AuntTeeTee

Well we went into the car dealership. We filled out all the paperwork and they said it would be this morning before they knew anything. Our salesman (awesome guy) said that they would have to make several phone calls back & forth to Toyota to finally make a deal and explain our situation. I faxed in all the requested check stubs & stuff this morning. So my hubby gets a phone call about 1pm today and sure they can make a deal……IF we put down $500 and it will raise our payment from $790 a month to $950. I actually started laughing when he told me. Are these people stupid?! So we are giving back my car. We simply dont have the money to keep my car & my hubby’s truck.

Now to the work thing…well he got to work last week. This week he hasnt worked a day yet. :(  He has called in several times to the foreman only to be told there is nothing to do. So he finally called the owner….he says everyone worked today. They each built one trailer and went home. WHAT?! So my hubby told the owner he NEEDS some work. Tomorrow he goes back to work! yeahhh I guess sometimes you really do have to cut out the middle man!

Somehow everything will work out. Hubby & I are going to try private lenders and our bank to see if they will refinance his truck. Its just crazy. The interest we are being charged is outrageous!

On a good note..I am doing well with my challenge and exercise. Tonight is BL & I cannot tell you how much that show motivates me. I love it.

I guess I am off. I have about 30 minutes left here at work. Have a good night!

…Of work and then I get a day off. My schedule is so messed up right now. One lady is leaving..so they hired another already..problem is, she is under a very strict custody agreement with her ex who has custody of the kids. So they changed my entire schedule to accommodate the new lady. Granted I agreed to it because what else was I supposed to do?! So tomorrow I am off. Then I work Tuesday. Off Wednesday & Thursday.Then back to work Fri-Sun again. 2 weekends in a row sucks.

We are making a deal with the dealership we bought both of our cars from. Our salesman said instead of bringing my car back, how about we trade in both our vehicles for one new one. hmmm I didn’t know you could do that. So tomorrow we are supposed to meet with him & see what kind of deal they can work out for us. Keep your fingers crossed that it works. From what he said, we could get another vehicle but with lower payments than what we have been paying. YEAHHH!

My kids are fighting today..driving me nuts…I dont know why when their daddy is at home, they have to call me umpteen times! lol

Have a good Sunday all

I love my scale. We only visit once a week,but depending on his number, we may not be friends until the next Saturday. lol This Saturday he & I..were buds!!

I lost 2.5 lbs this week. yeahhhhh! I kinda got discouraged when I went to the doctor earlier in the week because I had only lost like 4 ounces. ugh…better than nothing but definitely frustrating. Then I hop on my friend & sometimes foe, the scale,before work this morning. AND PRESTO…2.5 lbs that said bye bye.I am very happy with that. I notice when I lose, I suddenly see that glorious light at the end of the tunnel of weight loss. Yet I have to remember that weight loss should be a gradual process so I dont gain it back.

Last night hubby & I headed to Home Depot to buy a new air conditioner. It was $431, but comes with a 5 year warranty for absolutely anything minus someone taking a sledge hammer to it. Thank God we had some money in savings. I sat down & reworked our budget minus one car & the extra insurance that went with it. It saves us a little over $600 a month. We used to go grocery shopping once every 2 weeks and I found a way to go once a week.  It will work out provided they keep hubby building trailers.

Both of my kiddos are doing good. Sabian still likes school for the most part.One or 2 teachers she frowns at,but thats kids right. lol Ariel is now in her 3rd trimester. She has about 11 weeks left. Can we say excited?!

I guess I am gonna get back to work but I will get around to everyone’s pages in a few. HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY!

Not really! I had a doctor’s appt yesterday. He went ahead & did some more lab work,but also changed my thyroid meds again. I am now taking:

5am- 200 mg Synthyroid & 25 mg Cytomel

10am- 50 mg of Cytomel

3pm-50 mg of Cytomel

Hubby had work yesterday & the day before. They told him to go ahead & come into work today but as of last night, they didnt have anything for him to build. So he went in today and I assuming they found him something because he didnt come back to the house. We decided to get rid of the newest car..mine. We are still kinda arguing about that because his truck note is $790 a month and my car is $497. He insists that we have to have a truck so whatever. How we will come up with that much is beyond me. but he is the man and thinks he knows all so I will let that go. lol

You ever heard the expression “when it rains, its pours”? Well in my house this month, it is. Our air conditioner went out last night. For the past couple of nights it didnt matter. We have been enjoying some low 60s high 50s weather overnight and low temps during the day. NOT TODAY! it will be back up to 85 by this afternoon. So windows open and pray for some breeze!

I am supposed to be at work today. I took the day off. Let my youngest stay home. I know probably not the best parenting but we are all stressed right now. Both of the girls are still asleep and its 11 already. I figure they deserve it.

On the weight loss front, I have been good. Got in my exercise and good food

Yesterday:

120 minutes on the treadmill

120 oz water

Breakfast: egg white omelette with red peppers and onions

Lunch: veggie burger; a few baked chips and a pickle

Dinner: Roasted chicken; Green beans, red potato and salad

Today so far I have just had a glass of skim milk, water and my meds.

Gotta get a list together and go grocery shopping. Not sure how to budget for less money but we will figure that one out too.

Sorry for not getting to everyone’s blogs but I am headed there now

HAVE AN AWESOME DAY & WEEKEND

Well my hubby is back at work today. He is not in the same job though. He called the shop foreman yesterday asking if there was ANYTHING he could do at the shop to make some money. The foreman put him to work today building trailers. We have no idea how money he will make or how long it will last but at least it is something for him to do right now. He will be working tomorrow as well. He was very happy to get to work. We are still going to make some changes because obviously this is a WAKE UP call that unemployment can strike anywhere & with anyone. He did find out that they lied to him though. When he got to work today, EVERYONE was back at work. So he was like huh?!..he started asking around and found out that they were never out of trailers to build. Its just that the owner is a total snake in the grass & does not know how to handle anything properly.

His mood is much better. He hasnt built trailers in a long time though and pulled some rib muscles. The upside to it all is that he builds alot of muscle when he builds. We are both looking forward to that. LOL

I want to thank all of you for helping me yesterday and for the past few days. I have never had so much support in my life and IT IS AWESOME! You are all friggin terrific and I am very happy to have you.

Ok so I figured I better start keeping some kind of log on how I eat. I was keeping a written journal but somehow I always forgot it. But if I am going to blog everyday, then perhaps that will help. I didnt do so well with the eating today but I did get in plenty of exercise & water.

120 minutes broken up into 4 segments on the treadmill

100 oz of water

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and toast

Lunch: Chicken Sandwich with lettuce on a wheat bun; fries…ugh…All from Burger King…yuck. Chicken is better than  greasy burger but I ate all those darn fries.

Dinner I havent actually gotten to just yet. Hubby is on the way home so I will figure out what to make.

Biggest Loser: I am enjoyed the show last night. Many times over I got teary eyed. Is it just me or are Bob & Jillian even meaner this season?

Anyway..I am off to the kitchen. I will be back in a bit to catch up on blogs.

Ok so yesterday my hubby was acting very strange. I figured he would because of losing his job. He forgot to get the kids..check that..he went to sleep! Despite 13 phone calls from me, he never answered and never woke up. So I had to beg someone to cover my desk, leave work and go get the kids. He won’t cook,so I had to stop & get everyone something to eat. By the time I get there its already 6 and he is still asleep. I woke him to let him know the girls are home. I feel sympathy for him..I really do..I know losing your job sucks and makes you feel lousy…so him sleeping I can understand. BUT (and this is embarrassing) I get home to find porn up on the computer screen in our room..(no one saw it but me) So that really ticked me off! I mean really…you can find the time to do THAT but you couldnt stay awake for 20 minutes to go get your kids?! I wanted to smack him in his head but I had to go back to work. pissed all the way there…..After I got back to work, I let it go because quite frankly I am too tired to deal with it.

I get home last night about 9ish….took a bath..talked to my kids. I went to my room to watch a little TV. He wanted to know what bills are due..I told him about $800 this week. He says “are you worried?” OF COURSE I AM WORRIED! these arent credit card bills that are due..its stuff like the phone bill, car insurance, car payment…..He says he isnt worried at all. HUH?! Why not? We have just regular household bills that I cannot pay on my own. Is he thinking about looking for a job? Noooo. One of the requirements to get & keep your unemployment is that you have to look for a job. So I pulled up  a job just like his for him to look at today. It takes about 2 weeks to get your first unemployment check.

So what’s normal for depression? He said yesterday he is depressed. Ok…so is it normal to act like nothing is wrong & the bills will pay themselves? Sleeping alot…I think is normal. I don’t know.

Remember I told you guys last week my hubby was off with pay while they audited his office..Well he called his boss Saturday and his boss said he did a great job & to come back to work on Monday. So my hubby gets up this morning….actually got to work about 15 minutes earlier than usual. His boss is there..which is weird because normally his boss isn’t there til like 10 or later. He tells my hubby that they are consolidating the 2 shops and the foreman from the other shop will be running it. My hubby asks “well can I build trailers then?” His boss says yes but we have no business right now so you can go file unemployment. So as of this morning, my hubby has no job. I am already really upset because we have so many bills due and not to mention my daughter’s upcoming baby. *sighs* So I am doing my best to hold it in & NOT eat something stupid. I came here instead hoping to get it out…..talk it out..maybe it will help.

This is so not good for us.

I know I said I was going to try to blog everyday & LOOK WHAT HAPPENED! My failing memory thats what! I seriously did forget. I remembered to get on long enough to log into my team and into my challenge, then I ran off. Darn it! Its definitely gonna take me some time to get into a habit. So here I am today….beautiful Sunday morning. I have already started the laundry and made breakfast. I have plans to take a nice nature walk. I havent been doing that. The treadmill has become my only source of walking,but I love nature. I live in the country so I am really looking forward to walking down by the lake today.

This weekend has been good. Friday-Sun I have been off work. Friday we went with my sis-in-aw & her family to the Bow Shop so she could have her arrows re-fletched. (thats having the little plastic wing looking things at the top replaced) That took forevers. Then we went out to a little country restaurant. IT WAS DELICIOUS! they have really gooooooood fish. 

 Saturday- we got all the house work done. Then off to target practice. I did better than I usually do. I love the sound of “tink tink” when I hit a target.  I am not very good with the larger caliber guns but I am getting better with that too :)  My family is sooooooooo country-fied arent we?! LOL

Today……nothing but the walk and some sort of weapons safety & testing my hubby wants to do.

I didnt lose any weight this past week. But I maintained and thats good too.  This is a new week and its gonna be even better!

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY ALL !  

I don’t know how some of you do it. You post everyday no matter what. I try to,but when I sit & stare at the screen..then I feel drool rolling down my chin..lol..I think its time to say no. But I am going to try again to post “something” everyday. Even if its a picture of me drooling..lol..totally kidding

MEN! Yesterday  I had a really calm day at work. My husband is off this whole week because his office is being audited and they gave him a week off with pay. The further the week progresses, the more my hubby wants to irritate me. The last hour or so I am at work, he decides that is the time! He calls to tell me he doesnt know why we spend soooo much $$$ on food when he cant find a thing to eat. I proceed to tell him where all the meat is etc……then he gets to the real reason he isnt eating….”its not my job to make me food” GASP!! WHAT?! He is 37 yrs old and will NOT make his own food if me or the girls are at home. Ok I call that lazzzzzzzzzzzy! Then I remember WAIT..I left him roast, mashed potatoes and carrots in the fridge. All he had to do was heat it up. Nope wouldnt do it. So by the time I got home, he hadnt eaten all day and I get home at 730 pm. *rolls eyes* Now earlier I had asked him to put the chicken breasts that I had marinating in the fridge, in the oven. He refused. So my youngest did it. I get home, he says “forget the chicken. It has to cook like 2 more hours” I ignored him because quite frankly I was afraid I would say something mean. I took out the chicken, cut it open, and it was DONE! Hallelujah its a miracle! LOL He just makes everything reallllllly difficult. Then he sits down to eat…eats about 4 bites of chicken….all his rice & corn..then throws the chicken away! I ask..uhmmm..excuse me…”did you not like the chicken?”……He responds..”why do you ask me about the food all the time?” Well duh I wanna know if it wasnt good so I dont make the mistake of cooking it again! He says “yah..definitely dont make the sh*t again”…….So needless to say…

I found the couch & some cookies. Good ones too…..Pepperidge Farm Verona Blueberry cookies. :)  I was mad…my brain hazed over..I dont know….I let him make me upset. I ate 6 cookies which is 260 calories. I went outside & worked out for an hour & a half. Does that really make up for the cookies? Somehow I dont feel like it. Why?? Well I LET someone make me eat…..No..I turned to food when I was upset. Thats just stupid and proves I am a long way from being stable with emotional issues. BUT…

I do know today is a new day..brand new..wrapped in the prettiest bow AND I am doing very well. Since 7am, I have already had 6 glasses of water! thats a good start..makes for more bathroom breaks but its gooooood!

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