Ruhu's Journal, 21 Jan 14

Home sweet home… really home cold, snowy home… but I'll take it! I'm still basking in the glow of a good trip, and for the first time since my journey began, traveling & transitioning home without binging or eating sugar! So, not even the piles of mail & laundry or the page long to-do lists has or will get be down today!

Today is my DH's birthday. We celebrated with dinner out last night with DS, and will do cake & presents tonight. Usually DH wouldn't get home from work until his norm at around 8 pm & DS has class until 7:30, but with the winter weather advisory & predictions of 5-8 inches this afternoon/evening, they my both be home early. I went for an early workout, stocked up on groceries & am home starting on my chores after having started a fire. I'm not sure yet if my coffee date will happen or not as light flurries have already started.

DH used the "its my birthday" excuse to send me 2 lists of to-do's… I was still mad at first, but will give it a rest… at least until tomorrow. His brother who I do the books for is trying to sell the business. It's much too long of a drama to go into, but the sale is progressing, DH is negotiating the sale for him & we're getting close to final documents & a closing date. Hence, 1 of the to-do-lists. The other list includes the other 2 businesses he volunteered me to do the books for, but I've done my own negotiating to hire a bookkeeper to take them over. And, I'm not in the least bit ashamed to want to take early retirement! Until I get that worked out, I may not get here quite as often, but could never cut back more than to an a.m. and p.m. visit. You have all come to mean so much, are such special friends who know & understand me in a way that others don't, and have showered me with such love & support that I could never stay away any more than that! We have too wonderful of a place here, so no matter how long that list gets or how slowly it gets done, you're stuck with me!

So, now I can get on with my day, but first I'll pray --

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

And through this one day, and each one meal, moment, bite, thought, emotion and to-do list item, I'll pray, breathe, log, journal & express my way. I'm soooooo grateful for each of wonderful you, all the love & support you give me every day and especially while I was away visiting my Mom, my family & IRL friends, that Mom is holding her own & we had such a nice visit, that i was finally for the first time ever able to travel & transition home while staying my course, and that I have the health & wealth to live this life I love. xoxoxo

View Diet Calendar, 21 January 2014:
1044 kcal Fat: 41.31g | Prot: 46.98g | Carbs: 125.49g.   Breakfast: IdealShape Milk Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake, Lactaid 100% Lactose Free Fat Free Milk, Spectrum Naturals Organic Coconut Oil, Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water. Lunch: Seeds of Change Quinoa and Whole Grain Brown Rice with Garlic, Dig Inn Roasted Brussel Sprouts. Dinner: Berries, Trader Joe's grilled chicken strips, Stew Leonard's Healthy Vegetable Soup. Snacks/Other: Peloponnese Kalamata Olives, Roland Cornichons Gherkins. more...
1659 kcal Exercise: Circuit Training - 1 hour, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 15 hours. more...


Comments 
Glad your home and enjoying it..so to speak...hope all turns out good with your to do lists....Happy Birthday to your DH...Catch you later...Hugs...:O) 
21 Jan 14 by member: BHA
Looking forward to hearing more from you after your early retirement. Unfortunately, mine is still 5 years away.  
21 Jan 14 by member: BuffyBear
By all means retire if you can .. I feel like one of those wise old women sitting on a mountain trying to remind everyone to make as much of their time and life as I can and that doesn't include work if not necessary ~ life's too fleeting.  
21 Jan 14 by member: FullaBella
I agree with Bella. Happy to have you back home, Ru! It's tax time so I know you will be busy. I dread doing mine. 
21 Jan 14 by member: Mom2Boxers
Glad you're home and got in before the storm. Good luck getting through your to do lists.  
21 Jan 14 by member: SJacqueline
Early retirement sounds B-E-A-utiful! We will miss your regular check-ins but what a worth while trade off. Congrats on sticking with your routine, too and welcome home.  
21 Jan 14 by member: ChicaLean
Lovely and inspiring to hear how you care for yourself. Thanks for sharing. 
21 Jan 14 by member: Sweet Ce
Glad you are home and so glad your trip went so well. I took early retirement - just last July, and it has been a process in not feeling guilty. In any event, I am happy that I did and now my full time job is taking care of me and my health (and of course the DH and the cat). Cheers. 
21 Jan 14 by member: Lynn1958
Hi Ruth, didn't see this post before I logged off this morning. I would be gift wrapping the to do lists with some lubricant - lol. but you are getting better at speaking up now so I am sure you will do what you can and what you want to, and will find a way to delegate the rest. Hope you don't get too much snow but the forecast said that part of the world was in for a whollop. I'll stick with our cold temps, that;s bad enough. Hope your 'boys' made it home early and safe :) 
21 Jan 14 by member: sarahsmum
Volunteered you to do the books? Really? Well Happy Birthday to your DH anyway. He's lucky he had a birthday at all. Glad you're looking at bookkeepers. Sorry you came back to this yuck, cold weather. Hope you enjoyed your quality time with your mom. If the weather permits, I'll be up in Hartford on Saturday. They're doing another service for my aunt since she was also at that diocese in the early years.  
23 Jan 14 by member: Helewis

     
 

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