Erika

As usual, our DSL is acting up. We’ve been fighting with Verizon all week and finally thy are sending us a new one. Hopefuly, this piece of crap will work long enough for me to type this without freezing up or throwing me off line.

This is day 5 of being 100% low carb. Hopefully I will be able to keep this up and reclaim all the ground I’ve lost. I don’t know why I do this to myself…eating poorly I mean. I know how much better I feel without all of the sugars and starches, I know how I lose weight almost immediately, I know how to do it. So why do I end up with my face in a bowl of pasta, and then act suprised when I feel 15mos pregnant afterwards?

I know that if I can just hold on for a couple of weeks I’ll be on a roll. I swear it’s like an addict counting how many days they are sober. My house and my mother’s house (being that we practically live there as of late) are stocked with diet friendly foods.

I  took my own advise and gave myself a day devoted to cooking and freezing meals just for me. I also started my personal journal again. 35 is just 6 weeks away, I’d prefer to see that birthday come and go with me considerably smaller than I was last year.

Instead of eating I have been shopping. I bought a toaster oven that looks like it belongs on the Space Shuttle. It broils, it bakes, it defrosts, it’s a rotisseri, I think there may even be a little person that lives inside who seasons the food for you too. In addition to that my kitchen has gotten new curtains, floor mats, dish towels and potholders ( they have all kinds of chocolates on them, why do I torture myself ?) I also got one of those soda fountain style milkshake makers. All of this will go very nicely with my dishwasher that is coming on Wednesday.

You would not believe the joy I experienced while buying my very first container of Cascade….man I need a life.

My front porch also is getting a makeover. I spent the better part of yesterday pressure washing the stone… was it filthy. I got a new mailbox, an address plate that lights up, a light fixture, and ordered new outdoor carpeting! There is some very ugly, very old astro-turf looking green out there now. The new carpet is a really pretty burgandy, and once that is installed next week we will hang the new porch swing.

Yes, they know me by name at Lowes.

Finally I found the perfect shirt for Logan to wear on his very first day of school. It’s a take off on the classic black AC/DC tour shirt. It reads…

                                        AB/CD

                         For those about to read,

                                we salute you!

 I am off to try and get my house in order. Then it’s off to Nana’s house to try and swim before the rain starts.