Archives for Decluttering category
Posted on Dec 8th, 08 at
8:55 am under towards simple living
8
Dec
Well… the TV went off last week and the boys took it perfectly well…
I mean so perfectly they haven’t asked for it, they haven’t had the reflex of turning it on, they haven’t said a thing about it… it is like we never had it for them…
and they were completely addicted to that thing before…
It was really surprising…
There are still a few shows that I would like to continue watching so I download them… but there are not many and because I have to chose the shows that I would like to download I choose the ones that I really enjoy and it feels better for me knowing that I am watching something because I choose to watch it and not just because it is on…
I decluttered the playroom more last week and got two garbage bags worth of toys out of there and Simon cleaned it even more over the weekend and got our wooden trains back out and the boys are playing a lot more and that is really a good thing…
The saddest thing I find is how hard it was to actually do it… but I am so happy that we did…
eta: after reading this post… Simon called me to say that he saw Khéna turn on the TV as a reflex in the morning when he got up… of course it opens to a black screen though… he should lose that reflex soon though…
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Posted on Nov 18th, 08 at
7:23 pm under towards simple living
18
Nov
Soon… we will have no more cable…
Though I watch a few shows…I more often use it at background noise in the evenings while on the computer.. however, the boys watch pretty much everyday… it isn’t really a struggle in general but I have to admit that since the boys interests are changing and they want to watch shows that I don’t like very much on channels with tons of commercials directed toward kids I have been feeling more uncomfortable about their watching habits…
We also have decided that we are buying a Wii for a family gift, so the money that we save in about 6 months will pay for that expense…
I do think that it will be weird not having TV, but I also think that it will be a good thing for the family… what I find scary though is realizing that it was a bit of a hard decision to make.. we are so used to having TV and having cable that even of we don’t really watch it, it has become such a habit that we keep paying for it….
So on Dec 4th we will be TV free…
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Posted on Nov 10th, 08 at
4:20 pm under My Life, weight
10
Nov
The more healthy I eat, the less processed and more whole, the better I feel…
I am also quickly realizing that when I don’t eat well I feel it… something that didn’t happen as much even a year ago…
Yesterday… I didn’t eat well at all… it was delicious, I didn’t overeat, it was homemade and yummy… but it was greasy (both lunch and supper) and then followed by a bit too many snack size chocolates and today I have been experiencing the consequences…
Feeling this way kind of makes me happy in a weird way…
My diet has been improving more over the last years… and when I was not eating well on a regular basis, a day like yesterday would not have phased me or my body… as I am sure is the case with many others that do not eat well on a regular basis… and because it doesn’t make you feel “worse” then it is hard to change your habits…
but now, knowing that I don’t feel well after eating certain things makes me want to eat better.. not just because I know that it is good for me, but because my body says no also…and I want to avoid feeling like I did this morning…
That is a big step I believe…
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 08 at
11:22 am under Decluttering, towards simple living
3
Nov
The decluttering bug has hit me again…it happened at the same time last year so maybe it is just the time of the year?
Whatever it is, I have been decluttering around the house the last few days…
the first thing I wanted/needed to do was the sewing room… All the fabric that I use was piled on a chair next to my desk which not only made the room look cluttered and messy but the fabric was wrinkled and hard to find also…
So.. on Friday I went out in search of a bookcase… and I found one… I didn’t pay much because it was the floor model which was a bonus because then I didn’t have to assemble it either…
So on Saturday I placed all my fabric in it, got rid of some stuff that I won’t use and cleaned up my sewing table… I also fixed the little office chair that I was no longer using because it was not too comfortable and was burried under all of the fabric… and at the same time Simon decluttered his clothes which are in the sewing room also…
Yesterday when making the beets I also decided to declutter my pantry… Now that feels good also…
I still have a lot to do in the house but I hope to tackle at least one thing a day and get the house to a level that I feel comfortable with…
Annie will be proud 
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Posted on Sep 22nd, 08 at
8:28 pm under Misc Ramblings, weight
22
Sep
Last week I finally got back in the pool to do laps…
My trip back west gave me 5 extra pounds though surprisingly I haven’t gained any inches and even more surprisingly things are filling as well or even bigger than before…I am not too sure about how that happened…I bought another pair of jeans last week and bought a size 16… I never thought that I would do that so soon… It makes me feel great though!
now I want to start losing again…
I thought that getting back in the pool would be hard… but again to my surprise it isn’t.. the first day my rhythm wasn’t there as much but it came back pretty quickly and today I am at the same level as I was before the summer hours hit…
So I am getting back into my routine of 2-3 nights a week and it really shows in the way I feel overall…
Getting out and swimming for an hour makes me feel great… I sleep better and the next day and for the next few days I feel that It gives me energy and I feel less lazy… I want to do things…
I even clean the house more…
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Posted on Jul 3rd, 08 at
8:11 pm under My Life, weight
3
Jul
ok… ok… maybe not that news worthy to some… but for me who never buys clothes… well it is something worth mentioning… honestly…
I have never spent so much in one day on clothes in my life!!! actually I have never even spent 1/3 of what I spent yesterday…
I really needed it though…
All of my clothes were too big…
I was at the mall a few days ago and I had Khéna on my back and Xavier was telling me that my shorts were falling down and when I checked they were half way down my bum… I was waiting to lose a little more weight before I bought a few things but It just hit me that there is no more delaying it…
So… I started trying out clothes and at first was looking at the sizes that I am used to…
A few months ago… I was wearing a size 22-24 so I started looking at those but then realized that I was there because it didn’t fit anymore… so I asked an employee what size she thought I was and she said 18… so I tried one on and yep!!! 18! I can’t believe that 30 pounds took that much off!!
So I bought…
-2 new bras ( and I mean real bras… not nursing… REAL…. I haven’t bought a real bra in about 7 years!… my boobs went from droopy and navel gazing to HELLO THERE!!!)
-clear straps for the bras to wear with my spaghetti strap tops…
-2 tank tops
-2 t-shirts
-denim bermudas
-Khaki bermudas
-a pair of jeans
-black shorts
-lounging pants
and a bathing suit…
you can just imagine what I spent… 
But… I wanted to cover all of the basics… so that I can use what I have in my closet that still fits and also everything I bought is mix and match…
It felt so weird spending all that money on clothing for me…
and I have to admit that I kind of even liked trying on new clothes that fit well and make look and feel pretty good if I may say so myself…
eta… a few pics…
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Posted on Jul 1st, 08 at
10:23 am under weight
1
Jul
I am on a plateau right now… still hanging around 223-224…
The pool went into Summer hours and it makes it a lot harder to go… I would have to leave the minute Simon gets home to get my hour in… which would mean that supper would have to be done completely before Simon gets here… (I often use the time Simon gets home to go into real action with supper…) and that I would not be able to eat with the family… or eat a hot dinner…
I need to get walking more… or biking or something… I need to get off of this plateau and start losing again…
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Posted on Jun 9th, 08 at
11:38 pm under weight
9
Jun
but I don’t really believe it yet…
Not expecting to attain my first goal so soon, I let it go by without noticing, or acknowleging it…
I started my weightloss journey at what I thought was about 240 pounds around xmas… I started to swim in feb and started getting serious about losing in April… By then when I would get on the scale I could sometimes get it to read 228… Then I got the new scale and really I was 13 lbs heavier… Meaning 241… Which in turn means that I started off my journey at 253…Almost the same weight as I was before I lost weight before getting pregnant with Xavier…
So… With knowing my real weight my first goal became to get down to where I thought I was before getting a better scale… 228… I was nearly there about two weeks ago and thought about being so close…but then I got AF and my weight stayed up a bit…and l though I weighed myself, i didn’t really register the weight… Until I weighed myself the last few days and I am now at 223…5 lbs less than my first goal and down about 30lbs from the begining of the year… I am feeling great and i am starting to notice a big difference.. So first goal done!…next goal is 208.. My lowest adult weight to date…. Just 15 lbs to goal!! I can’t believe it… though i am starting to see the difference in the mirror..
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