It's finally almost done!

I know that it has been a while since I have posted an update but once school started, things have been crazy!

We have been working constantly on putting the house back together. Since my last update we have almost everything done!

Completed thus far since the start of this adventure:
Pool table taken apart and moved
Basement carpet installed
Basement "put back together"
Pool table put back together and felt replaced
Bathroom painted
Living room painted
Living Room carpet installed
Living room "put back together"
Kitchen flooring installed
Kitchen Painted
Hallway and upstairs landing painted
New washer and dryer ordered and installed
Bathroom REpainted
John's "new" desk" put up
My new desk ordered and put together
New living room blinds ordered and installed
Basement Closet cleaned out and shelves redone
Duct Cleaning

During all of this work, we have made 5 trips to Goodwill, filled many garbage cans and donated several boxes of kitchen "stuff" to a friend's daughter who is in the process of purchasing a house and does not much to start with. We are still working on unpacking boxes of stuff that we needed to move when all of this started. I have a feeling that we will be making several more trips to Goodwill before everything is done.

We have a few more projects that we are looking to do over the next few months, but these are just "extra" things that we have decided to do since we have started with the updates. Some of these will be near future, some will be "at some point in time" lol

*We are in the process of converting closet by washer and drying into a pantry, complete with roll out shelves. John's brother did such a great job on the ones that he put into his house that we asked him to do some for us!
*We are also in the process of cleaning out the office and turning it back into a spare bedroom... just need to figure out what we are goign to do for a bed in there.
*As we are doing the office/spare bedroom project we are also doing some work with Darrin's room as one of this dressers is moving into the other bedroom, we need to get rid of one bookcase and may get him a new "smaller" bed so that he will have room for a desk in his room. (his current bed may end up in teh spare bedroom)
* On the "in the future" list, remains adding another bathroom in the basement as well as an egress window. Not really sure when that will be done, but it would be a very nice addition!!

The bulk of the work is behind us but at the rate that we are going, I don't think we will ever be finished!

Time for an update...

I guess since it has been a month since I have updated anythign here, I should do it now!

D and I have been consistantly running 4-5 days a week. Last week on Thursday we went to the Y and ran the 5 K loop that we did last THanksgiving for the Wild Turkey run. Back then, we finished the course in 48 minutes, wlaking most of the way. This time, we finished sooner! D did it in 44 minutes, I did it in 42. Considering we did it it the spring heat this time and the first time it was FREEZING cold, we felt great about the times. D set a goal of 40 minutes for the CellCom 5k that is coming up on Sunday.

I also have started taking a spinning class at the Y on Monday mornings, and then the Zumba classses are now offered on Tuesday as well as Thursday morning! WooHoo!!

Now that I have been getting in the exercise regularly again, I am ready for the scale to start showing it!!

I also am on the hunt for a really good (but not too spicy) Chicken Chili recipe! We all relaly likethe Chicken Chili at Erberts and Gerberts, but it gets expensive buying it there all the time! I tried one batch yesterday and it was just ok. I am going to keep looking tho!

Starting Week 3

It has been just about 2 weeks since I started the Bois Life Slim. So far so good! I have been amazed by the results so far! I definetly can tell that I have not been as hungry and at meals, I have been eating much smaller portions. I also have not had the desire to do much snacking during the days. I still need to work on the evening snacking as some evenings I find that I am rummaging through the cupboards to see what I can find.

As of this morning I am currently down to 202.8. I am going to fall short of my goal that I set for the end of this session of classes at the Y, but the scale is finally moving in the right direction! I need to re-evaluate where I am at and what my new goal is going to be. I need to decide if I am going to sign up for the Shape Up class again. I really like the class and find that it keeps me motivated to get to the Y at least twice a week. That right there I think is enough reason to sign up for it again!