Blissful Shelley

With Monday being a holiday, I’ve been thinking today is Tuesday, silly me!  On Monday, we went to the dollar movie theater (where it costs $1.50) and watched “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage.  It was pretty good, and you can’t really beat the price, compared to the $9 regular theaters charge for admission.  After the movie we went home and grilled some ground turkey burgers.  They came out really yummy, and so did the baked sweet potato fries that Tim made!

It is 6:09 pm and I’m sitting at work, waiting out the last 20 minutes of my day.  I really don’t like this shift, but I have to work it at least once a week.  We rotate shifts every day… I like either the 6-3 shift, or the 7:30-4:30 shift.

My clothes smell like cigarette smoke, yuck!  Thats what I get for taking a break from securing computer cords with bundle ties and going to the smoking area with my co-worker.  I can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke now, but we were at the building across the street and I didn’t have anything else to do during the break.  It makes me want to go home and shower!

Today has been crazy busy at work, but at least the time has passed fairly quickly. I’m working the 9:30 am to 6:30 pm shift today and tomorrow. Tonight when I get off work, I have to go straight to Church to stream the service for shut-ins that cannot leave home. It was nice to be able to sleep in this morning. Plus I had time to TTapp before work… which is good since I won’t feel like it later.

DH has a gig tonight, they are putting on a free, private concert for the wounded soldiers from overseas. I miss him when he’s gone in the evenings, but I’m so glad that he gets to enjoy himself and get paid for something he loves.

I am SO blonde sometimes!  I tried a recipe last night that I got here.

Chili Coke Roast:

1 roast
1 can Coca-Cola
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 bottle chili sauce (I use BBQ sauce)
Place all ingredients in crock-pot and cook for 7-10 hours depending on size of roast. The meat will flake apart when done. Serve over mashed potatoes.

I had walked all over the grocery store at least three times, looking for chili sauce…. I finally found some red chili pepper sauce and decided that is what I needed.  So yesterday morning I poured the whole bottle into my crock pot, with the coke and onion soup mix.  I added the meat, turned it on, and went to work.

Let’s just say, that was NOT the chili sauce they meant.  The entire dish was too dang spicey to eat!   I felt like such a moron!  *laughs*  My husband worked hard to try to salvage the dinner, and we all ate some, though we had big glasses of milk and a salad with ranch dressing to go with it.  I had two bites and gave up.  DH and my son both ate theirs.  What troopers!

On another note, I found out that the company I’m working as a contractor (aka temporary) for has posted the same position as a permanent job.  I updated and submitted my resume this morning.  I’m on contract with them for about 4 more weeks, and then, if they want to, they could hire me permanently.  I’m not thrilled about working full time again, but it does help pay the bills.

Saturday there was a community garage sale in the neighborhood where we live.  We decided to walk around and see what we could see.  I’m so glad we did!  One house had 3 VHS cassette racks that could be mounted to the wall, that will be nice once we find somewhere to hang them, since we have boxes full of tapes.  Another house had this cool liquor dispenser that we got for $1!  We’ve been having lots of fun with it.

The best thing we found though, was a Roomba for $5!!  It works perfectly, and the floor is getting vacumed every day while I play with it.  *laughs*  Maybe this will help cut down on our sinus problems since the floor will be getting cleaned more frequently.

I did my TTapp on Friday, and got my measurements and photos done.  I was so sore Saturday that I could hardly move.  I didn’t exercise Saturday since I was so sore, and Sunday I did the MORE workout, because the BWO+ seems to aggravate my knee.

Today starts the 60 Day Challenge of T-Tapp.  For those who aren’t familiar, check out http://www.ttapp.com.  It is my favorite form of exercise.  It’s non-aerobic and easy on the body, yet still makes you sweat and itsn’t as easy as it looks!  People have lost lots of inches doing this, plus it helps with posture, and keeping all those organs in the right place.  I’d love to win a free trip to the retreat that they have every year in October!

I’ve been having pain in my right side, like a cramp.  The doctor sent me for an ultrasound of my gallbladder, as well as a Hida scan, both came back normal.  She wants to send me to a gastroenterologist, but I’m not sure I want to go.  I just started eating more fruits and veggies yesterday, hoping that if I cut out most of the “crap” that I eat, I’ll feel better.   I’m just not sure…I keep thinking, what if it is more serious, and not something that eating better will help.