So there was even more snow that fell overnight last night. The ride to work was not to bad but it was scary for me still. Someday I will be used to it again but for now it is still scary. Maybe when the roads are dry again and maybe a little bit of light when I drive in, that might be nice. But until then I will just get through it!

My boss has Sirus(?) radio on his computer here at work and he has on a station that is called 70's on 7. I am loving it. The songs are taking me back to jr. high and high school. I think I need to get this Sirus radio just so I can have that station!

I am going to the new gym tonight right after work. I am looking forward to it. Tomorrow is weigh in so hopefully I will work off a few ounces! LOL I don't care if it is only an ounce lost, at least it will be a loss! Tomorrow after weigh in I am meeting one of my friends at the gym to work out with her there. I think I am going to like having someone with me there a few times a week. Can't talk myself out of going when I have someone waiting there for me.

I was really tried last night, I didn't get anything out for dinner so I am going to have to do some quick thinking to make something that is good for me and something the rest of them will like. Maybe I will just have a Smart ones meal and make Mark and Kristen something else. Not sure yet. As long as I can figure out the points I will be happy.

Well back to work.

I am back

Hello! Yes I have been absent for a little over a week now, I needed a little break I guess. Life has been a little crazy and has thrown a few curve balls my way in the past few weeks but I am feeling much better now.
I know that my last post was in regards to the accident that I was in on wednesday of last week. Unfortunatly the very next day I was involved in another accident while I was taking my son back to school. No one was hurt but it was enough to put me over the edge. Mentally I had had it. I needed a little break from everything for a bit. I am doing much better now and am ready to get back to normal life. Driving still scares me a great deal but I am driving. I even drove in the snow that we had yesterday. I didn't want to but I was out getting my hair done with my stepdaugther and we were at the salon for 3 hours so it has snowed pretty good while we were there. I just took it slow and I was fine. I just wish the snow and ice would stop for the year but I know we still have a long way to go with this winter so I am going to just have to deal with it.
John and Josh are both back to school now. I miss them alot. It was nice having them home for Christmas break.
I am doing well with weight watchers. I will weigh in again this Tuesday night. I am not giving up on this even if I don't see losses each week I need to hang in there cuz it will happen if I just keep at it.
I haven't been to the gym much since the accident. I had a concussion and was extreamly sore for a few days after. The headaches are gone now so I am ready to go back. I did make a change in gyms yesterday though. I belonged to the YMCA, acutally the whole family did. I paid monthly dues for the whole family to go and although it is a beautiful place with great equipment, it was not econmical for me to continue to go there. They opened a new gym right down the street from me (the Y is about 15 minutes from me) and they had their grand opening party yesterday. I went to it and have decided to join there. It will save me over $40 a month to go. I was the only one using the Y, none of the kids or Mark used it. The twins used to but now that they are gone to school they haven't. I am going to cancel the Y tomorrow and start going to the new place. I think I am going to be happy with the move.
We are meeting some friends this morning for coffee so I better get off here and get ready to go. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Black ice

Today was not a good day for me. I woke up early knowing we were getting freezing rain and snow. The news last night wasn't good, lots of freeways shut down and bad accidents everywhere. I turned on the news this a.m. and heard that things were not quite as bad as they had been the night before but still bad. So I left early.
I was about half way to work (it is all freeway to work so I was on the freeway, two lanes) when I saw an accident happening in front of me. There were about three cars between me and the accident and the cars in front of me put on thier brakes. I started to put on mine. BLACK ICE. My truck (thank the Lord I have a huge F250 diesel) spun to the right ( I was in the left lane) I hit the car beside me in the right lane, the truck spun to the left at that point and I hit the wall that devides the two sides of the freeway. I don't remember much after I hit the wall, but I know that spun around and went back towards the right lane and off the freeway into a field.
I remember that the truck was still moving and I realized I was on grass at this point and made myslef put on the brakes. The truck stopped. I saw lots of cars ahead of me in the ditches and one that was sideways on the freeway. I must of hit the same ice that made the orginal accident happen.
I called my husband I know I was a raving lunitic at that point. I couldn't open the drivers side door it was stuck, smashed. I freaked thinking I wasn't going to be able to get out. Thank goodness Mark was able to calm me down and told me he was on his way. I called 911. Police came. I craweled over the console and got out the passenger side door to talk to the police officer and proceded to throw up on his shoes. Nice.
The accident was a 8 car accident. I was the 7th and the lady that I hit to my right was the 8th. I saw the damage to the cars in front and I am not sure if the people in the first two cars are ok. It didn't look like it.
My truck is a mess. It has damage on all four sides but it is a truck, it is replaceable or repairable. I am sore sore sore but Thank you LORD I am alive.
The dr. says I have a mild concussion and that tomorrow will probably be worse than today as far as soreness goes but I am here.
I can't sleep tonight. I keep thinking about it and it seems like such a silly thing to keep thinking about since I am basically not hurt, just sore and banged up, but it was scary. And I am wondering about the others that were in the accident. I was taken off the road quickly and didn't really get to see the others.
I know that by the time I got home the road was still closed 3 hours later. Not a good sign. Please keep those in the accident in your prayers. And please drive safely in the morning.

It wasn't horrible but it wasn't wonderful

Well I went to weigh in. I gained .8, I am ok with that. I thought it would be more. I would of loved a loss but I know what I ate this past week and it didn't warrent a loss. I did make it to the gym tonight though. I went on Sunday also. I am hoping to make it there at least 4 times a week. That is my goal.
They have this basket on the front desk at the gym that is filled with little pieces of paper. Each piece has quote on it. So each day that I go to the gym I will post the quote that I got.
Sunday's was "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
Today's is "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
If you don't see a quote for more than a few days, call me on it and ask me where it is!!
I am watching the season primere of "the biggest loser" it is really good this season. I am going to go watch it and get inspired.

GRRR

I went to weigh it and they were closed, no power. I was not a happy camper,well ok maybe I was. Dinner tonight (the Fiesta chicken) was excellent. I also made the spanish rice that weight watchers makes, I buy it at the place that I go to meetings at. My son, John, one of the twins, was like "oh man why do we have to have ww food" when he was looking at the box. I didn't tell him that the recipe for the chicken was a ww recipe either! While we were eating he says "the rice is alot better than i thought it was going to be" I said "um hummm" LOL
I guess I will have to run to the meeting after work tomorrow night.

Weigh in tonight

Tonight is weigh in for me at weight watchers. Last week I had lost another 2 pounds. This week I am not so sure how it is going to go. I had two parties this week that I ate a little bit to much at so I will be happy if I just maintained and didn't gain. Although a gain is what I may see. But.....I have already picked myself back up and am back on program. I made a new recipe last week that we all really loved. It was called mexican meatloaf and it was really yummy and only 3 points per serving. Tonight we are having a new item also. It is called Fiesta chicken. I am looking forward to it also. I get stuck in rut at times and just eat the same meals over and over since I know I lose when I eat those things but I need to find lots of new things that I like if I want to make this a life long deal.
Going back to work wasn't so much fun today but I knew it was coming so I prepared my mind for it. Tomorrow should be better. I will be used to getting up early again. Yuck.
My son, Robbie, is leaving for Florida tomorrow. His aunt lives there and he is going to visit. I got him the ticket for Christmas. It is 80 there today and I am soooooo jealous, I think I should of bought the ticket for myself. I am tired of the cold and it is only January. The snow and cold started way to early for us this year. Our lake does not usually freeze until this time. It has been frozen for over a month already.
Mark bought me a little fire pit for Christmas that can be put next to the hot tub so I can have a fire while I am in the hot tub. It has been to windy for me to use it but I got to use it for the first time last night. It was awesome! The smell of the fire made me feel like it was summer and I was at my camper! I can't wait till tonight so I can do it again!
Well I am off to go weigh. I will let you know how I did.

I guess that plans that are made but don't happen can end up being a really good thing! I got to spend New Years Eve ringing in the New Year with my favorite boy, Aiden! Mark and I were able to pick him up and take him over to my BIL's and he spent the night with us. Yes he stayed up until midnight and he had a pot and wooden spoon to bang the pan with and ring the New Year in correctly! I loved it.
Today I cleaned our office out, and there was lots of paper that was thrown out today! I am very happy with the results though. Maybe I can get something done now!
I also went to the mall today and got my new pages for my franklin planner. I guess I just let that slip my mind, that I needed new 2009 pages. I have them now and I put them in my planner. Kristen (my stepdaugther) went shopping with me and got new jeans and a new purse with her Christmas money. She was very happy.
A very odd, funny thing happened tonight though. Kristen had asked if she could go to a hockey game with her friend, Ashley. Ashely's mom is very good friends with Kristens mom so I didn't think it would be an issue so I said yes. Come to find out when Kristen was picked up, it was Ashley's dad's weekend so it was Ashley's dad that came to pick her up. Not that I was worried about that, my husband has met Ashley's dad and he was fine with all of it. I did ask my husband if Ashley's step mom was in the car because Kristen had told me that Ashley did not like her step mom so I thought it might be an uncomfortable night for them if she was there but Mark said there wasn't anyone else in the car. So all was well. About a half an hour later I got a text from Kristen that said "do you know Joanne (she gave a last name but I am not going to put it in here)" I immediatly called Kristen cuz Joanne has been a friend of my familys since I was born. Joanne's mom and my mom were best friends, we grew up togthere next door to each other but it has been years since we lost touch. Since my mom died ten years ago to be exact. I knew Kristen must of met Joanne somewhere so I asked her "where did you see Joanne at and how is she and yack yack yack!!!!" Kristen told me that Joanne is Ashleys step mom. OMG! LOL! So now this is going to be so much drama. Kristen's mom and Ashley's mom are really good friends and Ashley does not like her step mom and I am Kristens step mom so I am already not the best of friends with Kristen's mom and Ashleys mom so I bet the fact that Joanne and her husband are coming over for dinner this week is not going to go over well!!! Oh well what can I say? LOL, life is so much fun.
I have so much else to tell you all but I need to get to bed. I am just happy to have the extra time to be able to blog and read entries and catch up. Tomorrow I will write more!