I will be crying this time next year

but today I am the luckiest person ever. I woke up to a kiss and a card from the love of my life and look forward to seeing RiverDance tonight. I got to work and my Aunt brought me flowers from her garden, I got phone call after phone call from my Momma, my sisters, my boys, my other Aunt and an email from my auntie and from my cousin. Just when I thought it was safe to start working my big barreling boys walked through the office with a Tim Horton Cheese Cake, with candles, singing Happy Birthday with my boss and his wife in tow. My eldest told my to count the candles because they had a significance. Well I was in shock because they had so lovingly gone to all of this trouble. As I counted the candles, starry eyed, I counted '12'. Today I am 49. I couldn't see the significance. Nick was quick to tell me that "Oh ya, '12' months till I am 50!!! Damn kids!! Some day....Tomorrow my sister and niece are taking me to my favorite Italian restaurant. With any luck I can extend this birthday into the weekend!!!!! I feel very loved :)
NEXT YEAR I'M NOT PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WooHoo!!!!! Found a LIFE!!!!

We're off to Casino Rama tomorrow morning to spend the night! Gonna see "STYX" in concert. Hopefully come home with bag loads of money! Wish me luck!

I really would love to blog but...

I HAVE NO LIFE! Here's today so far...

Got up had coffee and made lunch
Got weighed (Swiss Chalet, Mandarin and Pizza Hut uggggg)
Got dressed and packed gym bag
Worked (sort of)
Played poker at lunch, lost 1, won 1
Working now :)

Wow, aren't you glad you're all caught up?

Hopefully I'll have something nicer to say tomorrow.

Love ya!

Can't get it out of my head

The other day I was watching Oprah and she had on this beautiful girl who was brought up in a cult, was able to finally free herself from the cult. She and her friends played music in the subway of New York because music is her passion. She wrote a letter to Oprah when she was trying to free herself from the cult but never sent the letter. Instead she made it into a song. It is so catchy. Hope you can find it. I got it from Limewire. Her name is Susan Cagle and the song is called "Dear Oprah".

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMMAS.
Thank you to my Momma for loving me so much.
xoxoxoxoxoxox

10.4

Finally! I broke the 10 lb. mark. It's taken me 6 1/2 wks. I go to the gym about 5 times a week. I am eating pretty healthy and taking my vitamins. I feel a pretty good about it. Tons more energy. I even started running on the tread mill. I have a selection of 9 songs that takes me the 30 minutes. The 2nd, 5th and 9th song I run. They are..
Crazy - Knarles Barkley
Don't cha - Pussy Cat Dolls
I like the way - Body Rockers
You see, this is why I haven't been blogging as much lately...I have no life. I go to work, go to the gym and come home exhausted. Oh well. I'll ease up a bit when I've lost 40 lbs. Eeeek! gotta go the gym....

Beautiful Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. Weather was so beautiful. Saturday morning I did all my laundry while David was at work. I managed to upload a beautiful relaxation yoga (song?) on my mp3. I sat out in the back yard and listed to it. I went to the gym in the late afternoon, we made a nice dinner and relaxed in the evening. Sunday (stood up for coffee by the boy) we left first thing to go up to 400 FleaMarket up near Barrie. We walked around there for a few hours without buying too much (I wasn't allowed to spend $30.00 on sunglasses for the dogs! They were sooooo cute). We took the scenic route home (I napped) and stopped to buy some fresh strip loins for dinner. BBQ'd the steaks while I made potato salad and corn on the cob. Fresh strawberries finished the dinner. I could never give up red meat!
David is feeling pretty good these days. He is a little achy and the drive up north got him feeling a little siezed up but otherwise has been having some pretty good days.

Tech Train Flunky

You know, my Mom constantly talks about not knowing how to do stuff on the computer. I have to say I think she knows more than me in many respects. The older I get the more technology intimidates me.

About a month ago I bought an MP3 player for the gym. Thought it would be a good idea. Wasn't really sure how to get music into the frickin thing but figured if kids could do it so could I...Couldn't figure it out no how! I called my oldest son. I could hear him rolling his eyes! He told me to just give him a list and he would do it for me. That wasn't really what I wanted but instant gratification won over. Eventually I figured out how to add music to it. Eventually!

Then David thought my MP3 was so cool, he wanted one. He, of course, got a more expensive one than mine. We spent a week of sheer frustration and two visits back to BestBuy before we figured out how to get music into the damn thing. And...it really is easy once you know how!

We spent over $500.00 a few years ago on a theatre system. Got it home, all proud. We have never heard it work...can't figure it out! We've had a few friends look at it...they can't figure it out either. They have no vested interest in it working of course so they don't waste a lot of time on it. We bought a 54" TV just before the theatre system thing...it works but it's HD and I'm scared to death to approach the cable company to ask about utilizing the HD part. I'd like to know more about a PVR or whatever that is that everyone talks about but I don't know where to start.

I was right up to date on eight tracks, record players, cassettes, video recorders and DVD's, I don't know where I fell of the TechTrain!