I was gonna..

I was going to write yesterday. I really was!  This is what prevented me: I got off work at 1:30. Bought fruit at work. Went to Sunshine Stationary behind my work.. (more on that later..lol) Went to the Post Office, the Goodwill Thrift Store to donate stuff and buy books.. and then home! When I got home finally, (it was about 4) I had wifey chores to do, which took me awhile. (about 3 hours of them!) Truthfully, I did some hubby chores too, but he's been working long hours, and is super-tired, so I didn't mind.

I checked the mail, washed 3 loads of laundry, a load of dishes, watered my plants, filled the dogs food and water, swept the kitchen floor, took out the trash, made hubby's lunch for the next day, and started dinner... all before 6 pm.

6pm rolls around, and hubby made it home from work. I am working on dinner, and laundry. He looks TIRED. We pretty much just ate dinner, showered and went to bed. By 8pm. So yeah.. no blog from me.

So here is what I going to blog!  

I have a pen pal! Yay!  Here's how it happened: I have monthly breakfast/brunch's with my mother-in-law. (We try to at least.)  We go out, and eat at a nearby restaurant, and talk about what is going on in our lives. She initiated it. She told me her mother-in-law (hubby's grandma) did it with her, and she is carrying on the tradition. She pays for the meal, which her mother-in-law did as well. I feel a little funny, having her pay for everything, each time... so I am figuring out something on that respect.. Maybe I pay the tip? hmm.. more on this later. She also said that when the whole family would go out to dinner together, the father-in-law (hubby's grandpa) paid. 

Anyways, we have done this several times. It has made our relationship stronger I feel. I love it. I sometimes hear stories about my hubby as a kid, that I haven't heard yet. She gives me new ideas, and encouragement on other things too.  This last time we went I told her about my desire to change myself. My weight mainly.  I also told her about some interesting things my friends are doing; one of which is writing actual letters to each other in the mail.

Guess what? She wrote me a letter. An encouraging letter! It made me excited to receive a REAL letter in the mail. It was on some pretty paper too! Now, I get to write one back! This is where Sunshine Stationary comes in. I went and bought some awesome stationary. It has flowers and butterflies on it. No joke. It is lovely. When I saw it, I had to have it... When hubby saw it, he laughed.  This is was the same exact stationary he had written his 1 year "paper" anniversary "love letter" that I asked for.   I obviously like the paper! lol.

Aaaannd, I weighed myself this morning.. It is the start of day 3, and I have lost 3.1 lbs. Probably  water... but who cares?