Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone!!! And Welcome 2010!

So hard to believe that 2009 is here and gone but I'm looking forward to 2010. I've already got a few things planned that I never thought I'd be doing. But I'm excited about the outcome. Details to follow....

I wish all of you a wonderful New Year. I'm spending by first day of 2010 cleaning. Fun stuff huh?!

I was on Twitter last night and caught Brad Paisley's last Tweet of 2009. It was amazing I'd like to share.

"Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 book, write a good one." So today my friends start writing your book and make it a good one!

A new Me...kinda

So I started my workout program this past weekend. Is it just age that makes you feel gross or do you really just let yourself go over time. I'm beginning to feel as though I'll be sporting "mom jeans" if I don't do something. But all I know is that it's frustrating. 5 weeks ago tomorrow I had my gall bladder removed so during you recovery time you just sit and do nothing...or if you do something it's very little. Besides what can you really do when your limited to lifting nothing over 10 pounds. So last week I was released and I've decided to step up and take care of myself. I'm still restricted from eating high fat/fried foods. Do I crave them..um not really. Once in a while I'll smell something driving by a restaurant that you know is something fried and it smells heavenly, but the desire to rush into the restaurant and demand it quickly passes for me. So for me being restricted this long is AWESOME.

I'm set up on a 3 day a week program...even after one day I find myself trying to find an extra hour to sneak back in and work out. Tonight is an off night for me. Tomorrow night I'm attempting Zumba. I love to dance but some reason the thought of Zumba scares me. Then Wednesday is strength training...I'm thinking about making this a really early workout hoping I don't run into anybody I know. Don't wanna be embarrassed when I can only lift 5 pounds with my arms. HA!! I'm kidding. I think.

SO it's a 6 week program....hopefully by then I'll notice a bit of difference in me. Besides I have a pile of jeans in my room waiting to be worn again....and a mind that is determined to not throw them out b/c they don't fit. It'll happen in time. I will fit back into those jeans. :)

Recovery

I had surgery. Nothing emergency....my gall bladder had to come out. I've had a odd rock like feeling under my right rib cage for awhile now so I finally broke down and went to the doctor.

I wonder if it is age that sends you to the doctor more as you get older. I constantly worry about getting sick with something. But this one worried me. Why in the world would I feel like I have a rock stuck under my ribcage. So I headed to the doctor. After explaining some of my problems I was having my doctor looked at me and said, "I bet it's your gall bladder." I sat dumbfounded really b/c I would have never thought of that. I seriously thought much worse then that. So I went in and had an ultrasound done and it showed no stones but tenderness in the area so I went in for a scan that measures how fast a certain high fat fluid that is injected through an i.v. into your system travels through your organs. Results were in...my gall bladder was only functioning at 29.5%. The cut off is between 30-35. So I sat right there on the fence. The surgeon my doctor sent me to had me take antacids for 30 days to see if it was more of a stomach issue that was maybe triggering the gall bladder to act up. I'll admit I didn't take the antacids right away but my dad asked me every other day or so if I had taken any yet...so after a week or so I broke down and started taking them. Did they work? NO. I at the end of the 30 days I went into my doctors office to meet with the surgeon and we had a date. A surgery date that is. November 3rd. The same day that my mom would have been 69 years old. I had mixed feelings about having surgery on that day. It made me sad sorta. But it also made me think that no matter what my Mom would never let anything bad happen to me on her birthday. SO we went ahead....

It's now been a little over a week since surgery. I'm feeling better then I was a week ago I can tell ya that. My biggest challenge in all of this is that I'm wiped out tired all the time. I'm a busy person and not being able to go about my normal routine is driving me nuts.

So I've had to reorganize my life a little bit. maybe that was what I needed to do anyways.

A Proud Moment...

So I'm totally patting myself on the back today. I know some of you have probably been doing this for MONTHS maybe even years. But I finally made it a point to do it. I went to Wal-Mart with my family last night and used my own grocery sacks!! :) I had got 2 pink ones from a breast cancer walk this weekend and then my best friend, Holly, gave me two more different pink ones about supporting breast cancer research. So I pack my four bags up and off we went to the store. My husband informed me he needs different ones that weren't pink. Oh well...he'll get past that. HA!!

life is hard.....

So I sit here trying to decide what to write about in today's blog. I've had such great times with my sister who is home visiting but do I share my stories or no?. SO I write about life in general. Plain and simple....it's rough. Somedays it's just not fun being an adult.

There is alot of drama in my life right now. Some of you who that know me personally know that a few years back I had some people in my life that I just decided didn't need to be a part of my life. They carried to much drama with them. It's been about 18 months since we've been "friends" and it's been nice. Not having to worry about either one of them saying this or that. It's been real nice. Well now drama has came up from some other areas. So I'll just say this. People amaze me. Friends or family, blood related or not...the knife still inserts and turns to dig deeper. No matter if it sacrafices a family connection to do so.

Life is hard. People Amaze me.

A great weekend!

My sister and her husband came last Thursday for a visit. My brother in law flew home yesterday but my sister is here til FRIDAY! We had a nice relaxing weekend. I canned veggies most of the day saturday and froze corn yesterday but got to spend a majority of the day in the pool. I'm glad I did. Today it's rained most of the day. I look out my office window and what do I see? RAIN...POURING DOWN RAIN.

I'm a bad blogger I know....

WOW. It's been forever. And what is so sad is that I've done SO MUCH that I could have been blogging this whole time. But I have not. So sorry. I'll do better this time I promise. I have tons of pictures downloaded to my computer so I'll be better. And I've got quite the system now with my new camera. So I promise I'll be better.

My biggest news is that my sister and brother in law are coming for a visit tomorrow. Am I excited?....I am BEYOND excited!! I just saw my sister and her family in February when hubby and I were blessed through is work with a trip out west and we were able to take the kids. So this will be the second time I've seen her this year. AND I'll be seeing her again in October! How cool is that. I can't really say when the last time I've seen my sister 3 times in one year. Probably like junior high maybe. And that was a long.time.ago.

Tomorrow is the 1st day of school. WOW. Where did summer go. Grant has continued to amaze me all summer long. He's been my office buddy all summer long and even though we had are fights I'm going to miss not having him in my office!

So anyways....I'll post tomorrow and fill you in on what is to come. It's exciting.

Good night.