Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I have a new Nephew!!!
My sister had her baby! Brandon Nathan Barker was born around 5pm on Monday March 30th, 2009. He weighed 8lbs 10 oz! Big boy!! Lesa had a C section because she had pre ecpampsia. I have yet to meet my new nephew but I hear he looks like my Andrew and like Rosalee's son James. He has a head full of hair! I can't wait to go meet him :)
Road Blocks...
So they say your going to run into obsticals when it comes to taking care of yourself and I have hit a few walls here!! Saturday I worked from 7 to 330 and then I sat at the hospital with my sis Lesa until 5pm waiting on the results of her labwork to decide if she was going to be admitted to start labor or not. I wanted to walk around and stay moving while I was waiting but she was so swollen and sore I felt bad so I just stayed sitting in the lobby with her and Nate and Jason. The results came back and the dr said she could either go upstairs and get induced or come back the next day, Sunday, at 9am. So Lesa chose to go home.
Jason and I left the hospital and we were both starving so we went to Arbys. I had a healthyish sandwich and minimal fries :P Then we went to Mulliken to get the girls. I was starting to feel achy and sick like I was getting a cold. Abby and Lainey were both sickish too, weather or something. We all went home and laid around watching movies. I gave everyone a round of cough medicine and we passed out. I was coughing my head off!! UGH!!
I didn't wake up until 9:30 AM!! Ok, to any normal person that might not seem like I slept in, but I usually get up at 5am on a work day and "sleeping in" is 7am so seeing 930 on the clock was kinda a shocker!! My mom went to a wedding Saturday night and I had told her that i would be her D.D if she needed but I didn't wake up to hear the phone!! I felt bad but she got a ride from someone else. I got up and threw on a jacket and I went to Meijer to get some more cough medicine and took my mom to her car. I got some coffee and felt a little bit better.
Jason and I made banana pancakes for everyone and then we loaded the kids up in the van to go see my grandma Davison because it was her bday. Then we took Lainey back to the house because she was tired and needed a nap.
Jason, Andrew, Abigail, and I went to the Sun theater and saw Coraline for 2 bucks a person. There were only a few other ppl in there and it was cold and rainy/snowyish so we thought what the hay. The movie was a cartoon but it was actually kinda scary!! I was scared anyway!! So we watched the movie and went home. My mom made chicken enchilladas and everyone was coughing again so we did another round of cough syrup and went to bed early.
Monday came and Rose and I were going to go to the gym but Lesa called me from the hospital and asked us to come up there and sit with her. She still did not have any progress and we wanted to come see her so we did. We hung out there for 2 hrs then I went back to work. I was STILL feeling crummy and I think a lot of it had to do with not working out since Friday!! I am not going to give up tho!! These are my road blocks and I am going to go to Plan B, Plan C, Plan D... all the way to Plan Z if I have to!!!
Jason and I left the hospital and we were both starving so we went to Arbys. I had a healthyish sandwich and minimal fries :P Then we went to Mulliken to get the girls. I was starting to feel achy and sick like I was getting a cold. Abby and Lainey were both sickish too, weather or something. We all went home and laid around watching movies. I gave everyone a round of cough medicine and we passed out. I was coughing my head off!! UGH!!
I didn't wake up until 9:30 AM!! Ok, to any normal person that might not seem like I slept in, but I usually get up at 5am on a work day and "sleeping in" is 7am so seeing 930 on the clock was kinda a shocker!! My mom went to a wedding Saturday night and I had told her that i would be her D.D if she needed but I didn't wake up to hear the phone!! I felt bad but she got a ride from someone else. I got up and threw on a jacket and I went to Meijer to get some more cough medicine and took my mom to her car. I got some coffee and felt a little bit better.
Jason and I made banana pancakes for everyone and then we loaded the kids up in the van to go see my grandma Davison because it was her bday. Then we took Lainey back to the house because she was tired and needed a nap.
Jason, Andrew, Abigail, and I went to the Sun theater and saw Coraline for 2 bucks a person. There were only a few other ppl in there and it was cold and rainy/snowyish so we thought what the hay. The movie was a cartoon but it was actually kinda scary!! I was scared anyway!! So we watched the movie and went home. My mom made chicken enchilladas and everyone was coughing again so we did another round of cough syrup and went to bed early.
Monday came and Rose and I were going to go to the gym but Lesa called me from the hospital and asked us to come up there and sit with her. She still did not have any progress and we wanted to come see her so we did. We hung out there for 2 hrs then I went back to work. I was STILL feeling crummy and I think a lot of it had to do with not working out since Friday!! I am not going to give up tho!! These are my road blocks and I am going to go to Plan B, Plan C, Plan D... all the way to Plan Z if I have to!!!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Opinions are like assholes...
Andy Rooney said on '60 Minutes' a few weeks back:
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens.....Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die i n vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business...
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their inter pretations.
I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television.. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right t o keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say 'NO!'
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe . I am proud to be from America and no where else!
And if you don' t like my point of view, tough...
Right on, Andy Rooney !
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens.....Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die i n vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business...
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their inter pretations.
I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television.. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right t o keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say 'NO!'
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe . I am proud to be from America and no where else!
And if you don' t like my point of view, tough...
Right on, Andy Rooney !
Friday, March 27, 2009
daily work out journal....
Today was a horrible morning at work, super stressful and not cool at all. My sister almost said she couldn't work out and I didn't have a vehicle so I was almost really bumming!! But she came and we went to the gym. My sis said she has a cold so she didn't really want to work out but she went swimming anyway and i went straght to the eliptical. I was on it for a half an hour and It was awesome. While I was on it there was a woman teaching some sort of a step or kickboxing class, I am not sure which one, but she was SO inspirational. I think her talking the the women who were in her class was actually insipring me to work harder and longer on the eliptical. After that I did a bunch of the weight lifting machines and my arms are very sore!! After that I did 3 sets of 20 crunches... OWEEE!!! I almost die at 15 then I push myself to do the final 5. While I am on the eliptical I strive to make one mile in ten minutes and I couldn't do it any of the 3 times this time, I was at 12 and 13 minutes... I am trying to push myself to get it in 10 minutes and that is my GOAL!! Another one of my goals is to build enough cardio strength to take that step class!! That woman was amazing and the people who were taking the class looked so great!! Another one of my mini goals is TEN POUND LOSS. I will let you know when I get there. I can't wait. I feel great already!! I gotta go to work. Peace out!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Things that bring me JOY
I love to laugh.
I love to be around friends and people that are smart, friendly, and loving.
I love to read.
I love learning new things.
I love to express myself in an artistic manor.
I love to take photographs.
I love to scrapbook and I would like to find some more time to do so!
I love to go for a walk.
I love to see new places.
I love to drive aimlessly and just look at the things around me.
I love to go on adventures and have FUN.
I love to take the kids to do new things that they have never tried before.
I love to swim.
I love to watch the sunset.
I love cats.
I love talking to new people and learning new things about the world.
I love to go to Church and I love Jesus.
I love watching my children play and grow.
I love my extended family and I would like to see them more often!
I love my friends.
I love nature.
I love seasons and watching them change.
I love flowers.
I love fall colors.
I love walking bare foot in the grass.
I love the beach .
I love to stay active and to not waste time.
I am sure there is more but I can't think of any.... haha
I love to be around friends and people that are smart, friendly, and loving.
I love to read.
I love learning new things.
I love to express myself in an artistic manor.
I love to take photographs.
I love to scrapbook and I would like to find some more time to do so!
I love to go for a walk.
I love to see new places.
I love to drive aimlessly and just look at the things around me.
I love to go on adventures and have FUN.
I love to take the kids to do new things that they have never tried before.
I love to swim.
I love to watch the sunset.
I love cats.
I love talking to new people and learning new things about the world.
I love to go to Church and I love Jesus.
I love watching my children play and grow.
I love my extended family and I would like to see them more often!
I love my friends.
I love nature.
I love seasons and watching them change.
I love flowers.
I love fall colors.
I love walking bare foot in the grass.
I love the beach .
I love to stay active and to not waste time.
I am sure there is more but I can't think of any.... haha
Motivations for my "Body for LIFE"
My "global Motivations" are-
1. To remove weight
2. To feel energized
3. To get fit and healthy
4. To feel better about myself physically and mentally
5. To be able to shop for clothes and be happy
6. To manage stress in positive ways.
MANTRA- I am so happy now that I am thin, healthy, and fit.
My "Target motivations" are-
1. I want to prove to myself that I can do this and follow through with it.
2. I want to love myself as much as I love my family.
3. I want my kids to be proud of me.
4. I want to be a good example to my children.
5. I want to be a good mom and teach them how to live a healthy life.
6. I want to look good in my wedding dress!!
Run from/ Run to MANTRAS
Run from neglecting my body. Run to things that bring me joy.
Run from being a bad example to my children, run to mentoring Andrew, Abigail, and Alaina.
Run from fatigue and joylessness, run to fit and powerful.
Run from fat rolls, run to looking great!
1. To remove weight
2. To feel energized
3. To get fit and healthy
4. To feel better about myself physically and mentally
5. To be able to shop for clothes and be happy
6. To manage stress in positive ways.
MANTRA- I am so happy now that I am thin, healthy, and fit.
My "Target motivations" are-
1. I want to prove to myself that I can do this and follow through with it.
2. I want to love myself as much as I love my family.
3. I want my kids to be proud of me.
4. I want to be a good example to my children.
5. I want to be a good mom and teach them how to live a healthy life.
6. I want to look good in my wedding dress!!
Run from/ Run to MANTRAS
Run from neglecting my body. Run to things that bring me joy.
Run from being a bad example to my children, run to mentoring Andrew, Abigail, and Alaina.
Run from fatigue and joylessness, run to fit and powerful.
Run from fat rolls, run to looking great!
I pledge...
I will give to myself as I give to others.
I will value my health as I value the health of my loved ones.
I will not ask "should I or shouldn't i?" about matters of self-care. I will just DO IT.
I humbly accept that I must work to be the best me I can be.
I will choose to work for myself, rather that abandon myself.
I will embrace adversity as an opportunity to test my mental and physical strenght.
I will value my health as I value the health of my loved ones.
I will not ask "should I or shouldn't i?" about matters of self-care. I will just DO IT.
I humbly accept that I must work to be the best me I can be.
I will choose to work for myself, rather that abandon myself.
I will embrace adversity as an opportunity to test my mental and physical strenght.
I am Engaged!!
On Saturday, February 21st, 2009 it was Jason's 34th birthday. We woke up after sleeping in a little, made birthday lovins, took showers and left his apartment. There was suppose to be snow storms all day, but we had a lot of things to do so were just planned on battling the roads. First we went to breakfast in St. Johns and it was yummy. I love breakfast! Then we drove to Grand Ledge and went to the Verizon store so I could get jason his birthday present.... A new phone!! We were there for a few hours but it was ok and he loved his phone. We put my phone in his name there and that is what took so long. Afterwards we drove to the movie theater and saw a movie with Dakatoa Fanning... ugh I can't think of the name of it right now but it was good... ok I looked it up, its called USH and it was about ppl with special powers and it was a good movie!! After that my car wouldn't start but we got someone to jump it. I left the headlights on!! Ahh!! So we went to the Lansing Mall and ate at Olgas then I got a manicure and that was really nice. Jason went and picked up MY RING!!! I didn't get to see it yet. After Olgas we went to my house and I changed my clothes and Jason went down to the barn to show my parents my ring and ask them if he could marry me!! We left my house and went back to his apartment and hung out there for a while. We werew waiting to go to the bar. He asked me to marry him... it was so sweet!!! I love him so much. We went to the bar with his brother and Mom and Ed and it was fun. Jason sang every song for ME and I was so happy to watch him sing and listen to him. He sang- Feel that Fire by Toby Keith. He sang Chicken Fried by Zac Brown band, Im Yours by Jason Mraz, I'll Be by Edward Mcann. There were prolly some other songs too but I dont remember. He got a lot of free drinks and was pretty drunk and cute and funny. I drove Mike's car home and we went to bed!! It was an awesome day.
I feel GREAT!!!
I have embarked on a journey of better health, physical strength, and inner mental harmony! I checked out the book "Body for Life for Women" By Dr. Pamela Peeke. I am only halfway thru and I feel like it is already changing my life!!
I have been working out for the past few weeks, even before I got the book. Rosalee and I have been going to the gym. I went swimming at the Grand Ledge High School pool with rebecca and Arielle and my kids last Wednesday and we had an awesome time "working out" in the pool together while the kids played. Last Saturday Jason and Mary and my kids went swimming there also and that was fun. We had a few nice days last week and Jason and I took the kids to the Wacousta playground and there is a nice long path with a lot of hills and Jason and I walked for about an hour while the kids played. We were always within eyesight of the kids and we got a nice workout in and had good talks too. Tuesday and Wednesday I worked out with Rose and I am SOOOO proud of myself!!! FirstI walked on the treadmill for 25 min then I did some weight training things then I went on the eliptical for A HALF AN HOUR!!! I was SOOO impressed!!! The first time I ever set foot on an eliptical I could not go for more that THIRTY SECONDS!!! Now I am going for a half an hour!!! I am so geeked!!
So yesterday was Wednesday March 25th and we did go to the gym on my break but after work I took the girls to open swim and I got a SUPER GOOD workout!! The girls had a lot of fun and Melana and Jacob and Zach and Elizabeth were there too. It was a lot of fun!!
Last night I was laying in bed and jason was holding me and He felt my arm and he said, "Oh my gosh!! It feels more muscular!" So I pulled up my sleeve and flexed my arm and by God, it DID feel more muscular!! I am on my way to a new life with better health!!
I got a pedometer on Monday and I took only 8,000 steps on Monday but On my break I went home and took a nap with Jason so that is my excuse for that!! On Tuesday I took 15,000 steps!! Wednesday was 13,000 (but its not like I could wear it while I was in the pool for 2 hrs!) When I am at work I pace the hallway when there are no patients. I am on a mission here!!
When I am at the gym on the treadmill I repeat a little mantra that goes a little something like "I am so happy now that I am thin, healthy, and fit." And I feel great!!
I have been working out for the past few weeks, even before I got the book. Rosalee and I have been going to the gym. I went swimming at the Grand Ledge High School pool with rebecca and Arielle and my kids last Wednesday and we had an awesome time "working out" in the pool together while the kids played. Last Saturday Jason and Mary and my kids went swimming there also and that was fun. We had a few nice days last week and Jason and I took the kids to the Wacousta playground and there is a nice long path with a lot of hills and Jason and I walked for about an hour while the kids played. We were always within eyesight of the kids and we got a nice workout in and had good talks too. Tuesday and Wednesday I worked out with Rose and I am SOOOO proud of myself!!! FirstI walked on the treadmill for 25 min then I did some weight training things then I went on the eliptical for A HALF AN HOUR!!! I was SOOO impressed!!! The first time I ever set foot on an eliptical I could not go for more that THIRTY SECONDS!!! Now I am going for a half an hour!!! I am so geeked!!
So yesterday was Wednesday March 25th and we did go to the gym on my break but after work I took the girls to open swim and I got a SUPER GOOD workout!! The girls had a lot of fun and Melana and Jacob and Zach and Elizabeth were there too. It was a lot of fun!!
Last night I was laying in bed and jason was holding me and He felt my arm and he said, "Oh my gosh!! It feels more muscular!" So I pulled up my sleeve and flexed my arm and by God, it DID feel more muscular!! I am on my way to a new life with better health!!
I got a pedometer on Monday and I took only 8,000 steps on Monday but On my break I went home and took a nap with Jason so that is my excuse for that!! On Tuesday I took 15,000 steps!! Wednesday was 13,000 (but its not like I could wear it while I was in the pool for 2 hrs!) When I am at work I pace the hallway when there are no patients. I am on a mission here!!
When I am at the gym on the treadmill I repeat a little mantra that goes a little something like "I am so happy now that I am thin, healthy, and fit." And I feel great!!
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