2 dogs & a lady
let the good times roll
waiting for bedtime…

I already had a 2 hr nap this afternoon..completely exhausted. No, I did not go out last night till the wee hours…but I DID watch Paranormal stories (or whatever it is called) and got creeped out. I ate brownies as well..so i was loaded up on sugar with the creeps…and you can guess how my dreams went..FRIGGING SCARY!!! *ugh* between Jes my dog pacing and panting around 12:30am and trembling so much it was making my non tremble bed move (I had to let them out…)then back in..she starts it all over again..So I made her get down onto the floor..and Jake my bog dufus slept with me on the bed..hogging all but my 1′ edge of the bed. S/O works nights and has his own room. I travel in my sleep and he likes his blankets and sheets perfect..so we do not sleep well together..this works..except the dogs claim my bed! Hahah. I have less space with them that with S/O. I also sleep around the dogs..except for last night. I just had a crappy sleep..and then at 6:45am this am..jake decides it is time to start his moany-whiny noise which he does for attention!! Can you say FOOk~ Anyways, up I was…so I want to get some good sleep.

 

Today diet wise was good except for supper. I had potatoe salad with FF cataline dressing on it. An old comfort food…lets hope all the mayo doesn’t muck up my stomache again..One would think I would learn NOT to eat things I am not used to eating anymore right/ glutton for punishment!

 

Oh yes, watched Twilight today…what a wierd little movie.

 

Ok..I know it is early, but I am going to crawl into bed with a non creepy book..gnight chickies..

may you all have a great sleep…see you later this week!

April 5th, 2009 at 5:45 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink
Saturday…spring time *maybe*

weigh in this morning..and i dont know how things are going to go..ok, lets be truthful, I KNOW how they should go..Heather you arent going down….but….I still keep hoping it may have dropped a bit although there isnt any reason why it should. I ate every thing that moved ro not yesterday..and most of it was in the beautiful food choice…chocolate!!!!!!!!!!

 

*smiling* I DID it! I lost over 3lbs!!!! so now over 26lbs since Dec 30!! Time to actually work at it though without all the slacking…I can lose more and faster IF i follow my program….

 

oh well…life is good..my family is safe…and God loves me..how could it be any better really?

April 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am | Comments & Trackbacks (2) | Permalink
day 3 of a challenge

Today is the 3rd day of a 1 week challenge 3 chicks thread has going on. 3rd day where I have followed the program pretty darn well! Avoided the cookies, the extra everything. Not even been too bad on my water! The scale this morning really shows it as well! I have a w.i in around an hour as well as today is measurements day…so I am hoping this works well.

I seems I have caught that danged cold that everyone seems to be getting Me….she who eats craplods of veggies…me..she who washes her hands constantly….GO FIGURE! i think i also need to go down to the tea store and pick up their “cold blaster” tea..it works wonders and tastes pretty good! Think  I need it.

March 25th, 2009 at 7:20 am | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink
Beautiful blue skies….and a Saturday off!

What could be nicer? <ahhhh>

I have been up since aorund 6:30am (almost like sleeping in!) and vegging out since then. i will be heading in for my w.i shortly. The centre is under new ownership..as in back to the corporate office. I am happy because it was constantly cutting back the hours it was open, or the shelves would almost be empty. Perhpas i will find some new inspiration with the :dream team:. As they call themsleves. The 2 people I was familair with have decided to leave and go back to school, so this might be the extra push I need. :) Some days this real life weight struggle is easier to let slip that to work on. But it is about life so I try not to beat myself up too much!

Brekkie..I had a peanut crunch bar. mercy they are good (and leagal) as well as 2 cups of water and 1 crisp Asian pear (if you haven;t tried one, you really should. They are like a “peary-apple” and very very juicy! best when cold! *without the horid pear consistancy*

 i learned something yesterday….it you eat starch for brekkie…you must eat some protein 1st..or the starch basically converts to sugar! Which means it converts to fat..sheesh! So much for my yummy steel cut oats theory! i still will have it, but as a snack once a week or so..with some raisins mixed in :)

I have taken this weekend off from visiting Nan. I feel a little guilty about it, but I have been travelling the highway for the last 3 or 4 weeks. I will head out Weds I think on my day off instead. Hopefully my father and Colleen actually headed over to visit her life they said they would!

  Well, time to go and get ready for the w.i. Then I think I am going to hunt around for a new pair of sneakers for work….the type that are excellent for working on concrete…without paying in the 3 digits. Wish me luck chickies!

March 21st, 2009 at 7:59 am | Comments & Trackbacks (2) | Permalink
happy re-union
             Yesterday I had the chance to get back to my home-city to spend time with Nan again. I also had the opportunity to get dad & colleen to go and visit as well. This has been Dad’s 2nd visit to see Nan in 2 years. She was so darned happy to see him. I had gone in a bit earlier so see how she was doing and to try and bring her around a bit to tell her that Dad would be coming with his new fiancée. She was having a good day, kinda 50/50..dementia isn’t always co-operative. But when I told her I thought I heard them coming down the hall, she popped up off her sofa and went to the hallway. A HUGE smile on her face and the fingers come out, as if to motion, COME HERE!
Boy she was happy  ecstatic!!! This is not thebest photo..but it is the one that worked. 

           I took many photos, but for some reason only 1 of Dad & Nan hugging. Some day I will get the cell phone photo thingy figured out. I forget to hit save too many times!

  There were better ones that I had, but the save thing eluded me again. She was very chatty with Colleen, and Colleen was kind with her. It made me happy. Sometimes I was the interpreter and sometimes I was the reasoning and calming voice with Nan when she would start to fuzz out a bit or get frustrated trying to remember what she was saying. I corrected Dad on some of is theory’s, (really sometimes men can be plain stupid) and hopefully, when Nan asked Dad to visit again, he said this week..he will KEEP his word. She just brightened up. He lives 7 minutes away,. I live an hour and a half….but I still make it! Regardless, Nan was happy!

  Weight wise, well, I have living. We went grocery shopping Friday and I ended up asking Stacy for 100. for his share. We usually don’t do that, but we went 100 over budget and he had an extra 300. from his bonus. I felt awkward, he was fine. Today I need to go to Shoppers and get some CLA as I have been off it a month and it showed such good helpful ways! This morning I had steel cut rolled oats, some activia vanilla yogurt and for a snack I had an Asian pear. YUM. A good brekkie!  I think I am going to put a roast and some vegetables in the slow cooker to have for supper. Nice, healthy, and good for lunch tomorrow as well!

I have been reading your journals my chickies, but my apologies on not replying.

 

 

March 15th, 2009 at 8:47 am | Comments & Trackbacks (2) | Permalink
shaking off the dreams..and the weight

5:55am, Haven’t shaken off the last nights dream yet. It was odd, but involved an ex-boyfriend from over 20 yrs ago. The one who got away if you understand that term.  I am not sure why I dream of him every now and then, We aren’t even in the same city anymore. One day I facebooked his wife (she was my friend, I introduced them) and my heart was bruised. My own fault, you do a stupid thing you deserve to feel it. Haven’t done it since. Just put some music on to get my mind out of that funky frame. Music is the one thing that seems to be able to affect my mood. Give me 80’s or 70’s some days and i am happy. Big hair indeed!  (feeling better a bit already)

  The scale has been my friend lately. Stepped on it again this morning and it was at the lowest it has bee in a year! I am going to leave work tomorrow am (I hate working these Saturdays) and go for my weigh -in. I haven’t been all week and I need to get in there. Since corporate took it over it is a weird place. Feels colder. Could just be my mental frame, but I doubt it.. Even the girls there are not staying.

      to al my chickies here…may today be a better day for you. I have been reading some blogs, sorry I haven;t replied or commented there….everything happens for a reason. Patty you are that boys star, don’t give up. 310 u can do it…..even a little exercise or 1 meal of conscience is a win. Just go minute by minute. I think Happy Hag got stuck with her gluegun….

 

March 6th, 2009 at 6:08 am | Comments & Trackbacks (1) | Permalink
splish splash…

 

 
 

 

 
        25mm of rain heading down on us now. While I am hopeful it helps to wash away the show, I don’t like the fact my driveway now competes with the city’s ice rinks for thickness of ice! We were cutting it out yesterday and one section literally had 5″ of ice! <sigh> So far tomorrow the weather report is still calling for 15cm of snow (whoever is doing that little snow dance, would you please stop now?) At this rate, spring might arrive in 2010!
 
       Today I stepped on the scale and it was friendly again. I am getting the water in that I so desperately need as well so that helps. last tonight the s/o told me how good the new cookies he bought were and to smell them..then would I like one or a little piece? I almost threw his cookies into the garbage can! I know he meant well, but holy mackerel buddy, I AM trying to lose weight, not keep it! I am hoping when I go to my w.i this a.m I will be smiling. I had another one of those salads again last night. Pretty tasty! I am not sure if I shared the recipe with the blog so I will here.
Take salad greens (you know, similar to what your mower leaves behind ha-ha) I have been using the baby greens, take some strawberries and some mandarin oranges segments, mix  them together then use a raspberry vinaigrette. You can also add a bit of slivered almonds, although that isn’t my thing. Very tasty and not high calories either! A nice change of pace from the usual style salads.
     I need to buy some more groceries today, but it all depends on Jessie’s vet visit and that bill. We can survive on frozen food we have, fresh is not as important as her visit. The other night I noticed 2 new moles on her. They are on her lip which is scary because they are fast growing. So today we head off. I think I am going to ask them to be biopsied even if they say they are not cancer. I just would rather be 110% sure. She is my heart dog and as she grows older my hear breaks more each day. She is a Momma’s dog. S/o will tell her to do something and she will turn and look at me and wait for me to say yes or no. She even has going for a drive down pat. She goes to him while we are getting ready and he says no, she goes to me, turns her back completely to him and looks to me, tagging wagging faster than any broom I have ever used, her beautiful soft brown eyes glimmering, excited velvet ears popped up waiting for me to say “Yes”. She will even try and “herd” him to the stairs. Hahaha, She is part Husky, Part Shep, Part Pointer, Part sneaky neighbor dog,=pure lovable mutt. We have been together for 10 years she & I. Jessie-Blue, the sad, underweight, mess of a dog I adopted from the shelter. I will have to post their story (Jake the male, he should have been called Zeke, he who was to have been a kitty for Jessie-Blue) one day here.
   
     People wonder why at the age of 41 I do not have skin-kids. I guess it isn’t so much as don’t have them, I just do not feel like I would be the right kind of parent. Mine were a little (ok, allot) physical & impatient, and I sometimes catch myself wanting to be that way. I can get impatient so I worry. I have Godchildren and they are a hoot, but I am glad after I finish visiting them that I can go home to relative peace and quiet…and sanity, for whatever it is worth. <grin> I know I am missing many great moments in my life not having kids, but that is how it is. Jessie-Blue & Jake take the place of any skin-kids…my furbabies. I know many people would not understand, especially if they aren’t animal fans, but that is ok. I love my pups as much as I could kids. They ask only for love and are always happy to see me. What is better than that? They even give me mementos for when I eat, work or sleep..fur! ha!
 
   I guess this blog was not so much about weight loss, but more about my world..I guess one thing leads to another.
 
 
Hope you are all safe & happy today my blog friends…May God keep you in his arms, safe
6:56pm   
         I had a good weigh in! I am 5lbs lighter than my last weigh in!<happy happy joy joy> So now that is 23.8lbs! They girl @ the centre was just as happy as I was! Itook Jes with me and we snuck in the back way, then we headed out to the vets, where they had an SPCA dog, and we walked her, she is the final dog left to be adopted. There were 60 dogs the SPCA confiscated from a  hoarder in Northeren NB. She is a kind gentle dog & they both got along wonderfully. I am thinking about fostering her until she can find a forever home. This was the 1st time they met, yet they walked together well. Pheonix is the black one.
Jes played with 2 other dogs (we were early), then waited more. Finally after waiting and everything else, she is ok and the bill was a less painful $110. bill. Not that she isn’t worth it, but I was expecting more. So, I got away ok and best of all, it wasn’t cancer with Jes! She had a nice morning with me and had lots of socialization too! A happy pup means a happy me!
     
February 28th, 2009 at 7:54 am | Comments & Trackbacks (3) | Permalink
how many wacko’s, weirdo’s & meanies are out today?

    I am not really sure,  but I can say i had more than my fair share today..& that evil thing called Zeelda who called and ripped my face off verbally can take her quote & …&…well..let’s just say it would never be seen again! Some people have no idea how things go. I can not make up the prices, I am dependant upon my suppliers to get back to me. If they say they will call me back that same day with a price and don’t, I can not force them to go any faster! My numerous emails., voice mails, calling the company rep doesn’t help either. And for Zelda be to a class A BITCH just started my day off soooooo wrong in sooooo many ways. That was just the start. Or maybe I let it be a start to many other dumbazz calls etc. Who knows. I am just glad the work day is over.

Food wise it was good. So was yesterday and hopefully tomorrow will be good as well, weigh in on Saturday with measurements…scale has been friendly so far!

 

  more snow predicted-mistletoe fruitcake!!!!!!!! figure out what I really wanted to say!

here is a photo of the picture I took of our road yesterday. It is usually wide enought to have 2 cars passing easily..not now!

oh and more snow coming Sunday! 20cm!

 

 

February 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink
happy hump day….it’s almost done!

well the day is almost finished…at least the paid work day is. I do however need to spend another 3 hours on the newsletter for the store that I have been ..um..er….putting off for months! Slacker with a capital S! It would not have been so bad if we had more people contributing to the damned thing except for myself and another co-worker. they all want the newsletter because it is inforamtive and fun, yet no one wants to get off their bumz and help with it!!! Oh well…shuddup & put y our big girl panties on and deal with it right?

  Today was another good day for no cheats…I am very happy with that. Not all my water in yet but I am working on that!I will have to have all of my protein in one meal, not the best but I was so far behind getting ready fo work that I grabbed salad, grapes and dressing and ran! Thank heavens I had left over steel cut oats in the fridge. I know, sounds icky but I like them like that..left over.

anyways, hope all is well…

February 25th, 2009 at 6:14 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (1) | Permalink
Tuesdays nutrition

Brekkie

1 cup cooked steel cut oats (yes I got all of my starch in at once~)

1 cup fresh halved strawberries

2 cups of water.

 

Lunch, 3 cups steamed green beans (yellow & green) 1/2 cup steamed carrrots.

1 tbsp becel

 

yes I know, I just wanted to eat all my veggies today at once!

 

oh…and I broke my steamer!!!!! 10 years and the blasted thing gave up on me!

 

Supper will be grilled porkloin, with a red veg sauce over it..sounds yucky but tastes wonderful!

 

& more water of course!~

February 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink
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