Yesterday morning at the hospital where I worked they offered some free health screens. I had wanted to have my glucose checked and my cholesterol so I went. Here are the results:
Cholesterol 253 (should be less than 200)
Glucose 136 (should be between 70-90)
Blood pressure 133/86 (first time I have ever been high-usually I am low)
BMI 38.8 -OBESE (should be between 18.5 amd 24.9)
They weighed me at 205 I weighed myself at 202 this morning.
This is all devistating to me.
I feel way overwhelmed by my health or lack there of.
My husband said that if you continue to lose weight those numbers should get better.
IN OTHER NEWS
This past Saturday we went home to WI for our families annual sledding party. My brother and his son, my other brother, my sister and her family and Scott, Bella and me. We had a nice time sledding on the hill at the High School but it was sure snowing. Our potluck Fondue was fun, I really liked the caramel peanut butter fondue I made. We ended up spending the night and then going out to see my mom at the nursing home on Sunday. The roads were terrible, very icy with drifting blowing snow. Between Dodgeville and Madison we saw lots of cars in the ditch and I never got up to the speed limit the whole time. We stopped for gas, windshield washer and lunch in Madison. Between Madison and Beloit it was also icy on the interstate and again lots of cars in the ditch some even turned over. We did make it home safely. We washed all our clothes as they smelled like smoke from being at my dads. Yesterday we realized that we must have left Bella's snow pants at my dads.
My mom did not really look very well, still very puffy and she looked tired and old. She was sleeping when we got there and then we only stayed a short time and then she went down to lunch. My mom's glucose was over 400 on Sunday.
Not much else to report now that we are back to the work week. I am still on the policy project. I am off on Thursday so I can go out to lunch with Scott.
Have a great day.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
TGIF
Well here it is the last day of the work week.
Last weekend was pretty good for us. Bella had Ice Skating on Saturday morning and she is doing so much better at her lessons and she really likes them. Bella was very disappointed that the ground hog saw his shadow and it means 6 more weeks of winter. It was pretty cloudy here so I am surprised he saw his shadow. I did not feel like doing much on Saturday afternoon so I didn't. On Sunday I worked very hard on cleaning our basement so that I would have a spot to work out. Sunday night was the super bowl. We had chicken wings and taco dip and watched the game. We were very happy that the NY Giants won. Which means that the last team to beat the Packers ended up being superbowl champions. I was not overly impressed by the commercials. I did like the Bud commercials. Pepsi's commercial with Justim Timberlake was annoying.
Monday was good except that I found out that summer camp sign up was Monday and not Tuesday like I thought and they were full. I put Bella on the waiting list but it doesn't look good. I am checking into the Y now.
Tuesday was super Tuesday and their was a primary here in IL I did not go to the polls. Obama won in IL which is his home state. I would not vote for him primarily because I don't like his stand on Immigration. Tuesday it started to snow here. They were predicting 12" of snow. They were canceling Tuesday night events right and left. They did not however cancel swim lessons (even thought they canceled the week before because it was so cold and I did not know it until we got there). We started out going the way we usually do and then for some reason we couldn't go any farther. I assume there was and accident although we could not see it. I turned around and wanted to just go home but Bella is whining in the back seat about not having lessons two weeks in a row so I drove down Riverside and we made it fine. There were very few students a class. It was still snowing when we left but not quite a hard so we went ahead and did our usual grocery shopping-we were out of milk so I needed to stop somewhere. We got home in time to see a good portion of the Biggest loser.
Wednesday was a snow day for both Bella and I. I didn't have anything pressing at work to do and I would have only been able to work part of the day as I would have had to come home to watch Bella when Scott left for work. Both the attorneys I work for drive quite a distance so they did not make it in either. I made a pot of Chili and some oatmeal cookies. Scott started the driveway, but the snow blower stopped working and he went to work and left me home to shovel the whole driveway myself. Bella went out with me for awhile and then she got cold and went in. It took me 3 hours to clear the driveway and the sidewalk. While I was outside 2 people got stuck at the corner, the plow went down East Drive 3 times but not down our street at all. Some fool was out riding his bike in the snow and the police came down our street to ticket anyone parked on the street during a snow emergency and the mailman managed to make it to our house. When I got done I went in immediately and took a very hot shower, I was afraid I would be very stiff and sore but I wasn't except that my hands ache. I think it stopped snowing around 6:30 and they plowed our street about 7:30 and plowed a huge pile of snow at the end of the driveway. Scott had to stay late at work because their third shift person called in and they were very busy! Scott got through the snow pile at the end of our driveway when he got home but I got stuck backing out to go to work on Wednesday morning. I think we got about 14" of snow. My MIL called from Hawaii yesterday and left a message that they had heard we had a lot of snow, but since no one was home must have gotten out.
Thursday we were all back to work and school as usual. I was busy at work all day with Policy stuff and our monthly staff meeting. I brought most of the cookies to work and they were gone by lunch time.
Tonight I will get my fondue ready for Saturday and get us packed up so we can go to Wisconsin tomorrow morning for our families annual sledding party. I also made our summer vacation plans for August in Northern Wisconsin this week so I am excited about that.
I did not exercise at all this week. I am so lazy-I expect that I burned up a lot of calories shoveling right? I haven't been weighing myself as my husband bought a new scale but he can't figure out how to make it work and he threw out the old one. I really don't need a scale to tell me percent body fat I just want to know how much I weigh.
The new Michaels store is opening near me this weekend and they are giving away a cricut machine. I really want one of these but can't afford one. Maybe I will get lucky.
Have a great weekend!
Last weekend was pretty good for us. Bella had Ice Skating on Saturday morning and she is doing so much better at her lessons and she really likes them. Bella was very disappointed that the ground hog saw his shadow and it means 6 more weeks of winter. It was pretty cloudy here so I am surprised he saw his shadow. I did not feel like doing much on Saturday afternoon so I didn't. On Sunday I worked very hard on cleaning our basement so that I would have a spot to work out. Sunday night was the super bowl. We had chicken wings and taco dip and watched the game. We were very happy that the NY Giants won. Which means that the last team to beat the Packers ended up being superbowl champions. I was not overly impressed by the commercials. I did like the Bud commercials. Pepsi's commercial with Justim Timberlake was annoying.
Monday was good except that I found out that summer camp sign up was Monday and not Tuesday like I thought and they were full. I put Bella on the waiting list but it doesn't look good. I am checking into the Y now.
Tuesday was super Tuesday and their was a primary here in IL I did not go to the polls. Obama won in IL which is his home state. I would not vote for him primarily because I don't like his stand on Immigration. Tuesday it started to snow here. They were predicting 12" of snow. They were canceling Tuesday night events right and left. They did not however cancel swim lessons (even thought they canceled the week before because it was so cold and I did not know it until we got there). We started out going the way we usually do and then for some reason we couldn't go any farther. I assume there was and accident although we could not see it. I turned around and wanted to just go home but Bella is whining in the back seat about not having lessons two weeks in a row so I drove down Riverside and we made it fine. There were very few students a class. It was still snowing when we left but not quite a hard so we went ahead and did our usual grocery shopping-we were out of milk so I needed to stop somewhere. We got home in time to see a good portion of the Biggest loser.
Wednesday was a snow day for both Bella and I. I didn't have anything pressing at work to do and I would have only been able to work part of the day as I would have had to come home to watch Bella when Scott left for work. Both the attorneys I work for drive quite a distance so they did not make it in either. I made a pot of Chili and some oatmeal cookies. Scott started the driveway, but the snow blower stopped working and he went to work and left me home to shovel the whole driveway myself. Bella went out with me for awhile and then she got cold and went in. It took me 3 hours to clear the driveway and the sidewalk. While I was outside 2 people got stuck at the corner, the plow went down East Drive 3 times but not down our street at all. Some fool was out riding his bike in the snow and the police came down our street to ticket anyone parked on the street during a snow emergency and the mailman managed to make it to our house. When I got done I went in immediately and took a very hot shower, I was afraid I would be very stiff and sore but I wasn't except that my hands ache. I think it stopped snowing around 6:30 and they plowed our street about 7:30 and plowed a huge pile of snow at the end of the driveway. Scott had to stay late at work because their third shift person called in and they were very busy! Scott got through the snow pile at the end of our driveway when he got home but I got stuck backing out to go to work on Wednesday morning. I think we got about 14" of snow. My MIL called from Hawaii yesterday and left a message that they had heard we had a lot of snow, but since no one was home must have gotten out.
Thursday we were all back to work and school as usual. I was busy at work all day with Policy stuff and our monthly staff meeting. I brought most of the cookies to work and they were gone by lunch time.
Tonight I will get my fondue ready for Saturday and get us packed up so we can go to Wisconsin tomorrow morning for our families annual sledding party. I also made our summer vacation plans for August in Northern Wisconsin this week so I am excited about that.
I did not exercise at all this week. I am so lazy-I expect that I burned up a lot of calories shoveling right? I haven't been weighing myself as my husband bought a new scale but he can't figure out how to make it work and he threw out the old one. I really don't need a scale to tell me percent body fat I just want to know how much I weigh.
The new Michaels store is opening near me this weekend and they are giving away a cricut machine. I really want one of these but can't afford one. Maybe I will get lucky.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, February 1, 2008
A NEW DAY
Here in Northern Illinois we woke up to several more inches of snowy white this morning, not enough to cancel school however. Its pretty and it is warmer here-26 degrees. Earlier this week we had wind chills that put us 35 degrees below zero so this is a heat wave. I don’t really mind the snow so much, I don’t like to drive in that much especially after Bella and I ended up in the ditch a couple years ago. What does bug me are people who don’t clean the snow off their cars. Here they are driving down the road with 5” of new snow on the car roof, hood and trunk, if you are lucky they have cleaned off the windshield and back window, but sometimes they have just cleared off a patch. How can these people see? How can that be safe? The snow on their car is now blowing off on to mine.
Speaking of safety yesterday driving to work I noticed that the lady in the front passenger side of the vehicle next to me was breast feeding. Babies in vehicles need to be secured in a car seat! It is the law! Can you imagine what would have happened if that vehicle had been in an accident? I don’t understand people who don’t care for their children more than that.
Today is WEAR RED DAY-Are you wearing red?-I am. This is sponsored by the American Heart Association to help raise women’s awareness of cardiovascular disease and empower women to reduce their risk.
Tomorrow is Ground Hog’s Day. Bella has been learning about this in kindergarten. She will tell you she is excited about Ground Hogs Day and doesn’t want him to see his shadow because that will mean spring is on the way. I asked her what was so great about spring and she said you can wear short sleeved shirts and short sleeved pants. She is so funny. They are having a Ground Hog Day ceremony at Klehm Arboretum tomorrow but it is at 10:45 and we don’t get done with Ice Skating until 10:30 so we could not make it.
I have a CD that has 100 reasons to lose 100 pounds. Reason #1 To Feel Good About yourself. I don’t feel really good about myself knowing how overweight I am, how hard it is to find clothes that look good and never wanting to put on a bathing suit.
I plan to list one of these reasons pretty regularly so check back to see.
Yesterday when I was talking about my health issues I forgot to mention one other thing and that is that I have the driest skin this side of the Mississippi! Last night I just itched everywhere. The amount of skin I have to cove all my fat is so much that I cannot imagine putting on enough lotion so I don’t.
Finally from my Focus Your Day-Talks about not being alone in your problems. I am sure that I am not alone as an obese, lack of energy, dry skin, incontinence, heart burn lack of faith person, but I sure wish I knew someone who was too.
Speaking of safety yesterday driving to work I noticed that the lady in the front passenger side of the vehicle next to me was breast feeding. Babies in vehicles need to be secured in a car seat! It is the law! Can you imagine what would have happened if that vehicle had been in an accident? I don’t understand people who don’t care for their children more than that.
Today is WEAR RED DAY-Are you wearing red?-I am. This is sponsored by the American Heart Association to help raise women’s awareness of cardiovascular disease and empower women to reduce their risk.
Tomorrow is Ground Hog’s Day. Bella has been learning about this in kindergarten. She will tell you she is excited about Ground Hogs Day and doesn’t want him to see his shadow because that will mean spring is on the way. I asked her what was so great about spring and she said you can wear short sleeved shirts and short sleeved pants. She is so funny. They are having a Ground Hog Day ceremony at Klehm Arboretum tomorrow but it is at 10:45 and we don’t get done with Ice Skating until 10:30 so we could not make it.
I have a CD that has 100 reasons to lose 100 pounds. Reason #1 To Feel Good About yourself. I don’t feel really good about myself knowing how overweight I am, how hard it is to find clothes that look good and never wanting to put on a bathing suit.
I plan to list one of these reasons pretty regularly so check back to see.
Yesterday when I was talking about my health issues I forgot to mention one other thing and that is that I have the driest skin this side of the Mississippi! Last night I just itched everywhere. The amount of skin I have to cove all my fat is so much that I cannot imagine putting on enough lotion so I don’t.
Finally from my Focus Your Day-Talks about not being alone in your problems. I am sure that I am not alone as an obese, lack of energy, dry skin, incontinence, heart burn lack of faith person, but I sure wish I knew someone who was too.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
JANUARY
Well here it is the last day of January and this is only my fourth post for the month. I have lots to say as always but not ambition to do it. This blog is supposed to chronicle my struggles with the scale and I guess I am not blogging about it because I have pretty much refused to struggle with the scale this month.
I know, I know NEW YEAR, NEW YOU and all that but I am not a New Me I am the same old fat girl I was last year with the same old hand ups, excuses and lack of ambition.
No, I have not ignored my scale this month and in fact I am down to 201 pounds-How I am not sure, but I long to be below 200 pounds!
We have some fitness equipment at the hospital where I work and I cost $15 per month to use it. I thought I would sign up for that and do the treadmill for 30 minutes on my lunch. My work out bag has been sitting under my desk for at least 2 weeks and I have not been down there to even sign up yet.
I have been doing the slim fast shakes for breakfast and lunch and it is going ok except I do eat a regular lunch or a bowl a cereal for breakfast one in awhile. It is not so much that I get hungry it is more that I want to eat something. We will see if I can refocus that effort in February.
I have not been working out with Billy despite the fact that I got the new DVDs I wanted for Christmas. I usually exercise on the sun porch but it has just been too cold! It is hard to roll out of a nice warm bed to exercise in a deep freeze. I could exercise in my basement if I could just clear away some of the Crap! But I am sure not motivated to do that either. I have worked down there some but it is a real mess. I have lots of stuff I don’t know what to do with. I probably should just junk it all.
Ultimately it is not only about the number on the scale for me. I really do not feel well most days and I think it is related to being obese. I have had quite a few problems with heartburn or acid reflux. Both of which my doctor tells me would get better if I lost weight. I did take prilosec OTC for the 2 weeks around the Holidays and it was nice to have that daily problem. Since then it has not been nearly as bad as before.
I also have a cough that has been hanging around for a year or so. My family and friends always comment on it. I think it is much better these days. I know it is better when I have less heart burn. No, it is not bronchitis.
I have a slight incontinence problem as well usually when I sneeze or cough hard. It is really annoying. My husband thinks it is funny-HA –HA. They tell me this too will probably get better if I lost weight.
Additionally I do not know what is up with my period. It is still pretty regular but the cramps and headache that accompany it seem to be getting worse. This whole thing is really annoying, I call my period the “Grand Illusionist” because all my life it comes regularly giving the Illusion that you could get pregnant when in reality we know in my case that is not true. Although it was never definitely determined why we could not conceive their best guess is advanced maternal age which translates to me being Too OLD!
I am tired, or maybe lazy or both. I just do not feel like doing much except watch TV at night. I do get Bella to story time and Swim lessons and I am still doing the grocery shopping and housework etc (please note that my husband does a lot to help me with these things).
Am I stressed? Well maybe a little, work is going pretty well and Scott and I are getting along better, my mother-in-law is in Hawaii for a month, but I am still worried about my daughter’s behavior at school, wondering what I did wrong and what I can do to rectify the situation. I have lost touch with one of my friends and am afraid it will happen to other friends. Our family’s annual sledding party has not happened because we can’t see to set a date and when I spoke to my sister S about it she said none of the proposed dates worked for her family but it “didn’t matter” well it does matter. We started this annual event in 2001 and have had one every year. Part of the reason we started it is that we knew as we all got older and had families of our own we would not always be able to get together at Christmas (and we don’t) we would have this event so we could all be together. So it does matter and S did not even respond to the email that those dates didn’t work I only know because I called her. Last year we had it but my brother D and his family bailed out at the last very rude minute and now S says it doesn’t matter. I want Bella to have memories of this event like all my siblings kids do. Bella is the youngest Grand child my parents have and now that they have Great-grand kids they could care less about Bella and it pisses me off. So while it is normally my job, spouse or MIL that stress me out now it is friends and family and I just can’t deal with the rejection I feel from these sources.
Finally to top it all off I don’t know where I am on my faith journey, in fact I am more sure that the journey has stopped and I don’t know how to start it again or even if I should.
All in all I know the problems I face daily are probably minimal in comparison with what some others deal with, but they sure seem insurmountable to me today.
Here is to a better February and the hope of spring!
I know, I know NEW YEAR, NEW YOU and all that but I am not a New Me I am the same old fat girl I was last year with the same old hand ups, excuses and lack of ambition.
No, I have not ignored my scale this month and in fact I am down to 201 pounds-How I am not sure, but I long to be below 200 pounds!
We have some fitness equipment at the hospital where I work and I cost $15 per month to use it. I thought I would sign up for that and do the treadmill for 30 minutes on my lunch. My work out bag has been sitting under my desk for at least 2 weeks and I have not been down there to even sign up yet.
I have been doing the slim fast shakes for breakfast and lunch and it is going ok except I do eat a regular lunch or a bowl a cereal for breakfast one in awhile. It is not so much that I get hungry it is more that I want to eat something. We will see if I can refocus that effort in February.
I have not been working out with Billy despite the fact that I got the new DVDs I wanted for Christmas. I usually exercise on the sun porch but it has just been too cold! It is hard to roll out of a nice warm bed to exercise in a deep freeze. I could exercise in my basement if I could just clear away some of the Crap! But I am sure not motivated to do that either. I have worked down there some but it is a real mess. I have lots of stuff I don’t know what to do with. I probably should just junk it all.
Ultimately it is not only about the number on the scale for me. I really do not feel well most days and I think it is related to being obese. I have had quite a few problems with heartburn or acid reflux. Both of which my doctor tells me would get better if I lost weight. I did take prilosec OTC for the 2 weeks around the Holidays and it was nice to have that daily problem. Since then it has not been nearly as bad as before.
I also have a cough that has been hanging around for a year or so. My family and friends always comment on it. I think it is much better these days. I know it is better when I have less heart burn. No, it is not bronchitis.
I have a slight incontinence problem as well usually when I sneeze or cough hard. It is really annoying. My husband thinks it is funny-HA –HA. They tell me this too will probably get better if I lost weight.
Additionally I do not know what is up with my period. It is still pretty regular but the cramps and headache that accompany it seem to be getting worse. This whole thing is really annoying, I call my period the “Grand Illusionist” because all my life it comes regularly giving the Illusion that you could get pregnant when in reality we know in my case that is not true. Although it was never definitely determined why we could not conceive their best guess is advanced maternal age which translates to me being Too OLD!
I am tired, or maybe lazy or both. I just do not feel like doing much except watch TV at night. I do get Bella to story time and Swim lessons and I am still doing the grocery shopping and housework etc (please note that my husband does a lot to help me with these things).
Am I stressed? Well maybe a little, work is going pretty well and Scott and I are getting along better, my mother-in-law is in Hawaii for a month, but I am still worried about my daughter’s behavior at school, wondering what I did wrong and what I can do to rectify the situation. I have lost touch with one of my friends and am afraid it will happen to other friends. Our family’s annual sledding party has not happened because we can’t see to set a date and when I spoke to my sister S about it she said none of the proposed dates worked for her family but it “didn’t matter” well it does matter. We started this annual event in 2001 and have had one every year. Part of the reason we started it is that we knew as we all got older and had families of our own we would not always be able to get together at Christmas (and we don’t) we would have this event so we could all be together. So it does matter and S did not even respond to the email that those dates didn’t work I only know because I called her. Last year we had it but my brother D and his family bailed out at the last very rude minute and now S says it doesn’t matter. I want Bella to have memories of this event like all my siblings kids do. Bella is the youngest Grand child my parents have and now that they have Great-grand kids they could care less about Bella and it pisses me off. So while it is normally my job, spouse or MIL that stress me out now it is friends and family and I just can’t deal with the rejection I feel from these sources.
Finally to top it all off I don’t know where I am on my faith journey, in fact I am more sure that the journey has stopped and I don’t know how to start it again or even if I should.
All in all I know the problems I face daily are probably minimal in comparison with what some others deal with, but they sure seem insurmountable to me today.
Here is to a better February and the hope of spring!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Can't cope
Did you ever have one of those days where you felt you just couldn't cope. It is one of those days for me and it is way more than the Packers losing there super Bowl bid by a field goal in overtime.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
TWO THINGS
I have a couple of things I wanted to get out.
One: My girlfriend Julie is missing! Our Christmas card to her this year was returned as undeliverable. I then tried her phone number and it was not in service. She use to work at the Lands' End State Street store so I called there and they said she hasn't worked there for a couple of years. What happened to her? This is really bothering me as I feel it is my fault for not keeping in touch. I met Julie when we both worked in the sample room at Lands' End. We hit it off and would go to movies, out to eat shopping etc. She is a divorced, very opinionated, animal lover. She was never one to call you to do anything but usually game to go if you invited her. I enjoyed her company. I don't really think she thought I should marry Scott and not that she did not like him, but that marriage was not for her and therefore it should not be for me. Then I did something even worse I adopted a child. Julie was never overly fond of Kids. She met Bella once. I feel guilty because I think that I should have made more of an effort to stay in touch. I afterall am the one who left Lands' End and moved to another state. I miss my friends in Wisconsin a lot. I do see Lorretta and Pat but not a lot of the other girls I was friends with. I could have called or written more or even visited. I am at a lost on how to track her down-who knew I knew so little about her. I don't know if Anderson is her married or maiden name. Her mom was in a nursing home in Madison, but since Julie quit her job and moved it has me thinking that her mom died, or maybe they moved somewhere together. She had a brother but I can't remember where he lived. I am just frustrated and sad and sure I will never be in touch again.
Two: Scott's sister-in-law Vikki breast feeds their daughter Gabrielle, (she breast fed all 3 girls) Bella knows this, she is observent so last night Bella had her baby doll tucked up under her shirt, telling me she was "giving my baby milk from my boob". She has it right, some babies nurse some babies are bottle fed. I explained to her that she was right but that it was inappropriate to play that way. Also on this subject Bella and I went to the Starving Artist Show this past weekend to look at paintings. They had one painting that was of a woman with one of her breasts exposed. Bella looked at the painting and turned to me and said "Thats inappropriate, right mom" I thought the guy working the show was going to die laughing.
such is my life I am mourning the loss of my missing friend and trying to navigate the waters of motherhood. No wonder I am so tired.
One: My girlfriend Julie is missing! Our Christmas card to her this year was returned as undeliverable. I then tried her phone number and it was not in service. She use to work at the Lands' End State Street store so I called there and they said she hasn't worked there for a couple of years. What happened to her? This is really bothering me as I feel it is my fault for not keeping in touch. I met Julie when we both worked in the sample room at Lands' End. We hit it off and would go to movies, out to eat shopping etc. She is a divorced, very opinionated, animal lover. She was never one to call you to do anything but usually game to go if you invited her. I enjoyed her company. I don't really think she thought I should marry Scott and not that she did not like him, but that marriage was not for her and therefore it should not be for me. Then I did something even worse I adopted a child. Julie was never overly fond of Kids. She met Bella once. I feel guilty because I think that I should have made more of an effort to stay in touch. I afterall am the one who left Lands' End and moved to another state. I miss my friends in Wisconsin a lot. I do see Lorretta and Pat but not a lot of the other girls I was friends with. I could have called or written more or even visited. I am at a lost on how to track her down-who knew I knew so little about her. I don't know if Anderson is her married or maiden name. Her mom was in a nursing home in Madison, but since Julie quit her job and moved it has me thinking that her mom died, or maybe they moved somewhere together. She had a brother but I can't remember where he lived. I am just frustrated and sad and sure I will never be in touch again.
Two: Scott's sister-in-law Vikki breast feeds their daughter Gabrielle, (she breast fed all 3 girls) Bella knows this, she is observent so last night Bella had her baby doll tucked up under her shirt, telling me she was "giving my baby milk from my boob". She has it right, some babies nurse some babies are bottle fed. I explained to her that she was right but that it was inappropriate to play that way. Also on this subject Bella and I went to the Starving Artist Show this past weekend to look at paintings. They had one painting that was of a woman with one of her breasts exposed. Bella looked at the painting and turned to me and said "Thats inappropriate, right mom" I thought the guy working the show was going to die laughing.
such is my life I am mourning the loss of my missing friend and trying to navigate the waters of motherhood. No wonder I am so tired.
Monday, January 14, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Well we are almost to the middle of January already and this is my first post in 2008. I find myself with a lot to say and no time to really write. I did get the new Tae bo workout tapes I wanted for Christmas but due to all the excuses I have ( I won't go into detail) I haven't tried them. I planned to do it this morning but set the alarm for PM insead of AM so I did not get up in time. I did NOT reach my goal of being less than 200 pounds by the end of 2007. I got down to 204.5 which is better than 213.5 which is where I was on October 1st. I have made great strides in keeping my house cleaner the past 2 weeks, as this was another goal for 2008. The hard part is harping on Scott and Bella to pick up after themselves. If we picked up and put away on a continous bases the house is not messy and last Thursday I swept and mopped and vaccumed the whole house top to bottom in about 45 min. I am getting this into a routine. I sure feel better when the house is clean and I feel more motivated to do other things like scrapbook or read or enjoy a bubble bath.
At work the new employee did not show up and when we finally got a hold of her she stated that she sent us a letter saying she was not coming but we never got it. We are back to the drawing board on this and until then the policy project continues to be mine. Yeah!
The best news of course is that the Packers one their playoff game Saturday and Dallas lost which means the Packers need to beat the Giants in Green Bay to make it to the Super Bowl. Go Green Bay!!!
At work the new employee did not show up and when we finally got a hold of her she stated that she sent us a letter saying she was not coming but we never got it. We are back to the drawing board on this and until then the policy project continues to be mine. Yeah!
The best news of course is that the Packers one their playoff game Saturday and Dallas lost which means the Packers need to beat the Giants in Green Bay to make it to the Super Bowl. Go Green Bay!!!
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