Shawn is dieting, too. That means no tempting meals out - a big help. And I'm cleaning my house of junk food. I have three brownies left and a few handfuls of M&Ms. And Girl Scout cookies I'm pretty sure I can ignore (they're in the basement - out of sight out of mind). I plan on filling a bowl every morning with what I can eat, minus dinner. A pear/apple, a banana, an orange, string cheese, oatmeal pack and a small cup for V-8. By setting that out every morning, there will be no reason to open the fridge or a cupboard. And then salads or fish/chicken for dinner. For the month of February - it's a short month, I can do it! I have to do it.

Add to that an exercise regimen of sorts. A round of DDS, a round of jogging and a round of biking on the Wii with 20 minutes of walking on the treadmill. Moving but not bored (I hope). Again, for the month of February - it's a short month, I can do it!

What's Up With Mo Sockie?

I am worried about my Mo-mo Sockie. He twitches continuously, walks around crying/swearing, is starting to spray areas and seems quite miserable. I took him to the vet just over a week ago and he gave Mo a clean bill of health (and three shots!) and suggested maybe his issue is hormonal - that he's hitting puberty and once the extra boost of hormones calms down, so will he. I guess it makes sense, after all, his Tiger Lily Mama was pregnant at 10 months, but I kind of have my doubts. I've had enough male cats in my life and I've never seen this kind of behavior. He does seem happiest when he's outside and, fortunately, the weather has been nice enough these last few days that he can spend great amounts of time outside. I worry about the poor guy. And I've noticed Curly Monkey is starting to shiver/twitch, too.

I just ordered three Frontline applications for $50 (on sale!) and two items for Felicia's cat who has ear mites. That came to something like $20. Fortunately I spent enough that I get free shipping. Mo has to go back in two weeks for his second round of baby shots, Curly needs both rounds and they both need neutering. I'm looking at about $700 before it's all over. I must love them very much (I do!)

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

I don't know if we've gotten into double-digit temperatures all week! It's been killer-cold. We're suppose to be seeing more normal temperatures next week - sad when 32 sounds heavenly!

I took Felicia to see her movie Avatar last night. It was a pretty decent flick, although totally predictable. Guess people don't go to that one for the storyline. But I enjoyed the movie (and the Applebees) and I know Felicia was grateful to get out of the house. Poor kid, I do pray for her. Her parents sure gave her an incredibly raw deal.

It's another year so it's time to make some resolutions. I've decided I'm going to eat healthier, rather than try to lose weight. I figure if I eat healthier, I'll lose weight anyway so it will be a win-win. And of course I want to pay down debt but I also want to increase wealth so my focus will shift from paying every penny I can toward debt to giving debt a big chunk of change but not all of it. And, I'm really going to work on convincing myself I'm worth the effort-the effort to look and feel good, the effort to be fulfilled and the effort to be loved. I don't so much as put myself on the backburner for others than convince myself I'm not worth anyone's effort, my own effort included. That needs to change. And rather than resolve to find more couple time with Shawn, I'm going to resolve to find more fun time for me, whether that includes Shawn-time or not. Maybe it will include family time or volunteer time or something. So kind of the same-old-same-old resolutions but from different angles than in the past.