Putting On The Polish

I stepped on the scale this morning and was pleased with my progress.  I won't make the 5 pound goal this week but I'm still headed in the right direction.  So to continue to lose the weight I'm adding extra effort to my house cleaning this weekend. 

Yesterday I moved furniture, vacuumed and mopped the floors.  I spent 2.5 hours on the lawn care and did some light cooking.  Today I'm again moving some furniture around so that I can polish it up.  It needs the furniture polish bad.  My bird's-eye Maple furniture is so parched I've now gone over it twice with the solution.  Next room to go is modern 50's furniture from my grandmother.  Two more rooms after that of furniture, mostly antiques and I'll be done.  I've already changed out the linens in bed and bath and have one load now in the washer.  Oh and its barely 1030 hrs here.  I've been busy.

Still I need to bake that cake.  It will get done.  Tomorrow is an easy day planned for me.  I'm putting off the cleaning of bathroom until tomorrow because I'm doing the furniture today.  With fibromyalgia I still need to pick and choose carefully what I plan to do with the spoons I have in my drawer.  Maybe you'll recall my posting about the spoon theory, maybe not?  But I don't want to wear myself out so that I'm too tired to do squat the next day.

Weekend Cleaning

J is coming home soon which means that I have to finish cleaning his castle.  Today my plans are to vacuum and mop the floors.  I detest dusting because I always break out in welts when I dust.  But its got to get done.

I'm hoping that doing some extra housework this weekend will help with the weight loss.  I'm still losing weight though its getting to be slower.  I actually spoke to J last night, twice, and he remarked that maybe he isn't so healthy for me as I tend to lose weight when he isn't around.  I assuaged his fears by telling him its not him, its me.  I have no will power.  None.  Not one bit.  Okay maybe a tiny smidge if I tell my mind that what he is eating is just plain gross but that is hard to do when I know for a fact it tastes darn good.

Part of my cleaning this weekend will involve laundry.  I won't have time to put it all on the drying racks to save energy.  I'm going to plug in my dryer again and use it.  One load will normally fill three drying racks and I've got sheets to wash this weekend besides my normal clothing.  If only I had a clothes line outside, but then again it rains a lot here so I'm not sure that would be such a good idea.

Some where in this weekend's time line I need to bake a cake.  A birthday cake for my J.  We'll see when that gets done.

I wish I had a self cleaning house.  I wonder when they will invent that? 

Well blogging is just procrastinating and I'm going to need time today to get those floors done.  Sighs...off I go to clean.

Nervous

I've got so much to do in the next few days. I'm not prepared.  I like the idea of J coming home early but all the same I'm finding that I'm running out of time.

Today is the saline infusion sonogram, actually in about an hour.  I'm nervous as hell about that.  First I don't like pain, I'm not sure most sane folks do like pain unless pleasure is the promised end.  Ie:  a virgin's first time pain.

I'm scared that they might tell me that I'm not a good candidate for the IVF.  I'm scared that they might tell me that the reason I've been bleeding and spotting when I shouldn't be is because there is something wrong and I'm not meant to have a biological child.

I'm going to this alone today.  If my husband can't be with me I can't think of another person I'd actually want in that room with me.  Seriously its him or no one.

I was planning on walking over to the hospital for the procedure but my foot last night, the one I tore the deltoid ligament in a few years back, was acting up.  Of course today it looks like its going to rain.  Figures my foot would know about the fog and possible rain.  It might still clear up by afternoon but I'm not wanting to be walking in the fog and risk becoming a hood ornament.

Next, my J is coming home soon.  This means I've got to go grocery shopping.  Seriously there is just nothing in the house he would want to eat.  He's a meatatarian.  Pull a cow up to his table and he'd be happy.  I think if you gave him a magic marker he'd mark the cow into the proper cuts of meat and mark which one he wants.

Speaking of cow, I need to get J half & half and milk too. Whey protein allergy for me means that I don't keep it in the house while he is gone.  Why bother?

Oh and I need to make a birthday cake.  I'd order one but I'm not sure if he is going to be here in time for his birthday or a day later.  If I make one of my own I know it will taste good and I can decorate it how I want too without the extra cost.

So with some deep breathing exercises I'm trying to relax.  I've still got to vacuum and mop the floors before he gets home.  I doubt he'd notice but still I'd like it all clean for him.

Dental Visit

I have to say that I'm pleased with the work that the doctors Tran have been doing in my mouth.   Two visits have been with the female and now one with the male.  Today was three old fillings removed and white ones put into place.  Yes its expensive but it could be a lot more pricey if I didn't have dental insurance through the military.

Because I am trying to conceive a child it is imperative that I keep my mouth in top form.  I know to some of you that sounds a bit odd but its true.  A healthy mouth will help prevent a lot of viruses and toxins from filtering into the systems.  I'd rather get all my teeth repaired now while I'm on a hiatus from trying to conceive then try to take care of an abscess after I do get pregnant.  Next month should start my next round of clomiphene citrate.

Today I'm hoping that I won't be too cranky after the septocaine wares off.  I'm waiting for my respite care worker to arrive to help me with a task that I can't do myself.  There is no way in heck I can pin a dress to myself and have it fit correctly.  Its a minor task and shouldn't take too long to be taken in.  I have need of the dress for two upcoming events.  Both events are fairly close set so I shouldn't need further alterations done on the dress between the events.  I've lost only 5 pounds in the past 10 days but that isn't all that bad too me.  Its a start on better health.

Its almost noon and I was hoping to get my day well started before now.  But there are times when events are just out of my hands and I can only sit and wait when plans start to crumble.  At least I got done with the dentist in the allotted amount of time since they knew I had another appointment today at 1100 hrs.

Its almost noon and my patience is wearing thin.  I've got a long list of things that need to be done before tomorrow's event.  I'm really hoping that they get done.  A person with fibromyalgia only has so much energy and I'm wearing mine out just sitting here waiting.

If I'd only known there would be this much delay I would have started on my long list of things that need to be done.  However, I can't mop the floors nor vacuum if I know that I'm still going to have someone here at any time.  How would it look when I tell that person, "Sorry but the floors are wet so you can't come in the house."?  Especially when that person has another place to get to today too.  Its really my fault for not planning better.

Its now noon.  I have a lot to get done.  Only I can get it done.  So here I sit and wait. I'm fidgeting.  I want to get up and get stuff done while I still have the energy.

Patience is a virtue and mine is running thin right now.

Cleaning Out The Closet

I'm a little late on my Spring Cleaning this year or perhaps a little early for the Summer cleaning however, I'm getting it done.  Today in the trials of finding something comfortable to wear I realized that most of my dresser drawers and closet space contains clothing that is almost a decade old, not the right size, or just plain ugly.  Time to clean it out. 

I like to donate clothing in all sorts of conditions, some of it is bum around stuff and some of it still looks as though it has tags on it.  It happens.  So I keep an old suitcase or two about the house that might have a broken zipper on it just for this occasion.  Its time to clean out the house of my personal stuff I don't use.

Last week Saturday the postal service had a food drive and left all of its customers plastic grocery bags to fill with food for donation.  I'm sad to say that our bag was the only one left by the mail boxes for pick up.  Really folks I'm sure you could have found something in your cabinet you could donate.  I filled our bag up to the point it was going to break.  I like building good Karma.  There is always someone out there more needy than us.  I've been on food stamps, I've been without a place to live, I have it good now and I intend to give back when I can.  My husband has been lucky enough to never have had to experience what I have in life but still he does remember to help out and give too.

So today, inbetween loads of laundry, I'm going through my wardrobe and selecting stuff for donation.  Some of it I've never given away because of fond memories ie: the prom dress, the cocktail dress I wore for my first ball, my old mini skirts from college.  The last items were something I thought I'd always get back into or they'd come back into style.  Let's face it, the last time I was skinny was when I met my J and that was 8 years ago.  Time to say good bye to the old clothes. 

Giving back always makes me feel so good.  It does make room for the new stuff too, but I don't buy all the much thinking I'll get pregnant and need a maternity wardrobe, or thinking that I'll possibly lose 50 pounds over night.  Face the fact time, neither might happen.  Live for the present and downsize the clothing collection.

I urge all of you out there to go through your stuff and make a reality check.  If it doesn't fit you, you haven't worn it in years,  or its ugly as sin and you don't know what made you want to buy it, then donate it.

Off to go pack up a bag for donation.  Have a great day everyone.