The Decorating Finally Begins...

Yesterday, I ran home, made some lunch, and sat out on my terrace and basked in the sunshine and warmth - it was almost 90 degrees outside, sunshine, blue skies dotted with puffy cotton ball clouds, and a good strong breeze.  It was gorgeous!!!  I was not going to allow this one day of beautiful weather pass me by while I toll away on files and documents inside an office.  It just made my day so positive!!

Then today I woke up and it is a lot cooler out, raining, grey, and yet, I'm still happy... today's the day we start with the re-decorating my son's bathroom and bedroom.  Last night I scrubbed the bathroom walls down to make sure there was no beard trimmings, cat hair and dust to fuzz up the paint.  He worked on removing everything from his bedroom walls and getting out as much as he could...  I took a couple before pictures this time and saved them, so I can do a Before and After post.  

I couldn't believe how much energy I had yesterday. After weeks, or should I say months, of being sick, on antibiotics, feeling miserable and lacking any mobility, I all of a sudden, yesterday, after a day of work, still had the energy to clean walls, do some house chores, cook an incredible dinner... etc.  The only thing I noticed was that I began to get the shakes after I was finished... I'm guessing the lack of sugar and carbs and all that energy used - my sugar must have dropped like a hypoglycemic's... so I ate some berries and drank a lot of water and it went away.

I'm feeling peppy today too.  I'm ready for this weekend of getting the largest parts of my re-decorating plans completed.  Once that fresh paint is up and all the clutter moved out - things are going to look awesome!

Frenzy

I have been extremely busy at work, with no time for breaks, or nice lunches out, and lots of long hours... I don't see sunlight...  My health has been lousy, I had a terrible scare with my hair falling out, getting sick with another very bad sinus infection, bronchitis like cough, throat, etc. - miserable.  I told the doctor something has to give... I'm "sick and tired" of being "sick and tired"... this is NOT me.  I'm tired of people saying "are you feeling better?"  I don't want to be known as the "sickly" one. 

I had extensive blood work done - and I was extremely dehydrated, very low on potassium, vitamin B-12, D, and my sugar levels were going up and up... SO... not quite a diabetic, but I'm on the road to being one - and honestly, I do not want to add that to the list of ailments!!!  (obviously I swayed away from my healthy eating last year)

My pride - my vanity - all is centered around my hair!!!!  I think the fact that I started seeing hunks of hair coming out of my head scared me more than anything else!!!!  

SO... today I began my day of eating smart.  No more feeling sorry for myself because I can't get healthy - instead, I'm going to be taking loads of vitamin supplements, and my cabinets and fridge are being emptied and refilled with spices, fresh products, healthy foods, and a lot of SUPER foods.  I read that 6 meals of fish a week with a super food green is the SMARTEST way to eat.  I am going to have to get over my "issue" with smelling the house up by cooking fish, and start broiling or sauteeing up some delicious filets... I am surrounded by fresh seafood because I live in Florida...

The first week of April, I re-do lab work and see the doctor for my re-check - and to see if I've been smart and doing things right...

Tomorrow morning, at 7 a.m. I will be walking ... I don't care who sees me - I'll just throw on shoes and walk out the door and walk... in my pajamas.... I live in Florida - there are no dress codes ...

Decorating/Re-Doing my Grown-Son's Room

Got a few things going on... one that I am excited about - I am getting ready to have my son's room decorated to be more of a Hipster's Grown Up Guy's Room... I promised to do Before and After photos.  Last night I actually went in the room to go over all the things that must be done before we can get the paint slapped on the walls.  Tonight I will take the Before Photos.... 

I am going to transform his messy, hodge-podge teen bedroom into a more Grown-up Male Hipster's Dream Bedroom!  I've got 2 gallons of Silver Dollar Gray paint by Benjamin Moore ready and waiting - and my BFF is hired to paint... 

Here's my inspirational pictures for his room:

 I am going to buy a large floating black mantel shelf as in this picture above over his bed - just as in the picture - with an arrangement of all his framed artwork and photographs he has, a place for his things he's collected up that can be properly displayed...

 This is the bedding he and I agreed was perfect... I'll throw a colorful pillow into it and sheets as well to offset the coldness and bleakness of the gray.....

Below, we are going to hang his flat screen tv and video game console and cable box as shown on the shelving unit below...

I ordered this print above - to have framed and hang with his other artwork and posters, etc.  Giving the idea of the artsy stuff he likes and already has....

I am ordering this bookshelving unit from IKEA to put in the corner next to his bed, just as it is in the picture... as well as, I am going to buy a wall light fixture to hang beneath the shelf and over his bed for better lighting... that I will go to a lighting store down the street from where I work and see what interesting and cool choices we have....

Just an idea of different groupings and the wall mounted light fixture...

SO LET THE DECORATING BEGIN......

Chili on a Chilly Weekend....

This weekend I plan to cook a crockpot full of chili, wonderful comforting, hot/spicy chili...and if I get my oven cleaned, I'm even going to bake some cornbread to go with it, that is while between loads of laundry, a little scrubbing of tubs and floors, and I plan to also be curled up with my cats and watching Season 3 of Spiral (Entrenages)... My French is getting better the more I watch this tv show!!  I am starting to pick out at least 2 words per sentence that I know.... maybe this is the way to teach one's self how to speak French, immerse yourself into French tv and movies!!!!

I saw this picture and it reminded me of my mother:

And then I saw this picture and it reminded me of myself:

It's a Bright and Happy Day and Listening to....

Something that sounds like it came right out of my own highschool days...

I'm not a big fan of bubble gum pop music, which I always associated Taylor Swift in that category... teeny bopper music... but I love the upbeat music/singing/dancing of this song/video!!!!!





Then I noticed there's a real girly toughness and theme of self-respect and strength in a lot of these new songs... love this song, not so much the video - just the song!!!!!

Something to get my OCD going.... Geronimo, Geronimo....Geronimo....

Howdy, It's Me, the Crazy Cat Lady....

I found some very cute --- funny cat pictures and such that I wanted to share... it's a gloomy and miserable day here... so something to brighten it up:

Humanity....my little thanks to Lassana Bathily

I say "Cheers" to Lassana Bathily - I hope that his great act of kindness, bravery, and most of all humanity, opens many wonderful opportunities for his future!!! 

Thank you for showing the world your courage and saving those poor people from the horrific threat of that gunwielding nutcase in the grocery store.  Thank you for suffering the indignity of being held in handcuffs and treated as a suspect until they realized you were there to help!!!  Thank you for not giving up on those people you hid!!!!  I hope you never lose your sense of humanity and goodness and that life brings you some much needed rewards for your actions!!!!!!  

I think the public needs to hear more about Lassana Bathily and his bravery!!!!!  His actions of HUMANITY!!!!!  I want to see his face, not the faces of those monsters...