Sunday

Sunday. Sunday's are a mixed bag for me. I love the day full of football. I love being off. I can't entirely keep going back to work tomorrow out of my head so I'm always just a little sad. Since I have made my recent commitment to be more active and do more things with Bob, I try to be pretty productive in the morning, then take it easy in the afternoon to watch football. Today was a bit weird, though. We are cleaning the basement (a finished basement) out since eldest son has moved out. It needs a very thorough cleaning. He didn't do much cleaning in the last year and he is a smoker. Ugh. I have been moving furniture and vacuuming, then I plan to wash down the walls to get rid of cigarette dirt and smell. Fine plan but today I couldn't find the mop. I know we had a mop. Bob and I scoured the house, the yard, the sheds.... No mop. Plans foiled for today. We'll get a new mop tomorrow after work. I'll clean the walls and Bob will paint. Turns out eldest son had "borrowed" the mop. We weren't going crazy after all.

The Ravens disappointed us again. Sigh.

I spun on my wheel last night and today. :-) it feels good to spin again. A few more days of spinning and I'll be back in the habit again. I have the spinning wheel in the living room right now, so I just have to sit down and spin. I plan to set up the wheel in our spare room and hope that won't make me less likely to spin. I don't usually spin while watching TV, and I hope to set up a music source and good lighting and spin each day. I have my fiber and yarn displayed in that room on a shelf unit Bob made for me a while ago. I love it and can change what's on display very easily depending on my mood or needs. :-)

I did my stretches each day and added planks each day. I'll keep up with this plan for about 2 weeks before I add anything new. That will take me through Thanksgiving without changes but I should be well established in my routine by then and less likely to miss out on my exercise. I can feel the weight I added while on vacation - not much, but about 5 lbs. I plan to slowly work that off but no "dieting". I will try to increase activity and cut out a few snacks to do it.

The sunshine was so nice today. It felt great while I was outside hanging clothes on the line to dry and chatting with Mom on the phone. The forecast was for higher winds than we prefer to have on the water, but it turns out that the forecast was wrong. I really want to get out with Bob one more day. Maybe next weekend ....

I watched a friends children yesterday so they could go see a movie and be a couple instead of mom and dad. We had fun with crafts and pizza and watching a movie. I love having them visit. My kids are way past the age of that kind of thing and they don't appear to be providing grandchildren to me. So I borrow some from time to time. :-)

On a more serious note, my heart goes out to all who are affected by the cowardly attacks on the people of Paris. I stay away from politics on public forums but this is about people. Innocent people being terrorized by people who have no consideration for others. I have nothing but contempt for those who do this type of thing. My thoughts are with those of you who have lost family, friends, peace of mind.