November 18th

I have decided that I am going to try to blog each day because it takes me too long to type the whole week on Sunday and I get the days mixed up. 

Today was a busy day.  We had dentist appointments and doctor's appointments besides our usual things to do.

After Prayer, Scripture study and Breakfast we decided to walk on our route through the neighborhood rather than go to the gym.  It was a beautiful morning.  It was a little crisp when we walked but it warmed up to the 60's which is pretty warm for this time of year.  We were hoping that walking that early would help us reach our baseline earlier for active link.

We went to weight watcher's to weigh in at 9:30 a.m. but we did not stay to the meeting because I had a dental cleaning appointment.  I lost a pound and Larry lost .6 lb.so we both lost so I guess something worked better this week.  The handout for the meeting was about how to enjoy Thanksgiving and stay on plan.

Larry dropped me off at the dentist and he went and transferred some money from our savings and went grocery shopping.  I just had my teeth cleaned and they said that everything looked great so I walked the 1.7 miles home for more exercise.

When I got home Larry had fixed lunch and had it ready.  Baked chicken and a big salad.  Larry makes great salads.  Today he put pickled beets in it which was good for a change.

After lunch Larry went outside to rake leaves and work on the yard.  I went to my office and balanced the checkbook and worked on the financial things that we needed to do this week for about 2 hours.

At 2:30 p.m. I went to see Dr. Fillerup my gynecologist and Larry went to the dentist for a cleaning.  I had to go in to get my hormones prescription refilled.  I also had all the great tests they have you do.  She said that my prolapse surgery has not held so if I wanted it fixed I would have to have it done again.  I told her no thanks!  I am feeling to good and the surgery requires 6 weeks of recovery and then another 3 months of light duty so I could heal properly.  She did say that I should not be lifting weights that are more than 12 lbs.  So I guess that is why my surgery did not hold because I have held lots of things more than 12 lbs.

Larry came home from the Dentist with a list of things that needed to be done with his teeth that totals about $8028 dollars and our insurance will only pay $1500.  He had two cavities and he needs three crowns and some partials!  But they said he had not been in for three years so I guess that is what he gets.  He said he has not wanted to go in because he knew it was going to cost a lot.

Kirsten called and said that Taylor has the croup so we decided to not meet for Family Home Evening.  Taylor has not felt good all weekend and Kirsten said she was up all night with her waking up and coughing.  She was planning to have a party for Taylor's birthday on Wednesday but the doctor told her that she better wait until Friday so they are having it Friday at 5:00 p.m.

After we got back from the doctor and dentist we ate dinner, Cheese Quesidillas with a mango peach salsa.  It was good but I prefer a salsa that is not so sweet.  Larry bought it today when he went shopping.

Then we went to the gym to workout.  I usually do ten minutes of elliptical and then do five of the weight machines and then walk for 2 miles.  I was able to watch the news while I walked tonight because we got there about 5:00 p.m.  Larry says that he doesn't like the elliptical because it hurts his bad knee.  I remember that is what prompted me to have my other knee done because it hurt so bad to do the elliptical.  He usually walks for about two miles and does the weights.

We came home and watched a video from our Financial Peace University class that we took from Dave Ramsey for Family Home Evening tonight.  Then we read a chapter from the Book of Mormon and said prayer.  We then tried to log in to weight watchers to record our food and check our activity link but the website had just gone down for maintenance.  It seems they have had a lot of that lately.  So here I am writing on the blog.  Larry is printing out some names that he had on his temple list that we can do at the temple tomorrow.  So life is good!