A bunch of randomness

Less about diet (though, that will be part of it)...more about a bunch of other stuff.

1) Buying a house.

This has forever been my dream. Seriously. I've wanted to buy a house since probably high school. Now is a great time. Both DH and I have good jobs...and even a supplemental income to help pay off some of our credit cards and maybe save up a little bit. It has at a very minimum kept us from actually USING the credit cards since we started.

But we can't agree on what we want. Hubby wants at least 1 acre, and would really prefer 2-5 acres. He doesn't want neighbors really close. He does want to build a log house. In fact, his ultimate plan is to move our current trailer onto a piece of land and build a house on the same one.

I see all of that as my own personal hell. I can deal with the one acre, but honestly, the bigger the yard, the more yard work we have to do. Even if it's a wooded lot...there is still upkeep there. I want a cute little subdivision where we can make friends with our neighbors and have block parties on warm summer nights, and have company over at the holidays. Ok. I live in a dream world. But my goal is to find a place like where my aunt lives. Because they did all that. And I'd rather find a house that may not be all we ever wanted (it is, after all, our first real house) but that we can afford now and sell in 5 years when the market finally gets back to normal and THEN we can build the log house we have always dreamed of...without having to have a trailer on the property for temporary quarters.

2) Traffic

Just a general vent. I hate morons that can't drive in the rain. And they re worse when they have had a 4+ day weekend and are just coming back to work. I almost got hit 3 times. Assholes.

3) Sleep.

I need it. The cats have been driving me nuts for 3 nights in a row. They have food. They have water. I don't get it. They are getting locked out tonight.

4) Diet.

Ok...it has to be part of this. I did alright yesterday. Fantastic on Saturday. Yesterday, we decided to have finger foods when SIL and BIL came over for lunch. But that was all we had for dinner...so while not great, and I snacked all day, I really didn't eat MUCH of anything. Today, I tried to look up calories for dinner (Stouffer's Veggie Lasagna-we are being lazy), but it wasn't in Spark. I'll try to find it on the Stouffer's site in a few. Lunch is the leftovers from Thursday that I never did eat this weekend. And a bottled Frap. Breakfast: CAWFEE! I stopped at the machine in the gym (no-I didn't actually GO to the gym. I walked through the one on campus, specifically to get coffee) and got a White Chocolate Mocha. YUM.

5) Disney!

10 days. Can't. Wait. I think I'm going to start packing. I'm THAT excited. Oh-and my vacation actually starts 2 days before that, since I get the excitement of dental work on the 14th. Not so much excited for that, but I need to get it over with. Hopefully they didn't lie when they said by the next day I should be fine. I worked that day into it, so I have 1 full recovery day, but I am getting a little nervous. I was fine the next day when I had my wisdom teeth out, though. And this is just a really rough cleaning (they are numbing me for it...). Yeah, I might be a little sore, but that just means more ice cream, right?

6) ChaCha and KGB

Have I mentioned how glad I am I found this? Or actually...someone referred me to it, but still. Because of this, we finally are taking a trip with minimal worry about money. If we weren't taking family and unsure if they were going to have their share (or how much of it they will have) we would be SET. Since Sept. 21, I have made over $1400. Not bad, considering I sit there and play on the net anyway. Might as well make some money doing it, Right? And that is what we are using for paying off our credit cards.

Today starts training for KGB. Similar to ChaCha, in that people text in questions, but there is 1 key difference. KGB charges 30 cents for each one. ChaCha is free. I signed up with KGB at least to see what the deal is, and maybe do them both, since ChaCha slowed significantly after November. Don't get me wrong-I'm still making my $10/day goal, many times more if I feel like staying on. But it used to be much faster. And it never hurts to have a backup plan. I'll keep you posted.

Ok. I think that is everything so far. I'm a ball of randomness and stress right now. :o)