I have been working out on my elyptical for weeks now and yes, this particular machine of mine kicks my butt! On Thursday I decided to go for a run outside, ran (slowly with some walking in there) 3 miles. Love the runners high! Friday I took a run but only ran 1.5 miles because I stopped to talk with a neighbor, I was too cold to go on. Now I am having symptoms of shin splints or myalfasia pain syndrome, or Fibro. The shins hurt to touch them, sometimes my shins feel like they are spasming, and at night I am experiencing RLS (maybe, not sure... I've had RLS in the past and the symptoms are similar but the shins hurt!).

I am contemplating going to the pool but I am thinking I may just let my legs rest today. I didn't exercize yesterday and they still hurt. Maybe this is something that will take a few days to overcome.

I finally started a new picture! For the longest time I could just sit down, put pencil to paper, then sit back and enjoy the process. I hate it when I have blocks like I just went through!

Poor old King had received a terrible injury from a diaper he was wearing (the boy is almost 15 and has lost control of his bladder) and after weeks of meds and carefulplacement of a makeship diaper, the injury would not heal. So the Vet had to perform a minor operation to stictch up the gapping wound. In all honesty, they weren't sure he would make it through the operation but he did. He will be wearing the Elizabethan collar for a while... I feel so bad for him to have to wear the collar and the diaper... the diaper is bad enough.

I recently started making lapghans for charity. I got out my stash of yarn, bought some newer yarn and my fingers have been flying, crocheting lapghans and granny squares. Yesterday, while at Walmart, I was checking out the yarn and discovered a yarn by Caron and was shocked to see that it is made from recycled plastic bottles! the yarn is very strong, soft, and the colors are gorgeous! I wanted to buy some right there and then but I have so much yarn already so I am trying to go through the yarn I presently have!

I have been doing a lot of studying for my Arbonne business, there is a lot to learn! In the meantime I am speaking with people about having a show at there home. So far I have one scheduled, I will be hosting one myself, and I have two or three other ladies that want to have shows in March. If anyone here in cyberspace is interested in ordering Arbonne products let me know and I will be glad to process your order!

I have decided I need to work out more. Sometimes it is hard to get to the pool everyday right now so I have been usiing my Elyptical machine. I also have some hand weights that I use several times a day to help get my upper torso in shape. I am doing stretches on and off throughout the day, and will be adding other exercizes to my list. I have several tapes: tae Bo, belly dancing, "Be a Loser" and a few others that I can work out with. Every little bit helps, yes?

Well, for some reason I am getting no sales on Etsy, Artfire, and Ebay. Nothing. So I started looking around for some kind of home biz I can do that should bring in some money (besides the Pet Sitting jobs). I went to an Arbonne Party and was really impressed with the products! So I had a party at my house and I was shocked at how many people actually bought stuff (considering the economy the way it is). So I decided to give it the ole college try. Then I ran into a problem...  ever since I decided to be an Arbonne Consultant my creativity seems to have dried up! I sit staring at the paper while holding a pencil and not a single spark ignites. I research through my art books, Mucha books, Waterhouse books, all kinds of books but my mind stays blank! One good thing that comes of this is when I get frustrated I pick up my crochet and work on an afghan or granny square (I have started making afghans to give to charities [ one can only have so many afghans in a house!])

So, what do you do when you find yourself in a situation like this?

Our 10th Anniversary is coming up in April and we haven't decided on a destination. We have thought about: Cancun, Sedona, AZ, Florida, The Caribbean, Costa Rica... but can't really come up with anything that catches our interest.

Both of us would prefer an adult only place... the one and only Cruise we went on there was a kid that had chicken pox and I had never had chicken pox...
What we are looking for is a peaceful place, quiet, has some physical activities such as hiking, biking, swimming, snorkeling... my husband simply can not sit still for long, me- I can enjoy sitting on the beach, reading, writing, drawing, having people wait on me (this is a rare occurance), meeting people and making friends, and participating in some activities. And definitely somewhere in the South where it is warm.

Any ideas?

Today I am really tired. I stayed up really late - midnight... I'm not the young thing I was when I stayed up for 24 hours straight! I know better than to stay up that late but sometimes I just didn't get enough crochet time or there is something special on TV like The Inaugural which I forgot was yesterday. I guess I will have to watch it on the computer.

I was thinking about this last night, will Obama still claim he is African American now that he is President?

I am trully glad a man of color has become Our leader, maybe now this hate nonsense will go away! He will be a role model for other men of color because he shows them that they ,too, can further themselves, that there is no stigma to have an education and become someone.(An African American friend told me this - her words not mine.)

Up until now I have liked the outfits that the First Lady has worn but the gown she wore last night was not to my taste. I would have liked to see her in a more flattering dress, red or any other color, with an over the shoulder strap. I wonder what Co-Jo had to say about it?