Stuff ....

The city opened another section of our "ring road" yesterday, the orange section on the map above is now open. Which made my drive to work this morning a snap!! It was awesome, I work on the right hand side of the map kinda on the road where the little green square is and I live almost at the first yellow dot on the orange line. So I just jumped on the freeway and away I went, 8 minutes later I was at work!! :o There are no lights on this section of the highway and the speed limit is 100km/hr so it moves quite well. It pretty much cut my drive to work in half! :) !!

So last night we went over to my MIL's to watch her after her surgery, she seemed OK - just a little tired. I just sat and watched TV for a while and every once and a while I would check on her in the bedroom. She sat up with us for a little while and was telling us how they couldn't get her to sleep so they just went ahead with the surgery anyway and just froze her! ewww -- I don't think I could do that! I would pass out! :P Speaking of passing out ... thankfully there was no drama last night and I never had to call 911!! I don't do well in those situations! ;)

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Well AF is now 4 days late and my BBT is still fairly high - 36.76C (98.17F). Which is good news but I have had a 35CD before and I don't feel any different (I don't think)? So I'm kinda scared to POAS, not because I'm worried about seeing a BFP but in fact I really don't want to see another BFN! I think I would rather see AF - it's less discouraging! ? We'll see ..... I think I will give it a few more days and just watch my BBT, if it stays high then I will use my last HPT to see what it says! ;) Hopefully it stuck this time! :> I'm so nervous and I just know that now that I actually said something AF will show up .... that's usually how it goes, once I show just a little bit of hope I get crushed! :(

Weekend review

So my Mom left on Sunday to Vegas, the sad thing about it all is that I could have been going with her if I would have had an up to date passport! But then I found out after she left that that law has not been passed just yet - as of January 2008 you will need a passport to go so I could have actually went with her!? grrr Oh well - we couldn't really afford to go anyway (not after spending almost $2000 on the dog!).

Speaking of the dog, I am a little worried that this operation she had has done nothing at all to help her leg?! Maybe I am just expecting too much, it has only been a week and a half, but she seems to be no better off then she was before? She doesn't seem to want to put any weight on her foot when she is just standing but when she walks she will put some weight on it? I hope it wasn't a complete waste of money or I'll be pissed! She goes back to the vet on Wednesday to get a few stitches out and we can ask him all our questions then.

Today is voting day!!! I however will not be voting, I know it's my demographic right to vote and I should vote but I have no idea about who to vote for and what they stand for! ? It just bores me to watch those debates or read about the different candidates! I trust that there are enough people out there to vote for me! ;) I'm sure that statement alone is enough to boil my hubbies blood - he has tried for many years to get me to vote, it just isn't in me!

As for the rest of my weekend .... it was good, I didn't do much and I think I am starting to pay for my laziness. My jeans this morning were a little bit tighter then usual and maybe that has to do with the fact that TOM is coming but I think it has a lot to do with my lazy attitude! ;) I would like to start doing my pilates again, I really enjoyed them. Denise and her hubby came over on Saturday night and we sat around the fire outside, it was really nice. And on Sunday we visited the Grandparents, something we haven't done in a really long time. We also picked up a shuffle board from my in-laws that they wanted to get rid of and we were happy to take off their hands! :) Now we just have to finish our basement so we can entertain people and they can play a few games on the shuffle board! he he On the weekend I also bought a BBT, I thought it would be fun to track and see for a few months. This morning I was at 36.86C (98.35F) -- pretty hot!! LOL But that's cause TOM is almost here (maybe?). ;)

my Kitty is sick again! :(

My Kitty is sick again, she was doing really good for awhile - eating lots and putting some weight back on!! But now I don't know what happened just one day she stopped eating! ?! She hasn't eaten for 4 days! She is back to looking like a bag of bones and has very little energy. I've tried everything to get her to eat, she is even having a hard time getting water down?! On the weekend I tried to cater to her a little and would bring the food/ water to her in hopes that she would eat/ drink something. After sipping on a little water I noticed that it looked like she had fallen asleep at the water dish and her little chin was dipped in the water!? Like she didn't even have the energy to pull her head out of the dish! I think it is time..... I'm not sure how long I can let her keep going without eating!? She doesn't look very good at all, I was so hoping that she could have one last summer - sitting in the sun relaxing, chasing butterflies but I don't think I can prolong the inevitable any longer. :(

On a happier note -- I went to Denise's son's 1st birthday party on the weekend! It was awesome, he got tons of gifts and he actually took part in unwrapping most of them (unlike my nephew who was much more interested in having people do the work for him)! Every time I see the little guy I'm amazed at how much more advanced he is from other kids I know. He walked younger then most kids I know and got teeth pretty young too!? I suppose all kids are different and you can't compare one to the other but as a parent and having a child that seems more advanced then most it must give you a huge sense of pride?!?

We also went over to our friends house for a BBQ (the friends that the hubby was helping put the floor in for) and she has a 16 month old that I haven't seen for a while and has turned into a vicious little girl!! I was amazed at both the parenting and the attitude of this little girl! She is such a bully, there was another little girl there that was 15 months old and a little smaller then her that she would pinch on the cheek (hard enough to make them go rosy red) and she bit her nose (I thought she was going to give the other little girl a kiss - but then she went for the nose!! ) She would grab toys from this other little girl and when my hubby said "oh-no no ... you need to share" the mother got a little excited telling us that you aren't suppose to say "share" !?! WTH ?? She works in a daycare and that's what they taught her! You're not suppose to tell them to share until they are over the age of 2? And when this little girl started pinching the other girl the mother handled it by pinching her back? Now I don't know much about raising kids but I would think that by doing it back it would teach the little girl that it was kinda OK to keep doing it and that it is a way of getting attention? The mother blames my hubbies friends dad cause he will innocently pinch her checks or rough her up a bit!? I don't know.... I do know however that this little girl is evil - she would get this evil look in her eye every time she was going to do something bad!

Got the green light!

So as most of you know I had my doctors appointment yesterday! I made a small mistake, because I had to reschedule my appointment I must have forgot to change the time and I only changed the day. So yesterday I showed up for my 9:30am appointment only to find out that I wasn't scheduled to see the doctor until 2:30pm!! Wowser's -- I suppose it all worked out though, because my doctors office is almost an hour away from where I live and work it didn't make much sense to come all the way back to work just to work an hour and leave again for my appointment. So I stayed in the city that my doctors office is in, called my boss and told him I made a mistake and wouldn't be in that day! Instead I went over to my SIL's and visited my niece - boy is she ever a cutie!! :) I just can't get enough of her! Then my girlfriend Denise called and I went to go visit her and her little boy for a few hours before my appointment! It was great!! My doctors visit went fairly well, she was very happy with my weight loss letting me know most things that I already knew, like that by me loosing weight I will have a "less risk" pregnancy -- less chance of high blood pressure and diabetes. She pretty much gave me the green light saying that now is the perfect time to have a baby. I told her that I was fairly paranoid that we might have problems getting pregnant - just because we haven't been preventing for over two years and haven't had a "oops" yet!? ? She told me that if we are actively "trying" and don't end up pregnant by October that I should go back and we well get that ball rolling! So she is giving us 6 months !! Which I'm happy about cause I thought that most doctors want you to "try" for at least one year before they do anything for you!

I have a birthday party today after work!! Denise's boy's 1st birthday!! It should be a blast, I'm looking forward to it. I am meeting my hubby there cause he is helping a friend install a floor today and I am working, the hubby also has to go back to his buddies after the b-day party to finish the floor so I can stay a little later and have another visit with Denise if I want! (which I probably will). Crappy thing is that I forgot my camera at home - so I may have to stop and pick up a disposable one!! We got two invites in the past week for weddings!! They are both for cousin's on my hubbies side, one in Edmonton and one in some tiny little town about 4 hours away - called Robb! I am excited for both weddings not only because they are for two people that I like on the hubbies side but because by the time the weddings are to take place I should be at goal and I can dress and look really good!! I can't wait to show off my new look, I'm hoping to impress a lot of people! ;)

A lady that is on NS and lives close to me is trying to set up a lunch date to meet other people that are on NS in our area. It is for April 29th and I need to decide pretty soon if I am going or not!! I kinda want to go but I've never really been a very sociable person and I really don't want to go by myself! I'm trying to convince Jordanna and Denise that they should come with me but I'm not sure if either of them want to go!? So now I need to decide if I should go by myself and venture outside of my comfort zone to meet new people? Or resort back to my old self and not go!? I'm pretty sure I know what everyone will tell me to do and I know what I should do. I think I'll try and talk to Denise about it tonight and see what she has to say!? I'll probably go with or without them, but I do hope at least one of them will join me! ;)

Weigh in Wednesday~!

WEEK 31=183.6lbs

(-2lbs)

Another big loss for the week, I'm quite happy about that! I only have to loose another 1.8lbs to get my 70lb bear (Big blue) !! :) I never would have thought that I would have been this devoted to NS (almost 8 months) - I suppose any diet works, it's just a matter of sticking to it, but NS seems so easy and something that I would be able to stick to for life. I also don't think I would have stuck to NS as long as I have if I wasn't seeing those 'big losses'!

I had to go grocery shopping after dinner yesterday for some 'staples' and filled my new crisper's. I love having all those fresh veggies at eye level! I bought a squash last night too, I have never cooked squash but I have tried it at restaurants and I liked it, so I thought I would give it a try at home. I bought the butternut squash (cause it was one of the smaller types of squash) and it has cooking instructions right on the little sticker - cut in half, scoop out seeds, wrap in plastic wrap and microwave for 8 min! Add honey or butter and enjoy ?? Kinda sounds like if you were to microwave a potato but I'm not sure if you are only suppose to eat the guts or do you eat the skin?

It was quite yucky outside yesterday - rainy and snowing, sleet I suppose you call it. My hubby told me that I shouldn't worry about taking the dog out cause we would just get wet and cold but it was my "last chance" work out so after grocery shopping I took her out but this time I ran a block, walked a block - not only did I finish faster but I felt like I actually did something. I think I will try and do that again - twice a week, and eventually work my way up to a quick jog around the block. Although the dog didn't like it very much, she was unable to 'stop and smell the rose's' and pee on every one's lawn!! I hate how she feels the need to relieve herself on every one's front lawn - sometimes I think she just does the motion and nothing comes out, she's all pissed out! Last time my in laws were over my MIL asked if I wanted her treadmill!! Hell yeah! It would have been perfect to have yesterday, I think I would use it - I would still have to take the dog for her walks but I think I would walk to a favorite show when we got home too. Either way it would be nice to have the option of going on the treadmill instead of getting wet outside.

On a side note .... for those of you that understand the lingo.... I thought I might be pg cause I'm still waiting for AF, so this morning I bit the bullet and POAS but I got a BFN - just as I thought it would be, so I guess I just have to wait for AF ?? Not that it would have been bad news but there are still lots of things I want to accomplish before we are pg. We just need to wait a few more months! ;)

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I just received a few pictures from my SIL - Kenzie at the hospital. The pic's don't really show exactly how pale she was but I'm sure you will understand how overwhelming it was to see her with all the cords coming out of her. I am so happy that she is much better now and happy at home! :)

My brother with Kenzie.

She has the little pink pig I bought her on her chest.

Back to work :(

In a couple more days it will officially be the first day of spring!! Although it is pretty chilly today and doesn't really feel like spring. The snow has melted quite a bit and I can see patches of green in the grass!! I think I prefer fall over spring just cause all the trees change color and everything looks so pretty. But I'm still pretty excited about the weather getting nicer! :)

As expected my weekend was pretty uneventful, my hubby went to the hockey game on Sat - they lost ... again! So I had the evening to myself, it was great, I played around with our taxes to see if we would be getting any money back. It looks promising, the hubbies taxes are fairly easy and simple but mine are a little harder cause I have RRSP's and a pension. I think I figured mine out wrong cause according to my calculations I should be getting alot of money back and usually that means I figured something out wrong! LOL I might have to ask my mom or FIL to look at my taxes too see if I did them right!?

I also decided to start a recipe book, my mom made me one when I got married with a bunch of family recipes and recipes that she likes but some of them I doubt I will ever cook. So I found a few in my Low GI recipe book that I will probably make and I'm going to pick out the ones I will make out of the book my mom made and go through all the ones in my cupboard. It will take me a while to do this, I have quite a few recipe books that I have only looked through a few times and don't think I have ever made anything from! I also plan on ordering the NS cook book from Chapter's which will hopefully have more Low GI recipes that I will like.

On Sunday we decided to go visit the grandparents cause we haven't seen them for a while but we only got about 5 feet from the house and realized we had a flat tire!! My first one ever! We switched vehicles and the hubby changed my tire when we go home. One of the hubbies cousin's (the only one I really like) was also at the grandparents. She recently had a baby (two days before my niece was born), and I hadn't seen them since his baby shower so it was nice to see them. He is getting big, not as big as I think my niece is but he looks completely different from his the last time I saw him.

The hubbies grandma was quite concerned about the whole Pet food recall and made sure that we knew about it. There is actually quite a long list of cat and dog food that is affected by this recall, it looks to me like it is only wet food that is affected but if you have a cat or dog it may be worth while to check out!

TGIF !

Is it just me or did it feel like this week would never end! I blame the whole time change thing, I wish we didn't worry about it like Saskatchewan! I think my computer is also glad it is Friday cause it is slower then molasses today! I'm typing faster then it is showing on the screen which is pretty bad cause I'm not a very fast typer! :) So my doctors office called yesterday and let me know that they cancelled my appointment and that I needed to re-book! How weird is that? Usually it's the other way around, the patient cancels with the doctor!? I think they said something about her being out of the office so maybe she has to go to a seminar or maybe she'll be on holidays!? Anyway so I re-booked today for April, which kinda sucks cause this was suppose to be my pep talk for TTC! Oh well, we don't actually plan on starting TTC until June so I still have time to ask any questions I have.

Not too many plans for this weekend, hopefully it is nice enough to get some work done out side. I planted a whole bunch of tulip and lily bulbs last fall so I'm super excited to see how many come up and what color they are! I love tulips, if I was going to have a spring wedding that was going to be my flower but instead our wedding was in the fall so I had sunflowers and Gerber daisies! Which are also really nice! I never used to be so into gardening - my parents were but I really couldn't be bother by planting them and picking weeds all the time. Now that I have a house of my own I find that I enjoy gardening, I find it to be a good stress relief and a good work out!

The only plan I have for the weekend so far is grocery shopping, I need to pick up a few "staples" milk, salad, tomatoes, etc. And of course the usual house cleaning, walking the dog and Pilate's. We need to give the dog a bath this weekend too (before her vet appointment) - this is a very hard chore that I do not enjoy! She does not like bath's and fights to get out the whole time. Trying to hold back a 100lb Rottweiler in a slippery bath tub is a very hard work, but needs to be done! With all this sloppy weather and taking her on more walks her tummy is like a giant mudflap and collects all the dirt/ water!

You Sometimes Don't Get Enough Sleep

You're often more tired than you'd like, and you're probably not getting enough quality sleep.Sleeping a little more could make you a lot more energetic and happy.Try having a bedtime, keep your bedroom cool, and only eat fruit before bed.

Do You Get Enough Sleep?

Thursday

I weighed myself again his morning too see if maybe it was just water weight yesterday, but no .... it wasn't! :( In fact I gained another 0.4lbs! WTF ? So I'm back on the wagon 110%, I need to go for my evening walks every night and push myself to go a little further then usual. No more stealing goodies off the hubbies plate and no more eating out. I know this may sound kind of extreme for some of you, I mean it is only the first time I have gained in 29 weeks and I should be happy about how far I came and not dwell to much on this gain but I am a little disappointed in myself. I can not afford to be on this diet forever and money is an issue in our house. We don't have 6 digit incomes and I would rather be spending my money on other things, like hardwood floors or a hot tub! So the quicker I can teach myself the rights and wrongs of dieting the happier I will be!



**UPDATE** My brother called me yesterday to let me know they were taking my niece home! YAH!! :) She still has a slight cough and stuffy nose but she is much better then she was! Hopefully by the weekend she will be back to normal 100% !

I liked Jordanna's list of thing's she loved so I thought I would let you know a little more about me and I will do a list of 10 thing's I have collected:

#1- - Buttons

#2- - Archie comic books (I still have a few of the oldie's)

#3- - Post cards (I think I also still have these somewhere too)

#4- - Sheira "Princess of Power" stickers, Heman's lady friend! he he

#5- - ALF cards (complete set) :)

#6- - Feathers (ok - this one is weird)

#7- - Care bear comic books (I'm missing #1, but have #2-30)

#8- - Stickers

#9- - Key chains (I still have tons of key chains, not sure why? I just keep getting them?)

#10- - Penguins (This is the only one I still collect, even though they are still at my dad's house) LOL

Wednesday weigh in ....

I knew it was gonna happen someday ..... I was just hoping that maybe I could get away with not being so stricked.... I should have known better! I totally blame it on last night and maybe a few days last week ! The inlaws came home last night so we took them out for dinner, I had a veggie burger and a ceaser salad. I don't quite have the "stop when your full mentality" - I like to finish what's on my plate, every time, no matter what! I think I need to either change this thought process or ask for a "to-go" container before I start eating and split my meal!? I have been awfully lazy for the past week not only with some food choices but I also have not been doing as many walks and not doing pilates as often as before. It finally caught up to me ..... for week 29 .....

I gained +1.4lbs! yikes!

I suppose it is normal to gain at least once during a person's weight loss journey and you can only hope to learn from it and carry on! But it is still upsetting, seeing's how this is my first gain in 29 weeks - I suppose that's a plus (no pun intended -LOL)!? Today is a new day - a new week!! Time to get back to the basics!

On a better note, as I mentioned above ... the inlaws are now home! We had a good visit with them last night, it sounds like they had a really good time and are already talking about going back. Next time they want to take us with them and their "6 grand kids" (non-existing), I think they have high hopes! Maybe they should hope for one grand kid first before raising the bar to 6! gesh! They said the worst tour they went on was probably the "Captain Hook" one - they said it was too "young" for them, loud music, everyone was yelling and the more you yelled the better service you seemed to get. It doesn't really sound like something I would enjoy either!? They went on three tours of the ruins - Tulum, Coba and Chichen Itza, they handed out coloring books and crayons in Coba which I thought sounded like a nice gift for the kids! Although a lot of them turned around and traded their coloring books for food! They also went to Xel-Ha, a water park in Playa Del Carmen and my FIL went deep sea fishing! Hopefully in four or five years we can go back to Mexico with them! The only bad things that happened were my MIL stubbed her toe on the second day and broke it! Apparently her whole foot was swollen and black and blue for a few days from that! And remember the "tequila boom boom" night and tattoo's I told you about .... well I guess it was like that ink that East Indians use in their ceremonies too draw designs all over their skin and the ink stains the skin leaving a nice design. So anyway it was like that but my MIL found out that she is allergic to the ink stuff they use and ended up getting an infection on her ankle (where the tattoo think was) - it swelled up and got all red. It still looks gross and she is going to go to a doctor now that she is back in Canada! Of course they brought gifts back for us, no - no baby sombrero's, although that would have been super cute - he he! The hubby got a parrot made out of leather which looks really neat! And I got a hand painted ceramic candle holder - it's really pretty!

I thought it would be easier to go for my walks now that it is getting warmer out when in fact it seems to be getting harder to find the time to go. We seem to always have something on the go and I'm sure with summer on it's way it will just get busier. I need to focus on getting that half hour of exercise in and not reach for the darn candy bowl on the table! Especially with Easter on it's way, I love those little eggs! So - here's to a new week with a lesson learned and hopefully next weigh in will have better results! :)

Weekend update...

Hopefully everyone had a good weekend, mine was busy and full of excitement!! After work on Friday I was surprised to see that my new kitchen sink tap was installed!! We bought a new tap when we moved into the house almost a year and a half ago - so it was nice to see it was finally installed !! :) I broke down and went shopping for new jeans Friday night, I decided to check out Old Navy. Highly recommended by almost everyone I know but unfortunately I didn't find anything there that fit right or that I liked!? I ended up going next door to them and finding two pairs of jeans that were on sale, I was surprised to find out that I fit into a 34W 32L (they are a little long)!! It has been a long time since I fit into a 34W!! That's only one size bigger then my hubby! Other then that Friday was a pretty typical day, after dinner I walked the dog and watched The Next Great Chef, this Friday is the finale and Alberta is in -- I hope we win!!

Saturday I went over to my mom's in the morning to give her some computer disc's and have a visit. We were suppose to go shopping for kitty stuff but she is still unsure about getting one so needless to say we never went shopping. After our visit I headed to Costco to pick up a few things and lucky for me everything I wanted was on sale! They have pretty good kitty liter there and it was $3 off so I bought two boxes for the same price as one! And their Splenda was also on sale $3 off!! I picked up some WW cereal (Honey almond) and was going to try it this morning but I slept in a bit and had to grab something to go instead. After dinner and walking the dog we got a phone call from my SIL to let us know that my 9 week old niece was admitted into the Stollery Hospital!! WTF ?? Apparently she has something they called RSV - which I understand is just like a common cold to an adult but to a child that doesn't have a immune system yet can be quite serious! I went to go visit them Sat night at the hospital which thankfully Edmonton has the second best child care hospital in Canada! So she is in good care, I was very over whelmed by all the sick babies - it was very upsetting! :( When I got to her room my brother was holding her trying to comfort her, she was as pale as a ghost and there were tubes and cords all over her. I get teary eyed just thinking about it. :( I guess it all started last Tuesday, Kenzie started getting a fever and had the runs so they took her to the doctors on Wed. By Friday they had to take her to the emerg cause she was pale and her lips were blue. They did blood tests and found out she had RSV and sent her to the U of A.

Sunday I re-arranged our spare bedroom and cleaned up a bit more. The whole time change thing had me feeling "off" for the day. My mom called after lunch and said she was headed to the hospital so I got dressed and met her there. Kenzie looked 100% better then from the day before except for she now has a feeding tube. But she was much more aware of her surroundings and almost even smiled a few times. Hopefully she will be able to go home by Wed this week! She has quite a bad cough and even gave herself a hernia from coughing so much! Her "inny" is now an "outy" but should go back to normal?! Part of me wonders if this may have been brought on by things that could have been preventable? Like the hot tub incident and the mashed potatoes!? I wonder if maybe her mom thought she was prepared for anything just because she is a nurse? Or instead of being one of those mom's that is worried about every little thing she was more laid back but maybe too laid back?

I also think my cat is sick now too, it's like it's TOM for her but she has been spayed so I'm not sure what that is all about? We have a vet appointment next week so I guess we will ask him about it then? I think it may be "time" for her now!? :(

Well hopefully tomorrow is better! It can't get much worse so ..... here's too tomorrow!