Signs summer is officially over

(oh boy, a bullet post!)

Sure I can check the calendar to see the date, but really, I don't think I need to. Just by things happening around me, I know that summer is definitely over.

• I slept with the window closed the other night. It was chilly. Actually I went to sleep with it open but sometime during the night DH closed it because he was cold. I woke up to a stuffy room and opened it again :-)
• The leaves are changing on our tree in the backyard. It's the only one around here that goes red instead of yellow/orange
• I watched the labour day classic football game between the Riders and the Blue Bombers. We won!
• I spent the long weekend at the rink. Hockey season has begun again. DS1 had his camp and did very well. We are hoping to sign papers soon and officially begin his Junior level year. I went in flip flops. Take that, ice cold rink!!! You're not the boss of me. (my feet were so cold when I got home LOL)
• The boys opened their school supplies and got their binders ready. They won't let me write their names on things anymore. Apparently that isn't cool in Grade 12 and 10.  Killjoys!!!
• My mom made a batch of beet pickles. Hate the taste of them but love the smell of them in the pickling mix and how pretty they look in the jars. Same with mustard bean pickles
• The geese are meeting up and discussing their plans.
• I could have worn a jacket when I went for a walk this morning. I didn't, because I am a rebel, but I could have. Was cool :-)
• My female maine coone kitty is snuggling up  in bed with us again. She hates to be cold.
• My back to school savings account is dwindling
• I am not enjoying a leisurely cup of coffee while writing this for you as I have already left for work after having had my final 'back to school' nightmare.

A relaxing Long weekend Monday? not

A precious Monday off!!

I have visions of relaxing at the lake for that one last inhale of summer and fresh air and sunshine and firepits.

They are fleeting visions. I am here at the school with all of my closest friends: 70% of my teaching staff and a big ass bat, hanging on the library ceiling.  I have been divebombed here before so I did the next best thing: I closed the doors and put signs on them.


Bleck!!!!!


happy Monday all!

Sunday Night Chit Chat

What am I reading?

Well I finished Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari for school. It was not bad at all.

 

And I also finished The PostMistress, by Sarah Blake. It was different than the books I usually read and not bad. It gave me a different viewpoint of  folks behind the scene during WW2 than I had seen before

 

 

What am I watching?

 

 

DS1 had an exhibition game tonight with his Junior A team. A bit of a road trip to a rink I haven't been to, so that was fun.

 

 

What am I listening to?

 

The wind has been blowing all day so I have the front door open to the screen so I can hear the wind blowing.

 

What am I cooking or baking?

 

well nothing, but......





 I  hit the grocery store and Walmart with the money I saved and put aside and spent almost $300 on buying staples for the house for the next few weeks - Toilet paper, kleenex, laundry detergent...those kinds of things. Also on the list was a mess of pantry items - canned goods, boxed pasta, grains. The meat department gave me a few things to freeze up for the busy times ahead and the produce section filled my empty fridge. The money went ridiculously quickly. Sometimes when I do this, I feel as though I am channeling my inner Laura Ingalls Wilder as I stock up for winter.

 

 

What am I happy I accomplished this week?

 

Well I made it through the first week back to work and all those meetings. I bit my tongue on more than one occasion, which is hard for me.  I am happy I got in a few walks as well, to destress and get some fresh air.

 

What am I looking forward to next week?

 

Well it's my first week with the students so I am looking forward to seeing them all. I am really anxious about it. They will be a tough group and I am scared the full work load and stress will bring on the colitis flares again.

 

 

What am I thankful for today?

 

Time. The beautiful time of a long weekend. such a gift.

 

 

Head over to Carla for more Sunday night chit chat. 



August Change

It was a good month for change in August. I went into the piggy with the toonies and loonies and was able to roll one of each.

$50 in toonies and $25 in loonies for a total of $75 to plop down on my target goals.

In my best Mr. Burns......

August Goals Recap

August definitely wasn't as strong a month as July, physically or mentally, so I could see things not working out quite as well as I had hoped. I still loved having that me time though. What a gift.

Walk 45 miles this month.
- 39.5 total. a bit short.

Lose 8 lbs this month (and keep it off)
I struggled. I didn't follow WW and I gained. Shocking hey? *eye roll*

Bake 4 times (on the cooler/rainier days)

-chocolate chip muffins
- rhubarb crisp
That's it.

Try 2 new recipes

Nope

 

Snowflake $200
-$217

Read 2 books just for ME
Bungalo 2 - Danielle Steel
Five Women - Rona Jaffe
Betrayal - Danielle Steel

Read 5 books for school

-The Egypt Game - Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- Chanda's Secret - Allan Stratton

Log 50 hours of quality prep work at school (before Aug 26)
- 31 hours 
This was the most telling. I usually spend so much time there and I did not. Not sure what that will mean in the big picture as the year progresses.