Happy Valentine's Day!!

We're not big V Day people. We don't want to fight crowds to go out to eat so Dean is grilling steaks tonight & while flowers are nice, I'd rather Dean surprise me with them on a regular day when the prices aren't jacked up. That's just me. I've been wanting a full length mirror but I wanted a pretty one for our bedroom, not something to hang on the back of my closet door. Let's face it, you can't always depend on your hubs to tell you if something looks good or not. I looked around a lot & didn't really find anything I was oh so crazy about. Then I found this.

Happy Valentine's Day to me!! Not a good picture I know but I was trying not to get my reflection in it because I had on my pj's & it was late & I was using my iPhone. I bought it from QVC. It's not just a mirror.

It's a jewelry box! The lining keeps your silver from tarnishing. A few years ago my mom bought me & Lydia little jewelry boxes from QVC lined with the same stuff & it works great. Later she bought herself a larger jewelry box by the same designer & she never has to polish any of her silver jewelry. I was sold when I saw it. There are tons of hooks for necklaces which I really need too. Currently mine are doubled & tripled up on the hooks in my jewelry armoire & they're always getting tangled. Now I just have to move everything into it.

Toodles!

Steroids are the DEVIL!!!

Friday when I got home from work Dean & I went shopping. We needed to pick up some things for the cruise & we needed to buy another modem. When Dean got home from work Wednesday our modem  had died. He went to Radio Shack & bought one & spent several hours trying to get it to work with no luck. Off to Best Buy we went. The little sales guy sounded like he new what he was talking about & assured us this would work. Yeh, not so much. Back to Radio Shack & we have internet again. 3rd time was the  charm! Yay!

We ate at Plucker's. I had the BBQ nachos. OMG, soooo good!! They had grilled chicken, BBQ sauce, rotel & onions. Loved them.  Not diet friendly but when you're at a place that specializes in wings you take what you get. 

Next up was Ulta. Since I've decided to go with my real nails I needed new polish.

I decided to do something I've never done. Buy a base coat & a top coat. Maybe my mani will last longer. We'll see. I had a hard time choosing colors because they have so many. There's a new Holland collection out so I got one from it.

It's called Pedal Faster Suzy. It's got some lavender in it.

This is Aphrodite's Pink Nightie. It's a little more pink & darker than the other one. I've gotten this one several times when I had fake nails. I really like it.

My friend Wendy told me about this great stuff for my lips.

 My lips stay in a chapped state & in the winter it's awful. I've tried a zillion different things. Some stuff works ok, some not so much. So far I really like this. I also love that it's multi functional. Apparently, it's great for your cuticles. I love that. One less product to buy. Sephora is the only place that sells this & it's $6.99. I didn't think that was bad considering how much regular lip stuff cost & this is a bigger container.

Saturday we spent the day at Dean's parents & had lunch. We went to Mass & then did a little more shopping. I'm trying to find a swimsuit for less than $100. Absolutely no luck so I'll be sucking it up &  going back to Dillard's this week.

I've said before about how unimpressed I am with Target. Well, it was awful in there Saturday night. Shelves weren't stocked, it was dirty. I can honestly say it was worse than Walmart & y'all know how I hate Walmart. UGH! Speaking of Walmart, I had to stop in there yesterday to get a few things that Target didn't have & I saw a lady doing her grocery shopping in a full length mink coat! Yes, it was freezing yesterday. I'm not sure it made it to 50 degrees but a mink coat to shop at Walmart? Really?? The highlight of the Target trip was this

It's really good. You can really taste the vanilla & it's a light roast coffee which I've determined is my fave.

I woke up during the very early morning hours Saturday & had a HORRIBLE sore throat. Lovely. I knew what was next, the ear aches & then I wouldn't be able to breathe. Stupid sinuses. I took Mucinex, drank lots of hot coffee & tea & was ok. Not great but I was able to function. By Saturday night the ears had started so when I got up yesterday I went to the after hours clinic. I need to be well. We leave Sunday on our cruise & I've hardly even thought about what I'm bringing much less start to pack. UGH! Of course I have a sinus infection & fluid in my ears. I let them give me a steroid shot. Normally, I don't because they keep me awake for days but I need to be well so I sucked it up. I also am on 10 days of antibiotics & have a $100 nasal spray. You know when they give you a $40 off coupon when they hand you the prescription it's not going to be good. Whatever. The Dr. also said to keep taking Mucinex. Soooo, we know what that means......I didn't go to sleep until midnight. I slept good until 3:15 & after that was cat naps until I got up at 5:30. I feel better than I did yesterday but not great but I'm not falling asleep at my desk either so that's good.

I had plans with my friends to go to lunch yesterday for our friend Jill's birthday. Since I'm not contagious I went to lunch. We went to California Pizza Kitchen. The good thing about Mucines is that it curbs my appetite. I had a cup of broccoli & asparagus soup & a wedge salad. It was good & the hot soup made my throat feel good. It was nice to get to spend some time with my friends.

Since the meds don't let me sleep I was able to watch the entire Grammy telecast. Oh joy. Yes, that's sarcasm. Judging by Twitter I must be the only person over the age of 12 that actually likes Taylor Swift & her music. It's nice to see someone young that writes their own music, sings & plays an instrument & doesn't need auto tune. I think Adele has a beautiful voice but I HATE HATE HATE that Rolling In The Deep song. Then there was the debacle that is Niki Minaj. I mean seriously, what was that???? I'm not one of those people that gets offended by stupid crap that people do because that's on them but having a Priest as part of your performance doesn't sit well with me. Don't mess with religion, any religion.  I hate that Super Bass song she sings too. I'm still not sure what was going on with the black Micky Mouse head either. If I was Disney I'd be on the phone with someone about trademark infringement this morning. Don't think that I'm an old fogey that doesn't get the music of today. I think everyone that knows me will tell you I like a wide variety of music. I love New Kids On The Block, Snoop Dogg (don't judge), Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, The Fray, Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga (the music, not so much the person), etc.

After going back & proofing this post I see I'm all over the place. Just remember it's the steroids.

Toodles!

HALLELUJAH!!!

My friend Wendy had her appointment with her Oncologist this afternoon. She had a CT & PET scan last week & she got wonderful news today. She doesn't have a tumor!!! The spot that showed up is inflamed tissue. What a huge sigh of relief! The Dr. thinks it can be treated with meds. Yay for no cancer or brain surgery! Prayers were definitely answered. It's a great way to start the weekend. Especially since it appears it's going to be a crappy weekend weather wise. It's cold, it's raining, it's really yucky. Why is it like this on the weekends? Logan is also doing good after having his adenoids out & tubes put in.  Thanks for all of the prayers. Have a great weekend!

Toodles!

Weigh In Thursday

So this week I'm down .6. Not much but it's a loss. Today will be my 3rd Yoglates class this week too. I've been wearing my heart rate monitor during each class & I'm consistently burning between 415-450 calories. A couple of classes I've hit 500. I want to get back to my running but the weather hasn't been real cooperative. It seems to be raining on the days that I can go. I need to get back into the habit of going before work. It's just hard because even though we're not having what anyone would call a winter, it's still in the 40's-50's most mornings & that's cold to me. Have I mentioned I don't like cold?? 

Speaking of Yoglates, the New Years Resolution people are still there. I really thought they'd be gone by now. Maybe when we get back from the cruise. It's not that I don't think people should stick with their resolutions but some of these people are so annoying. They come in late, they leave early, the put their mats where there isn't room & now the latest annoyance, THE GRUNTERS. I cannot stand when people are grunting during a workout. Really, what's the point? Occasionally there are men that grunt but there are 2 new chicks that of course I always end up by & they grunt pretty much the whole class. UGH! Have I mentioned that people annoy me?

I've probably mentioned before that one of my biggest pet peeves is unpolished toe nails. I don't like to see naked toe nails. No offense to anyone if it isn't a priority for you. I really thought this was a common peeve. Now I'm thinking not so much. In Yoglates we work out barefooted so naturally you see a lot of toes. There are soooo many girls that don't have their toes polished! I guess what surprises me even more is that a lot of these people are sorority girls. It just seems to me that a group of people that have such strict dress codes for Rush & other assorted Sorority events wouldn't be so lax in the toenail area. I don't get pedicures all the time but I do ALWAYS have my toes polished. Since I've gone back to my natural fingernails I need to pick up some polish this weekend. I went through all of mine when I cleaned out my bathroom drawers & got rid of everything that was dried up. I can't tell you the last time I bought polish. I love all the OPI colors but it's always hard for me to choose from just looking at the bottle. Anyone have any faves?

Toodles!

Beware of your flat iron!

A couple of weeks ago on a Saturday morning I plugged my flat iron in & it wasn't working. I was not happy. It's a Chi so I wasn't thrilled with the prospect of having to buy a new one. Dean discovered that the flat iron did work, it was the outlets in our bathroom that didn't. Hmmm, now the price of a new Chi wasn't looking so bad considering what electricians cost. While Dean was checking things out I remembered the day before when I unplugged the flat iron I touched the plug & it burned me. I guess that should've been a clue that something was wrong because apparently, plugs aren't supposed to be hot when they're unplugged. I learn something new every day. Then I remembered that I'd smelled something electrical burning. I couldn't remember when it was but I knew it was one morning when I was getting dressed & Dean had already left for work which is why I didn't tell him & I never thought about again until we had the problem. So Dean turned off the breaker or whatever it is you do & took the face plate off.

Obviously, something was going on.

The plugs didn't look too bad.

On second thought I guess it was pretty bad. We went to Lowe's & Dean bought new plugs & replaced them & everything works again & when I unplug stuff nothing burns me. We don't know what happened but we're thinking maybe I leave my flat iron plugged in too long. Y'all know how hot those things get & maybe over time it melted the plug. Who knows but I'm being more careful & plugging it in shortly before I need it. It heats up fast so there's no need to plug in as early as I was anyway. I'm so thankful I didn't burn the house down.

Toodles!

I ate cake

Among other things. Seriously, I don't know where my willpower has gone but it's left the building. Friday night we ate at Boutin's & I got a big array of fried stuff along with a cup of seafood gumbo. I gave it to Dean because it had a dark roux & I don't like that. It's too strong.

Saturday, we went to buy more flagstone. I'll do a post on that little project once it's done. We went to my parents afterwards & Logan came & played.

Poor Little Man is having his adenoids taken out & tubes put in tomorrow so everyone say some prayers please. Once we got home it started raining & was so yuck. I didn't do anything but lay on the sofa & read & nap. Saturday night we went to eat at Casa Maria. I didn't do too bad eating wise. I had chalupa's & there was lots of lettuce, tomatoes & grilled chicken. After dinner we went to my friend Liz's surprise birthday party. She was really surprised!

Her hubs thought of everything. Liz's dad lives next door & they knew she would know something was up if people were parked there so they told her that the neighbors were having a party & using her dad's driveway. Her hubs also told her that the garage door was broke so she'd have to come in through another door so we could all see her. It was so fun. She wasn't real thrilled that she had her scrubs on since she'd been working all day. This is where the cake comes in. I did really good not eating any of the party food, which is my fave, but I ate cake. Multiple pieces. I couldn't help it. The cake was huge & Liz was begging people to eat it because her hubs had already bought her a cake the day before so she wouldn't be suspicious. One half of the cake was chocolate doberge & the other half lemon doberge. How can you pick one over the other? It was really good.

Sunday I didn't do much of anything either aside from laying on the sofa & reading. I did manage to get up long enough to get my nails done. I've decided to go back to my real nails for the time being. I've been getting gel nails for awhile. I get tired of having to go hang out at the nail place every couple of weeks. Plus I thought it would be good to give them a break. Not to mention I'll be saving some moolah!

I was pleasantly surprised that they weren't in really bad shape. You can see some little ridges but other than that they're good. I got them cut fairly short & picked a really light pink polish. It's called Got a Date To-Knight by OPI. It's hard to tell in the lovely iPhone pic but in person you can see that the color is light pink. Last night we went  to our friends house for the Super Bowl. There was more eating. Gumbo, smoked salmon & lots & lots of dips. MUST GET BACK ON TRACK! UGH!

Toodles!



Weigh In Wednesday & other crap....

I gained a pound. Figures. You know what hasn't helped? I'm in a training class all week & I'm bored to tears. You know, like I want to poke my eyeballs out?? That means I need caffeine. I had 2 cups of coffee & a 20 oz Dr. Pepper today. Not to mention the cheeseburger & fries since lunch was provided. Ugh!

In other news, it's been a week of crappy news. My friend that lives in Dallas had lightening strike her house twice & it started a fire. The house isn't completely destroyed but there is a ton of damage & it's not livable. Thankfully, everyone is ok. It was 4:30 in the morning when it happened.

A couple of hours after hearing that news I found out that my good friend Wendy has a tumor. Her cancer has been in remission for 13 years. At this point it's not known if the cancer is back or if it's a benign tumor. She'll know more next week. We're all praying it's benign & I ask that y'all do too please.

So, basically, it's been a crappy week. Hope y'alls has been better.

Toodles.