School, Christmas shopping, eating in - oh my!

I haven’t blogged in awhile (you know, with normal stuff besides my random compliant posts) so I thought I’d update everyone. I don’t have much to update to be honest. It seems like I never do.

School is in full swing and I’m still adjusting. I’m having a hard time making myself be disciplined enough to sit down to do school work and I can’t seem to manage my time the best. So, after talking with Sarah about it (bless her heart, she listens to me complain non-stop), I’m going to try to do at least 1 hour of school work a night. New “work shops” are posted on Wednesday so every Wednesday night, I’m going to sit down and do at least 1 hour of homework. I think this will help me not feel so overwhelmed when Friday night rolls around and I haven’t even touched my work yet.

I did get my first workshop grade back (workshop 1 for those of you who are wondering) and I got a 94%. That made my week last week. It was a CRAPPY week too.

I started Christmas shopping this weekend. Tina and I went on Saturday to the Monroe High School craft show (lame) and then headed to Bridgewater Falls. I was able to get Sarah almost done, Bobby & Jakob started, Ben started, Cindy started and I picked up a few things for my mom. So far, I’m almost done with Sarah and Mom. I have NO idea what to get my dad or Tina. I’ll get my dad his normal undies, socks and razors…but after that, I’m pretty stumped. I was able to get him a picture of The Big Red Machine but that’s about it so far.

I can’t get over there only being 54 days to Christmas. This year has just flown by. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I was just pulling out my fall/Halloween decorations.

I’m beat. I spent almost all day yesterday working on my school paper and doing research. I was in bed by 9:30 but I’m still beat today. There really isn’t a reason except maybe my mind is tired and my eye balls kind of hurt from sitting in front of a computer all day yesterday. I still have a few things to do tonight when I get home but then I’ll be all done and hopefully before Dancing with the Stars starts.

Other updates – Sarah and I have made a pact not to eat out for 30 days. It started on Monday the 24th and so far, so good! I’ve been cooking at home and eating my leftovers (which is awesome, they usually sit in the fridge until they go bad and I have to pitch them.) I’ve been better about packing my lunch every day. 3 more weeks to go! I’m really proud of both of us so far! You don’t realize how much discipline and planning has to go into it. I just thought yesterday (while slaving over homework), "I want pizza. I’m going to order a pizza." But, instead, I made myself some lunch (frozen pierogis), for a snack I had microwave popcorn and some pretzels and for dinner I had some frozen shrimp scampi that I heated up in the skillet. (Elaine recommended these to me and they are deeee-lish over spaghetti noodles. (And with a glass of wine. :D)

I do have some exciting things happening - two girly-girls reviewing some Scentsy for me (and if they like it, they'll be hosting some giveaways on their blog), Edgewood Craft show, some time off from work (which is much needed), Thanksgiving, my birthday.....

Is everyone else ready for the holidays? What's new in your world?