FullaBella's Journal, 05 September 2014

Well, that was a quick week. Busy but productive in the shop plus redecorating the store fronts next door, clearing a dead mouse, working on my yard, painting in my studio, dealing with the aquarium and then some.

All things food: eating has actually been pretty good (she types, small section of Hershey chocolate w/in arms reach being eaten slowly and mindfully) since returning; no feast but no famine either.

The weekend away was just what I needed; being offline (or at least, no laptop) that long was a good 'detox' period. I guess that's why I've been so productive in the shop this week. Then today the internet went down completely for the entire neighborhood so ... more withdrawal.

I'm behind on uploading photo's to imgur to show you the 5 layer S'mores Belgium waffle cake I made for my grandson's birthday this weekend. We also wanted (had to) do something for decorations out in the middle of nowhere so we spelled out 'Happy 15th Birthday' using rocks I'd had the boys gather for me under the guise of bringing them home for the tanks. It was pretty cool all around as we used maple leaves and pine cones for decorations and tossed pine needles as confetti when we sang Happy Birthday. They had a lot of fun watching him unwrap his gift (all 8 layers of duct tape, wire, and packing tape) as well as the photo album I made for him.

The cabin was every bit as nice as it appeared in the online photos. I was quite pleased. I joked all weekend that I was really 'roughing it' as there was no ice dispenser in the door nor a coffee frother.

I did eat a little more than I should have; mostly at breakfast as those were the meals I cooked and I keep forgetting 'sausage gravy' isn't a beverage. (haha) And I don't even want to imagine the calorie meter for the Irish Coffee breakfasts and Whiskey Sour afternoons. And the S'mores on the campfire... that included marshmallow's as big as my first AND reeses.. well.. all I can say is I have no plans to go camping again until next May.

So now what? No structured exercise but a lot of ladder climbing up and down working on the windows, moving inventory and generally standing whenever I could be sitting.

Going to a musical & lunch with Grace tomorrow. My eyelids are getting heavy .. last night I got to this point and next thing I knew I was pouring hot coffee on my myself; laptop included. I was amazed this still worked when I picked it up this morning and coffee was still dripping out from the back.

My eyes are crossing. I'll get caught up with all you this weekend.

Bells