My Journal to Me - Comments welcome!

[kmp1191]

Hey Anna!
Hope the kiddo's are feeling better....what did the dr. say about DD11??
I liked your goals you set....everything is attainable, reasonable, and necessary....can I follow you?
I'm starting to gain my weight back, I'm not working out...(at all), and I'm journaling my food, but it's crap!!

I don't think you're crazy at all....actually, you're inspiring me to get out there and start running again....you and Kimwim....I have got to get moving!!

Good luck to you on your training...I know you're going to do it!!
marie

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Anna, hope things are going well and that dd's are all better now. Have you thought anymore about the 1/2 marathon? You can do it!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Anna,

How are the kids feeling? Better?

I say go for the 1/2 marathon. I too, like Tracey have been toying with the idea. I think it would be great for you......

Hope all is well. Keep up the good work, your goals look good.

Have a great day

 

[CACruisin']

Wow, life got a little crazy, but I think the worst is over now (need a fingers crossed smilie).
On thursday (a week ago). I took all three kids to the dr's. Lined 'em up on the exam table:
DD3 - ears good, sinus good, 20 days on anitbiotics and she is fnally better.
DD11 - ears no longer look inflamed, but still have fluid in them, sinus still bad, another 10 days on a different antibiotic this time. A week later, she is definitely better, but still not 100%. May end up taking her back again on Monday.
DD13 - came home from school on Thursday looking like death warmed over "but I'm not sick mom." Called the dr's office and added her to the appt. 101.6 fever (I think maybe you might be sick after all kiddo!), sinus bad. Now she's on 10 days of antibiotics. She is also doing much better, but still has a bad cough. Her well child check up is on the 18th, so she gets a recheck then.
After dropping of perscriptions to be filled, taking kids home, going back out to pick up perscriptions -- drum roll --- I actually got a walk in! I walked 1.6 miles! Of course, I was walking to Bunco, so the snacky foods more than negated any benefit from the walk, but it still felt good to get out and walk.

Weekend: Spent most of the day cleaning house and supervising kids homework. My brother was in town for a conference so he came up Saturday night for dinner. We had a nice, but too short, visit.

Monday: finally decided I better drag myself to the dr's. He tells me I have a sinus infection (really? I never would have guessed! ) So now I am on antibiotics and a mega decongestant. The antibiotics give a nasty metallic taste in my mouth all the time and the decongestant makes me spacey and I can't sleep well -- I'm more than a little cranky this week!

In the midst of all this I did finish the final PTA newsletter . I just got back from distributing it to the teachers' boxes.

I also came up with a cool teacher gift for DD's teachers. I put together a basket of different fruits: pineapple, mango, apricots, peaches, finger banana's. I had also bought trail mix, but it didn't really fit in the basket well. Finally I added a chocolate bar for each from a gourmet chocolate place! It looked really cool and they seemed to really like it. DD11 liked it too and wants to do the same for her teachers next week.

Eating wise has been a mixed bag: some healthy stuff, some junk, and just too darn busy to eat anything days. Exercise: nothing since my walk last week. Water: a couple of days have been 100 oz'ers, but others have been 0

I am still undecided on the DL 1/2 marathon. My foot feels fine and I was all set to sign up, but after more discussion with DH, I don't think he really is that supportive. I'm not sure what to do.

Looking forward:
DD3's last day school is today. DD13 finishes her last two finals today and her last day of school is tomorrow. DD11 finishes school on the 22nd. No more excuses for not taking care of myself and my family - exercise and eat right!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Anna,

You have had a lot going on lately. I hope everyone gets to feeling better soon. Sending all of you some get well .

Those teacher gifts sound perfect! As a former teacher/ current homeschool teacher, I would have loved to receive a gift like that. Great idea, Anna!

Way to go getting your 1.6 mile walk in! That's great!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

[CACruisin']

Last night was the last PTA board meeting/party. It was a lot of fun and the food was awesome (unfortunately my body rebelled against the rich food later ) No exercise unless I count walking to the house (took maybe 5 minutes total!) and all the "arm curls" lifting food to my mouth . I did drink a lot of water though, so that's something. So here's the damage:

B: turkey
L: wholewheat toast w/ PB
S: turkey (need to get to the grocery store!)
D: too many proscuito(sp?) wrapped asparagus, bruschetta w/ goat cheese, and artichoke dip followed by a steak kabob & shrimp kabob, 1/2c mushroom risotto, 1c caesar salad, then topped off with 3(!) little amazing desserts! Yikes!
water: 89 oz!

Today hasn't been a whole lot better:
B: wholewheat toast w/ PB
L: ???
D: making grilled chicken w/ green beans and probably some sort of rice

ETA: warning, I am in a seriously snarky mood!
didn't eat lunch
S: PB toast w/ PB - the antibiotics leave a constant metallic taste in my mouth, really cuts the appetite.
D: grilled chicken breast w/ tiny bit of bbq sauce, 2/3c green beans, +1c mashed potatoes made w/ sour cream, whole milk, butter, & garlic! oh and I finished off a bottle of wine - I think I had previously had maybe 1 glass from the bottle. DH was drinking vodka and lemonade so I was on my own with the wine.

water: not good, maybe 24 oz?
exercise: nada!

Spent the afternoon on the phone with the insurance company. Remember I have this massive sinus infection and I finally decided to introduce myself to the primary care dr I picked out of the book a year ago - actually, the DO in the practice, primary care dr was not available! Well, when I went to fill the prescription on monday, they would only fill it for 14 pills ( 7 days). The prescription is for 20 pills (10 days). After talking to multiple people at the insurance company, turns out my drug requires preauthorization for more than 14 pills - FDA guidelines are 14 pills! (WTH am I taking?!) I've taken Biaxin before with no problem. This dr prescribed Biaxin XL - apparently it is different? So now the dr has to fax in the preauthorization form. Hopefully it gets approved. If not, I get to pay for it out of pocket! I run out of antibiotics after Monday morning! I can't stop the course of antibiotics midstream. That would be bad. Also, my pharmacy made a substitute on the decongestant. The substitute is a non-formulary drug. (Again, WTH am I taking!?) No body at the pharmacy told me this! I thought I was getting a generic for the brand name drug. (where's the mad smilie when i need it?!) It cost me twice as much on my co-pay. Anyway, that explains the need for wine and the snarky mood!

ETA again: just ate 4 little chocolate chip cookies! Why does DH buy that stuff?

Anna

 

[traceycooper]

Hey Anna
Hope your feeling better, that stinks about your medical insurance, it seems whatever kind of insurance we have theres always some hidden catch, small print etc...
Makes me glad we have the NHS!!!

No wonder your feeling snacky, just give yourself time to recover - from the holiday & the infection!!

Hope you have a great weekend & give me a shout next time you have wine to yourself

 

[kmp1191]

Hey Anna - hang in there.....sinus infections suck!!!
I know what kind of medicine you're taking...I don't know the name of it....but I've taken it before....or maybe something like it. Even water has a metal taste!!

Good luck w/ the insurance company!! I've had to call all of our Dr.'s her in TN to see if they take the insurance from AL!! They do!!! Still....I hate dealing w/ the insurance companies....

Hope you get to feeling better soon...it's ok to be snarky...TRUST ME!!!

marie

 

[toystoryduo]

How are you feeling, WISH sis? Hope you're feeling much better and that you were able to get everything straightened out with the insurance company. Have a great week!

 

[CACruisin']

We had a nice lazy weekend for Father's Day - lots of movies, pool time and way, way too much junk food . DH is really a junk food junkie so his Father's day ideal: donuts & hot chocolate for breakfast, hotdogs, potato chips with onion dip & brownies for lunch. Dinner was quasi-healthy: grilled steak, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and grilled corn.

I took DD13 in for her well child check up Monday morning. She is doing great, but Dr still sees some throat/sinus issues and wants her to continue on the antibiotics for another 10 days. I mentioned that DD11 also has the same cough and I can bring her in that afternoon. He says don't bother and writes her scrip too for another 10 days. For those keeping track she will have had 30 straight days of antibiotics -- one nasty bug we picked up on our trip!

DD11 FINALLY finished the last of her school work!! She still has this week for school, but it is all fun & games stuff. Yesterday was "Game Day" and the class talent show, today is "Greek Day" with toga's and Olympic games and they had to bring in their plant projects. Tomorrow the class takes their plant projects to the county fair. DD was concerned about the pitiful look of her plant - it had an unfortunate bunny encounter! Bunny's really like marigolds, but not nastursiums appparently . However, her plant looked pretty good compared to a lot of other ones . One was just dirt with two tiny little sprouts. On Thursday it is Pizza Party and finally 6th grade promotion is on Friday!

DD is now officially 4! We celebrated her birthday on the ship last month so yesterday when we said it's your birthday today, she says "I'm 4 again?" Yes, your 4 again, and this time you'll stay 4. This morning she told me she's still 4. glad to hear it.

My antibiotics saga continues unfortnately. I won't go into all the details, but suffice it to say I have spent far too much time on the phone and in person at the pharmacy, with the dr's office and the insurance company. Dr says they took care of the paperwork. Pharmacy says they recieved the authorization (and a phone call from the insurance). Insurance has no record of said call or paperwork -- aack! I ended up paying out of pocket for the rest of my antibiotics and have made more phone calls this morning to try and get reimbursed.

Food yesterday was only slightly better than the weekend. There is too much junk in my house and I have no willpower
B: 1/4 donut, brownie
L: 1/2 roast beef sandwich, peach, handful of potato chips (at least I had already thrown out the leftover dip!), 12 oz skim milk
S: cookie dough and more cookie dough
D: grilled chicken, asparagus, 1/2c mashed potatoes, 12 oz skim milk, brownie

The scale is holding steady which is part of the problem I think. I'm eating crap and not gaining. I really need to eat healthy and LOSE!

Anna
Anna

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Anna!

Thank you so much for stopping by my journal and giving me the shove I needed. Now it's my turn. Get some exercise in there, girl. It'll make you not want to eat the junk food. Trust me. After I sweat a little while, I certainly don't want to eat those calories again. (you know I only say this in the most loving way, right? )

For some reason, I didn't realize you had 3 daughters. God bless you, honey. I was one of 3 girls and all I can say is......God bless you.

Take care, and thanks again for stopping by. (sorry to hear you aren't feeling well...hopefully you're on the mend)

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending more for you and the insurance company. I hope everything works out in your favor.

Sending more get well as well.

I hope you have a great week!

 

[CACruisin']

Just a quick post. My parents are flew in Tuesday night for DD11's 6th grade promotion on Friday. We are having a really nice visit. Last night we had my parents, MIL, SIL for DD's 4th birthday. There was a Rubio's fundraiser for a family that has been gravely ill so we did that instead of grilling carne asada. Food has been so-so.

Tues:
8a- 1c GoLean Crunch w/ 12 oz skim milk
11a- apricot, handful of potato chips (ok, this was just stupid. I ate the apricot and then went LOOKING for something junky to eat )
1p - 1/2 ham sandwich on wholewheat, apple
8p - 1/2 turkey sandwich, 12oz skim milk

Weds:
8a - 1c GoLean Crunch w/ 12 oz skim milk
11:30a - too many peanuts, 1/2 turkey sandwich, apple, 12oz skim milk
3pm - more too many peanuts
6pm - Rubios: 2 chicken tacos, chips and salsa, 2 margaritas
7:30pm - small slice chocolate birthday cake, small scoop ice cream

Anna
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Tracy- the insurance saga is driving me crazy! I am finally feeling better so at least the medicine is working.
Kim - thanks for the kick in the behind. I need it and you are right. When I am exercising I do eat better. Yep, 3 girls! I grew up with 3 brothers myself so this whole "girl" thing is new territory for me .

 

[goldcupmom]

I'm still catching up, Anna! Did I miss the link to your trip report? (No pressure here, but the transatlantic is my dream!)

I hope everyone is on the mend. Sounds like you're beginning to get back in control. Wish I could say the same!

Hope you have a good rest of the week & weekend. Enjoy your parent's visit!

 

[kmp1191]

Glad you are having fun w/ your family! Enjoy them and don't worry too much about the food....(although aside from the chips and peanuts, I don't think you're doing bad at all!!

Have a great weekend!!
marie

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Anna! Hope you're having a great time with your family!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Anna
Glad DD had a great b/day
Tell her she is like our queen - she celebrates hers twice too
Glad the antibiotics are working, hope you get refunded the money!
Hope your having a relaxing weekend

 

[toystoryduo]

Hope you had a great weekend!

 

[traceycooper]

Have a great weekend Anna

 

[CACruisin']

Thanks everyone for stopping by while I went MIA ... again! Last week the kids and I sort of took the week off. DH is busy with work so we have been pretty much on our own. It was so nice to not have the hectic, harried school/scheduled activities routine. DD's did go to swim practice twice. Other than that we had a trip to the library, lots of movies on TiVo, a morning visit & picnic to the tidepools, and a day trip to Disneyland before our passes black out for the summer. Very nice. Not so nice was the CRAP I was eating and the water I was NOT drinking. I realized last night that I was slipping badly and I need to get back on track. So, it is a new month and a new resolve! Scale started out at 162.0 this morning. I WILL be at 158 or better by the end of the month before my family reunion!

Yesterday's damage:
baby ruth candy bar, 12 oz skim milk, many handfuls of cheetos, 4 gummy candy things, 2 slices watermelon - I told you it was bad

Today's new resolve:
8a - 1c GoLean Crunch, 12 oz skim milk, slice watermelon
50 oz water so far ...

gonna go hunt down a healthy mid morning snack now.

Anna