I drove hubby 'just crazy enough' to not want to do it again.....

Okay...so a very rough week turns out to have a wonderful, happy ending...at least in my book! The whole car situation nonsense changed for the better yesterday when hubs and I headed out just to play around with purchasing a new car. Honestly, I wasn't sure we'd even qualify, but it turns out hubs has almost a perfect credit score....even better than ME!!! (When did that happen)????  And I was always the QUEEN of trying to keep a good credit score! Ooooh...look out.....it's  SO ON!!

After spending an almost 12 hour day cooped up together riding around to my various visits in his car yesterday he was MORE than happy to take me car shopping!  I must say, we did fare much better this time, you know, in the getting along department.  We were pretty civil to each other.  There were a few times I wanted to scream at his sarcasm and I know he was getting so totally annoyed with me bringing every dog out to introduce them to him...."But, honey...they're sooooo cute!  Don't you want to put a face to a name when I tell you all my doggy and kitty stories each night?"

Hubs wanted a quiet, peaceful day off today, Friday....translation....we're buying you a new car! WHOOHOO!! Well, not new...used...but NEW TO ME!!! Shiny and bright with no poop in the trunk! It's a cute, little Toyota Matrix and I LOVE IT!!!! Usually the highlights of my day are the pet visits but, today, ooohhh, forgive me little canine and feline creatures...today it was the driving! I LOVE IT!!!!! FUNNY-I did not have enough $$$$$ to rent a car for a few days but somehow we "had" enough $$$$ to buy a car!! Only in America!!! I LOVE this country!!!

So...getting back to the reason I started this blog....the forty pounds...I actually felt skinnier in the shower this morning.  You know how some days you just feel skinnier? Translation....I could see my feet-ha-ha! Well, I weighed myself after I dried my hair and...there it was...169.0!! Yes!!!! So, what did I do??? I went out for pizza to celebrate!!!! heeheeheehee Tomorrow I'll talk about some of the changes I've made in these few weeks.  I HAVE changed some bad habits and I'm amazed at how my body is adjusting very quickly to the new habits!  I believe your body wants and craves what is best for it and when you give it a little of that you see and feel good things in return...but...enough about that for tonight....I have, uh, somewhere I have to uh, drive to....yeah..that's it....I have somewhere to drive to....the car is calling and I must answer!!!

Have a great night!!!

"Isn't this the pooch mobile??"

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! It's been a rough week!  I finally got over my vicious 4 day headache and my tummy stopped hurting yesterday and I was all set to come home after a long day of work and excercise when...crash...bump...bang...smoke....funny smell....what is happening?????? Did I hit something?  Did I run over a body? Because that's what it felt like!!! We figured out that I did something to my transmission and the car just stopped moving altogether. There was trasmission fluid all over the roadway. For any of you who live around here, it happened on Hopeful Church Road. Not fun when tons of snow line the roadways and there is no shoulder on which to pull over.  Luckily, there must have been a cop a few cars behind me and he came right up behind me and put on his lights.  What an angel. I called for roadside assistance. "Due to the circumstances in your area, the wait will be at least 60 minutes." Oh dear...the cop said it couldn't wait that long and he would call for me.  I asked him to call Florence Frame & Body...they had been wonderful to me back in November. He did.  The tow truck driver recognized me right away..."Isn't this the pooch mobile?" he said. (I'm a pet sitter and dog walker). I'm not going to repeat what I thought he said, but then I got it!  "Yeah..it's me again!" I'm glad I got the same guy, Steve, because he is very nice. He didn't even make me pay for the tow last night! He said to just pay when I could.

So now I'm carless and hubs is driving me to all my visits today.  Ohhhh...NOT a happy camper(him)! But he's putting on his game face because that's what has to be done.  And I appreciate that very much.  It's just that, well, the last time we tried this we got into a huge fight and he dropped me off at the rental car place and drove away!  I must say I was pushing his buttons pretty good that time. I'll have to try to be nicer today.  Thanks, hubby! You might want to bring a good book!

So, anyway...I never wanted this blog to be about anything other than losing the forty pounds, but I have to make an exception here to tell you why I am so slack in writing.  As soon as I get this car thing figured out, I will GET BACK TO BUSINESS!!! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!

Tummy Troubles....

Oh dear...I think I ate too much fiber!!! At least that's what I thought was causing my tummy to feel yucky all weekend!  And, BOY...did it come with a dose of a WHOPPING headache! Now, the headache, I think, I will attribute to the quitting of the coffee cold turkey! Bad idea! I quit Saturday and slept all morning and when I woke up the headache was RAGING and it lasted pretty much through this morning (Tuesday). I had coffee this morning(I had to see if that was it). I feel a million times better! Except for the tummy troubles....every time I eat something it really hurts. I'm getting to the point where I almost dread eating something.  And anyone who knows me, knows that is CRAZY! I LOVE TO EAT! But that's why I haven't blogged lately and I have no creative juices flowing.  I feel too yucky. So I'm going to look up some of these symptoms and try to get myself straightened out. Oh yeah-I weighed myself on Saturday and I was 170. So, no change other than losing the one pound I gained. Eek!!