De-cluttered, Day 3

Day 3 .... and it's time to look through the makeup bag/drawer.
Mine is more like a junk drawer. lol
But a gal needs to have different things at her fingertips ....
I keep several first aid items in there as well, but it's time to clean it out!



And here's the Before

and the After!

I really like how these little
chores broken down into
little chunks each day
is helping SO much!


I also hate to admit that some
of the meds in this drawer
expired in ..... 2010 !  

Yes, that's not a typo. lol

LONG overdue for a cleaning








In other parts of my day .....   I have re-committed myself to going to the gym again.  And taking my supplements.  Both things have been lacking, along with bad eating habits, and an all too much drinking habit (Diet Coke, not adult beverages!)  It's time to break the cycle.  1 mile on the elliptical, and several different weight machines, arm workouts today.   (Legs are tomorrow)

I'm taking a B-12 Timed Release tab with my breakfast, and that seemed to work well for me today.  I was a little more energetic, and didn't need my lunch until well past 11:30 (lunch for me is normally 10:30am).   But maybe the energy came from a better night's sleep.   For that, I'm taking Vitamin D, magnesium, melatonin and calcium.  My old bod just isn't the same as it used to be.  Recovery times compared to when I was younger .... well, let's not even think about that!   I am what I am, but I think I can be a little better, so why not give it a shot?

Here's my self-given Pat on the Back!
Happy Monday, ya'll :)

Pat on the Back

Tuesday's Laments ... For some reason all day, I thought it was Wednesday -- wishful thinking for the weekend to get here faster???   hehehe Maybe so.  But probably more related to my lack of quality sleep time.  With a very windy storm that blew through the Valley, the evening/night wasn't very quiet, and poor Sadie had to wake up and bark at every little noise.  Of course, when she wakes up, I wake up.  I had dozed off just past 8pm.  by 11:15, I had been up with her 5 different times. I finally dragged her into my son's room and said "YOU take care of her, I'm trying to sleep!"   About an hour later, she was back in my bed, and snoozing the rest of the night away.  I think.  I dunno, I was sound asleep myself.  hehehee

Gym time ... was a success in my book!  I hopped on the treadmill and set it to the preprogrammed "interval" setting, which changes the speed and the incline every 2 minutes.  I set it for a 3.0 incline at 4.0mph, and 4.2mph on the flat.  When I had extra energy, I would manually up the speed on the flat to 5.0 and run for a minute or so. 

Personal Best:  4.0miles in 58:44

At Lunch ... I was sitting off by myself, not really paying much attention until one of the guys came in and started chuckling as he played a song on his phone... it was "Love Child" .. and he says "Now I'm starting to show my age..."  and of course, this version is some kind of 80s rocking version, which he said was done by some "Pajama Party" ??  I googled, couldn't find it.  I believe it was done in the 80's by Expose`.  But I didn't take the time to peruse the entire Google catalog of "love child" postings (there are too many!).  But what would he have said if I told him that hit was an original by Diana Ross and the Supremes back in 1968... ?    hehehe  Now I'm showing MY age!

Honorable Mention ... Yesterday at the gym, I'm doin' my thing, and working some weight machines, and a lil old guy says "You're really working hard at this!"  I smiled, he kept prattling, "I see you here every day, I see you working with a trainer... you must be proud of yourself!"  I smiled again and said, "I am!"  And its true, I -am- proud of myself and my accomplishments.  I've improved my health and well being by doing my thing at the gym.  Even if it doesn't show on the scale (the way I want it to), its still effective.  I bought me some new jammies one size smaller -- and I can wear them :)  Now that's enough to make this Gal smile!