Back in the Saddle ( or treadmill) Again!

I was doing so well.  I was getting up early, going to the local YMCA, walking on the track, then working out on some of the available equipment that wouldn't kill me.  Then, after Christmas, it was so cold, and I had one ailment after the other, mostly in the form of ear infections, and a cold.  And it was so damn cold outside!  O did I just say that?  Well, it was. I lost all desire to even step outside, except to bring in the mail.
Now, it's getting warmer, we did spring forward to "daylight savings time" a few weeks ago, so now it's light out by the time I arise.  I have gotten in the bad habit of staying up until the wee hours, then sleeping in.  I have to get back in the habit of getting up and getting going.  My ambition is not there like it was.  I would rather stay home, drink a cup of coffee or two or three and read a good book or craft or watch Netflix..That's the habit I have fallen into during this past super cold winter.  And my waistline is showing it.
So, in the near future, I will be forcing myself to rise earlier and go back to the Y.  I know it will be like starting all over again....and I was doing so well.
But not tomorrow.  I have a breakfast date with two good friends, and then we are going to do some retail therapy.  Maybe the day after that or the day after that.

Peace,
JE

Weather!

Both Monday and Tuesday I took a cuppa out on my back step and sat in the sunshine and listened to the snow melt.  It was 60F out there.  I put on a hat, but was in my shirt sleeves.  This morning I woke up to about a kazillion inches (6") of new snow and temps hovering around 28 degrees, with promise of it plummeting to single digits tonight!  What is with Mom Nature.  Someone in the Midwest really pissed her off!  The wind is also blowing making travel hazardous and once again schools were canceled.  The snow is so heavy, many homes and businesses are losing power due to snow bringing down the power lines.  It's a good day to stay home and just look out the windows, those that aren't crusted with blowing wet snow.  And to think, there were patches of grass just becoming visible in my yard!  Can't see them now!  Stay warm and safe, everyone!

Peace,
JE

Spring cleaning has begun!

Several weeks ago, my daughter decided to move* to the state capitol where her BF lives.  I haven't ventured into the "attic" as she called it, since she has been gone.  It's really the upstairs, which is all one big room.  So, with the impending visit from my brother and his wife in the near future, I decided to get the upstairs room in order.  Curley, my wonderful friend, came in and helped me. 
Maggie was neat and clean, but you know how dust collects and windows need washed etc.  Well, Curley and I moved all the furniture, cleaned blinds, swept, rearranged everything, put up new curtains, and generally just made a nice room look even better. 
This room is 15' wide and 34' long.  Much of what Maggie left behind is stacked behind a decorator screen in one end, leaving the rest of the room a nice size.  After doing all of that, when we came downstairs from working, I told Curley that it made the downstairs look sorta like it needed a good scrubbing.  Plenty of time for that, though, but now I really have Spring fever.  It got up to 60 degrees this afternoon, so after Curley left, I made myself a cuppa tea and went out and sat in the sun on my back step.  I think I could actually hear that 3' snow drift melting.  My yard has lots of shade, even when the trees are bare, so the snow is slow leaving.  But, Spring is definitely in the air and I am so ready!

Peace,
JE 

note*  Maggie's move was a success and she is fully employed and happy!

My Desktop Screen

This is what I see every time I sit down at my computer.  No wonder I spend so much time on here!

Peace,

JE

Saturday Thought

As I sit here with my Saturday cuppa, I have been thinking about my life, as one who is aging is wont to do sometimes.  I know this is not too profound but here's what I have come up with.

    When I was young, going out into the world, I was a "half" looking for someone special to make a "whole."  I found that someone and had the "whole" life for almost 40 years.  Now I am a "half" again.  I am not especially looking for another special someone to make me a "whole" again.  If I spend the rest of my life as a "half," I'm okay with that.

As I reread this, it makes me think that I might be more profound than I thought.

Peace,
JE