Waiting.....

Okay, so can the diarrhea stop already? For Pete's sake! Well Dr. Zhang did say that is usually an ongoing side effect. But, that's how I lose weight. It's working so far...I've lost 8 lbs. I do believe it's mainly because nothing sounds good. Also, I know what eating carbs will do to me, so I tend to stay away. I think Dr. Zhang will be very pleased...I am.



I am also trying to stay fit. My job is fairly physically demanding, so it requires doing stretching exercises before I start my day. I NEED to get back into yoga again. I found that to be a very satisfying workout, except I was on the hunt for a yoga workout that makes me sweat more. I heard about Jillian Michaels Yoga being very intense. That is most definitely on my shopping list.



Since it's been so cold here lately my dogs and I have been on only one nature trail outing in the last couple weeks. Last week, we made an attempt to go for a hike on the super snowy trail at Ushers Ferry. We were just going to hike to the little village and back...it didn't sound so bad. Well, soon after a rocky start of losing my gloves and not being able to turn my trucks' lights off, I realized how deep the snow really was. It was touching Rexx's (he's our 8 yr old miniature pincher) belly. His legs were completely under the snow in some parts. He didn't care, he kept on trudging along and taking care of business. Kapone (he's our 10 yr old pit bull), on the other hand, was not trusting something and kept wanting to turn around and go back. For those of you who know Kapone, knows his story and where he came from and would trust his instincts too. So, I decided to call this hike quits. There was probably a pretty good reason why Kapone didn't want to be there. The hike back to the car was the most intense workout I've had in a long long time. Rexx and I decided to RUN through that deep snow. Granted It was only about 1/3 of a mile, but keep in mind that I am most definitely not a runner and most definitely not through a foot of snow. Well, needless to say I'm sure, I wondered for a good 5 minutes if my breathing would ever slow down! Wow, do I really need to get into better shape..... I am just such an outdoorsy girl...I cannot wait until nice sunny Spring days!

I'm pretty sure I had the worst PMS symptoms I've had since the last go-round with the fertility meds. The overwhelming amount of progesterone corsing through my body puts my snippiness in overdrive. Wow does that suck! I hate to blame my mood on the drugs, but it is the drugs causing my coarseness. It's not something that my body is used to due to the fact that I just don't ovulate regularly. I thank God that the feeling of being super annoyed to the point where I lash out verbally only lasted a few days. I feel better now and able to cope. What a wierd feeling of being out of control. I didn't like it at all!

Now comes the waiting game. I have one pill left which I will take tonight. Then, I just need to wait for Aunt Flow to come visit me...it's been a while...I can't wait to catch up!



Oh, I got a tattoo! It's an owl sitting on a branch perched right on my left upper arm. A friend of ours, Scott, is playing around with a tattoo gun and I was willing to let him experiment !! He's not too shabby! I got an owl in tribute of my Mom. She is an avid owl collector and cannot seem to get enough of them. When I see an owl, I see my mom. So, I just wanted to get something that reminded me of her. Sappy, I know!! I love you mom! And yes, he's clean and safe..lol:)



We had to deal with some water leaking issue that started really becoming a problem last week. To make a SUPER long story short...it ended up being our ice maker! Can you believe it? The little tube on the back of the fridge popped out of the hole and it was squirting all over the floor. I'm so glad that it wasn't a crack in the slab, but am really bummed that we may over time have water damage that now insurance cannot cover. Well, anyways, we are just hoping that it will dry out and will be fine???? It doesn't look bad at all, but who knows what can happen over time. We plan on putting a new floor in sometime this year, so we'll take a good look at it then.



Oh the woes of home ownership. Do you ever wish you would have looked around a little bit more before you bought? Well, so do we. But we cannot go back and change it...just learn from our mistakes and experiences with this house and try not to repeat them on the next house we buy. For reasons unknown, we were meant to live in this house and so we are trying to make the most of it. We are just thankful to have a nice and warm place to call home.

I was just looking around today at how pretty much every nook and cranny has something in it. How are we going to have room for baby stuff???? A bigger house will definitely be on that shopping list too!