My Sophie girl went to heaven today. She was in so much pain. I stayed with her till the end. She looked so relaxed and pain free. I will miss her every day.

Easy Sunday

Today was a very quiet day again. I went to church this morning and then I took Jeremy, Kristen and Jackie out to breakfast. That was the extent of my day! I took a two hour nap though. I am feeling much better that is for sure. I hope I still feel this good tomorrow morning when I get up for work. I am going to go to bed early tonight also. I usually stay up way to late and am dragging all the next day. I am going to try to get to bed earlier from now on. I am running on empty most of the time and that is not good.

I have my lunch all packed for tomorrow and the coffee pot is set. My clothes are all laid out so I am ready for the morning.

I am taking Kristen to visit my inlaws tomorrow night for a little while. They love it when I bring her over there. Not sure what is for dinner tomorrow night yet but I will come up with something I am sure!

I hope you all have a great day tomorrow.

Well I can say that this has been a very difficult week for me. Work was stressful and I miss my husband very much. I only got to exercise one day. That wasn't so good but I did follow my eating plan. I still have a cold and cough which I just can't seem to shake.

I have been watching movies and relaxing all day today. No grandkids this weekend, just resting and doing whatever I want.

I bought a book Sunday at the bookstore. It was on the clearance rack for real cheap. It is called 501 movies you need to see! I will see how many I get through in the next two years that hubby is gone. So far I have watched two.

Top Gun, always loved this one and after watching it again this week I have to say I still love it. The other one I watched that was in the book was Saturday Night Live. Now I have to tell you that when this movie came out I went to see it several times cuz I loved it so much. Today I didn't think it could possibly be the same movie I loved so much. It was almost comical. Seeing John Travolta dancing away like that was just amusing! My how times have changed and apparently how much I myself have changed!!

I had been given two movies for Christmas and I had not watched one of them yet, Sex in the City 2, I watched that today also. It was cute. I love Sex in the City. This one was not in the book. I also watched What happens in Vegas, with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kuschner. That one was kinda cute also.

I am setting up my NetFlix so I can get the movies that are on the list. Pretty silly but I have way to much time on my hands!

Well I will write more tomorrow, hopefully I will be in a better mood.

So this is what Aiden looks like after a night of being sick. Aiden and Layla were both here last night, spending the night. Aiden woke up sick in the middle of the night. Layla slept through most of it but at 4 a.m. when Aiden was up getting sick she decided it was time to wake up for the day! So now Aiden is set up on the couch and sleeping soundly for the time being. Layla is watching over him and playing with her toys. Grandma is half dead! A nap sounds awesome but is not going to happen for a bit. My son, Jeremy's dad, will be up soon and then Grandma will be taking her little nap. I think tonight my shows will be recorded and I will be going to bed early.

I had wanted to take the kids to church today. I don't think they will be going with me. Jeremy will have to watch them while I go today. I also have to go into work for a few hours to catch up on some paperwork. I won't be doing that until later this afternoon when both the kids have gone home. I think that I will have to hit the gym for a shorter walk on the treadmill today after church. 30 minutes will be all I do today!

I was supposed to be driving Josh back to Grand Valley today but his father is going to be taking him instead. I was kinda sad yesterday about it but this morning I am feeling like it is a gift! My house will be back to being very quiet by this evening. I will enjoy it for about three nights worth of quiteness and then I will not be so very happy again.

Well Miss Layla is done playing with her blocks and wants to wander out of the office so I am off.

It always seems that something gets in the way of keeping up with things!! This one was totally legit though! Everyone is my house caught the flu, including myself. YUCK! It even made it's way from my house to my daughters and all of them got it too! My son, Jeremy's girlfriend also had it and now it has made it's way to her parents and thier house also. This stuff is wicked. And it is also VERY contagious. I guess I got my daily exercise for Tuesday and Wednesday by runnning back and forth to the bathroom to be sick! Thursday and Friday I was just to plain weak to do anything more than go to work. Excercise was out of the question! Today I am back to the plan though. At least this time I didn't scrap the plan all together for 6 months. Just for the time I was sick and I am back on track. I will be going to the gym today to get on the eliptical trainer for at least 45 minutes. If I feel strong enough after that I will go for an hour. I lost 8 pounds but I don't think that is quite the way I wanted to do it!
Today I am also going to go into "clean up" mode here in the house. Things were definatly left a mess while we were sick. Today................whipping it back into shape and making sure those bugs are gone out of here!
Tomorrow the twins go back to college. I will be driving Josh back but John will be driving his car back. Josh's car is not working, thinking it is the starter. I called today and had it towed to the repair shop and will know on Monday what is wrong and how much it will take to fix it. I will be happy to have that burden off my plate. I have been stressing over it for weeks. I think I should of just taken care of it myself from the beginning, instead of letting Josh mess around with it. I'm all about having them learn how to do these things on thier own but it sure does stress me out! Now he will be able to be back at school and work without worries!
Well I am off to start cleaning and then get to the gym. I hope you all have a good day!

Well I almost forgot to make my post for the day! I am worn out. It is hard getting used to getting up in the morning at 4:30 am after having 10 days off! I am very glad I have a job to go to each day no matter how difficult it is to get up to go to in the morning!
Today I took my lunch with me to work. Grilled chicken breast and endamme salad. Very good and healthy. After work I came home and made dinner for the twins and myself. Beef tips with noodles and gravy. They loved it. It was good but I only had a small serving. Then off to the gym I went. 45 minutes on the treadmill. My legs and butt are now killing me! So it is off to bed with me. A nice early night. I think it's what I need.

So part of my plan for the year is to take better care of myself. The first part of that is to get at least some form of exercise each day. For someone who has run 5 marthons and one half marathon I am WAY out of shape. I know that if I make some big life changing resoloution I won't stick to it. I will get frustrated and give up. So starting little. Just some form of exercise each day. Yesterday it was walking on the beach. Lots! It was warm out there and the ocean was wonderful to see. I love being around the ocean. I am thankful that when I go visit Mark I will be able to see it each time I go. Which means about once a month or once every two months I will get some time at the ocean. Something to look forward to. When we first got there, there was alot of snow on the ground still. It was gone by Thursday. Friday and Saturday it was very warm out. I even saw the sun!

Tonight I will be putting on some warm clothes and going for a walk in the neighborhood. I am hoping for 20 minutes to half an hour.

We drove 9 hours today to complete our drive home. I managed to get the Christmas decorations and the tree down today also. I did vacuum part of the floor. So many needles. I didn't finish it all but I am done for the day. Tomorrow is back to the grind at work but I will be able to finish up the vacuuming and put the furniture back where it belongs tomorrow night. And if not, well then it will still be there Tuesday night! I hope you all have a wonderful day getting back to your normal schedules tomorrow.

Happy New Year Everyone!
2010 was not the best year for me. Most of it was spent apart from my husband because of his job. This year will not be any different in that aspect, in fact I will see him less. The difference is going to be in my attitude and the way I spend my time. I am going to have a much better attitude about the whole thing and I am going to spend my time doing things that will make me a better person instead of the grumpy mean person I was becoming.
Part of that process is going to be writing in this journal each day. Lets call in a 365 project! I will make a post each day telling about the good things in my day that day!
Right now I am in North Carolina visiting my husband with my step daughter and her friend. We have been here since Monday and we are throughly enjoying ourselves. I am getting to spend the first day of the year with my honey and I got to bring in the new year with a kiss from him. So I have to say the year started out great! We will be leaving later this afternoon to begin the ride home.
I hope you all enjoyed your "bringing in of the New Year" no matter what you did.
May 2011 be a wonderful year for us all.
Happy Birthday Dad. I miss you more than words can say!