Thursday, June 30, 2011

24 Years

Today is our 24th wedding anniversary.

TWENTY FOUR years!

It feels like a blink & a lifetime, all rolled up in one.
I just want to say


"David, you are everything to me.
You are the love of my life, my soul mate and my very best friend.
I love you more today than I did the day we got married.
Thank you for being the man that you are
and for asking me to share this journey with you.
Happy 24th Anniversary!"
me

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Round Two - Almost

Fedex finally brought my HCG drops! I have been waiting & waiting & WAITING!! Wanna know how my head works though? See I have 3 "gorge" days. And if I started taking the drops the morning after I got them (Tuesday)...my first real diet day would've been Friday. You know, Friday...the day/night we are going to see Rodney Carrington??? (They serve beer at the AMP!) And if I started on Wed...well then Sat. night at our "watch the fight - have friends over - catfish fry"...well, I couldn't eat after I worked so hard to cook it all. And then Sunday, we're going to watch the fireworks & cook out at my Aunt Bev's...so see, it makes PERFECT sense in my head to hold off a few days....sense to ME anyway! Ha!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Creek.........




























This creek runs behind my work & has turned out to be the perfect place to train the dogs, let them play & bathe them. And they LOVE it! me

The Crowd Continues To Grow





Okay, so this is how we spend most of our afternoons....working Boogie & Bam. Lately, the neighborhood kids have all started to come out & watch & ask David questions. They want to know if they can take turns throwing the bumpers or can they pet the dogs, or how he's taught them to do all they do. I have to say, David is better with these kids than I am. And the dogs love the attention. Plus, with this many helpers, my job is to sit on the tailgate, drink a beer & relax....I love my job! me

Monday, June 27, 2011

Good Times



















We had an amazing weekend! I love David working days!!! Saturday morning we got up & had our coffee then we hit the neighborhood for garage sales. Unfortunately, there weren't many, but we stayed out for a couple hours & really had fun just hanging out together. Sunday was a busy day. It was our niece Gracie's 7th birthday, so we went to her party at Chuck E Cheese in Fayetteville. We had so much fun! Hunter-man figured out real quick how to get his Papa to fill his pockets up with tokens! Oh, and he's started calling David "Pee-paw" which I just love & think is SO cute! I'm still working on "Nana"....sometimes he calls me that, sometimes it's meemaw, sometimes mama...the poor little guy is just confused! Anyway, after the birthday party the kids came up & we grilled hot dogs & hamburgers & Hunter played in his pool. It was just good times!
I can't wait til this weekend. Our 24th anniversary is Thursday and we are going to see Rodney Carrington at the AMP on Friday night. Saturday night is the big heavy-weight fight between Hayes & Klitchko that we've been waiting for and Sunday night our plan is to go to my Aunt Bev's & watch the fireworks. As of right now Monday - it is for REST & RELAXATION! I am trying to plan on having NO plans on Monday...we'll see how that works out! Til next time...me

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Dog Ate It......

Bam sabotaged my diet! Really he did! I started my drops on Monday morning...I still had a few days left in my old bottle. I figured I'd do the 3 days of eating everything while taking the drops, and by then my new drops would be here...wrong! See, Monday we decided to try leave both Bam & Boogie out of their kennels while we were at work and see how they'd do. Bam ate my HCG!!!! Seriously! Thank goodness there wasn't much in there, and they didn't seem to phase him! But now? I'm waiting to get my new ones in the mail....so...I'm in a holding pattern there.
Tuesday I put him in the box...and told him when I left it was because he was a bad dog on Monday. Today...Wednesday, I left him out & tried again. With the exception of my placemats & napkins on our formal dining room table....he did fine! I fussed at him a little bit, but my plan is to try again tomorrow (and just put up the place settings ha!).
David & I are trying to adjust to his new schedule. The first morning we got up at five, had coffee, watched the news & I fixed him breakfast & fixed his lunch...it was smooth sailing. However, he's had a horrific toothache so I got him an appointment Monday afternoon & they ended up doing a root canal. So I had to drive him home & we left my truck at my work. So he had to take me to work yesterday morning....we had to leave early & he go no breakfast & no lunch to take so he had to eat out. This morning I overslept...no time for breakfast or to make his lunch. I love being able to wake up and us drink our coffee together & talk about our plans for the day. I'm hoping by the end of the week we'll be a little more acclimated to the new schedule.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Round Two

Today I ordered round two of HCG! I was supposed to start back last Monday but since I hurt my knee & wasn't sure if I was looking at surgery or what, I held off. (Oh, and I forgot that I have to take the drops for 3 days while I eat any & everything I want & let it build up in my system, so instead, I just ate any & everything I wanted - ha!)
Anyway....enough with all the excuses. The drops should be in sometime next week, and it's time to get serious again. This diet really works - I am on it! me