09-01-2012 07:41 AM
Here it is September already ... school bells will be ringing and leaves will start to fall. This is a nice time of year.
We are having our garage sale this weekend. Sure hope it goes well and we move some of this stuff outta here!
Hope you all have an enjoyable holiday weekend.
Kate
09-01-2012 12:05 PM
Good luck with your yard sale. School started on August 20th here. We're so rural we don't have kids walking to and from school. But we do have to watch out for the school buses. So everybody remember...School's Open...Drive Safely!
09-02-2012 06:24 AM
Have a great Sale. Hope you make a ton of money 🙂
We're rural too. Those buses are everywhere now.
My grand-babies started a new school this year, they moved a couple months ago. They were in a Parochial school, now they are in public 1st and 2nd grades and the girls are having a hard time understanding why they no longer have church in school. It has to be odd for them.
Their babysitter is having a hard time getting them up and out for the bus. They were trying to move closer so we could watch the kids instead they wound up moving farther 😞
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-04-2012 08:00 AM
Well, our sale was so-so ... we made about a hundred bucks and moved out a lot of stuff ... the rest we donated to goodwill.
Found a neighbor to go walking wth three days a week ... physically I really need the exercise ... but mentally it sure is hard to break my routine and try something new ... my anxiety level went through the roof. But, we went for the walk ... I did not walk as far as she did ... she is up to about 2.5 miles a day ... I walked for twenty minutes. A good start ... tomorrow will be less stressful and I should be able to walk a bit longer. It will be nice to have a walking partner.
Kate
09-04-2012 09:26 AM
That is great Kate. You can do it. I tend to get anxious about changes too. With a partner helping to push each other that is the best way to get going.
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-04-2012 09:31 AM
Thanks Rhonda ... I appreciate the encouragement and kind words and mostly the understanding.
Kate
09-05-2012 05:43 AM
Well, my friend and I decided to walk three days a week ... Mon thru Wed ... she has other commitments on Thurs and Fri. I find myself looking forward to the walk and dreading it at the same time. I suffer from anxiety and a break in my routine or just leaving my house can cause my anxiety level to rise. But, Judy is a nice talkative gal and I think it will get easier week by week to meet with her and walk.
The weather sure has cooled down.
Kids are back in school today here ... others started yesterday so be careful in those school zones!
Hope you all have a pain free stress free day.
Kate
09-05-2012 06:15 AM
I think 3 days a week is great. I think you're right week by week... one day at a time 😉
I know what you mean by your anxiety level, I tend to freak at changes to my routine... which is often around here lol.
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-05-2012 08:44 AM
Well, I let my anxiety get the best of me ... had a panic attack about leaving my house for the walk this morning ... so I didn't go. Now I feel guilty about it ... damn anxiety anyway.
Kate
09-05-2012 01:21 PM
((((Kate)))) It's ok so you'll go next time. Don't feel guilty over it. Just scretch a little and breath deeply to try to get them anxious feelings to settle down. When real stressed I repeat to myself...and this too shall pass. I say it several times I find it does help for "in the moment" stresses.
I was a wreck earlier tring to call one of my old wholesalers and they didn't answer. I was freaking out lol. They did finaly answer after 10 tries and late in the afternoon. I have lost several wholesalers over the last few years.
Have a great day
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-06-2012 06:41 AM
Thanks Rhonda for your encouraging words ... I will go walking with my new friend next week as planned ... I know it will be good for me and for her too ... she lives alone and just had to put her dog to sleep due to insurmountable medical problems so I know she is lonely too.
Kate
09-07-2012 08:10 AM
You're welcome. No thanks necessary we are all here for each other.
Yesterday we went to my dads for a small get together. We got home about 9 pm and at 10 we get a call from DD her sitter just up and cancelled on them. That is why they were supposed to move closer to us not farther. So this am we were up at 6am at her house at 7 getting the two girls up and ready for school. You think the kids dad would of had them up since he hadn't left for work yet... why NO.
Then we got them fed and on the bus then got Blaze up and fed and drove back home so DH could help his friend mow his moms lawn.. whew I need a nap. It is a good 25 min drive on express way to DD house. She said they were going to pay us what they pay their sitter for the day. I hate to say it but I hope they do since it will all go in my gas tank.
We'll be back there at 3 to get the girls off bus then hang out there till someone gets home from work. I hope it isn't to late DD is a RN and some days she don't get home till 10pm 😞 I hope her "man" comes strait home from work but I'm not holding my breath lol.
DH told DD we'd be there again Monday morning. I hope she finds a sitter soon. They just moved there about 2 months ago and she knew if she moved closer we'd watch them any times as long as it was for work or school. But they chose to move out a ways.
Great now SIL and BIL just drove up.. I need a nap so bad.
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-10-2012 08:37 AM
Well, I got myself up and motivated ... pushed the old anxiety aside and went walking with my friend Judy ... we walked for forty minutes ... it was wonderful. It rained really hard last night so everything smelled so fresh and clean this morning ... we walk at 7AM. I am so pleased with myself that I didn't let anxiety win out this time.
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.
Kate
09-10-2012 11:22 AM
That is great Kate! You'll feel so much better too. Just take it slow and never beat your self up if you miss a day, there are always new days to begin again.
Rhonda aka Shaggyswife
09-10-2012 12:57 PM
Thanks Rhonda ... then as if my mood wasn't good enough my son called and said he and my grandson were coming over for a visit ... two hours of playing with Oliver ... he's growing so fast. I am flying higher then a kite on my good day today.
Hope everyone else is doing as well.
Kate