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Well now.. I can't let an entire month go by without an update... now can I? Well things are going ok... I haven't posted because nothing much has happened... In my last post I was stuck at what to get my mother for her birthday.. well I asked her one last time what she would like and she wanted a hanging plant.. and for me to make her a birthday dinner with cake... so I did that and all was well... :) They did come to fix my dad's television for the millionth time and it actually worked! If you didn't know they were so stupid and most of the time they would come and not know why they were there... finally they took some parts to have them fixed and reinstalled them... it worked.. I made the dvd and I posted the videos of my philly trip on youtube... if you want to see it you can message me.. not too many views but it was fun to make... The Celtics won the championship and that was exciting... and I went out the next day to get the tshirts... of course I got one for my dad and brother.... and they have yet to pay me... not that I have that much cash... that is the last time I do that.... if they hadn't worn them I would have taken them back and return them... hopefully they will get me the cash... My plans for this week is to keep busy as usual... I still have the same things that I need to do for myself and have yet to do them... I was talking to someone about this and I think it is a matter of not wanting to waste anymore time... not wanting to go down the wrong path that will just end me back up to where I am now... I wish there was a path that I could travel that I know would get me some place... a place that has a future... because right now my future looks like more of the same... This is the first time I am writing since the new upgrade of the site... it seems to work well.. except for the digg stuff... that seems to slow my browser down when I am reading the blog list.... but besides that it looks great...
Well another month has gone by really quickly. I guess I am doing that same.... The highlight of the month was our Philadelphia vacation... we saw the historical sites, the zoo, and aquarium... we also took a tour of the Phillies ballpark and saw a game... a very nice stadium... the only part that was not that great is that we were rained on the day that we did all the historical Philly stuff... while most of that is inside we has to walk from place to place... but to our credit we did get it all done... :) I am working on my vacation dvd... I make one for every trip we take... hopefully I will have it done soon... maybe I'll post my videos on youtube... In other news I was able to find something for mother's day... I was worried about that... I got my mother a birdbath for the yard that she has been talking about... a magazine subscription with my coke reward points.. and a cd... she loved it... hopefully that made up for us leaving for the trip on mother's day morning.... NOW she has a birthday coming up next week... I have been killing myself trying to come up with something... I have a $100 limit so if anyone has any ideas that would be great... I have asked her what she wants or needs and I always get the same... "oh don't worry about it..." the main thing I am thinking of is a digital picture frame... I can load it up with pictures of the dog etc... and she can take it to work... the only problem is that she is not the best with technology... we will see... Now for myself... I have been doing poorly on my diet... I have been just trying to maintain at this point.... and of course I have still not made the appointments that I have been wanting to make... I have been keeping myself busy around the house and now outside... and putting those other things off until tomorrow... and then doing it again the nest day... in other news I am going over my dad's house today because they are coming to fix the TV... hopefully for the last time... this has to be more than a half dozen times that they have made an appointment and finally they just took the parts... now they are coming to install the parts back in the television... and then hopefully it will work.. I am not confident in any of this based on their track record... oh well... Anyway that is my month... hope everyone is well and talk to you next month! David
Hello again and welcome to my April update. I had to get on here and post before the month is over. The past month has been interesting. My brother got into a bit of an incident with his car and he ended up with a broken arm... there is more to it but that is all I will go into right now... so I have been his chaffer for the past few weeks... I did reschedule that appointment with the RN that makes out my prescriptions... I talked to her about a new therapist... she basically said what I already knew... she didn't recommend anyone like I was hoping... for those of you that don't know.. I was seeing a therapist for a few years until about a year ago.. she was having less and less time for patients and more time for seminars etc... and it didn't seem like she was going to be able to help me with my next step.... so of course I stopped going to her and have gone further back in my SAD... I just wish I knew who to go see in my area that took my Medicaid and would be decent.... another reason I stopped going to my last therapist is my mother wanted to see more results for the money she was paying... even though it was only $40 an appointment... she has a problem with paying for anything medical... This week my mother was home for the entire week... and she wanted to clean the entire house... I don't have a problem with that but she was crabby the entire time... she takes a week off and does house work the whole time and even takes work home and spend many hours on that... does that sound like a vacation... oh well... Our Philadelphia vacation is getting closer... I am hoping that my brother is able to go... I don't mind if I just have to go with my father... but it would be better if we could all go... I still have some things I want to do before then... I still have my dentist appointment that I need to make... that will be something for next week.... and yes I need an entire week t get something like that done.... I will of course be doing other things... mostly cleaning the things that didn't get cleaned this week... and I will be online researching therapists... there is a website that I might be able to use and look some therapist up with... but one step at a time..... Anyway... that is all for now... I am hopefully going to make this more than a monthly update someday... hehe... but anyway... hope all is well for everyone! Dave
Well I promised myself that I would update more than once a month but that just didn't happen... Anyway things have been going ok... I am still putting things off.. I am a bit more determined everyday..so hopefully that will eventually get me to do more things and not put them off.... In one instance I had to postpone my appointment for my paxil refill... that was for last week... but I told myself that I would call this week to reschedule and I did that today... I also need to finish my list that I have been working on for months now and start working on a project... I find that a creative project really gets me going and feeling better.. We have a spare bedroom that has been a storage area... it was actually my old bedroom... so it still looks like a kids bedroom somewhat... I would like to paint the room and maybe put up some shelving for some vertical storage... right now everything is on the ground.. also need to pull up the rug that is in there and maybe get an area rug... I feel more serious than ever about losing weight... it has been a year since I started seriously trying to lose weight... I had lost 32.5 pounds and I gained 10 pounds back... and I am still around that 10 pounds... going back on the paxil didn't help at all... it just made things worse... I am not gaining but I am just staying the same... I need to go back to my routine that I didn't a year ago and give that a true full effort... then if I know that I gave it my full effort and nothing happens then I know that more is going on... or of course it could be the paxil... I am also looking for a new printer... my old one is slowly giving it up and the new cartridges are expensive.. even though I try to refill them as much as possible.. I was looking at the new kodak esp3... very inexpensive inks.. but the other kodak all in one printers have bad reviews.. I am also looking at a canon... that also doesn't have that bad of an ink cost...we will see... depends on what I want to spend... We originally decided on New York for our vacation this year... since we really didn't go anywhere last year... our vacations are usually to places that include a baseball game... originally it was going to be Yankee stadium but it is the last year there so tickets were tough to come by... so we decided on philadelphia... there is lots to do to fill up about 4 days and we will be driving so that will be a great test of our new gps... Anyway that is enough for now and I will hopefully update before next month... but don't count on it... hehe :)
Things have not gone that well since my last update.. I have spent the last week and a half being really sick.... my mother brought home a really bad virus and gave it to me... I guess it is something that is going around... not fun stuff.. probably the sickest I have ever been... I have been feeling better but it is going to take some time to totally get over this one... on top of that my mother's car decided to have a dead battery this week and it wouldn't hold a charge.. so we had to have it towed to the dealer... and then we had a snow storm of friday and of course I had to get out there... all of this did not help... I will just be happy when I can exercise again... In other news I got a new camera... I know I said in my last blog that I really didn't need anything new.. but after selling my old one on ebay.. it didn't end up costing that much... besides I like the HD movie modes.. There are things I still have not done.. I looked at my list from my last blog and I have only renewed my license.. which was needed because it was going to expire... I am so annoyed that I put this stuff off so long... and I even put off things that are for my benefit and might make my life possibly better...
This is my monthly update. It seems like I only really have enough stuff to talk about once a month... no biggie. I have been working on some things. Mostly keeping busy which is a big thing for me. I mentioned in my last blog that I was hoping to avoid the post holiday/new years blues... and I appear to have avoided it... I had lots of undecorating to do and decided to clean the basement... my room needed a major overhaul and getting out of the house daily was a big thing for me... lists are also important... I make my list of things to do and I try to get them done one by one... and the big thing is to keep that list and cross things off... that way you can have some sense of accomplishment... Right now I have on my list... Renew car license (which is due before my birthday on Feb 5th)... Get new glasses (which I have been putting off forever)... Make dentist appointment (also something I have been putting off)... Keep researching a new therapist and of course make the appointment... My year goals are hopefully feeling better and working in some way by the end of the year... but one step at a time... I also have been working on my weight... I gained about 10 pounds after I lost 32.5 last year... and I have lost 5 of those gained pounds so far... I have another 30 pounds after that to lose... that is another goal for this year... I got mostly money for christmas but unfortunately I am itching to spend it.... also unfortunately I have to stop myself because it is money that I need to last me for a while... especially if I am not working.... I am drolling over a new printer.. camera... more memory for my computer... and other things... I just have to realize that my computer works well enough... my printer does what I need it to do and my camera is good enough and I don't use it often enough to get a new one... Anyway hope all is well with everyone and hopefully I will update sooner than a month from now...
Merry Christmas to all of SAS and SAF.... My Christmas is officially over and I would have to say that it was tough anxiety-wise but I was able to get through it.... I went over my aunts house last night... it was the most people ever... 2 new boyfriends and of course the new baby... and it didn't help that my aunt has a tiny house... I felt bad because she was at it nonstop and my uncle had an operation on his thumb so he could really help out... I tried to do some things and other also helped out... but we had a good time.. we did our usual Yankee swap (in which I got candles) and presents(In which I got a shirt and gift card).. also everyone liked my bag of homemade favors... lots of compliments on those... I put a ton of effort into those... I worked on those for a month or more... I meant to take pictures of them and post it but they are all gone... no biggie... anxiety-wise it was difficult because I always had a tough time knowing were to put myself... they put me on another table as like an after thought... so I spent the whole time eating without saying anything... ugh... and during dessert there was no place for me to eat so I skipped it and just stood there like an idot... but that was really the only two awkward times... the main fun for the evening was using our new Tomtom GPS.. even though we knew how to get there... it was still fun to use... I'm just geeky that way... Today my mother isn't feeling that great so she didn't go over her friend's family party.. so I made the ham and side dishes that I was going to make for my brother and myself and we had that... I got my usual money from my parents... which I love... from anyone else I like surprises but from my parents I like the cash... hehe... Well I guess I need to keep busy... because it can because very easy to get into those post holiday blues... and also the new year blues... it seems to happen slightly to me every year... I just need a new project to keep me busy and a new set of plans for the new year....
I haven't written in a while so I thought I should... My vision therapy is done and I just need to do some daily eye exercises until I see the eye doctor again to see how well I am doing... not sure if he will prescribe me to go back or not.. personally I feel like some things have improved but I am still not where I would like to be... also I need to talk to him about my eyes always being dry... I have been keeping busy lately... we had to get my brother a new car because his was falling apart and not worth fixing anymore... the was an easy thing to do.. we went to a great place that had lots of good used cars with a great reputation... we are now just getting it inspected today and that should be the end of that... I also have been doing a ton of raking... they have us rake them into the street but not until they post the signs that they are going to do it... so now you have everyone on the street raking... always fun for the SADder... Another thing is we went and picked out my dad's christmas/birthday present last week.... we are getting him a new recliner because his is broken... it is going to be delivered on his birthday and hopefully he will be at work at the time it is delivered and come home to a surprise... I have mostly been working on my christmas favors that I give on christmas eve to my family... I really enjoy doing it as much as I enjoy giving it... I just have to be careful because sometimes something that I am really in to occupies my thoughts so much that I don't work on other things... Like I said I am keeping busy but like I said I am also forgetting about other things that I need to keep working on... I want to keep working on my weight.. that has been put on hold for months now... and of course my anxiety.... well hope all is well for everyone and have an anxiety free thanksgiving...
Well I had my 5th vision therapy appointment yesterday... no the best one at all... I was passed from person to person and felt like I could not concentrate on what they wanted me to do... anyway hopefully that is not the case next week.. only 2 more left unless they determine that I need more.. I feel like I am improving... I can see some 3D images but not all... Our halloween was nice... we didn't have to many kids but when they came thy came in big groups.. followed by the parents... the extra hour of light was nice... although you could really see my pumpkin as well... if you are interested I posted my pumpkin in the members photos section of sas... My diet is still going well... lost a couple of those extra pounds that I put on... still looking to get back to the 32.5 pounds lost.... they haven't had the stuff at the supermarket I like on sale that makes it so much easier... I tried something else this week and it does not taste that good at all... I also need to get walking again... missed the last few days... and also need to get the leftover candy out of the house from halloween... I got a bonus from my dad this week... he gave me his change jar and said if I wanted to cash all of it then it can be mine... it was about $140... :) weee... used that to buy my dad, brother and myself some redsox championship tshirts and my dad a hat... but he said he would pay me back for them... no biggie... my brother also has loads of change.. but he said that he would only give me part of it if I cashed it in... hehe... I started working on my christmas favors... the first one is a foam christmas pickle... they are usually made from blown glass... but I thought I could do them in foam and make a little tag explaining the menaing... I have a bunch more things I want to do including my annual cd mix of christmas songs.... hopefully they will work for everyone this year... I would like to do the SAS secret santa again this year... I will have to email Sheri about this... hope you all can participate this year...
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