POP!

I've had a rough week this week. Sunday night I was sitting on the floor vacuuming Gracie's bed (hey we have a dyson, i'll vacuum anything!) I stood up and my knee made this horrible popping crunching sound. I literally could not even move for a few seconds. The pain stopped and I thought everything was just fine sat down and watched tv for an hour or so. I go to stand up and I cannot stand. My leg will not straighten out. It will only stay bent. I wake up Monday to find it still won't straighten out, it looks like it swallowed a soft ball and when I do try to straighten it the most severe pain shoots through my whole body.

What the hell. I had no idea I could hurt myself so badly by standing up. I call the doctor and they do some xrays which only confirm I didn't break any bones however an MRI needs to be done to look at anything else. I am still waiting on approval for this damn MRI. I am taking an anti-inflammatory in the mean time and walking like a 90 year old woman.

Damn Knee.

Somehow the pain brings out the cussing.

it was important to me....

I found out horrible news tonight. Well apparently it was only horrible news to me. My younger brother and his wife are pregnant. While I am sure for most family people this is a happy occasion this did not strike me as one. It struck a horrible sad depressing place in me called "I won't be the one giving my parents their first grandkid"

It really has hit me hard. I am pretty devastated. I know for most of you reading this you will find this petty but it's killing me.

BLOG!

As much as I enjoy reading everyone else's blog you would think I would do a better job of posting in mine!

Andrea - I really enjoyed seeing all the pics from homecoming!

Mat and I have already planned to go next year. We are tired of missing out!

Sara - We hope you and Danny can make it down next year too! (Yes I do realize this is a year into the future. ha!)

We are doing well. We both have fairly new promotions at work keeping us really busy it seems. Plus we both have jobs that involve working on the weekends so that pretty much just sucks all the way around. However I try to remember I need to be thankful for what we do have.

All is well on the "Operation Baby" front. So far I am half way through my down dosing of the "unsafe" blood pressure meds and will soon start on the pregnancy safe one. I have been checking it daily and it does not seem to be any higher despite the lower meds which I find very interesting! Kristi and I were on a good roll of exercising daily however rain every day for the last 3 days has put a little damper on that this week. I have also been faithful taking my daily multi vitamin as well.

I have my 32nd (AHH!) birthday next week and I had a little taste of "getting older" this week. Wow it sucks. I mean you know you are getting older it is just hard to hear from someone else. I have been having a little bit of trouble seeing lately. I have been to the eye doctor and went though several contact changes but my vision was still not as clear as I was used to. Then my doctor told me that apparently my eyes are not willing to overcorrect for the slight astigmatism I have anymore and I will need a special contact for it. Then that's when she said "It can happen when you get a little older" ACK. Old plus more expensive contacts! Thankfully however the new lenses corrected the vision issue. Damn aging.

I miss....

I miss going to Clemson football games. This time of year it really hits me. I miss seeing everyone, tailgating, walking to the stadium, cheering...the whole thing. Memphis has been very good to us. I have a good job, we bought our first house, Mat has a job (he isn't as crazy about his as I am) I just hate being so far away from Clemson! It would be about an 10 or so hour trip each way. It just isn't feasible.

When we moved here we thought we could still get the same game experience by converting to Memphis Tiger fans. HA. Well apparently once you are a Clemson fan you don't convert to anything else. It's just not the same.

Ok I'm done ranting now.

Today's link is: http://weightwatchen.com/
Roni has lost weight on weight watchers and she chornicles her daily experiences and recipes.

Doctor Update

So the doctors visit went well (minus the 1.5 hour plus wait). He basically said we need to switch my blood pressure medicine to one that is safe for pregnancy. So I start weaning myself off the others for a week then switch to this new kind Aldomet. After my BP gets under control on that then I can quit taking the BCPs but he didn't want me to completely shock my system but doing it all at once. I asked him about taking prenatal vitamins and he said not to start until I'm off the pill. Anyone have any recommendations on vitamins?

Other than that he said I should be fine. I know personally that my weight is not helping. I MUST commit to exercising daily and eating better. I just have such a hard time with it.

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Another one of my favorite daily links is the Organizing Junkie!
http://orgjunkie.blogspot.com/

I suck.

I am like the worlds worst blogger. I never have anything to post. I need to stop thinking I need some major event to post about because sadly I don't have story worth events happen daily.

I am so ready for it to cool off. I mean its October 9th and it is still 90 degrees out!

I've had a sorta sad week this week. One of my online "blogger" friends died this week. She fell asleep while driving and was not buckled up. Although I did not know her in real life it still really has bothered me. I felt like I knew her pretty well from reading her online blog the last 6 or so years. I have been very fortunate in my life and not experienced much death so I am not sure really how to handle it, but then again I guess no one is.

Ok on to more happy topics!

Tomorrow Mat and I have an appointment with my Internist. We are going to inquire about what we need to do about getting pregnant. Wow did I really just type that? I don't believe it. It scares the ever living crap out of me. However I will be 32 in less than a month, if I am going to have kids NOW is the time. I have some health issues (obesity, high blood pressure) that concern me even more with pregnancy. I know for a fact the blood pressure medicine I am currently on is not safe for pregnancy. So things like that are what we are going to talk about. I am glad that Mat wanted to go with me. I'll update you guys more on what he said tomorrow.

I have a whole list of blogs I enjoy reading daily. Maybe you all will enjoy them too.
Today's link - The best celebrity gossip site on the net! "On No They Didn't!"

Disney Pictures

Hey guys,
Finally posting the disney pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/justmelanie/sets/72157602208678200/

We had a great but very tiring time.
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Warning!!!
Complaining ahead:

It just seems that since we got back from vacation I can't get my head above water. First off all all 3 of us (myself, mat and kristi) we all spent about 2 weeks passing around some random germ filled throat and ear infections after getting back. Somehow mine has managed to turn into an inner ear infection which makes me feel dizzy all the time. On top of all this I got a promotion at work with about double the work thrown on me. I literally have been getting home from work at 6, popping some cold medicine and going to bed.

Then I go and volunteer myself to do my neighborhood newsletter so that involves going to board meetings etc. Ack, learn to say NO melanie!!!!


oh and I miss going to football games :(

Disney!

Hey guys!

Sorry I was gone for a while. We just returned from a week at Disney World! Full posts with pictures coming soon but now I must SLEEP!

8 things...

So Mrs. Andrea tagged me to do the 8 random things so I thought I would honor her request. However I am going to do it as a 2 parter! Here are the first 4.

1. I pick apart most foods if they have layers. It started many years ago with things such as the swiss cake roll and kit kat and now pretty much is just about everything. Sandwiches, desserts, if it has any sort of layers they are coming apart. One of my all time favorites are the flaky layer biscuits. YUM.

2. I think sirius radio is one of the best things ever (next to DVR!). Mat got it for me one year for Christmas and I LOVE it. I could not do without it. I am a HUGE 80's music fanatic and they have several stations devoted to just 80's music. Nothing beats driving home from work belting out "Walking on Sunshine" at the top of your lungs.

3. ok really odd one here....I smell cups before I use them. I know. I'm a freak right. It started when I was a kid. I vaguely remember an incident about getting some water to drink and bubbles forming in the cup from leftover soap residue. I don't really know now if I'm hoping to "sniff out" the soap but either way I still do it. I let this pass in restaurants. :)

4. I love pets. I would have 10 if Mat would let me. We currently are a 3 pet household. My two cats which I got in college, Bailey and Brew, and Gracie our Boston Terrier. I love the fact they all meet me at the door after being gone, that they all want personal attention in their own way, and just the general love and devotion they give you. We never had an indoor pet when I was a kid so maybe I'm just over compensating now but I will aways have pets!

More to come tomorrow...

New Post!

Ok so Sara was giving me a hard time about my lack of posting ;) so here ya go!


The last couple weeks have just felt like the "daily grind" over and over. Not exactly post worthy. I am sooooo ready for a vacation. Just have to hold out a little longer.

On a positive note we finally bought a new sofa. I do believe I can now finally say no more college furniture.

http://www.havertys.com/catalog/group.do?group=HVTS998

I have been doing a lot of cooking lately. I would like to start posting food pictures, recipes etc. So look for that coming soon!

Sara - Janice told me it was in the 70's where you are. I am so jealous! We have been having 100+ days here now for weeks!

hot hot hot!

The 100 plus temperatures and heat index are killing me. I can hardly seem to function. I really hope this heat ends soon.


My parents drove out from SC this weekend for a visit. It was really nice to get to spend some time with them. We did a "touristy" thing and went to go see the ducks march at the PeabodyHotel. I had planned on getting some pictures but there were tons of people there, we could hardly see. I am not sure if it is like that daily or if we just went on a really busy day. I did manage to snap a picture of my parents and then one of Mat and myself.

Back to work tomorrow. Ugh, sadly that's the way things go. Thank goodness we are taking a vacation soon!!

So Hot...

Wow, it is so hot I can barely function. I mean its in the 100's here this week and its about all I can do to do anything. Unfortunately a large part of my job involves going outside. UGH!

I am also just getting over a cold. It sure sucks to be sick when its 100 out. It just seems to compound things, at least when it's cold I feel justified for getting sick. ha!

Ok enough whining out of me.

I got some photos uploaded from when Danny, Sara, Ty and Katie came to visit recently.

Check out all the photos here!

the news

I really need to stop watching the news. It is one thing to be informed. It is another to worry and fret over things I can't control. I just can't seem to stop reading cnn or the local news site and all the horrible things going on. I don't know if I was just totally oblivious to them before but it seems like so many bad things are happening.

My parents are on a trip to london and I'm so worried "terrorist" are going to try to blow up the plane or the london underground

We are taking a trip soon and flying and I am worried something will happen to that flight.

I worry when Mat drives to work if he got there ok.

and on and on and on......

I really think I need to talk to someone about this. I must stop this insane worrying!

Thanks for reading. I just thought it might help to get it all out.

talent.

Hey look what I was talented enough to do today! That's right I closed my thumb in the car door! Boy did that hurt. Oh and the blood. I had no idea a thumb could bleed so much. I was out with Janice and Kristi looking at some houses trying not to scream my head off and I'm dripping blood all over the street. What you can't see here is that the back of my thumb is also blue, I didn't even know you could bruise a finger. Ouch. :(


oh and its also really hard to take a left handed picture of your right thumb when you are right handed.

Monday Monday

I have a cold. It seems so wrong to be sick when its 100 degrees outside.

We ended up going to see Harry Potter yesterday. I enjoyed it although it was a little slow getting started for me. I can't get over how adult all the "kids" are. Poor Harry will be 25 by the time they get done! ha!

We also went and looked at cars some with Mat's parents. I was thinking Camry but after looking I'm now thinking Rav4! The only thing I really did not care for was the whole spare tire on the back of the car. I guess we shall see.

Well this is all for now, really how much of my pointless drivel can you take?

Random Morning Thoughts

Sunday mornings, one of my favorite times all week. Well except that my animals don't let me sleep past 8ish. All 3 of my pets are bound and determined that I get up. Anyone else have pets like this?

Mat and I both have the day off. I'd love to hit up a movie. I'm in a baking mood. I'd like to bake something. I almost never do though because I'm the one that ends up eating most of it!

Mat and I haven't walked this week. It is just been soooo freaking hot. It is hard to get motivated outside at 9 pm when its still in the 90's and the humidity is 85% and the mosquito's are biting in spite of bug spray.

Just a little tip I want to pass along, if anyone has a smooth stove top the mr clean magic eraser works wonders on it!! It is so much easier than all the creamy ceramic top cleaner too!

AC!

Well today is my day off from work this week and I am stuck at home with my car in the shop. So not good on any counts! My ac had decided it no longer wants to blow cold air and here in Memphis 100 degree heat I need ac!!! I am waiting for the dreaded estimate phone call now.

Bedtime?

Wow I am struggling today. I've only been home from work for 2 hours and I feel like I could go to bed! I don't know where this sudden sleepyness came from. Mat is working tonight so I tend to not be as motivated when he isn't around. I do believe they call that LAZY! It's hard to not feel tired when all 3 of your pets are all snuggled in bed.

I have a few goals with this new blog.

I want to use it to help me get a better handle on:

• cleaning and home organization
• fitness and weight loss

and just generally have a nice place to share with family and friends.

Well maybe some dinner will help to perk me up.