Winter TV...

I'm such a TV junkie... but in my defense, I do try to have some knitting in my hands when I'm watching TV, so I don't feel like a total couch potato.. LOL!

Here's my week line up:

Monday... I do have a dual DVR, but I'm still going to have some conflict. I might have to let one show go
FOX: House - starts Jan 19
TNT: The Closer - starts Jan 26
NBC: Chuck, Heros, Meduim - starts Feb 2

Thursday...
ABC: Ugly Betty & Grey's Anatomy - starts Jan 8
FOX: Bones - starts Jan 15
FOX: Hell's Kitchen - starts Jan 29
** Note: I have a secret crush on Gordan Ramsay and Hugh Laurie... what is it with me and English men!

Sunday..
ABC: Desperate Housewives - starts Jan 4
HBO: Big Love - starts Jan 18

I'm kinda proud of myself. I watch much less TV than I have in the past. One of my goals for 2009 is less TV and more action up off the couch... LOL...

So, what TV shows are you addicted to?

Reflecting...

The first day of the New Year is Thursday, which got me to thinking... did I have any goals for 2008? Did I write them down? Did I actually get them done? So, I looked BACK and found that I did an average job and that my set goals in 2008 were mostly long-term goals...
1. schedule all necessary medical exams and test - DONE
2. lose the weight this year to be a healthier me - as of today, I've lost 87lbs in 2008 (a little over half-way to my goal weight :)
3. do more for me while still doing for others - now this I need to work more on...
4. be on time - getting better at this (work and deadlines I set for myself)
5. don't waste time - I still need to work on this more. I'll have to put this on my list again. I'm sure this will be on my list until the end of days... LOL!
I would like to be a more energized, complete, and healthier me. - This goal, I will definitely have to carry-over into 2009 as well.

I've read a lot of talk about choosing a Word for the year... I've been thinking about it, not sure if this will help me obtain my goals.. Does it help?

I've been worried...

And.. I'm not one to worry. My dh went to Denver last Monday for work and decided he wanted to layover in Seattle on his way back to visit with family and friends. Little did he know when he made the arrangements that the weather had other plans!

First on Friday, his flight was delayed leaving Denver to Seattle and wasn't even sure if he'd make it. Then when he got to Seattle, they were having the worst storm ever. Which being an Alaskan he didn't care to much about.. LOL! Just more snow, So.. no big deal. Except it was a huge deal there. So Sunday rolls around, he gets to the airport, gets through security, and gets to his gates, waits and then finds out that his flight and all flights had been canceled leaving Seattle. Poor guy, just wants to get home! So, next he waits almost 5 hours in line to rebook his flight, which was for today. However, he decided to go back to the airport (fortunately he found a hotel with a shuttle to stay at for the night) Monday morning and check to see if he could get a flight that day... and he did!!!! Yay!!

I was so so worried because I heard that they were expecting 2-3 more inches of snow, which could stop flights again. Thankfully he was in the air and on his way home when they started canceling flights again. I thought if he doesn't make that flight he might not get to spend Christmas at home. I'm so glad he made it home!

Moral of story... it really doesn't do you any good to worry. All worry does is created migraines and ulcers. And whatever you are worrying about... usually does what it wants to do anyway and is most likely beyond your control... so why worry? Action is better than worry in my book any day!

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday... and if you are snowed in enjoy that family time. It's precious.

Merry Christmas!!!

I got a new haircut today. I haven't had my hair this short since the time I asked my mom to give me a "Page Boy" cut. That was a disaster... but I actually like it this time. My hair has been falling out like mad.. so I decided since it is going to fall out.. I should help it along. My ends were looking crazy straggelly and tired looking.

Did some what I'd like to call final shopping today, but unfortunately, I do have a few more to pick up.... Why unfortunate? Well.. it's the smells people! I was shopping in the men's department at Penney's and some guy walked by with the strongest cologne I'd ever experienced and made my sinuses flare... So I just had to leave. The walk out, kinda cleared them up I went to Barnes & Nobles from there.

It was a good day. It is just unbelievable how tired I get with all the walking and no places to sit. That's their strategy. No place to sit, so we must shop more... wears a person out. Hopefully, when I start at the gym next week, I will begin to gather more strength. That's the goal.

I miss my Mother. I called her and said she absolutely had to move to Alaska... It's called "layering!"

Oh, btw, I've been getting a kick out of Picnik .

What to do now?

I'm so happy that my Mother was able to come up here to spend recovery time with me. She made everything so much easier and better. I wish she could have stayed until Christmas, however, I'm very thankful for the three weeks she did get to stay. I took this picture of her out at Turnagain Arm from the Seward Hwy. She had never seen so much snow before and just had the most fun getting out, taking photos and enjoying the sunshine. We took advantage of that sunshine too! No Christmas shopping for us! Not while there's sunshine. One can shop in the dark... LOL...

We took lots of pictures while she was here and here are a few of her favorites:

Mother got a huge kick out of getting the 3 inches of snow off my truck that day, but bless her, she made a bigger mess than what was originally there :) I had to take over and just get it done. That was the day of my last doc appointment. I did finally get the ports taken out. It was done this past Friday. Oh, you just don't know.... I'm so happy to have that foreign thing out of my chest. The doc asked me if I wanted to see it! Can you believe that... I cringed and said, No Thank You.

My Mother was very fascinated by the hoar frost and how it stuck to the trees and most everything in sight. It really is a beautiful thing to see and makes you feel like you are in a Winter Wonderland. It is it's most loveliest when your headlights hit it and it glitters like diamonds.
And if you make the trip to Alaska, you absolutely have to have a great picture of McKinley/Denali. The drive up the Parks Hwy was so much fun. There was loads of sunshine Sunday. No sittin' around the house for us. It is a long drive from Eagle River though. I do advise that if you ever do come this way, the best place to take a picture of McKinley is either from Mile Post 135ish.. there's a pull out there.. or from the Princess Lodge in Talkeetna.

I just dropped Mother off at the airport and she's headed back to MS. She did do me one last huge favor... she took some Christmas presents in a carry on for me and now I don't have to go to the Post Office! Major score. She's the best!

Here's my version of the candy cane cozy that I posted about last post. I'm kinda proud of myself. I've actually crossed something off my list. I think these are going to be darling hanging from the Christmas tree!

Tomorrow I have a doc appointment and I hope she takes these ports out of my chest. I hope she thinks I'm well enough to take them out. I'm kinda worried. I feel better, but honestly, I haven't been doing much around here. Mother is the best!

I've been working on these today.

You have to go over to . I think these candy cane cozy are a clever and genius original idea. (This isn't the only brilliant idea, go check it out!) I'm going to send them out as a surprise to someone who sent me the link. I've got 9 knitted, but planning on 12, because candy canes come in a box of 12. Would you be pleasantly surprised if you got some of these?

Yesterday and today were pretty much very lazy days. Saturday, dh & I took Mom for a drive to get out of the house. I'm going stir crazy! and we ended up at the movies. We saw AUSTRALIA ! OMG, if you haven't seen that movie, GO! If I was being consulted, It would get huge Oscars!!

And today... I didn't even get out of my jammies, but I did get some knitting done :)

And this week... I plan to tackle the ever frightening "everything" room and get some sewing done. I desperately need to get some things checked off my list and with my Mother here to help, maybe I can.
And as I like to post pictures of the change in the seasons, this is what it looks like around here lately. I will never get tired of this view. I could take a thousands pictures and probably have.

Stay warm everyone :)