I hate doing any cleaning that involves large amounts of dust because of allergies! So this is a big thing for me...my cousin and I are going to have a yard sale on the 17th and I really need to get rid of a lot of junk tucked into our attic/crawl space...or other wise known as panic attack land. Add not being able to breath and yikes..anyway you can see why I usually skip it. This time I'm sticking to the plan. This is the year to clean up my life and this is a great place to start as far as I am concerned.
Now if I could just get the rest to be so easy. I'm having a really hard time focusing on the diet plan. My step daughter moved back in and with her came junk food!!! Large amounts of it. (Maybe the reason she went from a size 12 to a 18 in one year). I have tried to stay away from it but its always there! I'm just barely maintaining at the same weight when I should be losing a few pounds a week. I can stay away from it during the day but as soon as night comes there we are sitting up watching TV and snacking. I have tried to suggest that she should go on the diet with me. I have given her her own shelf in the pantry....but the hard part is she likes the stuff and her "room" is our livingroom. So there is no place to hide it. So short of just refusing to let her bring it in the house I don't know what to do.
I have other issues with the situation but this is the one that is bugging me the most. Help!!
On another note I start my next class, Supervision, on Monday. I'm actually looking forward to it. It sounds like a good class plus it gets me out of the house and back around my friends...who I miss so much. One in particular a bit too much but that is a long story probably best left alone. Lets just say its unfinished business from before I was married.
I hope to get around to everyones blog long enough to comment soon...I am reading just not commenting so hi all.
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Congratulations on the house cleaning. That's a major undertaking. Good for you.
On the subject of junk food belonging to others in the house. I guess if it was me and it was my step child I would say "Keep it out of the house." But if it were a spouse or parent I wouldn't. What has been somewhat successful (and I think you are probably trying this with the "shelf or your own" concept) for me is to say you can have it in the house but keep it out of my site (this of course doesn't work for refrigerated or freezer items - but works well with cookies, crackers, salty snacks and other non refrigerated items). I think she's old enough to understand and do this. Paul's support on this would be very helpful - but I'm not sure he's willing to take the same stance as you are.
Good luck - have fun with your new class.
And enjoy your summer, the weather is beautiful in New England now. And the phrases "sun" "surf" and "summer romance" come to mind :-)
Yea, know about the need to do house cleaning. I really hate to do it myself, not because of dust or allergies, just hate it. I have a need for a yard sale myself, remember the starting picture for "The Project"? lol.
As for the step daughter, completely understand. I know if the food was around I would be having a harder time sticking to this diet. I really don't know what to suggest here, I guess talking to her really wouldn't work. At least you aren't gaining.
Take care for now.
Ok Sherri, what's going on? Haven't heard from you in awhile and was wondering how you were doing. Let us know how things are going, and I hope you had a better month than the rest of us.
I hope your garage sale went well. And I hope your class is going well. I can understand wanting to get out of the house. I have just been looking for reasons to get out and about. It's been a while. How are you?!
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