What better way to end a warm sunny day then with a nice barbecued supper! Yes… I barbecued supper myself last night. Normally I avoid the barbecue but ours is pretty easy. Just turn the gas on, turn the burners on and hit a button and it lights itself! I guess it’s not that impressive since a lot of them do that now. But I am used to the ones you have to turn the gas on and guess at how much you should give it before dropping a lit match into the barbecue and hope like hell that you don’t blow yourself, your house, or your friends, family and neighbors up! Those are the kind I am used to and I do not like them!

I cooked Pork sirloin chops and baked potatoes. And for once I didn’t just throw them on the grill and hope for the best. I actually brined them first and then added a dry rub I made with random spices. I don’t remember what I just grabbed what I thought would taste good and hoped for the best… see a pattern going on here?? I also did baked potatoes in foil. We picked up a garden salad mix and all in all it was a good supper and only took me about an hour and a half.

It was a nice way to spend my day off. I alternated between staying in the nice cool house. Which was cool until the sun went down then it started to feel like a sauna in there. The other night I made potatoes on the grill to go with hot dogs. I sliced up potatoes and added butter, garlic, dried onions, thyme and oregano and wrapped them in foil and threw them on the grill beside the hot dogs.

I haven’t gotten out walking a lot though. I need to go every night I think. I could either do longer walks every 2-3 nights or a shorter walk every night. I think I am going to go with the shorter walks, but still building up and going farther every day, as if I only do a few a week and make them longer then I keep making excuses for not wanting to go. If I get in the habit of every single night then once I get into the habit I will miss it when I don’t and therefor I will… Or that’s the plan anyway.

I made the mistake last night of looking into how much it would cost to join a gym (one with a pool) or other weight loss membership kinds of things. And I was surprised really surprised, at how much some of them cost! I was looking for Yoga classes or something like that as I don’t just want to loose weight but also tone and improve my flexibility as well. But it’s like $60 a month to join the YMCA (since when did they get so expensive?) or the local sportsplex. Yoga classes at a Yoga studio near me were like $200 for 5 classes plus another $100 for the initial consultation fee. I just can’t afford that so it looks like I am going at it alone.

Once we get the pool up I plan on swimming every day and going for a walk every day. Which I am hoping will be soon since we have summer-like weather already. Yesterday it went up to 33°C (91°F). Today is supposed to go to 20°C (68°F).  But it’s kinda overcast right now. We have to move the rest of our stuff this weekend but then next I hope to get started on where the pool is going so dad can order sand and gravel. And Keith can build a retaining wall to keep it from rolling down the hill since the backyard is not completely level and needs to be dug out on one side and filled on the other.

I can’t wait for the really warm weather since I am minutes from the ocean, actually at the bottom of my street there is a dock and cove we can swim in that is part of the ocean. But at the same time nice and sheltered. I plan on enjoying this summer! Even if I hate the thought of myself in a swim suit. Speaking of which I need a new one…

SUN!!  And lots and lots of it. It’s been a beautiful sunny warm week out. Only rained a little yesterday morning. And the temperature Tuesday morning before I went in to work was already 19 °C. This morning it is already 12 °C and sunny. I feel like I should be a weather woman… But I just love this weather. I need to get some summer clothes. Nothing I have from last year fits. I bought a pair of cheap flip flops from Walmart last weekend. And I also bought one pair of denim capris. But I need some more capris, shorts, t-shirts and camis. Time to hit up value village I think. I really hate shopping there. But whatever. I’d rather not bake in my winter clothes because I don’t have enough money to by designer summer clothes. Where do you shop?

So I am almost finished my first week of days. And I got to say I am loving it. And dreading the idea that I may have to go back to nights sometime in the future. I love having at least 2-3 hours of daylight before I go to work. And I love having 3-4 hours of daylight when I get off of work! Since it is so beautiful out this week

I hate packing. Did I mention that? I hate it ! I really do not like trying to go through things and deciding what goes where and what can go in the garbage and what needs to be brought up ahead of time. I hate moving! I guess it is a necessary evil however.  Every reasonable part of me knows that this is for the better. That if we move in with my parents it will give us a chance to do something we would not be able to do on our own. Getting debt paid off is so hard to do. But the rewards are so worth it in the end. Right now I would not even dream of us getting a house, well okay, I did dream. But I knew deep down it was not going to happen. Or at the very least it was not going to work. At least this way we can accomplish something. Set a goal and achieve it. It’s something attainable this way.