Naked Heat by Richard Castle {currently reading}

I am really having a hard time getting this book read, I think it just isn't keeping my interest.

Yikes !!!

Yikes ! I have been gone a long time !! I am going to try and get back to this blogging thing :) Maybe that will be my new year's resolution. I need to do it to just be able to {journal} my days/ weeks.

--> bare with me while I update a bunch of stuff.

Come back???

Wow, I have been gone for the blog world for what seems like forever! Here are something I realized...

When I "left" I stopped loosing weight...I think blogging about my "dieting" was actually keeping me motivated!

Sooo, I am going to try and get back into the swing of things next week...

MIA

I know I haven't posted anything in a LONG LONG time! I have been soo busy latley, I just haven't made the time to blog. I do plan on blogging again... just not sure when it will be... hopefully by the end of the summer.

Birthday wishlist...

With my birthday being Friday, I have been thinking about some "fitness" things I would like to have!!

Garmin Forerunner 405CX {I currently have Nike+, which is nice, but I would like to be able to use it when I bike.. and Nike+ doesn't work like that}

NEW SHOES!! { I have known for awhile that I need new running shoes, but now they are starting to really hurt my shins!}

Water Bottle {I realized that I must have water with me when I run... I drink alot of water!! It is very hard to run and trying to hold onto a water bottle!!}

Shattered Dreams Pictures

Shattered Dreams 2010 You've been invited to view an album on MobileMe Gallery. Here are pictures from Shattered Dreams.  If you look closely, you can see Shelby (fireman) and Rik (fireman).  Kaleb was crowd control since he can't lift more than 10 lbs.   This is NOT a real accident, it is a program sponsored by TABC about drinking and driving.  The kids are all students at Melissa High School!  ** warning there is blood in the pictures, in case you have a weak stomach**

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Early Birthday :)

Saturday I had planned a Card playing party and my hubby turned it into a surprise birthday party!! It was a great time !!!

Two of my friends made me cakes !!! Hehe.. of course since they were birthday cakes made by my loving friends there were NO calories :)

They were soooooo yummy!!! We all had a great time.. and didn't play cards at all... well at about 1am we played Texas Hold'em !

It happened to be the same day as the Melissa open - a golf tournament benefiting our school... so there were some tired guests !!!

2 more races !

Yesterday I signed up to run the Jailbreak 2010 -- I can't wait!!
I also signed me and the kids up for the Red Nose Run.

5QF #3

1. If you could, would you go back to high school?

I don’t know.  There are alot of things that happened when I was in High School that I would like to change, but I also feel that those things shaped who I am today and lead me in the path that brought me here.

2. If a genie appeared and granted you two wishes, what would they be? (And, no saying "more wishes".)

Wish #1 : my family would be healthy!! – my mom had breast cancer :(
Wish #2 : Money (of course) so my children could go to college and not have to worry when they get older. .. oh and to buy myself an iPad .. hehehe

3. What kids show do you secretly like?

iCarly, Suite Life of Zac and Cody .. I don’t watch many kids shows anymore.

4. What is your beverage of choice?

Diet Pepsi!!!

5. What is something that you would change about yourself (or are working to change in yourself)?

My weight!!!  I am on weight watchers, but during Spring break I fell off the wagon or got kicked off the wagon and it left me behind!  I have lost 20 lbs.  I have vowed to get back on the wagon and hold on tight next week.  I want to be healthy and set a good example of my daughter (who is 10 and overweight… breaks my heart to think she has been following my bad example before!)

Hope

Avatar

When it was at the theatre's I had NO desire to see it at all! I thought it was going to be this horrible movie. I could not understand how all these people were wanting to see it and would sit thru a 3 hour movie like that.

I have CHANGED my mind! Rik bought it over the weekend and we watched it. Oh My Goodness! the movie was GREAT !!!

I loved the movie!!

Sooo, I stand corrected! I should not judge a movie by the previews I guess! :)

Delphi's Surgery

Well, we decided to finally have Delphi fixed. Rik thought it would be a good idea to get it done the same day of Kaleb's surgery since he is off all week.

So, we had to drop Delphi off at the vet between 730am - 830am.

We had just got into Kaleb's room and were waiting for him to arrive from Recovery when I get a frantic call from the vet. Delphi wasn't waking up from the anesthesia like she wanted, so they took an xray and she was bleeding internally. She needed my permission to go back in... which of course I gave her!

Hours later I got a call from the vet. The suture on the ovarie wasn't holding, which took them 3 tries to get it to hold! She was going to be giving Delphi blood since she lost alot. :( She had the other vet bring in his lab to transfuse with Delphi. (Delphi is a boxer)

So, we were a bit stressed with Kaleb's surgery not going as planned and then Delphi's surgery didn't go as planned either!

Delphi came home after only the 1 night at the hospital and she is doing GREAT! She is back to normal!!!

Running

I am starting to feel really guilty for not running for over a week! I had told myself I would run 3 times a week!! The last time I ran was the day before Kaleb's surgery!!! I hate thinking I have a good excuse to no be running, but really ... my son had surgery, my dog had surgery and my mother in law is in the hospital now... all this since Wednesday last week !! That is alot to stress about. I am sure running would help with my stress, but seriously, when do I have the time.
I know ...

• instead of sitting here updating my blog, I could be running
  
• instead of watching TBL tonight, I should have been running
  
• instead of spending an hour on the phone, I should have been running!!

Trying out Blogo

Since I am looking for something to use on Mac to do blog posts, I heard about Blogo and have used it to do a couple of posts, and so far I like it better than MacJournal. It is much easier to use !! I downloaded the trial version, the paid version is $25.

Test Driving MacJournal

I am trying out MacJournal. It pains me to think I that I like WIndows Live Writer mainly because I HATE Windows and I am a very devoted Mac user!!!! At work I have a PC and use Windows Live Writer and I kinda like it. I want to find something for my Mac. :)

The Quickie by James Patterson

While Kaleb was in the hospital, I was able to finish reading this book.  Of course, another James Patterson!  I am beginning to think I am addicted to his books!

This book, just like all his others, was GREAT!!

Kaleb’s Surgery

Last week Kaleb had his spleen removed.  I wrote about it here .
His surgery was at 12:30, and we had to be at the hospital at 10:30.

He went back at about noon.  Me and Rik went and got some food at the cafe, and then went to wait the 2 hours in the waiting room.  Finally the surgeon came out and told us the surgery went well.  He let us know that Kaleb would have an NG Tube in overnight because when they were removing the spleen they burnt part of the stomach due to the large size of the spleen.  Also, due to the size of the spleen he had to load the staple gun 4 times, where with normal spleen, it only takes 1 load.
Kaleb finally came out of recovery…

He DID NOT like the NG Tube !! And I don’t blame him!!  He was in alot of pain. We found out he is allergic to Morophine!  He broke out in hives.

He had some visitors… his brother and sister.

He had to stay a day longer than we had planned.  I thought he would only have to stay one night and come home the next day, but his pain was not controlled so we had to stay another night.  He had to be on a clear liquid diet, and he didn’t care for the broth!  LOL

Friday we waited and waited for the surgeon to come in and tell us we could go home!

FINALLY at about 8pm he came in and told us we could go home !!!  FINALLY!!!!

He was feeling much better.  We got home after picking up his meds and a couple of his friends stopped by to see how he was doing.

Menu Plan Monday – 4/26 – 5/2

I have really fallen off the weight loss wagon and haven’t really made it back on yet.  Things have also been really out of the ordinary at my house lately.  Here is my plan for the week.. pretty simple.

Monday
Sausage
Macaroni & Cheese
Broccoli & cheese sauce

Tuesday
B-que Wings
Pasta Salad

Wednesday
Spaghetti w/ meatballs
Garlic bread
Salad

Thursday
Meatloaf
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans

Friday
Pizza – we have the band banquet to attend

Saturday
Steak
Baked Potatoes
Beans

Sunday
King Ranch Casserole
Ranch Style Beans
Green Salad

Wordless Wednesday - Surgery

Couch to 5k - Week 1 Day 2

Did Week 1 Day 2 at the Y on the treadmill :)

Here are my stats:

Distance: 2.32 miles

Time: 32:26

Pace: 13'58"

Calories: 309

Couch to 5k - Week 1 Day 1

I have started the C25K program again .. hopefully I will be able to complete it this time.

We recently got a membership to the YMCA and I plan on doing most of my working out there.  It is only about 15 minutes from my house and office. 

This first day was pretty easy.  I have been running off and on for awhile. My main goal is to be able to run an entire 5k without walking.

Here are my stats from the first day:

Distance: 2.28 miles

Time: 32:00 minutes

Pace: 14'00" per mile

Calories: 304