Scary thought for me, but I’ll be celebrating (unwillingly thanks to my family, ha ha) my 30th birthday in September. Everyone keeps asking what I’d like gift-wise and I really have no idea. The thought of turning 30 puts a damper on any excitement I may have for the celebration itself. I don’t consider myself old at all, but I definitely see myself getting older, a lot faster than I was expecting. I have a couple of months to think about it, so I’m hoping that I’ve gotten over the getting older thing by then.

The only thing I really need right now is a watch. I haven’t owned one since maybe high school. See, I have really sensitive skin and anything that sits on my wrists causes a rash. It’s been so long since the last time that happened, so I’m hoping that my body and my body’s chemistry has changed - perhaps enough that I will no longer get rashes from wearing something on my wrists. I think I’ll ask Jo to look into something like that for me. I know he can’t afford like luxury watches or anything right now, with starting school soon but I’m sure he can find something nice for a decent price.

As for anyone else, I’ll just have to let them surprise me I suppose!

I’m trying to avoid some of my bad eating habits in an effort to lose weight. I’d be happy to shed even 15lbs by my birthday (September 8th). I think by cutting out most of my sugar intake, which isn’t that much but still hurts my effort. The biggest things I’m trying to cut is cola and cappuccinos. I have to admit, it’s been a lot harder this time than I imagined it would. Just the other day we picked up Subway for lunch while we were running some errands. Without even thinking about it, I reached into the cooler for a coke instead of grabbing the water I intended on having. Even as recent as Friday I found myself about to order an Iced Capp from Tim Horton’s, but thankfully I caught myself quick enough. I never imagined I would have to work so hard to correct such horrible eating and drinking habits. I thought I had more self control but apparently I was wrong about that. I’m going to keep working hard at it though. I’ve cut that stuff before and felt so much better, so I keep reminding myself of that to keep myself motivated.

I’m also hoping that the next time we’re at Wal-Mart I can purchase an elliptical machine like I had before.

I know all of us have “off” days. Heck, I’ve having them quite often for the last few weeks! At any rate, we had to go out and buy a new battery for our truck after our old (though only a year old, ugh) battery died. We made the 45 minute trip to Wal-Mart, dealt with obnoxious shoppers and long lines but we made it through. We didn’t get home until later in the evening and at that point we were both too tired to put the new battery in.

Enter this morning. Jo went outside to put the new battery in. Once in, he closed the hood and hopped in the truck to crank her up. Guess what happened? Nothing at all. This is seriously OUR luck. Jo figured the battery needed to be charged, but honestly, I’ve never bought an auto battery that needed charging. So Jo puts the battery on the charger and lets it charge up for a few hours.

After the battery charged, Jo went back to put the battery back in. Closed the hood, again, and hopped back into the driver’s seat and cranked her up. Guess what happened this time? Nothing!

After a few minutes it was figured out that there was a rubber cap on one of the lugs. GENIUS, huh? I knew my husband had a bad memory, but I never would’ve imagined he’d forget something like that. Thankfully once that was figured out and the cap removed, the truck started right up.

I’ve just finished up some design work for my husband’s new blog, and have taken a break from design work for a friend. I’ve been quite the busy bee these last few weeks, between commissioned design work, premade themes, my housewife duties and various other things. I’m a bit exhausted but I know if I stop now, I’ll lose any motivation that might be lingering in me and I’m not willing to sacrifice that just yet!

Now I’m just piddling around the internet, trying to play the catch-up game. I’m debating on whether or not I’m going to go sit out on the deck or go for a walk down to the beach. It’s a gorgeous day out, but the flies are awful. I really want to get a breath of fresh air though, and not miss out on the nice weather we’re having today. What to do, what to do. I guess I’ll go for a walk down to the beach, though I should probably look up some term life insurance quotes before doing so. I’ve heard there’s a coyote roaming around the area. EEK!

We’ve been talking about it for a couple of months now, and Jo’s finally agreeing with me - we need a TV in our bedroom. We’ve been pricing some of them in the local stores but the few we’re interested in are so overpriced that we’d be nuts to buy them. We could easily get them in larger cities for a lot less. We really don’t watch a lot of TV, especially now that the shows we do watch won’t be returning until the fall. However, the time we do enjoy it is just before bed. It helps us to unwind a bit before we call it a night. We both want something similar in the TV we do end up getting. I want an LCD that’s at least 32″. Jo says he wants to make sure our next TV is and HDTV, so of course that means we’ll be looking to buy a HDMI splitter.

Having a TV is really something we’ll both enjoy. Especially because we aren’t always going to want to watch what everyone else is watching on the main TV. If I feel like watching some of my older, favorite shows (like Reba and Sex and the City), I can do so without interrupting what someone else is watching. Honestly, I just look forward to being able to sprawl out in my bed and watch TV. That’s what I’m going to love!

Jo has to go in for some more test soon. He was diagnosed with pneumonia a couple of weeks ago, and while he’s greatly improved since then, he was also diagnosed with Asthma. Actually, he had Asthma as a child, so it actually reoccurred. His doctor scheduled him for a chest and back X-ray recently, with one of the local clinical laboratory service companies. All of those tests came back OK, but his doctor decided since Jo was having sharp pains in his lower back when he coughs, he should have a CT scan of his back. You may recall that last Summer Jo suffered a bad back injury at work. He’s had back problems ever since and even while under the care of a doctor with that company, he was never ordered to have any kind of tests. AT. ALL. His new doctor thought it’d be best, just to make sure there’s no ongoing problems with his back. We’re all hoping that the pain was just from the straining due to coughing so much and so hard. I really hope there’s nothing more to it than that.

I guess I should have expected it considering I’m almost 30, but those little signs of aging are starting to pop up all over the place and it’s sort of depressing. I don’t mean gray hairs, I’ve had those for years now. I mean wrinkles. Now they’re not really that noticeable , in fact, everyone thinks I’m crazy for evening thinking I have them. The thing is, I don’t “think” that I have them. I’ve seen them when washing my face, or when I’m putting my face (makeup) on. It’s those little ones that spring up around the corners of your eyes - crows feet. It’s really had me thinking about my skincare routine, and what I could do to help improve my skin and decrease those signs of aging. I wonder if there’s a best anti wrinkle cream list of some kind? I have sensitive skin, so I always have to keep that in mind when I’m looking for skincare products.

I’m not really self conscious about the little wrinkles at this point, I think I have a good 10 years before I really start to panic. I’m hoping to find the fountain of youth by then though… Ha, ha!