TGIF ...

Finally .... the Friday before my holiday's begin! It seemed to take forever to get here but at last, my last day! I have a fairly busy week planned which kinda sucks cause I'm sure it will make my holiday's fly by! :(

Tonight we have the Street Legal races (unless they get rained out) and we were suppose to have tomorrow off but now the track management has decided to have a "fun day" from 4-7pm tomorrow night!? I wish they would have made it for longer, seems like such a waste to just go out there for three hours!? My Dad also comes home tomorrow night so we need to remember to pick him up from the airport at 9pm! Since we don't have to go to the race track till 4 on Saturday I am hoping to go do a little shopping. I decided I am going to spend my birthday money on a new "die cutter" from Michaels, it is for cutting out shapes and words for scrap booking. I also would like to make my own Christmas cards this year and use it too make cute shapes and such. I also want to make a stop at Toys R Us to try and find a kids couch that folds out into a bed. Like this one in the pic but I'm hoping to find a "Princess" one or animal print. After our dog has her surgery she will not be able to jump on the couch so I thought it would be nice to spoil her a bit and get her her very own couch that can be folded out into a bed for night time!!! :) I pre-bowled last night so that I can stay home with her Thursday night, hopefully she isn't too much of a suck! ;)

Then Sunday is more racing, it is our last weekend so I'm quite excited about that! And for the rest of my holiday's I would like to paint our new shed that we just built, clean out my flower beds and maybe clean out some cupboards. I think I might also look for some good sales on sweaters for the winter, I am absolutely freezing already and it's not even that cold out yet! I don't know what I'm going to do when it is subzero temps! I also need to start walking again and I think I will just go on the treadmill for now until the dog is healthy enough to go with me. I feel like I need to move more and get active again I just feel so ot of shape! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday

Lately I feel like I have been so lazy! Since the dog is unable to go for walks I have lost my walking partner. I suppose I could go downstairs and walk the treadmill for a while but I'm too lazy! So I just sit and watch T.V. and relax, last night was "Beauty and the Geek" and "The Biggest Loser" - both were really good. I'm OK with my weigh in this week considering I have been overly lazy lately and we had a birthday party on the weekend. For this weeks weigh in ....

Week 57 = 171.0lbs

(+0.2lbs)

Not bad ? As long as I stay in that 5lb range I am happy, although I do prefer to see the 16_# instead! I think we are going for supper tonight, to the Red Lobster. I'm not much of a seafood lover but my hubby is and they have a good grilled chicken that I usually get. I can hardly wait for this week to be over!! I start my holiday's on Friday and am excited to relax a little more and not have to worry about going into work! I plan on cleaning out my flower beds, babysitting the dog (after her surgery) and hopefully getting some visiting done! Hopefully I'll still be able to find time to blog and keep you up to date? ;)

Weekend Review

Winter is definitely quickly approaching, it has been so cold lately, maybe it's cause I have less 'insulation' but I am awful cold lately and it's not even winter yet! I think I need to go buy some nice sweaters, all the one's I have right now are much too big for me - which is nice around the house but when I go out I feel like they make me look bigger then I really am! ?

The weekend was good, racing of course all weekend - Friday was the

regular Street Legal night where anything exciting rarely happens! Saturday went fairly smooth except for when there were incidences at the oval and they had to use our ambulance so we couldn't race till the ambulance got back. After the races on Saturday we had a 50th Birthday party to attend, my in-laws neighbor who was also our photographer at our wedding. Sunday there was a power outage so we were standing around at the track waiting for the power to go back on (even though there are about 10 generators out there and we could have used one of them). I think everyone is just getting tired of being out at the race track, there is only one more weekend left of racing and then they want to have a Street Legal race on Thanksgiving Monday. Because of racing on Sunday I missed out on my girlfriends baby shower and my nephews birthday party! So, I'm hoping that while I am on holiday's next week I will be able to make a trip out to St.Albert and stop by to visit my girlfriend to see her new baby!

Today is our 2nd year anniversary!! I can't believe it's been two years already! ? It seemed to have flown by! I think we will go out for dinner sometime this week to Red Lobster, it will be a birthday/anniversary dinner combo!

TGIF

We find out today if our dog is healthy enough to handle surgery! :( Yesterday my hubby took her back to the vet to have her leg looked at again. She is still limping and doesn't like to put any weight on her leg so she holds it off the ground just a little and then it starts to shake. I wish I could have went with him cause apparently our reg doctor gave the new doctor (the one we saw last time) sh*t cause she misdiagnosed a major problem! She told us that it was just inflamed and gave us some "doggie celibrex" and told us to take it easy for 2 weeks and now this vet is telling us that those 2 weeks were vital weeks and we could have done something about this a lot sooner had she not misdiagnosed our dog!? I'm no mad at her, but I definitely won't be scheduling any visits with her anymore!

So apparently (hopefully I get all this right), the vet says that there is a tendon in the knee that helps it bend/ twist (like our knee) and our dog has pulled this tendon. I keep telling everyone she needs a "knee replacement" cause the way my hubby was telling me about the surgery sure did sound like a knee replacement, he told me about how they replace some of the bone where the knee joint is and fix the tendon with what I described as elastic bands (and he agreed they are like elastic bands) -- sounds kinda like a knee replacement? So if we don't get the surgery done then eventually the joint will wear itself down and become very painful for her, to the point where she probably won't walk on it at all. She is only 10yrs old so she does have more years to her life and she is fairly active now so we agreed that surgery would be the best thing for her!

I'm on holidays the first week in October so this is probably when we will get the surgery done so that I can help my hubby out at home with her. I feel so bad for her, she is such a suck when she is sick and I'm sure she will milk it after the surgery. Just like a little kid! She is our baby and I worry about the surgery and how she will be after!? I have faith in this vet, he is the same one that spayed her and amputated her toe for a biopsy. I have never had any problems with this vet which is why I continue to drive the 45 minutes to see him. I just worry now cause she is older and like humans the older you get the harder surgery is on you. I also guess I have to kiss the siding for the garage good-bye this year cause that's about the same price as the estimate for the surgery ($1800)!! :o

Weigh in Wednesday

Week 56 = 170.8lbs

(+1.8lbs)

Not bad for celebrating my birthday on the weekend and having cake and other unmentionable goodies! ;) Next week is our 2 year anniversary so we will be going out for dinner then too! I am happy with this weigh in and figure that this is where I will probably remain for a long time, in between 168-172.

We have these little aphids (little black flies or 'fruit flies') at work that keep buzzing around me and seriously pissing me off! They keep trying to drink my coffee and eat my fruit! Disgusting! I hate them and wish I knew how to get rid of them! This is one of the only reason that I love winter! No bugs!

After watching the season finale of "Big Brother 8" - which BTW I wasn't too happy about who won. I started watching the new season of "Beauty and the Geek", they have thrown a few twists into this season and it should be interesting to see how everything plays out!? Now I just have to remember to keep watching it. The other show that I can't wait to start is "Amazing Race", I love both of these shows.

Weekend Review.....

Well the weekend went really good, lots of people showed up - some I expected but some I was surprised showed up! My brother and SIL came early cause they had the kids and would have had to leave early, everyone else showed up around 5:30-6pm. We had BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, the weather was really nice and I even got lots of gifts - that was unexpected! I had to open my gifts in front of everyone and surprisingly there wasn't any "prank" gifts, I got one mystery gift (where they never signed the card) but it is really nice lingerie and not some cheesy gag gift. I was surprised at how early some people left, maybe because the sun sets so early now that it feels a lot later then it really is? And of course we had a few that just wouldn't leave! ;) We finally made it to bed by 3:00am and then got up the next day for breakfast with the in laws! :) It was great!

We didn't do much on Sunday, besides breakfast and clean up a bit. It was a pretty lazy day! Even though I only had a few drinks I still felt drained on Sunday and enjoyed my lazy day! ;) I must have slept funny last night cause this morning my arm is killing me! I can barely move it, my elbow hurts a lot! Maybe it's old age!?

Speaking of old age, the dog doesn't seem to be getting any better and it looks like her leg is bugging her even more now?! I need to make another vet appointment to see what else we can do about her limp, hopefully it won't cost too much to fix her up!?

Happy Birthday and TGIF !

Well today is my 30th Birthday and I woke up this morning to 30 pink bras and a giant blow up clown on the front yard! I was so expecting penguins .... not bras! I thought the bra thing was for older ladies, ladies that lived through the "burn the bras" days!? I'm so embarrassed -- mostly cause of the giant clown! ! :P

Last night at the bowling alley they made a big announcement on the PA about me turning 30! And tonight we have to work at the Street Legals, where I am also expecting something -- I'm not too sure on what yet but I'm sure there will be another announcement!

Then tomorrow I was suppose to work but I told my boss that I had too much too do and wasn't going to make it in, which he was fine with. So now instead I get to clean the house, go to Costco to pick up supplies, get a hair cut and wait for people to show up for our BBQ! I'm actually expecting quite a few people, maybe like 40? I'm shipping our dog over to the 'grandparents' so that I don't feel like I have to watch her all night and can kind of relax a bit. The weather is suppose to be awesome, which is great cause I really didn't know what I would do if it was crummy weather.

My Dad is spending the night at our house tonight, he is leaving early tomorrow morning for Belize. He lives quite a distance from the airport and we are a little closer so he won't have to get up quite as early. We have friends that live in Belize and he usually goes down once a year to visit but usually it is in Feb not Sept, which is rainy/ hurricane season!

So I'm thinking that today is going to be a long day but at least it is Friday and I can kinda sleep in tomorrow! :) I plan on letting loose a bit (diet wise) for the weekend so I don't expect a very good weigh in next week but you only turn 30 once ... right!? ;) I would love to go for breakfast (bacon n' eggs) on Sunday morning, I haven't done that for a long time! But I guess that depends on how I feel, although I don't plan on drinking at all (not after last weekend!) but I guess we will see what happens! ? I get to POAS tomorrow morning so that will determine a lot of what happens! ;) Keep you fingers crossed but I starting to think that it might be a BFN! :(

Weigh in Wednesday

I feel like I have every feeling going through me today .... I'm excited, slightly disappointed, a little depressed, grouchy, eager, anxious! ? I think I will be better after the weekend is over, I just have a gazillion thoughts going through my head - mostly about life in general. I am very happy about my weigh in today, it seems like that +5lb gain was probably, most likely due to the wine because for this week....

Week 55 = 169.0lbs

(-5lbs)

So it looks like all the weight gained last week has been lost this week (except for 0.2lbs but that's minor). I took the dog off her "bed rest" and have started walking her again, just short walks but they still seem to affect her leg?! We need to take her back to the vet to either get more medication or to pursue other options? I don't think it hurts her, it's not like she is whining as she walks, but I do feel bad for her and wish her leg would get better?!

The leaves are starting to change color, I absolutely love this time of year - not too hot, not too cold and very pretty colors. Although today is a little colder then most fall days, it feels like winter is just around the corner!? I'm not a big fan of winter but this year I would like to do a little more winter sports like maybe take my nephew tobogganing once and a while or go to the ski hill.

weekend review

I was awfully tired this morning and almost slept in, it's a good thing I had a shower last night cause there was no time this morning! The weekend was good, full of racing and nothing too exciting happened which is good. We were having some issues with moisture on the track, due to all the rain we have had recently and because the track is built on swamp land the water table seems to be quite high so we kept having to check the track for water making the day seem a lot longer then it should have been!

I have a busy week as well and don't think I will have any time to rest, I need to get everything ready for my b-day party this weekend and since we have bowling on Thursday night and a Street Legal race on Friday night plus I'm suppose to work Saturday morning it looks like the only time I will have to do anything is the beginning of the week!? I need to make a salad and chili, clean the house, wash the sheets in the spare room and go grocery shopping for other snack food! I think I will opt out of working on Sat. I just have way too much to do, the hubby offered to help but I have other plans for him!! he he ... He needs to do all the outdoor stuff like finish working on the POS in the garage, clean up the driveway, mow the lawn and finish the shed!! All this needs to be done by Wed ... crazy! :P

On a lighter note ..... I snuck a peak at the scale ... I know I shouldn't have and it usually makes for bad news on weigh in day but so far the scale says I'm back down to 170 so maybe that +5lb gain was from too much wine!? I also feel a little better now, my queasiness has seamed to settle and my back ache has moved up and now my teeth seem to be sore - weird !? ? Maybe it was a mild case of the flu ? Hopefully I'll be 100% by Friday!! ;)

~~ TGIF ~~

Well I did call in sick yesterday, it didn't help much - just let me sleep in for a bit. I'm back at work today and my back still feels funny, I feel like I have a lot of pressure on me - if that makes any sense? Like if someone was sitting on my stomach? I'll give it a little longer before I go to a doctor though, cause I'm stubborn like that! Last night was our first night back at bowling, it was nice to see everyone again. We found out that the guy that has been our "president" for the past few years is not coming back this year so we need to elect a new one. Me and the hubby are also debating if we want to be the ones to buy gifts this year. I think it would be fun and I really do enjoy looking in the flyer's and finding deals but it's the shopping part that bugs me! Dealing with the sales crowds and Boxing day crowds ... just to get the deal! :P It was quite a long night and I am even more tired today ~~ almost slept in this morning!

This weekend is full of racing, one of the last full weekends, the season is almost over - which couldn't come any quicker! I don't think we are going to have the garage sided before my b-day. I didn't want to have it half done or have a mess in the backyard so we agreed it would probably be best if we just waited. Hopefully that doesn't mean wait till next year and it will hopefully still get done this year, just not till after my party! ? But then again ... it seems like everything we (I) wanted done this year is going to have to wait till next year now !! Like the garage sale, finishing the patio door, put the new sky light in, start on the basement ... just to name a few! :P

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Wednesday weigh in ....

I don't get it ..... I'm so confused with my weigh in today!? I'm actually a little mad about it! I have been feeling ill for the past 4 days and have not been eating as much as I should have been. In fact I barely ate anything at all on Sunday and spent most of the day in bed! ? I would have thought that that would account for a loss not a gain!? The only thing I can think of that would amount to this big of a gain is the fact that I have not been taking the dog for her nightly walks! With her being on bed rest for a couple weeks it has made me feel like I can "take it easy" for two weeks too!!!?? But I cleaned the house like crazy on the weekend and cleaned my car inside and out - which was pretty hard work! ? I haven't been cheating, at least not what I would consider a cheat. We had BBQ steak on the weekend but I stuck to my 4oz and ate lots of salad and veggies!? I haven't gone out for any fancy dinners, we went to DQ for dinner last night before grocery shopping but I had a salad! ? I've been keeping up with my water intake, if not more cause of my upset tummy it's about the only drink that doesn't upset it more!? It just sucks! So my numbers for this week are:

Week 54 =174.0lbs

(+5.2lbs) !!! :o

I seriously don't get it? I think this is the biggest gain I have ever had!? And although I am almost certain that next week it will go down again I still had to check the scale three times to make sure I was reading it right!? Well at least I did sleep a little better last night except for I woke up in the middle of the night burning up? I was sweating like crazy? I however do feel a little better this morning and don't seem to feel as queasy but my back is killing me! I can't even yawn without feeling sharp pains in my back and rib cage? Well - hopefully next week will show better numbers or I may have to switch to once a month weigh in's!?

Weekend Review

The weekend was fairly busy and yet I feel like I got nothing done! ? The weekend started Friday after work with the Street Legals, it was a good night with racing that lasted till about 11:30pm. A new Corvette hit the wall which caused a delay- we had to stop and clean it up but then it started raining so we just gave up and called the race. After racing we went out to BP's with some of the staff and didn't get home till 2am.



Then on Saturday my hubby started working in the garage early with his buddy and I headed off to St.Albert. I stopped in at my SIL's to pick up a bowl she had of mine and had a quick visit, then off to my Dad's for another quick visit and to drop off my camera for him to take on his trip. Then off to my scrapbook ladies house to pick up my prize and to purchase supplies for my winter projects. I spent a little more then I had expected but at least I shouldn't have to buy anything for a while! ? I was hoping to stop at the Farmers Market and make a few more visiting stops on my way but I started to feel like crap so I headed home. When I got home I started cleaning and got all my chores done before supper! The hubbies friend was still over and the were still working on his car so we had them (him and his girlfriend) over for supper and I decided to open a bottle of wine. I am now thinking that I should have left the wine alone! Another couple came over for a visit and so all three of us girls were sitting on the deck drinking wine while the boys were in the garage. We went through 7 bottles of wine!! We were up till 4am sitting around the fire talking and the next day I felt like total crap! My tummy was doing flip flops like crazy and I couldn't keep anything down! The only thing I had all day was a banana, half a pear, and some soup for supper. It was horrible! Needless to say I went to bed early!

On Monday I decided to put my fall/ Halloween stuff out and I washed my car. The hubbies friend helped him build a new shed for us cause he helped him on his car. We have to build this new shed to put all the stuff in it from the old shed, then tare down the old shed, side the garage and move the new shed back to where the old shed was. Pain in the butt if you ask me and I think the shed is going to be impossible to move after it is built!? My Mom also called yesterday to see if I had a passport but I told her that mine had expired a few years ago. She was going to buy tickets to Vegas for my b-day and take me with her but since I don't have a passport I can't go! ? :( Oh- well maybe next year!?

I was up again for most of last night with a gutt ache again!? It feels like heart burn, indigestion, and nausea all in one!? I feel like crap - I've got this gaggy feeling in my throat every time I stand up. I hate how on the days you feel like crap always seem to be the busiest!? The phone won't stop ringing which is making me get up to pick my orders!? grrr I hope I feel better tonight or it is going to be another long night?!