Quiet

It is very quiet here at my house tonight. My husband is gone for the evening to a Union meeting. Plumbers union meetings do not sound so very exciting to me but they seem to love it! I am sure they wouldn't like my meetings about operating rooms either though. I am used to quiet around here but not quiet as in nothing! Mark is usually here sitting with me watching tv while I play on the computer. It is kinda relaxing. I didn't even have to make dinner tonight, just popped a smartone into the microwave and enjoyed!
I have a baby shower to attend this weekend. The lady that I work with, the one that is my right hand at work, is having twin grand daughters. The baby shower is this weekend. Her daugther must be getting big now. She is due in the beginning of June. I remember when I was that pregnant with John and Josh. Can we say "miserable" ??? LOL! I didn't think my stomach could stretch that far but it sure did. Amazing that it went back to it's orginal size afterwards. Having a baby is pretty miraculous stuff! Speaking of that...........my daugther is doing really good. She is 21 weeks now. Over half way there. I can't wait to meet my little Layla! I am sure to drive each and every one of you away by the time she is born. You all be sick of hearing about it! I will try not to do that!
We also have a benefit to go to on Sunday. I know I wrote about my girlfriend that we camp with in the summer, that had a stroke this past winter. That is who the benefit is for. She is doing good but she will never be the same again I am afraid. She is still in a wheelchair and has lots of motor skill problems. I am not sure if they will be able to come camping this summer or not. We would have to figure out a way of getting her in and out of the camper. The guys are all working on ideas for that. Maybe they will all have come up with something and will tell us when we are all at the benefit on sunday. That would be nice. I keep praying.
I have a dr. appointment tomorrow morning so I get to sleep in for a little bit but then I have to head straight into work after the appointment. I am hoping for a less hectic day tomorrow. We have had one hell of week. Just so many mistakes being made by the employees lately. To busy and going to fast but we are all so stressed to get things done and ready for the next patient. It's a viscious cycle.
Well I am going to get ready to watch Grey's. I just love that show. And then it is off to bed. I need my beauty sleep!!

Sunday

Sunday's are my favorite days. They always seem to be so relaxed. Not sure why I think that since Sundays are usually my cleaning days. Aiden has been here this weekend. I just love having him here. He is so funny. He is finally becoming a good eater. Getting Aiden to eat a full meal before was like pulling teeth. He likes to eat now. This morning I made him pancakes and bacon and he ate it all! 3 pancakes and 2 pieces of bacon. That was alot for him!
Mark and Aiden have been outside all morning. They are putting the dock and the pontoon in today. I am amazed that he is putting it in today. The ice just broke up and melted last weekend. That water has got to be freezing! He is wearing a wet suit but jeezzz. He always wants to be the first one on the lake to put everything in the water. And no Aiden is not in the water. He did come in a little while ago and tell me he wanted his bathing suit so he could go swimming in the lake. Um No Aiden that isn't going to happen for a few more months! He pouted and went back out with his coat and hat and gloves on! Not his bathing suit!
I had a great time over in Canada with my girlfriend. We went to see the Four Tops and the Temptations at the Windsor Casino. The Four Tops were really good but the Temptations were really bad. We left after they had done only four songs. Sometimes not having the orginals doens't work and this was one of those times. There is only 1 of the orginal Four tops but they sounded good. All of the men that replaced the ones that are deceased are realated to the ones who are gone. I am not sure about the Temptations though. We went out to eat for dinner before the show. We also went out to eat for breakfast before I left to come home. So now it is time to get back to eating good. Will have to weigh in on Tuesday and suffer the for the bad eating I did! I do know it is coming though so it won't be a shock to me.
Tomorrow is back to work. Have a great day!

Does anyone know?

Well I have been gone for a bit again. I have been doing some commenting here and there but haven't posted anything! I signed on today to make an entry and saw that it says I am not following any blogs. How in the world did that happen? Does anyone know how I can find the spot that shows what blogs I was following? It still shows my followers but it doesn't show the blogs I follow? I might have to reset all that huh?
Well things have been ok here. Robbie is doing really well. He goes back to the dr. on the 20th of April and I guess we will find out more about his condition when we do go. So far his blood pressure has been high every time we have taken it so I think he will need to be put on blood pressure meds. I was hoping that would not be the case.
I am leaving for Canada this afternoon. One of my girlfriends lives there and I am going over to spend the night there. We are going to the Windsor Casino to see the Temptations. It ought to be fun! A night out is always fun. I will be back tomorrow to spend the rest of the weekend with Aiden. I am looking forward to that also.
I am still going to weight watchers and still loving it. Not sure if I told you all or not but I did get my first 10 pound ribbon! I was so excited about that ribbon!
My daughter had her ultrasound on the 10th and she is having a little girl!! Woot Woot!! I am so excited. A grand daugther!! Her name is Layla Leigh. She is due on August 8th. Amanda and Zac are both very excited. They had both said they wanted a boy but as soon as they found out they were having a girl they went all "girly mushy!" LOL! Manda is already calling her a little princess. Hummmm...if she is anything like her mommy, she might not be the little princess type, more like a tomboy! I will love her no matter what!
Well I guess I better get myself to the gym and then get showered and packed for my overnight trip!!

Hello

I guess I have been gone from here for quite awhile. I didn't realize that it had been quite that long.
I did go to court that Friday but the deputy didn't show up so the case was dismissed. Like it never happened! I was quite sure the girl that hit me was not happy. It took over an hour to drive there and less that two minutes for me to be in the court house. We went on to Grand Valley (Josh's college in Grand Rapids) to watch him run in his last indoor track meet. He ran really well. He ran his personal best time! We headed back home after that. It was a nice day actually. Mark and I got to spend the entire day together and had lots of time alone in the car. Just the two of us. Amazingly I didn't fall asleep, which is what I usually do when I am a passenger in a the car!
Things have not been the best that they can be around here. My middle son Robbie was having some back pain before Christmas and I had taken him to have an MRI. They had found some cysts on his kidney by accident when they were doing the MRI (the MRI was actually being done to see if there was something wrong with his back and they found the while doing that) After lots of testing they have diagnoised him with Polycystic Kidney Disease. The disease is usually genetic and is very odd for someone to get it when no one else in the family has ever been diagnoised with it. We do not have it in our family. He also seems to have an awful lot of the cysts ( 8 in the right kidney and to many to count in the left) and he is extreamly young to have it. He also has high blood pressure, which is also an idication of kidney disease. There is no cure for this disease. As of right now he has full kidney function but the Dr.'s are not able to tell us when that could change, I gues it could happen at any time. They have told us that he will need a kidney transplant at some time in his life, just not sure when the kidneys will begin to suffer from the cysts taking over. As of right now he is not needing to be put on any lists and none of us need to be tested yet. Just the fact that he is so young to have the problems already. I am devastated over the news. Please keep Robbie in your prayers.
Well I need to get moving on cleaning this house up. I hope you all have a great day.

Hello

I have been having a very good week so far. I had to work on Monday and Tuesday and it was fairly busy. Lots of things going on there besides the business of the schedule but also with personal issues with employees. Life is complicated sometimes. I was off yesteday and today. My sister is in town from florida and we have been spending time together. It is always fun. My brothers and both my sisters and our families went out to eat last night. There were alot of us and I almost felt sorry for the waitress but she did an awesome job and we all had a great time. I will post a pic of all of us later. I haven't gotten them on my computer yet.
Tomorrow I go to court for the accident that I was in in January. I am very nervous about it. Not sure what to expect, I just know that it was not my fault and I need to fight the ticket. So we shall see what happens. Wish me luck.
I didn't lose weight at weigh in this week but I didn't gain either so I was happy with that. I had alot of extras that I should not of had the past week so......you get what you work for I guess! This week will be different. I have been staying within my points range!
I am hoping to be able to go to Kentucky next weekend to see Linda. My BFF that lives in Florida. Her husband is working in Kentucky and she is going to visit him. It is exactly in between our two houses so we are trying to figure it out. I can't wait!
I am going to keep my fingers crossed till I found out if we get to go or not!
Well the dryer stopped so I better go switch clothes around. Have a great day.

Sunday morning

Sunday mornings are always very quiet at my house. It is quieter than normal today since my husband is gone away for the weekend to a chili cookoff, so he isn't around the house at all. I can usually hear him doing things around the house but not today. Yesterday was a very quiet day as well. I got up around 8am and started cleaning up the house. There were 10 girls that ended up staying the night Friday night. The party was so much fun! We didn't get to ice skate since we had had so much warmer weather and rain, it made the ice on the lake all pitted and you can't ice skate on pitted ice unless you want to break a leg or something! The hot tub did get used a great deal though. And we danced and ate and laughed until our stomaches hurt!














This one is me and Joanne and my little baby Maggie.

















This one is me and some of the girls that I camp with. The one on the far left is my sister in law, Carol. She is beautiful isn't she?














This one is of my sister, Anne, my sister in law Teresa, my niece Mary, me and then on the floor is my sister Kathy!
We had a riot! I can't believe how much we all laughed. The drinks that I found in the More magazine that I made we awesome! They were all very "martini" type drinks. Apple, grape and blueberry. Now I just have to wait till August to have the "girls weekend" Last year that one was such a hit that everyone is coming again this year and they are all bringing friends with them. That one is a whole weekend thing. I have to take my vacation the week of that one so I have the whole weekend to recover. We have that one at the camper and everyone stays from Friday to Sunday. We plan out the meals and everything! So much fun. This year it is August 14, 15, and 16th. So make your plans to join us now!!
Time to get ready for church. Have a great day!

Weigh in..........

Tonight was weigh in at Weight Watchers and I was a happy camper again this week. I had a 2.4 pound loss this week. That is the largest amount I have lost in a single week so far. I was very happy with that. I want that 10% goal thingy, I think it is a key chain, not sure but I want it.
Tonight I am making the spaghetti pizza that Bridgett had posted on her blog. It is in the oven as I write and I have to say it looks mighty tasty.
I have been busy today getting ready for the party on Friday night. The house is getting clean and I have the food all purchased. It should be so much fun. Tonight after dinner I am just going to sit back and relax. I have been reading quite a bit lately. I am still hooked on Jodi's books. I have read The Pact, My sisters keeper and I am currently reading 19 minutes. I really like these books. I am also reading another book at the same time. It is a weight watchers book, stories from people who have already lost weight on the weight watchers program. I like that one too, it keeps me motivated!








I think it is getting close to dinner time. The timer should be going off on the oven at any time. I will let you all know how it was!