This is our house plan, at least it was before we gave it to the builder (whydoesntmybuilderhaveawebsite) and he enlarged it and tweaked it.  We’re still tweaking, but its basically the same.  I love it. 

Marshall and I are arguing a bit over the roof - I must have the clay roof, or I’d rather change houses.  Just the beginning of the fun.  I remember building a fence with Marshall and building a deck with him too.  Its a wonder we came out of it alive.  Wonder how the house building will go? 

Im not sure how much of this I would be allowed by ePlans to show, so Ill give you the link in case you want to explore this house - maybe for your own use?  Its called Desert Oasis - sounds lovely too, eh?

I really love these built in cabinets as well as the floor color (we are doing stained concrete).  I also love the rock around the bathtub in the background.  I don’t like it quite as well close up, but I do love the idea of the rock.  Marshall LOVES rock and I made him give it up on the exterior, maybe he would like some in the shower area.

Here it is close up:

Smoke-Free: 56 days, 5 hours, 1 minute and 58 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1686

Money Saved: $378.00

SOMEBODY GIVE ME A PRIZE.

Im also aiming for 15 miles of walking/running a week, but coming closer to 11, but have only missed two days of walking since I started this madness at the end of January.  Go me.

I have cut all of the big carbs out of my life - pasta, potatoes, corn, peas, bread. 

My God, I have lost my mind. 

My goal is to be 105 pounds like Paris Hilton.   :)  Really my goal is 150.  I am an inch taller than her.  But It never hurts to aim big. 

Im going to start throwing up stuff about our house - we are getting ready to build and I want to be able to refer to some of these things wherever I go (Im going back to Knoxville to visit in a couple of weeks).  And might seek some opinion as well, since I am neither a home builder or an interior designer.  Did you know I did one semester of Interior Design at the University of Tennessee?  Blah.  Not up my alley.  Might need your help if you’re still hanging out here at all.  Thanks. 

Now, where is my prize?

Walked 11.2 miles

Average blood sugars – 149 mm/dl

Lost 4 pounds

Blood pressure average – 115/76

Smoke-Free: 46 days

Your Quit Date is:  1/8/2009 4:00:00 PM

Time Smoke-Free: 28 days, 16 hours, 24 minutes and 27 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 860

Lifetime Saved:  6 days, 13 hours

Money Saved: $195.75

Go me.

Exercise yesterday:  45 min walk/jog/sprint, 15 min upper body weights

Morning BP – 120/72

Blood glucose averaged high at 225, but that was only 2 readings.

I’ve had a lovely walk this morning – spring is coming!  I hope you have a happy Friday!

For posterity and for my mother, who loves to harass me about my health, here starts the record.  FYI, I am type 2 diabetic, and my sugars, cholesterol and blood pressure have been out of control this past few months.  I am working hard on getting it together now.

The good stuff is that I quit smoking 27 days ago, and while Im not going to tell you exactly how fat I am, I am 20 pounds less than I was 6 months ago.  w00t for me.  Our scales are dead, so Ill only be able to pick up weight loss every great once in a while.  So here goes.

As of yesterday, Feb 3, 2009: 

26 days smoke free

30 min walk/jog/sprint

Morning BP:  114/80

Average blood glucose for the day (3 measures):  185 (this is down from what I suspect was an average of about 280 2 weeks ago.

Let it be known that I had a huge case of the munchies yesterday and still feel like I could eat an entire large jar of peanut butter.  I guess that’s better than a large bag of skittles or a gallon of ice cream.  Maybe.

Hope you have a great day!

I love my pajamas - I have sort of a jammie fetish I guess. I have tons of them, and I love them, and if no one outside of my family is going to see me for the rest of the night - why not? Although, my jammies are so great I secretly don't mind people coming over.

2008Snow21, originally uploaded by happycplntx.

Better get the No-man up here so he doesn’t feel gyped out of a starring role.

2008Snow02, originally uploaded by happycplntx.

And this is tonight - the kids are going to be sick as dogs in a day or two. But damn! We have snow!

2008Snow12, originally uploaded by happycplntx.

Winter has arrived in BCS! This is as much snow as I have seen in the 6 years I have lived here. Yesterday it was hot, I had the windows open and a fan blowing on me, and I was STILL. SWEATING.