40 in 40.

Running hasn't been going well.  I honestly don't have time this year since Paul has class until 11:50pm or 9:30 each night.  I tried during work which worked until I had to run 10 milers on Wednesdays and I was away from my desk like 2+ hours. Then I got really dehydrated (which really isn't good by the way - I really had no idea how bad it was!) so whatever.  While I haven't decided if I'm going to run the marathon I do know that 1. if I do run it I will not be fast.  I will finish but it might take me 6 hours and I'm fine with that (sort of, OK maybe not - I'm not really a half ass type of person - more of an all or nothing type of person.).  2. I need to take care better care of myself.  I am always last on my list of take care of's and running 17 miles after not drinking any water for three days isn't good.  So, to fill my void of achievements I decided to "spring" clean my house -  YES, we have gotten 12 inches of new snow in the past week and its APril 23rd but whatever - spring will come and I may as well clean now so I can garden later, right?  I decided that I would get rid of 40 garbage bags of "stuff" in my house.  Toys, clothes, garbage, junk, etc.  Today, I'm 23 days in and 34 bags and I love it!  After this weekend I should hit 40 and I'm pretty proud of that :)  I donated 11 bags of clothes yesterday to a place called Josephs Coat which is a place people in need can go to get free clothes - I felt so great when I dropped them off.  They get them free.  FREE!  While I was emptying my car a man came up to me and asked if I had any mens dress shoes in my car.  I would have LOVED to give him some but I didn't have any :(  Hopefully he will wear something of Paul's next time he goes there to get some clothes.  That guy wanted dress shoes so he could get a job.  How awesome is that?  He was a great guy. 

So 40 bags in 40 days.  My house is empty.  Everything has a place.  There are no more messes, no more bins of stuff I don't know whats in them.  No more extra computers (we had three!), no more Xbox, old cell phones, McDonalds toys, etc.  No more bowls I never use or forks I don't like or anything in my pantry or fridge that we can't use in the next week.  Speaking of the next week, I found enough food that I also don't need to go shopping at Target this week - saving us hundreds of dollars.  Here is my menu:

Yesterday:  Beef stew I had made earlier this winter and frozen.  Bam, done.

tonight:  Chicken and Planko nuggets.  We had two half boxes of planko so some were lemon pepper, some italian.  I also had half a bag of broccoli so we had that and a can peaches.  Perfect.  Done.

Tomorrow:  Its Wine Wednesday so it has to be something quick so we can get to my wine :)  Hamburger and Rice hotdish. Paul hates it but he can have leftovers.  Easy.  Done.

Thursday.  "Silly Supper" (aka Pancakes for dinner).  Yup.  w/ Eggs and bacon.  Yum (and yes, done).

Friday:  I don't know Friday yet (not done) - it will come though and it will be out of my pantry/freezer because I am having a Target-less week!  Except for Milk, shoot, I might have to get milk.  Thats fine. 

Ann, I saw a picture of your house today and all I could do was stare at your green grass!  I can't wait until we can see ours again.  Its supposed to be warm this weekend so I'm sure it'll be mostly gone by then.  ITs getting a little annoying.

Take care, have a great week!