Monday

Hello! Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend!

I've been keeping busy and feeling much better emotionally....thank god! Geesh! Let's see...where did I leave off....I managed to get out of my funk Friday evening and chatted with Jenna for a bit, it was nice catching up with her....thanks for listening to my rambling, Jenna. :)

Saturday Teri & Tom came over to do some yard work. The yard has been a mess but the lawn mower was out of gas and I didn't have a gas can. Anyways, Tom mowed the lawn and I helped Teri with the weed whacking....I have to admit that I loved doing it! It's been since I lived at home that I've had a yard to take care of. Mind you, this is a small yard so maybe with a bigger yard I wouldn't find it as enjoyable. ha ha. It was fun though, Tom showed me how to use the lawn mower, filled up the gas tank and left a full gas can. Next time it needs it, which will be any day now, I'll be able to do it myself. We also put a trellis back up that's along the driveway but had fallen down during some wind we had last week.

After that I was inspired to do some cleaning inside. Got out my new Dyson and went to town vacuuming and then got out my new mop, bucket and yes even the "off limits" pine-sol (I'm a rebel) and started mopping. I wasn't satisfied with the kitchen floor so I got out my new scrub brush, got down on my hands & knees and immediately noticed a huge difference as soon as I started scrubbing. After an hour of being on my hands & knees I had only gotten half of the kitchen floor done but could barely move, my back decided it was time for me to stop. I'll finish the rest of it tomorrow as my arms are still sore....it's amazing how out of shape I am to have my arms ache so much from scrubbing.

I am pleased to announce that said pine-sol did NOT ruin the floor as my aunt had said it would. I was worried that after a couple hours that it would eat through the linoleum and I'd walk into the kitchen and end up falling through the floor and winding up in my grandpa's old workshop in the basement. Ha ha ha :) So, there, Aunt Barb!!! :P

I got myself cleaned up and went to Tops & Walmart, picked up some real food and some odds & ends I needed. Oh! I got my brand new "Simply Calphalon" cookware on Friday, how exciting is that?! Got some coffee on my way home and then got ready to head over to Tom & Teri's for a bonfire. Had a great time, Jonathan (cousin) and his girlfriend Britney were there too. Tom is a hoot, he's Teri's second husband and they've been married for just about 10 years. He really is hysterical, we had a good time.

Yesterday Darcy & I headed up to the Galleria Mall and spent at least 4 hours shopping. I have not shopped for that length of time in years! It was so much fun, the mall has changed so much since I had last been there. I am a huge Sephora girl and was THRILLED that one just opened up there on May 4th...they must've known I was coming. For people in WA, the galleria reminded me of Bellevue Square, the size and the kind of stores. I was in heaven. I went with the intention of buying interview clothes but couldn't find anything I like. I'm in an awkward stage right now as far as clothing sizes, the 'plus' size section is now too big for me (yahoooo!!) but the 'normal' section is still a little snug. Maybe 10 more pounds and I'll fit comfortably in the normal section. I'm proud of myself, I bought two pairs of pants before I went to visit my brother & dad in Florida and now they are falling off of me. I'm trying to get them to shrink up but it's not working.

Anyways, I bought two pairs of adorable wedge sandals at Clarks....thank you Jenna for introducing me to the wonderful world of shoes. I never used to be a big shoe person but Jenna always wears such awesome shoes that it inspired me to try something new. Honestly, I have Jenna to thank for a lot of things....she's so stylish and hip and I used to be so conservative and so afraid to wear something 'stylish'. I thought because I had been overweight that I "couldn't" wear stylish things....I was wrong. Thanks, Jenna....you rock! :)

I also bought some anti-bacterial soap, some new body lotion and a chai candle at Bath & Body Works and I have to admit the sales girl there pissed me off. They were having a sale where the anti-bacterial soap was 5 for $10, each bottle is $5 so that was a great deal. However, I had only used said soap when I was at Amy's and wasn't sure if I'd like it here.....I did not want to purchase 5 bottles even though it was a good deal. The chick at the register told me repeatedly how it was a waste for me to buy only one...I must have told her 4 times that I ONLY wanted one. I bit my tongue but I should have told her that I was the customer and maybe I should go elsewhere if me buying one from them was such a waste. Grrr...that's one reason I don't like going into that store, love their stuff but their salespeople are ANNOYING.

All in all, Darcy & I had a great time shopping. We went to "Jack Astors" for a late lunch and had an awesome crab & lobster dip with little slices of pita bread and then I had a delicious caesar salad.

Today I took myself to Panera for breakfast, over to Starbucks for some coffee and then flew up Transit (the main drag in Lockport) to Amherst to go to my 'local' Bank of America to deposit a check. I came back and did some more vacuuming and tidying up.

It's almost 5pm here and I'm not sure what I'm going to do the rest of the evening, I've got a pile of magazines to go through. It's funny because when I'm depressed or in a funk, I can't concentrate on reading anything. I simply want to do nothing when I'm like that.

Amy has an appointment coming up this Friday and I'm so excited for her....Amy, if you are reading this, I want you to know that I'm so proud of you and that I can't wait to hear how it goes! :)

I haven't talked to Kari in a few days, hopefully her, John & Kurtis had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I've got to check Kaelee's blog and see how her weekend in Pullman went.

Take care everyone! :)
M.