This are is supposed to be a walkway between all my peony plants. You can barely see them with the grass so tall!
I’m frustrated. I’ve packed on a few extra pounds over the winter and my stomach is entering the room even before my chest. I’m getting older, it happens, I can’t expect to weigh what I did in my thirties, but this extra flab is zapping my energy...my get up and go...got up and left. I've looked and certainly felt better, its time to make some changes.
I’ve been pretty lethargic of late, with the energy of a broken finger. I move like a slug and take a nap after breakfast. Insomnia has hit hard for the past couple of weeks adding to the perpetual deficit. I’m forgetful and my eyes feel like window blinds half opened. I really need to get a grip over the next week or so to get back on a path of wellness. I’ve been taking vitamin B12 and D, but I think I need a major overhaul, veggie drinks, salads and no more snacking. I need energy. I have gardening to do and painting around the house, a driveway to scrape as the grass is taking over and it bugs the heck out of me, if I don’t beat it back it will encroach over the entire parking area. I’ve been picking away at it, five minutes here and there before having to practically crawl to the house for a rest, its hard labour! Grass on the driveway is a pet peeve of mine; it shouldn’t look like part of the lawn. It’s bad enough the grass as taken over my gardens, sending shoots under the rock edge, creeping its way along the soft earth to rise up and push out my plants, but now it’s forcing its way up through the crushed gravel! The damn grass is an infernal pest! A never ending battle! I’d like to cover the lawn with cement and paint it green.
The garage needs trim paint and I have the boat floor boards to sand and varnish. The kitchen and living room hardwood floors need to be recoated several times as there are bare spots with raw wood shining through. I have a month to do these things and then my focus will be on the boat. Due to circumstances we will be launching later this year, perhaps the middle of July so I have all of June plus a bit to get a grip. If I don’t get a grip I’ll be sitting here in a month’s time still lamenting all these things need doing and feeling guilty about not doing them.
I’m not liking this belly that looks about eight months pregnant; stretching out my clothes and bursting buttons. It’s either fat or I'll be giving birth to a big tumor. I don’t eat bad food but I do eat way too much of it. It’s a simple fix, as easy as less on the plate. I do comfort eat which is a more difficult challenge but once I get the ball rolling it will get easier to abstain. Once I start feeling better then working at a steady pace, burning fat and recharging the batteries, I’ll trim down, it’s getting started and over that beginning hump that’s difficult.
I am also going to try to go to bed early every night. I’ve been averaging 1:00 am and I’m paying for it, I used to be a sharper pin but now there is a fog that dulls me. I do things and two minutes later question if I did it or not. I walk into a room for something and forget why I came. This isn’t me and I don’t have Alzheimer’s. It’s nothing a good eight hours of sleep wouldn’t cure. I wish I had a big switch that turns off the electricity at 11:00, forcing me into bed at a reasonable hour. Hubby and I are terrible together. I think he’s always on west coast time and I was a cat in a previous life, a nasty combo to promote sleep deprivation. Fortunately for hubby, when his head hits the pillow he’s gone whereas I have to read to quiet my brain and that can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour or so it’s 2:00 am before lights out.
I’m fat, tired and mad and I’m not going to take it anymore.....change begins tonight!
I’ve been pretty lethargic of late, with the energy of a broken finger. I move like a slug and take a nap after breakfast. Insomnia has hit hard for the past couple of weeks adding to the perpetual deficit. I’m forgetful and my eyes feel like window blinds half opened. I really need to get a grip over the next week or so to get back on a path of wellness. I’ve been taking vitamin B12 and D, but I think I need a major overhaul, veggie drinks, salads and no more snacking. I need energy. I have gardening to do and painting around the house, a driveway to scrape as the grass is taking over and it bugs the heck out of me, if I don’t beat it back it will encroach over the entire parking area. I’ve been picking away at it, five minutes here and there before having to practically crawl to the house for a rest, its hard labour! Grass on the driveway is a pet peeve of mine; it shouldn’t look like part of the lawn. It’s bad enough the grass as taken over my gardens, sending shoots under the rock edge, creeping its way along the soft earth to rise up and push out my plants, but now it’s forcing its way up through the crushed gravel! The damn grass is an infernal pest! A never ending battle! I’d like to cover the lawn with cement and paint it green.
The garage needs trim paint and I have the boat floor boards to sand and varnish. The kitchen and living room hardwood floors need to be recoated several times as there are bare spots with raw wood shining through. I have a month to do these things and then my focus will be on the boat. Due to circumstances we will be launching later this year, perhaps the middle of July so I have all of June plus a bit to get a grip. If I don’t get a grip I’ll be sitting here in a month’s time still lamenting all these things need doing and feeling guilty about not doing them.
I’m not liking this belly that looks about eight months pregnant; stretching out my clothes and bursting buttons. It’s either fat or I'll be giving birth to a big tumor. I don’t eat bad food but I do eat way too much of it. It’s a simple fix, as easy as less on the plate. I do comfort eat which is a more difficult challenge but once I get the ball rolling it will get easier to abstain. Once I start feeling better then working at a steady pace, burning fat and recharging the batteries, I’ll trim down, it’s getting started and over that beginning hump that’s difficult.
I am also going to try to go to bed early every night. I’ve been averaging 1:00 am and I’m paying for it, I used to be a sharper pin but now there is a fog that dulls me. I do things and two minutes later question if I did it or not. I walk into a room for something and forget why I came. This isn’t me and I don’t have Alzheimer’s. It’s nothing a good eight hours of sleep wouldn’t cure. I wish I had a big switch that turns off the electricity at 11:00, forcing me into bed at a reasonable hour. Hubby and I are terrible together. I think he’s always on west coast time and I was a cat in a previous life, a nasty combo to promote sleep deprivation. Fortunately for hubby, when his head hits the pillow he’s gone whereas I have to read to quiet my brain and that can take anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour or so it’s 2:00 am before lights out.
I’m fat, tired and mad and I’m not going to take it anymore.....change begins tonight!
Weeds and dandelion's dropping their seeds for next years crop. I can't even see my plants!
One garden finished on the right side of the house.
You can see the grass growing on the driveway behind the birch trees.
You can see the grass growing on the driveway behind the birch trees.
This small area yielded three wheel barrows filled with weeds and more to pull.
It's a good thing I like this kind of work!
It's a good thing I like this kind of work!
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