Month: June 2011

So, pretty much everything is the same as it has been. Nothing new to report about the house situation. It looks as if we will not be getting that home I previously talked about. It sucks. Big time. I really love that house. I have been overly depressed this past week and had a mini break down. I screamed. I cried. I threw things. I thought for sure my head would explode. The what-I-think-is-a-stress-induced-headache has continued on for several weeks. No matter the amount of over-the-counter painkillers I pop it still remains. I have tried several different stress reducing techniques and nothing works.

I am still not giving up on the getting the hell out of here idea. It just seems like it will take me a little longer. Today, while driving to the store I saw a house with a “For Rent” sign. I grabbed my cell phone and called the number posted on the sign. The man on the other end of the line said he was sorry but the house was just rented. He did not even have the sign up for 24 hours and has to go take it down. That’s the problem I keep running into. The houses in my area are snatched up in a matter of hours. It would be nice to broaden my search but I do not want to take Raven out of this area. She will be starting high school this fall and even though it is technically a new school she will be entering high school with all her friends. My parents took me out of several schools and I always hated it. I do not want to do that to Raven. Especially when she has been with these other kids since kindergarten.

Besides all that crappiness, the outside cat I feed (we call her River) had 2 kittens which she is now bringing around. They are adorable and I (of course) want to keep them. One is striped (just like River) and the other one is black. I think the black kitten is a girl and the striped kitten is a boy. And because cats make me happy, I will leave you with pictures of the kittens.

May was a more productive month than any others this year. I did not accomplish all that I sat out to do but I am proud with what I did complete.

• Get down to 165 pounds. – Didn’t happen but I did loose 2 pounds so at least that’s something.

• Save an extra $300. – Yes and no on this one. While I did save an extra $200 an unexpected expense occurred.

• Eat more fruits and less junk. – Completed and I intended to stick with it.

• Create and stick to a monthly budget. – Big fat fail!

• Grocery shop once a week instead of making several trips throughout the week. – Another big fat fail!

• Workout 1 hour a day at least 3 days a week. – Completed and am going to keep it up!

• Drink less pop and more water. – I am proud to say that I have been drinking 50% less pop than I normally would.

June Goals

• Get down to 160. – I don’t think I will be able to accomplish this goal by the end of June but I am going to try.

• Up my work out to 1 hour a day at least 5 days a week.
  

• Continue drinking more water and less pop. – Since I cut back my pop intake by 50% last month this one should be fairly easy to complete. I don’t think I will ever give up pop 100 percent because I need the caffeine too bad.
  

• Eat healthier and blog more.
  

• Save more money. – This is a no brainer and will help us out immensely if we get our own house.

• Take more general life pictures. – I am always so worried about taking other people’s pictures that I don’t bother documenting my and my family’s daily lives.
• Lower my stress level. – If we don’t get out of here soon I will probably have a heart attack or brain aneurysm from all the stress.