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!

This picture is from this year when we were moving John into his new apartment for his junior year. My husband was home for this particular weekend and we had a good time. I miss my boys dearly this year since Mark is gone all week and it leaves me pretty much alone. I am trying to adjust



but it is difficult. I have managed to make a few changes but not enough to really make me feel much better about myself. I have joined weight watchers again. I joined at work this time with a few of my coworkers. It is going fairly well. I also started going back to the gym I only made it three times this week and my goal is four so I fell a little short on that. I will do better next week. I weigh in tomorrow so we shall see how that is.
My nephew is still in the hospital. He came home for a few days and had a relapse and was put back in. He is not doing well but hopefully he will get better. Please say a few prayers for him. My inlaws are both doing well. My MIL has had her 2nd treatment of chemo and this one went much better than the first. For that I am thankful. My FIL has an appointment this week to see if his hole in his head, where they removed the cancer, is healing correctly. Please pray that it is. If it is not then he will have to have surgery to close it and that surgery is quite extensive. My daugther is now back to work and is doing very well.
Unfortunatly my husband is still out of town working and it looks like he will be going to North Carolina to work in December. Not sure on the details yet but I don't like it at all. Please pray that something in Michigan breaks soon so he can come home to work.
I am still not where I want to be with myself. I still have to make some major changes. I am still very unhappy with myself. If you get a chance please say a prayer for me that I can make these changes in my life that I need to. I want my life back.
I did get my office cleaned out yesterday. Now I can sit in here again and watch tv and work on the computer at home. I need to spend more time at home doing the things I need to.
Well it is time for me to get dressed and ready for my day. Have a good one!

It doesn't seem like a year since this picture was taken but it has been. This was taken last year when we were moving John back to school for his sophmore year. It is that time again, but now it is for the junior year. Time is flying by. I can't believe that my boys are half way done with college already. I can't believe that Tuesday Layla will be a year old and that Aiden will be 6 in September! I wish things would slow down. Funny how when you are younger you want time to speed up and when your older you want it to slow down.

This has not been a good summer for me. Things still are not good for me. I wish so much that I could make them all better again but I just can't seem to. I am at a loss as to how to even go about it at this point. I do know that I am so very unhappy.

My husband was put on a job out of state in March. He is close enough that he is able to come home almost every weekend but that is the only time I see him. 5 months of only being together on the weekends is hard. Every thing gets crammed in on the weekend. All his friends and family want that time as well since they do not get to see him during the week any more either. I know there are people who have it worse, thier loved ones are so far away they don't get to see them at all, and I feel for them. I am just saying how I feel about my situation. It's taking a toll.

Both of my inlaws are in poor health. Both have cancer and are fighting it. My sister in law has had a bilateral mastetecomy with tissue expanders and is still recovering. Very slow and painful process and so hard on her and us. My nephew is in a dark place, thinking about suicide and is now admitted to the hospital where he is thankfully getting treatment and the help he needs. My daugther had surgery for a hernia and it was a little worse than we thought so she ended up being opened up and has to be off work for at least six weeks. Layla had a babysitter that was not family for the first time in her life! (she loved it!)

I have not been in the lake all summer! And I have not been to the gym. I need to make some changes in my brain and I have no idea how.

There have been some good things too. I got a promotion at work. My son finally got a job and he is making money. Layla and Aiden are happy and healthy and beautiful! I get to spend plenty of time with Layla, she comes to stay with me at least a few nights a month. I love that time. We have been at the camper thanks to my brother in law towing it for me. But the bad seems to be winning over in my brain. I have other things that are weighing me down also, things that make me more unhappy with myself than I care to even think about. I can't even write about them and I have tried to, just to get it out but I get sick with myself and angry with myself.

So today I am going to take the day to myself and sit and think and write. Whatever it takes to get myself back on track and happy with Linda again. I need to find Linda again is what I need to do. I know she is in there somewhere. I need a game plan. And I am going to make one today. One that has lots of "alternative" plans so if I mess (if? who am I kidding? When I mess up) up I can go to another plan.

wish me luck.............

Life

Sometimes life is just so overwhelming to me. There is so much going on in my life that is so good and so much that is going on that is so bad. All the bad is overruling the good at this point and I am truly distraught. Not sure what I need to do to make things better, not sure where to turn. Not sure if I could even explain if I had to. I am such an awful person.

Sad, confused, angry

My sister in law called me last night to tell me that the doctors office had called that morning and asked for her to come in to talk to the dr. about her biopsy results. They asked her not to come alone. Carol called Mike (her husband) and together they went to find out what was wrong.

She has breast cancer. :(

I am so sad. I do not want her to have to go through all that she is going to have to go through. Surgery, radiation and chemo.

Please keep her and our family in your prayers.

I will keep you updated