Another Blog Give Away!!!!

Sadly not my own give away but one can dream (either that or finally do a giveaway of my own)

ANYWAY, my wonderful and lovely friend Suzi is having a giveaway!

You can win on of these babies! (also comes in 3 other colors, that aren't pictured obviously!)

you have 4, thats right 4 ways to win so go over to her blog and enter!!!

GOOD LUCK

FRIENDS!!!

Job Frustrations!!!!

So I have been meaning to post lately but really just haven't had the desire. Most of the time I'm on the computer searching for nothing else other than a job and let me just say I am ready to pull my hair out. I have never had a problem finding a job, that is until now. I have been in Colorado for a little over two months now and have had no luck finding a job.

I went to a job interview that I was sure was THE job, but was sadly not offered the position. I declined another job interview because of the hope for the first job, HUGE mistake on my part. I learned my lesson there. I was also offered another job interview, but I was called while in the hospital and my message didnt come through until last week, thanks stupid blackberry!

I am on the computer every day looking for jobs where ever I can and I honestly cant see what the hold up is. I have a wonderful resume and would be more than willing to work any where and every where. Needless to say, Im getting fed up and trying my damnedest to keep my head up and keep chugging along!

Christmas cards!

So I have my CHRISTMAS music blaring,

and now my friends,

it is time to start my CHRISTMAS CARD list!!!

This is one of my favorite things, seriously....

Just saying!!

Aren't you excited?!?!?!

ONLY 37 days until CHRISTMAS!

The last Christmas before Eric deployed! 2008 I think!!

Kidney Stone!

So Sunday Eric and I were going to buy tickets and got to the Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs game but we decided to back out at the last minute. Its a good thing we did because about an hour later or so I started getting horrible cramps in my lower right abdomen that were shooting into my lower back.

I thought that maybe I had a pinched nerve and figured it would go away or something. After some walking around and laying down it was getting worse so I told Eric that he needed to take me to the ER and luckily it wasn't far from our house. Once we got there I started throwing up right away and the pain continued to get worse.

The doctors drew my blood, gave me and IV and some morphine to help with the pain until they could figure out what was going on. After a pelvic exam and a CT scan they discovered I had a very large kidney stone... (see below, circled in yellow)

Since I was in so much pain and on so much morphine the doctor decided to admit me so that way my pain could be monitored and hopefully the stone would pass on its own. They told me that if it didn't pass it by the following afternoon, I would have a ureteroscopy.

And what do you know, my body doesn't listen so I had to have the procedure done. I was put out so I don't remember much other than going to the operating room and then waking up in recovery. My doc had to put a stint in that connects my kidney to my bladder to help things pass along and I cant wait to get it out.

After another night in the hospital, I was discharged this morning and am feeling much better with the exception of being a little uncomfortable. Eric was amazing and very helpful to me while I was at the hospital. I am glad its gone and hope to never have to go through it again!

Meatless update!

So it has been 7 or 8 days since I have eaten meat. 

I havent had a single craving so thats been great! 

I went to the doctor the other day to learn I have already lost 5 pounds! 

GO ME!!! 

Must get back to cleaning :D

PS I LOVE my MAC and photo booth!

To meat or not to meat...

So it has taken me several days to decide to actually post this and at this point I don't even know how this post will end up but I shall give it a shot anyway.

I have always had an issue with food, not in the fact that I don't eat, always in the fact that I love to eat and with that said, I usually always over eat. This has been a never ending battle and I honestly don't know when it began but has seemed to only get worse with stress or any time life changes. Sure, I love healthy food and I know that I should choose it over unhealthy food but it isn't always that easy. I will always find an excuse to eat what I know I shouldn't and its sometimes pathetic.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about what I am eating vs. what I should be eating. Considering Eric and I are thinking of having babies soon, food has been on my mind even more because lets face it, I don't want to bring babies into the world that would headed down the path of an unhealthy lifestyle.

The other day I was watching a documentary called FOOD INC, if you have the chance, watch it, its very eye opening. Anyway, I think it came at the perfect time for me. It basically explores where our food comes from starting with the slaughter houses, then goes into grains and corn and ends up talking about healthier alternatives. It made me realize how naive we as Americans really are about what goes into a lot of our food and the process in which most of it is made.

I decided that I was no longer going to eat meat. Well kind of. I am no longer going to eat meat that is processed or comes from a slaughter house or has been altered (meaning the animals were fed hormones to make them bigger.) I will also not be eating any fast food as well as doing my best to stay away from processed foods. Sure, this will probably be really hard for me but sometimes I don't think it will. In the long run I know that this is the healthiest option for me.

I have gone 3 days on my new life change of no meat and in reality it hasn't been hard. I have been forced to make sure that I am eating a lot more fruits and veggies and thinking about how I can make my food that much better with out meat.

So there you have it, it wasn't a really hard debate with myself, and I am honestly proud of myself!

Wordless Wednesday