Friday night some friends and I participated in Relay For Life. My friend Jeanne belongs to Curves and they needed more people to walk for their team so I said sure. Not sure why I had never done it before. We started at 7pm and I think walked until about 11pm or so. I would have loved to stay longer but I had to watch the grandkids the next day so had to save some energy for them and the night air was starting to get to me. When we started walking I was so sticky my clothes felt like they were glued to me then it became cool and damp. Most years it has taken place on the track at O'Gorman but his year they are under construction so this year it was at Roosevelt. I cannot tell you how sad it made me to walk around that track and look at the decorated luminaries honoring or in memory of someones loved one. It is very sobering to see that there is still a long way to go in the fight against cancer as the In Memory far out numbered the In Honor of. I personally lost my Auntie Jeanette to ovarian cancer and am grateful to God that my sister-in-law is a cancer survivor. Addison's Godmother is also a breast cancer survivor, my dear friend Maureen is a skin cancer survivor so I have hardly been untouched by it. Doubtful that any of us are. Like I said I am not sure why I have never done this before. If you get the chance take the time because if someone going through the battle can walk around the track once or maybe even twice then those of us who are healthy should be running. But for the Grace of God goes I.
Today I also did something else I have never done before. I gave blood. I had not noticed the emails asking us to sign up for the bloodmobile but when I saw it sitting there this morning I just decided it was about time I did my part. As normal for me nothing I seem to do goes very easily. After I answered all the necessary questions,had my temp and blood pressure taken and my finger pricked to be sure I had enough iron in by blood, I settled in to get stabbed by the enormous needle, so far so good the finger prick hurt worse. I have always had very low blood pressure so I should not have been surprised that it would take me 3 times as long as the normal person to fill that pint sized bag. No less then 3 people came, gave and left before I was done. But will I do it again? Absolutely. Why have I never done this before? I may have helped saved a life today.
It feels really good to do your part.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Some Days are Better then Others
Yeah some days are just better then others. Today was one of those not so great days. Not that it was that bad, we all know I have had some pretty bad days but I am just not so sure how a day that starts out pretty good can go bad.
Yesterday I spent most of my day with the grandkids, which always makes me happy. I had Trinity and Austen with me part of the day then went to Chris and Nikki's to spend the rest of the day and the night with the girls while they went down to Omaha for a surprise birthday party. Toby of coarse went with me. He did really well with one exception, Morgan had him with her in her room and he pooped which is much better then the other option. So I was very happy with him especially with the excitement of 3 little girls and two other dogs. He slept with Morgan and woke her up at 6am to go potty. Good Boy!
I enjoyed the night with the girls and other then the fighting between Morgan and Kylee over Toby they were all angels. This morning started out great. Addison slept late, Kylee came in to lay with me and Morgan and all three of the dogs slept in late, in fact I finally had to go in and get all the dogs out so they could make a trip outside. The kids came home about 12:15 so I headed home to get some work done. That is when my day went downhill.
I always feel so much better about everything when I get things done so I thought I was going to go home and really get some things done. I really did have good intentions. Well I got a load of laundry done. I have a show tomorrow so I thought I would call all her guests to remind them for her but I could not find the guest list. Then I thought I would get ready for the show, well I spent a great deal of time trying to find a piece I got at convention. I looked everywhere and I knew I had put it someplace so I would know exactly where to find it. Ha! I finally found it after about 2 hours of repeatedly looking in the same closet. I then wanted to print some things out from the Internet. Now mind you a few weeks ago my desktop power button stuck and I could not turn it on (thank goodness I have a laptop too) I finally took it in to work ( not the easiest thing to drag to work) because one of my coworkers told me she could fix it and not to bring it in to the computer geeks. Boy if I would have known it was as easy to fix as it was I would have done it myself a long time ago, but regardless I am grateful that she showed me and saved me $50. Anyway I finally got that working and got my 6 month old printer hooked up. So tonight I wanted to print and the printer is not working. Austen was up there yesterday playing on the computer and I am hoping he did not screw something up. Tonight I did not have the patience to dink around with it. It just makes me mad.
Stopped at Nicole's to see the kids and Nicole was upset because she went to church this morning and went by the shop where her father is working out of and saw that the b____ was there. I hate it that he continues to hurt the kids. But that is a whole other story. But it did not help my day.
I did not get my cleaning done and Toby had three accidents today,which is my own fault. Think I will just go to bed and start all over again tomorrow.
Yesterday I spent most of my day with the grandkids, which always makes me happy. I had Trinity and Austen with me part of the day then went to Chris and Nikki's to spend the rest of the day and the night with the girls while they went down to Omaha for a surprise birthday party. Toby of coarse went with me. He did really well with one exception, Morgan had him with her in her room and he pooped which is much better then the other option. So I was very happy with him especially with the excitement of 3 little girls and two other dogs. He slept with Morgan and woke her up at 6am to go potty. Good Boy!
I enjoyed the night with the girls and other then the fighting between Morgan and Kylee over Toby they were all angels. This morning started out great. Addison slept late, Kylee came in to lay with me and Morgan and all three of the dogs slept in late, in fact I finally had to go in and get all the dogs out so they could make a trip outside. The kids came home about 12:15 so I headed home to get some work done. That is when my day went downhill.
I always feel so much better about everything when I get things done so I thought I was going to go home and really get some things done. I really did have good intentions. Well I got a load of laundry done. I have a show tomorrow so I thought I would call all her guests to remind them for her but I could not find the guest list. Then I thought I would get ready for the show, well I spent a great deal of time trying to find a piece I got at convention. I looked everywhere and I knew I had put it someplace so I would know exactly where to find it. Ha! I finally found it after about 2 hours of repeatedly looking in the same closet. I then wanted to print some things out from the Internet. Now mind you a few weeks ago my desktop power button stuck and I could not turn it on (thank goodness I have a laptop too) I finally took it in to work ( not the easiest thing to drag to work) because one of my coworkers told me she could fix it and not to bring it in to the computer geeks. Boy if I would have known it was as easy to fix as it was I would have done it myself a long time ago, but regardless I am grateful that she showed me and saved me $50. Anyway I finally got that working and got my 6 month old printer hooked up. So tonight I wanted to print and the printer is not working. Austen was up there yesterday playing on the computer and I am hoping he did not screw something up. Tonight I did not have the patience to dink around with it. It just makes me mad.
Stopped at Nicole's to see the kids and Nicole was upset because she went to church this morning and went by the shop where her father is working out of and saw that the b____ was there. I hate it that he continues to hurt the kids. But that is a whole other story. But it did not help my day.
I did not get my cleaning done and Toby had three accidents today,which is my own fault. Think I will just go to bed and start all over again tomorrow.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Addison Nicole
I thought it was about time I talked about my grand kids since they mean the world to me and since I have the cutest grand kids in the world I really should show them off.
Addison is my youngest grandchild, she is 2 years old and belongs to Chris and Nikki.
She is a little spitfire who definitely knows what she wants and though she may not always get it she sure tries. She is going to give her parents a few challenges in the years to come. She is really a good baby just very headstrong and that will probably serve her well some day.
She is such a little cutie and can be quite the little entertainer. A few nights ago I stopped by to pick up a kennel for Toby and I stayed for dinner. Addie was crabby because she was hungry and the Lord knows that she is under fed. LOL Once she had her tummy filled it became her mission to become a little clown. She kept making the funniest faces and though we tried not to laugh it was near impossible. I wish I had my camera with me. Darn.
Her birthday was July 6th and this year I think she had a better idea of what was going on. On her first birthday the candle was lit we sang happy birthday and right before our eyes the little stinker reached out and tried to grab the flame. She cried and everyone felt really bad but she came out no worse for the wear. So this year the candles were kept out of grabbing distance. When it was time to open presents she got very excited. This grandma gave her a Cabbage Patch Doll which could not come out of the box and it twisty restraints fast enough. She got some new clothes as well as other fun things but the best of all was the Little Tykes red and yellow car she got from Grandma Glee and Grandpa Ken. It of coarse needed to be put together but regardless she knew right away what it was and into the car she went, no wheels, no roof but Daddy and Grandpa worked as fast as they could to get it all together. She had a blast getting in and out the door and it kept her really busy for a long time. She has to use her Flintstone feet to make it go and hasn't quite figured it out but give her time and they will be chasing her down the block.
Gosh how did this happen it seems like only yesterday I was pulling Addison's Daddy in a wagon and now here he is with three little girls to love and take care of. Time just does not slow down and before I know it Addison will start school, get confirmed,graduate,go to college, get married have babies. Yikes I cannot think about it. But for now she is a little toddler who brings everyone so much joy. I love her so much!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Meet Toby!
Well I finally have my puppy! He is the most adorable puppy ever! I finally figured out my stinking camera but I still am having trouble getting the pictures on my blog where I want them. Sheila always has them so nicely mixed in with her writing. I am going to have to go spend some time with her to figure that out.
Back to Toby! He is so cute cuddly and wonderful. The first night I had him home we went to bed and about 1:30 in the morning he woke me up by licking my face. We went outside he did his thing then back to bed. The next night the same thing but the last two nights he did not wake me up until 5:00! Out we went and he did his thing. I think he may be very easy to train. He has only had 2 accidents in the house. Not too bad. Saturday we went to the vet and he got a clean bill of health, shots and a heart worm treat. The vet told me that I need to kennel him whenever I cannot be with him.......... something I did not want to do but the vet convinced me that is would be better for both him and I in the long run. So far while I have been working he spends his day with Nicole and her Daycare. I think this week we will do the same but for short periods of time he will be kenneled until both Toby and I agree he can be trusted.
I am so glad that I have Toby. It is so noice to have someone so glad to see me again and he already loves me so much he cries when he does not know where I am. He has already mastered the stairs both up and down although he does stand at the bottom and whine but if I just keep going pretty soon he is right there behind me. I also discovered that he can jump off my bed. Yesterday morning I sat him on my bed and went into the bathroom, I heard him crying then a thud and the next thing you know he was prancing into the bathroom. My bed is really high so I was quite shocked but it appears with his personality he will have no fear.
This morning we went on a short walk, not too far cos he is still so little, but I want him to get used to the leash. He did really well and did not try to bite or pull on it at all. At least not this morning.
Well I have so much to do today and I have to travel to Armour, SD tomorrow for work so I will close for now but just wanted to introduce my Little Toby.
You will be hearing and seeing more.
Back to Toby! He is so cute cuddly and wonderful. The first night I had him home we went to bed and about 1:30 in the morning he woke me up by licking my face. We went outside he did his thing then back to bed. The next night the same thing but the last two nights he did not wake me up until 5:00! Out we went and he did his thing. I think he may be very easy to train. He has only had 2 accidents in the house. Not too bad. Saturday we went to the vet and he got a clean bill of health, shots and a heart worm treat. The vet told me that I need to kennel him whenever I cannot be with him.......... something I did not want to do but the vet convinced me that is would be better for both him and I in the long run. So far while I have been working he spends his day with Nicole and her Daycare. I think this week we will do the same but for short periods of time he will be kenneled until both Toby and I agree he can be trusted.
I am so glad that I have Toby. It is so noice to have someone so glad to see me again and he already loves me so much he cries when he does not know where I am. He has already mastered the stairs both up and down although he does stand at the bottom and whine but if I just keep going pretty soon he is right there behind me. I also discovered that he can jump off my bed. Yesterday morning I sat him on my bed and went into the bathroom, I heard him crying then a thud and the next thing you know he was prancing into the bathroom. My bed is really high so I was quite shocked but it appears with his personality he will have no fear.
This morning we went on a short walk, not too far cos he is still so little, but I want him to get used to the leash. He did really well and did not try to bite or pull on it at all. At least not this morning.
Well I have so much to do today and I have to travel to Armour, SD tomorrow for work so I will close for now but just wanted to introduce my Little Toby.
You will be hearing and seeing more.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
July 15th last post May 30th
Yikes I am not very good at this blogging thing. I blog then I end up sending out an email to anyone that may (may is the key word) care that I have a new post with a promise that I will do better. Maybe I would be better if someone besides my daughter and Sheila would comment so I know somebody is reading it. Or it could be that Sheila always has such hilarious things to say and beautiful pictures to go along with each story (Check it out -link on the right) and I just cannot compete with that. Maybe if I could figure out how to download from the new camera I bought until I get my Cannon back (long story) I could add pictures too. Or the more likely reason I am lazy.
Well time to catch up. I spent the beginning for June trying to catch up at work after my trip to Vegas then trying and failing badly to get ahead before I left on my trip to Chicago.
Yes I went to Chicago to the National Convention for Signature Homestyles. I had a really good time , learned a lot, got motivated, made new friends, met Frank from "Trading Spaces" and had the most embarrassing moment in recent memory.
The Good Time-it was just fun getting to know new people, I roomed with three really neat women. I had fun at the dance on Friday night -danced until 1am.
Learned a lot- I learned new ideas to help my business and how to step out of my comfort zone once in awhile.
Got Motivated - You cannot help but get motivated when you spend 3 days with smart, successful and positive women.
Made new Friends- oh about 10
Met Frank- I went to Frank's workshop and he was right there but I actually met him the night before when we opened our hotel room door and found him standing across the hall in front of his room hanging out his breakfast menu.
Embarrassing Moment- UGH this takes a little explanation. Prior to leaving for Chicago I was having trouble with pains and numbness in my legs so went to see the doctor and he says I have neropathay and put me on the new drug Lryica ( it is advertised for restless leg syndrome). One of the very common side affects is that it can make you feel a little loopy and tired until your body gets used to taking it. Well Friday morning I took my pill like a good girl and went to a general assembly where I did a lot of moving around and I did not notice any issues so the next morning I took my pill again, like a good girl, and headed down to a seminar given by a woman, her name escapes me, but she is an expert in direct sales and she was really interesting and very good. It was in a small room with maybe 5o people at the most. Melanie and I sat in the second row. I was taking notes as fast as I could then all of the sudden my writing became unreadable -enthus&%$&and I realized I was dozing off. Try as hard as I might I could not stay alert and I about fell asleep on the shoulder of the lady next to me! The worst part is that I am sure that the woman presenting saw me struggling to stay awake! I was so embarrassed!!!
July came and I spent a couple of days in Viborg, SD supporting a "go live" (IT talk for scaring the crap out of a whole bunch of clinic employees by changing their software) Never been to Viborg before. Next week I get to go to Armour, SD yeah.
My brother and sister-in-law came on July 3rd from IN. My mother was so happy to see them as were the rest of us. I spent as much time as I could with them while they were here but it is never enough. The 4th was spent with as much of our family as could be there out at Jeanne and Scott's We ate, talked, laughed and played bean bag toss. Jeanne and I lost to our "Mean Big Brothers" (actually we let them win because they are so much older then us LOL)
So here it is the middle of July, I do have some really exciting news. I have grass! Amazing how the older you get the more excited you get about things like that. I can now open my windows without clouds of black dirt blowing in and I don't have to look at the weeds and sunflowers growing where the grass should be.
Oh and I have an accomplishment- My friends Susan and Jeanne called on Sunday and wanted me to go for a bike ride on the bike trail with them. It was a beautiful day, perfect for biking but I don't have a bike. Jeanne says no problem I will bring my daughters bike. So at noon off I went to meet them. Not sure what I was thinking I don't think I have rode a bike since I was pregnant with Chris and we all know how long ago that was. Well off we went, I quickly discovered that I had on the totally wrong shorts, can you say camel toe? In the end we rode from Yankton Trial to the statue of David and back which my sister says has to be about 7 miles one way, she would know she runs it enough. 14 miles was I crazy? I felt really bad because Susan and Jeanne must have rode at least 20 miles because they always had to turn around and come find me to be sure I was still coming. Sometimes I had to get off and push but I rode the whole way and I am Proud of myself. I had no idea I was sooo out of shape. Think I better buy a bike of my own and do more riding before they will take me out with them again.
But here is my really big news........I am finally getting my puppy tomorrow night!!!!!!! He is so cute! He is a Shihpoo not a recognized breed( a designer dog) Have some name in mind but will wait for the final decision until I get him home. It will be so nice to come home and find someone there waiting and very happy to see me again! Unconditional Love!
Guess I better figure out how to get pictures from my camera to my computer!
Well time to catch up. I spent the beginning for June trying to catch up at work after my trip to Vegas then trying and failing badly to get ahead before I left on my trip to Chicago.
Yes I went to Chicago to the National Convention for Signature Homestyles. I had a really good time , learned a lot, got motivated, made new friends, met Frank from "Trading Spaces" and had the most embarrassing moment in recent memory.
The Good Time-it was just fun getting to know new people, I roomed with three really neat women. I had fun at the dance on Friday night -danced until 1am.
Learned a lot- I learned new ideas to help my business and how to step out of my comfort zone once in awhile.
Got Motivated - You cannot help but get motivated when you spend 3 days with smart, successful and positive women.
Made new Friends- oh about 10
Met Frank- I went to Frank's workshop and he was right there but I actually met him the night before when we opened our hotel room door and found him standing across the hall in front of his room hanging out his breakfast menu.
Embarrassing Moment- UGH this takes a little explanation. Prior to leaving for Chicago I was having trouble with pains and numbness in my legs so went to see the doctor and he says I have neropathay and put me on the new drug Lryica ( it is advertised for restless leg syndrome). One of the very common side affects is that it can make you feel a little loopy and tired until your body gets used to taking it. Well Friday morning I took my pill like a good girl and went to a general assembly where I did a lot of moving around and I did not notice any issues so the next morning I took my pill again, like a good girl, and headed down to a seminar given by a woman, her name escapes me, but she is an expert in direct sales and she was really interesting and very good. It was in a small room with maybe 5o people at the most. Melanie and I sat in the second row. I was taking notes as fast as I could then all of the sudden my writing became unreadable -enthus&%$&and I realized I was dozing off. Try as hard as I might I could not stay alert and I about fell asleep on the shoulder of the lady next to me! The worst part is that I am sure that the woman presenting saw me struggling to stay awake! I was so embarrassed!!!
July came and I spent a couple of days in Viborg, SD supporting a "go live" (IT talk for scaring the crap out of a whole bunch of clinic employees by changing their software) Never been to Viborg before. Next week I get to go to Armour, SD yeah.
My brother and sister-in-law came on July 3rd from IN. My mother was so happy to see them as were the rest of us. I spent as much time as I could with them while they were here but it is never enough. The 4th was spent with as much of our family as could be there out at Jeanne and Scott's We ate, talked, laughed and played bean bag toss. Jeanne and I lost to our "Mean Big Brothers" (actually we let them win because they are so much older then us LOL)
So here it is the middle of July, I do have some really exciting news. I have grass! Amazing how the older you get the more excited you get about things like that. I can now open my windows without clouds of black dirt blowing in and I don't have to look at the weeds and sunflowers growing where the grass should be.
Oh and I have an accomplishment- My friends Susan and Jeanne called on Sunday and wanted me to go for a bike ride on the bike trail with them. It was a beautiful day, perfect for biking but I don't have a bike. Jeanne says no problem I will bring my daughters bike. So at noon off I went to meet them. Not sure what I was thinking I don't think I have rode a bike since I was pregnant with Chris and we all know how long ago that was. Well off we went, I quickly discovered that I had on the totally wrong shorts, can you say camel toe? In the end we rode from Yankton Trial to the statue of David and back which my sister says has to be about 7 miles one way, she would know she runs it enough. 14 miles was I crazy? I felt really bad because Susan and Jeanne must have rode at least 20 miles because they always had to turn around and come find me to be sure I was still coming. Sometimes I had to get off and push but I rode the whole way and I am Proud of myself. I had no idea I was sooo out of shape. Think I better buy a bike of my own and do more riding before they will take me out with them again.
But here is my really big news........I am finally getting my puppy tomorrow night!!!!!!! He is so cute! He is a Shihpoo not a recognized breed( a designer dog) Have some name in mind but will wait for the final decision until I get him home. It will be so nice to come home and find someone there waiting and very happy to see me again! Unconditional Love!
Guess I better figure out how to get pictures from my camera to my computer!
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