procrastination at it's finest

Ok, so I haven't written anything in a couple of days. Wednesday, I forgot I had a meeting in the afternoon. oh, the joys of being a union rep.

I also haven't worked on my sewing room at all this week. hopefully this weekend I'll get some time in there. I've just been trying to keep the rest of the house mostly clean and ignoring it. I hate that i'm such a procrastinator sometimes. I just have other stuff to do first... I also have to figure out some way to take off the closet doors. I made some beautiful pink curtains, and i need to get them up there soon. I think that'll make me want to be in there more.

Yesterday I ended up working until 16:45. Usually, I get off at 13:30. on Monday, when I went to Waterloo, My co-worker relieved me at 12:15. so 1 hour and 15 minutes early. this was in exchange for me covering for him yesterday. he had a dentist's appointment, at 14:00. so basically he owes me 2 hours. so on Monday, I get to leave at 11:30, which is UBER exiting!! I really do have the best co-worker ever.

So, Tim wants to get a Kitten. no, not just any kitten, a $700 kitten. I think he's undecided as to whether he wants a Bengal, or an Abyssinian. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE cats. I have a cat. she's wonderful. and i'm not opposed to getting another cat. I've known that Tim has wanted a kitten for a while. A little orange boy. I think it'd be good for Haze to have a little brother. just... why spend $700 on a cat? there are SO many kitties having kittens. beautiful kittens. I think Haze was one of those Many Many kittens. that, or she was abandoned. she was almost a year when I got her I think, and she was SO skinny... I just had to keep her. anyway, my point is there are so many kittens that are in need of a home, and are beautiful and fabulous. $700 is a lot of money. A lot of money to us, anyway. We need a new refrigerator. $700 could fix and feed a new cat AND my cat for a year. A YEAR!

it has to get easier...

so I decided that before my wedding, I want to lose 40 pounds... sounds like a lot, but it really isn't, seeing that I have 28 months. I registered on this website www.myfitnesspal.com to track what I'm eating and how much I'm exercising*. So far I feel a lot better. Eating about 1500 calories a day and taking vitamins and drinking a shitload of water (or should that be boatload?) anyway, a lot of water.
According to Tim's mom's digital scale, I'm 210 lbs... according to the analog one (which I trust more) that I got last night, I'm 204.. 6 lbs is a lot on the ego... that's 6 weeks of dieting... I think I can lose 40, it's not really that bad, is it? I just have to cut out a lot of the fast foods I eat and replace them with fruits and veggies. (okay, we'll see if I'm doing alright in a few weeks)

Last night my friend Will came over, he's working with Primerica now, and he was with his boss and they were explaining financial stuff. money money money. is this all people care about these days? yes, I realize I have to work to make money to live and pay bills, but money doesn't make me that happy... if Tim and I lived in the forest and lived off the land... growing our own vegetables, killing our own meat, I'd be 100% happier... his boss tried to push me in to working with them... I couldn't do that... I have too little free time as it is. I like my job, I don't mind that I don't make a lot of money, my job honestly isn't that stressful... "mo money, mo problems" I don't need a part time job to add to my full 2 full time jobs (security, and being a housewife) could you imagine how stressed I would be? SO stressed... I have a pretty short fuse as it is.

So Will and Sophia (his daughter) (and I'm assuming his boss) coming back on monday to talk to me about savings and paying down my debt and Tim's debt. maybe thay can help, maybe they can't.

(* I don't actually exercise a lot. I have been making an effort, but that's 5 minutes of jumping rope every 3 days... lol)

Hi! I know, I'm a loser. I haven't written anything in a while. not like I have any followers... lol the last few weeks have been good, keeping the house clean, hanging with the fam, (ok, Tim's fam... my almost fam...) and it's been good. togetherness, a sense of belonging. all that. My friend K is starting to make some soapy things... bath bombs, salts.. she's got a store on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7435910 I think I might get up there too, with some jewellery and whatnot. Making some Chain mail jewellery and beaded stuff. we'll see how ambitious I get. lol. we were maybe thinking of having a booth together in one of the lovely summer festivals, not this summer, but next. that'd be exiting. but yeah. work's getting a little monotonus lately, so I gotta spice it up with other ways to make money. lol

and den....

so lately I've been really stressed out about debt. My Fiancee's uncle does my taxes every year. this is the first year that Tim and I have Filed together. (we bought a house last August... Exiting!) anyway, I found out that I'm getting about $1300 back! Woo! so that'll pay off a huge chunk. i love getting money, even if it is returned back to me :)
oh, I also won the lottery today! $5! Woo! better than nothing :)