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Day Zero and random stuff

goingbronco — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:57:00 GMT

Leon needed a nap.

I am in the same spot on not having a job as I was when I wrote over a month ago. Being paid, applying, but no real hope in sight at the moment.

I have been able to cross off something on Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote.

The loss of Photobucket is quite sad for me.

Nick is working the summer season at the ski resort, he has hernia issues though so it's a painful thing, but he loves the job.

I wrote 2 years ago how Day Zero 2.0 was 34.7% done. I was curious what those two years had brought, and I also have crossed stuff off since I LAST wrote on it. I'm up to 58.4%.

I've actually even been able to cross stuff off on the original.

When I finished the original I was apparently 54% done, it is now 69.3% done.

At the point 2 years ago when I wrote the original was 60% done.

Man ever realize you're no longer online friends with somebody and can't remember if it was you or them?

Love and God bless,

Christen

B+

goingbronco — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:52:34 GMT

Rock's soccer team.

I got a B+ in Cost Benefit Analysis, that's actually kind of surprising, I was worried it might be a C lol.

I have one more class today, and then I have two more days and then the school year is over. And I'm unemployed. Unless something changes before Friday and I get a job. I have 3 ways that could happen. I'd be pretty happy if one of them panned out and did happen, especially if it happened before Friday. I did a Novena where my special intention was that I have a job this May. That's today, or it didn't come to pass. Don't think though that I'm saying I don't think a job in June would be an answer to that prayer, it just would be on somebody else's timeline and not mine.

Since I don't know if I'm moving districts, becoming truly unemployed, etc. I am not at the moment concerned with figuring out what to take for that extra credit I need if I go back to the district I live in. If I stay here that credit does me nothing and I just as well take it next year. I've already taken 3 credits and I'm taking a fourth next week, so 4 is good for a summer. If I take 4 more next summer I'll be good for recertifiying. And then I could take 4 more the year after and I'd get to move over a column in the district I currently work for. So, it just really is a big, wait and see where I'm going game right now.

I mentioned a cool graduation gift a mom was doing for her son, she confirmed she'd been doing it since Kindergarten! How amazing. I'm starting it next year for all my school aged kids, I might even do it for Leon when he starts preschool.

At least with my unemployment on Friday should come free time, and with free time should come the ability to work on my weight loss. I also just realized this time is when 3rd hour normally gets out and soon I'd normally be eating lunch and going to the bathroom and I'm wanting to do those things, so I think I'll pause this and return to it later.

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Well, I ended up accidently shutting down the computer in the middle of writing this, so several days later I'm back.

Today is my last day of school.

I posted this part of a song I like on my facebook about it:

I had a job but the boss man let me go
He said
I'm sorry but I won't be needing your help no more
I said
Please mister boss man I need this job more than you know
But he gave me my last paycheck and he sent me on out the door\

Love and God bless,

Christen

Narnia

goingbronco — Thu, 25 May 2017 06:02:43 GMT

Courtney in her tap costume.

I've read several chapters out of Dawn Treader lately, two today even. I may actually finish the series this summer.

I took my test for my class today, so just the final project now and I'm done.

I have a job interview on Friday.

I forgot Terra's Carebear glow bear in her list of presents she got at her party.

I don't even want to discuss my weight.

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New day. I'm 6 school days away from done with my 6th year of teaching and my first (and possibly only) year in Boise. Tomorrow is Thursday and then I have an interview Friday.

If I move districts, I may want to take one more credit this summer. I just can't figure out what I want to take.

I'm having a debate about an e-mail I got today, but I don't really want to discuss it here, I'll share with you after I've decided what I am going to do about it.

Pay day tomorrow. My favorite day.

Today I got the coolest thing ever that a Mom is doing for graduation for her son. He's a sophomore, but she's been doing it for years, I distinctly saw things that implied 7th grade was for sure in there, I wonder how far it went back actually. I thought it was so cool though that I'm going to start one of the same thing for Courtney next year. I think that's when I'll start it for all my kids. 8th grade.

The students I taught my first year were 6th graders. As long as nothing went wrong for them, or they didn't get ahead, they graduated last year. They are out in their first year of working for a living or going to college. They are these 6th graders who shocked me with questions like "When can you drop out of school? How old do you have to be?" To which I was happily interupted when "Citlali" I can't remember her name, just how to say it, would say "18" Yes, please! Please do that. Well, they may have since dropped out, but Citlali, I'm sure she went off to college this year.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Narnia

goingbronco — Sun, 21 May 2017 02:15:50 GMT

This is my new facebook profile photo. Yando was the bomb. May he RIP.

I'm considering stopping my homework where I am for the night, going up and reading my Narnia book and going to bed. It is only 10 minutes before I was planning to call it quits anyway, but I'm not as far into my homework as I had hoped given Terra's birthday party tomorrow. I'm just worried I won't get done by the 11pm deadline tomorrow. Hopefully I do. Then there isn't a deadline for Sunday, so hopefully I'll be set by Monday and then I have a test Tuesday and so there isn't a deadline Wednesday so I think that means all I have left after that is the final project. So really, if I make tomorrow's deadline, I should be good until a week from tomorrow!

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New day. I have done pretty well at staying positive today, which I did not do yesterday. Part of that is I was at a soccer tournament or preparing for Terra's party, or having Terra's party. Now I'm sitting down to do homework and that'll probably go away.

Terra's birthday party had one kid from her dance class (she invited the whole class), one kid from her preschool class (she invitied the whole class) and then 4 of the neighborhood kids showed up and my parents. As well as my own kids. So it was a good show up. She got a new Moana Doll. She got some Calico Critters. She got a pool noodle. She got a jump rope. Terra also got a hatchimal thing. She got a teddy bear and tsum tsum and Hershey bar. And she got something with letters and colors and stuff.

This week is my children's last week of school. I have another week after that.

On Friday at 11am my children will be 8th grade, 5th grade, 3rd grade, 2nd grade and Kindergarten. Plus Leon.

So in May 2014 I said I didn't like the new front page and said I wanted to change back, eventually I did, and I accidently changed back to the no longer new one again. Ah!

I had somebody invite me to their church recently. That's just not happening. I love that you have a church you love, but so do I.

Love and God bless,

Christen

goingbronco — Fri, 19 May 2017 05:01:57 GMT

My kids being silly.

I'm certain I've made a lot of progress on Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote since that was SEPTEMBER. September was forever ago, more than 6 months ago.

I however haven't made too much progress on my reading. I was reading book 4 in Narnia, I'm now reading Dawn Treader which I think is like book 5? Lol

Oh I wasn't yet reading 4, and I'm already into 5 lol.

I'm liking monthly paychecks more now than I did in September, mostly because Nick was working, and then there were taxes, and my salary with all that was enough to last the month.

Just thinking about all the things I might be able to do someday that I never thought we'd be enough on our feet to do is making me happy. I wrote that line 3 years ago tomorrow. The fact is the things that were making it all better, didn't work out. And we still haven't got there. Who knows if we ever will.

This underlined piece is from an entry I wrote on this day last year. The italic part is now 4 years old. Things got substantially better from when I wrote that, and I need to remember that, because I'm worried about the future right now. And worry is wasteful and not from God and I need to stop it.

The saints are praying for me, this will work out.

I've quit using photobucket for various reasons, I'm worried about all the photos I have stored there and nowhere else and I'm worried that the photo I've shared in this entry may not work.

While I never use LJ anymore, I'm so glad it still exists and that I have this long term thing where I can look back at progress of my kids, myself, etc.

I did get one phone call for an interview, I actually turned them down. Nick's been working for a month and a half or so at this point.

That line is from two years ago in June. I'm sitting here asking myself how I did that. You see, like is my normal at the end of a school year...I'm job searching. And my heart is aching, I've never loved a school like I love this one.

Love and God bless,

Christen

No progress

goingbronco — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 05:35:36 GMT

Amber played goalie on Saturday for a little while, twice.

I don't think I've made any progress on my Day Zero 3.0 since I last wrote, I also think Nick is currently off sulking somewhere right now. Things I think.

I get paid by my job for the first time on Friday, that should help me begin to think of completing certain goals on my list.

Last year on this day Amber went to a birthday party of a little girl in her class, yesterday she went to the same little girls birthday and LJ went to a party and Rock to a playdate. My kids had a social Sunday. Courtney had two sleepovers this weekend, so she had a social weekend. Both were at our house.

I'm not reading anything right now, but I just finished the 3rd book in the Narnia series, so hopefully I'll be reading the 4th book soon. I have lost the copy we own, or rather the kids have, some time ago. So I asked Rock to check it out from the library for me, hopefully he'll do that tomorrow and I'll be able to begin reading it.

I guess I used to feel that the budget with the monthly pay checks was easier, but I do dislike monthly paychecks. Nick and I are both working now, so there will be a little bit of money coming in between my paychecks, so that should be nice.

I just went in and changed what I have budgeted for how much Nick'll make, Nick is not bringing home quite what I had budgeted, which is probably because I was budgeting it including tips or including the pay raise he'll have eventually. But all the same, we can survive off of just mine probably (since we've been surviving off less for um always) so his is just making it feel easier.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Back to work

goingbronco — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:24:31 GMT

Courtney today on her first day of 7th grade.

Well, I'm a teacher again. An unexpected turn, but it's a done deal.

It would seem I've checked off several things since I last wrote on Day Zero 3.0.

I wrote about a tragedy last I wrote...which has been a while. I've had a lot more sorrows since then. The mother of a very close childhood friend (so like a second mom to me) died this month. My cousin became homeless for a while during the Louisiana floods, she has her home back, but it isn't exactly livable. It was under water. She lost her car, everything. Then my friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. That's all not counting that the reason I'm working is Nick has lost his job and so that opened me up to get one.

I bought and read the 8th Harry Potter book, the one based off the play since I last wrote. That was kind of fun. Went to a midnight release and all that.

Slam try outs happened, Courtney's on the team again. They didn't cut anybody as far as I can tell, there are 19 girls. So making the team doesn't seem all that impressive to me.

Our PS3, one of the original backwards compatible ones, it died. I miss it greatly.

I need to do a Novena real quick...

Love and God bless,

Christen

Weight sucks

goingbronco — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:04:12 GMT

We got a puppy yesterday.

Well, I'm still bouncing around 160lbs...Idk...I really don't know.

School ended since I last wrote, thank God. I needed a break. I'm not ready to go back either, but luckily, it is still June, so it isn't time.

I'm not sure when I last shared about Day Zero, but I'm certain I've completed more since I last did. I have 13 things done, and I have 4 in progress because I'm behind. I was doing good only keeping it at 1 in progress at a time, but now I'm behind, so I have 4. I need to finish one of them sometime. I guess I could go work on the one I've been working on today.

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New day. I had a friend, who had a son last month, he only lived 6 hours. It's really taken a toll on me, and I just realized I really need to go put something on my list for her actually.

Nick has been working open to close every day lately because his boss is sick. I'm worrying about how long that can go on. He says since they're open longer hours tomorrow he can't do it.

"160lbs I set as a goal for June 30, 2011, and when I came across that fact recently here at LJ I decided to set that as my goal for June 30, 2013. And my current low weight is 160.5lbs, so I've almost done it!" I wrote that 3 years ago today...and I've had another baby since then, but my low is below that, but I'm about there now. I'm a couple pounds below, but I'm so frustrated. I want to be done with 160lbs forever!

Ugh.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Escaped the 160s

goingbronco — Thu, 19 May 2016 04:40:26 GMT

It's not the best photograph ever, but it is still an okay one. It is Leon playing in the San Fransisco air port, they have this little science discovery play area.

Well, I actually lost the water weight, so I'm down today and not back over 160, and it is my goal to NEVER be back over 160lbs, so I think in celebration and as a reminder, I'll get off the computer and finish this later.

I still have to work on community service. Oh my gosh.

Nick's phone and my phone, both didn't ring. I pretty much got confirmation tonight.

Just thinking about all the things I might be able to do someday that I never thought we'd be enough on our feet to do is making me happy. I wrote that line 3 years ago tomorrow. The fact is the things that were making it all better, didn't work out. And we still haven't got there. Who knows if we ever will.

Can I just randomly throw out there I can't believe they still haven't released KHIII, I have been talking about it for so long.

Another airport photo, just because I enjoy sharing my vacation photos:

Love and God bless,

Christen

cries all night long

goingbronco — Wed, 18 May 2016 05:29:38 GMT

Leon and I on his first airplane!

Well, I'm in a bad place mentally tonight and of course the first thing I need to update you on is that my scale and I are not friends. I'm doing terribly weight loss wise for May. Just give up. Today is my one year anniversary of when I got serious about weight loss. I need to get serious again. Today wasn't good though so I bet I'll be back over 160 tomorrow, I haven't been there like in 2016 I think...smh.

Ugh, and just now I thought, "Oh, last time I mentioned cleaning up the kitchen table, I should go tidy it some more." So I went and Rock's Community Service report is sitting there...and it just stressed me out worse. Today is not my day. At all.

My phone seems to not be ringing. Another rejection. But I want to be a SAHM so mostly that's okay.

Amber is almost a 1st grader, LJ a 2nd grader, Rock a 4th grader and Courtney a 7th grader. It sounds a bit weird. And of course Terra will be off to 4s preschool in the fall. Leon will still just be home, with me it appears.

It's everything that's holding me back on my weight loss. I have a hormone issue, I'm having that time of month right now and woke up with so much water retention I could feel it. I'm eating like crap, so it is diet too. I'm not getting in as many steps as I should, so it is work out too. It's everything. How do I fix that? For a year I've done better than I'm doing this month. I don't know what to do. And I haven't been doing GREAT in 2016, but better than this. I just don't know what to do.

I'm feeling so low tonight. I really need a hug.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Hard work

goingbronco — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:43:51 GMT

All my girls and Cinderella.

I worked hard yesterday and lost all the weight I gained on Mother's Day on the scale this morning. So if I can go down again today I might be getting close to my pre-Disney weight.

I cleaned up the kitchen table quite a bit this morning. It could use another bit of work, but then I think it'd be okay. And I REALLY cleaned the kitchen counter, it was great. I didn't remember to put paperwork pocket on the list though. I may need to go do that right now just to get it on there.

Courtney tells me her community service is already taken care of. Rock told me he'd do his today, but I think he forgot today is Tuesday and he has counseling, so maybe tomorrow. Tomorrow is complicated though.

http://goingbronco.livejournal.com/2015/06/27/ This is the only entry I wrote last June, and Terra is adorable in this Snow White dress...I had to throw it out this week. UGH!

From May 17 til that entry I linked above I lost 12lbs! Okay, I know that you lose faster when you first start, but I'm hopeful that it is partly the time of year too. I hope that I just have better luck in the "summer" and by summer I mean vacation from school.

This summer I need to do better on getting social with people.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Mother's Day gain

goingbronco — Mon, 09 May 2016 22:29:43 GMT

Courtney, and partly Amber, meeting Cinderella.

Well, I was tired yesterday, and that always results in me making poor food choices. But it was also Mother's Day and that meant there were unusual food options. And then add in that it was Sunday which is always my cheat day, I'm back up some of the weight I've dropped since returning from Disneyland. I wonder how long it'll take me to get back to where I was before the trip.

I need to write "paperwork pocket" on my list. I have a ton of stuff to do in that I think. And mail is out of control. So is the kitchen table. Ugh.

Nick tells me he gets paid on the 5th and 20th of the month. He gets paid for the 1st-14th on the 20th, so that will be his first pay check. He worked starting the 3rd. So far he's worked 5 days, he'll work 9 total in the 1st-14th period, I have no idea what his hours will end up being. I however think he'll end up above what I estimated on the budget for his first pay check. Which is good, but we're in trouble financially for the rest of this month. Ugh.

After nearly a year since I bought my scale, it needed a new battery, so I just replaced it.

I have to work on community service like this week. I really need to get that on my list.

Nick was funny yesterday when I talked to him about the fight his sister and I got into. He was like "Why didn't you tell me?" I was just like "Why would I?"

Love and God bless,

Christen

How to do what you don't want to do?

goingbronco — Sat, 07 May 2016 21:16:21 GMT

My children, well 4 of them, and Doc McStuffins.

Well, I don't want to work on the baby books, so how do I make myself? I guess I put it on my list. I force myself to do things that are on my list.

Oh gosh dang stupid ugh! I just realized because of the trip I missed paying Nick's credit card. It was just because I got behind on when I would have normally done it, and it means we got a late fee and ugh. Ugh! I guess there are worse things in life, but ugh!!!!

Today is my one year mark of logging in every day on my fitness pal. Results? 45lbs down, but I'm back up a bit of it from the Disney trip still. I'm below what I was at when I came back, but I'm not back to where I was before I left. It hasn't yet been a week I've been home, so hopefully soon I'll be back there.

I got a thing printed for Courtney's basketball camp, I just need to make it a thing now.

Last weekend was First Communion weekend, I feel bad I let LJ skip Mass (we had got in at midnight to our house almost). Kids even asked me if he was there. Ugh. He's in a first/second grade combo class, so some of his classmates had their First Communion, that's why in particular I felt bad I had let him.

I wish I knew when Nick would get his first paycheck, he's almost done with his first week of work at this job and I know in 8 days I'll get a small one from subbing, but I wish I knew when he'd get his first one from this job.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Final pre Disney entry

goingbronco — Mon, 02 May 2016 04:23:46 GMT

I bought the kids sunglasses for our trip, they like them lol.

Well, I won't be around for the week, but I'm writing a final pre-Disney entry. When I get back I'll probably be gushing about my trip, even if everything goes wrong, I'll gush venomously then lol.

Obviously, I didn't make it to the Y with Courtney yesterday or today. No idea why I thought that could ever be a thing. I mean, it was crazy. I guess we'll have to play fake basketball in California?

Today is the wrong day to start working on baby book stuff, but I'll try to put it on my list when I get back. Leon's finally starting to act tired, I'll have to check his butt real quick though, I think it needs changed, AGAIN.

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Well I got frustrated with e-mail quite quickly.

Disneyland was terrible for my weight...btw I'm back, I didn't get this entry finished before I went.

I signed the kids up for swim. Now I need to work on Courtney's basketball for summer I guess.

I'm not sure how to really get back on the wagon and get back down to where I was before Disneyland if today is any indication. I don't think it is, I think I'm just kind of recovering from the trip today and hopefully I'll be able to make better choices tomorrow.

Love and God bless,

Christen

899

goingbronco — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:14:53 GMT

When you're right handed, but you need to left hand the mouse...

Well, 899 days remaining on day zero 3.0 now. I'm writing more frequently here for several reasons, but I'm about to take a break because I won't write while we're away.

Dang it, I didn't get to the Y with Courtney tonight. I'll have to try tomorrow I guess.

Oh shoot, here I am sitting here at the computer to charge my phone, and the darn thing hasn't been charging. Oh well, charging now. I'll have to get somebody to bring me my book in a moment lol.

At some point I really ought to make myself work on the baby books.

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New day. I really need to deal with e-mail. I used to try to work on it every time I wrote here at LJ, I need to get back into that because I have a lot of e-mails to deal with before I leave Sunday. I think.

Ugh, weight loss. I'm at weight stall. Which is not good going into a week where I won't have my scale.

The kids were discussing how many weeks are left of school when we drove there this morning. Next week they're missing school for our trip. After that I think it is 4 weeks left.

When I get back I need to get the kids signed up for swim lessons for June. I'm sure the Y has finally updated their site for that.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Up to date

goingbronco — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 05:53:02 GMT

Leon doesn't get on the tramp very often, but you can see he's excited when he does.

With 900 days remaining I'm up to date on day zero 3. Barely, but I am. Since I should be able to check off my in progress item next Tuesday (6 days from now) I can use this time to work on other items. I'm not sure what my next in progress item should be. I am currently on book 2 of 7 in the Narnia series. If I can finish it before the trip I can take book 3 on the trip and then when I get back I can move that to in progress and get it done. Once it's my in progress item I'll zip through reading them probably. The problem is while I do own all 7 books, I can only find the odd numbered books right now.

Nick actually just asked me to pray for him on something. Which is big. If you pray and read this, pray that he gets the job he applied for today.

Hmmm, so long ago, two years, when I was working on day zero 2.0 I did prayers for somebody named "baby L" which I later on thought was Leon. But I now know, it wasn't Leon, it was Charlotte, who's last name starts with L. But later on, I did prayers for Charlotte, I'd feel like that means I didn't actually check off the item, but I know I did check off the item, I actually did like 110 people if not more than that, instead of 101.

I think part of the reason I'm being more successful with my current day zero than I was with my last one is because I'm still organized and thoughtful about it, but not so rigid as I was last time.

Oh it makes me sad when I think about how LJ broke his arm. Poor guy.

Love and God bless,

Christen

7 times

goingbronco — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:36:04 GMT

LJ's x-ray of his broken arm.

Well, I've done the Divine Mercy Chaplet 7 times, and I should already be at 10, so for the first time since I started Day Zero 3.0, I'm about to fall behind, unless I do it 3 more times tonight.

902 days left, so actually I guess technically tomorrow I can still do the 3 others and be on time.

I'm so far behind. I wonder if my phone is charged enough to work on life.

It appears Nick got the job he interviewed for the other day.

I have so much packing to do before Sunday! Ah.

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New day. I just discovered my older two children's bikes were stolen. I'm feeling pretty bummed out right now.

I think Courtney isn't going to do the basketball team she's "trying out for" this summer, so I need to see if I can look into summer camps with the team she was with this year.

The devil sure does like to pick on me...

Love and God bless,

Christen

goingbronco — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:41:01 GMT

Last year. I have to miss mother son bowling this year, bummed.

I have not been working on day zero stuff much the past couple days. I just put it back on the lists in hopes I'd get back into it.

My SIL, my FIL...got my in-laws. That's all I'll say, but ugh!

908 days for Day Zero now.

Ugh I gotta add the cub scout uniform and registration to my to do list!

And Mother's Day cards, I need to look for those, the trip is going to take so much time I need to get that done.

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New day, Nick has an interview today.

I hope Nick gets the job today. My stress level over what I should be doing and what we'll do about money is rising, and I'd like for it not to rise too high. I've began packing for my trip now.

Teaching has been such a frustrating experience for me, not the actual act of teaching, just a lot of the things that went with it that I just don't know if I want to go back to it.

Love and God bless,

Christen

9 down, 92 to go

goingbronco — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:21:59 GMT

It is not that great of a photo, but it illustrates our issue with him lately lol.

Again, I've checked off another item on my current day zero list. 9 done, 92 to go.

I'm still on target, not ahead or behind.

I have also made progress again on my previous day zero list. 53 done now.

Oooo, Rock brought me the next book I want to read today, so I can work on that as well as the thing I've got "in progress" on my list.

There are now 909 days left on my current day zero list.

I didn't get to LJ's cub scout uniform. I guess I need to get on it.

I need to get to packing for our big trip. I bought my mother's mother's day present and my MIL asked me not to buy her one. I'm going to need to get cards for both of them and then I'll put an IOU in my MIL's card. Terra has decided to have her birthday party at home. I think I can come in low enough cost on it that I'll actually possibly go buy her what she wants for her birthday despite that it costs way more than I want to spend at this financially poor time in my life.

Since Rock just handed me The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, I kind of want to start reading it right now instead of sitting here doing this.

Love and God bless,

Christen

8 down, 93 to go

goingbronco — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:18:51 GMT

Terra and I like to look at the Disney app and see who is int he park today. These guys showed up today, we hadn't seen them yet. We're pretty excited.

Well, I've made it up to 8 on Day Zero 3.0. I need to work on it some the next few days so I don't end up falling behind. I've been ahead for a while, but I'm no longer ahead, I'm just on target now.

I've actually made progress on Day Zero 2.0 since I last wrote as well, 52 done.

Maybe if I ever finish the Narnia series (I have barriers stopping me) I'll pick up a Robin Hobb book to make progress on the original Day Zero.

I've got 915 days left on the day zero list I'm actively working on.

I've mailed in the application I was worried about, well, e-mailed in.

I need to work on LJ's cub scout uniform in multiple ways, hopefully before Friday actually.

LJ's birthday party is this Saturday. And then it's on to focusing on the trip, mother's day and then on to Terra's birthday.

Ah I'm so confused when I think about jobs and money and everything. Ugh.

Love and God bless,

Christen

Goodbye Easy Diary

goingbronco — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 03:44:50 GMT

OKay, well ignore this entry, I'm just saving it here. I wrote it as Easy Diary and there wasn't space for it. I heard that would happen, but I guess it HAS happened, so I'm done writing there I suppose. So, I'm just going to save this here and I'll come back and do my actual LJ stuff later, but I just wanted to not have wasted time writing.

Terra today before preschool.

Well, I'm now working on my 8th goal on the day zero list, but actually it is still number 66. I checked off a 7th, but it was something else.

I've made it all the way to day 23 of the care dare with Rock now.

As a background thing I've been working on playing FFX-2 to check off the things related to that game on my list. The disc quit working yesterday. I was really irritated. Nick having money in his paypal and just being a gamer understood so he downloaded the game on to the PS3 yesterday.

I'm also slowly ticking off the 50 YMCA times I need to do. I've only been 6 times since I started the list since I still need to go 44 times, but you know, once I get it down a bit I can focus on that more. Since I on average need to check something off every 10 days I need to be at a point where I could make it "the thing" and then I'd go every day. But right now I'm a bit ahead so I have 14 days to get something checked off to stay mathematically on track. So, going to the YMCA 44 times in 14 days sounds really dumb to me. So I'm not going to.

Take the kids to the ocean is one of my April events. They've never been, but we're going the final week of April. So, I'll get to check that off. It's not the thing in the next 14 days, but it's coming up.

Writing LJ a letter on his birthday will be doable in the next 14 days, though it isn't my official thing I'm working on at this point because I started the care dare one first, I'm still hoping to do it. His birthday is Monday. That'll give me more time if I continue being slow on the Care Dare anyway. It works out. Also the further I get ahead the sooner I can pick things like the 50 YMCA visits to be my "thing."

When FFX-2 broke I actually started FFXIII which I've never played. I've beat FFX-2 more than once, but FFXIII I've now played the very beginning of.

I'm also working very slowly on getting back to my pre-LJ weight. He'll be 7 soon, and I've never been back to that weight in those 7 years. I'm so close, but I'm not getting closer very fast. I've actually been closer than I am right now once. When I turned 29 I was about 149lbs, and I got down to 148lbs before I stopped weighing myself, tracking calories and working out. I was working a special ed math job and I just got lost in IEPs and everything that came with it and stopped taking care of myself. When I found myself surprise pregnant with Leon I was 183lbs. I'm now 152.6lbs as of this morning. My low I think is 152.2lbs though. I keep bouncing around just above my low.

Since I wrote last there have been 14 days as I'm down to 936 days on the day zero list. I've only crossed off one thing in that time, but I'm still 4 days ahead of where I NEED to be, so that's good.

I wonder how long I can keep up this on track thing. This is my third attempt at a day zero list and I think this is the longest I've ever actually been on track with it.

Love and God bless,

Christen

goingbronco — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:58:39 GMT

I don't think you can tell from the angel, but Leon is laying across a gap between the footrest and the table. He was trying to figure out how to back down lol.

Apparently at some point I started this entry, but didn't go far with it lol.

I'm up to 7 items done on Day Zero 3.0. Yay, go me. Only 94 to go.

My most recent check off was buying Terra a baby book. I was also able to check off starting on that baby book on my old day zero. So I'm up to like 51 on Day Zero 2.0. Someday, maybe I'll finish them all. The disheartening thing is that on the original day zero list I'm at 66 done.

There are 936 days left on the current day zero list. That means I'm still currently on track, in fact ahead. I didn't have to have 7 done until 931, so I have til 921 to check off the current "in progress" item on my list.

I finished that application I needed to work on, but now I have to find a way to scan it. I'm really making myself panic that I haven't actually!

I should remind myself of what I said last time though, God's hands!

I still haven't worked on LJ's cub scout uniform. I must need to put that on the list.

Love and God bless,

Christen

goingbronco — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:42:25 GMT

Leon HATES baths. But TWICE after I bathed him and dressed him he climbed back in. So he made two outfits unusable. What the heck man?

I checked off walking 30,000 steps last week. I have updated it to "In Progress" on the one I'm working on as well.

I also found Amber's baby book since I last wrote. I just suddenly knew exactly what it looked like, and maybe that helped, or maybe I just got lucky.

951 days to go on the Day Zero list. That means I should have 5 things done and 96 to go. I have 6 things done, so that's exciting.

I worked on my e-mail for a couple minutes, I don't think I got anything deleted, but I got some replies sent.

I have an application for the Catholic high school I need to get to work on. I really need that job to work out if I'm going to be working.

Mostly I just need to put my problems in God's hands and trust Him.

Amber has a birthday party invite for Saturday. LJ has one for Sunday. Seems like it must be birthday season for their classes as Amber and LJ have both been to one recently.

I worked on Rock's cub scout uniform today, I need to work on LJ's.

Love and God bless,

Christen

30,000 steps

goingbronco — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 04:27:07 GMT

All our table cloths are for our table without all the leaves in. They're all in. So I bought a new Easter themed one. I think it is pretty.

Well, I am hoping today is the day I'll be able to say "I walked 30,000 steps in a day." And check it off on my day zero. It is currently 9:17pm and I'm still around 7,000 steps away, but that's easily doable in the remaining time. I just have to finish up this breastfeeding session and get back to it.

I have decided that after I have finished the 30,000 step goal, I'm hoping to either FIND or buy Amber a baby book. She is way past a baby. I want to get that stuff commemorated. The find part is tricky. I need to take time to go through all the boxes to my right and in my closet upstairs to decide if she already has one. If I don't find one, then I'll move on to buying her one. So the first could take a few days, the next part is just the cost that has stopped me. At the moment I have a little bit of money, so it is on!

958 days remaining on the Day Zero now. So I'm on track even if I don't make 30K steps today, but I'm hoping I will. If I can get a bit ahead that'll open up what my "next item" should be a little bit.

I deleted a few e-mails up top in my inbox. Every bit helps I suppose.

I did end up making that Build a Bear bunny, and intend to give it to Terra for Easter. I really need to work on my trunk actually. Ugh. I don't think the van is here right now though, and well I'm breastfeeding.

Ugh, I wish I had always done day breaks on entries that I left open like I do now. It is confusing when I don't.

Love and God bless,

Christen

3.0

goingbronco — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:20:47 GMT

Two of my adorable boys, today.

I don't know if I've linked Day Zero 3.0 for ya'll. This is my third Day Zero. 962 days remaining.

I really need to work some more on e-mail...or applications...oh Sacred Heart...

I guess I ought to work on laundry stuff and put myself to bed and finish this some other time.

If I had more time in my life I'd go make a Build a Bear tonight and check that off my Day Zero list...then I'd give it to Leon for Easter! (It'd probably be a bunny...or I'd make one for one of the girls which might be more fun!)

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New day. Courtney's got some problems with acne and picking it. She's got scabs all over her face. We're working on it, but I'm frustrated that this is a thing. I mean why after it first started did she not look and think "Gosh this is not cool."

I really need to write an entry here for a Doctor Who group I'm in, I need their help.

I also need to unfriend this one person on facebook, but I'm off facebook for Lent. I need to quit worrying about drama that won't be there, and remove the toxin from my life.

Love and God bless,

Christen

SuperDuper!

Day Zero and random stuff

B+

Narnia

Narnia

No progress

Back to work

Weight sucks

Escaped the 160s

*cries all night long*

Hard work

Mother's Day gain

How to do what you don't want to do?

Final pre Disney entry

899

Up to date

7 times

9 down, 92 to go

8 down, 93 to go

Goodbye Easy Diary

30,000 steps

3.0

cries all night long