At the train tracks with my buddy....

Beautiful Day

Well I finally am rid of Tami! That feels so great... She is such a damaged and terrible person. Now her boyfriend JR has been calling us and telling us more terrible things about her and I told him to get as far away from her as possible, he tells me they broke up but I don't think they did. Oh well, so what, his life is not my problem and now her life is not my problem. They are perfet for eachother, they can slowly destroy one another.
So that's my update on Tami and hopefully the last time I have to speak of her.

Pictures by RYDER

Nice day today!

Saturday...Me and Ryder slept in until 9:00 and it felt great. No more cleaning old houses, no more cleaning out yucky apartments. Bryan is all out of his rental. And I got rid of Tami and the apartment. She did call yesterday and yelled at me all about her problems that I caused. Well I let her have it! and it felt GOOD! I am done with her forever. Whoo Hooo!

Tuesday

Had a good day at work, even tho all my fish have died over that past two weeks. I am now done with fish and I made my aquarium into a terrarium.. It looks really cool.
Spent a few hours helping Bryan clean out the old house. Lots and lots of stuff but he is getting closer. It will be nice for him to be all done, then he can concentrate on working on his new house.

Easter Sunday

Had a nice quiet Easter dinner... with all the Tami business going on, it's hard to relax. She is in a mental hospital after attempted suicide. And then the apartment calls me and says her boyfriend and his friends have been escorted off the property. So that leaves me with the cleaning . And the place was a sick mess. Words can not explain it. Went over Sunday morning to clean and Sunday evening. Much more to do.
But the worst part of the day was looking at my niece's Easter photos on facebook at my Mother In Law's house and seeing that Matt and Lesely were there. Talk about a knife in my back. I don't know what the hell is going on, but why would she invite them without letting us know. I would have loved to have seen MY son that I badly miss. But no, she had to go behind our backs. And of course we couldn't go over, because of the Tami mess. But I would have made the time to go over just to see Matt...
Damn I just don't understand why this is all happening. If it wasn't for Ryder and Bryan I would sell my house and go live far away in the woods and never shower again. Sometimes your own family can just become too much. What is wrong with me and why is this all happening????

FRIDAY!

The sun is shining and I'm staying home today! Yipeee.... I think I will take a nice long shower. Get dressed of course. Clean up my kitchen table. Get ready for Easter Sunday Dinner. And then I will clean the floors. Put things away. And all the while I will be listening to Alan Jackson!
Then when Ryder comes over this afternoon we will go outside, he can ride his trike and I just might do some weeding. Also need to clean front deck, we had bird feeders out all winter and now the deck is full of bird poop. The birds keep coming back and they can't find any food but the still poop everywhere!
What a FANTASTIC Friday!

Oh had a great dinner last night with Jackie at a new place in Lacey. It was great to talk to Jackie, I miss seeing her everyday. She always gave me great advice and she always listens and never ever judges me. Now that's a great friend!

Ryder Silly Faces

Think Positive

Yesterday I worked at thinking postitive and not talking crap about anyone. It's a hard thing to do, since I have been doing it forever! But I am working on it.
I need to work on getting the stress out of my life. It's just too much and I don't like being unahppy. I have always been a very happy person. And these days I find myself crying and feeling down a lot.
I going to read  the THE SECRET and see if that can help me out.

Plus, each evening I'm going to make a point and taking one hour just for me to read! No TV, just read.
Now that sounds relaxing. I would also like to get out into my garden and start weeding... I love that!

Done talking about diets....

Man I suck at staying on a diet... Need to stop talking about it. Had a terrible weekend, actually the last 11 days I spent over at Bryan & Ashley's new house, painting and moving and cleaning. Their house looks great. But I have decided I need to try to be a better person and stop making comments about others. No matter how worthless they make me feel. I need to keep my comments to myself. And that's that. I will have to find another way to vent. For one I need to start taking care of myself and exercise and I'd love to get out in my garden and get some work done there.
I don't understand why some people can say mean things to me, and when I respond I am a terrible person. I just don't get it.
Apparently I am not allowed to speak, only allowed to be made to feel terrible and then keep my mouth shut.
Well that's all for now. Nothing about dieting today.

Day 2 @ Body Camp Challenge

Feeling good, not really hungry. Today I had:

B:  egg/sausage cup & sausage
L:  SF pudding & cheese
S:  sunflower seeds & diet Pepsi

I think for dinner I will have chicken and ? ~I really need to eat some veggies. I will go to the store and get some broccoli, that actually sounds good.

I have been drinking about 52 oz of water, need to bump that up to 64.

Day 1 new plan

OK I found a new plan!! Whoo Hoo It's called Body Camp Challenge.
So for the next two weeks.... It's NO carbs, No Sugar which is good. I can have meat, cheese, eggs, veggies. Sugar free jello and fudge bars and other foods I can't remember right now.
But since about the only veggy I like is green beans. I might have to go out on a limb and try something new!
Also, we are having a Biggest Loser Competition at work. So there's a little bit of an incentive for me.
I think I can handle this. It's only 2 weeks. I'm a big girl and that's not very long....

Diet Diet Diet

I really have to find a good diet to follow... I am just not in the mood! :0) Don't really know what I'm going to do.
But summer will be here eventually and I would like to be ready for it. Feel comfortable wearing capris and sleeveless shirts. But I need to get in gear.
 I always do this. I search high and low for the diet for me. And then I last one whole week and then I blow it. Which is really just wasting time and coming up with excuses, like Spring Break is here and Ryder's b-day party is here, why would I start a diet now???? With all that good food to eat.
I hate to admit it but I might just have to go back to following Weight Watchers, I know it works and I can eat anything. Oh man... I just need to do something. I have a very physical job and it's get rather diffucult when my stomach gets in the way of bending over. HA
So I'm on a quest to find the right diet for ME! I was even thinking of counting calories.....Hum I,must ponder that.

Picture day

 Ryder @ Nama's work

 Ryder & Nama being funny

 Bryan

 Ryder just like Daddy

 Bryan & Ashley

Ryder @ Toys R US

Monday Boo Hoo

Well I had a great week and lost a bit over 3 lbs. Then Sunday come along and I thought I was doing OK, I had my cocoa with skim milk and this morning I did not lose an ounce. That is really shitty. And makes me want to eat. So far today I have been fine.  So we will see....

Sunday 1 week w/Jorge

Well I could have done better today. But I did OK.  We shall see what the scale says in the morning.

Whoo Hoo it's Friday

Day 5 w/Jorge.... I am so happy I stuck with it for 5 whole days....and it's Friday!

BS - 179

OK
Breakfast: 0/0
2 sausage pattie (0/0)

BS 144

Lunch: 6/2
Wendy's small Chili (6/2)
Cheese (0/0)
Sour cream (0/0)

Snack 3/0
Cocoa (3/0)
BS

Dinner 1/1
English Muffin (1/1)
Butter (0/0)




Cocoa 3/0

Total 13/4

I make my cocoa with Unsweetned Almond Breeze & Sugar Free Nestle Cocoa powder
*BS= Blood Sugar

Whoo Hoo Day 4 w/Jorge!!!

Wow I made it to day # 4, now for me lately that is fantastic. I don't know how many Monday's I started some sort of diet program.

Breakfast: 0/0

Forgot my Atkins Drink so
4 sasauge patty's (0/0)
which was good because 2 hrs after my blood sugar wa 168, which for me is great.
So I guess to many carbs in the drink.

Lunch 0/0

Meatballs (0/0)
Cheese (0/0)

Snack: (0/1)
Crackers (0/1)
Cream Cheese (0/0)

Dinner: 6/2
Wendy's Chili (6/2)

Cocoa 3/0

Total 9/3

Weigh in day is Monday....Plus I measured my waist.
I should take a picture but I really don't want to.

Day 3 w/Jorge

Whoo Hoo Day 3 and I have a spliting headache.. probably from lack of good ole sugar.
Other than the headache I feel good.

Breakfast 1/1
Atkins Drink (1/1)
2 sausage (0/0)

Lunch 2/2
WW Meal (2/2)

Snack 1/1
Crackers (1/1)
Cream Cheese

Dinner 5/1
Toast (2/1)
Butter (0/0)
Cocoa (3/0)



Snack 3/0
Cocoa (3/0)

Daily Totals 12/5

Day # 2 w/Jorge Cruise

Wow 2 days! Usually after day 3 my headache will go away.
Here's my menu for today:

Breakfast: 1/1
Atkins Drink (1/1)
2 sausage patty's (0/0)

Lunch: 3/3
WW Meal (3/3)

Dinner: 5/1
Toast (2/1) Eggs (0/0) Butter (0/0) cocoa (3/0)

Snack: 3/1
Cocoa (3/1)

Had a good day, drank some water, moved a lot of boxes and bins at work, took a nap :) Day 2 a success!

Day # ONE w/ Jorge Cruise

Today is day number ONE with 

Jorge Cruise ~ The Belly Fat Cure

My goal is to stay under: 15/6
Sugar=15 grams   Carbs=6 servings & stay away from processed foods, white bread, most fruits. No artifical sweetners. I use Stevia for my cereal and tea.
.
Breakfast:
Uncle Sam Cereal (0/2) w/Almond Breeze Unsweetened Milk(0/0)=0/2~This is not my favorite but it is quickI only ate 1/2 so it's 0/1
Lunch:
Ham Sand- Bread (2/1) Ham (2/0) & Mayo (0/0) Cup of Soup (1/1) =5/2
Snack:
Pirate Booty (0/1) 1 oz bag= 0/1
Dinner:
 Egg (0/0)  on toast (2/1) with butter (0/0) & bacon (0/0)=2/1
Snack:
Cracker(0/1) butter (0/0)=0/1

I forgot to check my blood sugar this morning, so I will check it around noon before lunch.
Drink lots of water and maybe just maybe go for a short walk... At least to clear my head

Total=7/6


Daily Goals
15/6
Sugars=15 grams
Carbs=6 servings
0-4 grams=0 servings
5-20 grams=1 servings
21-40 grams=2 servings
41-60 grams=3 servings

*8-10 glasses water
*daily vitimans
*walk

Finally decided...

I'm going to start back on Jorge Cruise Belly Fat Cure Monday morning. Looking forward to it, because I am feeling rather crappy eating so much junk. Last time I only managed to stay on the program for one week. And I lost 8 pounds and my pants were much looser. So my short short goal is to stay on program for 2 whole weeks! And of course keep on going. It's so easy to follow and healthy for you. All you do is count sugar and carbs. 15/6--15 grams of sugar and 6 serving of carbs.
Count straight sugar grams
and for carbs servings:
0-4 gram = 0 servings
5-20 grams = 1 servings
21-40 grams = 2 servings
41-60 grams = 3 servings
 You shoot for 5 grams of sugar and 2 servings of carb per meal. And two 0/0 snacks. Pretty simple
and as with any program drink lots of water. Jorge doesn't like you to have any artificial sugars, no sugar free pop...All you really have to do is read food labels and you're set. Of course it helps to also know, that fruit is super high in sugars and so is milk. Lots of hidden sugars, that why reading labels is very important.

Stop dragging my feet

Well first I have write up some menus, then I have to go shopping. And before all that I need read up on the Weight Watchers Points Plus, it's all different so I must get in gear. My starting date will be Monday... that's always a good day to start a diet plan. I think on Sunday I will make that zero point soup and make up a few other things to have on hand. Being prepared is 1/2 the battle.

March Already?

Well I have been laying around trying to get better. First I pulled a rib muscle on my left side and right when that was feeling better my right side starting hurting. 2 weeks later I can say I am starting to feel better.
So now I need to start foucing on my poor eating habits and getting my blood sugar under control. I have come to the conclusion that I need to first focus on losing weight and then my blood sugars will drop automatically. So far I have been following a very low carb diet and I can't stick to it, because high protien taste sick after a few days.
So tomorrow it back to counting points!

Ouch

Dang, I pulled a rib muscle and it hurts like hell. Hurts to breathe, cough, sniff, sneeze, move, just about hurts to do anything. I can't belive I pulled a muscle tying my shoe...

Lots of Snow

Oh man two snow days! It was great. 2, 3 maybe 4 inches of snow, I don't know. But it was pretty and fun. Had Ryder, Bryan and Ashley over and we played in the snow and sled down a little hill. Ryder had a ton of fun. One more day of cold and then I think it's suppose to start raining and be back to normal.

Snow!

Snow is in the forecast, lots of it. But sometimes here where I live we just get the weather report, but never the snow. I would love to see a few inches of snow...

I love to sleep in a Saturday

Ryder spent the night and he woke me up at exactly 8:00 am,   we laid around in bed and watched TV.

Jimmy Dean Sausage Breakfast Casserole!

A trip to the vet

Since I have Dory signed up for dog training classes, she needed to be up to date with her shots. Since she was a rescue dog we don't know if she ever had shots. So I took her into the vet today to get up to date. Well she like being there BUT did not like the shots. First shot she yelped and growled so the tech gal went and got an extra tech to hold Dory and I got to leave the room. Well she tried to bite him, so they put a muzzle on her. Which worked out fine. Once that was all done she was fine. They gave me some happy pills for her next trip. She growled at a few dogs, so now I'm concerned how she will behave at the training class. I might have to use the claw collar if they approve, then she won't pull so hard and might behave better. I hope this training stuff works, because she really needs it.

Birds

Party Pictures!

Ryder had lots of fun opening his Valentine gifts...

We all made  homemade cards. ♥♥♥



Friday! Yippe

Finally Friday.... Me and Ryder are having a very small Valentine party tomorrow. We are inviting his mom and dad and that's it! But you must bring homemade valentine's. I'm serving a nice big baked ham, potato dish and some sort of veggie. Also, I will bake up some cupcakes tonight.
 Will need to help Ryder make some valentine's. I was thinking  a photo of Ryder in a heart shape paper frame.

Pondering

I was thinking about maybe buying a ipad and then I thought no maybe the Samsung Galaxy Tab. I need to research a  bit and see which one would be best for me.  They both seem really cool.
That's all... Thursday needs to hurry up and be over... I have a ton of things to do at home.
Me and Ryder are going to have aValentine Brunch on Saturday. I need to plan our menu and get moving on decorations. :)

Dory

I just signed up for dog training class for me and Dory our little black border collie. Doesn't that sound fun! She is a great little girl, but has a few problems like running away from us, barking at us like she is talking and she needs to learn to calm down and not choke herself on the leash. I will post some pictures of her and keep you up to date about our classes....they start Feb. 24th.
Will have to make  trip to PetSmart for a new leash and collar...must look good in class.

Sister's coming for visit

Well it's not like they're  flying in from some exotic place. But they are driving down from Marysville and Bothell. But it will be great to see them. I really think it's beens in since July! Oh no that's wrong we had a birthday party for my Mom at Nan's in Sept. So that was the last time.
We're going out to lunch then to the cemetery and after that I don't know. But I plan on taking some pictures of the falls at the resturant and of course some pics of my food!

It's Friday!

 I love it!

Being Funny!

Ryder



Nama



Pop Pop

Great News

Bryan and Ashley are PREGNANT!!! Whoo Hoo I am so excited. A little brother or sister for Ryder!
Due date around October 6th.... Ashley is such a great daughter in law, when she was pregnant with Ryder, she included me in everything, doctor appointments, ultra sounds. And when Ryder was born she always invited along to doctors appointments. I have been lucky to  be so involved in Bryan and Ashley and Ryder's life. I love my grandson so much. I love being with him and seeing what he does next and what he says. He comes over every Wednesday afternoon and he spends the night every Friday! He is so much fun....Anyway I'm very happy to have grandchild # 2 on the way.

Spaghetti Factory for my birthday

Back @ work

Missing one whole week of work...wow. I wore myself out working all day yesterday. Have that nasty cough still. Got some new fish for my aquarium at work. Oh and 3 little frogs. I will take some pictures....Not much going on. Yesterday was my birthday.... yippee... Sunday went out to dinner with Bryan, Ashley and my buddy Ryder! Had lots of fun. On Monday Bill made the most delicous cheeseburgers.
Not much else.  Need to go out and take some pictures....

Man I've been sick...

Started out with feeling like crap and sleeping a lot, then add the worst sore throat of my life=strep. Yippe! sick in bed for 4 days missed 4 days of work and day #6 finally feeling better with a bad bad cough.
Hopefully can get back to taking some pictures and getting on a good diet plan to get my blood sugar back in control.

Amaryllis

1/09/11

Today is Sunday, it's cold outside and it's trying to snow.