Monday, January 31, 2011

Yogi and his cone head!


This past Saturday we discovered Yogi going crazy biting and licking his lower back... we took a closer look and saw he was irritating about a quarter sized area of skin, so much that some of the hair was gone!

We were lucky enough to get an appointment today (Monday) - the doctor called the area a  "hot spot".  So he got the area shaved, a steroid to stop the need to itch, and some topical antibiotic!  Also a super awesome cone. 

He's so adorable running into door frames and knocking over stuff!! 




Friday, January 28, 2011

Getting busy on the quilt

It's been almost a year since i cut the fabric... Now im finally making the blocks!







Message sent from phone.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Monday, January 24, 2011

week 1 - diet disaster

The high hopes i had last week for my diet just so happen to be the same hopes I had for the past, oh, 2 years. Unfortunately. 

Each day I did fantastic during the day (while at work) - watching my serving size, not getting caffeine in the morning. really great - about 400-600 calories intake by 2:30 when I'd leave. 

Then I get home, and bam: Yogi puppy needs attention, I need blog and gossip release/unwind -- which just drives me to snack b/c I'm stressed out from work and then I'm stressed out when I get home because I just can't sit down and breathe! 
Literally, I took in between 1200-2000 or so calories each night. how depressing.

The only positive is that I started getting new recipes and cooking with a lot better ingredients. so my dinner was great, it was just all those crackers or snacks before and after.

The remedy:
Set small goals. 

1) now that my knee gaining back strength, start taking yogi on short walks after work. and hopefully I can gain the confidence to start running again.
2) get healthier, easy to grab snacks. I LOVE crackers. a serious addict. this is always the diet killer for me, and the hardest hurdle to tackle. hopefully i can start getting the same satisfaction from another food that I get from crackers.