Feeling itchy?

I woke up Wednesday morning, like any other morning. Got ready for work and had a few spare minutes before I left so I decided to make the bed. Sean and I use separate blankets at night because I am a blanket hog, so I went to put his in the closet (where we keep it when we make the bed) and saw something that freaked me out! In our empty laundry basket there were about a hundred small little bugs. I have seen them randomly around the bed room but didn’t really think much of it until that point.

I took the basket outside and put it on my balcony and left for work feel very nauseous and itchy. When I got to work I looked up bed bugs, and found out a lot of scary information. I was positive that’s what they were and by the looks of it had many many long months ahead of me. I was so grossed out and itchy I just wanted to go home and clean everything. My boss was really understanding and let me take a vacation day.

I first went to Wal-Mart to buy a big thing of laundry soap and garbage bags then headed home to start the wash. It took me all day but I did 16 loads of laundry. I did everything that could possibly be washed. Then I cleaned out the whole closet and threw away 7 bags worth of stuff that had been infested by these little buggers – the whole time wanting to throw up.

Around 2pm the exterminator came (I live in an apartment building so I had to wait for their guy to come) and he told me the best news ever! He said that they were NOT bed bugs but in fact they were beetles. I forget the exact name, but he said that they would be much easier to get rid of. I still had to do all of the laundry and treat our mattress. I emptied the closet and vacuumed. I moved all of the furniture in the bedroom and vacuumed.  Cleaned everything I possibly could. When Sean got home we went to Rona and got some Raid to treat our mattress and then came home and sprayed it everywhere. Sean did another 5 loads of laundry and all of our clothes are now in sealed garbage bags. We had to send Levi to my parents so that he didn’t inhale the treatment we did on the mattress.

So now we have to wait until Tuesday morning when the exterminator can come back to spray. In the mean time we have to empty all of the closets, cupboards, everything – and move all of the furniture in every room into the middle of the room so they can spray the base boards. We can’t be in the apartment for at least 6 hours after.  So that will be a nice headache. BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT BED BUGS!!!!

On a less itchy note I am so very excited because tonight I am hosting my dad’s birthday party and I have gone with an Elton John theme – since after all he is our favourite singer ever. I got a suit jacket and decorated it with sparkly glitter glue, hung records on the wall, made it into a restaurant called “The club at the end of the street” (and Elton John song), we are going to play Elton John charades and so much more. I am really looking forward to it. We even have the most PERFECT way to top off the evening which I will write more about soon!

This has been a really stressful, exhausting week for me. I have not been able to workout because I hurt my back last week and this weeks activities only made it worse. Every inch of my body hurts like none other and I can’t get comfortable standing, sitting, or laying down. I have also been really stressed and wanting to eat SO much junk, but I have been staying strong and realizing that it’s really not going to help so what is the point. I have not binged at all, which is what I really really wanted to do so many times this week. E-mailing my mom my food logs has been really helpful, but I can’t tell her about my cravings because then that makes her want them too – and she is trying to watch what she eats. Even as I am typing this I am thinking “oh maybe I’ll go downstairs and get a doughnut” but NO I will not! I will stay strong and wait this out!

Short and sweet

Well today was a rainy day. I decided on one thing to accomplish as I was lounging in bed this morning. I made blueberry pancakes for breakfast and then accomplished my task. We had a lounging around kind of morning and then made lunch and went to the gym.

Tonight I got to see two girl friends that I haven't seen in a long time! We went to Kitchener to have the best chinese food ever. The portions are huge, and I did not eat it all, but most definitely got my fill of chinese food for a while!

We had a great time laughing and joking and realized that we really needed to make an effort to get together more often (we say this every time). We have known each other so long, and it's always the same when we get together, we pick right up where we left off. It's a great relationship that I really appreciate!

Let's drop the T's

I’m back! I’m sorry for the temporary LOA but I have returned!

I’ve been spending a lot of me time lately and doing lots of thinking, and reflecting. I’ve been working on making small but positive changes in my life, both at home and at work, you and happen to have caught me on a good day!

I want to share with you something that I’ve been working on lately, and that is dropping the T’s. Okay, so what does that mean? Let’s turn can’t into can, won’t into will, shouldn’t into should and so forth. So much of our lives are spent thinking about the things we “can’t, won’t shouldn’t” do. For example, I can’t accomplish this goal, I won’t make it, I shouldn’t try. So, let’s drop the T’s and move forward.

Now you’re asking…what does that look like? Well, I’m not an expert by any means, but here is what I have come up with (I will do 1 example of the few plans that I have come up with for myself and then you can fill your own goals and make your own plan!)

My plan

What do I want to accomplish? Getting back to my goal weight

Why this is important to me? So that I can live a healthy life, fit back into my clothing, so getting older isn’t as hard on my body, to be able to be an example and to show to everyone that it can be done a healthy way!

How am I going to do this? I am going to make a commitment to myself to loose 1 pound, one day at a time and not look at how much I have to loose total.

I will make my weekly meal plan, and stick to it.

I will get to the gym at least twice a week to start, and build up again from there.

I will see my trainer at least once a week, preferably twice.

I will treat myself once a day, or a minimum of every other day.

I will track everything I eat.

Now it might look like I have put a lot down for how am I going to do this, and yes I started it all at once, but for me these are small changes that I can make to sustain my weight loss/maintenance long term – which is very important to me.

I have made some other goals in terms of finances, my emotional/mental health, and house work. I used a plan for each one and made sure that I started out SMALL. I did not throw out everything in my kitchen and promise never to eat junk food again, because let’s be honest, I’d fail after a few days. I did however look at the small steps that I could take that would get me there. It might take longer than I want, but I will get there. I have also been sending a list of everything I eat to my mom, it will help to keep me accountable.

On a different topic, I have some very exciting things coming up in my near future!

Next weekend: something huge is happening (I can’t post more details right now since it is a surprise for someone, but the wait will be worth it).

May: Going to Chicago with my parents and husband for the long weekend. We are going to a business conference, but it will still be exciting. Plus it’s the same weekend as our two year anniversary!

July: I am going to BC again to see my family <3. This time my parents will be there at the same time as me so it will be extra exciting.

August: Camping!

September: Women’s retreat

Food for thought: When you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything you want