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Make Over Your Mornings by Crystal Paine.

I need to work through Crystal’s Make Over Your Evenings Course as well as her Make Over Your Year one again.

She really does give you everything you need to get started.

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There is a video for every day.

Her first lesson is free.

FROM SARAH : Wriiten a few years ago.

Jami Belmont of Young Wife’s Guide is doing Make Over Your Mornings. She started it in a Facebook group this week.

I have gone through it once before, last January. Skipping around and not totally working through it.

All the pages from the workbook were printed out. But never filled in.

I wasn’t feeling all that great then. Tired and restless. I should have worked it then..All of it.

So for the next 2 weeks, I am going through it with Jami. You all, will be my accountability partners.

Danny just blows off anything to do with my blog….. my internet activites…. unless it has to do with trains.

Only part of the setup we have now.

I.will also be working through this course again starting on August 29, when Heidi Marahell. Hoping to really dig deep then. There are so many resources out there on morning routines. Evening routines. I read everything.

Anawins Blog

Morning Motivated Mom’s

Evening Routine

Morning Motivated Mom
Our schedule is crazy. Danny and I are both LATE LATE NIGHTERS. ( Which is good for us as a couple). We love to stay up late and sleep in late.

His late field days and the 5 days he is off every other week allows us to do this.

Danny manages getting up early 6 AM because he sleeps so soundly the few hours he has at night.Plus, in the summer months , especially, he takes long naps when he gets home from work.

I, on the other hand, don’t ever sleep well at night. Or I should say, I seldom , EVER sleep well, if I sleep at all.

I am an insomniac.

I am also at my best emotionally and physically at night. Even when I am in a lupus flair.

So I have learned to sleep when I can, for as long as I can.

So why am I working through Making Over Your Morning Course?

Because I need to learn to make the best of them. To enjoy them.

To make use of my quiet mornings by myself.

For Bible Study. In-depth Bible Study most days.

In the early mornings when Danny has to get up at 6 AM Or more accurately, when his alarm goes off at 6AM. He does not just get up.

No, the alarm goes off for at least 2 more times. If not 3 or 4.

That IRRITATES me to no end. I hate alarms.

Most mornings, if I am in bed , I get up before it goes off. Or as soon as it goes off the first time. I won’t lay around.

So I get up and I function on automatic pilot.

Mornings are easy for me because I have done everything the night before. (Except FOR THE DISHES) . They are rinsed well and stacked neatly.

I am working on this. I am getting better.

I love on Mr. Bojangles. Make sure he and the rabbit have plenty of water. The rabbit is in the kitchen for the summer.

Bible Study in the kitchen before Danny gets up.

The coffee is already made for Danny. I try NOT TO LET THE SMELL GAG ME.

I get his lunch out of the refrigerator and into his lunch box. Along with his drinks.

Next Bible Study until Danny gets up.

I stop everything when Danny first comes in to grab his coffee.

I stop it again when he comes in dress for work we visit as he is getting his boots on. His belt. Etc.

A kiss and he is off.

If I am not feeling well or really exhausted, I go back to bed. Then get up when I am ready to.

On good mornings like today, I continue my Bible study. Then I start on this course. I often take photos of the sun coming up. Of the glow from the lights in the early morning hours.

Me this morning.

I’ve moved into the living room where I can watch the sun come up. Watch the construction crew drive past..

The work radio is on..

The day has begun.

Happy Wednesday From Rolling Meadows Ranch And Our Neck Of The Woods.

LOVE

SARAH

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Happy October 1st/ What Happened To September?

Our Vacation is nearing the end. We have 2 full days left and 2 partial.
I am not ready to go back to real life. I haven’t been happy with park life in a long time. Not really sure how I am going to face the endless days there. I haven’t had nearly as much Family Time with Danny as I needed. At least he hasn’t been able to hole up in a room and shut me out like he does at home.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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Sunday In Avon Park

***Danny’s New Video Is OUT.***
***This is a slideshow Presentation. Totally different than his other one I shared.***
***Watch, Like And Subscribe***
***Comment***

https://youtu.be/V_00R4XYyys

The Moscow Metro System
Watch the video, Please. At least part of it.
Like It.
It really helps.
Danny and I need to make this work. Our Retirement Money. (Well, some of it. LOL)

The Old Depot Museum In Avon Park.
Silver Meteor 98
Out Of Miami. Headed To New York.
Wish we were.
LOL

I am loving my early mornings here.
I AM NOT AN EARLY MORNING PERSON.

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Danny needs to mow but it may not get done. It has poured every day. He was also working late field all week. We leave tomorrow morning. I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR HIME TO MOW.

It’s a rainy day here on Rolling Meadows Ranch. Danny is at Lake Kissimmee State Park working late field. I can’t wait until he actually pulls out of the park tonight. He will officially be on vacation.
He really NEEDS TO MOW but I am HOPING HE BLOWS IT OFF THIS TIME.
We need to leave here by 9 AM to catch the first Amtrak coming out of Sebring. It should be in Avon Park shortly after 11:25 AM.
We don’t want to miss even one of them.
This was an unexpected 2 week vacation. One that won’t happen again for MONTHS. Covid 19 and the flu will be hitting harder, here, shortly. So will all of the colds. Neither of can handle being sick again.
I have never really recovered getting sick in January and February. I still have virtually, no sense of smell or taste.

It’s been a relaxing day so far but it will be a busy one tonight as I get ready for our trip.
Two Weeks. That’s unheard of for BOTH of US.

***THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WOULD BE BETTER***

EVEN BETTER

OUR VIEW OF Lake Tulane

Sebring (also known as the Old Sebring Seaboard Air Line Depot and the Seaboard Air Line Passenger Station) is a train station in Sebring, Florida, United States. It is currently served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Located on East Center Avenue, the station was constructed in 1924 by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Approaching the transfer of passenger services to Amtrak, the station was used by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad for the Silver Meteor, Silver Star and the Palmland. The latter train ended in 1971, while the Silver Meteor and Silver Star remain operated by Amtrak to the present.^[6][7] Amtrak trains formerly using the station included the Floridian, Palmetto, Sunset Limited and the short-lived intrastate Tampa-Miami Silver Palm service.

On March 16, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

I am also looking forward to delivery. I am missing eating at a restaurant but until it is safe again, DELIVERY is my favorite word.
We don’t get delivery in OUR NECK OF THE WOODS AND ROLLING MEADOWS RANCH.
As much as I love to cook, On my vacation, I want to eat all of the foods I normally can’t.
(These also include the NON -Keto TYPES.)
I want Mexican And SUSHI.
Lots of it.
Danny wants BBQ.
We both love Pazzano’s and they deliver there.

We both want fried chicken.

What am I most wanting to do?

We NEED to VIDEO TAPE THE TRAINS AND THE DEPOTS. We are both excited about that.
I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO EAT…LOTS.

I WANT GREAT AC.
WE BOTH WANT THE EXTREMELY GOOD INTERNET WE SHOULD GET THERE.
THE DATA DHOULD BE GREAT ON ALL OF OUR PHONES.

We both look forward to drinks out on the porch. Relaxing mornings and long quiet evenings.

BUT, WHAT DO I REALLY WANT?
NEED?
TIME WITH DANNY.
QUALITY TIME .

I WANT ROMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT TO CUDDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Danny just texted. There are still 2 cars WITHOUT THEIR HANDTAGS in DAY USE. It’s closing time.
I need to get off of here.
Love and Hugs,

SARAH

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Getting Past The Arguments/ Day 16 Of My Health And Wellness Challenge

I am having a hard time getting past the constant arguments from the past few days.
Danny can just shrug them off and continue with whatever he is doing. I have never been able to do that. Oh, I will try and act like I am ok but I am a long way from OKAY!
Not in the mood to write more right now but wanted to keep my promise to write something everyday.

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Having A Positive Mindset Is Helping / Vacation News

Ever since I accepted Neisha Loves It’s September challenge, my mood over all has been better. More positive. Less negative.
I am working really hard on it.
It’s been easier getting up and getting things done.
I am not as ready to tear into Danny when he says or does something that bothers me. I still comment on it more than I should. I am trying to level out my tone.
Saying that :
Danny and I just had a huge BLOW UP. Over what was a simple misunderstanding. HUGE. I was doing really well until he made a comment on how I speak.
I don’t always use the right words.
Once I said dumpsters meaning trash cans.
I am really not even sure if in this case,it was me who was wrong.
It doesn’t matter.
I kept quiet until he made fun of me for whatever it is I said Or he thought I said.
I am not sure I will ever be able to sit still when I am made fun of for my speech.
He made fun of me and I EXPLODED.
Until a few years ago, I had never really argued or got upset with anyone.
If I did, I was calm about it. Unless someone did something to Bobby or another child. The Momma Bear will always fight back.

What’s really bad, is after this happens, I feel stupid for saying whatever it is I said.
In this case: Both phrases are used interchangeably. I looked it up.
Yet, I still feel as if I did something wrong.
(I am not talking about my blowing up, because that was wrong).

NOW I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF THIS MOOD.

It’s hard for me to come back after we ARGUE/FIGHT. I usually apologize even if I don’t feel like I said Or said anything wrong.
I try and take full responsibility for my part. It’s really hard to do when I don’t feel as if I did anything wrong.
I can’t just shake it off.
Danny already has.

I am so Excited about out upcoming VACATION. We haven’t more than a few days in a long time.
A REAL VACATION and doing it with masks social distancing.

A WIN! WIN!

I spend most of the last 2 weeks searching places to stay near Avon Park and Sebring, Florida. Both towns are a short distance from the park and where we live. Yet, A world away. No work radios for one. No running to the park whenever someone needs something. No mail run to the park.
Until Friday, I didn’t know if Danny would get the time off. Yet, I was excited and looked for rentals anyway.
WOW! Have prices gone up. Not because we are entering SNOWBIRD season but because of COVID 19 and the additional cost of cleaning and supplies. Added cleaning time.
We both get that as I am sure all of you do also.
I understand the charges. If we were using Danny’s money for the trip, we would be staying home. It cost me an additional $500 hundred dollars than back in March when I was looking before. And March was SNOWBIRD SEASON.
The problem is: Danny hasn’t received any more pay for all the extra cleaning he has to do EVERY DAY/ ALL DAY LONG. No extra help for any of them.
Again, I know, everyone of you is facing the same thing.
Groceries and toiletries have doubled and tripled.
So what did I do. I found the perfect SPOT. The ideal RENTAL. The only thing better was if it could have been within a few feet of the railroad tracks. LOL
The rental was ONLY $90.00 a night.
(Before all of the other charges)
It is within a mile of tracks. It overlooks a LAKE. It has a huge porch.
From what everyone reported: Great AC with lots of fans. (Danny can bring his electric heater). I intend to set it lower than at home.
They claim it has LIGHTENING FAST HIGH SPEED INTERNET. 200 mbps

Anything over 10 is good for us. With Frontier we get close to 1 Mbps. Sometimes a little over. Often under.

With Viasat we get anywhere from it not working everytime it looks like rain…..to maybe 50 Mbps a few times a month. Paying a fortune for bad service. It goes out almost every day except in the winter.

Our VIEW UP CLOSE

ALL WE GET IS LIGHTNING HITTING OUR TOWER.

***How many people have a huge tower a few feet from their bedroom window.?Not doing anything.***
We do.

We have loss thousands of dollars on things inside the house. I unplug every computer and phone. when it begins to storm.

January yard of the month

Special to Highlands Sun
Jan 16, 2020

The following was copied and pasted from the Highlands Sun.

I still can’t find the before photo that I saw over the weekend. I can see why they won the award. The house was really rin down. The yard was dirt. No fence.
OLD AND RUN DOWN.
PLAIN.

“The Avon Park Founders Garden Club presented the Yard of the Month Award to, from left to right: Laura, Bill and Enrique Clay. Not pictured is Miguel Clay. The yard is at 600 S. Lake Blvd.COURTESY PHOTO

AVON PARK — Once upon a time there was a little house that dreamed of becoming a fairy tale cottage. The little house was purchased by Bill and Laura Clay a year and a half ago. Today that little house is the cottage it was meant to be.

When the Avon Park Founders Garden Club looks for a yard to present with an award, it is not only the landscape that is looked at, but the whole effect of the house and yard. The yard at 600 S. Lake Blvd., across from Lake Tulane, is enclosed with a white picket fence. Bordering the outside of the fence is blooming blue plumbago. The inside of the fence is ringed with Asiatic Jasmine. Dwarf azaleas run across the patio in front of the house. An old bicycle is painted white and leans against a tree in the front yard.

Other plants in the yard include tibichina, oleander, bird of Paradise, camillia, Royal Poinciana, Christmas palm, hibiscus, viburnum, white Mexican petunia, coleus, milkweed, desert rose and cactus. A variety of fruit trees are also in the yard — pink banana, Indian banana, pear, kumquat, limequat, papaya and lichi nut.

While Robbins Nursery was involved in planning the landscape, Bill and his sons Enrique and Miguel do the maintenance and additional planting. What makes this house a charming fairy tale cottage is the addition of “gingerbread” doors on the front.

The Avon Park Founders Garden Club presented the January Yard of the Month Award to the Clay family. Now the little house will live happily ever after.”

NOW I NEED TO FIND THE PHOTO BEFORE THE RESTORATION BEGAN.
I saw it when looking for the rental.
NOW I CAN’T FIND IT. LOL

Really excited.
We are going to Avon Park mainly to see the old depot that is now a museum.

Avon Park Historical Society
http://www.avonparkhistoricalsociety.com/

http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/107

History

“The museum was formerly the Seaboard Coastline Depot that opened in 1926. In 1981 it became a museum. In 1986 a 1948 California zephyr dining car was added. Luncheons are served for groups of 15-40 people. The building is in good condition. Outside is stuccoed, a pinkish color with white trimming. The building was built for separation of the whites and coloreds.”

Avon Park Depot Museum, Avon Park

https://www.inspirock.com/united-states/avon-park/avon-park-depot-museum-a5452806861

There is a platform right next to the museum and the tracks. Really close.

I really wanted to stay at the Historical Jacaranda Hotel but WIth Covid 19 it wasn’t a great idea. Many of the services aren’t being done right now. The restaurant is closed. I would want to sit in some of the main areas and I wouldn’t feel comfortable now. The rooms are nice. I was going to take the larger suite but it doesn’t have a refrigerator, microwave or table and chairs. Not feasible for a 2 week stay.

The Suites are on the 3rd floor with balconies. I really wanted that. We could have listened to the train whistles .

Right across the street is the Depot Restaurant.

THE FOOD PART OF OUR VACATION
First off : DELIVERY is EVERYTHING
We don’t get delivery .

I am on the lookout for SUSHI.

I saw that PIZZANOS Delivers all over Avon Park. We have one in Lake Wales that use to deliver to our front gate or to the RANGER STATION.
They aren’t doing that now.
Danny and I love Pizzanos. Especially their huge salads.

Red Lobster delivers. Or so the ad said.

Closing for now. Love and hugs , Sarah

Tag: Danny and I

Make Over Your Mornings – In Our Neck Of The Woods – Sarah’s Ramblings And Photos