March 3, 2009 at 5:19 pm (Blogroll, Health and Wellness, day to day, exercise, family, happiness, home, life, simple living, work)
Tags: Birthday, day to day, exercise, family, friends, gossip, happiness, Health, home, Jenn, life, love, news, organic, relationships, weather, Weekend, work
I am not sure when is the last time I posted anything. Jen and I have been very busy. February was full of b-days, work days, and just life.
Xochitl turned 8, my father turned 77 Joel turned 47, and Danny turned 17. Happy birthday again to all of you. All four birthdays had parties and time spent with family.
Valentines day was a great day. Jenn and I gave a $20 limit to eachother this year. She got me a nice journal, organic dark chocolate and almond bar, and two favorite magazines I enjoy to read weekly. I gave her gloves I knit myself, lavendar bath oil I made myself, earrings, and a movie night of her choice. I rented a DVD she wanted to see, made her a tub of popcorn, and got small bags of her favorite candy. It was a nice night we also tried our new fondu set. I also came to the realization that I do not like chocolate on strawberries.
This past month I went to see The Reader, The Wrestler, then with Jenn we saw Curious Case of Benjamin Button. All three movies were great, but I still think Slum Dog Milliionare was the best movie so far I have seen this year.
Work still is shit. Still hate my job. Still pat myself on the back when I leave work and have not ripped anyone’s face off. Still have to get up in the dark 5AM !!! Still hate it. It’s still cold and I want to go somewhere warm, and maybe stay there.
This past weekend Jen and I went to an RV show. We walked around and looked at all the beauty they have. Everything you need to live in at your finger tips. We stepped into a couple. We imagined what it would be like to sell the house or rent it, buy an RV, and just travel. When we need money we stop and find work, then keep moving. What a perfect life that would be. I know as long as I had Jenn by my side I would be happy. This is something I am sure we will bring up again and look into the possibilities.
The past couple of days Jen and I have been fighting off a cold. we are trying everything in our power not to get sick, but I think my I am losing my battle, Jen is holding her own.
All in all life at 284 Main is great . Peace and love all who enter here.
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January 9, 2009 at 3:33 pm (Blogroll, Health and Wellness, Holistic Heath, alternatve family, day to day, exercise, family, gossip, happiness, home, life, simple living, simplify)
Tags: alternative families, exercise, family, happiness, Health, Jenn, kids, life, relationship, simple living, simplify
This year Jen and I have taken vows, not marriage vows, ( I wish ) vows of another kind. we decided as a whole that we need to do away with a lot of what we think we need, or what we think makes us happy.
We started off the New Year kind of like the spring, we cleaned house. Since the attic became a 4th room we have started to store a lot of “things” we do not need in the office and the office closet. So we cleaned out the closet in the office and now what is left are our winter, fall, and spring jackest. Thats it. We also went through our closets and donated alot of clothes. We went through the entire house with the same intention —SIMPLIFY!!! . So much of what we have are impulse buys, things we really don’t need, or things in that moment we thought we had to have to make us happy. Well we just don’t want to live like that anymore. So this year we vowed to stop that kind of “need to have it” behavior. We are over that. We are very happy with what we have.
Another way we think works for us to simplify is to get rid of debt While we know we will always have some form of debt, we wanted to do away with most of it. I started the process about two years ago, to date everything is paid in full, except for one store card and our mortgage. We are saving and don’t feel as unhappy in our jobs because we know we can walk away, if and when we want to, and we would be okay for awhile. When the need to work is so great, then the things that annoy you about your job are magnafied because you feel your stuck. I know Jen felt like that before and for the first part of our relationship. Now I work part time, and we manage just fine. we are happy because we are making all of this work.
Some other things we started doing is accepting ourselves and appreciationg our health. For a long time I always thought losing weight would make me happy. Well I lost weight, but the happiness came much later. We realized for us its not about being skinny for us its about being healthy. While I may never be the perfect size others think is the best. Jen and I are both healthy, we eat well, and we make the time to take care of ourselves.
So far the year is off to a great start, and we really feel as a family and as a couple we are off on the right track. We hope to continue on this path to what will soon be for us “simple living” .
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January 7, 2009 at 4:45 pm (Blogroll, Health and Wellness, Holistic Heath, alternative families, day to day, exercise, family, home, life)
Tags: alternative families, day to day, doctor, exercise, family, friends, happiness, Health, home, Jenn, life, love, New year, news, relationships
So Last night I was watching Oprah. I love her show. Always have and always will. Her shows the last two days have been about taking care of yourself, which we all want to do buut it’s really hard sometimes.
I had actually already decided in November that Jen and i had to stop taking our health for granted. We have a nice home, great families, good friends and beautiful pets what good is all that if you don’t have your health. YOU NEED YOUR HEALTH !!!
So in November I had a physical, along with bloodwork, an eye exam, and I also went to see my heart specialist. Despite me delaying it all until almost the end of the year, I did get everything taken care care. Jen waited even longer and went in December right before Christmas. everything with the both of us is fine.
I had a few scares this past year, one heart flutters, and two severe head and neck pain that sent me to the ER. My heart flutters are caused by my heart valve that struggles to evenly pump my blood, and the other scare still is a mystery. What I do know is after having some time off from work, and taking muscle relaxers for two weeks I was back in working order.
All in all I feel Jen and I are doing what we need to do to be happy and healthy for a long time to come. One thing we started to do is exercising together. Three days a week we do an hour of cardio, and one day a week 30 mins of weights. We enjoy going to the local college. Our membership was cheap, and the hours are great, open 8am to midnight. I like the bikes, and racket ball, Jen likes to walk, and racket ball. And while we tend to take a more holistic approach to our health ( vitamins, supplements, and otehr natural remedies) We know the key to overall good health is to keep moving and so we just move.
We all need to put ourselves in our to do list. As for me it is a must.
Peace and good health to all who enter here.
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