.....................It's a new day.

Ok, so yesterday I had to go meet with the dietitian and learn what I could eat and what I can't. I've got to tell you, I wasn't that happy when I left. All I could see in front of me was years and years of not eating anything that tasted really good. All the foods that I had grown up on and have loved all these years are now bad for me. Good grief. Getting old is for the birds.

So, here I am cooking dinner now.....port tenderloin, veggies, and rice. The rice is probably not a good choice, but the other items are good. I've got to figure out the calories, saturated fats, trans fats, and carbs for each item and then log it in my journal. The plan is for me to lose weight slowly, get my cholorestol (I know I spelled it wrong and I even did spell check.) under control, and working with my diabetes. Fun, fun.

...........................It's good to laugh.

Phil and I were on our own this Saturday night, our usual Saturday night get together didn't happen and so we decided to have a date night. We went to see the movie "Date Night" and it was so funny. We laughed and laughed, it was great. And then after the movie I had to go potty and so Phil was standing there waiting on me. When he came out he was laughing and so I asked him why he was laughing. As we were walking to the car he told me that a man walked by him, laughing, and asked him if he enjoyed his popcorn. Phil told him that yes, he had enjoyed his popcorn. After the man walked off Phil looked down his shirt and he had popcorn stuck all over his shirt. He even had a big kernel hanging out of his shirt where the buttons were. I can just see him standing there trying to look all cook with popcorn all over him. Even as I type this I'm thinking about it and laughing, I can just see him now. lol.

Got to see Sweet Bella.

She is only 9 1/2 months old, but seems so much older. She has been walking for two months now, is trying to talk and can do so much more than you would expect from one so young. I went over to see her today, and she actually walked up to me for me to pick her up, I loved it. We don't see her as much as we would like to, but we so do enjoy our times together.

Soooo.....much has happened.

I know, you thought that I had fallen off of the face of the earth, right? At times I've felt like it myself. But I've miss blogging, missed having an outlet for my thoughts. So here I am again, anyone out there remember me?

I'm teaching two painting classes each week, one at Poplar Grove on Thursday nights and then one at the Senior Center at Topsail on Tuesdays. I'll post some photos later of the classes.

Okay, so where have I been? We had to move again, long story there but this time we got screwed, even when to a lawyer about what was happening and there was nothing that could be done. So two UNHONEST men got our land and house, we went to get the loan in our name and they wanted to add 100,000.00 on top of the price. Well we couldn't do that and so we had to move away from land that had been my mom's forever. Needless to say, this has cause a problem between my Mother and us. Sad times.

Then about 6 weeks or so ago I was told by the doctor that he thought I might have cancer. We lived with that for a while, also had to start giving myself shots that kept me really very sick. Had some procedures done and the doctor that did the test told us that he doesn't think it is cancer now, but there are some other health issues that we are going to have to deal with, one day at a time.

I was also told that I was diabetic, so now I'm giving myself shots everyday and checking my levels everyday. I still have a lot to learn about diabetes, I'm not sure about what to eat and all of that. I meet with the dietitian on Monday, that will help me to figure things out. And I'm getting pretty good at giving myself shots, but not doing to good with the finger pokes. Must be holding the needle thing wrong. Oh well.

We are living in a very old house now, in the middle of Wilmington. Phil and I have neither one lived this far into Wilmington. But we really do like it, the house and the yard. The house is so old that there were no electrical plugins in the bathroom, and no three prong outlets. The lady that owns the house has enclosed two sunrooms, so we have pretty much given them over to the dogs, they stay out there during the day and then comes in with us in the evenings. The house is staying so much cleaner now that the dogs aren't in the house as much. Little Myles loves being outside, he thinks he is just as big as the other dogs. And talking about dogs, we had to have Drake's tail cut off. He hurt it on something at the other house and it wouldn't heal, even with trying all kinds of drugs and stuff like that. Finally the doctor decided it was time to let it go, so now he has a stub. It is cute, but different looking. He is doing well now, and not in pain all the time.

well, I think that is enogh for now. back later.