Will you Marry Me?

Handing out candy on Beggar's Night was fun with my oldest son, Larry,  and his girlfriend, Margo.

The highlight of the evening came when a young Prince Charming asked Margo to marry him.  

Not once, but twice; this charmer was not giving up.

The first time he showed up, Margo answered the door and he sweetly asked her for her hand in marriage.  

A few minutes later, when I took my turn answering the door, the young prince was on bended knee, not expecting the old lady to answer.  He says: Where is she? I am going to marry her.

Margo, you have a suitor. Larry, you better step up your game, the competition is charming.


Walking update: I did not yesterday:( I did not get up in time to walk before work; I intended to walk after I got home from my son's, but those couple of glasses of wine took their toll.

Candy Crush  Update: Completed Level 329.  What will I do with my Candy Crush time if I finish the game???

Boo to You....

Happy Halloween for those who celebrate.

It is a busy day, so I am going to make this post short, like me:)

I hope the rain stops.  I am planning on heading to my son's to pass out candy to the kids in his neighborhood.

For the record, I have nothing against Jehovah's Witnesses - to each their own.

But I do feel the need to share this thought (because I love Halloween so much and do not understand why anyone would keep their kids from celebrating).

Thank you someecards.

This walking business is kicking my butt...

I did not realize how out of shape I am until I started walking again.

My average time is still over 60 minutes for a 5k distance...

Ugh...

And my legs and hips are feeling every step of it...

But I am keeping with  it.

I got up early this morning and walked an hour before getting ready for work.

Not early enough apparently.

By the time I left for work, a little later than normal, traffic was so backed up that it took me twice as long to make it to the office...

So I will be working a little later, which should be ok since there are no cafes to visit (damn DeWine and co).

I did walk pretty much the same route I took yesterday in hopes of finding my keys - no such luck.

I guess I need to let my fingers do the walking for a bit and look up local Honda dealers to see where I can get the best deal on a couple of new keys.

Stay tuned.

Candy Crush update: I am now stuck on level 325 with a chance to pass one of the 6 friends who are ahead of me:)

Maybe walking is not such a good idea...

I worked from my home office (aka dining room table) today. 

I try to do work from home at least once a week.  I actually get so much more done when I work from home - laundry, vacuuming, cleaning the bathrooms (yeah, I have two just, for me). And I can yell out my frustrations without getting written up for it...unless, of course, I am teleconferencing and forget to mute before I start yelling.

Today, I decided to take a lunch break walk.  

It was nice out - too nice for the long sleeve shirt/jacket combo I was wearing.

So, I took off the jacket and tied it around my waist.

Some time during that switch - or before or after, but sometime after I walked out my door and locked it - I dropped my keys.

And of course I did not realize that I dropped my keys until I had walked 3 miles and was back at my door.

I walked another 3/4 mile looking for my keys.

I did not find them.

But once again, apartment living shines through - somewhat.

The groundskeeper let me into my apartment and maintenance immediately changed the locks on my door.

I am still short a car key.

An expensive car key; not a key to an expensive car, just an expensive key.

It will be even more expensive if some lowlifes find my keys and realize that I probably  live nearby and decide to beep themselves into my car....

But I should not worry.

This is a decent neighborhood.

At least now that the neighborhood Craig's list killer is behind bars...

Further planning to get out of my funk....

Having had such a productive weekend, I am planning future weekends accordingly...

1. Mosey out of bed no later than 9:00 AM - unless I am more than half done with the book I am reading - then just finish it...
2. Spend  2 hours or less taking care of chores...
   After two hours, just stop and go to Step 3...there is always tomorrow...
3. Spend 1 hour or more walking, biking, or dancing around the house to MeatLoaf or the Boss or Bob Seger....
4. Spend a good 2 hours working on home/side projects.
5. Spend  at least 2  hours blogging/facebooking...
6. Have have some fun with friends and famly...
7. Kick some Candy Crush butt.

Take that, funky mood!

Productivity at its' finest....

It was a good weekend....

Let me count the ways...

1. I installed a flashlight app on my phone  - and it works. I did not realize that I could use my phone as a flashlight; but now that I do and I can, I have lightened my key chain by removing the freebie AAA flashlight.  Not that it was so heavy or Mag light cumbersome, but those key chain doodads do add up.
2. I installed some of my favorite music and a music player on my phone - and it works. I am not going to lie here, as much as I like to think I am technically adept, I do scare myself at times. I have all of my classic rock greatest hits CDs copied to my hard drive and I do not want to be bothered converting them to MP3s; so I was looking for a player that plays wma files.  I found one and installed it...but when I tried to play my music, I kept getting a  NO MEDIA AVAILABLE error. Well, after a few frustrating hours, I realized it helps to select "Audio" if you want to play music files. 
3. I decided I need to lose a few pounds, so I got my hair cut.  Unfortunately hair does not weight a much as I had hoped.  But it was worth a shot.
4. I did a little work for my son's business - something he asked me to do last week, but I just could not get out of my funky mood; I have a tough time being creative when I am in a funk. (This week I hope to work on something for my daughter's business - keep that funk away!)
5. I did the usual  - laundry, picked up a bit, watched the Browns lose....
6. I installed a pedometer app on my phone; it counts time, miles, steps, and a few other things I do not really care about....
7. I tested the music app and the pedometer app yesterday and today.  The music app worked fine. I think the pedometer app is working; according to it I walked 3.74 miles  yesterday and 2.76 miles today.  I am not sure how accurate that is, because when I am walking with Meat Loaf and Bruce and Bob Seger it's like walking on air...
8. Most importantly, I decided to walk - not run - my first 5K in December; which is what prompted me to do most of the above.  I am really out of shape, so if I am gong to complete a 5K without embarrassing myself by taking 3 hours to cross the finish line, I need to train a little (ok, a lot); so I am tracking my daily time and distance with the pedometer while listening to my favorite music while sporting a shorter hair style that will not be such a pain to deal with; and hopefully I will lose a few pounds, too...win,win :)

PS...I also completed level 311 in Candy Crush and am now stuck on level 318...