So far this year in So Cal we keep getting rain and cold. I love what it does for my lawn and flowers. My allergies have taken a beating.
With my goals of walking the dogs a lot, it has put a stop to some of that. I did take them out on Monday and Tuesday morning, before it started to rain. It did help to get time tired. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I will take them out again.
One of the benefits is that the house is nice and peaceful and I can get things done. It was hard to cook a whole turkey with them in the kitchen yesterday. (left over since November, when the price was discounted.) It was still manageable. Since I am still unemployed, making meals that stretch has been a necessity. One of the good things about being home, is having the time to make these meals.
The other thing about being home is also getting to the projects you have been putting off. Monday started my spring cleaning effort. If the job situation stays the same I could be done in record time. With a full time job it takes me a month of Wednesday evenings to finish. I am not a neat freak by any stretch of the imagination, but every once in a while, it feels great to purge. What ever your projects are. Planting new tomatoes or lawns, I hope all the rain helps! It might be a cold spring, but its so good for us.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Keep going
In the next two months I will have a performance to get ready for. The great thing is that I am well on my way to being ready. Only because I have been walking, been taking my belly dance classes all along.
No one can just jump up and run a marathon. While it can seem pointless at times and we all get blue, if we stick to our routines we can reach our goals. If I didn't have my dogs and they didn't need to be walked I wouldn't have my motivation to get going. When they are walked and happy the house is quite and I can do my writing.
Keeping up my walking has helped me feel better about myself when things have seemed like they are crashing in on me. Having to see the shop I worked at close down due to the economy made me feel blue as well. All this doesn't help you feel like getting out there.
Now that I have a new goal and I have been walking and dancing I know I will look good for the performance. With out my routine where would I be? In bed with a bottle of wine feeling sorry for myself? I have to add another piece of the puzzle, I do pray. Others don't and I respect that, for me as I walk my dogs I take time to thank God for all the good things I have. It helps to keep my attitude positive.
So even if you don't pray, if you get out and do some sort of exercise, you will feel better. And don't we need that to keep going?
No one can just jump up and run a marathon. While it can seem pointless at times and we all get blue, if we stick to our routines we can reach our goals. If I didn't have my dogs and they didn't need to be walked I wouldn't have my motivation to get going. When they are walked and happy the house is quite and I can do my writing.
Keeping up my walking has helped me feel better about myself when things have seemed like they are crashing in on me. Having to see the shop I worked at close down due to the economy made me feel blue as well. All this doesn't help you feel like getting out there.
Now that I have a new goal and I have been walking and dancing I know I will look good for the performance. With out my routine where would I be? In bed with a bottle of wine feeling sorry for myself? I have to add another piece of the puzzle, I do pray. Others don't and I respect that, for me as I walk my dogs I take time to thank God for all the good things I have. It helps to keep my attitude positive.
So even if you don't pray, if you get out and do some sort of exercise, you will feel better. And don't we need that to keep going?
Friday, April 9, 2010
Recoup
This last week I have had a cold and I have been unable to do my walks, or belly dance and no surfing.
The only to do is recoup and stay in, drink juice and take my cough syrup. Not much fun. On the other hand, I have been doing so much, Its nice to take it easy for a while. Since I don't have a job I have the luxury of time to get better.
That may all be going away soon, and while I have a projects I wished I had finished, the thing is I need to get paid. The spring cleaning projects I have planned can still get done, I just can't spend all day on them. Weekend projects for now.
With all the walking I have been doing my feet have really taken a beating, so its nice for them to get a rest as well. At night I put on a heavy cream to help them heal. This week I have also had time to do some writing and that makes me feel good. Its true when you lose your job it makes you question your worth, there is nothing to be done but heal from that. It has taken me months, and only after getting out there and walking and doing other things that make me feel good, do I have the courage to keep going.
There are nice things about being home all the time, and taking care of the house. Its just that doesn't pay the bills and sooner or later we all have to pull up our socks and get out there.
The only to do is recoup and stay in, drink juice and take my cough syrup. Not much fun. On the other hand, I have been doing so much, Its nice to take it easy for a while. Since I don't have a job I have the luxury of time to get better.
That may all be going away soon, and while I have a projects I wished I had finished, the thing is I need to get paid. The spring cleaning projects I have planned can still get done, I just can't spend all day on them. Weekend projects for now.
With all the walking I have been doing my feet have really taken a beating, so its nice for them to get a rest as well. At night I put on a heavy cream to help them heal. This week I have also had time to do some writing and that makes me feel good. Its true when you lose your job it makes you question your worth, there is nothing to be done but heal from that. It has taken me months, and only after getting out there and walking and doing other things that make me feel good, do I have the courage to keep going.
There are nice things about being home all the time, and taking care of the house. Its just that doesn't pay the bills and sooner or later we all have to pull up our socks and get out there.
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