Monday Morning Musings #12

The playoffs are over. My two teams on Sunday won. That means the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will go head-to-head in Super Bowl XLVIII. If you have read my posts for a while, then you know we have been Peyton Manning fans ever since the day he played for the University of Tennessee. So, you can guess who we will be rooting for on February 2nd, right?

Sunday’s weigh in proved to be a high point for me. The scales declared a 1.5 pound loss. That makes me very happy. Now to keep the momentum moving forward at this pace. That’s the tricky part. To keep my focus I plan is to constantly remind myself what I am trying to do and that is to be a 105. That’s where I was last summer, but I fell off my training & diet bandwagon last fall straight through the holidays.

That’s all water under the bridge. I am ready to set things right. The good thing is, I have a renewed confidence that I will reach my goal by the end of March, if not before then. At times like this I wish I had the metabolic rate of my 20-something self, but those years have long been gone and I have to stay two steps ahead of the game to keep my weight from spiraling out of control.

Enough rambling already, you say. Alrighty, grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage while you settle in to read my responses to a few of my favorite Monday memes on Monday Morning Musings!

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My first blog hop takes me to Stasha from The Good Life has a fun Monday Listicles prompt. Today, Karen requested that we give our list of:  10 things to do during the weekend.

1. Watch TV. Recently, we discovered the Desperate Housewives on Netflix and have enjoyed this series a lot.
2. Catch up on much-needed sleep. The weekends are our only time to sleep in. DH has problems with his sleep habits. Sometimes he will wake up and not be able to fall asleep again for an hour or more. This can happen any day of the week. So, it’s nice to not have to worry with a 5am alarm on the weekend.
3. A trip to the mountains. The Smoky Mountains & Blue Ridge Parkway are a short drive away. This is a great get-away spot for the day. I am actually itching to take a trip soon!
4. A visit to see our parents. When we were first married, we would visit our families at least once a month and we would spend the entire weekend, but anymore we have turned this into a day trip with aging parents we don’t want to inconvenience them with extra chores. I am happy that we live close enough to do this.
5. Photo shoot. We live in an area where there are many good things nearby to photograph. I am looking forward to the return of spring and the beautiful Dogwood blossoms.
6. Sorting or clean up projects with DH. Some things can only be done with the hubs while he’s here on the weekend. This is not necessarily my favorite way to spend the weekend, but it’s gotta be done.
7. Wash the car. The first sign of spring, we seriously need to do just this. We have taken the car through an automatic car wash a time or two already this winter to get some of the salt off our vehicle, but it can’t compete with a good old fashion hand washing job.
8. Make a home-made cocoa or latte. One of those cozy things I like to do during the winter on the weekends is sip on hot beverages while watching TV.
9. Fun shopping. Now, that DH work schedule has changed we look to only do light fun shopping on the weekend, which I am totally liking. We now save buying groceries through the week after he gets home early one afternoon and that’s actually kinda nice to do, too. Breaks up my week a bit.
10. Internet research discussion. Often times, I do my internet product digging during the week and then on the weekend when we have time, DH and I talk over what I found out to make decisions on what items to purchase from my discoveries.

Next, let’s visit Heather. Each week, she puts on loan FOUR QUESTIONS for anyone to borrow and answer for your blog post, and then she gives you the option to add a fifth question of your own for those who are visiting your blog to answer in the comment section, along with commenting on the four questions you answered. Don’t forget to grab the MQAM badge for your blog or post or both from Acting Balanced blog!

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