Mom gets her gall bladder removed tomorrow. Yippee! I'm going to the cabin again Friday afternoon.
Oh, and one day I'll change the pictures below. Or not. Whatever.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Weekend at the Cabin
Good times at the cabin this weekend. Lots of food and hay rides, shooting, drinking and naps. And the Coyote call made it out again!
Bethany has better pictures of kids.
Mine are of shooting.
Dima's turn to use the shot gun.
Elizabeth's a secret sharp shooter.
Dave always puts us to shame.
Fortunately the pond was really full as my parents have had over 23 inches of rain in the past 2 months. This distracted Dave for quite awhile on Sat (fishing).
People waiting for the 2nd hay ride.
[note: that was the correct photo yesterday...I'll have to fix that later]
I "camped" Saturday night. I put that in quotes because I'm not sure that it counts.
You read the 3rd sentence? After I zipped up my tent, everyone else went inside, and as I started to drift off...I heard coyotes in the distance. They were far away so I just passed back out. Awhile later, I could hear them calling but they were getting closer. Then I started hearing a neighbor's dog barking loud and coyotes barking/howling very near.
So, grabbed my sleeping bag and went inside. Since I then had to sleep on the concrete, I didn't sleep. Around 6 I decided to brave the outdoors again because it's more comfortable and I could get in an hour or two of sleep before everyone woke up.
That was my Sat night.
Good to see everyone...but, I always wish I had more time.
Bethany has better pictures of kids.
Mine are of shooting.
Dima's turn to use the shot gun.
Elizabeth's a secret sharp shooter.
Dave always puts us to shame.
Fortunately the pond was really full as my parents have had over 23 inches of rain in the past 2 months. This distracted Dave for quite awhile on Sat (fishing).
People waiting for the 2nd hay ride.
[note: that was the correct photo yesterday...I'll have to fix that later]I "camped" Saturday night. I put that in quotes because I'm not sure that it counts.
You read the 3rd sentence? After I zipped up my tent, everyone else went inside, and as I started to drift off...I heard coyotes in the distance. They were far away so I just passed back out. Awhile later, I could hear them calling but they were getting closer. Then I started hearing a neighbor's dog barking loud and coyotes barking/howling very near.
So, grabbed my sleeping bag and went inside. Since I then had to sleep on the concrete, I didn't sleep. Around 6 I decided to brave the outdoors again because it's more comfortable and I could get in an hour or two of sleep before everyone woke up.
That was my Sat night.
Good to see everyone...but, I always wish I had more time.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The past 5 days in pictures
Butterfly on the lantana.
Phantom stealing candy on Halloween while I watched the game.
Full moon when I took a walk the other day. Don't worry, I don't walk at night by warehouses...that's part of a Catholic church.
Time for warmer foods. Pork with cinnamon and chili, pears, cranberries, parm and seasoned pecans on wilted spinach.
Stewish stuff with Buffalo meat, beans, spinach, thyme and other seasonings. This was seriously a mistake that turned out in my favor.
Picture of the sky from my car on the way home.
Nighty night.
Phantom stealing candy on Halloween while I watched the game.
Full moon when I took a walk the other day. Don't worry, I don't walk at night by warehouses...that's part of a Catholic church.
Time for warmer foods. Pork with cinnamon and chili, pears, cranberries, parm and seasoned pecans on wilted spinach.
Stewish stuff with Buffalo meat, beans, spinach, thyme and other seasonings. This was seriously a mistake that turned out in my favor.
Picture of the sky from my car on the way home.
Nighty night.
Mermaid pose
I'm kind of a bad citizen. I've done a lot of preaching in the past about how important it is to vote (especially women/minorities) even on proposition/amendment ballots.
Yesterday, I went to a yoga class instead of voting.
I only had time to do one and I decided yoga was more important to me at the time, and that I didn't care enough to vote. Maybe growth comes from being a hypocrite sometimes.
The class I went to was the Intermediate version of the Advanced class that my flow teacher recommended. I haven't been able to go to the Sunday Advanced class but saw that the same teacher taught an Intermediate class on Tuesdays.
The teacher is an Anusara inspired teacher...which I'm not going to link to any sites, but if you google it quickly starts to look a little culty. Here's a quote:
"Ultimately, each student leaves an Anusara yoga class feeling better about him or herself, empowered and delighted by the revelation of his or her Divine nature (Chidananda)." Uhhhhh...
However, if you open your mind to the experience you find that this statement is true...but, without being culty or cheesy. Through the class, I attempted and successfully accomplished this pose. Talk about a revelation.
Yesterday, I went to a yoga class instead of voting.
I only had time to do one and I decided yoga was more important to me at the time, and that I didn't care enough to vote. Maybe growth comes from being a hypocrite sometimes.
The class I went to was the Intermediate version of the Advanced class that my flow teacher recommended. I haven't been able to go to the Sunday Advanced class but saw that the same teacher taught an Intermediate class on Tuesdays.
The teacher is an Anusara inspired teacher...which I'm not going to link to any sites, but if you google it quickly starts to look a little culty. Here's a quote:
"Ultimately, each student leaves an Anusara yoga class feeling better about him or herself, empowered and delighted by the revelation of his or her Divine nature (Chidananda)." Uhhhhh...
However, if you open your mind to the experience you find that this statement is true...but, without being culty or cheesy. Through the class, I attempted and successfully accomplished this pose. Talk about a revelation.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Hatefull
Yesterday was a pretty productive day, I love daylight savings, and I have some photos to post of butterflies in the backyard and Phantom being cute.
For now, I'll explain my hatefulness.
Whether you believe me and regardless of how I may act, I pretty much like everyone I meet. That being said, there is someone at work I just want to punch.
Reason #1: He clips his nails at work.
Reason #2: Someone commented today that they thought he had lost weight. His response "yeah, about 20 pounds or so. I stopped drinking soda and I jog every now and then".
Grrrrr.
For now, I'll explain my hatefulness.
Whether you believe me and regardless of how I may act, I pretty much like everyone I meet. That being said, there is someone at work I just want to punch.
Reason #1: He clips his nails at work.
Reason #2: Someone commented today that they thought he had lost weight. His response "yeah, about 20 pounds or so. I stopped drinking soda and I jog every now and then".
Grrrrr.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloweeeeeeeen
I might go into a diabetic coma.
Over the past 24 hours I've eaten at least 100 servings of carbs in the form of candy, wine and popcorn. I've decided to let it go and eat as much candy as I want. But, tomorrow, no more.
It all started with last night's Halloween party. Which wound up being pretty small but we had a great time watching Saw and freezing in the backyard.
The theme was to dress as a literary or movie character. I went as Sookie Stackhouse. I painted a "Merlotte's" logo on a white shirt and created some fang marks on my neck. Karin is a horrible photographer...so, here's a spooky photo of me in my costume.
One person that stayed warm was Blaire in her massive chicken costume (probably my favorite, and, no, there's no picture because I'm horrible about actually taking photos). At one point I went to the restroom and when I opened the door to leave, there she was in all her chicken glory also sporting a Jason mask. I screamed. It was hilarious.
Today, once I got over my massive headache, I finally went and saw Saw VI. I think that besides the first Saw, this was my second favorite Saw. Really good.
So, tonight, I'm going to continue to binge on candy and watch some more scary movies. Probably 'The Little Girl who Lives down the Lane' (which I've seen before...it has a young Jodie Foster who is already sporting a deep smokers voice at 14) and some streaming movies from Netflix.
I hope everyone is having as awesome a Halloween as me!
Over the past 24 hours I've eaten at least 100 servings of carbs in the form of candy, wine and popcorn. I've decided to let it go and eat as much candy as I want. But, tomorrow, no more.
It all started with last night's Halloween party. Which wound up being pretty small but we had a great time watching Saw and freezing in the backyard.
The theme was to dress as a literary or movie character. I went as Sookie Stackhouse. I painted a "Merlotte's" logo on a white shirt and created some fang marks on my neck. Karin is a horrible photographer...so, here's a spooky photo of me in my costume.
One person that stayed warm was Blaire in her massive chicken costume (probably my favorite, and, no, there's no picture because I'm horrible about actually taking photos). At one point I went to the restroom and when I opened the door to leave, there she was in all her chicken glory also sporting a Jason mask. I screamed. It was hilarious.Today, once I got over my massive headache, I finally went and saw Saw VI. I think that besides the first Saw, this was my second favorite Saw. Really good.
So, tonight, I'm going to continue to binge on candy and watch some more scary movies. Probably 'The Little Girl who Lives down the Lane' (which I've seen before...it has a young Jodie Foster who is already sporting a deep smokers voice at 14) and some streaming movies from Netflix.
I hope everyone is having as awesome a Halloween as me!
Friday, October 30, 2009
My tip of the day
Do not, under any circumstances, buy mulch after it's been raining. What was once 20 lbs is now 50. Leave it for another day.
Beebox move #2,651.
Beebox move #2,651.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Things to help me burn off Kit-Kats (aka crack)
A year ago, I would have never dreamed that I would meet with a trainer today. But, I did.
I'm at the point where I've gotten stronger but I don't know what to do next. So, I wanted to meet with someone who could show me 3 routines I could do when I hit the gym....and that would get me away from the weight machines.
Oh, boy.
Gonna be sore tomorrow.
I now have chest, bicep, tricep, shoulder, core, back and quad/hamstring exercises I can do. And a handy little chart to track everything on. And, I got over a lot of my hang-ups in the gym...
3 scary things I did today:
1) a pull-up, well, 10 assisted pull-ups
2) looked in the big, spooky mirror while doing free weights.
3) got over myself. I'm at the gym to push myself, not care if anyone's looking.
God bless, I hate that mirror.
I'm at the point where I've gotten stronger but I don't know what to do next. So, I wanted to meet with someone who could show me 3 routines I could do when I hit the gym....and that would get me away from the weight machines.
Oh, boy.
Gonna be sore tomorrow.
I now have chest, bicep, tricep, shoulder, core, back and quad/hamstring exercises I can do. And a handy little chart to track everything on. And, I got over a lot of my hang-ups in the gym...
3 scary things I did today:
1) a pull-up, well, 10 assisted pull-ups
2) looked in the big, spooky mirror while doing free weights.
3) got over myself. I'm at the gym to push myself, not care if anyone's looking.
God bless, I hate that mirror.
Parental clarification
Here's the DL on the parents.
Mom:
has been suffering from pain in the general gall bladder area. The first diagnosis was that she had gall stones and that they would need to remove the gall bladder. Additional tests were required before going through with the surgery...these tests are inconclusive, so additional tests were needed to make sure it's not her stomach or intestines (they're all really close). Should know more this Thursday.
Dad:
has sciatica so he limps around at times. Belief is that the pain is caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back, which is the best of all reasons to have sciatica. He won't require surgery.
Historical background:
In the past, my parents have downplayed all aliments they've had. (Picture "it's just a flesh wound", with my Mom's arm cut off). When Dad had cancer it was like "oh, btw, Dad has cancer. No biggie. It'll be gone in a week."
My conclusion:
That they needed my help because my dad was limping around and Mom was doubled over in pain - like two zombies.
What I arrived to find:
2 healthy looking and acting parents.
sigh.
Mom:
has been suffering from pain in the general gall bladder area. The first diagnosis was that she had gall stones and that they would need to remove the gall bladder. Additional tests were required before going through with the surgery...these tests are inconclusive, so additional tests were needed to make sure it's not her stomach or intestines (they're all really close). Should know more this Thursday.
Dad:
has sciatica so he limps around at times. Belief is that the pain is caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back, which is the best of all reasons to have sciatica. He won't require surgery.
Historical background:
In the past, my parents have downplayed all aliments they've had. (Picture "it's just a flesh wound", with my Mom's arm cut off). When Dad had cancer it was like "oh, btw, Dad has cancer. No biggie. It'll be gone in a week."
My conclusion:
That they needed my help because my dad was limping around and Mom was doubled over in pain - like two zombies.
What I arrived to find:
2 healthy looking and acting parents.
sigh.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Kitkatsarethebest
Went to the parent's cabin this weekend, which was a perfect weekend to go weather wise. I shot 9 for 10 with my mom's shot gun and 1 for 10 with mine. Guess which one I'm using going forward?
The pond is also full again, which was great to see. And, my parents are a lot healthier than I expected. All good news.
This morning, I had 1/2 a piece of toast with breakfast. Mom had made some fresh bread and I really wanted to try it. Gotta say...toast isn't as awesome as I remember. I think I like my diet without it.
On the way home, I stopped at the Wal-Mart in Rockdale (EEK!) to go costume and candy shopping. I also got Shadow a new bandana. Hook 'em!
Hopefully the candy makes it to Halloween.
The pond is also full again, which was great to see. And, my parents are a lot healthier than I expected. All good news.
This morning, I had 1/2 a piece of toast with breakfast. Mom had made some fresh bread and I really wanted to try it. Gotta say...toast isn't as awesome as I remember. I think I like my diet without it.
On the way home, I stopped at the Wal-Mart in Rockdale (EEK!) to go costume and candy shopping. I also got Shadow a new bandana. Hook 'em!
Hopefully the candy makes it to Halloween.
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