Tsunami

Yesterday up on mainland Japan there was an earthquake and a tsunami followed it. The earthquake was huge and the tsunami was just as huge. We were expected to have a tsunami and I have to admit, I was scared. I have never been in a tsunami before... I didn't know what to do and I was not ready to die. I was sure that I would die if a large enough one hit us. I was worried about my husband and our animals but could do nothing except drive home to our babies and wait it out. After a while I started to calm down after a little while and found out that the tsunami was not going to be that big after all. Self-preservation is so strong in me that I am a little ashamed about it. I hardly thought of anyone until I calmed down and then I said prayers for everyone in Mainland and Guam and the other places the tsunami was due to hit.
I am thankful that we didn't get hit and I am so sorry that all the people from Mainland died, missing and homeless.

crazy

I am at work and I get a phone call.... it is my wonderful husband. 'Hi Baby, what are you doing?' "nothing, just got off the phone with .... and they said that __ took some things of mine from the house." 'What! Your kidding?' "Nope."
Turns out that no matter how much you help someone out, they still take more.
I really hope things turn around and that that person somehow comes to their scenes, but unfortunately I am not going to hold my breath for it.
We gave them money and the opportunity to even live with us for a little while and try to get a job over here... but that was not good enough. I guess things never are.

Well, other than that, Life is great! I am so thankful that God has blessed me with my husband and our babies, our family and our friends....

update

The last few weeks have been great! We had our second cat fixed and she has not gone to the bathroom anywhere except in the litter box after the first day of being home. The older cat however, is a different story. The pups are doing well and our baby girl pup that is in chemo is really doing well. She has put on 17 pounds and is healthy. We are a little worried about being done with chemo but we will cross that bridge when we get there. I have been so much less crazy than I was a few weeks ago and I am so glad that God helped me get through that and I am so thankful that my husband stuck with me through it, (I know I was just nuts and hard to deal with). My job is going fine and I am happy again. I have started back to they gym with the hopes of dropping 8 pounds and have found it disheartening that I have put on a few. I am keeping my spirits up by challenging myself with running. I have got up to 6mph on the treadmill and I can go for a full 5 mins. You can laugh if you want, but I am proud of myself for that! :D It is a hard thing for me to do... I have never been a runner and doing this myself is harder than I would have imagined it to be. I am still keeping my date of May 1, 2011 to get down to my weight, but I am not so sure that we will be discussing the baby thing just yet. Our situation has changed a little after I made my mind up about the baby. We are unsure that our job will last out the year and we would like to know if we have a job even to support said baby. We will put it off yet again and see where this road leads. The pull is not as strong as it was two months ago, or even three weeks ago for that matter. I am happy in my life and things are going good....
I love my husband, our babies and our families. Thank you God for all that You have blessed Us with.

so far...

I was doing really well with my diet and with working out, until last week. We had our big bosses come from the states and I got sick, so I didn't get to the gym all week and I have eaten like crap. I feel like crap because of it too. I am so very excited about starting back to the gym again on Tuesday; football tomorrow so pigging out for it. For only being at the gym for three weeks there is a noticeable difference in my body already. My husband told me just today that I really look nice and that made my day!
On a different note.... our pup is doing better! She goes for her last treatment on Tuesday and we will just have to see how it goes from there. We got our new kitten fixed last Sunday and have only had one 'pee' from each of the cats in the past week! We are so happy about that. (Boy, I never thought I would say something like that about my pets) They all seem to be doing great. Today we even took the three pups to the beach. The new one, Earl, is doing so much better. He loves the beach and will go out into the ocean and submerge his body in the water for about one minute before running as fast as he can to my husband. I love taking them to the beach. It is a wonderful end to the weekend!

a work in progress

I am a work in progress. I am trying to work on many things about myself . One of them being my body, another: my attitude and another very important one is my cleanliness. When we were in the states I kept our house pretty clean but when I look at our house here I am ashamed of myself. It is never clean the way it should be. I hate to do dishes, in the states we had a dish washer... they are hard to come by here and we have no room for one anyway. Also, I have a hard time doing a load of laundry the whole way through... We have to hang the laundry out to dry because even though we have a 'new' dryer it still takes two hours to dry and the things are still not all the way dry. So there is enough room on the line to put a full load and a half out.... well what about the other half, or the other two loads that need to be done today!? In the states I would do three or four loads on my off day and be done with it and not mess with it all week long. Here I have to try to get some done through the week and I just don't have that time so my husband is stuck doing it on his off days and is none to happy with me about it. He is great about doing the dishes so I don't mind trying to get the laundry so he doesn't have to worry with it.
Anyway, I am working hard on most days to reach my goal of May 1; other days... mostly just times I slip and fall and have a hard time pulling myself back up. Like today, I went bowling... well I had 2 and 1/2 small cups of soda and some tater-tots with ketchup. And! I didn't even find time for they gym.
Oh well; I know what I want and it is only me that can get it.

Our baby girl

We have done three chemo treatments with our pup now and her tumor has shrunk! We are so excited and hope that it continues on the same path of getting smaller! She got sick this time... she has thrown up three times after the treatment. But, she seems to be doing much better now. Well, I will keep posting on her and let you all know how things are going.
Oh by the way, we did not get to have our pictures last week because it was raining. We hope to be able to have them tomorrow... but we will see.

May 1, 2011

I have set a date to meet my goal. I have been very interested in having a baby for about two years now and My husband and I have been talking about for that long. We have talked about it before and I have always wanted to have his children, but here lately it has gotten more..... pressing? I am getting older and I would love to have my husbands children. I always wanted four of them, but with me getting older and us still not trying, I only see two as possible. I have made myself a date to get into shape so I can be the healthiest for our children; My date: May 1, 2011. I am not really worried about a number on the scale but I am shooting for about 110 to 115 pounds. I am more interested in how my body feels and how healthy I am by May 1. I have told my husband that if by then I am not in shape then I will drop the whole baby talk and we won't worry with it.
Well, I started the gym on Wednesday and went back Thursday, however I was not allowed to go to the gym on Friday and Today, Saturday I skipped. Oh and I went hog wild and had three sodas, muffins for breakfast and some chips, (about a handful). I don't know how tomorrow will be but I know Monday will be better. I know I needed a few days off because my body hurt so bad, but I do feel awful about not working out today. I know I can make my goal and this is my own goal I set. I think that working out will help me be a better wife to my husband and I know it will make him happier for many reasons.
Well, I will keep posting on my progress.
Oh!! We go for our first set of family pictures in the morning if it is not raining!!! I am so very excited! If you know my I will have the pictures up as soon as I can!