New You August 10th-

that the level of caffeine in your body Hope is going to be constantly high, so your SIL may well be right about it contributing to your sleep problems.

and that is all I'm gonna say on the matter right now because I could do with having some intravenous caffeine this morning. Always a good reason to avoid it like the plague. I hate mornings when the whole of my effort is spent on just trying to stay awake. I've had several glasses of water (finished a whole 2litre jug of it yesterday), one cup of tea wth breakfast. I've eaten something for breakfast and just something in as part of my lunch (canned franks). I just made sure I took all of my medications which are likely to impact my energy levels, particularly iron, and I took my desperation jar of chicken essence, which is a tonic thing many Asians here swear by. I also had a glass of milk to ensure I had some protein midway through the morning.

I also should note that I didn't sleep late last night. Even after changing DS' sheets I was still in bed by 11pm at the latest. With DH away I'm usually a bit better about getting to bed early, unless I get sucked into a computer game, but I haven't played that since the first night, and I'm not reading the type of book that I'm going to try and finish in one sitting (Marion Zimmer Bradley - Forests of Avalon, originally The Forest House).

So quite why I'm having one of those mornings is beyond me. I gave up on my morning pages to take what I hoped would be a brief refreshing nap, but which took an hour and was anything but a help. I forced myself to finish a single side of writing and then found a bouncy album and danced around the room. What is there that I have not tried this morning, apart from the caffeine?? I know that drinking caffeine or having huge loads of sugar on a day like this would probably be a mistake, so I shall try to aim for water instead.

not sure I'm going to get my charity items dropped today after all, or do any grocery shopping, though I'm seriously scraping the bottom of the barrel at the moment. At least I can get milk and basic veggies from downstairs - hallelujah! I'm gonna miss that convenience when we move back to the UK, because there's not much chance of having a corner shop that close, or even close enough for me to send out DD8 (not for one more week) out to buy things for me.
I think I'm starting to muddle my threads so it's probably time to get up and get moving!

Kerri.

I didn't exercise.

I did well for breakfast and lunch, but disn't have a snack at 3 and was starving by dinner so I overdid and then felt yucky.

Today has been fine so far...I'm heading out to Curves as soon as it stops pouring.

I only have one cup of coffee a day, but it's a really big cup.

Bye,
-Jo

about a possible cold Becky, but it seems to have been frightened away for now.

I'm back on one of my favourite sandwich combos of cream cheese and cucumber. I thought about it the other day and realised I hadn't had it in probably a couple of years, so I bought the cucumber the day before yesterday and the cream cheese yesterday, and here it is - yummy!

I did an unbelievably expensive grocery shop yesterday (didn't quite hit $300 but it was still record high I think, and no big items to excuse it even, nor even a ton of meat which is usually responsible for the high cost. Of course there was one packet of Pepperidge Farm cookies in there and a bar of nougat... Needless to say that cookie packet is now in the bin. Can't think what happened to the contents though because by the time I got home I swear there were three missing!

Nope, not a good day yesterday on the whole, so I've decided that the best way to survive today without giving into those Friday thirteenth jitters that seem to turn a bad day into a dreadful one, is a positive attitude. I am not going to let a little superstition get in the way of having a reasonable day. I'm not gonna get a little too much work get in the way of it either! You gotta love Friday (and Monday) morning traffic - there's so much extra time to listen to your favourite CDs on the car stereo!!!

But at least we have some good groceries in the area. DS is chomping into a cream cheese and ham sandwich with a strawberry lassi (NOT homemade!) and will follow it with his choice of banana, special yoghurt or chocolate pastry. DD will have the same minus the healthy stuff - sandwich will be the sam but she'll have to have water and the pastry. DS reminded me that he already had a banana for breakfast and he's limited to one a day because of the high potassium (it's the only thing I limit and I'm not so very strict yet because neither of us yet needs to restrict our diets because of the kidneys, but it makes sense to be cautious early on or he'd eat the whole hand!). He chose the yoghurt with strawberries and redcurrants (big surprise!).

Dinner will be whatever was in the large tub that didn't have space in the freezer last night... I think it was some kind of slowcooker sludge. I really have to find more appetising names, and nobody's fooled by Slowcooker Surprise either! Probably rice rather than pasta, although we've actully had bread the last two days. Oh DRAT!!! Forgot the loaf of fresh bread... cheesy Mexican loaf.

dontcha just love the trial of gobbling up all the fersh items before they go smelly!

So positive thinking and positive eating for me today. Better fill up that jug too since I slacked a bit. But at least I finally got my Ribena so that should help.

Kerri.

So yesterday was your birthday you sneaky little Leo dragon you... I've been watching out for it and thinking you probably hadn't put it in.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!!! Another year closer to 30!!! That was revenge for not saying earlier!

How have you been spending your special day or are you saving the celebrations for the weekend??

New Me?? Nope. But it's the weekend so I don't care!

BYE!

Kerri.

I hope it was a wonderful day!
-Jo

Where are we?

It has been a fantastic week for me health-wise, except for a bout with insomnia. Again. I have decided to ignore it this time because getting all stressed out about it doesn't help. So I enjoyed the Olympics until after midnight last night and then read for awhile. I have to get up to take DS to soccer practice at 6:30 am, so eventually I hope to get tired enough to sleep at a decent hour. Sigh.....

Oh well, at least I can't blame it on crappy eating and lack of exercise.

How is everyone else? Miss you guys.....
-Jo

but I'm comatose so I don't think it counts. Must be time for some B12 shots...

good for you Honey! Increase your exercise gradually though or you'll end up with pain before you even start! I'm great at giving advice, just not at taking it!!

very sleepy now... just wanted to show... solidarity, that's the word!

Kerri.

Becky, I started a thread the other day asking if anyone used the book, and if they had any favourite recipes. If you can manage it with your computer problems, I'd love your input

I am about halfway through reading it right now and so far it looks quite inspiring! Mostly simple too, which is a good job because so am I

sitting by the roadside waiting for the next wagon I reckon! It's temporary and I've made my peace with it, so hopefully the next B12 shot will have me bouncing off the walls, raring to go and getting everyone inspired.

meantime I'd like to be able to see everyone else go by on their wagons, give me something interesting to keep me going!

At least today I'm rested enough to be quietly cheerful for now. The last few days I haven't had a huge amount of proper sleep either, so I've really been horrible to be around (you've probably noticed, since it comes across pretty well in my posts!), but now I'm just quietly smiling. No energy to actually 'do', but enough to stay happy.

who turned the lights off?? It suddenly went almost totally dark in here, so I would guess we're about to have a thunderstorm. Maybe DS won't be going to school today. I don't have the car and I'm not making the effort to walk him there in torrential rain!

Kerri.