by Keely on March 13, 2012
My dog has fleas, I have this transaction at work that is constantly up and down and stressing me out, I can’t get rid of all the weeds in my yard, I have to choose a bridesmaid dress for my best friend’s wedding and don’t know what to pick, I have to get all my sheets and towels washed, this natural deodorant thing is crap, I’m having a bad hair week, I have to wake up super early tomorrow, I’m tired, I have a headache, wah wah wah.
Phew. Now that all my nags and complaints are out of my head they’ll go away right?!
Let me fill that space up with some good things:
My sister and her husband are coming down to visit this weekend! I bought avocados today! Daylight is sticking around later and later every day! I have a stack of books to read! I have a bunch of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” podcasts waiting for me on my phone! I have two gift certificates for massages to use! I had cheese and crackers for dinner and they were delicious! And most importantly, I get to go to bed soon, sleep sleep sleep, and wake up with a brand new day.
Much better.
by Keely on March 12, 2012
We’ve been making the garage pretty so I can use it as a home office. Of course projects like that always take longer than you think. So all the stuff we had in the garage has been hanging out in my back yard and driveway. My inner trailer trash has never shined through stronger.
Last week the floor was finally dry enough that we could start moving everything back in. Now that the garage is all pretty and clean, I don’t want to just heave stuff in there – I want it to be organized and look like Martha Stewart’s garage. So last Friday (after a long week of work and not having time to do anything) I tell Jason we are going to clean the house! And chip away at our white trash exterior! Home projects, woo!
He was not nearly as excited as I was. In fact he got a big ol’ attitude. How dare I make him get off the couch for the first time that day. Clearly I am PURE EVIL.
As we are hauling things back into the garage he’s complaining about this, bitching about that, moaning about another thing. I’m not moving fast enough for him, he doesn’t want to get rid of anything in case we neeeed it. Wahh wahhh wahhhh.
At one point I ask him to help me move this TV in from the back yard (I really wasn’t kidding about living like trailer park trash). We’re both standing under the tree in the back yard, he’s complaining while I wipe the dust of the TV. All of a sudden this huge flock of tiny little birds swoops into the tree. I’ve never seen anything like it, we were just surrounded by these tiny, loud, flapping birds. It was completely bizarre.
As that huge flock of birds had landed in the tree above our heads, they had all clearly decided that was their bathroom break on whatever trip they were taking. Right on top of Jason. Tiny little bird pellets had rained down on Jason right as he stood their complaining about yet another thing.
I start cracking up. I cannot even stand up straight, I am laughing so hard. Jason looks at me and says (of course, dripping with bad attitude), “Geez, Keely, they’re just birds, what are you laughing at?”
Karma, much?
by Keely on March 11, 2012
Today I found myself with a whole un-planned Sunday morning. Hours and hours of uninterrupted time. The house to myself. Nowhere to be. Oh the endless possibilities.
And so I did as little as possible. Put a little Dinah Washington on. Found a recipe in which I actually had all the ingredients in my pantry. Made some strong coffee and spread the newspaper out on the living room floor.
And then I had to run off to work. Oh well, it was relaxing while it lasted. And now I have delicious pumpkin bread waiting for me when I get home.
by Keely on March 10, 2012
This was an exhausting week. Lots of stress at work. I took Friday and today off to recover. I’d love another week.
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by Keely on March 3, 2012
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by Keely on March 1, 2012
Get up to running 3 miles, no walking breaks, without dying with ease
Expand my photo subjects for Project 365 (even though Chuy is such a good little model)
Finish reading a book each week
Write, write, write
Prepare more meals with fresh produce
Get my garden up and running
Organize the garage/my home office
Be in the moment. Be present with people. Enjoy my time with family and friends.
by Keely on February 29, 2012
February seems to have flown by and taken years at the same time. Overall, much better than January. Looking at the numbers, I didn’t progress that much in my goals. But, I really worked at getting in the right frame of mind to propel myself forward. I haven’t been taking things as personally. I’ve been getting clear about what I want each day. I’ve been sticking to my plan.
I have been so much more productive this month than I have in a long time. It feels really good.
Checking in with my 2012 Goals:
Fitness
I did much better in February than January here. I signed up for the Color Run 5k race with some other fantastic blogger ladies and so pretty much HAVE to stick to my training plan. It would be very embarrassing otherwise. So I have been running three times a week, increasing time each workout, and cross-training/hiking the other days. I feel great. Go endorphins!
Financial
Not as much progress made in February as January, but I think January was pretty much a fluke anyway since a lot of my 2011 year-end checks came through.
Income: I am 29% of the way towards my income goal for the year (up 4% from the end of January).
Savings goals:
Roth IRA: 33%
Camera: 31%
2012 Vacation: 23%
Wedding Trips: 31%
Car: 6.2%
House: a very sad 0.27%. Sigh.
Projects
- Read all the Pulitzer Prize Winners for fiction: 9/58 (here’s a list). None in February (but I have been reading Bossypants, Game of Thrones, and a couple of other things).
- Project 365: Going strong! Check out my photos here.
- Start and finish a writing project: nope.
- Scan and organize my family photos: I finally got started on this one. Looking into the best scanner to use for this project.
- Improve my Spanish-speaking skills: nope.
- Home:
#1. The garage project: is almost done! The work (painting, electricity, floor re-finishing, etc) is all done. We moved all our stuff back in from the yard (so classy, I know). Now all we have to do is organize it and set up my home office space.
#2. The garden: Well, we’ve removed a lot of the trailer trash aesthetic from our yard, but we still have a ways to go.
And my number one goal in life… playing a dead girl in a horror film: Haven’t found my opportunity yet! Although I came close to one… a location scout drove by my parents’ house as I was leaving one day and I got to talking with him. He thought he might be able to get me a dead body job for a medical drama. Not quite a horror film, but working on it.
by Keely on February 25, 2012
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by Keely on February 18, 2012
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by Keely on February 11, 2012
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