We have a concrete deck above my kitchen that has leaked a few times since we've lived here. My husband thought he fixed it last time but with all the rain the other day, it quickly became apparent that it is still not fixed! Today, the sun is shining and he went up on the roof armed with a hose! Hence, it is now raining in my kitchen! However, now that he is certain where the water is coming in from, I can now sleep at night knowing that he will finally be able to fix the leak! My man is good, real good with his hands and I know that this will be one leak that's in the history books! You Rock Stephen!!!
Ok, back to me. Its Saturday morning and I'm sitting in my "rainy" kitchen looking out at my Lanai at my blue sparkling pool and thinking: "two weeks from today, I will be sitting in my kitchen, sans rain, looking out at my Lanai at my blue sparkling pool and I will have just gotten back from Mexico the night before with my little Taser installed, aka my band! How cool is that?
I have so much to look forward to. Once I get the surgery out of the way and start working towards my new, healthier lifestyle, I have so many great things going on. On April 9th I will be flying to New York to go wedding gown shopping with both my daughters for my oldest daughters wedding gown! I will be spending some quality mama/daughter time with my babies for 5 uninterrupted days! I am putting off shopping for my dress until I start losing weight but I am not stressing that because 1) I will lose the weight and 2) I have plenty of time before her 3/25/11 wedding date. Actually, I will have my 1 year Bandiversary on 3/24/11 and she'll be married on 3/25/11. Plenty of time.
The first week of June both daughters and boyfriends will be visiting us for a week. I absolutely cannot wait for that visit. Than, my husband and I will be driving up to New York in July to spend a week visiting family and friends. I am so looking forward to that trip because I am sure I will have lost weight by then.
My doctor in Mexico hosts a "Bandster Bash" each year in MX for all his patients. I would like to go this year but will have to wait a bit to see how things are going here at home with work and such. On the work front, you will all be happy to know that the real estate market in FL is picking up! Yay, finally right? Since we were the first market to tank, its only right that we lead the market the other way.
On that note, I have to go get ready for work! Its all good though, sun shining, family visits, Taser on the way! Yea, life is good!
8 comments:
Sounds like a great year ahead of you! Welcome Taser!
Sounds like a lot of fun heading your way.
I love that you call it a taser! That's so cool that you have a whole year until your daughter's wedding so you will look stunning! I also have something next year that I want to look good for - 30 year high school reunion!! Not that I haven't seen anyone since high school because I see some of them a lot. Just nice to have a goal!
I'm glad your kitchen will stop raining soon! I love handy husbands, I have one, too. :)
All the trips to NYC sound wonderful. Especially shopping with your daughers! Makes my heart tug a bit, actually, since my mom never even got to meet my husband let alone help with the wedding. Enjoy it all!
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Hi Jacquie, Thanks for stopping by my blog. I remember when I was just a couple of weeks away from getting banded. It was exciting and I was so ready. I wish you all the best on your journey. I will try to answer any questions you may have if I can. Enjoy your trip to New York with your daughters. It sounds like so much fun. Good luck on your banding and I will check back on your progress.
OMG... not long now Jacquie!
So excited for you.
Hi Jacquie - Thanks so much for the comment on my blog and congrats on your upcoming surgery!! Whoo hoo!! Exciting days. Okay, answers to your questions. I've found two version of the single serve hummus. They are both the sabra brand. One comes with pretzels, the other comes in a container with four individual servings. It's great, I bring it to work and believe it or not (the wonder of the band), along with rice crackers, that's enough for my lunch. Never would have thought that to be true! In terms of exercise, I was told no exercise (beyond walking) for a month and you have to be particuarly careful about anything that involves your abs, so Zumba make take even longer. You just don't want to mess with undoing any stiching inside. The surgeon (at least mine does this) stiches the port inside around your stomach, so you want to make sure you don't do too much that could pull these out. Hope that helps!! Let me know if you have any other questions!
So close to your banding time now! Yay!!! And how perfect that you have a year to lose the weight - I bet you will get most of it off in time for the wedding.
I saw your exercise question - In my case, I started exercising as in jogging a little bit around day 12, but really was not ready for it until 1 month. At my 4 week doc's visit, he said I could do whatever I wanted, including abs!
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