I made a cake for my friends birthday this weekend.

Me and the kidlets at the Zoo :O)

Cupcakes that I made for my son's class.

Hey guys, I've been really busy the last 2 weeks celebrating 4 family birthdays (mine, my dad's, my son and my daughters) and my anniversary.

This is Ty's cake. 18 batches of rice krispie squares for the stadium and four 13 X 9 cakes for the hockey rink. The icing was rootbeer flavoured.





Jade's cake. She was very specific. She wanted one big butterfly coloured purple, pink, green and yellow.

Hello Everyone!

Yes, I'm still alive. Thanks to those who have checked in on me because I haven't been posting in awhile. I've been busy getting back into my running groove. Gotta make use of those new runners. I am having problems though, just like I was before. It seems like once I get up to the point of doing 20-25k a week (besides my other activities) I start to have problems with energy. I feel weak, dizzy, tired, sore, and headachey. It's almost like the flu. I know what it is, it's because I'm anemic. My doctor did blood tests on me to confirm this, and I am on an iron supplement. It seems that the running is what is effecting this though. Does anyone else out there have this problem? Some of my research has shown me that it can be related to running. I'm wondering what I can do to fix this because I can't keep making myself sick like this from running, and I don't want to stop because it's my most favourite activity. I'm bored with using exercise machines, and I need that high intensity activity, so I'm not willing to just go for a walk or swim.

As far as the tummy tuck thing (someone asked for an update on that). It's kind of funny because I went into the plastic surgeon asking about coverage for my tummy tuck, and the doctor said that he could get a portion of costs covered (basically only hospital costs) but that he could fix my breasts for free. Excuse me? LOL! I wasn't even asking about my breasts, and I didn't know there was a problem there HAHAHAHHAH! Anyways, I updated my doctor on all of that the other day, and she was FURIOUS. I have never seen her so angry. She said "forget that, we will try someone else then...there is a medical reason for this". So, I guess my quest for a tummy tuck isn't over yet. I will leave it in my doctor's hands.

Today is haircut day! I haven't gone for one in 5 months. I will try to get hubby to take some pictures to share with you all :O)

As always, I will finish my post with a pictures of my beautiful little Missy. She is nekkid, so don't be shocked ;o) She is growing up to be such a pretty girl. Her fur is growing. I can't wait until it reaches the floor. She is now 8 months and 1 week old, and she had a growth spurt, she is now 3 lbs 6 ozs. I'm still hoping that she may reach 4 lbs, we will see! My little girl has healed up perfectly after her leg surgery and spay. The money we spent to fix her broken leg was definitely well worth it. She has healed 100% and can use it just like normal.



And one of her in her new Burberry overalls :O)



And showing off her new "Epik" dog boots. These are THE best dog boots I've seen. She is so comfortable in them.

I bought new Asics last night. Finally, I can start running again. I've had to stick to the ellipical for the last couple of weeks.

Here's Missy in her new Louis Vuitton *designer inspired* playsuit and hooded jacket, and her hooded skull tutu (kinda matches the decor of my blog dontcha think?

A little update...

I went off of the Diane35 pills that I was taking for acne. Low and behold, I can't eat all my flex, I have more energy, I'm less irritable, and I'm down 4 lbs for this week. I am so glad that I made that decision. Also, I was given a FREE elliptical trainer, which makes it much easier to get in my daily workouts since hubby is on night shifts and I can't always get to the gym. Those WATP Dvd's were getting pretty boring.

And of course I have to update about my lil Missy Mouse too. That screw ended up rejecting from her leg. So she had to have yet ANOTHER surgery to get it removed, and then tomorrow she goes for her spay operation. This poor little thing has been through SO much these last 9weeks. I can't wait for her to be off of "restricted activity" and go back to being a playful puppy. We went shopping, yes AGAIN :OP She got some booties and did amazingly well walking in them for her first time. She's a natural born fashionista, that's for sure! She won't be wearing booties all the time. I just got them for the mornings when it's chilly and she INSISTS on coming to my son's school. She gets SO cold, even though I carry her and she wears a tracksuit and jacket.

Here's a video of her first steps in them, and a couple of pics.

I ♥ dressing my furbaby :OP~~~

Yes, we went on a shopping spree. As you can tell by the last photo, she liked it! :O)

Spoiled little girl in her pink and black velour Juicy Couture tracksuits, her Juicy parka with the fur lined hood, and her Chanel T-shirt.

So, I reopened my WW.ca account just to double check that I have been tracking everything properly on paper. I'm really baffled as to why my weight has crept up from 137 lbs to 155 lbs over my 2 yrs on maintenace (Yes, it will be 2 yrs in May woohoo). I don't understand it because most of the last 2 yrs I've spent with my pts lowered to try to lose the lbs that have crept up on me. Anyways, I am calculating everything right, so I dunno. I guess that I should just be happy that I'm still healthy. The healthy weight range for my height is 139-174 lbs. As long as I keep eating right and exercising, what more can I do? Oh, and I have that appt next week with the plastic surgeon to find out about my tummy tuck. I still don't really believe that it will end up happening. I'm not getting my hopes up. I will update you all after I have my consultation.

Missy goes in for her spay surgery in the next week or two. She is now 6 weeks post-op from her leg surgery. She has to have follow up xrays done so my vet wants to do her surgery at the same time because she will have to be sedated for xrays anyways. I'm a little worried because she is still so tiny. It has to be done though! I just hope that everything goes OK.

Here's pics of my little darling Missy in ANOTHER new "go.fetch" dress. I ♥ dressing my dog :OP

First, a little bit of weight loss news, since that IS what this blog is suppose to be about :OP You know how I've been trying to get my weight back into the 140's since June? I've been kinda floating around the 150's all this time, and my weight went all the way up to 159 recently even with my points lowered for losing (23 pts per day plus flex) for all this time. Well I finally got it back down to 153...how? By getting a WICKED case of the flu. My kids and I have been SO sick all week. Now, how do I get the loss to stick? I'm not sure what to do about my points. I can't lower them anymore, that's as low as they can go...I'm wondering if I should actually try increasing them a tad. Not as high as maintenance, but maybe somewhere in between. Or keep them lowered, and see if it works since my body may be kicked back into losing mode from being so sick. Suggestions?

Criz-tawl, to answer your comment about "Cute ... but I do feel bad for dogs that are made to wear clothes. That's not what they're meant for ... they aren't dolls!"...Missy isn't MADE to, she LOVES to and she HAS to. Why? Because she is a Yorkie and they don't have an undercoat (particularly the silkies which is what Missy is). Their fur is just like human hair, so her running round with nothing on is just like her being forced to run around naked. When she's naked, she shivers her butt off whether she's inside or outside. She's still a puppy! Do you think I cut her out sock sweaters in her earlier months just for fun? It was necessary! Otherwise her blood sugar levels would drop and she could die from a hypoglycemic attack (which she battled with anyways)! She wears clothes almost every minute of the day and night. Maybe in the summer she'll be OK, but for now she gets mad at me when I take her clothes off and comes running to have them put back on. It's very cold where I live in the winter months. Trust me, I do NOT enjoy brushing the mats out of her fur from her constantly having to wear clothes. I figure because she has to wear clothes, she might as well look cute in them. Plus, I have to custom order from a very nice lady because of her small size. She just so happens to sell gorgeous dog clothing in small sizes (www.mygofetch.com). I think it's best not to judge until you've done your research on the breed. So many people do this and it infuriates me! No, a German shephard shouldn't be made to walk around in a sweater, but a Yorkie or Chihuahua, or Mexican hairless may very well NEED to be dressed, particularly when they go outside!

Here are some more pictures of Missy DRESSED UP in all her cuteness. This is her first dress and a pic of her new trick....sticking her tongue out at me! Check out how she smiles for the camera now. SOOOOO CUTE! She's such a little angel. I love this dog :O)

Missy got some new duds :O)

I whipped this cake up last minute for my hubby's friend. I made the tools out of chocolate and painted them with luster dust for the metallic finish. My border is sloppy because my icing was too soft. It was getting to crunch time so I didn't have time to fix it. Oh well!

Yeah, I'm still kickin' around. Taking iron pills because I'm anemic and cutting back on strenous activity for a month or so. Just sticking to walking, swimming...stuff like that.

Here's a picture of my little one in her first set of pigtails.

Life has been CHAOTIC! Geeeez, here goes.....

On Sunday, I went to set Missy (my puppy) down on the carpeted floor. She is always so eager to be put down and does this little pounce as she's getting close to the floor (maybe 3-4 inches above). Well this time when she pounced, she landed the wrong way. I guess jumping off a hand kind of threw her off balance. She landed, and kind of rolled and started yiping like crazy! I went straight to the yellow page and found a vet open on a Sunday. He was just finishing up a surgery early, so was able to see her immediately. He examined her and said that he didn't feel it was fractured, so he gave her a shot of Metacam and sent me home with more to give her orally at home. Well, he prescribed and gave her a shot of 2.5 times what she should have for her size, so she was flyin' high! She seemed like she was getting better until Monday night...she had the most horrible sleep ever. Alot of crying, so the next morning as soon as my vet opened I called them and asked them to see her.....
They did xrays, and discovered a fracture of her right knee. They weren't able to repair it because it's such a complicated fracture and she's so teeny, so we were referred to a (VERY EXPENSIVE) specialist as an emergency case. They called me within 2 mins of receiving the referral and booked Missy to have surgery the following morning. We went to the consultation before surgery and learned that she's fractured her right lateral humeral condyle. Basically, she busted the one side of the knuckle where her upper leg bone connects to the lower. The specialist had to put in a screw and a pin to hold it in place. She needs 6 weeks of restricted activity because he said if it gets wrecked again, he won't be able to repair it twice. Missy was doing really well yesterday, but then last night she got her bandage wet, so I had to take her in and have it replaced. Now it's bothering her because it feels "different", so she as to wear her cone. Monday the bandage comes off and I KNOW she'll want to chew those stitches, so she'll probably have to wear the cone for the whole 2 weeks. She is on 3 different medications taken at 5 different times of the day. Poor thing...so, that's the story. Total vet bills and surgery cost me $3,500 (that I don't have). Thank goodness my wonderful Mom gave me a loan. I don't know what I'd do without her.



THENNN, amongst other little things going wrong constantly throughout the week. I ran out of gas (close to bedtime wih 3 kids) while hubby was on nightshift. My car was parked somewhere that it couldn't just sit, so we had to talk allllll the way home, pray there's a jerry can of gas in the shed for the lawnmower (and there was), and walk alllll the way back. Fill up the car, dumping gas all over myself...then head to the gas station where my bank card, for the first time ever, wouldn't swipe.

All 3 of my kids and I are sick.

I got my blood test results back from the doctor, and I'm anemic!

Oh, on the positive side. We went to Monster Jam again this year, here's a pic. Also, I'm down 6 lbs! Stress always does that for me.

Missy's new Napsak bed. Too cute not to share :O)

I was down 3.6 lbs last WI, but nothing has budged since. It's like I'm stuck. I want to get back into the 140's and I can't! My weight creeps up a couple lbs, then down a couple lbs. It's really frustrating. I'm still totally healthy, and I know that, but I just felt better about 5-10 lbs less. I stick to my daily points of 23, eat all my ap's and flex...and I earn 20-28 ap's per week. My doctor ordered me blood tests. I went and had them done yesterday. It's just to check on my thyroid (issues run in my family), iron levels, and all that. I'm pretty sure it will all come back as normal. Anyways, I've increased my strength training for this week, hoping that maybe adding more muscle will help things. Time will tell :O)

Anyways, just thought that I'd pop in to say "HI", and letcha all know I'm still around.

These pics are too cute not to share. Here's Missy in her new nightie and jammie's from mygofetch.com

Hellooooooo everyone! I'm just poppin' in to update. I haven't been blogging but that's because it would be boring! I have nothing to really say right now. I did gain 3-4 lbs over Christmas, and I'm at the gym full time again. Still counting my points like a good little girl, and I've already dropped those 3 lbs. Still want to lose a few more though! Seems my body is just stuck here. Ah well, I'll keep trying. Exercise and eating well is good for me anyways. Here are a few recent pics. Some of Missy, she's 16 weeks old today and a WHOPPING 2 lbs LOL! The last pic is of the kids and I. We had this one done a couple of days before Christmas :O)

Made these cakes for a beautiful friend of mine.




These cupcakes were made for my son's class party. It was a multi-cultural going away party for someone who's from England, so I did the cupcakes like the flag of England.



And, here's a cute video of Missy's little bark