Nope, not Thanksgiving, that was last Thursday. I am going for my transplant eval this Thursday. I'm so stressed. I don't actually think about it and stress out, but I've had insomnia for a week now even with melatonin, valerian root and 3 benedryl. About 4:30 or 5 am, there I am staring at the ceiling and wondering if I should just get up and read or continue to lay there.
So everyone cross your fingers for me, that all my tests say I qualify, but that for now I'm too healthy! Those of you out there reading this, and you know who you are, who has had a lobe removed and are smoking again, stop it! You don't want to do this too. Others of you out there who have no idea what I'm talking about...well, yell at him for smoking! ( and say a little star light start bright...for me!)
Kelly and I were walking this weekend, and this other couple were standing still so we passed them. The guy looks at us then taps his girlfriend and tilts his head our way. She looks and he says that's the most romantic thing I've ever seen. I guess he was talking about Kelly carrying my 02 while we walk. It is kinda romantic. We are literally "tubed" together! But it is also embarrassing! Oh well, at least he didn't say that's sick or something.
Turkey day we went to Lynn's and Denny's. We had boxed dinner from Marie Calendar's. So good and so much easier than cooking from scratch! Lynn had everything ready soon after we got there. I just ate and felt fat..for then and the next two days! I can hardly wait for xmas food.
For those who read this, yes xmas eve is at Lynn's. Invitations will go out soon. We're going to have spaggetti and garlic bread, how's that? And of course everyone needs to bring dessert!
So I guess that's all, just trying to keep up. I am so tired after not sleeping that I don't get much done but I'm trying!
I loved the rain, but want more of it. Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. Bow to the left , bow to the right...thank you. Good thing you can't hear me!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
Yipeee
Well as of December 1st, Kelly will no longer be working in Anaheim. He was offered the job in Azusa, with a raise I might add, and will start on Dec. 4th. I am so so happy for him. His immediate boss is not working this week, so he told the next boss up and the man had virtually nothing to say. He didn't ask why Kelly is leaving, if they can do anything to keep him...nothing. He told about his time at Azusa in the 70's..,,yea so?
I'm just so excited. Drive time cut by over half, a boss that really wants Kelly to be there and close to home in case I need him. Yipee!
I think it will be a perfect fit and from there he can start moving up the ladder. Yes I'm talking in years, but hey, it takes time.
As for me, I'm still trying to get us healthy. Last week I walked 3 out of 7 days. Not too good, but better than usual. I walked 2/3's of a mile on Monday and Tuesday and one mile on Thursday.
Today I walked one mile also. The problem with the walking is I get so tired when I get home I just want to sit. Kelly cooked dinner tonite. We had whole wheat pasta with organic pasta sauce, no sugar, no fats. We also had sautaed (?)mushrooms in Pam cooking spray. I have to say, it wasn't as flavorful as Paul Newman's or mushrooms in butter, but we'll get used to it and maybe doctor it up a bit. I don't know much to cook for dinner that is good for you so I'm just doing a little at a time. Breakfast is easy and I"m not up long enough for lunch and dinner. I make Kelly's lunch and other than his peanut butter, it's a really good lunch. He's also cut his coffee down from about 10 cups a day to 2 or 3. His heart should be happy.
Other than that not much. Having Thanksgiving at Lynn's. We're going the Marie Calander box dinner. We went to the actual restraunt last year and it was really good, so this year we'll have left overs. Guess that day will blow our healthy eating plan right out of the water!
I'll have to walk more!
So now, I have to go iorn. Such a fun life!
I'm just so excited. Drive time cut by over half, a boss that really wants Kelly to be there and close to home in case I need him. Yipee!
I think it will be a perfect fit and from there he can start moving up the ladder. Yes I'm talking in years, but hey, it takes time.
As for me, I'm still trying to get us healthy. Last week I walked 3 out of 7 days. Not too good, but better than usual. I walked 2/3's of a mile on Monday and Tuesday and one mile on Thursday.
Today I walked one mile also. The problem with the walking is I get so tired when I get home I just want to sit. Kelly cooked dinner tonite. We had whole wheat pasta with organic pasta sauce, no sugar, no fats. We also had sautaed (?)mushrooms in Pam cooking spray. I have to say, it wasn't as flavorful as Paul Newman's or mushrooms in butter, but we'll get used to it and maybe doctor it up a bit. I don't know much to cook for dinner that is good for you so I'm just doing a little at a time. Breakfast is easy and I"m not up long enough for lunch and dinner. I make Kelly's lunch and other than his peanut butter, it's a really good lunch. He's also cut his coffee down from about 10 cups a day to 2 or 3. His heart should be happy.
Other than that not much. Having Thanksgiving at Lynn's. We're going the Marie Calander box dinner. We went to the actual restraunt last year and it was really good, so this year we'll have left overs. Guess that day will blow our healthy eating plan right out of the water!
I'll have to walk more!
So now, I have to go iorn. Such a fun life!
Monday, November 13, 2006
What is Blogging good for?
Hmmmm, let's see. Blogging is good for venting, so you don't have to yell and scream, or cry, or rant and rave. Guess that's the same as yelling and screaming. Blogging is good for keeping up with everyone without having to write 45 separate emails, or run up your phone bill.
Blogging is an easy way for people to check on you without them having to email or run up a phone bill. And blogging is a good way to kill time! Which is what I'm doing right now.
So in my last message I ask what is omentum? Well, for all those who wanted to know, it is a tissue type stuff, under the fat on the surface of your belly, under the muscle of your belly, that holds on to fat. It is that look of men who are 7 months pregnant. Hard, round, fat. yick!
I learned about this from Dr. Oz, on Oprah of all shows. I don't usually watch it but I like Dr. Oz so I tuned in. I even recorded it and watched it again with Kelly. I saw the continued story on Discovery Health. And I got the book.
Kelly and I are trying to eat healthy. Lucky for us neither of us has to lose 10 inches around our waist, as the people in the show do, so it's more about eating healthy. The book talks about how it's your waist size that is more important than the scale. For women your waist should be under 32 1/2. For men, under 36. I'll check my facts to make sure that is right. But it's about learning to eat in such a way that you don't have to obsess about eating. About learning to turn on the chemicals that tell you you're full. Did you know Fructose actually shuts that off, so even if you eat a ton of junk with fructose, you'll still think you're hungry? I'm the queen of fructose!
For me, I have to improvise a bit though, because I can't lose any weight. So I am eating a bit more stuff with fat than would be recommended, and yes, even some stuff with sugar. Lucky for me I don't gain a ton of weight, cuz I love sugar. But now I know how to turn it off and not eat the entire bag of marshmallows.
We also have to incorporate exercise. That will be easier for me than Kelly. He hates it. I started today by starting to walk again. I walked 2/3 of a mile, it took me 20 minutes. I'd like to cut that down, but it's the muscles I'm looking for. I'll try to do my girly girl push ups later. I also did a lot of house work today like laundry, and vacuuming the furniture in the front room, cleaning the front room and the kitchen. . So my arms are already tired. I think that's good.
Other than that, not much. May have to start IV's. Feeling a lot out of breath just walking around the house. It makes doing everything harder. But I'm going to persist! I have to call the doc's tomorrow. Looking forward to a funny movie tomorrow, Stranger than Fiction and cousin lunch on Wednesday. Wednesday is also our 9th wedding anniversary...yahoo! Amazing how time flies. I'm so happy to have Kelly in my life, even if he doesn't do house work, hee eheee.
He's kind and funny and he makes me laugh. He takes care of me when needed and listens and goes to get me bananas on the weekends or cotton candy at the computer fair. I couldn't ask for a better guy for me. Love you Kelly! (don't tell my number one fan, he'll be sad)
Blogging is an easy way for people to check on you without them having to email or run up a phone bill. And blogging is a good way to kill time! Which is what I'm doing right now.
So in my last message I ask what is omentum? Well, for all those who wanted to know, it is a tissue type stuff, under the fat on the surface of your belly, under the muscle of your belly, that holds on to fat. It is that look of men who are 7 months pregnant. Hard, round, fat. yick!
I learned about this from Dr. Oz, on Oprah of all shows. I don't usually watch it but I like Dr. Oz so I tuned in. I even recorded it and watched it again with Kelly. I saw the continued story on Discovery Health. And I got the book.
Kelly and I are trying to eat healthy. Lucky for us neither of us has to lose 10 inches around our waist, as the people in the show do, so it's more about eating healthy. The book talks about how it's your waist size that is more important than the scale. For women your waist should be under 32 1/2. For men, under 36. I'll check my facts to make sure that is right. But it's about learning to eat in such a way that you don't have to obsess about eating. About learning to turn on the chemicals that tell you you're full. Did you know Fructose actually shuts that off, so even if you eat a ton of junk with fructose, you'll still think you're hungry? I'm the queen of fructose!
For me, I have to improvise a bit though, because I can't lose any weight. So I am eating a bit more stuff with fat than would be recommended, and yes, even some stuff with sugar. Lucky for me I don't gain a ton of weight, cuz I love sugar. But now I know how to turn it off and not eat the entire bag of marshmallows.
We also have to incorporate exercise. That will be easier for me than Kelly. He hates it. I started today by starting to walk again. I walked 2/3 of a mile, it took me 20 minutes. I'd like to cut that down, but it's the muscles I'm looking for. I'll try to do my girly girl push ups later. I also did a lot of house work today like laundry, and vacuuming the furniture in the front room, cleaning the front room and the kitchen. . So my arms are already tired. I think that's good.
Other than that, not much. May have to start IV's. Feeling a lot out of breath just walking around the house. It makes doing everything harder. But I'm going to persist! I have to call the doc's tomorrow. Looking forward to a funny movie tomorrow, Stranger than Fiction and cousin lunch on Wednesday. Wednesday is also our 9th wedding anniversary...yahoo! Amazing how time flies. I'm so happy to have Kelly in my life, even if he doesn't do house work, hee eheee.
He's kind and funny and he makes me laugh. He takes care of me when needed and listens and goes to get me bananas on the weekends or cotton candy at the computer fair. I couldn't ask for a better guy for me. Love you Kelly! (don't tell my number one fan, he'll be sad)
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Is it Christmas?
I think it is Christmas! I got the best package from my friend Joycie, of, well, a lot of years!
She sent books galore, several of the cutest socks with cats on them, a pen and note paper set and a yoga DVD that she assures me isn't superwoman style, and country music CD's.
Country Music? She must have meant to send that part of the package to someone else! :) But I'll try it out. I just kept taking stuff out of the box, more and more...what did I do to deserve such a great gift?
Thank you so much miss Joycie!!!!
Tonite Kelly and I went to the Cheesecake Factory. Oh my gosh I'm so full. I wanted to go to a kareoke (can't spell it) party tonite but I totally forgot. Kelly reminded me at dinner, of course too late. I asked him why he didn't remind me before this...his evil grin told me why, he didn't want to go. Brat!! I was all ready to sing Black Horse and a Cherry Tree. If I sang too badly I could do it in sign language! I don't know all the words in sign, but no one else would know any of the words so I could fake it! Now I'm too full to do anything.
I had pineapple upside down cheesecake for dessert. Ymmmmm. My blood sugar was in the 300's and hour and a half after eating...oops, bigger shot please. But it was so good. AND, Kelly got me cotton candy at the computer fair today. What a yummy day. I think I'll have to do that yoga about 6 times tomorrow.
So that's about it. They did finally finish the requisition for the job Kelly is trying to get in Azusa. It has to post for 5 days, and he has to apply, then ....who knows what then, but eventually he should have the job! Keep your fingers crossed.
Guess that's all. I sure wish I was bulimic. I'd feel better right now. But tomorrow is another day to work on our omentom. What is that you say? Stay tuned for the next installment to learn what your omentom is.
She sent books galore, several of the cutest socks with cats on them, a pen and note paper set and a yoga DVD that she assures me isn't superwoman style, and country music CD's.
Country Music? She must have meant to send that part of the package to someone else! :) But I'll try it out. I just kept taking stuff out of the box, more and more...what did I do to deserve such a great gift?
Thank you so much miss Joycie!!!!
Tonite Kelly and I went to the Cheesecake Factory. Oh my gosh I'm so full. I wanted to go to a kareoke (can't spell it) party tonite but I totally forgot. Kelly reminded me at dinner, of course too late. I asked him why he didn't remind me before this...his evil grin told me why, he didn't want to go. Brat!! I was all ready to sing Black Horse and a Cherry Tree. If I sang too badly I could do it in sign language! I don't know all the words in sign, but no one else would know any of the words so I could fake it! Now I'm too full to do anything.
I had pineapple upside down cheesecake for dessert. Ymmmmm. My blood sugar was in the 300's and hour and a half after eating...oops, bigger shot please. But it was so good. AND, Kelly got me cotton candy at the computer fair today. What a yummy day. I think I'll have to do that yoga about 6 times tomorrow.
So that's about it. They did finally finish the requisition for the job Kelly is trying to get in Azusa. It has to post for 5 days, and he has to apply, then ....who knows what then, but eventually he should have the job! Keep your fingers crossed.
Guess that's all. I sure wish I was bulimic. I'd feel better right now. But tomorrow is another day to work on our omentom. What is that you say? Stay tuned for the next installment to learn what your omentom is.
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