One Year.

Two days ago marked one year of Nova's death. It is amazing how time flies. I still miss my Nova-dog, but I was thinking about how hard her final 3 months of life were for me and for her. I realized on that day, that if I hadn't lost her, I wouldn't have gotten Miss Lulu.

Lulu and Nova are such different dogs. The things I worried about with Nova, don't even cross my mind when it comes to Lu. But the things I miss most about Nova are traits, Lulu does not possess (though she is getting better about some of the things).

While I love Lulu, it is a different love than I had for Nova.  But either way I will be keeping Ms Lulu, because she is ridiculous and makes me laugh. Plus, I love having a fuzzy running companion and a dog to clean up while I cook.

And as always, Pie is the favorite pet. (This is mostly a jest.)

Facebook is killing the blog.

When I first got my blog-ity-blog, I loved it! It was fun to post pictures and random musings. Now I have Facebook. Honestly, I kind of hate Facebook. They keep changing how the content is viewed. Why yes, I do actually want to see all my friends, don't use an algorithm to tell me what I actually want to see... ARGH! And I hate that I am so addicted to it. I do NOT need to check it constantly, but alas, I do.

However, it is SO easy to post photos and random thoughts. And while blogger has an app, it is not as easy as Facebook.

But I have also noticed that I am a lot less guarded on my blog. I say all sorts of crap on here that I would NEVER post on Facebook. Why? I think I feel safer on here. Not many people know about my blog-ity-blog, and the people that do, I like. Sure, you people may judge me, but I feel like you actually like me, so it won't be too harsh. Where on Facebook, I have random people that I know only professionally as friends, so I don't feel like I can truly be me. Don't get me wrong, I still post a lot of randomness, but that's what it is, random. It isn't my hopes/dreams/goals in life.

Man, I am sappy.

Also, I have no goals. WAIT! I decided yesterday I was going to train for triathlons again. The first one is June 7th. I would like to beat my 2012 time. Totally doable, as long as I start training now, well Monday.... Ugh, I am already tired.

OH and my weight checker thingy is WAY off. I should just delete it. I am going to delete it.

Naptime.

This is how she sleeps. Such a weirdo.

Echo?

Is there an echo on my blog?

I say this for two reasons.

1. It has been abandoned. Sorry blog.
2. I tend to repeat myself.

Now if anyone is paying attention, they will notice my little widget showing my weight loss is no longer impressive.  That's right, I have gained a lot of weight. Now I could make all sorts of excuses, but it comes down to I just didn't care, plus I was enjoying my desire to eat after getting off my back pain meds. I kept telling myself that I should stick to my calories, but MAN, food is delicious! And after 4 months of not wanting to eat, I just didn't care, I was happy to be hungry again!!!

BUT, I am back on the wagon. And to give myself some additional motivation to stay on said wagon, I signed up for a "diet bet". It is a website that you pay money into a pot. If you make the goal (in my case it is 10%) I get to share the pot at the end. If you do not make the goal, you lose your money.

The bet I signed up for is 10% in 6 months. For me, that is more weight than I wish it was, but I am determined to meet that goal.

The first month, there is a mini goal of losing 3% of your body weight. Which means this month is going to be really kicking it into gear. My goal is 2 work outs a week, not including puppy time. Now two doesn't really seem like a lot, but when you have NOT been doing any exercise besides walking, it is a lot.

Tonight I kick it off with my return to water aerobics. I have missed hanging out with the old ladies, so back I go! Plus, I figure it is a good way to ease back into working out.

As for other news, Lulu is turning out to be a great dog. The mouthy play (biting) has declined significantly. And she is excelling in training. She will even come to me and sit at a "front" at the dog park, which if you saw her at the dog park you would know how big of a deal this is. She LOVES other dogs. In fact, if there is a really fun dog around (one she can chase) she doesn't seem to notice people but she will come when I call. She has also been throwing her own toys lately. It is pretty funny to see.

PotPie has also accepted the Lu. Sure there is occasionally hissing, but Pie also sits by Lu on the couch and the bed. This makes for a calm house, which I love.

So back to goals. With the diet bet, I am weighing in weekly, so hopefully the number on the widget will start going in the right direction again. I will also try to blog more. While I know I have a limited audience, I think it will help me be a little more accountable. Besides, I don't really like to post this kind of stuff on the Facebook.

My dog.

This is how she sleeps. ALL. THE. TIME.

I do admit, it is one of the things I love about her.

DNA, Camping, and Chickens

DNA
After what seems like AGES, in May, I finally learned what Lulu's breed is or should I say breeds are, as there are a lot.

Ms. Lulu is a Golden Retriever, Irish Water Spaniel, Boxer, Labrador Retriever, Scottish Terrier Mix. I am so glad they added "mix" on the end, so there is no mistaking that she is a MUTT! The cutest mutt in the world!

The report, also, gave me the breeds with the strongest statistical likelihood to be the unidentified breed.

Now, I know I only have a MS in Engineering, so this is probably over my head, but how can they tell how much below a breed is under the Detection Threshold???  Oh well, I am going to pretend she is part Scottish Deerhound, because that way she is more Scottish and she would be awesome with a Scottish accent.

CAMPING

In June, I decided Ms. Lulu needed to go camping. Really, I just wanted to use my tent I bought years ago and I needed to get out of the heat.

We went to Bridger Lake on the north slope of the Uintas, on probably the coldest weekend of the summer. It was still beautiful. And I was so happy with our camping site. We had a perfect grove of trees to set the tent up in.

This is my favorite picture of the year. She loved the grass, enough that I keep thinking I should add grass in my backyard.

Her favorite thing to do is caught in this next series of photos.

Man, that dog LOVES rolling. She is rolls all the time, and if she isn't rolling she is hanging out on her back. She is such a different dog than Nova, but she is exactly what I needed.

Not only was it the coldest weekend (That is probably an exaggeration, probably.), it was the weekend of the "Super Moon". Technically, I took this photo the day before it was "Super", but it was an amazingly beautiful moon. I love camping with a full/near full moon.

And now CHICKENS....

My new-ish neighbor, who I hadn't met, has chickens. The chickens are all fancy (aka not white chickens) and wander freely on his property, which is fine, except they can be seen from the sidewalk AND his property is an apartment complex. Well, Ms. Lulu noticed them one day while we were walking, and the next day as I was taking out the trash, she slipped under my arm, as I was struggling with my broken gate, and ran down to greet them. By greet them, I mean chase. MAN, she had fun chasing those chickens. We are still in process of training, so she doesn't really come to her name, especially if she is having fun. The dog training instructor informed us we needed to call our dogs in happy voices, so they think they are coming to something fun. Well, as I am trying to "happily" call her and convince her that I am more exciting than chasing chickens (I'm not), the neighbor aka Chicken Man, came out and started screaming at me. It made it really hard for me to stay "happy". Now, I didn't want her chasing the chickens any more than he wanted her chasing the chickens, but I was doing all I could. When I finally managed to grab her, I ended up carrying her back to my house, after exchanging some lovely words, because there was no way I was going to get her home otherwise.

The next day, I emailed Animal Control to make sure he had a permit for his poultry. I got a reply that they couldn't find one in the computer, but they would send an officer out. Great. Well, when I went home for lunch, I had a nice little "Notice of Violation" of a "vicious or attack animal" on my door. SWEET! The officer had written on the bottom that the dude did indeed have a permit (that is not in the system???) and that next time Lulu was caught chasing chickens, I could be criminally charged. EXCELLENT!!  

Fast forward to later that night, I am getting back from a movie, open my gate, Ms. Lulu takes off running. DAMN! CHICKENS! I sprint after her and made it in time to see that the chickens are actually in the coup for the night, so she can't see them. When she noticed her little friends were not there, she turned and ran back to me. But as luck would have it, Chicken Man heard me calling her and came out to greet me with some choice words. I just welcomed him to the neighborhood...okay, I didn't, but I amazingly enough did not swear at him...just yelled that she was a puppy in training.

Ms. Lulu is now always leashed when I leave the fence or house with her. She doesn't run off when my immediate neighbor takes her, as he does every day so she can play with his pup. So I guess it is a case of the "kid" only being naughty when the "parent" is around.

Stay tuned for a post about my gate.

Kitty Time!

Pie has accepted Lulu. This means she is willing to sit on my lap again. In fact, she is comfortable enough to sleep. I love this cat!

Crafty!

Thanksgiving 2012 was really named "Craft-tacular Thanksgiving 2012". As the name implies, Zoe, April and I made spectacular crafts. Mom helped. Ben did homework... Anyway, this was one of my crafts. It is a perpetual calendar. The idea is you write something about your day and over the years you can compare the days. Now I mostly finished that weekend, but I had 3 months that weren't stamped with the month/day. I finally finished today...woo! Go me!

It has been fun thinking about what part of my day I want to record. I hope the novelty doesn't wear off and I continue recording for years.

Spring!

Spring is in full force. Or is it summer? Either way, it is beautiful outside and Pie is enjoying being on the porch.

I love this weather!

Meet Lulu.

So I guess I should write a post about losing Nova, but I don't think I will. I still miss her everyday.

Helping me to be less devastated about losing Nova, is Lulu. I adopted her 3 weeks ago. She is a funny little mutt puppy. No one can agree on what she is, so I'm getting a DNA test. And she is about 6 months old.

She is a great dog. Sure, she had been sneezing snot for almost the whole time I've had her, but that will go away. (At least it better go away). She is fitting in so well. Pie still hisses at her, but only if she is blocking something Pie wants. She doesn't chase Pie. She didn't bark. She sleeps in her kennel. She is hilarious.

Tonight, she discovered she could get on my bed. Instantly, she put her head on my pillow and snuggled in. I better nip that in the bud!

I really am grateful to have her. She has made me so happy. Welcome to the household Lulu-pup!

Every Damn Time

Pie loves when I change my sheets. She insists on being made into the bed. Every. Damn. Time.

At least it always makes me smile (until she won't get out)

The Year is Over!

We have reached the end of another year. Woo?  It has been a weird year, I think it was for a lot of people.  For me, I am glad it is over. I am thinking the Mayan's really predicted me being injured.  So it wasn't really an Apocalypse for the world, it was just a back injury for Jenni.  Either that or the "Fiscal Cliff" (dun, dun, dun) (but seriously, I love how they wait until now to deal with it, but any hoo, that is not the point of the Kitty PotPie Blog!)

I have been in a fight with my insurance/my HR for drug coverage since October 9th.  I kid you not!  The hours I have spent on the phone and writing letters could have paid for the full cost of the drug this whole time, but my HR doesn't care, because my salary doesn't come out of their budget.  And the person that was suppose to call me over a month ago finally called me on Saturday.  So that was nice...ugh!

But oh well, I meet with a surgeon on the 8th of January.  Which scares the SHIT out of me (sorry for the swear, but come on surgery is scary enough for swearing).  But the thought of not having to go to work for up to 6 weeks sounds like heaven...I am dreaming about all the books I can read and movies I can watch!

I would do a recap, but I didn't really have any long term goals this year.  Maybe that is why my year was so weird...nah!  I did learn today that I am 10.5 pounds heavier than I was this week last year.  Which in my defense happened to be my skinniest week in the last 266 weeks. (yes, I have been keeping track that long) (yes, I am that lame AWESOME!).  I am at least on the way back down instead of on the way back down.

Being injured has been really weird for me. I gained a TON on one of the meds I was on (like 10 pounds in 5 days, I kid you not).  Now I am losing about 2-3 pounds a weeks.  I don't know if it is good or bad, because I am not losing it because I am working out, I am losing because I am not hungry.  And when I say I am not hungry, I mean, I eat breakfast and I am usually good for the rest of the day.  So freaking weird.  I can see why they now give this med to people to help them with binge eating, it totally cuts all cravings.  I miss being hungry, but then again I don't.  I like that I can have treats in my house for weeks at a time and be fine with just eating one.  I am sure once I stop this drug, I will have to go back to measuring stuff out to control portions, but for now I will just worry about getting enough calories in.

hmm, what else has happened?  Oh, Nova has been injured as well.  She has something wrong with her ankle. Ugh, that has been a nightmare as well.  Good thing she is pretty! Because, man, seeing an orthopedic vet is EXPENSIVE as are the drugs! I have spent an obscene amount of money on that damn dog in the last 3 months.  And she doesn't care for nor does she understand about being on full rest.  The best is when the veterinary neurologist (he was the normal vet cost since he was filling in for her) was telling me to keep her calm and not to exercise her for two weeks (after 3 months of her not being walked) and she is jumping over my head.  Literally, her head is going over my head.  And he says "I know it is easy for us to tell you this, but hard for you to do.  I have a young dog at home too.  Mine is a year and a half and he can be a handful".  To which I said "She is four and a half" His reply? "Oh good luck..."

So how is Nova doing? She is fine.  I haven't felt to see if there is inflammation lately, because frankly, I don't want them to stick a needle in her ankle joint because if there isn't an infection there is a high likelihood that she can get an infection from the process.  And who are we kidding, my dog would for sure get an infection. So unless she starts completely limping again, she is just going to have to deal with it.  She doesn't seem to be in pain.  She just wants to play.  And would probably love a walk (which I am not really willing to do, poor girl).  OH and she can now balance things on her head, but only if there is a treat she can watch at eye level (we are obviously still working on it, but it is getting better)

In other news, PotPie is still the best.  Seriously, could I love a pet more that I love her? She doesn't cost me a crazy amount of money.  She is warm and fuzzy.  She cuddles with me.  She has cute little legs and a fluffy tail.  And I don't have to go outside and pick up her frozen poop, because she poops in one place which happens to be a plastic bag with drawstrings.  BEST PET EVER!!!

Well, that is my summary.  I hope you all are doing well and that 2013 is better than 2012.  I know for me, that will not be hard. :)

Attempt Bazillion...

Here goes attempt bazillion at being healthier. I don't even think that is an exaggeration.

This week I will track all my food, eat out only once (Cafe Rio), minimize candy (it is Halloween after all) and do some form of exercise every day (walk on breaks, pilates and/or my PT exercises)

Next week, I may adjust my plan, but I feel it is doable.

Notice how walking Nova isn't in the list? Well, she is on complete rest for two weeks due to a sprained ankle. We are a house of injuries!

Salut!

I need to upload my pictures from Montreal, but I will do that later.

Right now, it is snowing, which means this year is almost over... (dun, dun, dun)

As I get older I feel that I am getting more introspective, which is an interesting thing.  But last night I was thinking about it and I don't think I have gone a full week without eating out in a long time (probably since high school).

I think I am going to make that my goal, though I already have dinner plans one day next week, so maybe I will have to start Tuesday...

Do you all think you could do it? (Mom, you don't count, you don't live by restaurants, but I still love you ;p)

70°

It is funny to me that in the summer, I sleep with just a sheet when my house is 70°. But in the winter, 70° means a down comforter and the hope that Pie will cuddle.

Burgled.

No, that is not just to draw people in, I actually had my house burgled.  It makes me want to barf.  But here is the story and my rant.

On Friday, I left my house like normal.  But because it was such a lovely day and I love to have airflow through my house, I left my kitchen window and my bedroom window that faces my backyard open.  I co-led a field trip that went over, and I had a strong draw to go home for lunch, but when a coworker suggested I go to lunch with her, I agreed and didn't go home.  Well the draw to go home got stronger and stronger, and the pain in my back got more and more intense (probably feeding the draw of my house).  So at 2:35, I left work and headed home.

I called my dad on my way home, to check in. So I was still talking to him when I got home, I noticed that my gate wasn't latched, but that is happened before, so I just got upset at myself and made a mental note to be more diligent in checking that before I leave in the morning.  (I have to go through my gate every day, because my person door in my garage is broken.)  I also, had to call Nova a couple times before she came out from under the porch, but I figured she had just been sleeping. Then my backdoor was weird to unlock, but whatever, no biggie.  Next I noticed the vest that had been thrown on my "Do Not Sit. Broken" chair was on the floor, so I figured that was PotPie.  Then I noticed my storage closet was open, and I honestly thought to myself, "How did Pie get that open?"  I then proceeded to my bedroom, saw Pie chilling on the bed and then saw that my drawers had been emptied onto my floor and my closet had been trashed as well (though they did leave most of my sweaters on the shelves).  At that point, I told my dad I needed to call the cops since my house had been broken into.  As I was dialing dispatch I ended up sinking to my kitchen floor crying.  Dispatch didn't answer, (which made me cry more), so I called 911.  They asked me for my address, but before I could tell them that, I had to explain it wasn't really an emergency, but I couldn't get dispatch the other way.  The operator didn't really care...So then he transferred me to dispatch and I got the same message as before, which I heard the first time as we aren't here, but really it was like "stay on the line and we will answer", whoops.  Dispatch was also very insistent if my house hadn't been checked I should go outside, but I told her I would just check then, which I did. And it was empty. Then she told me I needed to start making a list of things that were gone, without touching anything....um okay? How do I get a pen if I can't touch anything????

When the cop showed up, he checked my house again with his gun drawn, which freaked me out more.  I believe the whole time I was explaining to him, while bawling, that I had already checked and that if someone was there, I would have known instantly.  He then took my statement while we waited for CSI.  Now, CSI is kind of like TV, except it was just one person in a van.  She was very nice and took pictures and prints.  Though she did say that she got a latex glove print, so the miscreants were wearing gloves, awesome.

My statement involved a LOT of tears, like every time I realized another thing was gone.  My biggest breakdown came when I saw that my giant red piggy bank from Mexico was gone. Luckily, I realized that while the cop was outside.  But he was SO concerned with my electronics, which I guess are the easiest to track due to serial numbers. I, however, could get a flying flip about my electronics.  Though I really want my freaking data I had on my laptop.  I had every school paper on there, which I will miss. I had photos that had not been backed up or printed. Most of all, I had the spreadsheet I used to track my gas mileage on there.  I had been keeping track since February 2005 of my miles driven, gallons bought, price, location and mileage for my car. I had a TON of data!!!! It made me cry yesterday when I saw the receipts that I had not entered into my spreadsheet, because it makes me so sad I lost that information.  And I want to kick myself, that when I thought about backing up my laptop last weekend, I put it off until this weekend :(  My laptop also had a TON of personal data, like tax returns (which I can get from Turbo tax again), my mortgage applications, saved passwords, basically stuff you have on a personal laptop. Oh, also, on my DSi, I only had 4 Sudoku left to finish!!!  BASTARDS!!!!!

But the stuff I will miss the most is the stuff that can't be replaced. My necklace made with diamonds from Grandma, the bracelets that had been made for me by Bonnie and Zoe, my piggy banks (I am missing 4), my one of a kind earrings, and then all my data.  Overall, I think I lost about $4000 worth of items, but that is just a guess.  I am still working on my list.  It makes me sick to work on it, so I think it is going to be a long process... But not too long since I will have to give it to the detective assigned to my case and my insurance company.  And an added layer of fun is that I have to do it on my work computer, because I no longer have a computer at home. Awesome.

If the thieves are reading this, I want the stuff you are just going to throw away back!! Just put it on my porch. You obviously know my schedule, you know when you can do this without getting caught!!

And for my friends.  If you have any pictures of me wearing jewelry/watches, please send them to me.  I need proof for my insurance company.  Even if it is from YEARS ago, I need pictures.

So much for "Come What May, September"!! That backfired BIG TIME!! So here is to "Screw You, October" - Okay not really, I am not that negative of a person.  Though I have yelled extra at people today that only deserved a little bit of yelling....

DSD 2012!

Doggie Swim Day was last Saturday. It was great fun, as always. Nova was the first dog in the pool, however she was not the last dog out, like she has been the previous two years. And she let me know that she did not approve of us leaving early. It took 3 attempts to get her out the gate. Or really, 3 tries before I realized I just needed to take a different path to fool her. She was really funny. We would walk to the end of the deep end (which is nearest to the gate) and she would look at me and RUN back to our spot (it is our spot, because I have thrown her toy from there all three years we have gone) and sit.  So of course, I would have to throw it again.

Here are some action shots.  I even learned how to caption, so good job me.

I love this shot - especially the tongue

Swimming in

Splash down!

Beauty Shot

Her ears make me laugh.

Waiting to go again.

She has been limping a little, but I figured the swimming would be good for her. While I think it was, I think 2 hours was too much, especially with jumping. After she took a little nap, she didn't use her back leg for the rest of the day :(  She did start using it again the next day, but I think she is still a little sore.  Good thing DSD only comes once a year!!

Wha??

The Final Check-in (for last week)

1. Finish curtains - YES!!!  See picture below

2. Eat breakfast at home - WOO YES!!

3. Pack a lunch for work four times - No, but I did eat a packed lunch every day I didn't have a lunch meeting 1/2 point!

4. Keep the table clean for the whole week Clean the table - YES! See picture

5. Walk Nova 5 times - I think I only got 4 :(

6. Vacuum and dust - YES! Even my ceiling fan! Heck! I even vacuum my couch, foot stool, and kitty furniture!

7. Spray weeds - Nope, we had rain.

8. Do my pt exercises daily - Yes, but I dropped the exercises I didn't like

9. Track all food - Woo! Got it!

This is my photographic evidence!! I don't love my curtain lengths, but I can live with them.  And they are DONE! I even made a cute little short curtain for above my swamp cooler with the excess material.  I know, I know, I do too much!

This is a picture of the saddest dog ever.  She is sad because she doesn't get more walks (plus she barfed on Friday and Sunday, so I don't think she has been feeling well).  

I have had her (and my house) for FOUR years now.  WOW! It blows my mind. Especially when I look at pictures from four years ago and she is so "little".  I brushed her yesterday or Sunday (the days blur) and I noticed that she has some grey coming in, it makes me so sad to think about her becoming older, which means she is going to DIE!!!  Any who...

I  love that four years after me regretting getting a dog, because it upset Pie, they get along.  Sure, there are still moments that Pie hisses at her, but usually it is after Nova has sniffed her so vigorously Pie got moved in the process.  I like that now I can have one on each side of me peacefully, or even sometimes on the same side (that is only if the dog is sleeping).  It is so nice and peaceful. Which leads me to....

SEPTEMBER!

I cannot believe it is September.  This year has FLOWN!!  I get asked when I hurt my back and I am like oh a couple of weeks ago and then I realize it has been TWO MONTHS!! Luckily, it is feeling a lot better (well not right now, but overall).  I am even getting a new chair at work!!

And because I like goals and themes, my theme for the month is.....

Come What May

I am going to try and take the relaxed approach this month.  I am unplugging from websites that just suck my attention and spend with real people or real books (okay, kindle counts).  I will still be logging my food and doing what exercise I can (and hopefully I will be able to do more soon), but I am not going to make goals, besides do what I can. I am just going to focus on being happy. I tend to be a stress-case, which stresses me out more, so I am going to stop that.  Sure, I will still make lists, but only because otherwise I forget things (like kitty food and litter..), plus, I like making lists.  Oh, wait, I do have two goals, clean off my fridge and clean out my papers (bank statements, medical crap, tax crap).  Those are big enough goals for the month!

So if you want to talk to me this month- email me, or call me.  Otherwise, I am going offline! (okay, I will still probably blog, because I have remembered how much I like to blog, especially random crap)

Cheers my friends! Enjoy the cooling weather and the clear nights of September, I know I have been!

Mid-Week Update

It is weird how as an adult all the days blur.  Anyway, it is Wednesday and I started my goals on Sunday (which I didn't state, but that was the start, because that is the beginning of the week).

How am I doing? Meh, pretty good. Here is the round-up

1. Finish curtains - nope

2. Eat breakfast at home - WOO on schedule, though today was my last container of pre-made steel cut oats, so tomorrow is going to be hard.  Oh wait, I have yogurt.  Still on track!

3. Pack a lunch for work four times  So when I wrote this I forgot to look at my schedule, I had a lunch meeting Monday and another tomorrow...BUT other than that  (so you know yesterday and today...), I have been doing awesome!

4. Keep the table clean for the whole week - I should have made the goal to get the table clean...nothing has been added, but it is still chaos.  I did start working on the piles last night (medical and mortgage stuff mostly), but then I got shooting pain down my leg and I figured it was time for bed. So this is changing to Clean off table and yes, I can change my goal midweek.

5. Walk Nova 5 times - I am at 2, so on schedule.

6. Vacuum and dust - nope, but I think about it everyday...

7. Spray weeds - Saturday is my day for this!

8. Do my pt exercises daily - Woo, rocking this one!

9. Track all food - Again, WOO! Totally doing this.

I feel that I am making good progress or at least trying hard.  I have been having later nights at work lately (to make-up for pt) so it is hard, but I am plugging along.  As for my back, the longer days at work are no fun.  The sitting is bringing back the pain.  And I try to remember to get up and walk, but I am at deadline point, so I need to get stuff done. Ugh, why can't someone just give me an endless supply of money?? or just pay all my bills, I don't need a lot, I just got my mortgage refinanced.... Anyone?

Goals and a shot

<p>I have found I do best if I am working towards something. Even if I fail, I still do better than if I wasn't trying at all. Wow, that is a "duh" statement...</p>
<p>Anyway, I think I'm going to do weekly goals for a bit. So here we go.</p>
<p>1. Finish curtains<br>
2. Eat breakfast at home everyday<br>
3. Pack a lunch for work four times<br>
4. Keep table clean for the whole week (Does not mean moving the mail pile to a new surface)<br>
5. Walk Nova 5 times<br>
6. Vacuum and dust<br>
7. Spray weeds (sadly pulling isn't working)<br>
8. Do my pt exercises daily<br>
9. Track all food</p>
<p>Hmm, I think 9 is enough. I have been slacking big time because it hurt to move, but I got a cortisone shot in my back and it seems to have helped. And this list is really more of a To Do list, but it is what I need this week. :)</p>
<p>Which getting the shot was interesting. I didn't realize I'd have my whole butt exposed or that it would send a crazy electrical pulse throughout my body when they put the needle in the wrong place (totally scared me and made me cry.)</p> <p>However, the Drs and Nurses were awesome. They were so nice, funny, caring and young (like my age, ha ha). And my dad was so great for coming up to drive me to and from AND getting me a delicious Vietnamese sandwich for lunch! </p>
<p> So that my life right now. I will check in later to report on my progress and give goals for next week. </p>