Change Is Expected, But Never Fun

You Know You're Getting Older (or More Mature?) When...

• you get excited about replacing your 50 gallon water heater with a fancy electronically controlled 80 gallon unit.  Cost....$600.....having hot water after 3 members of your family have already showered....priceless!
• you have to finally make a decision about enrolling your daughter in driving school because she'll be 15 and a half next month.  Crap!!  That day that you kept telling yourself would happen sometime in the future...well, it's finally here. 
• you get even more excited about scheduling someone to come in and clean out your furnace, duct work and carpets!
• you get extremely excited about cleaning out the laundry closet because it's just too grotty for words!
• you start complaining incessantly if you aren't in bed by 9 on a weeknight.  God forbid you don't get their by 10 and then the shit really hits the fan.
• you get very emotional over what colors are actually going on your wall in the living, family and dining room.
• you wake up in the morning and gauge what kind of day it will be based on your minor aches and pains.
• you eldest starts swearing (only minutely) and you are okay with it (with the exception of the f-bomb).  I figure there are worse things in life.  If the ocassional "oh shit" happens to pass her lips....BFD!  She's not having sex, she doesn't dress like a whore, she's very respectful, she surrounds herself with fairly nice friends, she's extremely picky about boys and has every intention of not getting pregnant until she is married....she's doing awesome in my book compared to other parental horror stories I have heard as of late.
• you finally get it ingrained in your head that for every action there is an equal & opposite reaction.  Of course, you knew this since they taught you in grade school, but for some reason it took 30 years for it to really sink in. 
• you finally figure out (even though you've known it for awhile) that you need to get your act together, change your lifestyle and start eating what you know you should eat and exercising consistently.  Sure fire way to get rid of the adult acne and to lose weight!  Holistic approach versus throwing tons of money away on fabulous skin concoctions.  Both my rents are pre-diabetic (type 2) and insulin resistant.  It's due to lifestyle.  I will not be 60 and still fighting the battle of the bulge, damn it!

Well, my list isn't as long as I thought it would be.  I'm sure I'll have more to add later.  :) 

Klip Klop Klip Klop

And so goes life klip klopping it's way down the street.  These days time flies so quickly that I suddenly look at the calendar and a whole month has flown by.  I find myself asking "where has the time gone" frequently.  Dad says that's just a natural part of getting older.  Still makes me shake my head though.

It's been a month since my last blog.  And I thought I was doing so well writing about life.  ;)  Seriously, things just have been flying and I haven't taken the time to do it.  When I last blogged, work was about to get a little hectic as we got to the end of inventory.  It did and I pushed through it, but it basically took me till last week to smooth things back out after the waters got a bit choppy.  Inventory is over (hooray) and I am now just trying to get back on track.

Shawn and I have been on Isagenix together for the last 5 weeks.  He's lost about 15 lbs (and a pants & shirt size) and I'm down about 7 lbs.  Hhhhmmmmmm.....yep, that seems to be par for the course.  The men just lose it faster without all the work or the work outs.  Pppffffttt!!  Darn men and those metabolisms anyhow.  I haven't quite gotten back into my normal fitness regimen so I'm struggling a bit.  What else is new though.  I'll work with it and roll on through.  Day light savings kicks in this coming weekend which will give me some more daylight and the ability to get out with George in the evenings when I won't fear being run over by a passing car.  Shoulder is actually acting up a bit.  I'm due to see the Dr Dan (the chiropractor) tonight though so that should help.  Work kept me away from him for two whole weeks and I think I can go about every other week right now.