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The next stage begins......

Our youngest has graduated high school this past weekend. I'm so proud of him!! His future plans are National Guard & college. He's been in the Guard since last October and has enjoyed it so far. He leaves for basic training in a couple weeks, then when he graduates from there he goes to another base for AIT. He will be gone until mid December. We are going to miss him ALOT!!!! But at least we still have Zak home so we aren't completely empty nesters :-) I'm glad he's home yet, I'll be needing him this summer to get me through this!! 
Another big change this summer is that I will be working. I got a part time job in a sub shop, and possibly a day or two a week at the school I work at during the school year. I had an interview today at a cell phone store, but after going through the interview, I don't think it would be the job for me. I'm not the pushy salesperson type. And since most of your pay is commission based, I probably wouldn't be making much...lol. I went down to the sub shop today and was shown around. I really think I'm going to like it. It's at a water park with a dinosaur theme. The small sub shop is in the middle of the Dinosaur Crossing, Lost World outdoor water park, and Jurassic mini golf course. It's funny, I used to work at Dragon's Den mini golf, now I'll be working in a dinosaur mini golf area...lol. The sub shop and bar are connected and the bar is where you get the clubs to the mini golf. 
Some major changes coming up real soon. I'm looking forward to it, and also feeling a bit sad about it. But I'm the "change is good" type so I know everything will be good. It just blows my mind how fast everything went. Seems like my guys were just tiny babies, and now they're all grown up and ready to face the world head on. 
Zak & Ty, your dad and I love you so much and we are so very, very proud of both of you for all you have accomplished so far and we look forward to the great things we know you'll do in the future!!! 

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Zombie Dog!!

Ty and I had to run to the store quick to get marshmallows for his birthday smores pie he wants and Brigit was laying on the couch when we left. Zak was home but he was upstairs. After we left Brigit must have missed us and got off the couch and went to wait in the kitchen by the back door we went out. We came home and she was sitting there waiting and Zak was just walking in the kitchen and found her too. Then the silly girl rolls over to have her belly rubbed. 

I'm so happy to see more life in her tonight. She's such a little sweetheart and it's so hard to see her laying there not being her usual happy self. 

 

My day...

My poor doggie in pain + about 3 hours sleep over the last two nights + another cold, damp, rainy day = a blah, yucky day!
On top of that, my Ty isn't feeling well and tomorrow is his birthday. I hope he feels better, and Brigit feels better and the weather gets better for him tomorrow!! 
I was up most of the night with Brigit again last night. She was very restless. Then at 2:30 she needed to go out and go potty. She couldn't wait for me to finish getting dressed and walk around the bed to pick her up, she jumped down on her own and almost got to the stairs before I could catch her. But I got to her before she started climbing down the stairs and carried her the rest of the way. Now today she jumped off the couch and went out to her chair under the table and jumped up on that. After a little while she jumped down and came over to the couch to sit by me again. Now she's sleeping curled up under her blankey. She seems to be ok while jumping, but I don't want to let her keep doing it. I'll pick her up and carry her as much as I can. I've been "spayed" myself so I know what her little insides are feeling like right now. 
I'm going to rest some more this afternoon then hopefully have enough energy to get the house cleaned up. I'm really starting to not feel well, but I have to get stuff done for Ty's birthday tomorrow. I don't want him to have a sucky 18th birthday!!!!!  






(I'm not feeling very WonderWomanie today)

24 days....

That's it. That's all that's left of my youngest son's time as a high schooler. After that it's on to Basic Training then off to college. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. Seems like yesterday we were watching him play his Little League games, now he's all grown up. He's going to be 18 on Sunday. His older brother is going to be 21 next Friday. 21 & 18. When the hell did this happen?!?!  When did they grow up?? Where did the time go?!?! 
I still have to gather pics to make a video for his graduation party. I have some saved in a folder, but they're mostly pics from the last few years. I need to get some of his younger days pics scanned and on the computer. My scanner isn't working, but I downloaded a fun scanner app on my phone. It works alright, so if I can't get the scanner to work, I'll use my phone.  
We got his invitations ordered. We did the same as we did for his brother and had one of his Senior pics put on a picture postcard at Walgreens.com, except I wasn't thinking when I ordered them and I forgot to put the date of the ceremony & party with the rest of the info to be printed on the back. Ah well, we bought a green pen to write the date on them when we fill in the addresses. 
That might be a good project to work on tomorrow since I can't really do much while watching Brigit all day. 
Typing of Brigit, I had better get her out one last time and then get her to bed. She's much livelier tonight than last night. I hope she's even better tomorrow!! 
I hope you all have a great day tomorrow!! 

She's home!!!

Brigit is home!!! She's been at the vet for a couple days. We took her in to get a couple tumors removed, she ended up having four surgeries and staying an extra day for observation. I missed her soooooo much!!!! She's so happy to be home! She's been sleeping next to me on the couch since we got home. 
I have a few pics of her that I will post at the end of the blog. They are kinda nasty so if seeing pics of after surgery bothers you, don't scroll down!! 
My poor girl! The tumor on her neck wasn't as big as the one on her face so it doesn't look so bad. The one on her face ended up being bigger than what was showing so the vet had to take alot off. She looks like Frankensteins Monster :-( 
We took her in to have those removed, but if the vet had time she was going to spade her also. Well, she found out Brigit had a massive hernia and had to repair that before she could spay her. She did the hernia surgery then spayed her. Two tumors removed, hernia fixed and spayed all in the same day. My poor little girl. 
She is doing good and was very happy to see Zak & me when we went to pick her up tonight. 
It's taken me a couple hours to get this far with the blog. Writing in between taking care of Brigit and some other things. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to do this tomorrow. I have to work because the other girl already has the day off to go to garage sales. Luckily Zak is home so he can keep an eye on Brigit, but I think she's going to have to stay in her kennel box. I really didn't want to do that, but she's on restrictions and has already got away from me and tried to jump on the chair. She can't do any jumping on or off the couch, bed, chairs...etc. and she can't climb any stairs. I don't know what to do tonight. Do I let her sleep with me and risk her jumping off the bed in the night to get a drink or do I just put her in her kennel with food & water over night. I'm leaning towards kennel. As much as I know how she hates the kennel, it's better than risking her ripping something open. I better get things situated here soon, it's getting late and I have to get to bed. 
Here are a few pics of my pretty girl. It's hard to see her like this, but it had to be done. Now all we can do is help her heal and let her know how much we love her. 

Some Rockin' Trees on Spook Hill

There's a road I like to walk on for exercise. It's on a bluff and very steep, it really gets the heart pumping and the lungs breathing heavily. It has the nickname Spook Hill because it's the road that leads up to a Spiritualist Camp. 
On the way up the hill one day I was admiring the trees growing out of the rocks. Some of them are quite large trees and it makes me wonder how much longer the rocks will be able to hold them. I decided to snap a few pics to share here. 




It's amazing how a tree can grow in such a place. 
 

For those who get called a Bitch....

I'm a bitch!
 

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch.

When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.

When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts, or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.

Being a bitch entails raising my children to be strong people who have a solid sense of personal and social responsibility, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and who love and respect themselves for the beautiful beings they are.

Being a bitch means that I am free to be the wonderful creature that am, with all my own intricacies, contradictions, quirks and beauty.

Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart.  

It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.

It means I know I've made mistakes in the past, but I've forgiven myself and moved on.

When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch.

The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.

I am proud to be a bitch!  

It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be.

I am outspoken, opinionated, and determined.  By God, I want what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that!

So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed.

And if that makes me a bitch, so be it.  I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.

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Pretty cloud after the storm.

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Today's lunch... yummy 300 calories salmon cakes.

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Steve got Brigi canned dog food. She's chowing on steak & gravy. He spoils her so much!

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New Fitness App

Just set up a new fitness app on my phone to help me with my weight loss goal. It's called RunKeeper and you can track your workouts with it. It tells you your time, distance, calories burned and pace. It also posts your results to FaceBook & Twitter when you connect your accounts. 
If anyone out there who reads my blog would like to join me, here's my page http://runkeeper.com/user/im2spooky4u/profile . You can use RunKeeper online if you don't have a smartphone to use the app. 
I had been using the CardioTrainer app, but it had too many glitches and didn't work most of the time. Hopefully this one will keep working the way it should. 
I'm heading out for a walk/run to try it out. Well, to try out the connected online part of it. I've already used it before setting up my account so those activities didn't get logged on my account.  
Enjoy your sun shiny day everyone, and get out for some fitness today :-)

Catching up again.... lol

I know it's been a while since I've been here blogging, so I guess I should get things caught up. The only problem is, where to start??? ...lol. 
Our oldest son dropped out of college and has gone back to work full time until he figures out what he wants to do with his life. He's not sure he wants to even go back to school. I've told him he's young and has plenty of time to figure it out. If he decides to not go back to school and just continue working, I'm fine with it as long as it's what he wants to do. It's his life, I can't tell him how to live it. I never even went to college, so I can't really tell him he has to go anyway. He does have an Associates Degree. He is also an ordained minister through Universal Life Church. I've been wanting to do that myself so I can perform themed weddings. Perhaps now is the time to stop wanting to do it and just do it...lol. 
Our youngest is a Senior in high school this year. He joined the National Guard and has been going to drills the last few months, he's at drills right now. The first time he came home in all his gear it brought tears to my eye. He looked so grown up! He will leave for Basic Training this summer, then come back to go to school in the Fall. 
My hubby is still running. He doesn't get out as much in the winter, but goes as often as he can. I'd like to get him a nice treadmill for winter running. I'm thinking this will be the year I can get out and run with him. I'm 30 pounds lighter than last year at this time and working hard to keep losing more. 
Speaking of the weight loss, I'm very happy to say I made it to Onederland!!! I'm finally back down into the 100's. Only 53 pounds to go to reach my goal weight. I had 85 to lose, I was feeling kinda hopeless there for a while because I was hovering at 200-202 for so long I didn't think it was going to drop. But it did and it felt great! I have a mini-goal to lose 20 pounds by my sons graduation in June, I'm over half way there :-) 
I'm getting alot of help to lose weight from MyFitnessPal. I also use SparkPeople, but not as much as MFP. You can check out my pages if you'd like, http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=IM2SPOOKY4Uhttp://www.myfitnesspal.com/im2spooky4u
Brigit has really become part of the family. She is helping me exercise too with all the walks she takes me on...lol. I feel so bad for her though when we have to walk in the deep snow, her tiny little legs and belly get packed with snow. 
She loves cheese and sharing dinner with Daddy. We usually eat on the couch and she jumps right up there with him and gets on his lap waiting for a snack. She's such a silly girl! 
Here's a pic of Brigit & me taken at a Christmas party. Brigit had a cute Christmas dress on. 

She's such a pretty girl in her little dress!!!

As you can see in the pic, I got my long hair cut short. It's even shorter now, I got a Halle Berry pixie cut. I like it. I do miss my long hair sometimes, but for now, while I'm focusing on getting my body in shape, I want it easy to just wash & go. 

MyFitnessPal

A girl I work with was talking about MyFitnessPal.com the other day at work so I decided to check it out. I've been using SparkPeople.com and I absolutely love it. I will have to say though that I like the phone app for MyFitnessPal better than SparkPeople's. It's much easier to navigate and all the info is right there so you just have to fill in the blanks. 
At this point I need all the help I can get. And since I like playing with "techy gadgets", these phone apps are just what I need. Thank you again, Zak, for buying me this awesome phone so I can have all these cool apps!!! 
So far these are my favorite fitness apps...
CardioTrainerhttp://www.droidapps.org/cardiotrainer-get-into-shape-with-the-droid/
SpecTrekhttp://www.droidapps.org/spectrek-ghost-hunting-on-android/
SparkPeoplehttp://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-sparkpeople-app-nmmx.aspx
MyFitnessPalhttp://www.myfitnesspal.com/mobile
Instant Heart Ratehttp://www.droidapps.org/instant-heart-rate-measures-your-heart-rate-using-the-android-camera/
SpecTrek is soooo much fun! I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so I can get out there more often to use it.  CardioTrainer is my most used one so far. I use it to track my workouts and when I take my dog for walks. They have a cool Thanksgiving app that works with the CardioTrainer. It starts out as a cooked turkey on a platter and you have to burn calories to "burn away" the turkey. Here's a page for the app, http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-wsl-burntheturkey-qtDjq.aspx
So far the apps have been keeping me motivated. I hope they continue to do so. I have 65 pounds to lose yet, and like I said, I need all the help I can get!! 
Wish me luck!!! :-D

Brigit jumped up & laid by little man. He cant figure out what the hell she is doing. ..lol

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Avalanche!! Just saw the section on the right fall. Good thing nobody was under it!

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These tins are awesome!

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More cool t-shirt tins

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Cool t-shirt in a tin box at kohls

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