Got lemons? Make lemonade

So I've taken off my sour puss today. Can't stand being miserable so I my-as-well give it up. Talked with mom last night. It makes me laugh because she doesn't give in and tell me what I want to hear. No, "There, there honey." She says, "Everyone is going through the same thing. Pray on it. Give it up to the Lord." Not exactly what I hoped for. I do realize I'm not alone in the financial strain.

I'm more angry at myself because this is my own doing. How stupid! How could I let myself get in so deep? It's the "want it all, NOW" syndome. And not stupid selfish stuff. I wanted a house before the baby came. Before that, it was the Ireland/Turkey trip. And before that was the honeymoon. That combined with all the oopses over the years (2 cars totalled, mat leave, lay off this year alone), yeah, we're in pretty deep. We're just hoping to get through the next 3 months and then consolidate. (Unless we get yet another oops.)

Okay...we're done with THAT topic. In other news, it's Thursday!!! HURRAY!! The best TV night of the week. Looking forward to tonight's Survivor drama. I voted in the pool. Not great choices. I'm rethinking it. So far I'm sucking eggs with 1 point overall. It's so hard to know who to vote for this early in the game. Too many players to really zero in on someone. As the show progresses, it's more obvious and predictable. But still, you just never know what'll happen.

And the big weigh-in tonight. I feel like I haven't lost this week but I felt the same last week and was down 4. I'm noticing it in my clothes BIG TIME! I had a pretty good wardrobe but now I'm down to 2 pairs of jeans and 1 pair of pants. My 2 pairs of dress pants and another pair of jeans are too big. And I have 1 new-ish pair of pants I'm going to take in. But certainly, it feels great! I'm considering getting some exercise in. I meant to bring in my sneakers to walk during lunch but forgot again! Instead I'll drop by the Sally Anne store during lunch and see if I can find any dress pants...and leave the walking till Monday.

Well my friends, thanks for listening to my rants over the last week. Sorry it was so painful. Gotta keep positive. Look on the bright side. Silver lining, baby, silver lining.

TTFN!
~B