rouma’s little belfry

I went to the dr today and was told that i will be in the cast for 2.5 more weeks but that it is healing nicely. He also cleared me for driving. Tomorrow I'm going to meet up with my friend for lunch instead of a sew date. :) Other than that not much is going on. We were on a mini-vacation until Saturday. It was great.:) The only thing I would have changed would be that I could have tried to get to Morro Rock. Next time when I have both hands to use.

We are now in the new house. We turned in our keys Tuesday after our "walk through" with management at the old place. Unfortunately we had to do it Tuesday because Friday of last week I fell and broke my 5th metacarpsal in my left hand. Go me! Thank the gods the brother in law was here to help out with the move.
We are loving this place. It is taking a bit of adjustment but that is no problem. I am still in the "OMG we have a house" stage. There are still lots of projects but we are happy.

That is all for now. Take care lovelies =)

We have basically 3 more days to finish moving all of our stuff to the new house. My brother in law and I have been taking boxes back and forth since he got here from Germany. The hubby has helped when he isn't at work too. It just seems like we're never going to finish. I know that we will and that turning in the keys to this place will go smoothly on Monday but I'm a bit overwhelmed. It also doesn't help that while we've been moving boxes over there we've also been working on the house to make it livable. We have the big muscle coming Saturday and Sunday to help with the big things. Couch, bed, the desks, media center thingiemagummieship. I've been helping as much as I can but I still feel like I haven't lifted a finger. That feeling is no fun. At least the move isn't too far away with only 3 days to go. It is from here in Mountain View over to Santa Clara. Basically between 8.5 or 10 miles depending on which way you go. I just hope we can get all of our stuff there by the end of Sunday so that on Monday all we need to do is finish with clean up. Wish us luck :) Take care lovelies

well i kind of mentioned the house buying thing on here. we've been under contract since may. unfortunately we've had to go through a ton of hoops to try and get the house. we're still being strung along. *hopefully* we'll have the house soon. i've been up and down on the whole thing. i've even thought about pulling out completely and just staying in the place we are now. although we both are ready to move out. so as soon as i am 'closed' i will probably do the snoopy dance on here and let you all know. until then i keep my fingers crossed that the nightmare we've been through with this process will end.

got use of my demolition tools today. more gets done tomorrow. i just hope it all works out.

the hubby and i have been searching for a home for over a month now. we have seen ones we have loved but were unable to get them for one reason or another. for example, one house we saw was sold 6hrs before we actually got to see it. well as of a couple of hours ago we are under contract for a house. baring any problems we will be in a house soon. :) yay!

I started to take care of myself. Which is great. Then I had a couple of set backs.*  Due to the set backs I ended up in the doctors offices. I had tests taken (am still waiting for the results of the cat scan *sigh* but thats a whole other can of worms) and well... after a nice long ride of being off of them... i am back on diabetes meds. At first I was pretty down about it. Then I realized that it isn't as bad as it could be. I am on Metformin and not on insulin shots. I just need to change a lot of things. For one I need to seriously cut out caffeine and chocolate. I was off of both for a year. I didn't really miss them all that much. Yes there were times when I craved them but I found ways to not ingest them. Like going for a walk or drinking water. Then I had a taste of each and was back on the bandwagon. Since I had the set backs I've been a roller coaster of emotions. One minute I am severely down and run to the one thing that seems to stop it, food. Then I get angry because I did it. Then I try to be really good about eating. This is NOT good. I need to learn that food is not the way to console myself. There are other ways to do this. Read a book, take a walk, do something... but do NOT put the food into my mouth. *sigh* I have appointments set up through the doc for a nutritionist and a yoga program. The first appointment is Thursday. I'm trying to fix me. I just hope I can stay on the right track. So, if for some reason you see me doing something stupid... like trying to eat another cookie or even having the first one... please just slap some sense into me. Thank you.

Sugar this morning: 193
Breakfast (Small bowl of Cheerios with 2% milk) and meds taken (1x 500mg Metformin)
Sugar when I last checked: 253 (due to sugar spike from breakfast)
Water consumed: 18 ounces
Weight: (and I hate to post this but I need to see it so it kicks me into shape) 275 (via doc w/clothes/shoes on)
Exercise: none yet... going for a walk after posting this
Attitude: worried :/

*Set backs --- Started having severe pain when bending. 1st doc thought it was a stomach issue after ruling out appendicitis and told me to take Prilosec OTC. Day I took it (last Thursday) I started having bleeding from belly button. 2nd doc (my PCP) saw me Friday and ordered lots of tests. Cat Scan done 4/21, no results yet. Didn't do much of any exercise due to pains. Then after doc told me I was going to go on diabetes meds and nurse at cat scan said I couldn't take them until today I went on a food binge. Including lots of chocolate chip cookies. *sigh*

I had a small breakfast. Then started getting letters ready to print and send off at the post office. Unfortunately, our printer ran out of ink. I grabbed my flash drive and copied all the files I needed. Then I walked off to the Mountain View Library. I had called and asked if their computers had a 'word processing program' and was told they had Word. No problem, just saved the Open Office files as Word files. Got there, put money on the library card so I could print and then found out I wasn't able to get the files off the flash drive due to permissions. No problem. I looked up the sample letter I was using as a template online and retyped the letters. Finally got them printed and then walked over to the post office and spent $40 to send them all out. Then I went to Red Rock. I had worked off my breakfast and then some so by the time I got there I was kind of out of it. I think my blood sugar had started to go into a downward spiral. I ordered a sandwich and a coffee and a cookie. They were good but the energy boost was beaten down by the THUD of the sugar high going away. After eating and relaxing for a little bit I walked back home. Got home and am still feeling pretty lousy. I need to not eat like that. It is not helping with the weight loss issues. Eating lunch late throws everything off.

*sigh*
so that is it for me right now. take care lovelies

I started keeping track of my eating on the iphone on the 17th. I cut back on portions and upped my exercise. Since I started paying attention to things I have lost 4.5 lbs. I know it isn't much but it is a lot to me. I just need to keep up with it. Today I ended up cheating and ate some cookies. I told myself to not deny myself because I know me and I knew that if I didn't eat a cookie I would have eaten a lot more later on. I actually got full without even finishing most of my dinner. This shows me that I am doing things right. Granted the plate was loaded with steak, veggies and potatoes. I ate all the veggies and left potatoes and steak. I really need to up the water/liquid intake. Today I have done good. Anyways, that is what is going on with me. Thanks for listening :)

Well, I woke up with the hubby and had breakfast. I've been trying to keep count of everything and it wasn't too much. Although the oj raised the already high sugar a tiny bit. Then I got online to print some things out that needed to be printed out. Unfortunately, I was wiped so I fell asleep in front of the laptop. I ended up 'napping' for an hour and a half. Threw me off a bit. Then I got up, washed up and went to get laundry together. Laundry did not get done due to the washers being taken. I wasn't going to stalk the laundry room all day. I will just do it tomorrow as soon as Chris gets off to work. I packed up my stuff and put it into my backpack. Then I walked the mile over where I am now, the Red Rock Cafe in Mountain View. It was a good walk. Sun was shining and it felt good to get off my tush and get out of the house. Then I kind of went down hill. I bought 2 cookies. I know I shouldn't have and I feel so guilty about eating them. Especially after the sugar spike of the oj this am. When I get back home, after doing some writing, I am definitely going to jump on the wii fit. I need to work off the cookies. Yes, I know the walk to Red Rock and from Red Rock are going to spend calories but I still need to eat dinner tonight. I'm going to make a sensible dinner. I need to wake up and realize that bad eating habits are NOT going to help me in this battle. Dernit. Last night's "pizza night" didn't help any even though I have a little bit of calories left over that I could have used. I really need to get this through my head. If I don't then nothing is going to change. :/