Hi with a heart over the I means Hi and I luv you! I slept in this morning until 6:50am! That is really great considering I usually get up around 5:00am.  It felt so good, I needed it BIG TIME!! Last night Dave, my Mom, Dad and I spent over 4 hours cleaning the new house.  I didn't think it was going to take anywhere near that long, but oh baby there is a lot to do! We got SO MUCH done, but still have a quite a bit left!  It was so fun to be in the empty house and try to imagine us and our things living there.  We were supposed to close on Thursday or Friday of this week…but it seems like there is always something that comes up with the stupid mortgage company, it might not be until next week now…(tears).  I'm crossing my fingers and praying super hard that we can close on Friday. I already have EVERYTHING lined up for moving on Saturday, so if i have to change it all I might will start crying.

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Do you ever have days where you realize just how much you love your husband or significant other? Every other day you love them, but some days you just really really really love and appreciate them? In a way you never have before? I'm having one of those days. When I felt Dave next to me this morning I felt warm, comfortable and safe.  When I hugged him goodbye before he left for work, I felt extremely thankful for his hard work and his daily dedication to work so hard for me and our little family. When he emailed me this morning happy as ever with excitement in his words, I felt thankful for his positive attitude and his sweetness.  When I stop and think about him today, I feel happy, safe and excited to see him this afternoon.  I just really really love him today.  I think more than ever I ever have before.  

On a less happy note, my foot is still hurting! I'm so bugged at it!  Saturday we went to the doctor and they took some blood work to test me for Gout.  The blood work came back yesterday and I definitely don't have gout…THANK GOODNESS, however now I am left super confused because I did nothing to hurt it, and it seriously hurts.  Weird thing is there have been two days where I have woken up and the pain was all but gone, then by the middle/end of the day it is hurting again full force! I just can't figure it out. If it keeps going like this all week, I'm going to go get an x-ray.  The doctor gave me a walking cast type thing that helps with the pain when I walk and allows me to not injure the rest of my body by limping, but it does not take away the pain.  I'm starting to get a bit frustrated as it is putting a HUGE kink in my exercise routine.  I feel like I've been the biggest slacker not able to do any cardio, but in the same breath I can't help it. I want to full on work out, but its not possible! I don't want to let it get me down so I'm trying to stay positive and focus on keeping as active as possible!

Yesterdays 4 hours of cleaning was a workout and I needed it! I wasn't sweating too much as it was only 50-60 degrees in the house, but after about 15 minutes my sweat shirt came off and I stayed warm the entire time!  My arms were killing me! We were scrubbing so hard over and over! My upper body is actually sore!  Cleaning is a great way to burn some calories, especially if you do it for hours on end!!

Today we are headed back over to the house to do some more cleaning! Dave is going to put together a few things we got this weekend and I am going to finish the cleaning. We have a bug guy coming to spray the house and kill all th spiders. I hope to never see a spider in that house…EVER! (good news is I didn't run in to any bugs yesterday while cleaning!)

I am going to incorporate a workout into my cleaning today if my foot will allow. I stopped typing just now and wrote out a workout for this afternoon and am excited to give it a try.   I'll take some pictures and share the workout with you tomorrow!!

I've found it frustrating when things out of your control get in the way and make it hard to accomplish the things you desire.  Instead of letting those feelings of frustration overwhelm me, I'm going to stick it to my foot pain and do as much as possible to stay active. It's important for me to remember that I don't have to be gasping for air and sweating my bum off in order to be doing something good for my body each day.  I think that sometimes our bodies need a little change anyhow. Maybe my foot is telling my brain that it does not want high impact right now….who knows? Maybe it's tired of me working it so hard! Either way I plan on making the best out of my situation by trying new things and  staying positive through this experience!

In other news…if you haven't already, check out the PFM give away and make sure to get your name entered in..you don't want to miss out on these items, they are just TOO CUTE!  Don't for get check out my sissys site and leave her a comment…you all made her feel so great yesterday with your sweet comments! Keep em coming!!!

QA:
What do you do to stay active when you don't feel good or have an injury that limits what you can do?  IDEAS Please!!!

Update after publishing: EEeek! Sorry about the pictures not fitting, I don't have time to re-size them!

Good Afternoon!! I didn't get back to sleep until 5:45am this morning, but I did sleep until 8:40am. I feel great. Although when I looked in the mirror I didn't think so.  I decided to get rid of that negative thought by putting into action what I love about most about Operation Beautiful. I left myself a positive thought to think about and gave the negative one a kick in the butt.

I felt much better after that and started began cleaning.  Take a look at a few before and afters:

Messy Night Stand Before

Messy Room Before

Clean Night Stand and Room After

I also cleaned our bathroom head to toe, did the laundry, vacuumed, dusted and ate a yummy breakfast!

Special K with berries and a few walnuts. MMMM!! I love cereal! After breakfast, I started working on my secret project, I've been at it ever since! I promise I'm going to tell you about it soon, just not yet!

I still have a ton of work to do before dave gets home, so I better get back too it. Thanks for letting me share my before and after pictures. I love having things clean. It drives me up the wall to have a mess or have things unorganized.  Living with my parents in this small bedroom has been my worst nightmare.  There is no room for anything. I can't help but feel like i'm disorganized or even like i'm a hoarder when all I have is 200 square feet to fit EVERYTHING. Another annoying thing is we don't have any of our own stuff. Its all in storage. All we have is our clothes and bathroom stuff.  We planned on only living here for 3 or 4 months, but in a few weeks it will almost be a year! AHHHH!!! Kill me now! We have had some crazy times over the past year trying to find a home, but I think we have finally got everything worked out.  We put an offer in on a short sale and I think we will hear back from the bank next week. (Cross your fingers and pray for us).  If everything goes well, we could be in the house in less than a month. OMGosh!! I can't even remember what it's like to live on our own or have our own house/space and things.  I can't wait. Once we move, we will have lived with my parents longer than we ever lived together as married couple. HOW SAD! (bonus is we have been able to save save save!)

Look at me rambling on and on.  I really do need to get back to work!! Have a great day!  I'll post about our Crossfit workout and anything else exciting tomorrow!

QA:
Have you ever lived with your parents or in super tight quarters?
Do you like things organized or disorganized?