I am off until September 10th !!! I am going to enjoy my vacation very much. I am also going to think long and hard about doing something different with my life. I have seen and heard so much the last couple of months, its all so ugly. I just can not believe the way grown men and women behave it is really annoying. So I will think long and hard and decide within the next couple of months if I will stay or leave.I don’t know what I would do without Jenn she is my rock. True happiness is finding what you love and loving to do it. I am determined with everything else that has changed in my life and the place that I am in to change what I do for a living.One of the things Jenn and I have worked so hard at is getting financially secure and paying off most of our debt, well 18 months later and we have reached our goal. Other than utilities, mortgage, and food we owe nothing to no one and that is a great feeling. To have that sense where I could quit and do what makes me happy, even if there is no income on my part is an undescribeable feeling. So there is much to think about plenty of time to do it.Love to all who enter here
Just two more days..
August 21, 2007 at 4:34 pm (family)
Just two more days and Jenn and I are going on a very well deserved vacation. We are going to Maine !!! Then I am taking an additional week off, so after Thursday the 23rd, I will not step foot or even drive by my job until September 10th.
Jenn and I have been busy trying to get ready for the trip. We have been doing some extra cleaning, and yard work. I get kind of funky when I can’t clean. Cleaning to me is relaxing and it helps me unwind. In short it really makes me happy. So knowing that we have a clean house to come back to will make me feel better about going away.
This past weekend we went to Dave and Buster’s. A really cool place for adults to unwind, have a drink and play games. You win tickets too, then shop for things with your tickets in their store. We also went to a family friends open house on Sunday. Sharon built a beautiful house in Canandagua, near the lake. The food was great and Jenn and I had a nice time walking along the lake and being around family and friends.
My garden is giving up. I picked the last melon yesturday, the last of everything actually, except lettuces, and tomatoes. Those are still going strong. I am looking forward to putting away all my summer house stuff, pots and windchimes, and decorating for fall. Cornstalk, pumpkins outside. And all my really funky cute things from bittersweet inside. I love the fall.
Jenn I I will continue to eat as much organic as possible too. It’s not just a summer thing we were trying out anymore, it has become a way of life. We will also continue to do meatless 3 to 4 times a week. We are happy with the way we have been feeling. Both of us have effortlessly lost weight. Jenn lost 10lbs. and I lost 14lbs. I have realized though that feeling better and being healthy is more important than being skinny. Something I know Jenn and I will never be. What we are is what we are and it feels good to be not only healthy, but happy. When you have those two things at the same time in your life, well its great.
I also wrote a letter to Heather. I was going back and forth about it and decided 3 years has gone by and the bitterness and anger has passed. I just wanted to be acountable for my actions, and say I was sorry because I know in being her friend at the time I needed to say that. I also have reached a point where I don’t think I will ever get an apology from her, and I am okay with that. Life is too short to have any negativity towards anyone. Also being in a place in my life right now where everything is good, and so much is different (but in a good way) I just did it. And I feel at peace with it.
Happiness and love to all who enter here.
organic yum
August 7, 2007 at 1:04 am (organic)
So Jenn and I had a really great weekend. Friday we went to our friends home. We met this couple, a really nice couple while walking our dog. They live walking distance near us and we try to get together and have dinner and hang out as much as possible. Kathy is 40 and Amber is 39 and they have been together for 11 years.
Well Amber can cook really well, and we had this all organic salad, grilled melon, and grilled oyster muchroom tacos. Its been great for Jenn and I this summer. We are trying to eat less meat and have 3 meatless nights a week. We are also eating as much organic as possible which is hard. Sometimes I will be craving a peach and can’t find any organic and so on. It’s hard to go to Lori’s and the abundance co-op every week but we have managed to do really well. Since May I would say Jenn and I are about 75 % organic and we have given up eating meat three nights a week. I know, and Jenn knows, that we will never be able to give up meat all together. No way, we just order it certified organic. We are hoping all these small changes add up to one big one.
We played sequence while we were at Amber’s and Kathy’s a game Jenn and I never played before but enjoyed, especially over a couple of glasses of wine.
Saturday we went to the Morging Manning House. Enjoyed a tour, ( I have always wanted to see the upstairs ) went on a wagon ride to three different stops in Brockport. One of those stops was to see the Lois McClure Schooner that was anchored at the Main St bridge. There were also arts and crafts for sale and a dinner back at the mansion.
Sunday we slept in, had a nice breakfast, caught up on yard work and, and went for a long walk along the canal.
Today back to work, but I have the next two days off, then I work Thursday 6-1, and then my weekend starts again.
Enjoyed fresh cucumbers tonight, fresh grilled peaches, and ginger tofu with snap peas.
Love to all who enter here.
