I just noticed EP has a new feature called EPinions....where you can review various weight loss and fittness products....it must be brand new because I did not see any reviews yet....but that is pretty cool....because that is information we all share all the time anyway and now it will be in one handy location.

OK...where to start on me and my life issues....... I saw my regular Dr yesterday.....he said the report on my stress test was good....he said we are still going to keep an eye on my cholesterol...this time I remembered to ask what it was....it was 239....and my bad was 146.....so he drew it again....I think if I'm bringing it down on my own....he won't throw another pill at me....but I remember my Dad had a dickens of a time with his....so I may have some heriditary stuff too.....then I asked...what about this cough?...He said we are going to change your B/P med....I was on Lisopril...which is a Ace Inhibitor...which it is pretty common to cause a dry hacky cough...so now I'm on Norvasc....I didn't tell him that I had the cough before I was on the lisopril...cuz I think I was also smoking then....so now I guess we are eleiminating possible cough causes...and seeing....he asked how the no smoking was going...I said great...he said good maybe we can get you off the welbrutin soon...I said I don't want to be off that...because I feel really good now that I'm on it.....so I go back in 3 weeks...to see how my cough and cholestrol are doing. Today is my first physical therapy...for my back and hip....I'm anxious to get those body parts healthy so I can start exercising again.

My MIL is driving Bill and I absolutely nuts.....she thinks she is having problems with her ears....but 4 doctors have told her there is nohing wrong with her ears....it is long and complicated...sometimes she says her ears are closing up and sometimes she says they hurt....but they even did and MRI and there is nothing wrong....but she won't listen to reason and Bill and I are just beside our selves......it is to the point I don't even want to be in the same room alone because she will corner me and start saying crazy things....like yesterday she said she hs it figured out ...that at this rate her ears will be completely closed by Mar 14.....I think I'm going to call her octor before her next appointment and see if this fixation on her ears is part of the alzhiemers...or something.

We made our B&B reservations yesterday for Santa Fe and Taos....we didn't get into the one I wanted in Taos....they are pretty busy due to Spring Break skiers....but still found a nice one....I didn't realize there would be snow....I'm not a cold weather person.....we were going for the art....and to get away....alone.....no crazy talk of ears.

Just got a call from my doctor's office as I'm writing this...my cholesteral yesterday was 323.....so he said I could continue with my diet....I'm doing good.....yay...me...!!!!

We got a new vacum cleaner yesterday and I told Bill that I was going to tell everyone he got me a new vacum cleaner for Valentines day!!!!!....Which I would actually be OK with ....because this is the one we got......I really didn't want to spend that much on a vacum cleaner.....but once I realized it has a 5 year warranty....and we have needed a new vacum about every year...year and a half.....it really made more financial sense.

Really I got these gorgeous blue topaz, saphire and diamond earings for VD....you got to hand it to Bill...the man knows how to buy jewelry!  They are similar to these.

A friend shared this quote on Facebook......

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass; it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"

So I've been thinking about it....I really like that....I'm going try to keep that one close to my heart....I need to be more positive....I used to be a positive person....and I know I can be a positive person again.

My back is feeling much better....cough is driving me nuts.....but I guess we will deal with one thing at a time....I have my Echo cardigram.stress thing on Thursday....I thought I might need to cancel due to my back...but I think it will be fine....as long as I don't have a coughing fit....then I'm going to corner the Doc and say...what are we going to do about this cough...like Bill said....I've been coughing for 2 years...it's time to get proactive.....I think he was telling me enough is enough....do something....I was going to last visit...and the hip was bothering more than the cough....but anyway.

OK...Valentines day this weekend...whoo hoo.....although we can't seem to decide what we want to do....on one hand we would like to go out to dinner...but on the other hand resturants will be crazy!....I did look online at the open table site and there maybe be some good options if we make reservations....so I'll run those by Bill this evening.....see what we can come up with.  I need to find the perfect card.....Bill's daughter wants us to take her to lunch on Saturday?????? talk about a third wheel!!!! I think I'm going to say no...not on V-day....is that mean?  He said something about meeting her for lunch...then buying me a new outfit.....but I just spent a lot on this outfit for a wedding in March....and I don't want a new outfit (did I just say that?) So...new subject....Tiffany got back from Hawaii.....posted pictures on her blog and facebook....she looks radiant...she is starting to really show...at 12 weeks...so I can't imagine how it will be at the end...but anyway...check out the pictures

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Yesterday I weighed my self at 198.6.....I should have done my waist and hips measurements too....but I forgot.....anyway that is up from my little jumpstart thing a while back...but still in onederland so it is all good....Yesterday was my official healthy eating start date....so I needed to know where I was at for real...not where  thought I was. I started out the day with a really yummy apple/pecan muffin....and ended the day with Turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans....and lots of good healthy food inbetween....and this morning I weighed 196.8....but....last night was weird.....

So you know I've had this dry hacking cough forever....now the cough is different...it's like I need to hack something out of my lungs...so I'm taking mucenex.....and I'm coughing....but still haven't hacked up from my lungs....last night..I'm laying on the sofa...with my trusty ice pack on my back....and I start cough...and cough....and cough....then it makes me gag....then I throw up about 3-4 times (last time was just plegm....or something)....first time was red...which freaked me out...but then I remembered I took a swig of cough medicine...and the times inbetween were my dinner.....but then I felt better...so I'm guessing it was a good thing even though I hate puking.....so yesterdays weight loss....probably was in part due to that.

My back is feeling better today than it has for several days.....still has a twinge....and I plan on taking it easy....it's a rainy day and things are quite...a lot of people out sick.....and I have some projects to work on....and I brought my ice pack.

Now this is weird.....I had a strange dream last night....I think because I hear the name Obama....60 million times a day....I deamt Obama texted me from his blackberry to my blackberry (I read a thing once about him being addicted to his blackberry...they even had a name for it...crackberry....but anyway) he texted me telling me what I could do for the enconomy.....I think I'm losing my mind!

Tiffany left for Hawaii Thursday morning...they are due back today....I haven't talked to her since the morning she left....and we talk at least once a day...so I'm looking forward to her getting back.....OK....Now I'm just rambling....I need to get to work!