JustJane48

 What a beautiful day here in Michigan!  Hope all my friends here at BuddySlim are happy today.  I’ve been up since 5:00 a.m.  Eeekksss…but I did get a nice hour nap this afternoon.  I’ve seen all my children and my sweet baby Talan!! My daughter and son in law have gotten a puppy for Talan.  The puppy is a Black Lab and Irish Setter Mix. His name is Manny!!! LOL!!! Whats cuter then a baby and a puppy.  Geez life is just good…its great.  I’m so happy to be alive.  I’m so lucky my heart attack didn’t take me.  There is so much more I need and want to do in my life!!

So….my youngest and his wife and dog Pablo are blending in just fine.  Everyone is gone until 4:30 p.m. or so.  We share dinners and the dogs have become best buddys!! Who’d of thought.  I am really struggling with the snacks the kids have.  I broke down and ate 4 oreo cookies…darn I was bad but wow did I enjoy them LOL!! oh well, we all cave in at times!!

My cardiac is now over.  I stuck it out to please my husband.  I will be joining Curves in the next couple of weeks.  Just waiting for permission slip from my cardiologist.  Of course he’s on vacation “sigh”  Wheres the doc when you need him…LOL!!

Tonight hubby and I will take a nice long walk.  The weather here is just fantastic.  Low 70’s and nice cool breeze.  I come to life in the fall.  I love all the seasons, but Fall is my favorite!

I wish everyone strength to face your life, walk up to the gates of possibility ticket in hand and claim the life you’ve always deserved.

(Did I already share this one? )  :0 )  If so, its one of my favorites!

   Not feeling happy or upbeat today at all.  I just   wanted to take a minute and say a prayer for all those affected by the horrible tragedy of September 11.

So many families lost loved ones and friends.  To all of those courageous volunteers who stepped in to help their brothers/sisters.   May God bless and keep you in his arms always.

If anyone here at BuddySlim was personally affected please know all your friends here are with you during this most difficult day.

Life will never be the same….this will never ever be forgotten so we must all take hands and try to stay strong for ourselves and each other.  One day at a time.

And thank you for such a wonderful life??  Somedays seem so rough and we feel like we’ll never get through all the struggles we are facing.   But if we truly keep our Faith, stay true to our friends and family we can truly enjoy our lives!! YES YES YES!! We all have our ups and downs, but isn’t it so nice we can come here and see friends and familiar names.  We can unload, vent and share our successes! Thank you all here for that.

My weekend was fantastic.  My ribs ache from laughing, my face now has a permanent smile on it!   I knew becoming a gramma would be fun but I can’t even describe the feelings that come with it.  We love our children but something about the grandchildren!!! Its an unexplainable love. 

So we played…went to the park….went to my old job at the nursing home and shared Talan with the girls I worked with and visited with a couple of the residents there.  Just the smile on there faces made it so worth the trip.   I hope it made their day like it made my day.  Everyone loves a baby!

I did pretty well with the eating over the weekend.  Will keep on trying to stay on track daily.  I plan on getting on the treadmill also.

Hope everyone had a fun weekend!

Be young at heart~~~~even if you’re old everywhere else!

A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing.                  ~~~Proverbs 17:22 AMP

I’m so looking forward to the weekend.  I will have my sweet grandson tommorrow and overnight!  We’ll have fun but will surely be worn out.  That will be my exercise for the weekend…chasing a little 17 month old around the house qualifys doesn’t it??? LOL!!

So, my  husband was really disappointed with my decision to quit cardiac rehab So I’m going to stick with it a little more.  I know its safe to join Curves but I’ll stay with rehab so I don’t worry my husband.

Thank you all here for the support and encouragement on my blogs.  It helps more then you’ll ever know!

I have some more mail to share!!  enjoy!!

Happiness keeps you sweet

Trials keep you strong

Sorrows keep you human

Faillures keep you humble

Success keeps you glowing

But only God keeps you going

  Yup, thats me right there…well I’m a female version of that pic. But you get it…big…fat…breaking the stupid scales!!

Something has got to change.  I think I’m kidding myself by cheating.  I justify everything I eat by exercising.  Well I exercised today…that means I CAN have that half dozen cookies..LOL!! what a joke.  I am not going to do this to myself anymore.  As I read others blogs I realize we all have one thing in common…we love to eat!!! Learning this new lifestyle will take time and thank goodness for sites like BuddySlim…and most of all for people who come to BuddySlim and give support and encouragement.

So first on my list is to get permission from my heart doctor to join Curves.  Thats a simple task, one phone call and they’ll mail it to me. 

2nd..call cardiac rehab and explain I will not be coming anymore.  It has been such a wonderful experience but I’ve learned how much my heart can take….I’ve been monitored and I feel confident in how much I can push myself.  My increase in medication has stopped any chest pain so I’m ready for phase 2…Curves!!  My insurance pays 90% of each visit, so I still have to pay $10.00 out of pocket…Eeeks…and its a 50 min drive each way plus 60 minutes in workout….thats 3 hours 3 times a week.  Curves will cost $39.00 per month and is only 7 miles from home.

Sooooooooo thats the plan…I love change, I need change to keep myself motivated!!

Hope everyone out there is having a successful day…if not please don’t give up.  Just keep on keeping on.

Life isn’t about surviving the storm.

Its about learning to dance in the rain!

Hello all BuddySlimmers out there.  I’ve been online for the   last hour reading blogs..LOL!! I think I now have a NEW addiction (just what I need)  I try to comment on the people I know…but then there are all the new people…OMG!!! what to do!!

So today was cardiac rehab.  Today was probably the best workout ever.  I rode the bike for 4 miles…..walked the treadmill at least 1 mile….and worked on the NuStep (like a rowing machine) for 15 minutes.  I really felt like I worked every muscle in my body!  I’ll probably be sore in the morning.  Saw my buddy Harold…*Big Smile*  he wanted me to go out for lunch.  I asked if I could please have a rain check until Friday…LOL!!! I needed to get home quickly to see how the 2 dogs were doing.  It was their first day alone for any length of time.  All was well  “whew”  thank goodness!!!

Hope everyone out there is doing good today.  Life is good on my end.  The weight isn’t coming off as quickly as I wish, but I need to work harder on what I eat.

Our quiet single family home has become a double family home with dogs included  LOL!! Overall the move went   smooth and all are happy!  My house is now full again and it feels pretty good.   The whole family was over for Labor Day.   I behaved myself really well!! Only a bite or 2 or potatoe salad, 1 turkey burger and lots of watermelon!  Not bad…considering we had chocolate frosted brownies for desert.  I didn’t even give them a second look.  Hope everyone else behaved over the weekend, but if not today is a new day. 

Also got to enjoy my grandson….he is such a sweety.  I’ll add a new pic to my page here.  He’s growing up so fast.  Took him and my daughter to the park.  First time going down the slides for Talan…LOL!! He laughed non-stop and I laughed so hard my ribs ached!!!

Last thing for today, a special friend sent this to me through e-mail.  I wanted to share it with you because I really enjoyed reading it!  Everyone have fun out there…keep smiling!! 

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye.