Pics of Camping Trip

Erik's First Camping Trip

We took Erik camping for the first time. We had lots of fun. Erik loved being outside the entire time. He especially loved eating outside and going to the petting zoo. We camped with Todd's sister Lori and her family. Erik was so impressed because Lori (he calls her Aunt LeeLee) gave him a cookie. He, a week later, is still talking about that cookie.

I am going to try to upload one of those slide shows with some pictures. Let's see if I can do it.

Valentine's Day

I had such a nice surprise for Valentine's Day. Todd and Erik brought me breakfast in bed. I had eggs, toast, and orange juice. It was really nice.

Merry Christmas, Et. Al.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas to everyone. Erik was so fun this year. He would open a present and get so involved playing with it that he would be too busy to open any other presents. It was really cute and so refreshing because he was greatful for his present and not coveting another.

How do people find time for hobbies. I thought I would have time to blog (quick easy hobby), but goodness - I can't find time to do anything other than work and housework. Oh well.

For those of you who were following the weight loss contest at work - I didn't win. I came in second place. I think if I had lost another half pound I would have tied for first. So, no spending money for me. I had fun though. I understand that we are doing it again in January.

I have decided to have surgery for sleep apnea on Jan. 16th. I am not doing everything that the docs recommended for me. The moving of the jaws seems a little extreme to me. So, I will be having my deviated septum fixed, my tonsils removed, and my palate trimmed. Then I have to have another sleep study to see if it helped. I am really hoping that it fixes it enough because jaw surgery is not really what I want to do. I am not looking forward to the surgery, though. It sounds really painful.

I hope to be able to do some shopping with my mom before I have to go back to work.

I am also hoping to buy a laundry basket and make a cute liner for it for a toy basket.

I hope Erik doesn't have a hard time going back to school.

Weightloss

Ok - so some of my coworkers and I are doing a weightloss competion until Christmas. I did really well during the week, but I did not do well this weekend. Yuck. The weekends are always the hardest part for me. It seems like the lack of routine means crazy things for me. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.

Race for the Cure

Today my mom and I did the Race for the Cure. It was the 17th annual race. It was a lot of fun, and it was great to be a part of something that touches some many people in the community.

It was astounding to see the number of you women (people who looked my age) who were wearing the pink survivors shirts. It made me think about how I should be more careful about my health.

Mom mom said it was very emotional seeing people with pink "in memory of" or "in celebration of" tags on their back. It brings back a lot of memories for her. I thought it was emotional seeing those tags, too; but I felt that way because cancer has touched some many people. It had a bittersweet feeling - sad for the devastation cancer causes, but sweet for the love and connection people have to each other and for the comradery cancer can bring.

Here are some pictures. The first is of my mom and me on the pink ribbon lane before the race started. I am in my regular white Race for the Cure shirt. She is in her pink survivor shirt.

The second picture is of the race route in mid race. I believe we were almost done with mile 1 when I took this picture. There were mountains of people in front of us and behind us. There was also a number of people cheering us on from the sidewalks.

The final picture is of me after the race. I am in front of the Lynn Park fountain. They turned it pink for race day.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Todd! It has been a great 10 years. I love you very much! You're the best; you're my hero.

I am glad you put up with me: my stomach problems, my silliness, my sensitivity. I'm glad you think I am funny. I'm glad we are a family.

I love you, babe!