more cleaning

took apart my bathroom cupboard and a shelf over toilet and organized/tossed/cleaned. It FEELS GREAT! Also doing more laundry. Now I'm going to watch OLTL - my "stories" as Zach snarkily says :)

2 things

1)I am laughing from the comments to my previous post
2)Timberwolves FINALLY WIN - 108-98 - over Grizzlies

Almost Jan

So nice having a few days off work.....
1 - really cleaned my bedroom - took out 4 bags to donate or toss - cleared surfaces and organized.
2 - took fridge apart and cleaned it out - Travis came down and looked in the fridge and asked - where did everything go? I said it is just cleaned and organized - and some crusty food was tossed...so we have the same amount of "good" stuff - just got rid of the "stunt" containers

Christmas was awesome - we had so much fun! Thr gifts were good too. Don bought me a fancy Cricut cutter for my crafting!!!! Michele and Jims house is great for hosting.

Fri - SKINS and Rockband at Carries - we had dinner with the Jeromes - then Carie and I watched two episodes before Lon came back with his new Rockband disc. We laughed and lauged and had such fun. Carrie had frozen virgin margaritas that we spiced up with Tequila - it wasn't mixing well so we added some Sunny D (LRH3 idea) it was GOOD!! So we invented LRH Sunnyritas that night. While playing Rockband Carrie was VERY WINDY - one time I'm like - dude, did you Sht your pants? Somehow Native/Indian came up so I nicknamed her Sunnyrita Shitzherpants as her new Indian maiden name - Lonny and I were rolling - Carrie said I couldn't blog it......but it was FUNNY! Besides we all have our IBS/dump issues - its all good among rellies. LOVE

Sat I met Abby and Heidi for lunch - then they went to a play and then after that Abby and I went to Twolves game - it was a blast!

Sun - went over to Carries to watch more SKINS

today - laundry in my NEW WASHER DRYER that Don installed over the weekend. IT IS GREAT!!!! Twolves tonight with Heidi.

Merry Christmas Eve

I am off until Jan 2nd - but I worked about an hour today and will do the same on Fri. On-call til 1 so my day is almost done - and no calls. Yesterday I went to the Dr and found out I am actually 5'4" - not 5' 3 1/2" like I always thought - funny. I got taller just in time to shrink - maybe my yoga phase paid off :) But I am getting back on the exercise band wagon. I had 5 tubes of blood drawn this morn -so far I have not been diagnosed as diabetic but I've been pre for a couple years. They are also checking my b12 becsaue of Heidi's results and Michele also had low b12. Dr wants me to be serious about weight loss for 6 months - visit her every two months and see what I need help with - been a couple years since I was serious about it. I just changed to this Dr and I REALLY LIKE her!

I don't really want gastric bypass and only started thinking about it because Heidi is. So now I have to devise a plan I can live with - I like to exercise so am going to put more focus at that to start and then incorporate eating changes. Maybe do Seattle Sutton every other week or something. I didn't really like Weight Watchers although it does work. The food part sucks - cuz I love food and FLAVOR - chicken and broccoli don't cut it although you can lose tons on it. How can I have a spicy, flavorful, healthy diet? Cumin on my veggies? Any recipes would be greatly appreciated.

Tonight we are having our little family Christmas with Potbelly sandwiches for supper and gift opening around 6. Tomorrow at Micheles - Heidi and I are going over early to help cook.

Maybe everyday I should blog what I ate - that would make me pay attention! But do I want to be that honest about my oops :) cuz there will be days! Stay tuned - could be exciting.

My new treat is this - pure pumpkin mixed with sugar free vanilla pudding - it is good and filling and fairly healthy! Need to make more.

Carrie - we need to get together over the next week!!

Love and HAPPY HOLIDAYS/MERRY CHRISTMAS

past weekend

It was a ton of fun!
Fri - cabbage rolls and pierogie making PLUS Rock Band. I had cramps in my legs the next day from drumming (foot pedal)

Sat - the play was awesome - the character that rocked was named Gladys Herdman. That young girl was a great actor.
Court's bday - it was nice - they had a taco bar and a band
Jon and Gen party - I had a lot of fun this year - maybe becasue I was in the basement pretending I could sing for most of the night. Also tho' Graham and Sara and Oscar were down there too and I realy like them. Jon and Gen have some pretty cool friends. Timmy D was there with a scary facial hair thing going on. There were also Pickle dogs which Jon made sure I got one or two as they were going fast and I love a pickle dog!

Sun - made cookies at Heidis and a blizzard came - my cookies were chesecake brownies and orange cranberry drops. Both VERY EASY and DELISH!!!! I, like Heidi, don't really like to bake.....much prefer cooking. When I took my few extras home Don declared that the orange cranberry cookies were his new favorite.

Mon - back to work and the my non-profit board meeting. It was kind of depressing due to market conditions and so many houses being lost/left. We are hearing it won't start turning til 2012. I was hoping only another year or so.....

Tonight - my womens DFL meeting is cancelled due to weather so I will hit the grocery store - exciting!

and a purple tree

how funny - my favorite color is purple and I took the quiz and it said I should have a purple tree!

For you, the holidays represent a time of creativity and expression.
There's no way you'd do something bland simply for tradition's sake.

You are an independent person, and you definitely do the holidays your own way.
And you're decadent enough to go way over the top with any unusual holiday ideas you have.

Your purple tree would look great with: Purple lights and ornaments

You should spend Christmas Eve watching: A Christmas Story

What you should bake for Santa: "Kitchen sink" cookies - with a ton of things in them

stuffed I kyped from Kateys blog

I am a Striped Sweater

You are a bouncy, lively, and even a little raucous.
You love life loudly, and everyone is invited to your party.

You are very hyper, and sometimes you act without thinking.
And while your impetuousness gets you in trouble, your charm gets you out of trouble.
You Are a Striped Sweater