Why I've been Scarce around here lately

Published on December 10, 2004 By JillUser In Blogging

I have really been excited about the holidays this year. My little one has been in preschool this year so, for the first time, I have had some child free shopping time. I have been utilizing that time to its fullest.

I do HR stuff for our company and we have a lot of end of the year stuff right now too. Calling, faxing, emailing, etc. all eat up the little bits of time I used to spend on JU. Sometimes I even have to go to the office just to get to see my hubby who has been working like crazy lately. Pretty typical for this time of year though.

I have been helping with holiday parties and programs with both of my sons' schools, getting ready for a cookie exchange with one neighbor and Christmas party with another. Cleaning, decorating, getting ready to bake like crazy, you know, typical holiday stuff. I didn't do much baking last year so I am going to try to make up for it this year.

I have also been trying to lose weight. I have lost 25lbs so far and want to lose another 20. So, a lot of my free time is spent planning meals or trying to get some exercise in here and there. I have had a bad sinus headache for the last two days so I haven't done a lot of exercising (hence the blogging today).

Those are the reasons I have been scarce around here lately. Not exciting, but true.

Comments

Danny Bassette

on Dec 10, 2004

I hope your sinus gets better soon. Sounds like your keeping busy enough without joeuser, but I'm glad you managed to stop by for a bit

JillUser

on Dec 10, 2004

Thanks Danny. I have chronic sinus problems and they aren't nearly as bad as I am used to. I just have a lot of pain in the back base of my head and just above and below my eyes. Pretty tolerable for the most part but makes me nauseous to move around a lot.

BlueDev

on Dec 10, 2004

Thanks for the update Jill. I was actually wondering earlier today what had happened. Good to hear things are going well.

lifehappens

on Dec 12, 2004

Enjoy the holidays and good luck on the 20 lbs. I want to lose that too!

dharmagrl

on Dec 12, 2004

I was wondering where you had got to. I figured you were busy with your boys and with Christmas...

...that weight loss is fan-freakin' tastic! Good for you, and keep it up! What are you doing differently?

JillUser

on Dec 13, 2004

...that weight loss is fan-freakin' tastic! Good for you, and keep it up! What are you doing differently?

Thanks! I have added exercise to Medical Weightloss plan. They said I could get to my goal without exercise but I hit a plateau that doesn't budge without it. I have tried two different metabolism drugs so far that help too but there is no substitute for getting the old caboose moving.

I did something to my lower back and it has been killing me lately. Haven't done much moving in the last couple of days do to that. I have a chronic problem with a group of muscles in my lower back that I damaged when pregnant with my youngest. I learned exercises in physical therapy that help get me through.

Glad to hear I was missed

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