I had to work on Saturday, but when I came home I was so happy to see Nicole had just done some baking after going grocery shopping! Huge improvement in her health and stamina. I was just telling her two days before this how much I missed her baking. Oh the little things.
Yesterday was Father's Day as you know and for the most part it's a tough day for me and I'm sure my Father too. We've only been able to spend a select few Father's Day together since he's in SoCal. It's either a surprise road trip down there or a planned flight when we were younger to celebrate Father's Day and his birthday with him. This year he's got a lot going on, on top of some pretty major health issues and as you all know with the wedding only 60 days away all of our resources are going to that! I'm hoping it won't be this way for much longer and what I mean by that is I hope he moves up here. We did however get to spend it with Nicole's amazing Father, her Grandpa and Father-to-be Jason along with tons of friends and family. It was a wonderful BBQ w\some of the best ribs I've ever had! We also stopped in and wished my awesome Step-Dad Russ a Happy Father's day (with a nice bottle of Crown!!) on our way to Nicole's parents house.
I was really dreading the scale this morning, but I felt pretty good about my technique (AKA Tammy Technique - take a bite or two and throw it away) and it mostly paid off! Nicole and I are only up .5 today! Pretty easy to recover from.. I'm just about headed to the gym and then it's lunch time with Nicole. I think if her exhaustion and coughing subside a little more she'll make it back to the gym this week!
Duncan is wiped out today! Lots of sleeping and tons of snoring along with it! He had so much fun swimming yesterday! I just love our water loving lab!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Amazing things are happening again!
First of all, Nicole is feeling better! She worked 2 full days in a row while struggling with a little exhaustion, but last night the wedding excitement helped her to get through that. I swear we talked more (Gosh I missed that) last night till like 11pm (keep in mind I had to get up @ 5am!) than we had in 2 full weeks combined! It was great for sure! She's still taking it easy, resting as much as possible cause we want this to completely go away!
Secondly, yesterday I hit a new low, well it's a this time around new low. About 2 years ago I had lost 40lbs. After gaining just about half of it back, today & yesterday I'm only 5lbs away from that! THEN, anything beyond that will truly be a NEW low! SO exciting. I've made it to the gym 4 days this week, yesterday was my only resting day and I plan on going today\tomorrow. Going definitely promotes eating right, energy and weight loss of course! It's literally just GOING to the gym. :) Sometimes easier said than done! haha
Thirdly, the Help Desk Analyst III position was just posted at my work & I applied!!This will be a leadership\Senior role and it's something I've been working extremely hard for! It's hopefully 1 of 2 openings as there are 2 of us going for it, but just the 1 so far gives me a 50/50 chance! I'm staying optimistic, but being careful at the same time. I am definitely ready for this! I'll keep you posted!
Fourthly, my sweet sickie Nicole sent me a cute little bouquet of flowers to work yesterday! It was a thank you for taking care of her! :) I'm enjoying them for a second day at work and looking forward to bringing them home to enjoy some more! So love them, thanks Honey!
Lastly, we met with our AWESOME DJ yesterday! DJ Scuba in DA HOUSE! We talked about everything we want and expect and we just know he's gonna kill it! Look forward to dancing your butts off @ our wedding! Yes you too PREGO! ;) We also met with Tracy Murphy, she's kind enough to take on our wedding cake! We've decided to definitely scale back the dessert buffet idea and go with a full on cake. Both super happy with our decision and just know she's going to do a wonderful job on it!
Thanks again everyone for all your thoughts and prayers! They've been received and felt and things are looking better for Duncan's Mommies!
Secondly, yesterday I hit a new low, well it's a this time around new low. About 2 years ago I had lost 40lbs. After gaining just about half of it back, today & yesterday I'm only 5lbs away from that! THEN, anything beyond that will truly be a NEW low! SO exciting. I've made it to the gym 4 days this week, yesterday was my only resting day and I plan on going today\tomorrow. Going definitely promotes eating right, energy and weight loss of course! It's literally just GOING to the gym. :) Sometimes easier said than done! haha
Thirdly, the Help Desk Analyst III position was just posted at my work & I applied!!This will be a leadership\Senior role and it's something I've been working extremely hard for! It's hopefully 1 of 2 openings as there are 2 of us going for it, but just the 1 so far gives me a 50/50 chance! I'm staying optimistic, but being careful at the same time. I am definitely ready for this! I'll keep you posted!
Fourthly, my sweet sickie Nicole sent me a cute little bouquet of flowers to work yesterday! It was a thank you for taking care of her! :) I'm enjoying them for a second day at work and looking forward to bringing them home to enjoy some more! So love them, thanks Honey!
Lastly, we met with our AWESOME DJ yesterday! DJ Scuba in DA HOUSE! We talked about everything we want and expect and we just know he's gonna kill it! Look forward to dancing your butts off @ our wedding! Yes you too PREGO! ;) We also met with Tracy Murphy, she's kind enough to take on our wedding cake! We've decided to definitely scale back the dessert buffet idea and go with a full on cake. Both super happy with our decision and just know she's going to do a wonderful job on it!
Thanks again everyone for all your thoughts and prayers! They've been received and felt and things are looking better for Duncan's Mommies!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Rough week - Not so great news!
Welp, I'm sick of Nicole being sick! LOL I'm sure she's even more sick of it! We're ready to resume life as we know it and with her and this nasty Pneumonia she's got we just can't! She took a couple steps forward over the weekend, but by Sunday night she took a step back and then this morning was even worse! She tried to work, then went to her follow up appt... not so great afterall. Dr. wasn't very pleased with her progress, she definitely has viral Pneumonia. :/ The antibiotics and Rocephin shot have only givin her immune system a boost, not fixed the problem! They gave her another shot and told her to rest. A few more days off work at least. Fortunately, work is very understanding and there's no worries, they just want her to get well. We're hoping she continues to fight this off as well as she has been (hard to say that, but it's true) on her own so she won't need to be hospitalized. Please keep the prayers and thoughts coming! We've got life, a wedding and all that fun stuff to move forward with!! ;)
My Dad is out of the hospital, it was his COPD (includes Chronic Bronchitis and Emphazyma) and he was just worn down. He's on oxygen and was told to never smoke again. He's on the patch, but he definitely needs strength and will power!
Amie had her little man, Caden Jack VanDenBurg and he's an adorable lil guy! Was 4lbs 11oz and 17inches long. I finally got to go visit her in the hospital and I sure wish she was doing better. Poor thing she's had a lot of complications and just now got Caden in her room. Dr. told her she has got to get some sleep and hopefully now that he's in her room she can rest easy especially with the help of her Mom and Holly!
I've had a 3 day weekend, it was both productive and relaxing, but it's coming to an end. Back to the work grind tomorrow! I start my Sun\Mon off shifts for the next two months, I'm looking forward to it. I enjoy having Sunday's off. It's sort of a family day, Saturday's feel like play days! :) Anyhow, please keep my family and my most important woman in your thoughts and prayers! Everyone needs to get well fast!
Ciao ~ Jen
My Dad is out of the hospital, it was his COPD (includes Chronic Bronchitis and Emphazyma) and he was just worn down. He's on oxygen and was told to never smoke again. He's on the patch, but he definitely needs strength and will power!
Amie had her little man, Caden Jack VanDenBurg and he's an adorable lil guy! Was 4lbs 11oz and 17inches long. I finally got to go visit her in the hospital and I sure wish she was doing better. Poor thing she's had a lot of complications and just now got Caden in her room. Dr. told her she has got to get some sleep and hopefully now that he's in her room she can rest easy especially with the help of her Mom and Holly!
I've had a 3 day weekend, it was both productive and relaxing, but it's coming to an end. Back to the work grind tomorrow! I start my Sun\Mon off shifts for the next two months, I'm looking forward to it. I enjoy having Sunday's off. It's sort of a family day, Saturday's feel like play days! :) Anyhow, please keep my family and my most important woman in your thoughts and prayers! Everyone needs to get well fast!
Ciao ~ Jen
Friday, June 11, 2010
Day after Dr.'s appt!
Today has been a good good dayyyyy... Nicole is feeling better, did a LOT of resting and drank Water and Gatorade as well as ate pretty good. The coughing, well it's kinda of weirding me out how much it's just not there. I'm crossing my fingers for it to only continue to get better!
I heard from my Dad today and he's no longer in ICU Isolation, but still going to be in the hospital for a few days. He's got Chronic Bronchitis and COPD and was told he can never smoke again for the rest of his life! He says he's done cause he's had 2 full days now and I think because this has scared him half to death, sort of literally. :/ Let's hope he gets well and can stay strong enough to stay sober and smoke free!
WE logged into our knot.com page and it said 70 DAYS!! Can't believe it... as Nicole shouts, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO and I gently remind her, We have everything in place! Which we really do, so I'm not worried! ;) Although she is the wedding GURU so maybe I should be HAHA!
I heard from my Dad today and he's no longer in ICU Isolation, but still going to be in the hospital for a few days. He's got Chronic Bronchitis and COPD and was told he can never smoke again for the rest of his life! He says he's done cause he's had 2 full days now and I think because this has scared him half to death, sort of literally. :/ Let's hope he gets well and can stay strong enough to stay sober and smoke free!
WE logged into our knot.com page and it said 70 DAYS!! Can't believe it... as Nicole shouts, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO and I gently remind her, We have everything in place! Which we really do, so I'm not worried! ;) Although she is the wedding GURU so maybe I should be HAHA!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Pneumonia Schneumonia
Our lives have come to a screeching halt in the last week or so since Nicole has become sick with Pneumonia. It all actually started last week with a cough. She happened to be going to the Dr. for something else so she asked about it. Dr. pushed it off as Allergies and put her on a nasal spray, no help whatsoever and on Sat\Sun she started having trouble breathing and the coughing became unbearable. We went to Urgent care Sunday night where they gave her a breathing treatment (helped for about 30 mins) then put her on Antibiotics and an Inhaler, but after being patient and giving it 4 days with no improvement we went back to the Dr. today. They gave her a shot on the booty (very sore) that should "jump start" her body along with a new "Grouping of Antibiotics" which are the strongest and last resort for her. If this doesn't help and get her feeling MUCH better by Sat\Sun we are supposed to go back to Urgent Care. Next step, hospital. We're trying to stay positive, but we miss normalcy and being able to GSD!
I've been working my butt off both @ home and work and I'm ready for my teammate back! I've enjoyed spending a lot of time with Duncan when we go water the garden together, he's my buddy that's for sure. We're trying to work on "Heel" ~ by far the toughest for him... and us. Consistancy is key, we just gotta remember that!
Our garden looks amazing! So much growing! We've had a few REALLY good Strawberries and cannot wait for our Artichokes to be done!
Baby Ethan Chandler Marina is here and he IS CU-UTE! We cannot wait to meet\see\hold him for the first time!!! Congrats to the Marina's on their new blessing! Hopefully this month, of course barring Nicole get well enough to be around them, we can visit them! Next baby up in our life is Amie's little man, CJ - she's already 2 days late! Thoughts\Prayers your way Amie! Sprout Martling is coming along quite nicely - we cannot wait to watch that belly grow and grow!!!! We're so excited to have all these wonderful people in our lives with such awesome little kiddo's all around! We're enjoying it more than you all know!
On the wedding front, again most things have come to halt. We're exploring our cake options for one. For two we just had to reschedule our appt with our Officient for next week. We have an appt with our DJ and have emailed back our response on our floral proposal - Everything is coming along quite nicely! More to come once the Wedding Guru is back in full force!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes for Nicole. They're most definitely needed and appreciated.
I would like to ask for more prayers and thoughts for my Father who was just admitted yesterday to the hospital for Pneumonia. He is now in ICU and Isolated because it's getting worse and they're not totally sure what exactly he has. Fortunately, he has Mary and though I'd like to be there right now, I've gotta take care of my girl.
Goodnight all,
Jen
I've been working my butt off both @ home and work and I'm ready for my teammate back! I've enjoyed spending a lot of time with Duncan when we go water the garden together, he's my buddy that's for sure. We're trying to work on "Heel" ~ by far the toughest for him... and us. Consistancy is key, we just gotta remember that!
Our garden looks amazing! So much growing! We've had a few REALLY good Strawberries and cannot wait for our Artichokes to be done!
Baby Ethan Chandler Marina is here and he IS CU-UTE! We cannot wait to meet\see\hold him for the first time!!! Congrats to the Marina's on their new blessing! Hopefully this month, of course barring Nicole get well enough to be around them, we can visit them! Next baby up in our life is Amie's little man, CJ - she's already 2 days late! Thoughts\Prayers your way Amie! Sprout Martling is coming along quite nicely - we cannot wait to watch that belly grow and grow!!!! We're so excited to have all these wonderful people in our lives with such awesome little kiddo's all around! We're enjoying it more than you all know!
On the wedding front, again most things have come to halt. We're exploring our cake options for one. For two we just had to reschedule our appt with our Officient for next week. We have an appt with our DJ and have emailed back our response on our floral proposal - Everything is coming along quite nicely! More to come once the Wedding Guru is back in full force!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes for Nicole. They're most definitely needed and appreciated.
I would like to ask for more prayers and thoughts for my Father who was just admitted yesterday to the hospital for Pneumonia. He is now in ICU and Isolated because it's getting worse and they're not totally sure what exactly he has. Fortunately, he has Mary and though I'd like to be there right now, I've gotta take care of my girl.
Goodnight all,
Jen
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