Not much going on

Tonight is knitting and once again, I won't be going. It seems like forever since I've been there, but I seem to get really tired at night. And it seems harder to breathe then. I'm not sure if I'm still contagious or not and really shouldn't take the chance either. But, then again, I'm feeling better to the point where I need to get out of the house. If just for a little while.

So this morning I get this crazy idea to hop on the scale and see how much weight I might have lost. After all, I could hardly keep anything down for almost 3 days and lately I've only been eating when I feel like it and only a little. I was at least thinking I would have a fluid loss. Well, the scale had the nerve to show a gain. A one pound gain!!!! Exactly just what is that???? How is that possible? Well, I personally think my body is at war with me and fully intends to keep itself plump. FOREVER! I know they say to eat to lose weight and for me that's true. It's also said to exercise to lose weight. For me that's not true. For me, the less I eat the less I lose. The more I exercise, the less I lose. My body's fighting me every step of the way to shed even one ounce. And I wonder why I get frustrated and am resigned to the fact that I will be this way forever. If the weight doesn't come off by exercising and eating less, then I don't know what will take it off. My goal lately is to eat the same amount of calories, or less and not gain weight. According to doc there's nothing medically wrong that the weight won't come off. She seems to think I don't know how to measure and weigh my food. I do. But for now, I really have no appetite and that's fine with me as long as what I do eat counts. It seems that lately I crave certain foods and that's what I eat. Yesterday was cauliflower, so I had a spoonful of mac and cheese and steamed cauliflower for dinner. Today I want the leftover bbq chicken from the graduation party that I froze so I'll have that and possibly a garden salad or green beans for dinner. I want both, but with a piece of chicken it will be to much. It will just be me and the oldest for dinner tonight, which means I have to fend for myself because the kid can't cook for nothing, lol! Maybe I can talk hubby into getting the greens ready before he goes to work, then at dinner all I have to do is add the other stuff.

It's really nice here again today with a cool breeze blowing. I'm thinking of trying to get outside and just sit on the swing for a while. I'm afraid that by the time I'm feeling much better it will be so hot and humid I won't want to be outside. I'm not one to pass up being outside on a nice day if I can help it :)

Unseasonably cool

Today is a really pretty day. Not to hot or humid.

This is a pic of one of the big pots of flowers I have on each side of the front door. This pot is going crazy, the other one not so much. Guess because this one gets most of the sun. The other one the flowers have blooms on them, but nothing like this one.

This is a close up of the nasturtiums (sp?) that are in that pot. I planted a butterfly mix in them. Hope to start seeing some butterfly's soon.

Since I was already outside with camera in had I decided to walk around the house and see what else is blooming. Well, I took my time because by the time I got to the back of the house, I was tired. I'm thinking a nap is going to be in order, lol.

These I started from seed and are in the flower boxes sitting on the deck railing. I have no idea what these are called though, lol.

Since the garden is close to the deck I decided to take a walk by it. Good thing I did, scared the groundhog away, lol. I did take notice that the zucchini has small zucchinis starting. Can't wait for fresh from the garden zucchini. Of course, by the end of the growing season I'll be tired of it, lol. I also noticed that the garden is being taken over with weeds. The boys have to do some serious weeding. I'll never be able to find the veggies if they don't. I'll have to think of something good to bribe them with to weed it though, lol.

This is the same flower as the orange ones. I have two more of these plants planted on each side of the front of the deck. This one is hidden by all the foliage that has taken off around the deck.

New toy?????

Image via Wikipedia

Just wanted to see how this thing is going to work. So much for resting, lol.


Before I got sick we took one of the guys hubby works with to get himself a notebook. We checked walmart and staples. He didn't want lap top for a desk top. He wanted a note book. But not a mini notebook either.

Well, I don't usually spend a lot of time in staples because there's so much stuff I get over whelmed. He ended up getting a note book from staples because it was about $150 cheaper than walmart and it came with the thingie for cd's and dvd's.

It did make me realize though, when I have to get a new computer, I want one with a large hard drive and as many gb's as I can get and I want either a dell or a gateway this time. I will stick with the desk top though because I can always borrow the youngest lap top if I want to sit somewhere and do something. But, next on the agenda is to go wireless. Then we can hook up our ipods.

Sllloooowwwwllllyyyyy coming around.................

After a few days of laying in bed, I'm tired of being in bed. I'm feeling better, but just so tired. Got no sleep at all last night because every time I would lay down, I would start to cough and cough, and my head would just pound. So, went to the doc this morning. You know I was desperate if I went to the doc being almost sure I have the flu, but I just wanted something for the cough and the headache. Nothing takes the headache away, just takes the edge off. My stomach is finally not giving me so much trouble so I'm getting better. Just not fast enough.

I have to say hubby has really been stepping up to the plate. Him and his lazy relative he works with. They are doing the errands, taking the kids to work, picking them up and doing whatever else needs to be done. But, I do keep hearing them telling the boys they sure hope I start feeling better soon, lol. I sort of feel bad for hubby because I know just how hard it is to do all this running and work, but then maybe he will get a reality check of just how much I really do to. Hubby got up this morning and took the oldest to work, then I called the doc and took the earliest appt I could get, so an hour and a half later he was taking me to the doctors. Then, since I had scripts that had to be filled in town, he took a shower and him and the youngest went to get them filled and go food shopping. By the time he got back it was time for him to go to work. Maybe he's thinking if he pushes through these few days I'll be feeling better and his life can get back to normal, lol. He has been complaining about feeling like he's running a temp, but I seriously think its from the drinking. He's not coughing or showing any other signs of being sick. The oldest, however, is doing a lot of coughing. Him I have to keep an eye on. I started with a temp and coughing. I didn't pay much mind to the temp because of my allergies and a temp is common. The coughing I thought maybe was the start of a really bad chest cold. The youngest just got over a nasty cold. But not for me, I got the package deal, lol. The youngest has been really good about doing the cooking and the laundry. So glad. The oldest can't even make tea, lol. Well he can, but it's really, really bad. Don't know how you can mess that up but he knows. So today is the first day I've been up all day. That's because my back hurts and my neck just aches from trying to sleep sitting up. Doc gave me two things for the cough, one for daytime and one for nights, to make me sleep. Sure hope they work because all I want to do is just lay down, relax and sleep. All night.

Now that my concentration has come back some,I was looking over my stuff for class. Not attempting it because I can't concentrate that well yet and I really am tired. But, don't ask me why, but I suddenly realized that there is no way I can be done this class by October. I'm not even half way through the book, plus I have a 1,000 word minimum paper to write that goes along with my final. Not to mention the final. Loosing all this time was stressing me out, but I never would have been able to do it had I not gotten sick. So, I'm giving myself as much time as I need. That is why it's a self paced course. I finish when I finish and then I'm thinking maybe I'll take the next course they have after this one, and then I'll think about transferring. The next course is really what I wanted to do anyway, but first things first.

Now I'm off to do a little organizing with the bills and stuff that has come in lately. Don't want to misplace one, especially a credit card bill!

Happy 4th!

I hope everyone has a nice Independence day this year.

As for me, well, I'm not feeling so great. I think it's a really nasty chest cold that is really getting me. I was coughing a lot yesterday and towards evening, I knew I was running a low grade temp. And the body aches! Not a thing here for a cold other than Tylenol. Drank lots of water through the night, so not a whole lot of sleep. This morning my nose is starting to get stuffed up. Wasn't that way last night, but I'm just going to hang out on the sofa in front of the tv today and let the guys wait on me, lol.

At some point this weekend I have to take a ride into town and drop my time sheet. Going to put that off until tomorrow. I might be feeling a little better by then. I hope. You know I feel bad when I don't want to hop in the car and drive 5 minutes to the grocery store to get something to take care of all my problems, lol.

It's looking like it might be a nice day today. Mostly cloudy, but with a nice cool breeze going. Not a lot of sun. We are still in that showers possible range of weather. It clouded up yesterday afternoon, late and we got a few sprinkles. Then around dinner time a few downpours. But at least most of the day was nice and I got out in it. It won't make me crazy to sit inside on a cloudy day like a sunny day would.

Well, I'm climbing back into bed for a while....................

What nerve..........................

So, I was outside working on my stuff for class and I see something move out of the corner of my eye. I pay it no mind and keep reading. A few minutes later I had to stop because I was coughing so, and this time for sure I see something moving. I look and it was a groundhog! Running as fast as it's little legs could carry it, lol.

Not sure if it was coming from the garden or not (probably so) because the shed separates the gazebo and the garden.

I was talking to hubby about trying to get the roof in the sun room fixed tomorrow. He has to work and not sure of the weather, I just decided to make no plans and see what happens.

Not sure what's going to top hubby's "honey do list" tomorrow. Evicting the groundhogs or roof repair, lol.

The sun is finally shining!!

This is my bleeding heart plant. I have three of them and they take up the whole side of the sun room. Unfortunately, there are no blooms left on these poor guys, lol. I should have taken a pic before all the nasty weather. I planted these 2 years ago, and by the end of the season, they just took off on me, lol. Had I known they were going to do that, I would have bought more and planted them all around the house, lol.

My fuchsia plant. I'm glad to see it's made it through all these high winds and storms. I have two. One is planted in the corner of the house and the deck. This one is planted in the corner of the deck and the deck stairs.

These are my backyard views. Notice all the high grass in the last one? That's what separates our two houses. I believe the groundhogs have made a home in all that high grass. That's where I see them run to when I surprise them by going outside, lol.

Since it's such a nice day, I'm thinking I'm going to take advantage and spent a lot of time outside today. It's in the mid 70's and the humidity is low. It is hot in the sun though, lol. I've already been outside hanging my laundry out, lol. Think I'm going to go outside this afternoon in the gazebo and work on my translation's for the next chapter in my book. My mood has not been the greatest lately. Not sure if it's just all this "stuff" or lack of sunshine, but maybe spending some time outside will make me feel better.

While I was outside I noticed hubby has been working in the garden doing the weeding. I went through and put all the vines on the tomato plants back inside the tomato cages. I also saw in my herb garden that most of my dill is gone and some of the cilantro. The groundhogs have totally destroyed the broccoli and cauliflower. We won't be getting any this year. I did see the lettuce is starting to come back, so I'll have to keep an eye on that. I really want home grown lettuce this year, lol. I haven't planted the spring mix yet because I haven't been able to find the seeds. I know they are in the shed. But where?? I'll have to see if the youngest can get them out for me today so I can get them in the planter. My spinach is coming up and looking good. I have it in a planter on the front railing. This way I can keep an eye on it if it's getting to much sun or decided to bolt.

Going to spend some time in the great outdoors, lol.