Hi Friends,
Sorry I have been MIA. I'm very overextended this fall and I'm struggling to keep all the plates spinning!
Pratima, sorry to hear about the trials with your dad and the kids! I do feel like we're moving into a whole new phase of parenting. The teenage years! I agree that dishonesty is troubling. We had an interesting incident a couple of months ago. I caught DS1 in a lie. We have always been very strict about honesty and he is usually (as far as I know) very honest, but he lied about something--can't remember what but it doesn't matter.
Anyway, it was the weekend we were away at my cousin's wedding. He was staying with a neighbor friend. The next door neighbor told me she heard fireworks being let off in our yard and assumed it was DS1 and the friends with whom he was staying. I asked him about it and he denied it. I believed him just from the look on his face. Turns out it was another neighbor. It ended up being a good thing because I told him do you see how important it is to be honest? I need to be able to trust you at your word, and it had an impact on him.
Anyway, they might still lie, but I think we have to continue to beat the drum of telling the truth!
So what else is new... I finished the weight loss program I was on. I lost 10ish pounds. I wanted to lose 20, but at least it was a start. I think I have gained back a couple of pounds, so I have to work on that. Honestly, it has been so hard to lose anything. I will continue to try, but I'm sort of exhausted by it all.
Things with the business are going ok. I donated a two hour consultation to a charity auction--it's the therapeutic riding barn where DS2 rides. So far there are three bids, so that's nice! I hope it goes for at least it's value.
My website will hopefully go live today or tomorrow.
Other than that, nothing much is new. I've done some yoga (Ultimate Yogi--good 'practices' as they say, but sooo looooong.) And barre3. Either those are getting harder or I'm getting weaker.
I'm praying we finally start getting some nice fall weather. It was so yucky and humid still yesterday.
Hope you guys are doing well!
Tonya, how are your knees?