Happy Halloween

redhead

OK brat wanted me to send her pics so I figured this was the easiest. Remember i am NOT photogenic in any sense of the word but here are some pics of the new hair

hello kitty

Ok brat,
since you are not paying attention to facebook and you mentioned you read this-I'll post it here. You may already be aware of this site but I am getting such a kick out of the wedding cake and I want that taser!


http://www.kittyhell.com/

Hunter Pace

Well finally some good news :) Luckily my hip was doing better enough for us to go to the hunter pace. We ended up doing the hill topper division which is approximately 8-12 miles through hunt country which was AWSOME!!! There were some cross country jumps that Majic and I may do during the fall pace. Magic did so well but closer to the end he had had enough and started giving me attitude but overall he did so well especially seeing as though this was his first. There's a rule that said you had to wear either a helmet or a cowboy hat so Mike chose the hat and my city boy now is fully countrified!

Feeling Geriatric

Still hobbling along with hurt hip and had to bring cane with me to Disturbed. Overall Disturbed did a great show! Still haven't ridden or done any exercise since it's fun enough to walk. No other big changes or exciting news to deliver.

seriously?!

Ok....seriously?! More fun in my cursed life. I need to get on BP meds and migraine meds 3 days ago and just today got my pills. Apparently there was a problem with my insurance that we discovered AFTER my med, chest x-ray, and EKG! I had to go back 3 days to finally get my pills?! Well at least I have them now. Went riding afterwards and my boy did great. Everything was going well until I went to say goodbye to my baby boy. Well two other girls went into the pasture just before me and called their horses. As I said goodbye to Magic I turned and the next thing I knew I was on the floor with a horse running over me and running out the pasture. Yes, I was knocked down and trampled tonight. Well maybe trampled is not quite the word. I don't know what happened or even if or how bad she stepped on me. I'm not in the hospital but am in pain. Not by Magic but by a different horse. I have no idea what happened. Mike checked me for concussion as I hit my head. Still dizzy but can move around better as far as my head goes. No concussion. Bad thing. My hip and R side is KILLING me. We were supposed to go see Disturbed tomorrow and go to a hunter pace next w/e. I don't even know how well I can walk, much less ride or go to a concert. :(

Updates

Well not much new stuff. Started with a new doctor and apparently almost dying at 10, PTC, and gyn issues isn't enough. I was having trouble really getting into running and apparently I may have a heart issue. One that has actually been linked to sudden death. I just had my first EKG and am awaiting a stress test/echocardiogram. I feel like I should be living in a bubble. Also I've been diagnosed with migraines which is no big suprise and at least now I have some meds for it. Well not to be an Eddie but I always knew/felt I wouldn't live to be old. Other than that, not too much new stuff going on, financially still having trouble and still can't afford my treadmill which I can't wait for and still really upset about things, especially some more realizations I've discovered and news I'm hearing. Well at least I have a better excuse than "I have a headache" for Mike!

horseback riding

thought i would share some pics from my ride today.

Persistance

Ok. my squirls are not starving. I have seperate squirl feeders and yet they always choose the feeders but this is ridiculous! I have one hanging on the window and sure enough they climbed on the deck and jumped to the feeder. I'd be so p-o'd if he wasn't so cute.

21st Century

Ok so a girl at the barn was asking me if I was on facebook and I was but didn't update it or get it going. So......now it's up and I'm up to date. Now I just need to figure out how to twitter.

sick

Things fairly unchanged and just feeling alone and yucky overall. I've caught a stomach flu to make things even worse and had to cancel patients today. It's been going on since tuesday and I was spiking a fever today but low grade. I just hope I can maybe get to my patients tomorrow. Majic and Cody also needed teeth floated yesterday but the vet said otherwise they are doing well. Other than my baby actually being older than we thought. Vet said he thought he was 20 :( Well good thing is he doesn't act like an old man. It just hurts becuase I feel that the main ones who really trully care for me and if I was here or not are getting pretty old. Sure people would be suprised but there's a difference between feeling like an integral part of someone's life and just being around. Well don't freak out, I'm not planning anything like that just using my blog to write what I feel. Well, at least most horses live to about 30-35. Anyway, I guess just feeling sick and yucky overall but hope it'll get by soon.

update

Ok so Mike said I needed to update my blog so here it is. I wouldn't say things are signficantly better but they are getting better. I am finding joy in life again, especially horseback riding and spending time with my little man. I am getting more involved in things too. Found a barbie group and still involved in my HOA board. Running is still not going well though. Weather, nike +, and hills are not helping with my motivation. I'm still thinking of getting a treatmill and I'm hoping we can afford one in the near future. Speaking of finance. That's still not going as well as we would like. Mike's job is no longer on schedule for the pay raises to get him level at where he's supposed to be so he's still essentially a wal-mart greeter. I've been able to pick up extra patients and work extra but there's still a deficit. Luckily we still have money in the account from the retention and severence. Just not quite where we were thinking we would be a few months ago. Still hurts extras like cruise and treadmill, etc. I am hoping something will turn around somehow and at least we'll be able to join the family on the cruise in May. I'm praying to the cruise and treadmill gods :). But am not holding my breath. Other than that not too much new stuff going on. Hope everyone is doing well!

UPSET

Ok...chalk one more to my bad luck...Carolina looses to Florida. Good news is that Bingamton is going to NCAA games though.

throw in the towel!

Ok this is a rant/vent post so, warning, if you are not in the mood i suggest you stop reading now..................

I just have to say that it's been a long time since I've wanted to throw in the towel as much as I do over the past few days. I've never really beleived in Friday the 13 until this month. First of all, I was going to be very busy that day and then was running a little late. Well got into the jeep and went to start the car.....try again......click click click! Yea that's right. Jeep=dead. SUPRISE! Nothing was left on, plugged in, or anything. Mike thinks it's either battery, starter, or alternator! Great! Yea, that's right mike still isn't making much. Well my fun doesn't end there, there was various interesting activities that happened during the day and then sitting on the couch at 7 pm I was eating dinner and broke a FRONT tooth!!!! SERIOUSLY. Friday night at 7 pm. WHere the heck are you gonna go. I just had a cleaning and thumbs up on Wed so was very shocked. Well found a dentist and went in today but broke it too bad and need a crown. Guy said there was 4 different people with the same c/o today that broke a tooth on Friday. I'm just so tired overall. Mike's job situation is still very crappy, it's been rainy yesterday and supposed to go until Monday, not doing well with running and Mi doesn't work anyway so what does it matter, etc.. I ordered some dolls thanks to barbie's birthday and they were supposed to be delivered yesterday according to UPS tracking but of course they never came. Exercise is just really not going well either. I don't know if it's the hills or my asthma or what but weather and hills just not helping. I did see a really nice treadmill at dicks and was thinking we could get it soon but now thanks to tooth problem and mike's job that's not gonna happen anytime soon. Mike's job was looking better there for a while but then fell through. At least there's basketball season right now. So I hope everyone else is doing well but I'm looking for some good liquor. Jack and Magic help but I swear if I was an animal I would already have dug my hole. I'm just really exhausted. I was looking forward to maybe going to the beach this w/e for a race but that fell through. The cruise fell through (not that we could afford it realistically at this point), and I don't even want to go to any races anymore. No real interest to go to St. Paddy day celebrations. Like I said, I'm just tired.

Happy Birthday Babs!

My girl turns the big 5-0 today!!!! I know even Rick got into the celebration :)

What the heck?!

Well today has been a gorgous 70-80 deg weather day and boy have we taken advantage of it! First Sandy and I went for a run and we tried a taping technique for shin splints but didn't work and just didn't have the best of runs but not bad either. Bad thing is where is my run?! Freaking NIke + deleated it again! yes again! I don't know what happened to it but I have no history saved and so can't upload. Afterwards to a shower and then went to the barn. Great trail ride and boys got to have a bath. Tonight Mike and I also played a game of tennis which was fun but he's still out of shape and only lasted a little bit. Bad thing is now I'm sitting here paying for not putting sun screen on today :(

Freakin Nike +

Ok so several things to blog about today but first is the most frusterating!!!!!! I'm glad you are loving the nike + Gail but I'm so mad today. I did a great 3.10 mile run/walk in 40 min with avg of 13min/mile and guess what!?! It's GONE. When I uploaded my runs, my mi lost my last TWO runs. SO my mi is mad but it's her own fault. I just feel so frusterated that those runs don't count in my nike + standings. At least I've got a running training log started. :( plus i had shin splints again today.
Other personal news is March is def coming in as a Lion. We have had several inches of snow and there is still snow outdoors and even some ice. My poor boys have been stalled and were pretty crazy the other day bucking up a storm in the ring. Bad thing is it rained Friday night, all day Sat, all day Sunday, snow and cold Monday, and cold today and today. Good thing is that this w/e is going to be near 70 deg. What I can't get over is how much my boy is sheding!!!!! It was in the tens the other night and he's loosing his hair!!!! Well the days ARE getting longer. Mother nature is supposed to know what's going on so I'll just trust that. I don't have a popsicle horse. Other good thing is I guess March is supposed to leave like a lamb.
Ok now the interesting world/nation news: 1. WHO the heck does Jeff Eldridge think he is. Happy Birthday barbie, we want you to be BANNED in west virginia!!!! I think this is hilarious. Apparently she influences girls to vaulue physical beauty over intellect and emotion. Never mind she's been a doctor, teacher, heck even president!!! Plus she's dumped that looser ken before. She's a bad a** rocker, owned her own mansions, clothes, jeawlry and designers fight over what she'll wear. Stuff it Eldridge. SHe's turning 50 on Monday and I"m sure she'll be around for another 50 years still winning gold medals at the olympics, going to the moon, joining every branch of the military, and many more accomplishments. Stop pretending to be Bush and get your head on real items. Remember those pesky problems like unemployment, depression, poor healthcare, environment. NO...apparently barbie is what the big problem is! Pluse aren't we in a depression! Aren't we supposed to be SPENDING money. Who cares if it's on porn! We need money circulating and A LOT of money gets spent on barbie. Trust me, I know. Just ask Mike ;) He must be a republican ;OP Plus I guess this means GI joe and "manly" toys need to be banned since it sends the message to boys that being macho is more improant than being a gentleman.
2.) other news: Mom, I found the solution for calming Keiko. Put her in a bong! LMAO. I almost died when I read this. Are you serious. Stuffing your cat in a BONG!!!!! Apparently "Shadow" needed to relax because she was too hyper. She's 6 mo!!!! Of course she's hyper. It's really not funny and I feel bad for the cat but at the same time. LOL. Luckily the cat was only "dazed" and they are charging the guy with animal crulty.

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accomplisments!

Ok...I've been bad. I know I know. I'm trying to balance geocaching, running/yoga, horsey time, puppy time, work, and just general life stuff. I know..that's just life though :) My only other excuse is that there hasn't been too much interesting stuff worth noting. BUT I did forget to blog that we did find the waterfall cache!!! I was really excited to get back to that little park area and we took our brazo's and GPS and looked for about 1 hour and were just abt to call it a day. We mainly went back there since someone had found it after we all tried. Well we were leaving and I asked Mike if we looked at this one rock area and lo and behold.......ammo geocache!!! YAY!!!!! BIG accomplishment feeling. We ended up finding another one that day but didn't make it out to the other ones we wanted to. I'm hoping to get out to Butner and look this w/e if weather permits. Other big news is I"m in LOVE with my asics. I've always been a Brooks girl but was having really bad shin splints and gave it some time but no avail. Ended up trying a pair of asics and really felt the cushioning. First walk/jog felt like I was on pillows. A while later and NO shin spints! Hallejuah! It feels so good to be able to walk/run on various terrain and hills at different speeds without pain. (Well no shin pain anyway ;)! ) Haven't uploaded and my mi is getting angery but I'll do that soon. Anyway hope all is well with everyone!

update

Well, it's been crazy few days here. Work has been VERY hectic and I've been so drained but got recharged today after a nice horseback ride. It's been so crazy cold that I haven't been able to go out there since Monday. Luckily tt got up to 70s today! Bad thing is Magic is starting to shed out his winter coat so I really hope the groundhog is wrong because I don't want my baby to get too cold. He didn't feel like working too hard today (who does!) but I had a good ride none-the-less. It's amazing how much better I felt after my ride though.
Update news is Mike is doing better overall. As some of you know we spent most of yesterday and part of today in the ER. Mike has been having low back pain and yesterday he had a fever and so we went to Urgent Care. They wanted to do more testing since they suspected meningitis so we had to go to the ER. SEVERAL hours later and after an LP they ruled out meningistis and Rocky mountain spotted fever (which they threw around a bit) Mike still has back pain but is doing better overall. He took some pain pills and took a nap when I went to see our boys. He's even thinking of going to the barn tomorrow. We'll see and keep you updated if any major changes happen.

Seriously?!?!?!?!?

Ok REALLY?! I have only lost 1 pound!!! I just don't get it and am very bumed and discouraged right now. Maybe I'm just bloated or gaining muscle wt but seriously?! I'm riding my horse about 3-5x/week depending on weather, Run/walk 3-4 times a week (started doing 4), Yoga ~ 5 days a week, and pilates 2/week and NO weight loss. seriously?! SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!

Board

Well it's been rainy but luckily no ice and tomorrow will be up in 60s so we don't have ice storm to worry about. Still not quite Mexico but can't c/o. Well even though it's been yucky rainy today it's still running day and so I put on my gear and Mike actually stopped me to wait for him. Yes, that's right Mike joined me on my run. We should all be very proud of him. We ended only doing a couple miles but it was run/walk combo and he still did it.
Only other new things going on is I ended up joining my HOA board today.
Oh..one other thing happened today. A friend at work lost her son recently. What's really tragic is he was 24! and got married to a 19 year old 12 days ago. Yes, 12 DAYS ago. a 19 year old widow! They have no idea what happened and the wife came home and found him dead. They are still waiting on autopsy results. He was a firefighter and so had a firefighter funeral. Just reminds you how short and fragile life is.

Let it Snow!

well I've been bad at posting but at least I'm not twittering! ;OP. We've had snow days and yucky weather all around. Friday and Saturday were decent at least and we got to go horseback riding. We went on a nice long ride on Friday but when we came back Cody bear was quite sweaty and Majic didn't have a bit of sweat on him. Well turns out he was wormed the day before and had a bit of a colic. He's ok though but just a little scare. Other new boys news is they are now barefoot. I know it's more natural and good for their feet but didn't know it actually lowers their BP by 10% . I don't know how long we'll keep them barefoot but they are doing great with it and not showing too many ouchies.
Um..not too much other new stuff. Haven't been able to do much caching lately but hope to resume when the weather gets better.
Not much else is new. Glad you got your nike + and caching stuff on your blog mom! well, hope all is well with everyone!

EIA

Well, I do feel proud of myself at least. This w/e we're having a nasty cold front where it was in the teens last night and highs in 20-30s today and yesterday but the sun is shinning nicely. Well, I'm not one of the popular kids with a treadmill (and frankly I REALLY enjoy the outdoors anyway especially when that means taking my little buddy with me) but really needed a run/walk. I was reading my woman's running magazine and saw an article on running in the cold and thought to myself--hey I have those type of clothes from skiing (running tights, mask/covers my mouth and nose, ear muffs, and gloves) so I tried it today. I've had a few layers on and really didn't feel the cold too much but boy did my EIA feel it. (exercise induced asthma). I mean, I'm really not that big of an idiot. I do know that cold air makes it harder for me to breath and so I allowed extra warm-up time but still with hills + air + cold making my knee hurt= not too much running and more of a walk and worse time. Oh well! I did stay under 15 min/mile and finished it. I left Jack home since it's in the 20s (not counting wind chill). I finished it though and that's good :)

FYI

Well, it's been a while since I've last posted but not too much new stuff going on over here. Been riding my horse as much as this weather allows. I did wear my new thermal barbie shirt yesterday as apart of my layers :). Although it's been cold, you do warm up with all the moving of getting the horse ready and riding. I'm really proud of Magic and me though. I'm now able to canter without him bucking and without my nerves coming in PLUS I don't need to hold onto his mane anymore with cantering :) That may not mean much to many of you but it was a big goal for me. It's getting a heck of a lot colder now and over the next few days so we likely won't be getting out there much until Sunday but we'll see. Hey defiance is coming out Fri so that would be good. Of course there is always housecleaning. Uh huh. Other than that I have been playing with my DVD's and did pilates and my country line dancing Dvd. Wanting to get better with yoga too and can't wait for warmer weather so Jack and I can get out again. I really need to think about a treadmill but the dvds are fun too.
So as for my title: I guess since there's not too much new stuff I would also use my blog for interesting tidbits I've learned lately and thought others would enjoy:

1.) Found a new magazine out just for Women runners and this month featured a half marathon guide.
2.)Anyone interested in a good thinking book, my book club just finished Jodi Picoult's Change of Heart. She has a lot of really social thinking books but this was the one we read and my first one of her i've read. I enjoyed it and it really went along with Gray's Anatomy recently. I may pick up another after the books I'm reading now. We're reading Margaret Atwood's Handmaiden's Tale next.
3.) I went to the library today and found a book you may be interested in mom: Chi running. It's supposed to be a running book based on zen or something like that. I haven't read it, just noted it.
4.)Scrubs is new on ABC and has had me rolling. I didn't watch it before but enjoy it now. Look it up if you haven't seen it.

Doctor's Note

Well I have the official only excuse that I can get away with for not exercising. I had to go have a minor tooth surgery related to loosing my crown and breaking my tooth yesteday and my doctor said NO activities that raises heart rate for 24 hours. It was good timing since it was a rest day yesterday but no Yoga either :( Worked out though since Vicodin was my friend too. It's a gorgeous day today so we may go to the barn. I'm ok though and just enjoying my pills and rest. Mike is being a great RN too. The nice thing is while picking up my meds I saw a Shape magazine with my girl on the cover-Debra Messing.

holy hills batman

WOW!!!!! I knew my neighborhood had some hills but knowing about them and actually walking them are VERY different. I did get some jogging in but those hills kicked Jack and my butt. We had fun running down them though :) I'm just happy my time is better now than in May and I've actually lost a few pounds since the fall?! I guess horseback riding and all my little activities are helping. Well, Jack and I did a 5-k walk/jog today with mostly walk but did good. I got to use my new nike patch for the shoe and really liked it. The weather wasn't the best and we got drizzled on quite a bit but were lucky enough to have good timing and the sky really opened up as we were turning into the driveway. Mike had a wonderful protein and carb dinner which was really appreciated :). I was able to upload my nike stuff and was happy to discover my time is getting better. I didn't do much yesterday but Mike and I went to see Benjamin Button. I really enjoyed it (u know 3 hours of brad can't be bad) but didn't get the importance of the whole Katrina thing in the backround but ok. Good otherwise. The new underworld is coming in the end of the month and we'll probably go to see that next. Only other fun thing is I discovered the fun and danger of Lady Foot Locker. I had to go to the mall to hit up the Hallmark store for more barbie ornaments I missed in NY and wanted to go to Charlotte Ruse (which I'm too old to shop at I"m told) for some more shell shirts (2 for 15 for LONGSLEEVE yea baby!). I ended up passing Lady Foot Locker and passed the big sale sign. Found the cutest shorts and sports tanks buy 1 get 1 50% and a REALLY cute puma outfit that's pink and grey with a really cute hoodie and capri. Plus nice socks for running (as little cotton as possible) and some for regular exercise. All that for less than 150!!!!! Then I noticed Victoria Secret had a semi anuual sale. 4 bras for less than 100!!!!! SERIOUSLY :) I really needed some so I was very happy. Hey, we're supposed to help the economy right?!

back to the grindstone

Well it's Monday and that means back to work. Not too bad of a day but long never-the-less. I'm pretty tired now but had a busy day overall. After work we went to the barn to see the boys. I was going crazy after not seeing them for so long. It has been pretty rainy and wet lately so the ring was pretty muddy but the boys got to have some exercise and I rode bareback afterwards. Of course I used Mike to help us as I'm still working on confidence building. But it was a good ride and I got to wear my new chaps :). I also got to play with my new Wii trainer and did a nice workout. I'm still hoping to get some PM yoga tonight but we'll see. My nike mi is going crazy but the weather is still nasty. I'm hoping on going for a walk/run tomorrow with Jack but we'll see. I found another neat dance exercise dvd that I may try if the weather is pretty bad as the weather says it will be. It's a country line dance dvd. I dunno it seems fun. I know I'm probably the only one who will enjoy it though since it's country. Well like I said tomorrow is supposed to be COLD and rainy so horses may be out and running may be out but we may go see a movie after work.

Jan 3

Well, despite what my mini says, I did actually get exercise in today. We first went to the beach out at Fire Island but it was COLD and windy. It was pretty though. Unfortunately, the beach was also somewhat of a wildlife preserve and so dogs weren't allowed. But Deb stayed in the car with him becuase it was so cold. Pete, Mike, and I went out to the pier and found the micro and logged it. Afterwards we drove around and saw the lighthouse. (I know you're jealous brat. I'll post lighthouse pictures just for you :Op) As we were driving away we saw some deer and Jack woke right up. It was cute cause the deer started coming up to the car until they heard Jack yelling at them. Believe it or not they didn't run away though.

Afterwards we went to Argyle Lake and walked around a fairly big path. Jack and I even got to jog a little bit to keep warm and just to jog. It was beautiful but cold. Lots of ducks and even a swan. The lake was mostly frozen though. We looked for 4 caches there but only found 3. One was a DNF previously so we moved on. All were micro's but not too hard to find. Debbie even found one. It was a good drive there and back too. Debbie pointed out places from the past and Argyle Lake was actually where Deb and Pete took their wedding pics. We even past through Babylon and got to see a restaurant that was featured in Kitchen Nightmares. Afterwards we went to a deli for a nice NY deli lunch. We had NY bagels for breakfast, pizza last night, and deli today. We have decided to leave crack of dawn tomorrow and hope to be home by early afternoon. I'll write more when we are back in NC.

All weather caching.

Well remember when I said we could see the ground and that snow was melting?! Well, I had to open my mouth. It was pretty though but Mike did find some caches we could check out and I wanted to do a little shopping for after christmas/new years ornaments at Hallmark. Lynn, Pete, and Deb went to PA to catch her flight. Why is she flying from Pa?! No clue. I guess it has something to do with the school trip or something. SO, we didn't want to spend an extra 6 hours in the car when we were gonna do 10 tomorrow so we stayed in and hit some caches. We hit barnes for the needed caching item for this area---HOT coffee!!!! I also picked up the newest Runner's mag. I need to add this to the subscription list. I already get several horse and rachael ray but this is a really nice one too. As for the caches, neat park but covered in snow and we had to dig to find the caches. Extreme bushwacking too!!!! Everything is bigger in NY--even thorns. One area we even had to cross that creek to get to. But, Mike got to put some travel bugs in some today and got a kick of coming full circle. They have some hardcore cachers here though: they have calling cards in with the log! Yes, CALLING CARDS. One with the geocache logo at the bottom. Several of them had the date when they found this cache at the back. Ok this is a little too far for me. Mike-don't get any ideas. :OP.

After caching we went to Hallmark and I got the rest of my barbie ornaments and some other cute ones from series I've begun to collect. They also had a really cute classic winnie the pooh ones (my favorite is classic). Then we went to Target. Just becuase it's Target :) There was a new Wii game we bought--My Fitness Coach---which was 10 dollars cheaper at Target :).

Day 2

Well it's the second day in 2009 and so far things are going well. Pete made delicious pancakes for breakfast and Jack really enjoyed them too! I got to enjoy some of my Christmas cocoa (Vanilla Caramel hot cocoa :) that's sticking with the diet right) Well it was only 1 cup. AND i did take my new daily vitamin with it. Yes along with my resolution I'm taking a Women's daily vitamin. Weather is looking up too. It's 38 deg right now. (Don't you want to join us Gail ;) ) Well Lynn is going to Philly with her parents to catch a flight to Africa. Mike and I will not be going and are probably taking Jack for some caching and includes a several mile walk. That should be good. OF course, like I said it's 38 deg so I don't know exactly what we will do. Hey at least I'm starting to see grass and ground now.

Last night's dinner went well too. Jack is really enjoying being Grandpa Pete's friend and so he got some yummy turkey last night too. Tryptophan works on dogs too! It was also really nice spending time with Uncle Tom and Craig. Craig may be by this afternoon after he gets off of work.

New Year

Well have to admit, I haven't been doing as much activity as everyone else. It's hard to think about going outdoors doing something with snow on the ground and 20 deg high. But Mike did go out to his brother's house with his mom and they picked up some caches. One is really cute and it's from a little class project travel bug. He found 2 travel bugs today. He's making quite the little collection. I did remind him though that he needs to now place them somewhere. We will likely hit some more caches tomorrow.

Christmas presents

Thank you so much for everything. We just finished exchanging gifts with the rest of the family and I got such awesome stuff including my CHAPS :) Got several yummy candies, cocoa variety pack, a Thomas K. puzzle, neat pan and trivet, calendar, barbie holiday goodies, a marley proof candy dish, and mike got some neat stuff too. Thank you again. We got Lynn an ipod and so will be showing her how to use it. Thanks to everyone today and on christmas. Mom I really love my barbie too and all my horse stuff from everyone. I loved everything and especially having family both on christmas and new years.

2009

Well Happy new year to all again! First morning of 2009 and it's off to a great start even though it's an odd year!!! My loving husband found a dunkin donuts for breakfast and I was able to get my absolute favorite breakfast food--flatbread sandwhich with eggwhites and turkey sausage!!!! YUMMY!!! and it fits with my new year resolution. I also got a mocha but unfortunatly they didn't have soy so we'll see how my stomach behaves (thank you mother :OP) but it was delicious nonetheless. We are going to open presents here in a little bit and then have a new years supper with Uncle Tom. Jack is enjoying the snow and his new Harley coat. He's not liking the new snow boots and is walking like he's on coals but will have protected little paws.

This is also the time for New Year's Resolutions and I have decided on one main one: Get Healthier. This is including all aspects of life: financial, physical, emotional, and mental health. Yes, this means I'm going to try to be better about taking meds. be quiet, no coments peanut gallery :OP I am so excited about the upcoming marathon next year that we are getting ready for. I'm so happy to read Gail's blog about her getting into yoga and getting her ipod. You will really love Yoga. And you get to practice twisting yourself into the position of the guy on the dvd ;). No really, you'll love Yoga! It;s really great physically and emotionally. I'm getting into pilates and yoga not only for physical health but also to improve my riding. Plus I"m so excited you guys are getting into Ipod and the nike thing. IT's so helpful and motivating. Enjoy your new tink ipod!! But we still need to encourage each other to stick with the plan. Remember ladies: diet starts today! No more christmas cookies, truffles, and gingerbread :OP.