A Good Tuesday

Tuesday started off with an Egg McMuffin and driving to meet my sister to do some shopping.

I had a banana instead of a hash brown.

She is getting a new place that has to be gutted down to the studs, so she was pricing what she could find at Bailey's.

Here's something that I usually don't drive by- a sunflower field.

Another thing I don't see as often is mint.

My final destination.

Although I wasn't shopping for myself, I did find a couple of good deals including some cheap batteries I'm going to keep on hand for work, a big bottle of dish soap for $1.99, and a big bottle of clear store brand Softsoap for $1.99. My fun find was a shower curtain rod. I had already bought one that was curved, but this one has details that exactly match my towel bar, hand towel holder, robe hook, and toilet paper holder.

We also went to a flooring store, but didn't find any great bargains.

We then went to a furniture store that was liquidating their inventory to see if we could find a sofa (which there were a few okay ones, but didn't buy anything). After all of this shopping we were hungry, so we went to Subway. I got my usual turkey on wheat with lettuce, tomatoes, provolone cheese, onions, green peppers, and honey mustard. I was a good girl and passed on the raspberry cheesecake cookies that I love.

After lunch we went to the Family Dollar and Alco. I was expecting to find a few things that grabbed my attention, but I didn't. Then it was off to home to work on the bathroom again. Here are some pictures of the sights on the way home:

I just love driving down roads with trees draping over them. I don't know why but I do.

I spent my afternoon mostly using a palm sander to try to get this horrible latex paint smoothed out. It kept coming off in globs and messing up my sandpaper. I sure hope that all of the walls aren't this difficult to sand.

There are some tight spaces, so I had to use the old fashioned way as well.

My dogs were also busy this afternoon...

I stopped for a snack and decided to try an oatmeal breakfast cookie I saw on a blog. It was pretty good, but mine didn't look quite like the pictures on the blog I found it.  

My hubby helped me cook up some yummy chicken for dinner. It wasn't too hard at all and we just cooked up the chicken in the wok with seasoned salt, pepper, bay leaves, thyme, and rosemary. I had a bag salad and a 90 second rice pack, so I added those as my sides.

It was such a nice evening outside that the hubs and I went on a short bike ride after watering all of our fruit/veggie plants. It was a good way to end the day. Almost all healthy eating and lots of walking and a bike ride is a nice change of pace from the usual days I've been having.

My Week of Doing 7/19 and 7/20

Thursday

Thursday was an exciting day for me. I wanted to do a wog right away in the morning, but it was still thundering and raining a little bit. I had to put it off again!

Thursday morning I met my dad at the Home Depot with his truck to pick up the tub surround I bought on Wednesday. I don't have any friends/family in my town that have an SUV or pick-up, so I asked my parents if one of them would be able to, so we didn't have to rent a truck. Once we got the thing in the house, I showed my dad around the house. He hasn't seen the house since I've done most of my DIY projects.

After my dad left, I had plans to do some shopping with my sister. I have been itching to go to Bailey's, and she goes out there to do some grocery shopping on a regular basis. It is a bit of a drive for me- about 50 to 60 minutes. I took a few pictures of the country on the way there. These pictures show what I grew up living in.

Going through some cornfields on Highway 8.

A farm on Highway 8 with matching red roofs on their buildings.

Still on 8, but this time going through the Kankakee River area.

Still by the Kankakee River and that sign is for a park. I guess there is an access site there for your boats too.

Finally at my destination. And no, I didn't have any DQ or Orange Juilius while I was there.

We were able to go together which is more fun than going by yourself. I found lots of things for the classroom, some groceries, and a couple of odds and ends for the house. 

My new lunchbox for work. I think this might actually be big enough to fit all my food for the day unlike the "normal" size lunchboxes I've been using.

It is actually supposed to be a toothbrush holder, but it matches my guest room colors so well that I had to get it. Maybe some flowers would look good in it?

I got this set for only $13! We do have a set now, but it isn't very good.

My groceries which consist of many different types of Kashi bars, some cereal, some oatmeal, and some drink mixes.

Some prizes for my every day and big prize boxes at school.

Some other school items.

I thought I could use this as a decoration in my classroom. It was a $70 item originally and I paid $2 for it.

I thought I could use this as a decoration in my classroom. It was a $60 item originally and I paid $2 for it.

She had to get going after Bailey's, so I went to another much smaller store called Richard's down the road by myself. It was a bust and I bought one item for $2.99.

Another decor item that I could use in my classroom.

Friday

I was finally able to do week five day two of my C25k on Friday morning. This time I had two eight minute jogs with a five minute walk in the middle. I've never jogged that long before, but I found out it wasn't so bad. Here are my stats:

• 4,895 aerobic steps
• 38 minutes
• 2.06 miles

I spent almost all of Friday at home putting things away, doing some laundry, doing dishes, and just generally trying to get some cleaning and organizing done. We did run into a problem late Friday afternoon though. Lilly started throwing up a bunch of times and threw up again after dinner. We were able to catch the vet before they went home to take her in. She has Campylobacter which isn't the end of the world, but a pain for her owners. Not only does she have to be on two medicines for this, but our other two dogs do as well since it is contagious. So I spent $200 because Lilly couldn't keep her nose out of rabbit or squirrel poop!

My eating is still going much better than it was, but still not perfect. Here are some eats from Friday:

Breakfast

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

I also had a chicken wrap and a strawberry shortcake frosty with this from Wendy's.

Snack: Twix candy bar

Week Twenty-Seven and a Fun Monday

Today I went shopping with my sister at Bailey's and Richard's. It was a fun way to spend the morning and some money! I found lots of different things since I had been there last from a new scale, fruit, granola bars, some Christmas gifts for people, and much more.

I spent the afternoon taking picture of the dogs in their Christmas shirts and sweaters. After the fun pictures came the chores of taking down the tree and packing it and the decorations away and carrying it down the basement. I don't know why, but for some reason I was watching the Next Great Baker while doing this. I never have watched it before and don't plan on it again unless I'm really bored.

Lilly

Benjamin

Sebastion

Peter

Boo

Food:

Breakfast:

Snack:

Lunch:

Snack: a couple of cookies

Dinner:

I also ended up eating a bunch of baked chips after this meal...

Exercise: walking and taking down Christmas stuff