Mid Summer

The last couple of days have been good but it is HOT outside!  I have made a couple of pinterest recipes with mixed results.  I made some healthy granola bars to mail to Joel and put them in individual bags because they didn't hold together well.  They will be more like indiv bags of granola.  Then I made the blueberry cobbler thing where you put frozen fruit in the bottom of a cake pan, pour the powder white cake mix over the top then cover that with diet sprite then bake it.  It looked terrible but tasted yummy.  Still working on eating it.  I do love blueberries.  I made a pinterest craft--wrapped flip flops in ribbon then put flowers on it.  Now, these came out super cute.  I need a way to post pics directly to my blog--there is probably an app for that, but currently, it is a big pain in the hiney to get pics on here.  But I will work on that for you.  Yesterday we had a visit from old friend, Myriah.  My exercises classes and PT are going well, I guess.  I do love teaching water jog and work those girls hard!  I am sore today from circuit class last night so unless I loosen out quickly, they may be off the hook a bit today:).  We did push ups, burpees, lunges, sprints, sprint JUMPS AND LUNGE JUMPS all in one class (with a bunch of cardio and more stuff in between).  How she gets away with that and manages to fill the room every week, I do not know.  Yes, I do, because I had to really talk myself into going out in the heat to go to class and I loved it:).  I was so incredibly sweaty when I left class.  A truly good feeling!  Even the stiffness and soreness today is worth it:).
I also got Adelle yesterday and enjoyed that.  She insisted on baking something so we made chocolate chips for Joel.  Actually, she made them this time start to finish (all but cleanup--typical teenager).  When she swept some flour into the sink and it created a small cloud, she said, "The sink is sneezing."  She also put on her you tube songs onto the big tv and danced to Niki Minaj, not caring that Myriah and Scott were watching from the other room.  :)
Today I am doing a few things (including paperwork for additional reno loan) then teaching class then lunch and a shower then going to pick up my sweet mama to bring her here for a few days!  I miss her so it will be fun, fun, fun!

I do like summer

highlights of the week....
two really good rain showers in the night
several awesome naps on the new deck
several good conversations with friends on the new deck
out for coffee with mary
lots of good exercise including teaching back to back water jog classes
progress in PT although pretty sore this week
tried some new pinterest recipes
learning how to do adoption studies with Jesi
cleaned the floors today and they look amazing
enjoying hanging out with scotty
Homestead is open and ready to receive girls
booked a trip to Chicago with dad and jean
made arrangements to have mom visit here next week
chatted with joel AND leah today (briefly)
love sleeping whenever and however much I want

rexie loves me
pool with adelle
getting a nice tan
sticking to the calorie plan and clothes fit better

More Summer

I got away from my daily blog listings but that is just as well, it was probably boring you.  I am loving summer and am in full sing with it.  I work out every day and am loving teaching water jog three times a week.  I go to my favorite classes at the gym, too.  I am "dieting" or watching what I consume using sparkpeople online and it helps me manage my overeating and overall calorie intake.  I don't necessarily want to lose weight, ok, maybe a little, but it does help me feel healthier and a little thinner.  My middle is getting chubby so I need to do battle with my overall weight to keep that under control.  I have to have the dreaded physical again soon and need my cholersterol numbers to look good!  My shoulder is rehabbing nicely but it takes forever for a shoulder to heal!  I know it is getting stronger but it still gets sore and there is still so much in classes that I can't do with it!  I tried doing rows with a 3 lb weight and it hurt after two!  I need to find out what my co pay for PT is before they decide to add more sessions  eek!

JC and Liam

Sunday, Father's Day, we had the whole Griffith fam and Leah and David up for a meal and visit.  It was quite enjoyable.  Our house works out well for get togethers like that and everyone liked it.  I was honored that Dad and Jean drove here and that the kids with little ones also came.
Yesterday, Hannah's friend, Maggie came to stay overnight with us.  She is traveling to then through the south on a grant to take pics and write a story for a magazine!  She is a very cool young lady.  We took her for a quick konza hike and then to radina's for a smoothie after dinner last night.  She leaves today for St. Louis then on from there.
Still doing things for the house every day--yesterday we picked out the ceiling fan for the deck.  Today we need to clean the screen things up so Scott can put the screens on and exchange the ottoman for another chair in the outdoor set.  They come to finish the deck up today and tomorrow.  It is getting super hot for them out there.  Scott is doe with the lower wall out front and needs to stack the rest of the rock up, dig out for the upper wall, put the screens on, then we still need to pick out house paint and get started on that, and then stain the deck (oh, I guess we are supposed to let it sit for awhile first).  We should be cleaning out the basement!
I have some stuff to do for work, ceu's and emails and get with Kim for her supervision (I meet with Jesi o  Thursdays).
So that is that!

Thursday and Friday

Thursday seemed a bit more productive.  Went to PT with Amber and got some stuff done around here including removing old screens getting them ready to paint and put new screens in for all the windows while grilling a steak for dinner.  This was after a hard spin class.  Also went to the library and am reading a sizzler (4 day check out) Nora Roberts book.  It is pretty good.
Today, Friday, got up early, picked up Jesi and went to Topeka for the KSSWA workshop.  The morning was excruciatingly boring--she took about 45 minutes of nfo about getting citizenship for people into 4 hours.  I ate a lot--I always do at conferences.  Jesi had her therapy dog, Sky, with her which was fun but that's all.  I did get to see Stephanie get the Kansas School Social Work of the Year award which was cool.  The afternoon was better, about gangs, and I did learn some.  The drive home alone was a blur and I napped when I got home.  Then we walked to Chipotle.  I did my PT exercises and am reading.
Night!

summer Day 19

the highlights....

water jog--got out the tubes--fun, hard work!
yummy lunches lately--whole wheat toast with swiss cheese spread, spinach and turkey breast
bought the most awesome deck furniture with scotty today--no pic until the deck is done (friday)
pt exercises
dinner--jessica seinfeld's turkey tostadas
pinterest
reading wildflower something--ill tell you tomorrow

Summer Day 17 and 18

Two days with not much accomplished

Monday--
Rex and Joe working on the deck roof
Water jog class
Advanced step
Bre came over--cooked salmon, smashed potatoes and roast asparagus

Tuesday
Went to PT with Amber
looked at patio furniture with Scott
got a zero gravity lounge chair
Went to total body circuit (sub teacher)
helped Jackie with some packing

Summer Day 16

Sunday
Slept til 9 something
coffee
bible study, prayer journal
steel cut oats
tub
church
laundry
changed sheets
grocery store
lunch: turkey, swiss cheese and spinach on whole wheat--yummm
read, napped
PT exercises
hung a picture
couple small things for work
made dinner--tried to make mushroom soup burgers using meatless crumbles--yucky--couldn't even eat it!
warmed up a leftover burger and had cottage cheese
drove out to ridders beautiful house for Bible study
Bible study on the parables of Jesus in the context of the time and place
phone with David
phone with Leah
spark people, snacks (pineapple and nuts)
now I'm watching Oprah, the next chapter

Summer Day 15 Saturday

Got up lateish, 9 something
coffee
Bible study (memorizing Psalm 100)
Prayer Journal
tub
 PT exercises
drove to olathe
visited with dad and jean
dinner at aberdeen:  bbq chicken, sides, brownie ala mode
forgot to put a couple days ago that I started logging all my food on sparkpeople.com
I've lost 3.5 lbs
drove home from Olathe
scraped windows
took a tick off Rex
lost the tick so vaccumed the couch and new room thoroughly:)
read (Reading Blue Monday, a mystery about a therapist who suspects her client of murder)
bed 11 or so (didn't look at the clock)

Summer day 14

Crazy work out day!

Woke up randomly at 6:30 just in time to put the trash and recycling out
went back to bed
alarm didn't go off--woke up at 8:50
Jesi came over at 8:50
Clinical supervision, coffee and steel cut oatmeal with jesi
water jog class (burned 500 calories)
chatted after class with leslie and kim--social work stuff
walked home--50 more calories
lunch:  cottage cheese on spinach, pineapple
cleaned some
read
snack:  whole wheat english muffin with natural peanut butter
rested
haircut in the mall with cara
PT exercises at the gym
step aerobics--400 plus more calories burned
tub
chipolte with scott
home to pick up rex
walked around anneberg with scott and rex--burned more calories
meal ideas for joel
facebook chat with joel
joel sent pics of his closet room
tv with scott
finished pt exercises
worked on water jog class ideas
beddy by

Summer Day 13

Woke up at 9 ish.
Coffee
Bible study, prayer journal
tub
cleaned, laundry, etc
phone with ann
breakfast kashi with vanilla soy and blueberries
picked up adelle
eisenhower to drop off breadbasket food and say hi
pt exercises
snacks:  peanut butter english muffin, popcorn
met adelle's friend at orange leaf
home for adelle's favorite show
took adelle home
quick rest
spinning class
stayed for intensity class(he toned it down today, only 2 of us)
dinner alone:  burger patty, cottage cheese, leftover baked beans
painted screen trim, trim and finished window in the new room!
read until bedtime 11:30

Rex and Professor

Well, Professor is gone for the summer--went to live with Leah.  We miss his sweetness, his hugs and kisses and attention but it is kind of nice to have a break from him and his need for constant attention.  For example, I can wake up slower and take my time getting to the door to let Rex out instead of worrying about Professor getting impatient and peeing by the door.  It also means that Rex gets the attention he deserves instead of Professor always shoving him out of the way to get to us.  Scott is even paying more attention to Rex!  I also can fatten Rex up since Professor eats more than his share of food.  I bought some softer food for Rex and he gobbled it up this morning then started running around with all this energy!  Scott said, "I want some of that."  Rex seems super happy to be getting all this attention but I think he may miss Professor, too.  I can see from Leah's blogs that Professor is having a good time there and is getting lots of attention.  I hope he doesn't get too spoiled!

Summer Day 12

Woke up early--8:15
Coffee
Bible study
prayer journal
tub
breakfast:  Kellogs chocolate delight cereal
got joel up
bank and target for socks, etc with joel
said goodbye to joel--sad!
snack:  cinnamon almonds
water jog
laid in the sun awhile
lunch:  leftover coco bolos from last night--black and white pizza--yum
cleaned
PT--so long for awhile to Nick who is getting married
read
quality time with scott
dinner:  more black and white pizza
walmart--new swimsuit tops, groceries
put groceries away
anneberg to walk rex
home--strawberries and blueberries with Bre (the person, not the cheese)
primered screen wood
taped trim in bedroom
blogged:)
will probably read til bedtime

Summer Day 11? June 5

Got up earlyish as Scott and Larry up early to build the retaining wall
coffee
made blueberry whole wheat pancakes for the boys
watched the boys build the wall (larry, joel, scott)
fetched water, etc for them
PT exercises
read and pinterest and wasted a ton of time
napped some (trouble sleeping)
filled nail holes, sanded and painted chair rail and trim in bedroom
snacked all day healthily
walked to coco bolos with scott
ate chips and queso
registered for spark people--starting tomorrow
read until sleep

Summer Day 10

Woke earlyish to sounds of the contractor and electricians outside the window
coffee, Bible study and prayer with an electrician smoking a cigarrette 5 feet from me outside the screen door
tub
breakfast of kashi, blueberries, honey and vanilla soymilk
bank, library
parks and rec office
first day of water jog class!
laid in the sun a bit
lunch, ate leftover bbq chicken and cottage cheese (or was that yesterday?)
picked up contacts
early for PT so drove around awhile
really intense PT session
read and napped
put dinner in the over
advanced step class
larry over!
dinner with larry, joel and scott:  parmesan crusted baked chicken, baked tater, leftover corn on the cob, leftover green bean casserole from sunday
listened to the boys talk sports as long as I could stand it
scrapped the book I was reading and started Blessed Child by Ted Dekker
read more

Summer Day 10 Joel's Birthday

Got up at usual time
Coffee
tub
breakfast:  special k chocolate delight with vanilla soymilk
church with scott
started joel's cake
deanne and jackie came over
pinterested
finished joel's lego cake
pinterested
made dinner:  mac and donk
ate with joel and scott and leah
joel's friends came over
more pinterest

Summer Day 9 Birthday, Anniversary

Slept til 9:15 this morning
Coffee on the deck
made oatmeal with brown sugar
 checked birthday wishes on facebook
Bible study, Prayer journal
took Rex for a walk around the park
tub
errands:  gas, filled propane, grocery
fixed cream corn
drove the fam to Ronnie's in Topeka
spent the afternoon with family
ate:  lots of cheese, crackers, sausage
pulled pork, salmon, cream corn, baked beans
chocolate cake
drove home
Bible study get together:  Funks, Ridders, us
Nice dinner and visit, sitting on the deck
ate:  fried green beans, mac and cheese, chicken, corn on the cob, pineapple
PT exercises
watched part of a movie with the fam

Summer Day 8

Getting up daily between 8:30 and 9:15
Coffee
Breakfast:  blueberry muffin oatmeal with extra blueberries
Bible study and prayer to the sound of the baco moving dirt around in the back yard
Cleaned a little
tub
dressed for lunch date
Breadbasket to pick up food
eisenhower to meet nancy and angela
mcallisters deli with nancy and angela
ate:  french dip and chips
home, cleaned a bit more
PT
Leah home!
Dinner:  Chipotle with Leah, Joel and Scott
gym with scott and joel:  lifted, sit ups, stair climber, sauna
read the rest of the evening

Summer Day 7

Got up lateish for me, 9 something
Coffee
Bible study, prayer
breakfast:  cereal
to do list
quick tub
run to menards for more trim
eye doctor appt
lunch:  leftover chicken and noodles
paint trim
picked up adelle
library
house to watch adelle's show
grocery
take adelle home
paint trim in new room
short nap/read Jodi Piccoult Lone Wolf
snack:  fancy nuts
get ready
Jackie's retirement party
ate:  little smokies, cake
home:  Read lots
ate:  pizza hut pizza-yummy fattening
difficulty sleeping--shoulder hurt and heartburn