November 14, 2012
Wednesday
4:03am
We went to
bed listening to Christmas music last night, and I slept so good. Coffee is
brewing, and I’ve got my Bible out, and am going to read it here in just a
minute.
It’s 4am, and
that means I get Brian up in an hour, at 5. I’ll walk at 5:30 for 30 minutes
and then Brian at 6 for 30, I hope, if we can both muster it. Right now I’m
thinking I’ll take my fluid pill tomorrow, because I weighed last Friday, and
I’d like to keep on the same track, and give myself a full week. I am anxious
to see how I did this week. Now that I look at my calendar, this is only the 2nd
time since Friday that I will have
exercised. I know my calories have been about 1500, shouldn’t that be low
enough to lose weight? I’ve heard you take what you want to weigh, and add a
zero to it, and that should be your calorie goal. If that’s correct, and I’d like to weigh 140, shouldn’t my calorie intake be around 1400?
That system may be archaic, though. I’ll have to look it up again.
5:46pm
Today was
very productive indeed. At 5 oclock I got Brian up, and we sat around for an
hour, until 6. I didn’t feel like walking first, but Brian had no problem with
it. We set our goal for at least 20 minutes, and we both succeeded. I even got
my walking up to 3.2 mph for a good 10 minutes, my heart rate accelerated, and
I was sweating.
We got
dressed, and decided that since we weren’t going anywhere today, I would just
wear my pj pants to work, and take a pair of blue jeans with me, just in case.
As soon as
I got to work, I decided not to pull out the computer, but to head back to my
sewing area, and begin quilting on that baby blanket. I expected to only do 2
rows today. I put into motion the motto “Help yourself”. Every time I would get
tired, I would think this, and would continue. It was kinda like I was the
boss, and I was the employee. There were two people working today, and I got
that entire baby blanket quilted in 2 hours or less.
When I
finished the quilting, Mama’s red beans and rice had just got finished cooking,
so both me and Brian decided to go ahead and have lunch. She made the cutest
little corn bread triangles & corn sticks, which I also ate with my beans & rice. Mama puts jalapenos in
her red beans, and it was spicy, warm, and delicious, just what we needed on
this cold day.
I took a
nap after dinner, and slept til about 1:30pm. Brian had gone to the bank, and I
called him to let him know I was up, to see where he was, and he was on his way
back. When he made it back, I decided to go ahead and finish the quilt today,
as I had about 3 ½ hours to kill, and why would I waste the rest of the day?
I put on
the binding, and congratulated my new employee, myself, and inspected my
results. I thought it was the cutest little baby blanket, good enough to buy in
a store, and I hoped that Tammy, Todd &
Brett would like it. Brian was
very pleased, as I took pictures to post to Facebook.
Pictures
posted to Facebook, Mrs. Debra gave me the highest compliment of all, saying
that I have a gift, so Thank You Mrs. Debra! Tammy said she loves it, and I’m
so glad, and can’t wait til Thanksgiving when we will see them, and both me and
Brian can give them their gift. We missed the baby shower, because we were in
Florida that week.
Brian ate
another bowl of red beans & rice, but I skipped out on it, because I know
that one bowl is plenty in a day. I may have some tomorrow though. I’m not
cooking dinner, because of the calories in those red beans. I’m drinking coffee
and smoking cigarettes, and tomorrow both me and Brian will take our fluid
pills, and weigh on Friday.
I got
finished with the quilt by 3 oclock, and I killed time the rest of the day. We
watched Friends, and I talked to Sabrina, who is coming in this Saturday, and
I’m hoping I’ll get to see her, and I’m hoping she’ll come by and see our home.
I decided
to bring Grandpa’s quilt home with me, because I don’t have any more fabric to
begin on another one at home. It costs around 100 dollars just to buy the
fabric, and we are still recouping from vacation.
We drove
up, and Sambo was waiting on us, and so was Mr. Sully. He immediately
investigated my sewing basket, and I know he will be my little companion while
I sew tonight.
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