money

Today I am thinking about all of the ways I can save money. The first way is to avoid all scrapbook stores and Target stores. I spend way too much there and I don't NEED anything. I also came up with: washing my own car, actually using my gift closet, driving less, eating at home almost every night (ALMOST), spending this holiday weekend at home instead of an overpriced hotel in San Francisco, using my free time going to the gym instead of somewhere that I could buy stuff, packing a lunch every time we're away from home, living with the clothes that I have, NOT going to Costco, spending time at my pool, NOT heating my pool, borrowing books from the library, watching only movies I have on TV or DVD, reminding myself every day that I am trying to declutter and not add to the chaos, use the scrapbook supplies that I have, borrowing costumes for my daughters "play", stop buying things for the kids completely(they have so much), using my gift certificates when eating out..

If you have any more ideas, please post a comment...I can use all the help I can get.

Getting Started

I want to do something with my scrapbooking. I want to take more classes. I want my pages to be more creative. I want to spend more time and enjoy the process of scrapbooking instead of always trying to get as much done as possible. I want to have a monthly scrap day at my house. I don't want to spend any more money on supplies until I have purged much of my stuff. I want to remember all of the cute things that my kids did when they were 2, 3 , 5 etc. (I suffer from Mommy Brain). I want to organize my own weekend crop. I want to feel "caught up." (Will I ever feel that way?). I want my goals to be out there so that I can be accountable for them. So there they are...what will the future bring???

Taking it for Granted

I feel that I have taken my good health for granted. In the last year I have been in and out of doctor's offices and it made me realize that I'm not 20 anymore and the little things I do to my body really affect it. I recently had some moles removed. It was more painful (and a pain in the rear to deal with) than I would have expected. Before that happened, I fully committed to putting exercise into my life. I was "working out" about 5 days per week and I was feeling pretty good. Then I had these sore wounds to deal with so the working out stopped. Then I found out that one of the moles had to be completely dug out. That has set me back another 2 weeks. When I went in for the follow-up and to remove the stitches he told me only leg exercises for another month at least. What a wake-up call this was for me. The healing is taking a lot longer than I expected. Is it because it's my body, my age, my stress level ??? Maybe a combo. I do know that I feel better when I exercise but the thought of getting on the treadmill for the next four weeks makes me seriously want to stop for fear of complete and utter boredom. I actually watched Judging Amy at the gym yesterday when I was on the treadmill....I'm in trouble.. I will continue to do it because my body needs but I will yearn for the amazing exercise classes that I was dragging myself to before all of this happened....