beth_ers

1. Arlene and Mildred2.Baby has new school3.Austin is trying new relationship#fact4.the worst at work is over5.thiscoffee

Wednesday, September 7th
1.  Both my orchid and my lily decided to rebloom for me.  (I didn't even have to cut my orchid back--just moved it out of the sun :))
2. Got a good price on my plane ticket to Dallas for Thanksgiving.
3. Jeff and Nix both seem receptive to me taking Livy to Africa on the holidays if they cannot go. At least that way Mildred will get to see the baby.
4. Nicky used the word "y'all" on Saturday and then smiled at me. Then she said "y'all" makes perfect sense to her :)
5. Olivia didn't get hurt in her tumble down Austin's stairs.
6. Work stuff.  Applied for four jobs now. Got a stuffed hedgehog holding a pink donut with "vibes" on it from my mentee. :)  Found out I'm getting an award at work, *snorts* from the new agency Secretary. I wonder how DH will react to that. His words will go down in history to me:  "Everyone knows you're a gr...good project manager.  Maybe next time, do less."  I'm going to have that put on a tshirt.

Check/NoCheck
Sugar = NoCheck
H2O = Check
Sun = NoCheck, Ugh smoke everywhere
Exercise = NoCheck
Sleep = Check,  9 hours

Thursday, September 8th
1. I now treasure that silly Mayan artefact of the ancient jaguar woman from "Guatemala" I got from Austin and the packages of nonsense that came with it.  Funny gift.
2. Getting back into old/good habits.
3. Looks like my mentee has a shot at a very good job.  I hope it comes through for her.
4. Enjoyed my breakfast this morning.
5. Dionna's job interview.  I hope it went well for her.

Check/NoCheck

Yeah, it was a no check sorta day yesterday.  Did not take care of any of my targets.

Friday, September 8, 2017
1. Made myself get up.  Yay me.
2. It's Friday.
3. Note from Nix:  "Olivia is LOVING school and so is Jeff."
4. It's Friday and...I don't have to get up tomorrow.
5. Will be quiet at work.  I can get some work done.

Check/NoCheck

Same.  But...I'm recording it, so positive change is at hand.

Monday, August 7
Five
1. Karen and I did not have an argument this vacation & she seemed to have a good time.
2. The kind AirBNB guy that refunded my money when I made a mistake about making it to Squamich.
3. Jeff's A on his mid-term from a hard law school.  Go Jeff. :)
4. Arlene and Mildred made it to America OK.
5. The thrift store finds yesterday.  Woot!

CheckNoCheck
Sugar = NoCheck, 177 this morning
H2O = Check
Sun = Check
Exercise = Checkminus
Vitamins/Meds = Check
Sleep = 8 hours

Monday, July 3
Five
1. I get to see my nephew tomorrow!
2. Enjoying thinking about making the baby a little area that is hers in my apartment where she can play.
3. That she comes to me actually seeking out interactions and affection now.  Blessed be--that did take awhile.
4. Jeff-a source of endless entertainment:
"Ive decided I'm going to kayak to law school.  I'm really pretty good at it, so why not?"
"I had a moment with Olivia last week.  This is hard to explain, but I was laying on the floor, giving her some bamba. She had one in each fist and she was getting crumbs all over my new shirt and I admit it, I was getting frustrated with her.  She wanted ANOTHER bamba. I said "no, Olivia, eat what you have and then you can have another!" I started trying to brush the crumbs off my shirt. And then with both fists full of bamba, she started brushing my shirt, too, trying to help. And it was like-like I don't know, like I knew fundamentally, she was trying to help and so innocent of whatever that might mean. I just melted and realized this is what it means to be a parent and a Dad. The shirt didn't mean anything."
"I am going to miss spending time with you all when I'm in law school."
Me="We know where you sleep." :)
5. And my other son, Austin, also a source of amusement:
"I've decided to try seeing how Daddy lives.  My whole adult life, I've been following Momma's patterns.  Now I'll see how doing what Daddy does works out."
I'm like, "If you don't know already, then you're not as observant as I believe you are."
LOL

CheckNoCheck

Sugar = NoCheck 202 this morning
H2O = Check
Exercise = CheckMinus
Meds/Vitamins= Check
Sun = NoCheck
Sleep = 7 hours

Tuesday, July 4th
1. A day off
2. My idea to make a reading nook for the baby.  Excited about it.
3. I get to see Lesley today.
4. Eating healthfully.
5. Being able to check off Exercise.

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 197 this morning
H2O, Check
Sun, NoCheck, none to get
Vitamins/Meds, Check
Exercise, Check
Sleep = 8 hours.

Wednesday, July 5th
1. Delightful day yesterday with Lesley.  Walk in the woods, picnic by the Carbon River. A new place of beauty I had never been.
2. Only 3 days to finish off the week.
3. "So we took our daughter to Disney World and everyone was quick to tell us that was a mistake.  'You should wait until she's older and can remember things.'  My thought was, 'Hey, what am I supposed to do? Lock her in a closet and tell her 'you can come out when you start remembering things?' Uh, she loves Minnie Mouse and if she loves Minnie Mouse then she can love Minnie Mouse right now. Remembering it isn't the most important thing."
4. Thinking about Stehekin.
5. Arlene called me the other day, which was nice of her :)

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 179 this morning
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds, Check
Sleep = 9 hours, slept from 6-8 and then from 10-5

Thursday, July 6th
1. The bus.
2. A 2% raise.  Thank you Washington State Legislature.
3. My grandchild has such a wonderfully pragmatic momma and my son has a stabilizing wife.
4.  Thoughtful friends.
5. Made it through the week so far without any fast food.  Yay.  Good job.

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 197
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds Check
Sleep = 7.5 hours

Friday, July 7th
1. Grateful for the person who places the lovely bouquets in my building lobby, so that fresh flowers are the first thing you see when you enter the building.
2. The new restaurant that opened across the street from my apartment helmed by the guy / chef who owned two other restaurants that I loved and were amazing and won James Beard awards nationally for best restaurant.  Yippee.
3. It's Friday.
4. Remembering this advice:  "Start with your stress."  That feels right right now.
5. All the beauty I have been fortunate to see in my life.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Sugar, NoCheck, 227
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds Check
Sleep = 7 hours

Saturday, July 8th
1. Wisdom from only half way up the mountain.
2. The explosive amount of energy I see in Olivia as she tries to play ball with her kitty, Ninja.  Amazing.  I don't know that I ever remember feeling that way.  Like ever.
3. A long errand list.  If I get all this done, that would be cool.
4. I'm doing gratitudes on Saturday.
5. My brother, Dennis. He has always tried to be there for me, even when he was irritated with me.
And 6. House of Cards.  Holy crap, and I thought it couldn't surprise me because of Trump.  I was wrooooong.

Sugar, NoCheck 200 this morning, but I have a plan, Stan
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds, Check
Sleep = 7 hours

Monday, July 3
Five
1. I get to see my nephew tomorrow!
2. Enjoying thinking about making the baby a little area that is hers in my apartment where she can play.
3. That she comes to me actually seeking out interactions and affection now.  Blessed be--that did take awhile.
4. Jeff-a source of endless entertainment:
"Ive decided I'm going to kayak to law school.  I'm really pretty good at it, so why not?"
"I had a moment with Olivia last week.  This is hard to explain, but I was laying on the floor, giving her some bamba. She had one in each fist and she was getting crumbs all over my new shirt and I admit it, I was getting frustrated with her.  She wanted ANOTHER bamba. I said "no, Olivia, eat what you have and then you can have another!" I started trying to brush the crumbs off my shirt. And then with both fists full of bamba, she started brushing my shirt, too, trying to help. And it was like-like I don't know, like I knew fundamentally, she was trying to help and so innocent of whatever that might mean. I just melted and realized this is what it means to be a parent and a Dad. The shirt didn't mean anything."
"I am going to miss spending time with you all when I'm in law school."
Me="We know where you sleep." :)
5. And my other son, Austin, also a source of amusement:
"I've decided to try seeing how Daddy lives.  My whole adult life, I've been following Momma's patterns.  Now I'll see how doing what Daddy does works out."
I'm like, "If you don't know already, then you're not as observant as I believe you are."
LOL

CheckNoCheck

Sugar = NoCheck 202 this morning
H2O = Check
Exercise = CheckMinus
Meds/Vitamins= Check
Sun = NoCheck
Sleep = 7 hours

Tuesday, July 4th
1. A day off
2. My idea to make a reading nook for the baby.  Excited about it.
3. I get to see Lesley today.
4. Eating healthfully.
5. Being able to check off Exercise.

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 197 this morning
H2O, Check
Sun, NoCheck, none to get
Vitamins/Meds, Check
Exercise, Check
Sleep = 8 hours.

Wednesday, July 5th
1. Delightful day yesterday with Lesley.  Walk in the woods, picnic by the Carbon River. A new place of beauty I had never been.
2. Only 3 days to finish off the week.
3. "So we took our daughter to Disney World and everyone was quick to tell us that was a mistake.  'You should wait until she's older and can remember things.'  My thought was, 'Hey, what am I supposed to do? Lock her in a closet and tell her 'you can come out when you start remembering things?' Uh, she loves Minnie Mouse and if she loves Minnie Mouse then she can love Minnie Mouse right now. Remembering it isn't the most important thing."
4. Thinking about Stehekin.
5. Arlene called me the other day, which was nice of her :)

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 179 this morning
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds, Check
Sleep = 9 hours, slept from 6-8 and then from 10-5

Thursday, July 6th
1. The bus.
2. A 2% raise.  Thank you Washington State Legislature.
3. My grandchild has such a wonderfully pragmatic momma and my son has a stabilizing wife.
4.  Thoughtful friends.
5. Made it through the week so far without any fast food.  Yay.  Good job.

CheckNoCheck

Sugar, NoCheck 197
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds Check
Sleep = 7.5 hours

Friday, July 7th
1. Grateful for the person who places the lovely bouquets in my building lobby, so that fresh flowers are the first thing you see when you enter the building.
2. The new restaurant that opened across the street from my apartment helmed by the guy / chef who owned two other restaurants that I loved and were amazing and won James Beard awards nationally for best restaurant.  Yippee.
3. It's Friday.
4. Remembering this advice:  "Start with your stress."  That feels right right now.
5. All the beauty I have been fortunate to see in my life.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Sugar, NoCheck, 227
H2O, Check
Sun, Check
Exercise, Check
Vitamins/Meds Check
Sleep = 7 hours

Tuesday, May 30th
Five
1. Party on the roof went off beautifully.  Everyone enjoyed it.
2. Excited I was able to change my own tracklighting this weekend.
3. Babygirl seems to specialize in immitating me in particular.  She says "hi" and "yay" and "wow"...all of which I say to her in a singsong voice, so she seems to have caught on to them.
4. Got lots of exercise this weekend moving stuff up from and down to the basement without the elevator going down there.
5. A new month is about to start...

Check\Nocheck
Sugar=Check minusish
H2O=Check
Exercise=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Vitamins\Meds=Check
Sleep=5.5 hours

Wednesday, May 31
1. Dont have to drive as far today.  Just to the hospital for interviews.
2. I still have lots of amazing bubbles to use due to my sissy.  I am on peppermint stick right now.
3. A cool, dark apartment.
4. "Never, ever spend more than you make." <----good advice
5. I am hungry and have healthy things to eat.

Check/Nocheck
Sugar=Check
H2O= Check
Exercise=Checkminusish
Sun=nonetoget
Vitamins\Meds=Check
Sleep=8 hours

Friday, May 2nd
1. It is Friday
2. For the FIRST time, baby girl wanted me to hold her yesterday. That is better than anything.
3. I have no diabetic damage in my eyes.  Little, if any, change to my eyes occurred so dont need new prescription.
4. I seem to have emerged from my spending too much funk and have reverted back to my understanding you cant have everything you want.
5. Looks like a pretty day outside.

CheckNocheck
Sugar=Check
H2O=Check
Exercise=Check
Sun=Check
Vitamins\Meds=Check
Sleep=9 hours

Monday, May 21
Five
1. Lesley
2. A new week!
3. Dancing Goats Coffee
4. I enjoy the sounds of the Rabbit Air Hepafilter
5. My sweet daughter in law, Nix

CheckNocheck
Sugar=Check, 181 this morning
H2O= Check
Sun=Check
Exercise=Check
Vitamins/Meds=Check
Sleep=6 hours plus a long nap

Tuesday, May 22
1. Funnies "Its always nice to have a large room for your baby.  Because you end up spending way more time in there than you ever thought you would."  Nicky to real estate agent who laughed out loud.
2. Funnies "I cant wait to find out about mortgage insurance."  Jeff to me who stared at him in bemusement.
3. Austin, "The baby is being a bitch lately."  Me, "Shes teething, Austin, her mouth hurts,"  "Im not coming out against the baby.  i mean shes still nice.  But I shaved my beard and she got mad at that." "Did Nix tell you she woke up with blood in her bed from gnawing on her crib?  Shes in pain."  "Oh, no, no wonder shes upset. Id be pissed too!"
4. Connies back at work.
5. Dale and Anne arrived last evening safely to enjoy the spring and the baby girl.

CheckNocheck
Sugar=Nocheck, 196 this morning
H2O=Check
Exercise=Check
Sun=Check
Vitamins/meds=Check
Sleep=8 hours

Wednesday, May 23
1. Six blooms on my orchid.
2. Nicky said she had "an absolutely beautiful day" yesterday.
3. Poetry.
4. My many careers.  I have always enjoyed work.
5. I hope everyone has a good day, today.

Sugar=Nocheck, 214
H2O=Check
Exercise=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Vitamins/meds=Check
Sleep=7 hours

Thursday, May 25
1. Payday
2. Letting myself be, lately.  Feels very good.
3. I have a clean air conditioner w/ carbon filter and a great hepafilter.  The air in my apartment better be amazing.
4. 4 day weekend coming up.
5. 2 quotes:. " Life is tough.  Its even tougher if you're stupid.." & "Life is just a party and parties werent meant to last."

Sugar=Nocheck, 219 this morning
Exercise=Nocheck
H2O=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Vitamins/meds=Check
Sleep=9 hours

Monday, May 15
Five
1. Lots of play with baby time this weekend.
2. Lots of work to do this week.
3. Plants and flowers look so pretty.
4. The offer to be in the diabetes study.
5. Clear, pale blue skies.

CheckNocheck
Sugar=Nocheck, 204 this morning
H2O=Nocheck
Exercise=Nocheck but lots on Saturday
Meds/Vitamins=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Sleep=7 hours

Tuesday, May 16
Five
1. I have an office at the hospital, now.
2. Get to take the bus today.
3. The sounds of the birds right now.
4. I dont get great intel. I dont want great intel.
5. I make a great salary doing a job I love that helps a lot of people.  Really cant ask for more than that.

Check/Nocheck
Sugar=Nocheck, 194 this morning
H2O= Nocheck
Exercise=Check
Meds/VitMins=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Sleep=9.5 hours baby!

Wednesday, May 17
Five
1. Livy walked yesterday for the first time.  3 steps to grab her Daddy's sun glasses.☺
2. The comfort and warmth of this bed.
3.  Mary's offer to help with the hospitals telephony billing.
4.  I feel safe where I live. Like I am protecting myself.Nocheck
5.  "I arise from dreams of thee..."  I do.

Check/Nocheckheck
Sugar=Check, 174 this morning
H2O=Nocheck
Exercise=Check
Meds/Vitamins=Check
Sun=Nocheck
Sleep=5 hours

Thursday, May 18
Five
1. A Special Prosecutor has been named.  Boom.
2. I was proud that I managed to write a letter to Paul Ryan without any swear words.
3. I love my job.
4. Get to see Lesley this weekend.
5. The world is so pretty now.

CheckNocheck
Sugar, = Check, 184 this morning
H2O=Check
Exercise=NoCheck
Meds/Vitamins=Check
Sun=NoCheck
Sleep=7 hours

Friday, May 19
Five
1. It is the beloved day, Friday.
2. Starting to feel more grounded.
3. The "panicky feel" of I cant do this has eased with the yoga.
4. Having to confront a hard feeling at work.
5. Conspiratorial smiles.

CheckNoCheck
Sugar=Nocheck, 184 this morning
H2O=Check
Exercise=Nocheck
Meds/Vitamins=Check
Sun=Check
Sleep=9.5 hours

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

1.  The phones for the hospital came in yesterday.
2.  Lots of rain for the trees.
3.  My sister who encouraged me to go get some decent food for myself.  And I did it.
4.  Enjoyed eating at the oyster bar with Nix, Jeff, and Olivia, while the lovely cold wet spring of Puget Sound was around us.
5.  Jeff was able to get his medicine from a psychiatrist.

Sun = none to get
Exercise = none yessterday.  some good walking Sunday though
H2O = no check
Sleep = 7 hours
Sugar = pretty good

Monday, March 6th
1. Soooooo much sleep yesterday.  Wow.
2. The benefits of meditation.  Feel I am coming back to balance.
3. The shoes and clothes I bought myself this weekend.
4. The little baby girl playing in the bath tub.
5. Friends.  Lucky me ☺

Sleep = Naps = 8 hours + nightsleep = 9 hours
Sun= none
Sugar=bread
exercise=no
water=no

Wednesday, March 8th
1. The work day is over.
2. I am warm, in my bed, I can breathe.
3. The warm socks sissy gave me a couple years ago.  Still warm and nice.
4. It is raining and cold outside and I am not!
5. Jeffs invitation to me.  :)

Friday, March 10th
1. Austin came over last night and cleaned my fish bowl out so I can donate it this weekend.  "Goodbye, Fishie" 😢
2. Get to go with Jeff and Nicky and Olivia to Aquarium this weekend on Sunday. Hello, fishie.
3. Jeff was blessed with a plethora of financial grants from UW including one that will pay for Olivias daycare, so his lawschool this year is 50% discounted.
4. Its Friday.
5. Grateful I told my boss yesterday how I felt about the meeting.

Monday, February 27th
1. The buy nothing project that is preoccupying Nicky.  She got plates, bowls, a high chair, and two baby gates for free from MI rich folk.
2. The marine biologist who offered to show Nix and Livy around the Seattle Aquarium.
3.  The dance instructor who offered to teach Nix and Jeff how to ballroom dance.
4. The fact Dale came to stay with them during this time of transition.
5. I was able to report Livy laughed yesterday.

Tuesday, February 28th
1. a good night of sleep
2. the rain
3. gentleness
4. a little face lifted to watch the birds circling the tall trees overhead
5. the storytime sock drama where elmo initially refused to share his socks with the sock monkey :)

Wednesday, March 1st
1. good progress on the charter yesterday. felt competent.
2. my comfy, warm bedroom and my awesome bed
3. morning sounds.
4. my oldest son's car on loan so generously
5. i am a grandmother. lucky, lucky me.

Thursday, March 2nd
1. up early
2. making an effort
3. feel comfortable right now
4. made myself breaky first time this week
5. clean clothes.