Week in Review! Mid November

Let me first acknowledge that I have slid all the way off of my eating plan. I am very mindful of the fact that I have eaten way too many cookies, grilled cheese sandwiches, popcorn and almonds. Sigh! Tomorrow, my family will celebrate my mother's 76th birthday so I probably won't be able to get back on plan until Monday.

Accomplishment this week:

• Date today with hubby. Went to see "The Best Man: Holiday" . It was a great movie. While it has been 14 years since the first movie, the writer did an excellent job in picking up with the characters and adding just as much drama to this movie as the first. BRAVO!

• Lunch with hubby and middle daughter.
• Stayed on diet 3 days this week.
• Watched a high school production of 5 one act plays.
• Listed 9 items on ebay. 5 items have received bids and will sell as of today.
• Stopped buying stuff for upcoming cruise.
• Spent an hour with my son after picking him up from school.
• Several telephone calls with older daughter about her "hectic life at school, internship and job as well as lack of boyfriend."
• Attended bible study this past Wednesday.
• Preliminary brainstorming for ski week February vacation for me, hubby and kids. Yes it will be about a month after we come back from New Years eve trip but hubby wants to do something in February. Considerations include: Hawaii and New Orleans. Hmmm. I pick Hawaii.
• Began drafting goals for 2014.
• Entered contest for Tranquility Tour goodie bag by leaving comment on Tranquility du jour blog.
• I'm having concerns already about the Massage Envy membership contract that I signed up for because I tried to cancel an appointment and they didn't cancel it. Instead they sent me a reminder email 48 hours in advance. They did make the new appointment but failed to delete the original one. Sigh!  This is going to be a long year.

Weekend Wishlist!

• Birthday celebration for mom with the rest of my family.
• Do it myself manicure.
• Price new items for bathroom makeovers. 2 toilets & pedestal sink with installation.
• Price new refrigerator with bottom freezer or side by side which will fit in the space I have.

Looking Back at October 2014!

 

I celebrated my 49th birthday by taking the day off from work and pampering myself. I got a manicure and pedicure and a massage. I received a gift certificate from a place called Massage Envy and I had a terrific massage. Unfortunately I didn't realize that they high pressure sell you into purchasing a membership in which you pay $59.99 auto deduction from your credit card and then you receive a massage every month or a facial for an extra $10 fee. Bottom line I signed up for the monthly package and will be pampering myself with monthly massages. Yeah!

I went to the movies two time this month with hubby. I saw Last Vegas about some retired gentlemen who went to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. Earlier in the month we saw the movie Baggage Claim.

Socialize

Two co worker took me out for drinks and appetizers to La Revolucion in Richmond. Another co-worker is in a band that was playing there.

Study

I went to a professional conference on balancing Work and Home sponsored by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. The conference speaker was a Life/Career Coach who did a few activities around clarifying goals and values but she left me wanting more. Which might have been her objective because she has her own consulting business. Anyway, After the event there was a wine, cheese and sandwiches. Many of the women left early but I did meet two women who worked for the California Department of Public Health. Nice group of women but I learned that I have a great job and life situation.

November

We went to my son's final football game of the season, yesterday. Yeah!

Wishlist for the next two weeks and the rest of the year.

• Continue with low salt, low carb diet.
• Finish Christmas shopping. Wrapping presents.
• Go on 2nd Honeymoon cruise with hubby!