(almost) Wordless Wednesday

I did not want to NOT update about my Dr visit yesterday. Thank you all for the well wishes! My EKG was fine, I avoided lab work (whew) and she is putting me on a low dose of Atenolol to help lower my heart rate. It was 97 on the EKG and then 100 when she checked it. Really that is not THAT bad but still high. Re-Check in 2 months. She mentioned that I'm a tad on the anxiety ridden side. Duh.

My Sister in law Gina just started blogging. Go show her some love and give her some bloggy tips!! She is shiny brand new to blogging.

Sooo, onto Wordless Wed.....

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Be still my beating heart.....

No, really. Be still. Well, not totally still. But calm down.

Today I have a Dr appointment that generated from last weeks visit. I get to have an EKG and some blood work which is right up there with flying as one of my least favorite things to do. I HATE needles (said the girl with 3 tattoos). Why all this fabulousness? I have noticed for some time now that my pulse tends to run fast...or tachycardia which is the medical term. I decided to mention it to my Dr last week and she checked it and sure enough it was 105. That is pretty much what I have noticed it to be also. Here is a little secret about moi. I am a hypochondriac. Probably due to my job (I am a health underwriter...I read people'e medical records and decide if they get insurance or not) Since I spend a lot of my day reading people's medical records I tend to self diagnose myself with all sorts of fun stuff. I have just enough medical knowledge to be dangerous....especially for someone who already HAS anxiety issues. Soooo, the moral of this story.....if you are a pray-er....please think of me today. I'm stressing wondering what can possibly be wrong with my heart and hoping of course that it is nothing.

Day one of WW went fairly well....I actually carried points over. I weighed myself last night and wanted to cry. Here's to day 2

I have a shiny new award to share and pass on....thanks Becky. I love her blog and her husbands blog. They make me laugh. I'm stealing what she stole from someone else about this award.

The Friends Award is given to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and to be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. The hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

I'm pretty good at NOT passing along to the number of people that I am supposed to....so here are the 4 blogs I am bestowing this on......

http://rdehaus.blogspot.com/ A Torn among Roses

Alexis

Susan

Connie

Not Me Monday

Time again for your weekly installment of "Not Me Monday" brought to you by MckMama. If you don't know MckMama or her story about miracle baby Stellan then I suggest you head over and get to know her. So, this past week was actually kind of boring.....

Joe and I did NOT send our kids to daycare even though he was home on vacation all week. We do NOT believe that since we pay for it anyways they should just go.

I did NOT refuse to get weighed at the Dr office when I went in for bronchitis. I did NOT think to myself they don't need my weight to give me a z-pack.

I did NOT spend 2 days in bed sick. Mommy's don't get sick days....even when we call off of our daytime job.

I did NOT tell Joe that if Pierce did not start putting the toilet seat down I was going to go all "Mommy Dearest" on him.

I did NOT sleep through New Years Eve.

I did NOT nap while Joe took care of operation Big Girl Room

I also did NOT open the champagne that I did not drink on NYE and drink most of it last night. Just because

Busy week.........

Operation Big Girl Room and another cool project....

The husband worked his butt painting Mallory's room this weekend. We are ready to move her into a big girl bed but still have to get a mattress for it. Meanwhile we got the painting part done. By me I mean Joe of course. Just when he thought he was done for the weekend we realized that the border we had ordered was on the porch! Yeah! I'm so SO happy with how it turned out, the bedding we got for her new bed has pink and brown dots too so it will all look great together once we put it up.


I do have a slight obsession with bows....and that IS the moon in her room....it is very cool


My sister in law knitted this doll for my Mallory, clothes and all

Still have to get the curtain up but that is in the set with her bedding.

Now THIS is awesome. My mother in law gave this to Joe and I to restore for Mallory. Her father or her grandfather made it, either way it is at LEAST 50 years old. Right now it looks like the scene of a crime but once we are done with it it will be AWESOME. Needs new paint, a new roof, new lighting, all new furniture and eventually a little doll family to live in it. I cannot wait to see the finished product and I am so happy we have this heirloom to pass on!

Things I am looking forward to in 2009

I have so much to look forward to this year.

Most importantly THIS sweet "baby" will be starting Kindergarten this year. *sob* Now as a scrapbooker this event is WAY up there in things to get excited about....I will probably start buying things for this momentous event around June. I still cant believe my baby will be starting school.

But let's backtrack just a little bit. January is kind of going to suck due to Joe's work schedule so I am holding my breath and counting down the days until I am reunited with my mommy board BFFs. These girls are truly my sisters and I miss them all SO much. Our last big get together was in Boston back in 2007. We had that kind of fun that leaves you in tears with a sore face from laughing and smiling so much (not to mention the hangover we all took home with us) So in just a little over a month I will be playing with some of my bestest friends who I miss SO much.

In April I have a girly trip of a different kind....my very first visit to

That's right....I have never EVER been to New York City. So my mom, a few friends and some other people I don't know are hopping on the fun bus to drive ALL night to spend one fabulous day buying fake authentic Prada and Coach bags, and to stand in front of my favorite place EVER
Even though we have one now in the town that I live in.

My Sweet baby turns 3 in May and that means no more diapers.....right?

In July the fam heads to Holden Beach, NC for a week's stay in the In Law's beach house. We did not go last year and I have really REALLY missed getting my annual shot of Joe walking the kids across the pier.

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Also in July....and it is about DAMN TIME

In November.....my fabulous husband has a big milestone......one we are hoping to celebrate in ChicagoAnd SOMETIME in 2009 this gem will finally be released so I can get my Twilight fix without reading the series over again for the 3rd time (which I am likely to do anyways)And of course NEW MOON the movie will be released. Did you REALLY think I would get this far and NOT mention my boyfriend Edward?

A busy year indeed but it will be a good one!!

Facebook how I love thee.....

Facebook is my friend. I started with a mspace page a few years back I think it was and was quickly annoyed at all the stupid blingy comments that were all over the place. When I moved over to facebook I was pretty happy to see it was low maintenance because well, I'm a low maintenance kind of girl. (okay, I could not even TYPE that without laughing). I hooked up with a lot of people from my class. Some I have not seen or heard from in years but it was nice to connect and see what they were doing in their lives. Some I don't even really LIKE in real life but it is cool to be a stalker, oh and so show off my token hottie husband and kids.

The cool thing is in the past month I have reconnected with friends that I never thought I would hear from again. One girl that moved away in 4th grade just found me a few days ago. I honestly had forgotten about her but as soon as I saw her name pop up as a friend request I remembered that her mom was my brownie troupe leader and I have been to multiple sleepovers at her house. Another girl was my BFF up until she moved away in 7th grade. We did keep in touch for a few years (remember having to actually MAIL a letter?) but eventually lost touch. I looked for her a few times on facebook and gave up and then she actually found me.

So hooray for facebook for bringing some old friends back into my life, even if it IS over the Internet.....you know....because CLEARLY I have no use for THOSE kinds of relationships.....

2009

So I'm starting out 2009 with an award from Stephanie! Thank you dear.....I KNOW that 2009 has wonderful things in store for you! This is the 2009 New Year's Spirit award and I'm accepting it with a smile because this year I WILL follow through with my goal. I'm not going to call it a resolution because I never keep those. This year it is my GOAL to eat better, exercise more and find that skinny girl I used to be. Having babies has wreaked havoc on my body but I'm tired of using that as an excuse not to fit back into the sizes I used to wear. This year I WILL eat better, I WILL exercise more....not just to lose weight but to set an example for my kids and to just all around feel BETTER physically and mentally. I think I'm going to look back into Weight Watchers online. I liked it back when I tried it a few years back because you can keep track of everything on the computer vs those darn booklets. So here's to 2009 I'm hoping to come back on Feb 1 and tell you all I have lost 10 pounds this month for a start! Wishing you all a healthy happy New Year and feel free to tell me what your goals are this coming year and join the dieting bandwagon with me!