Wordless Wednesday | Holidays

I haven't been feeling well lately and my picture taking has lacked considerably. Here are a couple of my favorites from the holidays. :)

Christmas Eve with my little family.

How cute is this guy?! He loves his Christmas toy pup. <3

Happy Wednesday!

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Spending my days with this sleepy head is the best.

 

He's using my sweater as a pillow.
So spoiled :)

Hope you have a great day!

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Happy Wednesday!

 

Here's a little bit of what I've been up to. :)

 

Brought in the New Year feeling great!

Declared 2014 the "Year of the Selfie" ;)

Lots of driving around with this cutie <3

More "Selfies"

Reuniting with my college roomie after 8 years!

 

Hope you have a great day!



Happy Holidays and more!

I'm back! Yay! I know in my last post I promised to blog soon and of course life got in the way. But I'm here and plan to update you all on what I've been up to!

I'd like to do separate posts about everything but I'll try to sum it up here to give you a bit of a preview. :)

I officially started Jenny Craig at the end of September and I'm 3 months in! I've lost 15lbs and feel wonderful! I'm learning how to eat all over again and exercising a lot of self control! Dieting like this during the holidays is a challenge and I'm so proud of what I've accomplished so far.


For Thanksgiving I headed out to Colorado Springs, CO to visit my sister and mom. I got stuck in my first snow storm and was constantly amazed by the beautiful snow-filled landscape. My sisters German Shepherd, Kilo, kept me entertained and gave me lots of love when I was missing my fur-baby at home. I also met up with a friend I met through Facebook when our husbands went through training together! It was a great day! I'll give you a full update on my trip as soon as I can. :)

My sisters front yard :)

Look at that face! My "nephew", Kilo. :)

Amanda and I. Love this girl!

As soon as I got back from my trip I began decorating for Christmas! I absolutely love this time of year! I decorated the house and sent out holiday cards to friends, family and Amanda's Somewhere Over the Camo holiday card exchange. I also made a cake for my brother-in-laws 15th birthday and went to a "costume" party for my best friends birthday. That was all in the last couple of weeks! This past Friday my husband and I also went to his Judo Club's holiday party and had so much fun! :)

My sweet boy in front of our tree.

Holiday cards were sent out!

My brother-in-law's birthday cake.
 

"Costume" Party with my Bestie! :)

This week my Mom has been in town and we've been spending a lot of time together. Tonight we will be having dinner at my brother's house and then it's Christmas! I'm so happy to be back blogging and hope I can catch you up even more in the next coming weeks.

Happy Holidays!

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Here's some silliness from Rocky. This is his waking up, stretch it out and lick his face look! Lol.

I hope you have an amazing day!

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This is how Rocky likes to sleep on my lap.

Silly pup.

 

 

He makes me smile :)

 

Hope you're having a great Wednesday!

 

My Birthday Week (in pictures)

Yesterday I turned the big 2-8! It was a great day and wonderful reminder of how truly blessed and grateful I am for all my friends and family.

My birthday week officially started on Sunday when my great friend/co-worker invited me out for lunch. We were chatting and having a great time when I told her how much I've been wanting to go to the beach. She had the great idea of going right after lunch and we were off! 

 

It was an overcast day but I had such a great time and loved digging my toes in the sand. 

After a much needed day off from all the excitement from the day before, Tuesday was my next birthday outing!

My Aunt took me to a wonderful day at the nail spa with a mani-pedi and full leg,arm and shoulder massages! It was my first pedicure since I was 13 years old and very first massage of any kind. Lets just say those massages hurt so good! Lol. It took a little bit of pain to feel that relaxed! ;)

After our spa appointment we headed over to lunch and a little shopping. It was so much fun! I didn't get any pictures from that day so here is a picture of my lovely nail colors and a little drawing I posted on my instagram a week before my birthday as a hint to family. ;)

Later that night I met up with my friend Stephanie for some Sushi! She gave me some sweet gifts and did some much needed catching up. 

On Wednesday I received two large packages from my mom and sister. They both came at the same time! My sister sent me a custom made birthday card along with comfy sweat pants and make-up. She's the best! 

My mom got me this beautiful humming bird feeder and super soft pajama pants as well as a sleep mask. I loved everything and I'm so grateful to have such wonderful ladies in my life!

Yesterday was my big day and it was great! I woke up to a ton of messages on my phone from loved ones. After replying to as many as I could, my husband and I got ready and went out to lunch at Outback Steakhouse. It was so good and I had a great time with my hubby. :)

We then headed off to the market to pick up some carne asada and veggies to BBQ later. After watching our L.A. Kings play we had dinner with my husbands family.

With all the excitement of the week it ended with me blowing out the candles and making a wish!

We also celebrated Rocky's 4th birthday yesterday! It's been some of the best years of my life and I'm so grateful to have this little guy around. :)

Tomorrow I'll be heading over to my Dad's house for lunch, swimming and a final birthday celebration! Have I mentioned how much I love my family and friends?! Lol. :)

I hope to be blogging more but it's still hard without a computer. I'll be catching up a lot this weekend with all my bloggy friends!

Have a great weekend!!

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Poor baby. Rocky has been through the ringer these past couple days. Vet yesterday for skin allergies and groomers today. Also, meds for the next couple weeks. He'll be back to his old self in no time!

Back to regular blogging soon! :)

Tough Day

Yesterday was a tough day. For the past couple days I've been having horrible back pain. Everything is uncomfortable.

The last time this happened I ended up in the emergency room. I've been taking lots of meds and ice to help but nothing is working very well. :(

I've been cuddling with Rocky and trying to sleep this off. I'm so physically drained right now. Hoping for some relief today. Can't wait to get better and leave this all behind me.

Have you ever had a painful injury? What helped you get through it?

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Rocky got a new toy. :)

Busy Weekend

First, I'd like to thank those that left such sweet words on my last post. I'm not fully recovered but I'm working on getting better every day. :)

Well I had a pretty busy weekend! For the first time in a long time I had things going on for me both Saturday and Sunday! It was refreshing to know that I could handle it. One day at a time.

Saturday was a sad day. My husband's best friend had to lay his dog Samson to rest. I'd never been to a pet funeral or new that they even had them but understood that this dog was part of our family and I had to be there to support our friend. It was a very emotional morning with lots of tears. I came home and hugged Rocky just a little tighter that night.

After the funeral we went out to eat at one of my favorite places, Brent's Deli. It's a pretty popular local place and is always packed! They serve pickles at every table and most of the waitresses are middle aged Jewish women with raspy voices. I love it! Ha ha.

I ordered my usual. Matzo Ball Soup and Mini Latkes (potato pancakes). It's the half Jewish girl in me that grew up with this food and take advantage of any moment to indulge in it! We ate and reminisced about all the great times we had with Samson and toasted our meal to him. We're definitely dog people, friends!

 This was my yummy meal! 

We headed back home after lunch and spent time with our little man. He ran around with my husband for a while and I snapped some pictures of his sweet face.

Just hanging out in Wan's truck. I think I might frame this! :)

Finally it was time to settle in for the night with a good 'ol fashion hockey game! I always get so excited on game days. I love my LA Kings and after a 5 game winning streak I was so looking forward to another win. Sadly, that didn't happen. We lost and I was sad. Just need to brush that one off and look forward to tonight's game! :)

Sunday was a very low key day. I made plans with one of my dearest friends Dani and we had a great time. It's been months since I've seen this girl but we caught up like we saw each other yesterday! She's been one of my closest friends since middle school. 17 years! I love that we're still close. :)

After brunch we snapped this as we were saying our goodbye's. 

Hopefully we'll get together again soon!

So there's my weekend! It had it's highs and lows and I'm just so happy I got out of the house!

I hope you all had a great weekend! :)

Lazy Days

Happy Sunday friends!

My husband and I are spending the day with my Dad. He likes to see us about once a week and make us breakfast. I'm a Daddy's girl and love to spend time with him. He lights up everytime he sees Rocky and that makes me so happy.

We picked up some Starbucks and I got my Chai Soy Latte fix for the month. Love that stuff!

 

 

Rocky and I went outside and got some Vitamin D. It is such a beautiful day here in California. I love this place sometimes! ;)

 

 

 

I hope you are having a great weekend! :)



Friday's Letters

 

Dear February, you are half way done and I am so thankful for everything that has happened in this month so far. I got great news from my doctor, celebrated a lovely belated anniversary with my man and still have more to do before the month is done!

 

Sushi anniversary date with my wonderful husband. Yum!

 

Dear Rocky, thank you for being the best dog I could have ever asked for. I love you so much and love our time together. You are always there for me and know when to give me kisses when I'm upset.

 

 

Dear Wan, I love you so much. You are always there for me and provide me with strength when I feel too weak. You are the best husband I could have ever asked for and I am truly blessed to have you by my side. These next few months will be hard on us both but I know we'll get through it like we always have these last 8 years. <3

 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

It's Ok

 

I am so happy to be able to finally take advantage of my first link-up! I've been following Neely for a little while and saw she hosted this great link-up! I'm still pretty new at this and I hope I'm doing it right. A lot has been going on with me and I'm finding that my blog and the support I get from it is so wonderful I should be sharing a lot more! The husband got Assassins Creed III for Christmas so that gives me lots of extra time on our computer now! Lol.

 

Without further interruption, please enjoy my first "It's Ok Thursdays"!

 

It's Ok...

 

To not want the Christmas season to end and have to put away all my pretty decorations. :(

 

To be scared of the possibility of a very complex back surgery in my future. Everyone is telling me to go ahead with it, but the thought of being cut open and spending a few nights in the hospital scares me.

 

To be sad that my Mom and Sister couldn't make it for Christmas this year. I miss both of them so much! Hoping Mom will make it out here in a couple of weeks!

 

That I've been sleeping so much lately. The holidays have kept me pretty active which takes it's toll on me physically. I sleep because my body needs to heal and the meds keep me tired!

 

To not be sure of anything any more. The future and my plans are so up in the air these days. I need to be patient and know that things will fall into place when the time is right.

 

To have my phone full of pictures of this little guy. He makes me so happy! I was blessed with the best fur baby in the world!

 

My cuddle buddy, Rocky <3

 

 



Blogger App and Randoms

Since I've been home with my injury I've been spending a lot of time on my iPod touch. It's no iPad but it does the job. My laptop is a bit too bulky when I have to lie on my back :/. I decided that I would get the Blogger app and see how well it does. So far so good!

Today is another lazy day. I usually stick to one errand a day because it's pretty painful getting around. But there are no errands today!

Tomorrow my husband and I will be taking Rocky to my Dads house. My dog Rocky has some separation anxiety issues that we have been working on. Unfortunately, we can't leave him home alone without him barking the whole time. So we're going to leave him with my Dad while we head over to my appointment with my neurosurgeon on Monday morning.

I'll keep you posted on how that goes. I'm praying that this surgery happens sooner than later! This experience has really taught me how precious our bodies and health are. I will get healthy after this and do everything I can to strengthen myself for good.

My husband and I talk about starting a family all the time. It may take a little longer to start because of my health but I'm hoping next year will be our baby making year!

There are my Randoms for the day! I hope you enjoy your weekend! :)