Procrastination

It's been way too long.  Sorry.  I'm taking a break from packing just to check in and say hi.  DH and I are moving in two weeks to a beautiful house that we came across during a bike ride last fall.  It was an open house and we rode right up and took off our bike shoes and looked around.  In the intervening months there was a nice convergence of a reduced price and very low mortgage interest rates and we were happily surprised when the owners accepted our lowball bid in April.  Now we're in the midst of a swirl of packing paper, leaning towers of packed book boxes, and dozens upon dozens of carefully labelled boxes destined for various rooms in the new house.

I'm happy to report that I've been really good at culling out tons of stuff we never use.  DH and I have spent two weekends completely emptying our two attics and the garage.  We still have dozens of boxes of family papers from my parents that will go with us, but I've developed a welcome ruthless streak in dealing with lots of stuffed I've stored in the attic for years for sentimental reasons.  Today the Lupus people had the pleasure of hauling away about 10 large trash bags and three wardrobe size boxes with assorted treasures--VHS players, our kids toys (anyone remember those brown Fisher Price cassette player?s), table settings we got as wedding presents, one child bed rail still in its box, the aquarium  that Johnny begged for one Christmas, etc.   It feels great!

We took a break last night and met with Sharon (Gains and Losses) and Bill who were here on the first leg of their summer trip.  We had fun planning a future bike trip to the Eastern Shore over dinner in Alexandria.

My sister got married last weekend!  (Hi Missy!)  she had been a widow for several years and met a very nice fella in her Sunday School class.  They had a lovely wedding.  All my siblings were there (we're a close family) and one of the highlights of the weekend was the surprise appearance of her son and his family.  My nephew is stationed in Korea and was to have been on assignment, but was able to come at the last minute.

DH and I have started biking regularly now that the weather is getting so nice.  Our new house is right on one of our favorite biking routes and just about half a mile from the Mt Vernon bike trail.
I need to put my nose to the grindstone about my diet.  My best friend and I are going to do a Bible Study together  towards that end.  I would really like to reach my goal by this fall.  Doable, I think.

I'm hoping to use the move to polish my routines and hope to make time spent here part of my routine.

Oh, my post title?  Yes, I am procrastinating, but I need to turn to and pack up the rest of the living room tonight.  
Later!
Tish

I'm carving out a little time here to check in.  Life has gotten unbelievably busy in the past few days.  DH and I saw a house for sale nearby that we loved and made an offer.  On its first day on the market it got three offers and our offer was a definite lowball offer.  Surprisingly, they are negotiating with us rather than either of the other two and so my day involves routine trips in to our realtor to sign the latest offer.  We're on the fifth counter now and have said this is our final offer.  Fingers crossed.

I'm doing well on my diet.  Still going to WW.  I had an 8 pound gain over Christmas and have almost got it all gone now.  I still find it totally agravating that one week of off plan eating, and that's just what it was, takes nearly two months to recoup.  Anyway.  I'm a faithful fitbit wearer and meet my daily goal of 12,000 steps with gratifying regularity.  I decided to give up sugar for Lent and have found it surprisingly easy to stick with that plan.  My exercise is a tad iffy now.  I get in my steps, still go to the gym to lift twice a week and play a lot of Wii tennis.  We have the Wii grand slam and I like beating the likes of Venus and Martina and Maria and even Chrissy on a regular basis.  Oh, if you didn't see it, go find Tami's recipe for pork tenderloin medallions with cranberry sauce on her Nutmeg Notebook blog.  A big winner in our house.

With a very quick closing, one of our negotiating chips, we face a big clean up in this house, so I'm off to the garage for an hour or so of sorting through the 3 full size file cabinets from my Dad to see if I need to keep anything . . .Fun.

Sorry for the absence of links and proofreading.  cutting corners on time here.  Stay tuned . . .

Tish

Coming soon . . .a new post from me!

Okay, I've been fairly good at keeping the resolutions I made for the New Year, and I'm adding a new one as of now.  I'm going to post once a week.   I miss you guys! This doesn't count as my one for this week.  I'll be back soon.

Loving  my fitbit!   It's doing a great job of motivating me to move.

Later.