Many many things

I only wish the day had more hours, at leats for this week. I must admit I am no longer used to the late nights at work, so I have been spoiled, and now I am back to them. Was there a point when I enjoyed this? Nawwww never. I still don't.

So today I am trying to take it a little slower and find my desk. I know it is here somewhere...
Fortunately it is Friday and I am very happy for that alone.

It was 2002 and I had been working many long hours when I decided to join a local volleyball league. Those of you who know me well enough to know volleyball is my passion, and probably always will be. However, in 2002 I had a nasty fall one night and ended up in pain. Needless to say 2 knee surgeries later and 2 years later, I thought I would never be the same.

I believe it was August 2004 when I joined Active Duty Fitness. This is the "bootcamp" that I still to this day go. It not only has completely changed how I feel about regular exercise, it has converted me into a morning person. I have met wonderful people who suffer with me every morning and some excellent trainers (that are not out to kill me), who make me a stronger person every day.

This week I found out that I need to have knee surgery, and although it broke my heart and I am coming to terms with it. I will be back to ADF as soon as I can. So wish me luck, later on when I actually go through with it.

More to come later, as I have made friend with the three little deer.

Happy Birthday Andrea!

"There is hope for any woman who can look in the mirror and laugh at what she sees."

Well at least sometimes....
Hope you have a wonderful day with Lee.

Coming Soon

I promise lots of posts are coming soon...
Only if you promise to read and respond.
thanks
elaine

A raccoon!!!!!!!!!!!!! out during the day?

It is about 7:45am and I am having my normal routine with the dogs on a normal morning. I sip my coffee and watch Toby play with the toad in the pool. I listen and watch Brutus as he barks away at the shnouzers. Except he makes a dead stop on his way back as he has encountered a cat. I yell at Brutus and think, please don't kill someone's poor cat. Then I realize that is one BIG cat and as it turns around I notice this is NOT a cat. A raccoon! In bright daylight. I yell at Brutus and I mean I yell bloody murder.

I am sure the neighborhood is very happy with my yelling.

Granted I have not approached Brutus or the raccoon as I am afraid of it. I keep yelling, but they are just standing there looking at each other. Meanwhile I have images in my head of a very bloody raccoon and dog. Raccoons are not known for being nice and Brutus is probably wondering if it will play with him. However, at this point Toby decides something must be happening because I am still yelling. So he goes to explore, and now I am really freaking out.

So my guess is the raccoon saw Toby and figured what the hell am I thinking, I am out-numbered here, and finally ran away. So I normally drag them in the house as I am shaking like a leaf. I have never seen a raccoon before and I must say this was not a good experience so I am happy it will be the last or so I hope. For all I know this raccoon is rabid and I did not find it cute, so I hope it doesn't think our yard is safe home.
So go away raccoon and please don't come back!

Cable Woes

It is wonderful to walk into your house after a long day of work and snuggle up to watch tv.
Right?

Well not for us... We have not had cable since the beginning of July. Now I will explain that we have had at the very least 5 people out to fix the problem, a new line put in from the street to our house, a new box put in, refreshed a box 50+ times and spent countless hours on the phone with customer service.

So we are done, we are officially not customers of Cox Cable.

Now, it wasn't that easy... Why would it be. I spent about 45 minutes just trying to cancel our service, because there is just nothing they can do for us. And they wondered why we wanted to cancel. The customer service person must have tried 15 different ways for me to keep the cable until I finally said, you can't fix the problem, I like to watch tv, period. No more service from you! Well then I also proceeded to cancel our telephone and internet service with them, and that was the tip of the iceberg. Why? How can you? Well you can't provide service in one area why should I keep them all?

Unfortunately we are very disappointed as there is only one choice of cable company.
So satellite HERE WE COME!!!!

The most beautiful thing...

This morning as I was driving back from bootcamp I saw the most beautiful thing I have seen in months.

Every morning I am really care full with deer, as the are we live has tons of them. I was driving back and it is raining this morning, so I am slowing down as I approach a section that I know I am bound to run into deer. There is a damn to the right with wood and on the other side of the road is more wooded areas. I slow down and notice that a deer is watching me, so I come to a complete stop, as I can tell it is going to cross the road. However, mama deer stops in the middle of the road and stares at me (or my car headlights). So I am glad to see the little deer cross the road. The first one being extremely small but he hops along, followed by 3 more of different sizes. At this point I can't help but smile.

Except mama deer doesn't move away from the road and just keeps staring at me, so I stay put hoping she will vacate the road and I can go on my merry way... As I am starting to get annoyed I see a second mama deer come out and now she has switched places with the first mama deer. And out come three little deer, and the proceed to just be completely playful and jump on each other back and forth on the road. I sat in my car enjoying the 5 minute show they put on. I must say, I never grew up watching deer, so this is all still enjoyment to me. However, today I got the spectacle of a lifetime. After the three little deer finally crossed the road and everyone was safe in the woods I continued to drive. Never in my life have I ever seen anything so amazing. I wished I had a camera in my car to take a picture, but alas I guess you are all going to have to wait till next time.

Moments like this make me realize that we are only a small part of the whole and it makes me very happy to live in an area where I can enjoy this precious beauty.

Have a wonderful labor day weekend!