An Official Member of the ONE FOOT CLUB

Today was my weigh and measure day at Curves. As of today I have lost 12.50 inches over all and 9.25 pounds. It's not coming off nearly as quickly as I would like it to but I suppose a loss is a loss so I can't complain.

Breaking through a wall

For the past month and a half I have been struggling to get over a plateau and finally I broke through it. I was so excited to get on the scale and see another 2 pounds gone. After being stuck at 5 1/2 pounds for so long. It's only 2 pounds but it's still something. It's not coming off as fast as I would like it to but I guess the reality of it is that I didn't get this way over night I can't expect it to come off like that. So I'll take every little step in the right direction that I can get.

Our Prayers have been answered! YAY!!!!

Gracie has made a huge turn around the past few days. So much so that this morning they took her off the ventalator, removed her chest tubes and took her completely off the oxygen. They were also going to put her in their little wagon and wheel her around the hospital so she could see where she's been now for almost 3 weeks. She still has a way to go and won't be home for a while but this is a huge turn around for her.

I haven't heard if they got the biopsy results back yet. If those come back that there is dead tissue in her lungs then they will have to go in and remove that portion of her lung. But we will deal with that if and when the time comes.

Thank you for all your prayers for this sweet little girl. They are so greatly appreciated.

MCA Designs

Oh I'm so excited to say that I've joined the Creative Team over at MCA Designs. What a great opportunity to get to use the great stuff that Mel designs and to learn some new things to use in my scrapping and photography as well. So I hope you will check in to see what specials and freebies they have going on.

Making Friends on the Internet

Ok so I will be totally honest here. 5 years ago the idea of making a friend on the internet and actually meeting up with them I would have found a bit weird and probably wouldn't have done it. That is until I got pregnant with Kim and met some wonderful women on a message board that was specifically for those that were pregnant and due to have their babies in August of 2004. For some of us these would be our first babies, others their 2nd, 3rd or even 4th. But while sharing our excitements, worries, concerns and fears we have become friends. True friends. It's now been over 4 years and we are still chatting ever day. Still sharing the accomplishment of our little ones who will be 4 this summer. So of us have become very close friends. One of these women I have become particularly close friends with. Her name is JoAnn. We live more then 3000 miles from eachother. She in Canada and my in the US. But we talk every day. She was able to work out part of a trip she was going on this week so she could come here and stay with us for a few days. It was wonderful to have her. To finally get to do something together in person. We just hung out and chatted. I so hope that we can do it again sometime.

I just love "GIRL ONLY" days

Today was President's Day so I had the day off from work. Larry had to work so Kimmie and I got to have a "girl only" day. Kim had a dentist appointment this morning and then we got to spend part of the day shopping in the city.

Got my sweet girl a new booster seat for the car (can't believe she's that big already. Where did my baby go?) and new shoes, new outfit, new swimsuit and new sunglasses. We had a great time at lunch. Just sitting back at Wendy's having chickies, french fries and soda.

AHHHH A NEW BED

You never really realize how bad your bed is until you get a new one. We decided this year with part of our tax return to get ourselves a new bed. Our old one was a queen and since Kim spends most nights with us in our bed we needed more room. A KING it was decided that we would get. A nice firm one with a pillow-top for comfort. I'm not kidding when I tell you that the two of us could sleep quite comfortable on the floor with just a foam pad to cushion us. So we went to Spokane 2 weekends ago to buy a new bed. Northwest Bedding.....the best prices because they are the factory. At least that's what they say. We did get a good price on a new mattress set and they included a free frame and free delivery. That delivery part was great since it's 80 miles from their store to my house.

They were supposed to deliver last week but with all the snow we've been getting they couldn't make it. The roads were just to bad to risk. So they finally got here with it on yesterday. They were really trying to hurry and get caught up on everything that they were behind on from last week so we had to set it up ourselves. That's OK I guess. Not like it's rocket science really.

So we get home from work and get to work on it. Finally get it all together and made. I splurged a bit this time with new bedding. I decided that I wasn't buying sheets based on their price this time. I went for thread count. 450 count. They are so soft.

Larry, of course, went to bed way before Kim and I. He quickly fell asleep himself. Then when Kim and I finally came to bed. We snuggled in. First think she said was "look momma we are squishing each other". I turned the TV off and in just minutes we were both asleep. She hasn't moved since. And if it wasn't for the alarm and having to go to work I wouldn't have gotten up myself.

We still need to get a new headboard but at this point it wasn't on the priority list. That can wait till I find the one that I love. Next on the list though is new pillows.