I am not sure what happened to the blog I just wrote and tried to post it seems to have disappeard into thin cyber space some where. I am a duh head at times when it comes to computer stuff.
Any ways what I had wrote was that the email group I am in there was a challenge given out for any takers. The challenge being to journal your food intake until the end of November. Well I have been doing that. Just journaling what I have been putting in my mouth. Not really making any changes but seeing it out there wrote down.
I have taken on a few new challenges for December. Working toward a healthier, more lively, out going self for My Life
The challenges I am doing for December are:
1) Journal all food and fluid intake for the 31 days of December
(actually look at it and make changes and choices to put healthier things in my body)
2) Drink 64plus ounces of that clear cool stuff we call water for all 31 days of December
3) Exercise 20 minutes 3 days a week for December
These are the challenges I am taking up for December. Slowly working on becoming healthier and stronger in my being :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
School and Doctors
Hey there Blog world :)
Good Morning to a wonderful Thursday Morning :)
Yesterday was the day to register for spring classes. Registeration started at 3pm and the webpage to the college was jammed at times :( It took me from 3 to 4:20 to finally get registered and get signed up for the morning lab classes. By 6 last night the morning lab class was filled up (that is why I had to take a vacation day from work and make sure I was able to get signed for the morning lab) So now that is over the stress there is Lighter... Now just to keep my grades at a C and above so I can continue on to spring classes :) I am starting to see an end to all this madness after all :)
I have a test in tonights Advanced A and P class as well as a lab test tomorrow morning.
Hubby has to see the urologist tomorrow morning and I am debating if I should go with or not. I really cant take the time off school as I have a lab test tomorrow ...... but I do want to "know" what is going on with the medical stuff with hubby. Not sure he will ask all the things I would LOL and not sure he will "listen" good enough .....if you know what I mean :)
But I guess we will see what tomorrow holds huh :)
This is my weekend off work and I will be studying for I have a test on tuesday in my morning class :) As well as I do believe we will go bowling this weekend (our family outing) Liam starts school next year and I am getting excited already. We have been working on our ABC's writing them. He knows his colors (seeing them) and he can count to 17 before he misses a number :) And he knows how to say his ABCs .... we are working on shoe tying now also..... not sure if I am pushing him to much or if he should know more at this age?? Any input on this would be much appreciated :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Good Morning to a wonderful Thursday Morning :)
Yesterday was the day to register for spring classes. Registeration started at 3pm and the webpage to the college was jammed at times :( It took me from 3 to 4:20 to finally get registered and get signed up for the morning lab classes. By 6 last night the morning lab class was filled up (that is why I had to take a vacation day from work and make sure I was able to get signed for the morning lab) So now that is over the stress there is Lighter... Now just to keep my grades at a C and above so I can continue on to spring classes :) I am starting to see an end to all this madness after all :)
I have a test in tonights Advanced A and P class as well as a lab test tomorrow morning.
Hubby has to see the urologist tomorrow morning and I am debating if I should go with or not. I really cant take the time off school as I have a lab test tomorrow ...... but I do want to "know" what is going on with the medical stuff with hubby. Not sure he will ask all the things I would LOL and not sure he will "listen" good enough .....if you know what I mean :)
But I guess we will see what tomorrow holds huh :)
This is my weekend off work and I will be studying for I have a test on tuesday in my morning class :) As well as I do believe we will go bowling this weekend (our family outing) Liam starts school next year and I am getting excited already. We have been working on our ABC's writing them. He knows his colors (seeing them) and he can count to 17 before he misses a number :) And he knows how to say his ABCs .... we are working on shoe tying now also..... not sure if I am pushing him to much or if he should know more at this age?? Any input on this would be much appreciated :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Monday, November 3, 2008
Odds and Ends
Hey there Blog land waking up to a wonderful Monday morning :)
Sun is peaking out and life is great. I sat a challenge for myself last week to exercise at least 15 minutes a day for five days and we accomplished that .......most days I did 30 minutes and a few days I did 15 to 20 minutes but I moved 6 or the 7 days last week......
I am going to continue challenging myself to moving again this week and if you like jump aboard and move with me..... exercise strengthen your heart, mind and body :)
I have Wednesday off as a vacation day this week due to having to sign up for next semesters lab class. See registerastion starts Wednesday at 6 pm and the lab class is offered on fridays from 8 to noon and 1pm to 5pm so I "have" to be online to be one of the first ones to register and get the early lab class LOL so I cant be at work and do that....... OK OK So Wednesday is a easy study lazy clean house day for me wooooohooooooo I surely can use one of them and Get Paid for it :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Sun is peaking out and life is great. I sat a challenge for myself last week to exercise at least 15 minutes a day for five days and we accomplished that .......most days I did 30 minutes and a few days I did 15 to 20 minutes but I moved 6 or the 7 days last week......
I am going to continue challenging myself to moving again this week and if you like jump aboard and move with me..... exercise strengthen your heart, mind and body :)
I have Wednesday off as a vacation day this week due to having to sign up for next semesters lab class. See registerastion starts Wednesday at 6 pm and the lab class is offered on fridays from 8 to noon and 1pm to 5pm so I "have" to be online to be one of the first ones to register and get the early lab class LOL so I cant be at work and do that....... OK OK So Wednesday is a easy study lazy clean house day for me wooooohooooooo I surely can use one of them and Get Paid for it :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Dr. Appointment and Life
Dr Appointments Gotta Love them huh NOT
Well yesterday was my check up with my oncologist and life is good. Lungs look good. Exam went great. Lungs sound good. Everything looks sounds and feels great as Dr Capen said :)
So Very happy about that... OH YES :)
My xray that I had done about two weeks ago says "cardiac silhouette is prominent. Ct ratio is 19/34 Lung fields are clear. the pleural sufaces are smooth. There is begining kyphoscolosis of the thoracic spine. Not other findings.
The kyphoscolosis is not good but Dr Capen thinks if I lost some weight and had a breast reduction surgery it may help it out ALOT...... I go back to him in April (6 months can you believe that YEAHHH) at that time as long as everything still looks sounds and feels good then he will release me to my GYN the doctor that did the surgery and he will watch me from there on out as long as nothing else arises :) So that was all good news to me :)
I have had the upset tummy and bathroom trots since yesterday after noon (not sure if it is from having the flu shot on wednesday or not) but will be happy when it is over :)
So I missed school last night and this morning.......... now I need to make up my lab test next friday but that is ok :)
Ok ok enough of me LOL have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Thank you for all the prayers while I paid my visit to the oncologist.... Thank you God for walking me through my appointment
Well yesterday was my check up with my oncologist and life is good. Lungs look good. Exam went great. Lungs sound good. Everything looks sounds and feels great as Dr Capen said :)
So Very happy about that... OH YES :)
My xray that I had done about two weeks ago says "cardiac silhouette is prominent. Ct ratio is 19/34 Lung fields are clear. the pleural sufaces are smooth. There is begining kyphoscolosis of the thoracic spine. Not other findings.
The kyphoscolosis is not good but Dr Capen thinks if I lost some weight and had a breast reduction surgery it may help it out ALOT...... I go back to him in April (6 months can you believe that YEAHHH) at that time as long as everything still looks sounds and feels good then he will release me to my GYN the doctor that did the surgery and he will watch me from there on out as long as nothing else arises :) So that was all good news to me :)
I have had the upset tummy and bathroom trots since yesterday after noon (not sure if it is from having the flu shot on wednesday or not) but will be happy when it is over :)
So I missed school last night and this morning.......... now I need to make up my lab test next friday but that is ok :)
Ok ok enough of me LOL have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Thank you for all the prayers while I paid my visit to the oncologist.... Thank you God for walking me through my appointment
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Movin Tuesday
Hey there Blog World....
Today has been a bit busy... had school this morning
working on a costume for Liam (daddy and he carved the pumpkin tonight)
I got in 20 minutes of exercise bike riding while my guys dinner was cooking on the stove......
Tomorrow I have no school so I am gonna get on the tread and turn on some WhiteSnake and just jam for a bit I do believe
Work was BUSY BUSY BUSY tonight...... lets hope tomorrow is a bit slower that would be great....
Then on thursday I will have to hit the ground running.... I have class in the morning ...oncologist appointment at 1pm and class at 6pm to 9 pm then on friday morning I am back at school for lab from 8 to noon then work at 1:30 ..... so it will be a busy few days coming up
The oncologist appointment is not bothering me so much this time not sure if that is good or not :)
I think I am just a bit ok with it ..... seeing it as something I have to do for precautions but I know God has taken the cancer from me and left me to strive and grow and share my life :)
Here is to having a great day and ROCK ON :)
Today has been a bit busy... had school this morning
working on a costume for Liam (daddy and he carved the pumpkin tonight)
I got in 20 minutes of exercise bike riding while my guys dinner was cooking on the stove......
Tomorrow I have no school so I am gonna get on the tread and turn on some WhiteSnake and just jam for a bit I do believe
Work was BUSY BUSY BUSY tonight...... lets hope tomorrow is a bit slower that would be great....
Then on thursday I will have to hit the ground running.... I have class in the morning ...oncologist appointment at 1pm and class at 6pm to 9 pm then on friday morning I am back at school for lab from 8 to noon then work at 1:30 ..... so it will be a busy few days coming up
The oncologist appointment is not bothering me so much this time not sure if that is good or not :)
I think I am just a bit ok with it ..... seeing it as something I have to do for precautions but I know God has taken the cancer from me and left me to strive and grow and share my life :)
Here is to having a great day and ROCK ON :)
Monday, October 27, 2008
checkin in
Movin, tryin to eat better, just livin life with a smile :)
Today I am starting a new challenge for myself and am hoping some of my email bubbies take hold and do it with me.
I did 25 minutes on the exercise bike today before work.... yeah for me :)
eating is still going good But I do need to start journaling ........
hope this finds the blog world doing great......
Keep on keepin on :) ROCK IT
Today I am starting a new challenge for myself and am hoping some of my email bubbies take hold and do it with me.
I did 25 minutes on the exercise bike today before work.... yeah for me :)
eating is still going good But I do need to start journaling ........
hope this finds the blog world doing great......
Keep on keepin on :) ROCK IT
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Reporting In
Hey there world :)
Dawn is here and ROCKIN it :)
God is good and God is love.... I truly believe one dont know "real love" without having known God... He has helped me so much through my life. Even in times when I did not admit he was there holding me up..... God blessed me with a beautiful son.... my baby or as he says mommys big boy :) Why oh why do they have to grow so fast??? Then he carried me through the loss of our precious (spelling) baby Nov 17th 2006 and he carried me through cancer on August 3rd 2007....... He has opened doors and made ways for me to continue with my education and still work fulltime (for insurance reasons) I love God but he Loved me first :)
Today we walked down to the gas station (1 mile round trip) to get the sunday paper ......Not sure if any of you read the sunday papers in your area but ours went up in price from 1.50 to 1.60 I was like what...... LOL but our gas prices have dropped greatly in the past month..... exactly 4 sundays ago today gas was 3.44 a gallon today it is 2.09 a gallon so that is rockin :)
any ways we did a mile walk this morning then headed off to church......now the 49ers are on and mmmmmmm getting their bums kicked a bit once again (sorry hubby)
Tomorrow I have a challenge with hubby to do 15 minutes of the tread in the morning..... so far he is game for it :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON
Dawn is here and ROCKIN it :)
God is good and God is love.... I truly believe one dont know "real love" without having known God... He has helped me so much through my life. Even in times when I did not admit he was there holding me up..... God blessed me with a beautiful son.... my baby or as he says mommys big boy :) Why oh why do they have to grow so fast??? Then he carried me through the loss of our precious (spelling) baby Nov 17th 2006 and he carried me through cancer on August 3rd 2007....... He has opened doors and made ways for me to continue with my education and still work fulltime (for insurance reasons) I love God but he Loved me first :)
Today we walked down to the gas station (1 mile round trip) to get the sunday paper ......Not sure if any of you read the sunday papers in your area but ours went up in price from 1.50 to 1.60 I was like what...... LOL but our gas prices have dropped greatly in the past month..... exactly 4 sundays ago today gas was 3.44 a gallon today it is 2.09 a gallon so that is rockin :)
any ways we did a mile walk this morning then headed off to church......now the 49ers are on and mmmmmmm getting their bums kicked a bit once again (sorry hubby)
Tomorrow I have a challenge with hubby to do 15 minutes of the tread in the morning..... so far he is game for it :)
Have a great day and ROCK ON
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Saturdays, Birthdays & Best Friends
Hey there world !!
Hope all is well !!
Today is Saturday and I love it for it is my weekend off WOOOHOO
We are going to the movies a bit later not sure what we will see (but it will be child friendly)
then we are all three going to dinner together (mamma dont have to cook woohoo)
Tomorrow will be filled with church then studying while we watch the 49ers game (hubby LOVES the 49ers BIG TIME) and Liam and I will be making hollween cupcakes tomorrow also. Today we let Liam pick out two big bags of candy for the churches Hollween Bash on the 29th He thought that was great :)
Today is also my best girl friends 42 birthday ...... I met Connie when we moved to Michigan from California in the end of my Junior year of High School..... I was almost 17 and hated movin all the way to cold Michigan leaving everyone I had grown up with for the past ten years.... When I first met Connie she thought I was a stuck up snob and we did not hit it off to well. But about 1/4 the way through our senior year (class of 86) LOL I am OLD ..... we became good friends and it has just gotten better since then...... We have seen each other through alot of good and some rough times together...... She has seen me through a divorce and a BAD relastionship and one child...... and a good man now ...... and I have seen all 3 of her kids grow (well the first two mainly but Joey who is 10 now I seen his first 3 years...) her other two are 21 and 19.... and she has NO grandkids as of yet ....... But Connie is just awesome...... she really gets me.......LOL have you ever thought about your girlfriends and true girlfriends in life..... the true ones REALLY GET YOU......if you know what I mean :))
Raisin my water bottle to girlfriends out there everywhere....... where would we be without girlfriends.......
Ang, Maria thanks girls....... I do consider you both true girlfriends..... and WE ROCK....
Hope all is well !!
Today is Saturday and I love it for it is my weekend off WOOOHOO
We are going to the movies a bit later not sure what we will see (but it will be child friendly)
then we are all three going to dinner together (mamma dont have to cook woohoo)
Tomorrow will be filled with church then studying while we watch the 49ers game (hubby LOVES the 49ers BIG TIME) and Liam and I will be making hollween cupcakes tomorrow also. Today we let Liam pick out two big bags of candy for the churches Hollween Bash on the 29th He thought that was great :)
Today is also my best girl friends 42 birthday ...... I met Connie when we moved to Michigan from California in the end of my Junior year of High School..... I was almost 17 and hated movin all the way to cold Michigan leaving everyone I had grown up with for the past ten years.... When I first met Connie she thought I was a stuck up snob and we did not hit it off to well. But about 1/4 the way through our senior year (class of 86) LOL I am OLD ..... we became good friends and it has just gotten better since then...... We have seen each other through alot of good and some rough times together...... She has seen me through a divorce and a BAD relastionship and one child...... and a good man now ...... and I have seen all 3 of her kids grow (well the first two mainly but Joey who is 10 now I seen his first 3 years...) her other two are 21 and 19.... and she has NO grandkids as of yet ....... But Connie is just awesome...... she really gets me.......LOL have you ever thought about your girlfriends and true girlfriends in life..... the true ones REALLY GET YOU......if you know what I mean :))
Raisin my water bottle to girlfriends out there everywhere....... where would we be without girlfriends.......
Ang, Maria thanks girls....... I do consider you both true girlfriends..... and WE ROCK....
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Another Test Done !!!!!
Hey there world!!
Tonight I had my 2nd test in Avanced Cardio-Pulmonary A and P..... I got a 91 so not to bad I think...... next week we will be going over the heart and finishing our work study guide then the 1st thursday of November we will have our test over the Heart. One thing I find so interesting about studying respiratory is learning how and why parts of my body work like they do.
Did you know that at day 26 after conception(pregnant LOL sorry about spelling) the five lobes of your lung are in started already. You are ONLY a spot, a very small dot but already you have the starting of all five lobes of your lungs :) That rocks......
I did get 15 minutes in on the exercise bike today woooooohooooooo and I feel great because of it to be honest....
Tomorrow I will not get any exercise in .... I will be in lab class from 8 to noon then working from 1:30 to 9:30 tomorrow night... and in between them times I will run home and cook my guys dinner and get my bod dressed in my scrubs for work :) This is my weekend off and let me tell you I LOVE it :)
My boss (the director of the lab) is awesome...... she is working with me next semester with my hours for work and school..... she knows I have to keep 36 hours a week in order to keep my insurance and not have to pay more then I can afford if that makes sense (insurance now is 147 a month for a family) if I go under 36 hours a week then it goes up to 734 a month well lets say I would be working just to pay for insurance NOT good....... so next semester I will be using all my vacation and holidays up to get through the spring semester of school and still be able to have every other weekend off ....... so she is truly working with me to keep me at my hours and to work around school. She can be a hard person to figure out sometimes but she is ok :)
Ok hope this finds the world going great in your life
Live Love and Laugh a million times more as each day goes by :)
Keep on keepin on :)
Tonight I had my 2nd test in Avanced Cardio-Pulmonary A and P..... I got a 91 so not to bad I think...... next week we will be going over the heart and finishing our work study guide then the 1st thursday of November we will have our test over the Heart. One thing I find so interesting about studying respiratory is learning how and why parts of my body work like they do.
Did you know that at day 26 after conception(pregnant LOL sorry about spelling) the five lobes of your lung are in started already. You are ONLY a spot, a very small dot but already you have the starting of all five lobes of your lungs :) That rocks......
I did get 15 minutes in on the exercise bike today woooooohooooooo and I feel great because of it to be honest....
Tomorrow I will not get any exercise in .... I will be in lab class from 8 to noon then working from 1:30 to 9:30 tomorrow night... and in between them times I will run home and cook my guys dinner and get my bod dressed in my scrubs for work :) This is my weekend off and let me tell you I LOVE it :)
My boss (the director of the lab) is awesome...... she is working with me next semester with my hours for work and school..... she knows I have to keep 36 hours a week in order to keep my insurance and not have to pay more then I can afford if that makes sense (insurance now is 147 a month for a family) if I go under 36 hours a week then it goes up to 734 a month well lets say I would be working just to pay for insurance NOT good....... so next semester I will be using all my vacation and holidays up to get through the spring semester of school and still be able to have every other weekend off ....... so she is truly working with me to keep me at my hours and to work around school. She can be a hard person to figure out sometimes but she is ok :)
Ok hope this finds the world going great in your life
Live Love and Laugh a million times more as each day goes by :)
Keep on keepin on :)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Managing Life
Hey there Blog Land :)
It seems like managing life is taking up alot of my life. Do you ever feel like that??
School is going good. I am getting a B in one class and a C in the other class (need to study harder in that class I do believe)
Work is good. I can say I truly enjoy going phlebotomy work. I know that may sound crazy to some...... cause phleb work is drawing blood from people but it gives me a chance to help others medically and to peak into others lives if only for a moment.
Life at home is so so..... Liam is growin like a weed and very active running talking playing..... I love to watch and listen to him.... Billy and I are living and striving..... trying to make things work. Marriage I do believe is a hard relationship to make work at times.... especially when we work different shifts and I am in school. So we have like every other weekend that we can actually spend time together when one of us is not off to work or school. So we are struggling with contection issues and just striving to get through it and be happy :)
I go back to my oncologist next thursday (Oct. 30th) Did my blood work and my liver and kidneys look good via the blood work..... my glucose is a little high 121 and my iron is LOW LOW (I dont eat alot of iron rich foods) my iron is a 26 and should be atleast a 72 so I am now back on iron supplement (Fergon) it is something I may always have to take due to me not eating greens and red meats....... Also did my chest xray for the oncologist.(he is watch a 5mm spot on one of my lungs) chest xray looked ok to me but LOL who am I to say what it is..... But I do believe in my heart that God has healed me of cancer and that they will not find the spot to be growing..... when I had a ct scan of my lungs done in Feburary the spot looked the same so that is good :)
So now just to get through next thursdays doctors appointment and we will be flying high again.
I am starting over once again with the exercise. I went to a nutritionish last month and we discussed me being to busy to exercise .... she told me I HAVE to make time for exercise just like I make time to go to work and go to school... so today I made 15 minutes to do the exercise bike while the guys diner was bakin in the oven and microwave....... so 15 minutes of exercise done... I know that is not alot but I need to start and stay going so where so here it is......
Hope this finds everyone having a AWESOME day and ROCK on life is MANAGABLE LOL even for me :)
It seems like managing life is taking up alot of my life. Do you ever feel like that??
School is going good. I am getting a B in one class and a C in the other class (need to study harder in that class I do believe)
Work is good. I can say I truly enjoy going phlebotomy work. I know that may sound crazy to some...... cause phleb work is drawing blood from people but it gives me a chance to help others medically and to peak into others lives if only for a moment.
Life at home is so so..... Liam is growin like a weed and very active running talking playing..... I love to watch and listen to him.... Billy and I are living and striving..... trying to make things work. Marriage I do believe is a hard relationship to make work at times.... especially when we work different shifts and I am in school. So we have like every other weekend that we can actually spend time together when one of us is not off to work or school. So we are struggling with contection issues and just striving to get through it and be happy :)
I go back to my oncologist next thursday (Oct. 30th) Did my blood work and my liver and kidneys look good via the blood work..... my glucose is a little high 121 and my iron is LOW LOW (I dont eat alot of iron rich foods) my iron is a 26 and should be atleast a 72 so I am now back on iron supplement (Fergon) it is something I may always have to take due to me not eating greens and red meats....... Also did my chest xray for the oncologist.(he is watch a 5mm spot on one of my lungs) chest xray looked ok to me but LOL who am I to say what it is..... But I do believe in my heart that God has healed me of cancer and that they will not find the spot to be growing..... when I had a ct scan of my lungs done in Feburary the spot looked the same so that is good :)
So now just to get through next thursdays doctors appointment and we will be flying high again.
I am starting over once again with the exercise. I went to a nutritionish last month and we discussed me being to busy to exercise .... she told me I HAVE to make time for exercise just like I make time to go to work and go to school... so today I made 15 minutes to do the exercise bike while the guys diner was bakin in the oven and microwave....... so 15 minutes of exercise done... I know that is not alot but I need to start and stay going so where so here it is......
Hope this finds everyone having a AWESOME day and ROCK on life is MANAGABLE LOL even for me :)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Running in Circles
Good Morning World!!!!!!
What a Fabulous Morning this is starting out to be :)
Running in Circles !! Do you ever feel like your running in circles over and over again ??
Lately that is how it seems around here. Seems like I am in auto pilot and just moving through the actions LOL :) Have you ever had a day or days like that??
In my Thursday night class we took a test last thursday (Oct 2nd) and only 3 people in the class (about 20 people) passed and they passed with LOW LOW C's ..... So we are redoing the chapter and retested in two small test (the 1st test was 96 questions) This instructor is a new book teaching instructor and the director told her that the test was to big and she went into way to deep info to teach us ..... LOL so we are learning as the teacher is learning how to teach what joy huh :) NOT
I have this weekend off from work and will spend it studying and hubby and I are going to a fair concert thingy (LOL did that make any sense)
I went to a nutrition/dietian yesterday LOL she said I need to eat more veggies and fruit (could have told her that myself) and I NEED to get movin (exercise) mmmmmm so I tried to make excuses and tell her I was TOO BUSY with work and school studying and cooking and cleaning and trying to spend a bit of time with the men in my life ..... well she said exercise is something you HAVE to make part of your life and stick with it .... oh and I need to start journaling my food in take and exercise ....... so I am starting this on Sunday .....
GRRRRR LOL just when I thought I was running in enough circles here I go adding some more :) But the nutrition lady was right I have to make time for me and I have to be accountable or just stay fat :( (I said the fat thing)
Well have a great day and I hope one day soon we can all stop running in so many circles :)
What a Fabulous Morning this is starting out to be :)
Running in Circles !! Do you ever feel like your running in circles over and over again ??
Lately that is how it seems around here. Seems like I am in auto pilot and just moving through the actions LOL :) Have you ever had a day or days like that??
In my Thursday night class we took a test last thursday (Oct 2nd) and only 3 people in the class (about 20 people) passed and they passed with LOW LOW C's ..... So we are redoing the chapter and retested in two small test (the 1st test was 96 questions) This instructor is a new book teaching instructor and the director told her that the test was to big and she went into way to deep info to teach us ..... LOL so we are learning as the teacher is learning how to teach what joy huh :) NOT
I have this weekend off from work and will spend it studying and hubby and I are going to a fair concert thingy (LOL did that make any sense)
I went to a nutrition/dietian yesterday LOL she said I need to eat more veggies and fruit (could have told her that myself) and I NEED to get movin (exercise) mmmmmm so I tried to make excuses and tell her I was TOO BUSY with work and school studying and cooking and cleaning and trying to spend a bit of time with the men in my life ..... well she said exercise is something you HAVE to make part of your life and stick with it .... oh and I need to start journaling my food in take and exercise ....... so I am starting this on Sunday .....
GRRRRR LOL just when I thought I was running in enough circles here I go adding some more :) But the nutrition lady was right I have to make time for me and I have to be accountable or just stay fat :( (I said the fat thing)
Well have a great day and I hope one day soon we can all stop running in so many circles :)
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
October is already running along
Hello Blog world life in my world is awesome. Hope everyone elses world out there is great.
Between school, working fulltime and keeping up with the two men in my life (hubby and son) I cant seem to fit alot of me time in :(
School is going good. Learning to me is fun and exciting :)
Work is ok...... I came across this patient last night that I had a chance to speak about God and what he has done in my life (medically and otherwise). It is wonderful when God can use me to show someone what good God does in my life :) Hoping that it helps others also
Now food and exercise is mmmmmmmm ok a bit...... food and water are great :) Exercise I need to keep working on. I have thought about maybe throwing a exercise challenge out to a email group I am in ..... see how many I can get on board and see if that helps me get my bum moving.
It is still in the high 80s low 90s here in central Texas ......gotta love that heat dont ya NOT LOL
Have a great day and ROCK ON
Between school, working fulltime and keeping up with the two men in my life (hubby and son) I cant seem to fit alot of me time in :(
School is going good. Learning to me is fun and exciting :)
Work is ok...... I came across this patient last night that I had a chance to speak about God and what he has done in my life (medically and otherwise). It is wonderful when God can use me to show someone what good God does in my life :) Hoping that it helps others also
Now food and exercise is mmmmmmmm ok a bit...... food and water are great :) Exercise I need to keep working on. I have thought about maybe throwing a exercise challenge out to a email group I am in ..... see how many I can get on board and see if that helps me get my bum moving.
It is still in the high 80s low 90s here in central Texas ......gotta love that heat dont ya NOT LOL
Have a great day and ROCK ON
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Wild Wednesday
Well I have decided to make this a "wild wednesday"
Usually wednesday is hump day but not today not this week .
Today it is WILD WEDNESDAY
Life is what we do with it ......we only get one go around in this world...
one chance to make it good ...... So for today I am gonna show up in the here and now and live life in TODAY ..... wild wednesday...
I will smile more, say Hi more and just pass on the good feeling of being alive :)
What will you do today to make it a better day for yourself and for others ??
I have started my day with 1 cup applesauce and am on my 2nd bottle of water
I am cooking bbq ribs for the guys in my life for diner....... think they will have some brocolli and some mushroom noodles with it also.
I will take a turkey sandwich for diner with a small baggie of pretzels..... and a jar of Dole tropical fruit .......
Have a great day and just keep showing up in today and living Today....... leaving tomorrow for tommorow :)
Usually wednesday is hump day but not today not this week .
Today it is WILD WEDNESDAY
Life is what we do with it ......we only get one go around in this world...
one chance to make it good ...... So for today I am gonna show up in the here and now and live life in TODAY ..... wild wednesday...
I will smile more, say Hi more and just pass on the good feeling of being alive :)
What will you do today to make it a better day for yourself and for others ??
I have started my day with 1 cup applesauce and am on my 2nd bottle of water
I am cooking bbq ribs for the guys in my life for diner....... think they will have some brocolli and some mushroom noodles with it also.
I will take a turkey sandwich for diner with a small baggie of pretzels..... and a jar of Dole tropical fruit .......
Have a great day and just keep showing up in today and living Today....... leaving tomorrow for tommorow :)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Terrific Tuesday
What a terrific Tuesday this is turning out to be :)
Life is good :)
I had class this morning so this morning was a bit busy.
I had 1/2 a ham (97percent fat free) and mozeralla cheese sandwich for breakfast
I have drank 3 (16.9oz) bottles of water.......
Lunch has been 3 peorgies (potato thingys)
I am on my way to work will be eating whole grain brown rice with veggies and a jar of dole oranges (serving size 6) for diner.....
I know I am lacking so much in this and I need to get it figured out once again.... as to what and how much exactly I need to be eating....... HELP
I will do my 15 minutes on my exercise bike when I get home from work tonight...
I need my hubby to build me some kind of table that I can sit over me while on the exercise bike so I can read my studys .......this would help so so much :)
Well now I am off to work and finishing out my terrific Tuesday
I hope your tuesday finds you doing awesome :)
Life is good :)
I had class this morning so this morning was a bit busy.
I had 1/2 a ham (97percent fat free) and mozeralla cheese sandwich for breakfast
I have drank 3 (16.9oz) bottles of water.......
Lunch has been 3 peorgies (potato thingys)
I am on my way to work will be eating whole grain brown rice with veggies and a jar of dole oranges (serving size 6) for diner.....
I know I am lacking so much in this and I need to get it figured out once again.... as to what and how much exactly I need to be eating....... HELP
I will do my 15 minutes on my exercise bike when I get home from work tonight...
I need my hubby to build me some kind of table that I can sit over me while on the exercise bike so I can read my studys .......this would help so so much :)
Well now I am off to work and finishing out my terrific Tuesday
I hope your tuesday finds you doing awesome :)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday Morning Sunshine!!!
Hello there Blog land...
Life is "truly" what I make it :)
We are all in control of our own destiny. Do we walk in faith and strive for a better tomorrow?
Or do we just sit back and worry about tomorrow, live in fear if there will be enough money left when we retire, worry over tomorrows when we have yet to LIVE today.
Well for me Today is today and I "need" to show up in Today and Live in today :)
I am on my 2nd (16.9oz) bottle of water. Fixing waffles (will eat 2) for breakfast/lunch ..... I am getting a late start today....... :) And for today I will ride on my exercise bike for 15 minutes ( I know I know 15 minutes is nothing but one needs to start somewhere right?) I am making beef and brocolli for diner..... I will take a turkey sandwich and pretzels with a light yogurt and some fruit for my diner at work :)) I will show up and live in today
Have a great Sunshiney Day
Life is "truly" what I make it :)
We are all in control of our own destiny. Do we walk in faith and strive for a better tomorrow?
Or do we just sit back and worry about tomorrow, live in fear if there will be enough money left when we retire, worry over tomorrows when we have yet to LIVE today.
Well for me Today is today and I "need" to show up in Today and Live in today :)
I am on my 2nd (16.9oz) bottle of water. Fixing waffles (will eat 2) for breakfast/lunch ..... I am getting a late start today....... :) And for today I will ride on my exercise bike for 15 minutes ( I know I know 15 minutes is nothing but one needs to start somewhere right?) I am making beef and brocolli for diner..... I will take a turkey sandwich and pretzels with a light yogurt and some fruit for my diner at work :)) I will show up and live in today
Have a great Sunshiney Day
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Last Sunday of September
Here we are on the last Sunday of September 2008.
I got up and went to church this morning.... Dear Hubby stayed home and worked on our 85 pickup truck (I drive this truck to work and the ignation has been messing up lately) He also cleaned the kitchen squeaky clean YAHHHH :)
Church was excelent.... The more I strive to follow Christ the more it seems I get a personal message out of church services :) LOL God must know I need to hear these things huh ??
Today was over Luke 12: 22-32........ about having faith that God will take care of things for us if only we seek his kingdom and strive to live a christain life. I am a believer bapatized in 1981 but have turned down many a wrong road more then once... And I still turn down wrong roads.... I am new in getting back to Jesus but have learnt over this past year if we just turn to him (God) things will work out for the better. God has opened so many doors in my life and continues to open more doors for me to walk th takrough. I have put my marriage to prayer and asked for help. I cant change my hubby nor can let him run all over my life. So I take my marriage to God in prayer and ask for help on things I can do for myself and my marriage to make things better and continue to live my life in strive with walking with God...
I have wanted a bike since I moved to Texas (5 1/2years ago) but always always always come up with an excuse NOT to get one..... by the 3rd week of Oct I will have a bike.....nothing fancy just a walmart bike..... I need to start somewhere to just get out and get moving........ I have decided to stop eating my emotions and start going to God when I am worried, sad, afraid..... turn them into faith and work on me instead of eating..... I can control my eating and I am going to control it..... Lots of tears are sure to be shed but I will grow stronger and stronger in myself, in my walk with Christ and in my marriage :)
Have a great day and remember KNEE MAIL does work wonders ....... a little faith goes along way
I got up and went to church this morning.... Dear Hubby stayed home and worked on our 85 pickup truck (I drive this truck to work and the ignation has been messing up lately) He also cleaned the kitchen squeaky clean YAHHHH :)
Church was excelent.... The more I strive to follow Christ the more it seems I get a personal message out of church services :) LOL God must know I need to hear these things huh ??
Today was over Luke 12: 22-32........ about having faith that God will take care of things for us if only we seek his kingdom and strive to live a christain life. I am a believer bapatized in 1981 but have turned down many a wrong road more then once... And I still turn down wrong roads.... I am new in getting back to Jesus but have learnt over this past year if we just turn to him (God) things will work out for the better. God has opened so many doors in my life and continues to open more doors for me to walk th takrough. I have put my marriage to prayer and asked for help. I cant change my hubby nor can let him run all over my life. So I take my marriage to God in prayer and ask for help on things I can do for myself and my marriage to make things better and continue to live my life in strive with walking with God...
I have wanted a bike since I moved to Texas (5 1/2years ago) but always always always come up with an excuse NOT to get one..... by the 3rd week of Oct I will have a bike.....nothing fancy just a walmart bike..... I need to start somewhere to just get out and get moving........ I have decided to stop eating my emotions and start going to God when I am worried, sad, afraid..... turn them into faith and work on me instead of eating..... I can control my eating and I am going to control it..... Lots of tears are sure to be shed but I will grow stronger and stronger in myself, in my walk with Christ and in my marriage :)
Have a great day and remember KNEE MAIL does work wonders ....... a little faith goes along way
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Making the Choices you Choose Work
Making the Choices you Choose Work!!!!!!!!
Have you ever really thought about that sentence?? Thought about what it means and what it means to make your choices really and truly work???
Well alot has been going on in my head these past few days.... am I focused..... I have said this over and over. But this time around I have been praying about it .... Asking God for guidance. I have a BIG problem in MY life...... that problem is I EAT my emoitions ........ja ja you read that right I did not get to be 350lbs or close to it again (have not been on a scale to verify it) my doing healthy things ......... I am eating a healthy breakfast and getting my water in and also have begun to be alot more attentive to my eating after work (late at night)......... But I eat when I am upset, fustrated, having problems in my personal life....... Eating is one thing I can control... I can eat when I get them feelings and no one at all can stop me........ I tell myself they dont care they dont understand what I am going through.... they dont love me...... I tell myself I am NOT worth anything better then to be belittled by them...... to take there attitude.... to let them get in my face cause their life is not right...... to let them cut me down any chance they get and I say to myself ok whatever you cant stop me from eating this ice cream or cookies so I eat the whole thing (1/2 galloon of ice cream or whole bag of cookies) and I cry inside while I eat cause eating is the one thing that always LOVES me no matter what ...... the one thing that is always there to make me feel good always...... food never cuts me down never tells me I am a piece of crude.... So I eat and eat and eat and emotionally feel better for the moment but the problems are still there the next time we (me and the person in my personal life) have words or problems again the same problems come back up and more problems on them and I eat and eat and say to myself who cares just eat and then why exercise it aint gonna help I wont stick with it..........
But last night Sept. 26th was a waking night for me........... I was looking back on my life and looking where I am in life now....... Last night was 8 years ago I divorced my first husband ..... it was the day I discovered that I was worth more then a child molesting husband... that I was worth more then wondereding if or when he was gonna molest again.... and I have never looked back to that life again..... I got with a guy that was NO good for me..... but finally 2 years after that I got away from him and seen that I was ok alone.... that I could live and LOVE myself ..... then I met a great guy (in alot of ways) and we have a little guy that is awesome.... my world he is...... but me and my dear hubby have trouble as I am sure almost every couple have...... I am in college part time (have to take classes at the school cant be done online) I work 2nd shift he works dayshift .... we have little "family" time together..... we are both unhealthy over weight....and we come from two different moral valves ways of being raised..... but we honestly love each other deep inside..... but I let things be said and let my feelings get hurt and then I eat and eat.... and I let him make me feel like I am no one..... but last night as I was thinking back on life....... I asked God to show me what I need to do at this point in my life........ in my heart I feel he is showing me to get real with my emotions that he will be there to help me through this.... that he gave me another chance at life.... afer guided the doctors to do emergancy surgery and get the cancer out of my body (even though ever test we did in the months prior to emergancy surgery came back NO cancer at all) He has given me a new lease on life and is showing me that I am worth more then to be cut down and made to feel back and like I am no good (he doesnt do this all the time but it is atleast one remark a week) ..... so......
It's time (thanks Ang for your blog and letting me see them words) to take FULL charge of MY life and to live it the way God has ment for me too live...... Not being someones verbal punching bag not to let someone make me feel so bad that I turn to food to escape..... I need food to LIVE not to HIDE behind.....
So this is a new life and a new me..... I am NOT looking back any more........ Sept.26th 2008 is my day to a new life inside and out........ digging through emotions ......dealing with emotions between hubby and I as they happen...... this is it ........ thank you God for never givin up on me and for being the ONE sted fast thing in my life...... I have a long life to live and am Going to LIVE STRONG..... with Courage, Belief, Faith and LOVE
Thank you for another awesome day
Have you ever really thought about that sentence?? Thought about what it means and what it means to make your choices really and truly work???
Well alot has been going on in my head these past few days.... am I focused..... I have said this over and over. But this time around I have been praying about it .... Asking God for guidance. I have a BIG problem in MY life...... that problem is I EAT my emoitions ........ja ja you read that right I did not get to be 350lbs or close to it again (have not been on a scale to verify it) my doing healthy things ......... I am eating a healthy breakfast and getting my water in and also have begun to be alot more attentive to my eating after work (late at night)......... But I eat when I am upset, fustrated, having problems in my personal life....... Eating is one thing I can control... I can eat when I get them feelings and no one at all can stop me........ I tell myself they dont care they dont understand what I am going through.... they dont love me...... I tell myself I am NOT worth anything better then to be belittled by them...... to take there attitude.... to let them get in my face cause their life is not right...... to let them cut me down any chance they get and I say to myself ok whatever you cant stop me from eating this ice cream or cookies so I eat the whole thing (1/2 galloon of ice cream or whole bag of cookies) and I cry inside while I eat cause eating is the one thing that always LOVES me no matter what ...... the one thing that is always there to make me feel good always...... food never cuts me down never tells me I am a piece of crude.... So I eat and eat and eat and emotionally feel better for the moment but the problems are still there the next time we (me and the person in my personal life) have words or problems again the same problems come back up and more problems on them and I eat and eat and say to myself who cares just eat and then why exercise it aint gonna help I wont stick with it..........
But last night Sept. 26th was a waking night for me........... I was looking back on my life and looking where I am in life now....... Last night was 8 years ago I divorced my first husband ..... it was the day I discovered that I was worth more then a child molesting husband... that I was worth more then wondereding if or when he was gonna molest again.... and I have never looked back to that life again..... I got with a guy that was NO good for me..... but finally 2 years after that I got away from him and seen that I was ok alone.... that I could live and LOVE myself ..... then I met a great guy (in alot of ways) and we have a little guy that is awesome.... my world he is...... but me and my dear hubby have trouble as I am sure almost every couple have...... I am in college part time (have to take classes at the school cant be done online) I work 2nd shift he works dayshift .... we have little "family" time together..... we are both unhealthy over weight....and we come from two different moral valves ways of being raised..... but we honestly love each other deep inside..... but I let things be said and let my feelings get hurt and then I eat and eat.... and I let him make me feel like I am no one..... but last night as I was thinking back on life....... I asked God to show me what I need to do at this point in my life........ in my heart I feel he is showing me to get real with my emotions that he will be there to help me through this.... that he gave me another chance at life.... afer guided the doctors to do emergancy surgery and get the cancer out of my body (even though ever test we did in the months prior to emergancy surgery came back NO cancer at all) He has given me a new lease on life and is showing me that I am worth more then to be cut down and made to feel back and like I am no good (he doesnt do this all the time but it is atleast one remark a week) ..... so......
It's time (thanks Ang for your blog and letting me see them words) to take FULL charge of MY life and to live it the way God has ment for me too live...... Not being someones verbal punching bag not to let someone make me feel so bad that I turn to food to escape..... I need food to LIVE not to HIDE behind.....
So this is a new life and a new me..... I am NOT looking back any more........ Sept.26th 2008 is my day to a new life inside and out........ digging through emotions ......dealing with emotions between hubby and I as they happen...... this is it ........ thank you God for never givin up on me and for being the ONE sted fast thing in my life...... I have a long life to live and am Going to LIVE STRONG..... with Courage, Belief, Faith and LOVE
Thank you for another awesome day
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Middle of September Already
Have you ever wondered why time seems to fly by soooo fast the older we get? LOL
I woke up this morning and realized it is already the middle of September. Just over about a month or so and the holiday season will be upon us.......Halloween is my sisters oldest daughters bday. She will be 15 this year.... I can remember the day she was born so well and not because it was halloween but because she was coming to us 12 weeks earlier then expected...... she was suppose to be here the end of Janurary but insisted on making her apperance on Halloween instead. My sister named her Jacqulyn (what a name to give one born on Halloween huh :)) But to look at my PeeWee (Jaki) today you would not even know how small she was at birth (a BIG 2lbs 4oz when she hit this world) She is amazing though......she is in the 10th grade this year and takin advanced courses for college.... she loves music groups like misfit and slipnot ...... she dont understand why her 11 year old sister (my baby girl :)) likes Hannah Montana cause ths at is just to kiddish for her almost 15 years of life LOL.......... I love you PeeWee and you are growing into such a beautiful young woman.....enjoy life and obey your mum and dad LOL....... but how time flies ...... so fast and these kids are grown before you know it
Life is good here on the home front........ School is getting a bit less confusing LOL I am starting to learn a bit more....... I have taken Liam out of preschool/daycare... and now keep him with me until time for me to go to work then my sister in law watches him until my hubby is off work.... Liam thinks it is cool as he gets to go to class with me on Tuesday and Thursday and I have to say he does really good and sits and colors and draws and only whispers once or twice during my class... I am glad this is working out..... as I was not havin enough time with him and it was showing he was saying he missed me and wants me to stay home with him and do things with him. So this is a good answer for us I do believe....
Work is going great.......I am getting in 6 to 7 bottles (16.9oz) bottles of water a day and doing Ok on my breakfast....... Need to step up a bit more ........... have added trying not to eat after work next week am thinking about adding a bit of exercise .......
Welp off to go and study.......... dont let life fly by you without stopping to smell a few roses or cuddle time with your children or just take a break and enjoy life a bit :))
I woke up this morning and realized it is already the middle of September. Just over about a month or so and the holiday season will be upon us.......Halloween is my sisters oldest daughters bday. She will be 15 this year.... I can remember the day she was born so well and not because it was halloween but because she was coming to us 12 weeks earlier then expected...... she was suppose to be here the end of Janurary but insisted on making her apperance on Halloween instead. My sister named her Jacqulyn (what a name to give one born on Halloween huh :)) But to look at my PeeWee (Jaki) today you would not even know how small she was at birth (a BIG 2lbs 4oz when she hit this world) She is amazing though......she is in the 10th grade this year and takin advanced courses for college.... she loves music groups like misfit and slipnot ...... she dont understand why her 11 year old sister (my baby girl :)) likes Hannah Montana cause ths at is just to kiddish for her almost 15 years of life LOL.......... I love you PeeWee and you are growing into such a beautiful young woman.....enjoy life and obey your mum and dad LOL....... but how time flies ...... so fast and these kids are grown before you know it
Life is good here on the home front........ School is getting a bit less confusing LOL I am starting to learn a bit more....... I have taken Liam out of preschool/daycare... and now keep him with me until time for me to go to work then my sister in law watches him until my hubby is off work.... Liam thinks it is cool as he gets to go to class with me on Tuesday and Thursday and I have to say he does really good and sits and colors and draws and only whispers once or twice during my class... I am glad this is working out..... as I was not havin enough time with him and it was showing he was saying he missed me and wants me to stay home with him and do things with him. So this is a good answer for us I do believe....
Work is going great.......I am getting in 6 to 7 bottles (16.9oz) bottles of water a day and doing Ok on my breakfast....... Need to step up a bit more ........... have added trying not to eat after work next week am thinking about adding a bit of exercise .......
Welp off to go and study.......... dont let life fly by you without stopping to smell a few roses or cuddle time with your children or just take a break and enjoy life a bit :))
Friday, September 12, 2008
Livin life or something like it :)
Have you ever felt like you were just "livin life" or that what you were doing was "something Like It"??
Well that is where I have been this past week and a half. I have been in the "something Like It" category... School is going FAST .....lots of reading and trying to retain information and studying. It is crazy. And it dont help matters that my instructor is new at book teachin... she is an adjunct from one of the hospitals around here......and has helped teach at the hospital (hands on) and in the lab class at the college but never a book teachin...... So she dont have her power points up until mmmmmmmm ten minutes before class starts.....and how in the world does she think you are suppose to copy print the power points and bring them to class with you for that class .... so it is NOT fun I will be off work this weekend so I will spend alot of time studying........ we have to know the route the blood flows in a fetus as well as after birth (and there is a difference LOL) among alot of other things I need to get drilled into my head PRAY for me big time.......
As for work it is going great....... I actually love being a phlebotomist and enjoy seeing alot of different people......
Ok now for the weight and food thing
well I flopped BAD BAD BAD ..... I need some help in this department....... My water is still great and breakfast eatin is good........but I need to start adding exercisin and continue to add better lunches and diners...... Ok so here is to getting back on track....... tomorrow I will start posting to my email group every day again.......and being accountable...... cause I noticed when I stopped postin every day then I did NOT add any thing new to my routine.....
My beloved hubby went to the doctor this morning (I went with him so I could hear what the doc had to say) they are retesting his total testosterone (spelling??) and he is now on a low dose blood pressure med...... B/P was 142/94 not good ...... so hubby looked at me and said well I think it is time to do somehting about this...... I want to be around to see Liam grow up... and I so well agree with him....... we both have been living fly by just doing the bare minimum and hoping to get by but we can see that is NOT working ......
So I am now on my way to work...... and raising my water bottle to chug some more
and please if you are reading this pray for all the people in the golf coast that is gonna be hit by the huricanne Ike that is coming in........ Here in the heart of Texas we will be probably getting high winds (hopefully no tornandos) and rain ......
Have a great day
Well that is where I have been this past week and a half. I have been in the "something Like It" category... School is going FAST .....lots of reading and trying to retain information and studying. It is crazy. And it dont help matters that my instructor is new at book teachin... she is an adjunct from one of the hospitals around here......and has helped teach at the hospital (hands on) and in the lab class at the college but never a book teachin...... So she dont have her power points up until mmmmmmmm ten minutes before class starts.....and how in the world does she think you are suppose to copy print the power points and bring them to class with you for that class .... so it is NOT fun I will be off work this weekend so I will spend alot of time studying........ we have to know the route the blood flows in a fetus as well as after birth (and there is a difference LOL) among alot of other things I need to get drilled into my head PRAY for me big time.......
As for work it is going great....... I actually love being a phlebotomist and enjoy seeing alot of different people......
Ok now for the weight and food thing
well I flopped BAD BAD BAD ..... I need some help in this department....... My water is still great and breakfast eatin is good........but I need to start adding exercisin and continue to add better lunches and diners...... Ok so here is to getting back on track....... tomorrow I will start posting to my email group every day again.......and being accountable...... cause I noticed when I stopped postin every day then I did NOT add any thing new to my routine.....
My beloved hubby went to the doctor this morning (I went with him so I could hear what the doc had to say) they are retesting his total testosterone (spelling??) and he is now on a low dose blood pressure med...... B/P was 142/94 not good ...... so hubby looked at me and said well I think it is time to do somehting about this...... I want to be around to see Liam grow up... and I so well agree with him....... we both have been living fly by just doing the bare minimum and hoping to get by but we can see that is NOT working ......
So I am now on my way to work...... and raising my water bottle to chug some more
and please if you are reading this pray for all the people in the golf coast that is gonna be hit by the huricanne Ike that is coming in........ Here in the heart of Texas we will be probably getting high winds (hopefully no tornandos) and rain ......
Have a great day
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
tuesday and rollin along
Good Day !!!!! I hope this day continues to shine and be awesome...... I am recording my breakfast intake this week..... Breakfast was 1 serving (24 small biscuits) shredded wheat = 190 calories..... 8oz skim milk = 45 calories and a kashi breakfast bar (ate on the way home from school) = 140 calories for a total of 375 calories which is a far cry better then yesterday..... think I need to leave them hostess dingdongs alone LOL I am on my 3rd 16.9oz bottle of water :))
School is going good we have our first test in my fundamentals class on thursday WOOHOO
I will be going back to work this afternoon after a long 3 day weekend ......
Do you ever stop and really think what life means to you really MEANS ...... how many times do we put others needs and even there wants before our own needs ??? How often do you just run through life and not take time to really enjoy it ??? Just some things to think about ...... I do believe I will be thinking deeply a bit today
Have a great day and ROCK ON
School is going good we have our first test in my fundamentals class on thursday WOOHOO
I will be going back to work this afternoon after a long 3 day weekend ......
Do you ever stop and really think what life means to you really MEANS ...... how many times do we put others needs and even there wants before our own needs ??? How often do you just run through life and not take time to really enjoy it ??? Just some things to think about ...... I do believe I will be thinking deeply a bit today
Have a great day and ROCK ON
Monday, September 1, 2008
Back and Ready to Roll
These past two months have been a bit crazy. Life runs and runs and I can barely walk fast enough to keep half way up with my life LOL
I have been reading through some old old emails from myself and people in a email group I am in and let me tell you I am still in the same place in reguards to healthy livin that I was two and three years ago. So now I am on to trying to FINALLY once and for all turn it around. But I have also figured out that I can only do this one small thing at a time. So last week I started with water......... I am averaging 5 to 6 16.9oz bottles of water a day ....... this week I started with just being accountable with my breakfast...... so today I had 3 packs instant oatmeal = 300 calories, 2 tablespoons light butter = 100 calories, 1 hostess dingdong = 180 calories for a total of 580 calories for this mornings breakfast....... OK OK I know a bit to much and to much stuff I could have replaced with better things IE a piece of fruit or something........ but I think bloggin about my intake will help me see how much I have eaten and help me stay on the right track to livin a healthy lifestle for life instead of a day or week or two weeks then falling and NOT getting up for a month or so to try again............
I started back to the local community college last week also....... I am in the respiratory program but had to stop out last year do to having to take radiation therapy for the cancer I had..... But I am back in the swing of it now....... takin a fundamentals class and a cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology class..... I love learning and have found the medical field to be very interesting and enjoyable (even) to learn.... I get to help people and make a small difference in the world.
I have been off work for a three day weekend and LOVE it........ but today I am actually missing work and my co workers LOL...... but I have had the joy of uninterupted (spelling ??) time with the two main men in my life IE hubby Billy and son Liam....... and he is growin up wayyyy to fast
He is playing peewee soccer now and so far I have missed one game due to me working every other weekend :(( He turned 4 this past April and will be in Kindergarden this time next year oh where oh where does time go to .............
But I am back and ready to LIVE life and ENJOY IT
Thanks a Million Ang........ you are such a great inspiration and a great friend Love ya girl
I have been reading through some old old emails from myself and people in a email group I am in and let me tell you I am still in the same place in reguards to healthy livin that I was two and three years ago. So now I am on to trying to FINALLY once and for all turn it around. But I have also figured out that I can only do this one small thing at a time. So last week I started with water......... I am averaging 5 to 6 16.9oz bottles of water a day ....... this week I started with just being accountable with my breakfast...... so today I had 3 packs instant oatmeal = 300 calories, 2 tablespoons light butter = 100 calories, 1 hostess dingdong = 180 calories for a total of 580 calories for this mornings breakfast....... OK OK I know a bit to much and to much stuff I could have replaced with better things IE a piece of fruit or something........ but I think bloggin about my intake will help me see how much I have eaten and help me stay on the right track to livin a healthy lifestle for life instead of a day or week or two weeks then falling and NOT getting up for a month or so to try again............
I started back to the local community college last week also....... I am in the respiratory program but had to stop out last year do to having to take radiation therapy for the cancer I had..... But I am back in the swing of it now....... takin a fundamentals class and a cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology class..... I love learning and have found the medical field to be very interesting and enjoyable (even) to learn.... I get to help people and make a small difference in the world.
I have been off work for a three day weekend and LOVE it........ but today I am actually missing work and my co workers LOL...... but I have had the joy of uninterupted (spelling ??) time with the two main men in my life IE hubby Billy and son Liam....... and he is growin up wayyyy to fast
He is playing peewee soccer now and so far I have missed one game due to me working every other weekend :(( He turned 4 this past April and will be in Kindergarden this time next year oh where oh where does time go to .............
But I am back and ready to LIVE life and ENJOY IT
Thanks a Million Ang........ you are such a great inspiration and a great friend Love ya girl
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Livin life
Morning world Dawn is here :)
LOL you ever wake up and think you would rather roll back over and go back to sleep but know you must get up and get going? Well that is a day like today for me :) So GOOD MORNING WORLD DAWN IS HERE :)
Life is what I make it and everyday in all honesty it gets a bit better :)
Sunday I was getting ready for church when my dear hubby decided he did not want to go so I thought first ok then I will just stay home also..... Then I decided NO I want to go so I am gonna go .... I got myself and Liam ready and we walked out the door I was barely in the truck when Hubby opened the front door and motioned for me to wait a minute he was coming too. Well to make a long story short after church was over and we were on our way down the road he told me he was glad he went. We had a guest preacher and he loved the message (Joshua 3) about believing and trusting in God. So he says he will go again this next sunday and I told him ok but I am not gonna argue with you about it if you dont want to go then that is up to you but I will still go. MEN LOL
Life is a bit crazy for me right now .... Thursday I go back to the oncologist for a check up.... we are not on a "Schedule" yet..... as I am just almost a year out of being diagnosed. Hopefully in the next year it will get where I can go every six months and I will have a set time ..... I was there last August (first diagnosed) then in November after radiation treatment then in Feburary now in June...... in August and Feburary we had cat scans of the lungs this time we only have the exam .. This is all still so very new to me and I dont think I will ever get use to it (I dont really want to get use to it but I know it needs to be done) So if you could just send up a small prayer that God walks me through yet another appointment cause I know I cant do it alone :)
I will be back in School in August just part time though. Next Januarary I will be back full time and work full time and we shall see what happens then :)
I have been struggling with this weight thing. Somedays I do great other days I bite hard and get no where .....some how I need to grab hold and "Just Do It" I see my friends doing it and they are MAKING it :) I want some of that :) I will get it I just need to do it
Well enough on me have a great day and ROCK ON :)
LOL you ever wake up and think you would rather roll back over and go back to sleep but know you must get up and get going? Well that is a day like today for me :) So GOOD MORNING WORLD DAWN IS HERE :)
Life is what I make it and everyday in all honesty it gets a bit better :)
Sunday I was getting ready for church when my dear hubby decided he did not want to go so I thought first ok then I will just stay home also..... Then I decided NO I want to go so I am gonna go .... I got myself and Liam ready and we walked out the door I was barely in the truck when Hubby opened the front door and motioned for me to wait a minute he was coming too. Well to make a long story short after church was over and we were on our way down the road he told me he was glad he went. We had a guest preacher and he loved the message (Joshua 3) about believing and trusting in God. So he says he will go again this next sunday and I told him ok but I am not gonna argue with you about it if you dont want to go then that is up to you but I will still go. MEN LOL
Life is a bit crazy for me right now .... Thursday I go back to the oncologist for a check up.... we are not on a "Schedule" yet..... as I am just almost a year out of being diagnosed. Hopefully in the next year it will get where I can go every six months and I will have a set time ..... I was there last August (first diagnosed) then in November after radiation treatment then in Feburary now in June...... in August and Feburary we had cat scans of the lungs this time we only have the exam .. This is all still so very new to me and I dont think I will ever get use to it (I dont really want to get use to it but I know it needs to be done) So if you could just send up a small prayer that God walks me through yet another appointment cause I know I cant do it alone :)
I will be back in School in August just part time though. Next Januarary I will be back full time and work full time and we shall see what happens then :)
I have been struggling with this weight thing. Somedays I do great other days I bite hard and get no where .....some how I need to grab hold and "Just Do It" I see my friends doing it and they are MAKING it :) I want some of that :) I will get it I just need to do it
Well enough on me have a great day and ROCK ON :)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Just another day
Good morning World!!!!!
Do you ever feel like your world is spinning?? Some days out of control and other days it is just spinning!!! Well we camped out on the living room floor on a queen sized air matteres. I dont understand what makes one think this is "fun" except a 4 year old asking please please can we camp in the front room tonight. GRRRRRR LOL Believe me I felt all of the 40 years that I am this morning when I got up ... a new kink here a new hurt there but the joy on his little face was way worth the kinks I had to work out of my ole body :)
I am on a journey to live a healthy long life and let me tell you some days it is HARD as HELLO to stick to it .... being honest somedays I "dont" stick to it :(
I had two packs of instant rasain, walnut and date oatmeal with 1 tsp light butter and a 8oz glass of skim milk with one medium banana for breakfast. Am on my 2nd (16.9oz) bottle of that clear cool stuff called water.... will be getting in atleast 5 bottles by the days end :)
Will be having grilled chicken salad for diner tonight....... not real sure about lunch :(
See I work the after noon shift and my beloved works from 8 to 5pm so I get dinner ready for the two of them then hubby and I talk via the phone in between working to catch up on our days..... I wish my work hours were different but to get through school and on to the next thing I want to be when I grow up we have to work different shifts .....as I am sure many people in todays world do :)
Have a question that maybe someone out in blog land can help me with if you happen to be reading this ....... I am wanting to either go vegaterian or to diabetic eating ways..... if you have any input on these matters I would LOVE to hear from you :)
Have a great day and just keep striving for your goals
God bless yall
Do you ever feel like your world is spinning?? Some days out of control and other days it is just spinning!!! Well we camped out on the living room floor on a queen sized air matteres. I dont understand what makes one think this is "fun" except a 4 year old asking please please can we camp in the front room tonight. GRRRRRR LOL Believe me I felt all of the 40 years that I am this morning when I got up ... a new kink here a new hurt there but the joy on his little face was way worth the kinks I had to work out of my ole body :)
I am on a journey to live a healthy long life and let me tell you some days it is HARD as HELLO to stick to it .... being honest somedays I "dont" stick to it :(
I had two packs of instant rasain, walnut and date oatmeal with 1 tsp light butter and a 8oz glass of skim milk with one medium banana for breakfast. Am on my 2nd (16.9oz) bottle of that clear cool stuff called water.... will be getting in atleast 5 bottles by the days end :)
Will be having grilled chicken salad for diner tonight....... not real sure about lunch :(
See I work the after noon shift and my beloved works from 8 to 5pm so I get dinner ready for the two of them then hubby and I talk via the phone in between working to catch up on our days..... I wish my work hours were different but to get through school and on to the next thing I want to be when I grow up we have to work different shifts .....as I am sure many people in todays world do :)
Have a question that maybe someone out in blog land can help me with if you happen to be reading this ....... I am wanting to either go vegaterian or to diabetic eating ways..... if you have any input on these matters I would LOVE to hear from you :)
Have a great day and just keep striving for your goals
God bless yall
Monday, June 16, 2008
Here we Go
Hello bloggin world!!!!!!
I want to give a BIG thanks to Ang for helping me get this started. Ang your awesome, encouraging and a great inspiration to all that come to know you. I am truly blessed to know you and one day we WILL meet face to face. For everyone that dont know .... I have known Ang via email group for seven plus years and she as well as the others in the group are awesomely wonderful!!!!!!
Now on to a bit about me!!!!
I just turned the BIG 40 two months ago and am honestly LOVIN it :)
I live in central Texas with the most amazing man in the world. To make a long story short I met my beloved online six years ago this August we talked via online and phone for six months then he asked me to move here (I lived in the cold northern state of Michigan) So being single and no kids I packed up my little car and drove 21 hours straight arriving here on March 1st 2003. Let me tell you one thing God works maricles in our lives if we just let him :)
So here I am in the big state of Texas were summers are hotter then hattie and I will never get use to that :) My beloved and I married on March 1st 2005 he is the most amazing person I know. .... some moments I would love to squeeze his head off his shoulders and other moments I would love to just love him forever LOL.... We have an awesome 4 year old son that is so amazing and wonderful :) I am truly blessed........He keeps me on my toes and them two men are the reason I strive to climb the mountains life sometimes puts up for us .... After movin here I truly found what it was I wanted to do when I grew up LOL with the support of my beloved I started college four years ago.... Twenty years ago I tried going into the medical field but could not handle it. I think God works in our lives sometimes in HIS time ....if you know what I mean..... So when I started college I decided I wanted to give the medical field another chance and low and behold I now hold a certificate in phlebotomy and have been working for almost two years at one of the local hospitals as a phlebotomist (vampire) and I love it. I am very much a people person and to know I can make a differance and help someone when they are sick or in need of medical care is an awesome feeling for me. I am in school for Respiratory Therapy also. I have 1 1/2 years left of college to get my degree in that.... and I think after that I will go on to get my RN degree then maybe I will be done with school but we shall wait and see!!
Last year was a VERY rough year for us medically. In November of 2006 we last a baby due to miscarriage at 14 weeks along .... then I started having women problems that took my oxygenated blood down to 7.1 (normal is 12 to 14 for women) I was close to needing a transfusion.. in May of 2007 I had a biopsy and ultra sounds done everything saying I just needed a D and C so we scheduled that for August 3rd 2007 (my beloveds 35th bday) going in we though I would be coming home that afternoon (outpaitient surgery) God works in Great mysterious ways ...... My beloved was gonna go and do some business things then come back and pick me up but for some reason he stayed and waited instead.... about a half hour after I left to go to surgery a nurse came running down to the room and had my beloved sign a paper so they could do a emergancy partial hystorectomy things did not go as planned and I was losing to much blood. Like I said God works in great ways Beloved signed the papers and I woke up in recovery about three hours later. When I finally got up stairs to a room it was HELL all I could do was cry cause this was NOT suppose to go this way ....... Beloved was crying too when he first seen me ....he said he was sorry for having to make a choice like that for me but he was so happy I was ok and alive :) He is truly a God send let me tell you. Well four days later I got to come home.... and let me tell you staying in the hospital 4 days is LONG....LONG :) then shortly after I was home the doctor called to tell me the pathology report came back and they found cancer. I cried and cried and cried and the doctor was so wonderful (I was home alone Beloved at the pharmacy getting my meds) Dr said ok Dawn we will get through this together.... one step at a time :)
Once again GOD is wonderful..... we met with an oncologist about a week later and had a Cat Scan every thing came back showing NOTHING is there....... but with the type of cancer (mixed mullerian sarcoma) stage 1 grade 3 we decided to do radiation therapy .... so for 6 weeks monday through friday I would go for my 10 minute treatment of radiation at the oncology center here in town. Let me tell ya by week 4 I was still strong and holding on but I want so to let go cause it was starting to NOT feel good ...... I was working full time in school fulltime and doing radiation and havin my house to tend too also. But with God, my beloved, my boy and my friends and family I got through it .......As of now I am going back for follow up check ups. I have given it over to God and decided to live my life. Going back to the oncologist is something I will live with forever now but that is ok cause I am alive and living and "life is what I make it"
OK OK enough of the book of ME
I wanted to do this blog to come here and journal, talk just put things down. I dont know if anything I say will help any one else or not but I do know it will help me through my journey in this wonderful life. So many of us take life for granite thinking there is always tomorrow. But I have learned through trials and just being honest with myself that today is all we really have... tomorrow is NEVER guaranteed .... and each of us are the master of our own destiny. I spent along time in my life blaming others for everything that happend bad in my life..... but life is truly what I MAKE IT :) Have a wonderful day and Know that GOD is love and God is good....
I want to give a BIG thanks to Ang for helping me get this started. Ang your awesome, encouraging and a great inspiration to all that come to know you. I am truly blessed to know you and one day we WILL meet face to face. For everyone that dont know .... I have known Ang via email group for seven plus years and she as well as the others in the group are awesomely wonderful!!!!!!
Now on to a bit about me!!!!
I just turned the BIG 40 two months ago and am honestly LOVIN it :)
I live in central Texas with the most amazing man in the world. To make a long story short I met my beloved online six years ago this August we talked via online and phone for six months then he asked me to move here (I lived in the cold northern state of Michigan) So being single and no kids I packed up my little car and drove 21 hours straight arriving here on March 1st 2003. Let me tell you one thing God works maricles in our lives if we just let him :)
So here I am in the big state of Texas were summers are hotter then hattie and I will never get use to that :) My beloved and I married on March 1st 2005 he is the most amazing person I know. .... some moments I would love to squeeze his head off his shoulders and other moments I would love to just love him forever LOL.... We have an awesome 4 year old son that is so amazing and wonderful :) I am truly blessed........He keeps me on my toes and them two men are the reason I strive to climb the mountains life sometimes puts up for us .... After movin here I truly found what it was I wanted to do when I grew up LOL with the support of my beloved I started college four years ago.... Twenty years ago I tried going into the medical field but could not handle it. I think God works in our lives sometimes in HIS time ....if you know what I mean..... So when I started college I decided I wanted to give the medical field another chance and low and behold I now hold a certificate in phlebotomy and have been working for almost two years at one of the local hospitals as a phlebotomist (vampire) and I love it. I am very much a people person and to know I can make a differance and help someone when they are sick or in need of medical care is an awesome feeling for me. I am in school for Respiratory Therapy also. I have 1 1/2 years left of college to get my degree in that.... and I think after that I will go on to get my RN degree then maybe I will be done with school but we shall wait and see!!
Last year was a VERY rough year for us medically. In November of 2006 we last a baby due to miscarriage at 14 weeks along .... then I started having women problems that took my oxygenated blood down to 7.1 (normal is 12 to 14 for women) I was close to needing a transfusion.. in May of 2007 I had a biopsy and ultra sounds done everything saying I just needed a D and C so we scheduled that for August 3rd 2007 (my beloveds 35th bday) going in we though I would be coming home that afternoon (outpaitient surgery) God works in Great mysterious ways ...... My beloved was gonna go and do some business things then come back and pick me up but for some reason he stayed and waited instead.... about a half hour after I left to go to surgery a nurse came running down to the room and had my beloved sign a paper so they could do a emergancy partial hystorectomy things did not go as planned and I was losing to much blood. Like I said God works in great ways Beloved signed the papers and I woke up in recovery about three hours later. When I finally got up stairs to a room it was HELL all I could do was cry cause this was NOT suppose to go this way ....... Beloved was crying too when he first seen me ....he said he was sorry for having to make a choice like that for me but he was so happy I was ok and alive :) He is truly a God send let me tell you. Well four days later I got to come home.... and let me tell you staying in the hospital 4 days is LONG....LONG :) then shortly after I was home the doctor called to tell me the pathology report came back and they found cancer. I cried and cried and cried and the doctor was so wonderful (I was home alone Beloved at the pharmacy getting my meds) Dr said ok Dawn we will get through this together.... one step at a time :)
Once again GOD is wonderful..... we met with an oncologist about a week later and had a Cat Scan every thing came back showing NOTHING is there....... but with the type of cancer (mixed mullerian sarcoma) stage 1 grade 3 we decided to do radiation therapy .... so for 6 weeks monday through friday I would go for my 10 minute treatment of radiation at the oncology center here in town. Let me tell ya by week 4 I was still strong and holding on but I want so to let go cause it was starting to NOT feel good ...... I was working full time in school fulltime and doing radiation and havin my house to tend too also. But with God, my beloved, my boy and my friends and family I got through it .......As of now I am going back for follow up check ups. I have given it over to God and decided to live my life. Going back to the oncologist is something I will live with forever now but that is ok cause I am alive and living and "life is what I make it"
OK OK enough of the book of ME
I wanted to do this blog to come here and journal, talk just put things down. I dont know if anything I say will help any one else or not but I do know it will help me through my journey in this wonderful life. So many of us take life for granite thinking there is always tomorrow. But I have learned through trials and just being honest with myself that today is all we really have... tomorrow is NEVER guaranteed .... and each of us are the master of our own destiny. I spent along time in my life blaming others for everything that happend bad in my life..... but life is truly what I MAKE IT :) Have a wonderful day and Know that GOD is love and God is good....
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Just begining
Hi, I am new to the world of Blog, and a bit computer duh so please hang in there with me :)
Great thanks goes out to Ang. She awesomely sat this all up for me and is helping me along in all of my lifes journey. She is that ear and shoulder when much needed. I have truly been blessed to know her via the web world for over the past 7 years. Thanks a MILLION Ang for everything.
I wanted a place where I could come and journal and talk about what life is for ME :)
So a bit of an introduction for the ones of you that don't know me. I live in the heart of Texas but LOL I am a transplant from the North (Michigan to be exact!!!) I met my beloved hubby via instant messanger almost 6 years ago. And being a single girl (divorced for 2 years and no kids) I decided to see what Texas was all about. So 6 months of talking via phone and internet I packed up and moved on down here :) LOVE the winters and HATE the summers (it is way to hot for any soul to live here LOL)
Great thanks goes out to Ang. She awesomely sat this all up for me and is helping me along in all of my lifes journey. She is that ear and shoulder when much needed. I have truly been blessed to know her via the web world for over the past 7 years. Thanks a MILLION Ang for everything.
I wanted a place where I could come and journal and talk about what life is for ME :)
So a bit of an introduction for the ones of you that don't know me. I live in the heart of Texas but LOL I am a transplant from the North (Michigan to be exact!!!) I met my beloved hubby via instant messanger almost 6 years ago. And being a single girl (divorced for 2 years and no kids) I decided to see what Texas was all about. So 6 months of talking via phone and internet I packed up and moved on down here :) LOVE the winters and HATE the summers (it is way to hot for any soul to live here LOL)
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