YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!

So, being sick for two weeks is getting pretty old, especially when I am getting worse.

So, in talking with the doctor he told me that I do in fact have

SWINE FLU!!!!!

I can't believe it!

I thought all the people waiting in all the lines for hours on end for the H1N1 shot

were being dumb! Don't I feel sheepish now!

I'm not really even a fan of bacon!!!

Not the swine kind...

I have that darn flu and I even had the flu shot. But at least it isn't the swine flu! The swine kind is going around my little town of Sugar City, specifically my ward. I've had it for over a week now so hopefully it has almost run it's course! Oh, and a little hint: my doctor told me to take vitamin D because it can help to prevent the flu or make it go away faster. But, you have to take between 5,000-7,000mg a day! We'll see if it does any good.

Oh, the freedom of it all!!!

I have decided I am getting rid of all my diet books!

That's right! Never again will I buy one,

read one, or even browse through one at the bookstore!

So DI here I come and wow are you getting a lot of books!

In the words of Reba I can say in my opinion 95% of them were

"dumber than a 10 pound sack of stupid!"

In fact, I am SOOOO happy to say that "I will never again

be setting a new years resolution to lose weight.

For those who have struggled with weight I send you

a challenge to never set the goal to lose weight, but

instead choose to live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

Doesn't that make you feel less stressed,

than having a number hanging over your head all year!

Giggling with excitement...

One of my favorite people blogged about her

favorite things the other day.

I thought this was a great idea (thanks Lanette).

There are some things in life that just make me

so excited I have to giggle. Here are a few:

1. Daisy's! I love any kind of daisy. And to quote the movie "You've got mail" daisys are the friendliest flower!

2. The color pink - It is a happy color in my opinion!

3. A beautiful winter wonderland! Really, anything that has to do with Christmas. I enjoy the chance that we have to spend time celebrating the birth of our Savior. And who doesn't love giving gifts!! I am so bad, I already have gifts ready to give, and I want to tell everyone what they are, but it takes all the strength I have not to do that!!

4. Christmas Music!!! At the first sign of snow or the first of November, out comes the Christmas music. Every year on my birthday at the beginning of November we put up the tree.

5. Spending time with my nieces and nephews! These kids are such a joy to my life! Not having my own kids right now, I love spending time with them and even my friend's and cousin's kids, they just make life fun. In fact I have a nephew who is going to be a toilet for Halloween...it just cracks me up!!!

6. BOOKS!!! I love books. Everything about them! Reading them, buying them, trading with friends, all of it!! I don't read much more than LDS fiction, except Twilight and some of the classics, and whatever my book club is reading...so in fact I read lots more than just LDS fiction. But, those clean, wonderful, love stories are such a great fun getaway for the mind. I am having to buy a new bookcase tomorrow because I have so many books!!! What a guilty pleasure :D

7. The Angels who gave me my life back...you know who you are!

8. How could I ever make a list of things that I love and not mention specifically Christ our Savior. I have such a deep love and gratefulness for him. Thinking about the restored gospel does make me happy/giddy.

9. Craft and sewing projects!!! Need I say more. When I actually get some done, I will post them. I am making most of the Christmas gifts I am giving this year, so I can't post them until much later, but they will be posted.

I LOVE FALL

I would love to be in the place right now!!!

Isn't it AMAZING!

Fall is the 2nd most wonderful time of the year!

...and counting!

I have been so discouraged with myself in the last few weeks because I have had that "I'm not good ENOUGH" feeling. Every three weeks I go back to the New U clinic to see if I need to get my Lap Band adjusted. I was devastated because I had only lost 6.5 pounds even though I knew going in that most people only lose 1-2 pounds a weeks and some even less than that, I wasn't happy with my progress. As I started talking to the exercise physiologist he became my favorite person in the world. He said to me that in the diet before the surgery and the 2 months since I have lost more weight than most people do in 7 months!!! Now if that didn't make me feel better, I don't know what would! It is amazing to me that what I thought was a failure was something amazing to someone else. We are way to hard on ourselves!!!!!! So, in case you were wondering I am at 58 pounds ,and counting!!!!

So exciting...

Isn't it so exciting when you finally get those last few item checked off your to do list, when you finish that last load of laundry, get that awesome book read and clean that last bathroom...I LOVE IT...but I am still waiting for it to happen. :o) Someday I will get there. As for now I will just keep running around like a chicken with my head cut off. There are benefits to that lifestyle too, right? Who doesn't love unpredictability and procrastination? It's definitely not boring!!! Have a great night everyone!