Out

Maxine passed out in my arms after a long day at the Vet. Spayed and teeth cleaning wears a girl out!

Who Me?

Format

• Until life slows down a little,it will have to be blogged about in bullet format.
• The furbabies are good. Maxine survived her spay and teeth cleaning and Chipper is almost completely healed from his scratched eye and ear infection. Just a few more appointments and then hopefully we are done with the Vet for awhile! (She's great and all,it's just expensive!)
• We are junkers. There I admitted it. Not garbage,not hoarders,Junkers. But...Anything rusty,chipped,weathered,galvanized or just old and deserves a new life qualifies. I even have antiques coming from a gal on the East Coast! That's another thing I love about junking...the stuff has a story. Even if it's just a great story of where I found it,how I repurposed it or how little I paid for it...that just doesn't happen at Ikea.
• I am in the midst of some seriously exciting party planning for my Parent's 50th wedding anniversary. Thanks to my recently found love of party planning I am exploding with more ideas for perfect food and deco than one weekend of parties can handle! Plus I am finding more and more ways to premake food to keep it easy yet gourmet and decorations on a thrifty budget that looks like a million!
• I (We) recently purchased a new laptop. My very first brand new computer. It is so smart...crazy smart..but that's good because I am not the best at this computer thing. Now I finally have a place to store all of my recipes,photos,music,files etc. plus a great tool for helping me keep my business organized. *Sigh of relief*
• The new health regime is going great! After 3 weeks of ups and downs I am finally "melting" away and feeling great! It just took me some time to learn how to make it work for me in a way that I can be successful. Yes I'd love to lose weight faster but for now I am satisfied with losing 10 lbs in 3 weeks and all my clothes fitting better.
• I think that's it for now...it's getting to be that time of night when logical typeable thoughts escape me. Nighty night ;)

A Few Little Goodies

Motivate

Do it.

Get up and make it happen.

No excuses,

no waiting.

Now.

Dig deep,

find your strength

and breath.

You got this.

You CAN do this.

You WILL do this.

Start to finish.

No shortcuts,

no cheating,

no doubts,

only 100% commitment,

loyalty

and dedication.

Because more than anything,

you need to prove it to yourself that you can do it.

With great sacrifice comes great reward.

Do it.

Happening in our lives lately...

Many trips to the Vet. Chipper had scratched his eye playing in the wheat fields of Idaho (just when I take a moment to quit being a control freak and let the kids run and have some fun in the country) so it was a week of eye drops for that,all healed. Then his on and off ear issues required another round of ear meds for a few weeks,so far so good on week one,recheck in two weeks. While we were there we also had his yearly boosters and wellness exam done. Chipper needs to lose 1 1/2 pounds and he needs his teeth cleaned and one pulled,poor guy! As for Maxine,she also needs her teeth cleaned but not as badly,we caught hers before it got bad. She also got her yearly boosters and check up and these days she is weighing in at 5.7 pounds,just perfect! The part I dread... Maxine goes in for her spay on Monday. *dramatic sigh with frown*. I ask you all say a little prayer for us on Monday as our baby girl goes in for surgery. I have been reassured she will be well monitored and given the best care....and I know millions of dogs have this done everyday but..but...As a Mother,I worry just the same,this is my baby.

EBay. How much fun is that?! Wow,watched Vern bid on a few parts for our antique cream separator last week. Until then I never really understood exactly how EBay works. The first auction we bid on was heart wrenching as the item was bid out from under neath us at the last second = TOTAL BUMMER and me not too crazy about the "unfairness" of it all. "I really wanted that sign! Not fair! That guy was mean! He can't do that!? EBay sucks..."So a few days later we bid on a different item and returned the favor,sweeping in to grab it for cheap at the last minute=VICTORY and me anxious to hunt down all sort of great stuff for low prices!

As for my new healthy eating plan I lost 7 pounds and 11 inches the first 4 days! Yay! I was told the first 4 days were the worst and thankfully it was true. Day 5,6 and 7 have been a breeze (for the most part)! The evening headaches are finally gone, the cravings are minimal and the numerous ounces of water are getting easier and easier to drink. Today I forced myself to get off my butt and walk and as always,I was so glad I did. So glad in fact, that with Vern's encouragement, we took another walk this evening! Two "work outs" in ONE day...who am I???!! ha ha (And yes I am taking weekly  "before" photos that I will post someday with all my fabulous "after" photos)

And a little funny in my world I thought I'd share...I think I am the only person I know that would purchase "50 Shades Of Grey" and my monthly birth control refill in the same transaction in my small town pharmacy. LOL! Didn't even phase me until I walked out and then had a good laugh.
Disclaimer: I don't usually read smutty books,heck I don't usually read books period. BUT,I cannot deny my curiosity of the popularity of this book. It just seems like everyone is talking about it...and I want to know what all the fuss is about. I will let you know what I think of it...if I ever start or finish it.

Change

Just checking in...I am currently surviving one of those life moments where everything feels like it is coming at me all at once.The healthy changes continue yet leave my brain at a loss of anything readable by the end of the day. Change is hard. Attitude really is everything.
For the last few weeks I have been cutting a few of my bad habits and attempting to eat healthier. Now I am on day 2 of a whole body cleansing and nourishing plan and so far so good. 2 days of ZERO coffee and soda and I am still alive! I have really had to dig my big girl panties out for this one! (Thank GOD I still have them!) But I KNOW that I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to and I want to be healthy! Let me rephrase that..I AM GOING TO GET HEALTHY! Forever...
I am doing my best to stay focused and my anxiety is completely rattled by so many changes. I am happy to say I am working through it and the lack of coffee has really eliminated my highs and lows throughout the day. I am so thankful to finally have a simple way to get healthy and rid my body of all the toxins I have ingested for 34 years. The other bonus of course is weight loss,I am pretty excited about that too :) So be patient with me if I don't blog much,my little brain is full!