House For SALE

The house we own in the country which we put on the market in October is still ON the market. Nothing yet. Paying rent and a mortgage is getting pretty old. Although I'm fortified to know that my Realtor is truly working to get us some more traffic. She called on Monday with dates of journal releases and one TV show in May that shows houses and property. It airs Sunday mornings and cycles through a group of listings, hopefully that will generate some more inquires.

I'm going to do something that I would never typically do but I'm going to link it here.


All rock house 4 bedroom/ 2 bath 2093sqft. on 49.16 acres

The house is only about 2 years old. The commute for my husband got old. It just time for us to readjust our lifestyle. The country life wasn't really for us. At least not right now. If all conditions were perfect, I would move back in a heart beat. If I could magically bring my house with me. I would.

That's more information that I have ever posted about myself. I feel a little naked. LOL.

Anyhow maybe someone that is reading this knows someone looking for a country home, with lots of room to stretch their wings.

We worked so hard to build this home, we did a lot of work ourselves, well non crucial work. Electrical, plumbing, framing, insulation, was done by licensed professionals. We documented everything. I have pictures from start to finish of every nook and cranny of this house. It was a real experience. A lot of work, but a lot of love was put into it. So hopefully the next owners will feel that love.

Think positive "Selling Energy" thoughts and send them our way.

Check in.

Just a quick check in.
I have really had the inspiration to post about anything. Life for me these last 3 - 4 weeks has been kind of turbulent. My mind somewhat unfocused. I've been angry, sad, ambivalent you name it.

But as does everything in life, given some time everything will change again. Seems rather difficult to see into the future or be patient enough to wait for that change.
I do know this. I have two wonderful boys, and a really awesome husband. They my "raison de etre".

Made a D- in my Java II programming class. The last two weeks of that session were high stress, and on top of that programming is not my forte. But fortunately for me it will still count. Well that's what they told me at least. I was so disappointed, but at the end of the day the D- I got in my Java II class will not be the deciding factor on whether or not I get the job I want.

Started Image Editing last week. I LOVE it.
Initially I was really upset because this prof seemed a bit wound up on word counts and papers. But I love this subject matter so much that it seems that I don't lack for words when I write my discussion question posts.

Not much knitting going on. Got other projects in the works, like pool cleaning.
I've dropped about 300$ on this pool already in just chemicals and pool replacement parts like a new pump, baskets hoses lids, plugs. etc.
Is it still cloudy?? Sure why not. Am I frustrated beyond belief?? Absolutely.
But my arms are going to be Rockin' by the end of this summer. Biceps of steel aquatic style. HMMMM I might just make a work out video and sell it to the masses.
They could buy my specially designed pool and pool tools and video for a whale of deal of only $4999.00 that's only 71 e-z payments of $69.99 each.

ROFL!! Been watching to many infomercials can you tell.

Tada for now.

MInd vacation

Around The World In 80 days
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I've taken a mind vacation, be back in a week maybe.

Just as the dust settles.

Body aches,
headaches,
and
sensitive skin.

time to PARTY!!

One more session down. Moving forward. Given all the obstacles I have been through these last five or so weeks, I think I owe myself a little R&R.

So we begin with a little CHA CHA slide.






You know you want to get up and stomp to your leFF!!


ciao amichi!!

Amen

Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.
- William Feather

Writting code

I'm really going to jump off the roof of my house if I can't get this program to work. DAMN mortgage calculator with GUI (graphical user interface). Installing NetBeans maybe this will help me clean up my code.

And here is just another song I really like.

Lost in translations. But a pic will do.

 

If I think it. It will come.

see more crazy cat pics

Something mellower

Something much sweeter.
As you've guessed I'm studying so here are a few things I've been listening to.






Iron & Wine

The Premiere of Top Chef.

LORD can you say Cuh-RUH-AYZAY.

"I'm not here to make friends." WHAT? WTF? "So I kept to myself" WHAT? WTF? WHY?

WARNING: Enid's about to get very opinionated here.

Get the FUCK over yourself. Chill the FUCK out. It's a show, you are in a bad ass house, probably the first time you've been to Chicago. It's an experience of a life time. Explain to me please how socializing and breathing in all that wonderful positive energy is going to take the edge off. ???????????

How sad for you. That you can't let go for a second and realize that you have been put in place by the universe. An opportunity that you may never be given again. And you're going to isolate yourself???? Please wake up and realize the beauty of your situation.

Okay!!!! I'm shutting up now.

I'm so excited this season looks like it's going to be good. Except for the 2 that choose to isolate themselves from the rest of the group. Well one now, one of those to silly kids was eliminated on the first episode.

See kids. Now she's got to go back home and just dream what it would have been like to continue. Life experiences come and go so quickly.

But I ache for a short trip, hell a long week in Chicago. I have family there and many places I have yet to set my foot in.

Maybe that's why I have such strong opinions of those two kids no wanting to be friendly.

I what?

Is what I said to myself when I got my grade for the last programing course.

I made a Freakin' 94%

OH yeah booooyyy!!

I should really have more faith in myself and quick the complaining. I'm kicking ass and taking names buddy.


Just started another class. This week Java II. So we hope for the same result.

I'm just one more class closer.

focus. focus. focus.

What I've learned in the last two days.

This might be a boring post so you can turn away now if you like.

Listened to a Radio Lab show on stress. That was not something new I learned but it solidifies my belief that I need to lighten up. And desperately find a way to let things pass through me with out getting worked up. I'm a type A personality, not a new revelation but admitting the truth is the first step to change.

I learned that Sleep is so important again you are probably saying to yourself (UMM duh Enid.) The new thing about this for me is that. If you actually got a consistent eight hours sleep you could be more successful at loosing weight. I've posted about this before. In my other blogs I've always had weight issues but after the blew away my thyroid I've never been able to get down to a decent weight. Turns out i've been shooting myself in the foot.

1. I get anywhere form 3-6 hours of sleep a night. It's rare that I get more than that. Why? Now it's because of school and a new baby but before that I've always been kind of a night owl.

2. I don't get enough calcium in my diet. (i'll talk about that more in a minute)

3. Exercise. meh! But I'm working on that I've decided to sign up for a 1/2 marathon and I'm going to run/walk it. :D (more about that later)

Three tiny things I can change that just might tip the scales for me. NO.1. Being the most important.

Why is sleep so vital. Well the way it was described was that by keeping yourself up your body needs more energy to keep you going. So from what I understand it your body tries to get energy from where ever it can 1. by increasing cravings for high carb food and 2. by slowing your metabolism down. (Ah-HA....)

So I started to think about that and my past failures. In a recap I was active duty for a little while. in that time frame of four years weight became the bane of my existence. Shortly after coming to my first duty station I was told that I had Grave's disease. I was sent to an Endocrinologist and there he did what he had to take care of it. After that there was a period of 3-4 motnths where they waited to get most the thyroid hormone out of my system. Except they waited too long and I puffed out a 40lbs. Anyway the doctors quickly got me back to "normal"levels and I began an intense regimen of excercise and restricted calorie diet.
The scales barely budged. Frustration upon frustration upon frustration, especially when your career is at stake. Luckily the doctors understood what I was trying to do so they kept me on a medical waiver. **eyeroll** Everyone else just thought I should just lay off the cookies and candy bars. The rude things that people say, I tell ya.

So maybe if I had been more disciplined and slept more I might have helped tip the scales a bit more. No points in woulda coulda shouldas I'm going to try it now.

Calcium:
By increasing your intake in calcium you could loose 6.5lbs of FAT in one year. YEP, I heard that from Dr. OZ. Couldn't hurt to try that either. IF it doesn't help with fat lose then I will help me with Osteoporisis in the future.
I'll be the better for it.

Excercise. We all know there is no magic bullet there believe me I'd be taking it.
IT's just a matter of discipline on my part. Get off my ass and just walk it off.

So that's it, in a nutshell.

By combining these three things and a few other supplements and diet rich in veggies, no/low carbs and some meats. I think I'll be the better for it.

Note:
Getting 8 hours a night is freakin' hard. I tried for night 2 and I was up and down all night long. It was either the baby having nightmares and crying or my freaking stomach or just me getting all excited about not being able to sleep. Tonight is another night.

studying and writting code.

UGH! But this makes it all better.



This and a piece of good Chocolate

a new fave

You'll probably recognize it as the MacBook Air commercial. Mary told me the name of the artist and so of course I came home looked her up and found it. What a great little song.

Have a great weekend!!

Song lyrics | New Soul lyrics

Monkey Force

I have the power of the Monkey. This is an all time record for me.
What is that?
A heel flap in the works?
OMG.

Note: To add what the heck this is. :D
It's a sock. I'm useing the Monkey pattern by Cookie. The yarn is from Lone Star Arts and the colorway is called Egypt.

I don't have much to say today. I'm not feeling so hot.
A little blue, and a little sleep deprived (no faults but my own).
School is kicking my butt, Java is a bear and it's got my number.

So what do I do? Knit and ponder the idea of signing up for a 1/2 Marathon coming up in November. (More on that in another blog post). For now I have to go and send my team mate my java program for review. Tada.

Monkeying around

In every sense of the word.

I should be studying right now but instead I'm drifting around in blog land. I'm thinking about adding a tracker to this site. To track of the lurker count. ;)

On a knitting note I frogged my last project, because the pattern just did do the yarn color way any justice. So I went up a needle size and decided to use Monkey out of knitty. So far I'm pretty satisfied. I thought I was going to be slick and modify Monkey into Monkey Fists and make my own version of fingerless mitts using the monkey pattern.
Wouldn't you know it someone on Ravelry has already done it. They look kind of cool so I might do that. But in all reality socks are more practical. So I may just continue with the sock. IDK.

No picture yet but I will soon. I promise.

My other baby.

My baby is back. My baby is back.

Doing the happy dance.

From Me to YOU!

Restorations

I do restorative work on old photos. Here is an example of an extreme case.

This stuff is really fun to do sometimes.

My mother in law is really into doing genealogy research and restoring historical markers all along south Texas. You should check out their Blogsite at the Atascosa County Chronicles.
There are some great stories there and bunch of other neat things.

The picture above is something I did for her, from her private collection and I'm always available to help this group out. I think its always a good thing to help restore these irreplaceable pieces of history.

Got any challenging photos maybe I can help.