Friday, November 30th, 2012

November 30, 2012

FRIDAY!

5:49am

            Good morning! J I feel very good this morning, very awake, and thank the Good Lord above for another day, and pray for His blessings upon this day!

            I read an article in a small magazine I get, Nutrition Action. It had all kinds of good stuff in this little magazine. But what it said was that studies show, that if I exercise at very,very high intensity for 30 seconds, and then low intensity for 4 ½ minutes, that I can exercise for shorter amounts of time, and reap the same benefits if I were exercising twice the amount of time at a moderate intensity. In other words, I can exercise for 15 minutes at these intervals, and get the same benefits I get when I exercise for 30 minutes. And on that note, if I exercise for 30 minutes at intervals, I burn off twice the calories I would normally. So that’s what I’m going to do this morning. I hate an incline, but I think I can handle it for 30 second intervals this morning. J

            Brian is still in there sleeping, and I’m not going to wake him up until about 6:45, and I’ll be done with my exercising by then. He’s been getting up early every morning with me, but I think he may have stayed up kinda late last night watching the ballgames. I don’t like going to bed without him, but by 9:30, I was ready to crawl in the bed, so I did.

            I got in the last two of Brian’s Christmas presents yesterday, and I need to get all three wrapped, but I left two of them at Mama & Daddy’s yesterday, so I’ll bring those home this afternoon, and do some wrapping either tonight or tomorrow. I’m just hoping Mr. Sully doesn’t tear into the paper, and reveal its contents. It’ll be nice to have presents under the tree, although only one of them will really fit under there, the other two are too big, I’ll just have to set them around.

            I don’t have anywhere to go today really, just to the bank in Delhi, and that’s not but an eight minute drive, and can be done in twenty minutes total, and Brian can do that. I’m wanting to sew a bunch today, at work and at home, and finish getting the clothes washed. I probably only have two more loads, and can finish up either tonight or tomorrow early.

            I plugged my Christmas tree in this morning, and I’m glad I did. I’m really happy with it this year, it turned out really pretty I think. Mama & Daddy will see it tomorrow, when they come over to watch the SEC Title Game, Georgia vs. Alabama. I had forgot about that, so it looks like I’ll be going to the store after all, to pick up a few things to eat for the game.  I’ve got Mama’s Southern Living cookbook here, and I’m going to take it back to her today, and possibly pick an appetizer out of there, in addition to hot wings, cheese fries, and rotel dip, and I think we also need a dessert, so I’ll pick one of those too, although a 4 layer delight is delicious….we’ll see.  Looks like I’ll be doing some cooking tomorrow.

10:57pm

            I spent the entire day sewing, and tried out all the new instructions given to me by my Granny and my sewing club, and they all made my sewing near about perfect! I called Granny first, and then Mrs. Clara, to let them know their instructions were paying off, and they both were pleased. Our next sewing meeting is on Tuesday, and Mrs. Clara said there will be younger people there, but to tell you the truth, I’d rather just hang out with the old folks. J

            We had a cheeseburger from Faye’s for lunch, and then ran to the bank, and to pick up Uncle Jay from Clarence’s home, as Clarence is going to fix the brakes on the van, and Uncle Jay needed a ride home. We had nice conversations in the vehicle, and dropped Uncle Jay off, and got to see Jesse, who had just shown up in his new truck. We checked it out, and congratulated him on such an awesome looking truck. Brian and Jesse talked phones for a minute, and we headed back to work.

            I sewed strips for the first time today, and got a LOT done today with Grandma’s quilt. I’ve decided to alter the pattern a little bit, changing the x’s to different colors, instead of all them being yellow. I think it will turn out prettier and more diverse this way, and I’m excited to finish it!

            I did a little shopping for Granny and Elouise this afternoon, because they were having a sale on some of the things I wanted to buy for them. Brian did a little Christmas shopping for me, and he said I would be “shocked and amazed” so I’m excited to see what he’s got ordered, but I’ll have to wait til Christmas.

            A bunch of Brian’s stuff came in today, and so did our Christmas present for Mama. I think I’ve got Mama curious, because she had to sign for the package, and it said “High Value” on it, and they told her they never get a signature unless it’s over $5000 dollars. It’s not, and she knows that, but still, it’s got her to thinking….

            Five oclock came none too early. I’d been sewing all day, and wasn’t tired from it, and was ready to go home and work on Grandpa’s, because I really want to get it finished this weekend.

            We stopped by Cannon’s for cigarettes, and then headed home. Sambo greeted us outside, and then Mr. Sully and  Maelee were waiting to be petted in the chair by the door when we first walked in. I gave Mr. Sully his medicine, and then a kitty treat, as I told him “You can’t have your little kitty treats Mr. Sully until you have your little kitty medicine.”

            I cooked Hamburger Helper for dinner, and it was very good. I’m kinda getting sick of cooking instant meals, and am really missing cooking out of my cookbook. The upside is that it only uses one pot, and there’s hardly any mess. That’s good for Brian, since he has taken over the kitchen duties, and it’s good for me, because it’s quick and easy, and doesn’t take much time. But still, I like to cook, I just can’t think of anything I want right now, but I’m sure it will come back. Plus, cooking non-instant is expensive, and I really don’t feel like shelling out the money for food right now.

            After dinner, Brian played playstation, and I sewed for the next hour, until Sabrina sent me a text, and I called her. We talked a good while, and by the end of the conversation, I had thought about some more things, and knew that I had a couple more phone calls to make. I called Aunt Mary Beth, and then Taylor, and my phone conversations were up for the night. I’d spent an hour on the telephone, and I was done.

            I sewed for the next two hours, up until now, and almost got a whole row done. It really helped locking those seams, like Mrs. Clara showed me, so this row is going to look really good. I didn’t finish it, only have around 5 more sections to do, out of about 50, so I think I did pretty good. I’ll leave the rest for in the morning, because I’m getting tired, and am thinking of going to bed here any  minute.

            I did get in my walk today. I walked for 15 minutes at intervals. I walked for 1 minute at 3.1 and an incline of 5.0, and then back down to an incline of 0, same speed, for 4 ½ minutes. I started with the 4 ½ minutes, so I only did the incline 2x. I honestly didn’t feel it very much, and it didn’t seem very hard. The treadmill said I burned 93 calories, which is more than my 72 for 15 minutes. I had plans to get back on it for another 15 min tonight, but I spent the evening sewing, and Brian never got on the treadmill, so I wasn’t inspired.

            I had cheeseburger and fries (900), coffee (300), hamburger helper (600) =1800 – 100 for the walk = 1700 today. We’ll see if I lost any weight on Tuesday, and I’ve still got Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to do better. As long as I lose a pound or 2 a week, I’ll be doing good, and I think I should’ve at least lost a pound, so 1 more pound in 3 days isn’t too much, I don’t think, but we’ll see on Tuesday. Good NIGHT!