On this Day in 1968......

........my hubby was born :o) and he shares his bday with Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart and George Foreman :o)

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY ROCKY!

New Year New Blog Name

Olivia, Lindsay and I shop at a very cute small store in Walnut Creek, Calypso Twist, which we love. We have found some great gifts there for our friends and for each other. For Christmas Olivia got me a really nice ring inscribed with my new title. I think it's perfect and I truly believe that we should all make a life for ourselves that we love.

We all have our ups and downs and those will always be there but I think you should love your life and enjoy it to the fullest. I think Rocky and I do that very well. We have amazing families and friends. We have two doggies that we absolutely adore and we haven endless list of hobbies that we enjoy doing. If the piggy bank permits it we travel whether it's on a nice vacation or a weekend getaway.

My hubby is turning 40 tomorrow and on the 15th we celebrate 3 years together. So I think with it being a new year and this week being a special one with celebrations it's a perfect day to change my blog name. Also good to change the name since it went from just a training blog to a blog about our daily lives.

Foggy Morning

Well the storm that was suppose to hit yesterday was pretty mild, at least in this area. Today though it's pretty foggy and chilly out and I guess we are in for another storm tomorrow :o( Is it summer yet? I hate this weather, I am just not a winter kind of gal. The heating at work is also down for a few days because they are waiting for a part to come in...urggghhh. I am sitting at work with a small heater on, my coat, two layers of shirts, my scarf and I think I may go to Starbucks to get some coffee to keep me warm. Being cold is the worst feeling.

Didn't do much last night. I caught up on some t.v shows and knitted a little more although I think I may take a day or two off. I've been so excited about knitting again that I've knitted my arthritis right back :o( how is it that I am 31 years old and I have such bad arthritis already. I even had to buy the Aleve made for people with arthritis cause it's easy to open :o( I'm getting old.

I plan on going back to the doctor but I need to call Kaiser and get a different doctor, my is a moron, I think it's time to get a new one. 2 years ago I went to him for the pain in my hands and his solution to my pain was that since I couldn't quit my job, I type all day, that maybe I needed to stop knitting and riding my bike (training for Wildflower at the time). WHAT? What kind of solution is that. So I guess I just need to get a care taker since it hurts to pretty much do everyting, hold a fork, hold chopsticks, open a bottle, hold the blow dryer and the list goes on. I went back to him last year and this time the said he thought maybe I had tendonitis or arthritis so he gave me and insane amount of motrin to take and had me do some therapy. The therapy seemed to help but other than the ultrasound therapy we could do the rest at home cause it's just massaging and Rocky can do that and I don't have to spend $25 per visit twice a week to go. Maybe there really isn't anything that can be done and I have to live with it but it won't hurt for me to go back and get a second opinion. I will do that soon.

Tomorrow is my hubby's 40th birthday...WOW! We will be celebrating with his parents and some of our friends.

Cranky

I am very cranky and aggravated at the darn cop who gave me a ticket a few weeks ago :o(

I got my info in the mail last night and my ticket is going to cost me $513....WHAT????? That is totally insane. If I chose to go to school, which I'm am, it's only going to cost $435, that is still insane. My hubby is going to acompany me to court and we are going to see if I can fight the ticket or at least get the fee lowered. I highly doubt I'm getting out of this one but at least we can see if the'll reduce the amount :o( The darn ticket makes me sound like a way reckless driver which I'm not. My violationsa are, running the red light and excessive speed :o( I DID NOT run the red light but I do admit running the yellow light and I was only going 10 miles over the speed limit not like 50 :o( I'm so not happy right now.

Anywho, that's my scoop on that. I did really well with my eating yesterday and am doing good so far today so I'm pretty happy. I especially happy that I'm not feeling hungry. So so far so good. It really helps that my boss is on WW also and I've got a challenge going with Amy and Jeanette :o) Whoever loses the most weigh by June 1st gets a manicure/pedicure gift certificate which of course we all want. Should be interesting to see how this goes so far the social calendar is fairly free but we all know how that changes quickly in our household :o)

Oh and the countdown is own :o) hee, hee

Back on the wagon

Looks like we are getting a little break from the rain today, or at least this morning. This weekend was very mellow for us since we didn't want to be out driving around in the icky storm. On Saturday Rocky and I ran a few errands in the morning and when the weather started to get icky again we went back home and hibernated til Sunday. Sunday morning Rocky had Kali and I pretty much hung around the house til the afternoon when we went out to the yarn shop.

I got a lot of knitting done and I'm pretty excited about that. You can read about my projects on my knitting blog which I'm hoping to be able to keep up this year. I may at some point have to combine both blogs cause it's hard to keep them both current.

I had started weight watchers right before the holidays and completely fell of the wagon. It didn't help that when I came back to work last week there was a 2 pound box of See's candies sitting on my desk that our attorney had sent us :o( It sat on my desk for a few days before my boss finally opened it and that was the end of that. Today though I start back up and at full speed. I REALLY need to lose some weight not just because I feel icky and my clothes don't fit but I'm not training for no darn triathlon with all this weight on. I'm pretty darn sure my swim suit and wet suit from last year aren't going to fit and I'm not buying new ones. My deadline for at least losing half the weight is June which is around the time Amy and I will start training for the Pac Grove Triathlon. Wish me luck, I seem to fall of the wagon quite often. I just LOVE food way too much.

Are we in Kansas?

Holy smokes we are having an insane storm. The news has been warning us about this storm for the last week but of course with the weather you never know if it's really going to be bad or just blow on by and be a small storm. Well, it's here and it's no joke a HUGE storm. In fact I'm about to go move my car because in the past we've had trees fall over here at work with just a little bit of wind and right now trees are sideways :o(

My drive into work was horrible not because there was traffic but because the water has ponded so bad on parts of the freeway and because the wind is so horrible. I had the worst anxiety getting here I almost cried. My commute to work is about 26 miles and I think I drove about 40mph and praying that I didn't spin out. If the weather is this bad after work I may just have to sleep here so I don't have to drive home :o( ME NO LIKE :o(

Today would have been a perfect day to stay at home under my new super soft blankie, fireplace going and some knitting but instead I am here......waaahhhh. Patch wouldn't even go potty this morning, well he did tink, but he didn't go on his walk and go poopy. Rocky said after he pee'd he ran back in the house. Shoot I think if they had gone on their walk they would have ended up in Kansas. Poor Patch. I know he hates the litter box but at least he knows he has that option when he can't go outside. He came back in the house and ran back to bed and under the covers, he's got the right idea.

If you have to drive, drive safely and Happy Friday!

12 Days of Relaxation

I am refreshed and back at work after 12 days off....WHOA!! I didn't realize I had been off for that long til I sat down and counted the days on the calendar. This of course included 2 weekends and 2 paid holiday day's here at the office. It was a nice 12 days of off and now I'm ready to start the New Year.

We had a very fun New Year's Eve. We had a full crab feast, steak, salad, bread, dessert, wine and of course champagne to ring in the New Year. We also played a very fun game of Turbo Cranium although Olivia, Jeanette and I lost and the boys, Phil & Rocky, won. Oh well, we still had a great time. The doggies were well behaved although the hated us for making so much noise at midnight, poor Miss Daisy was freaked out, but they did behave and were able to hang out with us all night and not be locked up in the room.

Yesterday we spent the day vegging out and then had a nice dinner at Maria, Maria in Walnut Creek. I had gone there on Sunday with Amy and it was super yummy so I went back with Rocky. We really enjoyed the food. We then came back home to more t.v. and relaxing and prepare for going back to work.