Catching Up

Yesterday I got up with the thought that I would start catching up on the things I had been putting off for so long. But first my husband came to me and said the computer was down...could I take a look at it. Windows wouldn't load and all we had was a black screen with bad news on it. After about 1 1/2 hours of poking and prodding and rebooting I finally got Windows to load. Not the way I wanted to start my day of catching up. By now I'm quite agitated and need to take a break (of course lol).

My next thing to do was pre-register our bookings for the cruise we are taking...the family Christmas present this year. The 1st booking went through fine, printed out the fun pass and on to the next. The next one was for the kids. Couldn't get the computer to accept them no matter what. So I emailed my sister and she said this was a common problem they had too. So I called the Cruise lines and they "fixed" it for me so I could finish. OK, that's done.

I was also going to call the insurance company and try and figure out the changes they are making to our policy but wasn't up to it by this time. Was going to do that this morning but was confronted with another problem. Yes, the computer again.

Last night at 10:30 the digital TV, phones and our computer all stopped working. This has happened about 6 times in the past month. Everything goes out at 10:30 and comes back on the next morning at about 10:00. Of course at 10:30 I'm starting to relax and watch TV and catch up on my you tube, my space, facebook etc. Doesn't look like that was going to happen so I went to bed and was hoping it would be working when I woke up this morning. Well, it didn't but it was only 7:30. I called Time Warner and told them the problem so they are having someone come out today and check it out. I laid down until 10:00 and got back up to check things out and sure enough everything is working again. I don't know what goes on between 10:30 pm and 10:00 am that makes everything quit working. Hopefully the technician will figure it out today.

So anyway, don't know if I'm going to fight the insurance company today or not. But besides that I have about 6 months of paperwork to catch up for my husbands business (don't tell him lol). Since it's the end of the year I need to put it in high gear and get these numbers caught up. I will continue to work on that today.

Besides all that I have a million things going through my head of what I need to do. Thinking of what we need to pack for the cruise. Wondering if I can take my pillow lol. I can only sleep on my pillow, I might have to settle on taking the pillow case and hope that will be good enough. I need to go to the grocery store but I really hate to do that. I like Melissa to go with me but she's been too busy lately so I'm on my own.

Today it looks like I'll be working on paperwork since I have to be here for the cable man. What a fun day...I'm sure I'll get sidetracked along the way somewhere!

Thanksgiving

This year we stayed home and had Thanksgiving at our house. Melissa and I cooked dinner and Chris and Kelly came in from Houston to visit. It was very nice, we hadn't seen Chris and Kelly for over a month so it was great they were here with us. Next year it's Kelly's turn to cook lol!!

They did it!!!

Brooke and Derek won the DWTS Championship this year!! Well deserved I might add! Congratulations!!

Getting ready to cruise!

Vacation planning complete! It will be me, my husband, Chris and his wife Kelly, Archer and Melissa. Melissa wanted to bring her boyfriend but I had to say no lol. I'm really looking forward to going on this cruise, I've been wanting to for a long time. I hope it's as enjoyable as I've always imagined it would be.

Vacation Planning

Okay, tomorrow I am going to quit procrastinating and start doing research for the cruise we want to take in December while the kids are on break. It's #1 on my list of things to do so I should get to it lol. Archer has said he doesn't want to go but hopefully we can talk him in to it. Melissa has asked if her boyfriend can go in Archer's place lol. We will probably see if my oldest son and his wife want to join us also. So I'm hoping to find some good deals. I'll be checking in with my sister for her opinion, she's an expert at planning cruises. Hmm, maybe I should just have her plan this one lol.

DWTS update

Dance #1 Cha Cha

Dance #2 Quickstep

Dance #3 Paso Doble

Dance #4 Viennese Waltz

Brooke and Derek have come in 1st place on the judges leader board for the 1st 4 dances.

My new cell phone

Very nice phone but the lavendar color was the selling point lol.

DWTS Season 7

Yes, it's back. DWTS season 7 starts Monday September 22. I don't know why but this is my favorite program to watch. Maybe because I always wanted to be able to dance and never could. This is my favorite couple this season so wish them well.

Vacation??

My husband has decided that we should take a vacation in December. He wants to go on a cruise (Jackie, if you're reading this I need your help since you are the expert). But I wasn't real excited about it because of finances and he got a little annoyed. Like I said before, my brain left for vacation without me so I am having a hard time thinking lol. So I'm supposed to be researching this and the first part of the research is emailing my sister. Which I will do as soon as I post this blog. Time's a wasting so off I go!

What happened to August?

I just noticed that I didn't blog anything for August. And September is half over already. It's not that there isn't anything happening, it's just that my brain seems to have gone on vacation without me.

School started in August. Melissa is a sophmore in High School and Archer is a Freshman in College. Archer is loving College...making a lot of friends and having a great time. Melissa is doing good in school but she doesn't like the school she's going to. It has over 2000 kids there and is just too big. She wants to go to a magnet school instead. We'll see how she feels next week.

I got a new cell phone this week. A lavender phone that came with everything but the kitchen sink. Of course all I use it for is to call out and receive calls. But I loved the color and it was a free upgrade so what the heck. Who knows, someday I might want to take some pictures, film a video, listen to mp3, surf the web or use some of the other options that I have no idea how to use.

So as you can see, not much is happening here. Just life going on from one day to the next.

Weight update

Not much to report here. I haven't lost any more weight but haven't gained any either. I'm going to put it in high gear and see if I can lose another 10 pounds this month. I'll take it 10 pounds at a time and see what happens.

Chewy's new haircut

Poor Chewy, take her in for a bath and a hair cut and she comes home with bows in her hair lol. She didn't seem to mind as much as Robby. I wanted to get a few pictures of her before he took them out. I must say she feels much better after her hair cut though because it's been so hot!

A summer of movies

This summer I have seen more movies in a theater than I have in the past 10 years. My daughter and I have been spending a lot of time together (which I cherish) and going to the movies is one of the things we enjoy doing. Some of the movies we have seen are "Don't Mess With the Zohan" which I did not like at all. "What Happens In Vegas", a cute movie with no drama (I don't like drama, too much in real life). "Juno", one of my favorites. "27 Dresses", another cute romantic comedy. "Mamma Mia" a real feel good movie, we loved that one. "Then She Found Me" which has to be one of the strangest movies I have ever seen. I swear, nobody in that movie ever smiled throughout the whole movie with the exception of Bette Midler. Melissa and I both came out shaking our heads because it was such an odd movie. Some others are "Baby Mama" and "Step Brothers" and that's about as far as my memory will take me lol. So now we're waiting for something that we want to see to come out. It's been slim pickins lately.

Change of plans

Well, there's been a change in plans for my sons choice of colleges. After reserving a dorm, going through orientation and enrolling in Texas State he's decided he wants to stay home and go to a college here in town. Which I have no problem with since this is the first thing I suggested when we started looking at colleges. I am happy about his decision to go to a Community college to take his basics and then he can transfer them where he wants when he figures out what he wants to do. He already has 3 credits at the college he is going to because he took college courses in high school. The college is only 10 minutes from home so that's another plus. So all in all I am happy with the change of plans!

Snuggles emergency

Here is my sweet kitty Snuggles. Friday morning he was outside for about 2 minutes. When he came in he started throwing up. He threw up twice but I thought he was just working out a hairball. By the afternoon he was just sitting around and not acting like his normal spoiled self. I was concerned but I thought he would be okay in the morning. When we got up he was worse. Just laying around lethargic with his eyes closed and when I picked him up he was just limp. Being a holiday weekend my vet nor any other vet in the city was working. So I took him to the animal emergency hospital, they are open 24 hours a day. The vet came in and said he couldn't say what was wrong and wanted to admit him into the hospital, take blood work, x-rays etc. I knew I wasn't going to leave him but I waited for the estimate. They wanted $655 ...I said what are my other options. So they gave him a shot of some kind of Pepcid for an upset stomach and some fluids in case he was dehydrated. I told them I would take him home and if he got worse before my vet came in on Monday I would bring him back. By the time we got home he was already feeling better. Started getting back to his normal self as the day went on. Turns out he just had a little heartburn. $112 for heartburn lol. Next time I'll just pour some Pepto Bismol down his little throat.

Lissa at her friend Alyssa's Quincinera

The Limo ride

The birthday girl Alyssa

This picture makes me laugh. Lissa and her escort look like they're at a funeral.


It looks more like a wedding than a bday celebration.

Lissa


The party has begun.


Starting to have fun. Lissa didn't get home until 1:30 am


Lissa

Stuck at 25

Well, I've lost 25 pounds and seem to have hit a plateau. I guess I'm going to have to throw a little more exercise in there. If I eat any less I might as well just quit eating altogether lol. Hopefully my next report will have a few more pounds melted away.

Weight loss update

I've lost a total of 23 pounds so far. Only 3 more pounds than last time but I'm slowly getting there. I feel much better already just losing this much weight. So when I get to the weight I want to be I should be feeling great!

Almost Amy Tour

Almost Amy will be going on tour in July. I thought wow, this would be fun because I've been wanting to see them. They usually play in small clubs and come out and mingle with the fans, take pictures and sign autographs. But they're only making 20 stops and they will probably all be in or close to California. I was thinking that I would fly to California (or the closest place they were playing to Texas) and go see them. Of course it wouldn't be any fun going alone. Then one of my friends told me they only play about 8 songs, which is great if you live there. But it's a bit extravagant to spend all that money for such a short concert. Not to mention we couldn't afford it anyway. And I doubt I would ever get away from the family, they would want to go too. So unfortunately this will have to wait until a later date. At least You Tube posts the concert so that's almost as good as being there. At least I'll be able to see it.

Mother Daughter Time

Last weekend me and my daughter Melissa spent a lot of time together just playing around and having fun. We went to the movies and saw "What Happens In Vegas", which was very funny and we both liked it. Then we went and had some lunch. On Sunday we went and got manicures and pedicures...hence the huge pictures of her hand and foot lol. And a couple of pictures of her. No pictures of me this time, I wasn't picture ready. I did get a manicure and pedicure but didn't feel the need to show everyone mine. Hers was cute, she had flowers on her big toe and ring finger. Needless to say we had a great time together. She is the greatest daughter in the world.

Mothers Day

I'm a bit late in posting this. I received these beautiful flowers from my sister on Mothers Day. It really made my day. It's very seldom someone is so thoughtful to think of me on any occasion. I was so happy when I got them (I think maybe the 1st time in my life I received flowers from anyone). My sister is the greatest person I know and I love her very much. I hope she realizes just how special she is to me.

Graduation 2008

Oh yes, graduation is Monday June 9, 2008. The day most students and their families look forward to. There is a certain pride you feel when you graduate from High School and have the whole world at your fingertips. The parents are proud and start getting their son (or daughter) ready for the new adventure of College. That's the way I heard things should go anyway. My son is refusing to walk the stage and receive his diploma...says they will mail it to him! So I haven't been able to mail out any invitations. I would hate to have the whole family there to see him and he's not there. His Father hasn't given up yet but it's too late now to invite anybody. He's supposed to go to College this fall, I sure hope he takes a different attitude about this. I guess we'll know by the end of the 1st semester. But he does want a $2000 laptop for a graduation present. He says if we don't get him the one he wants then don't get him one at all. He may be going to college without a laptop lol. My daughter and I both have laptops and they cost $500 each. It's been 2 years and they're working just fine. So that's my current dilemma. And at this stage of the game I've sort of lost interest in the whole graduation myself. Let you know next week how things worked out.

DWTS Season 6 Winners!

The winners of Season 6 DWTS "Kristi and Mark". My second favorite couple. They did some amazing dances. For once the best team won!

Boring Saturday Night

Yes, it's a boring Saturday night at the Bellamy house. None of my friends are on the computer. My son is out with his friends bowling. My husband ...I don't know what he's doing. Spoke too soon, here he is now kicking me out of the bedroom with my laptop. I swear I want my own room. I spend the majority of my time moving from room to room with my laptop. Very annoying. Anyway, my daughter is in her room reading. It's not that I don't have things to do, I just don't want to do them. So I guess I'll go download some songs for my ipod, that should keep me occupied about 15 minutes. I'm sure you're glad that I decided to share this with you. I do have one other thing I can do. I've got a couple of pictures that I will share with you...I think I'll look at these for awhile too lol.

Progress Report #2

I'm happy to say that I have now lost 20 pounds. It's coming off a little at a time.

Best Prize of All

Week 7 Eliminated

Tango

Mambo

Week 6!!

Shannon and Derek

Rumba

Progress Report

Just a progress report on my weight loss. So far I have lost 16 pounds. I have a lot more to lose but that's a good start.

OOPS! Forgot weeks 2 and 3

Week 3

Jive

Week 2

Quickstep