03-31-17

Look who came to Longview today!  Quick trip, but it was great to see Anastasia for a few minutes when I got home from work.

03-30-17

Working out with Bob.  He likes to say "it doesn't matter what you do as long as you keep moving".  Amen.

03-29-17

We signed up to bring dessert to our small group potluck dinner.  It isn't fancy, but it's popular to load up on snack items from Franz bakery.

03-28-17

Enough.

The year is 25% over, more or less.  Time to check in on my 2017 goals.

Complete

·      Shoebox shopping: soccer balls, sewing kits, ages 2-4.  Done if Bruce has  a vote, ah ha ha! ·      Maintenance inspection (Luis) ·      Trip to Long Beach ·      Attend a food event: Fremont mobile food rodeo

In Progress

·      Teach Dave Ramsey

·      Move more, eat better

·      Get weight down

·      Consistent vitamin consumption

·      Finish reading Brandon's landlording books

·      Keep up BiggerPockets and Linked In presence

·      Complete PokemonGo "manual"

·      Hot air ballooning.  Reservations for July!

·      Trip to Vegas

·      Use four weeks of vacation

·      Stay in tiny house village

·      Scrapbook room organized and trimmed down

·      Keep working on capsule wardrobe.  Buy clothes in quality, not quantity.

·      Better photo solution for 2017

Not Started

·      Track/work on food variety

·      Maintenance inspection (Luis)

·      Deal with trees at 15th and 29^th

·      Set up website

·      Freshen up Linked In and resume

·      Attend 3 BP meet-ups

·      Additional hike or event from Life list

·      One album complete

·      Kitchen pantry organized and trimmed down

I have enough

I do enough

I am enough

Slow progress is still progress

03-27-17

New jammie bottoms!

03-26-17

This sign at the fire department cracks me up.

Another rainy day in Longview...

03-25-17

Spent some time in the kitchen today.  Also spent some time getting organized, and found this fun sticker in the bottom of my backpack.  Makes me happy, because I love green, cows, AND veggies!

03-24-17

TGIF!  Survived to the weekend!  Such a long week!

The lake is crazy brown, but the magnolia trees at the north end are starting to bloom!

Fun fact: The Bishop of Geneva, Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) is credited with the quote, “bloom where you are planted.”

03-23-17

What a fun birthday gift from my sister!  Love it... hope i don't kill it!  The Find Peace yoga pose is darling, and very appropriate for life right now.

03-22-17

Look who joined us for dinner this evening!

03-21-17

Early mornings this week.  Every day the first think I do is step outside to assess the weather, deciding whether to jog or not. It's dark, it's windy, it's cold, but it is dry!

03-20-17

Walking, walking, walking the lake.  Lately, rain or shine or dark or light.  I love the peace of sunrise and sunset.

03-19-17

Seaside in the Sunshine!

Our first trip on Highway 30 since the awful accident we witnessed.  Enjoyed a favorite coffee shop in Astoria.  And lots of walking chasing Pokemon in Seaside.

Fun way to spend a day...

03-18-17

Yay, finally made it to the grocery store. The cupboards were bare of fresh fruits and veggies.  Went to Sizzler for lunch to get some fresh greens since I didn't get to the store sooner.

#FRESH  #PLANTBASED

03-17-17

Sporting my new Bellabeat Leaf, trying out a different kind of fitness tracker.  It told me I slept great last night.  And that I need to meditate more.  Can be worn as clip, necklace, or bracelet, that's fun...

03-16-17

Finally, faces on the blog!

Anastasia heads out of country tomorrow on another adventure...

03-15-17

Shoes shoes everywhere.

A sure sign that the kids are home, even if we don't see them much.

03-14-17

Back to real life.  Chores and all.

This is our amusing little mopping robot.

Amusing because it happily bangs against walls and roams around our hosue like a drunken sailor.  And no matter where we start it, it ends up int he same spot.  As if our house is on a slant...

Fun with toys...

03-13-17

Weather not so good today.

Looking for somewhere dry to walk to wait out Portland traffic.

Woodburn outlet mall!

03-12-17

Shoe shopping, ugh!

Found a store in Salem with European sizing and a very patient salesperson, and found 3 pairs of new shoes!

A great weather day, we walked all over Salem.

03-11-17

A day away from home.  Started at K-Mart, my favorite place to shop for Shoebox Ministries items.

03-10-17

An afternoon and evening of sunshine!  Wow, we got out and enjoyed it!  Bruce gets a lot of attention for his gyarados hat.

03-09-17

Our new living room rug makes me happy.  I like the colors, the patterns, and how soft it is.  I did a Biggest Loser workout in my bare feet on it tonight.

03-08-17

Wednesday night is small group night.

03-07-17

Back in the saddle to eat less and move more.  I read that a new years resolution is a wish unless it is backed up with massive action.  Ouch!  Been trying to lose weight for years without trying, it;s time to stop wishing and starting doing it.

03-06-17

Snow!

Again.

In March.

Oy!

03-05-17

Colder than heck again, so walking on the treadmill this afternoon...

03-04-17

Look who's back in town!

Quick visit to Montlake Terrace this afternoon.

03-03-17

TGIF, because this has been a very draining few days back to work.  My heart is breaking for a hurting co-worker.

03-02-17

Tax time.  Total damage not yet computed, but data inputs are organized at least...

03-01-17

Denied!

We headed up to Vault Books right after work to get our new blind date books, and they were sold out!

Bummed, but nice walk around Castle Rock at least...