****** Morning my Sparklies *****

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Good Tuesday morning to all my lovely sparklies! Having ya'll around to cheer me up, egg me on and just be yourselves is a lot like standing in a field surrounded by fireflies! No matter how deep your thoughts or how gloomy the night may be, fireflies make you smile and look around in awe.



There are so many of you that I admire and yes, even some that I aspire to be like! :) This journey towards a healthier me is sometimes difficult, but my sparklies keep me going! I just want to say thank you for posting your struggles as well as your triumphs! Sometimes it is just knowing that you also struggle to lose the weight that makes it easier for me to keep going. I guess it is the knowledge that I am not the only one who slips up and that this weight loss thing is not easy for any of us! If everybody was great at it except me, I know that I would feel bad about myself and fail.

I used to think that if I were stranded on an island that I would get skinny! That most of my eating habits would be changed because there would be noone around to influence me and no junk food around to binge on! ::Eyes rolling:: Now I know that I would just miss my family, friends and my sparklies and probably eat every coconut that I could find and every fish that I could catch and still be overweight when the rescue boat arrived!

Thanks for just being there and being you! Have a great Tuesday my fireflies! :)

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Busy, busy bee!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Good morning my sparky friends! I hope that you are all having a great weekend and are setting good goals for the upcoming week! I am working on mine as we speak! :)

Just a little heads up to you all about the upcoming weeks . . .

School starts back for me on August 20th! That is coming up really fast! As usual, I have overloaded my schedule (with three online courses and one in-person class) and will be so busy between work and school that I will be lucky to have time for poor Pooh and Piglet! But I really want to get through the next two (or three) semesters, so I can graduate and move towards my next goal! This is one of few things that I have started and actually stuck with! I want to have my masters by the time I turn fifty! It is just a personal goal that I have set for myself. :)

I hope that you will all understand if I only have a few minutes in the mornings to say a quick hello and update my trackers! Please do not be offended if I am unable to comment on your individual pages and blogs until the weekend! I will try to read them if time allows and I will definitely be thinking about all of you and your success!



I hope that you all have had a great weekend and are looking forward to your future success! :) - HP

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Baby's First Bath :)

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Hello my lovely sparkers! Today was wonderful! Not only did I get to spend some quality time with babygirl, I got to help with Hunter's first real bath. :) He is such an angel! We cuddled a lot AND he was awake (most of the time). lol. Hope you all had an awesome day as well! :)

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Saturday News :)

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Happy Saturday spark friends! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned! :)

The scale was not kind to me this morning ~ not surprised though! Too much of everything this last week! Carrying around a lot of bloat the last couple days as a result of the poor food choices. :( On the bright side, I tracked all of the bad, bad food! I did all of my workouts and then some! And I still lost another inch off my waist! The other measurements are still the same, but I am happy with the 1" off the waist. Not going to cry about the weight gain. Shaking it off and getting back on the train! I hope that you all had more success with the dreaded scale.

I am off to see my baby Hunter! Until later, have a great one! HP :)

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Plugging along . . . trying not to eat everything in sight!

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Good morning my sparkers. I hope that everyone had a great Wednesday and managed to stay on goal!



Myself, I wondered if it was a full moon yesterday! There seemed to be a lot of crazies out and about (especially yesterday morning) but I managed to not let them ruin my day at work. :)


It wasn't until later in the day that I went on a bender and began stress eating! Yeah, yeah, I know! Shoulda, woulda, coulda found something better to do! But I didn't! I just didn't have it in me.


::WARNING:: The content below is a real mood buster!


Pooh went to the cancer center yesterday for blood work. It doesn't look too good. Platelets are still real low (that part is unchanged), tumor markers are steadily heading back up and there are a lot of other levels that were not super high or super low before that are now. :( This news does not bode well for the Pooh family.

Of course, these results always put Pooh on a downer (rightly so) and inevitably affects our evenings together. I am still praying for a miracle, but as I am sure you know, it is difficult to look at the brighter side when faced with the hard evidence. The blood work only tells us (and them) that things are going downhill at a pretty steady speed. We will not get actual scan results until October 3rd, so that just adds to the stress. The waiting is more stressful than the knowing. But, as the eternal optimist, I am hoping that like before, the CT will show slow growth and no spreading of the cancer. We will have to wait and see.

Fortunately, Pooh's downer (and mine) will only last a few days, until his zest for life returns and then he will go back into his coping (and denial) mode and everything will return to normal (our normal) for a while. At least until the end of September. I can only ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Final thought of the morning. I found this poem and edited it for me (original poem author included - I am sure she wouldn't mind my use of it).

::Warning:: I cried while typing it!

My Wish
Shelliegh Southard

My wish this year
Is for you to remain here
I wouldn't know what to do
If forced to lose you

That silly smile on your face
Always illuminates a gloomy place
The love that you show me
The way you try to make me see

You will always be Pooh, to me
That sparkle in your eyes gives me joy
While I bask in the love that you show me

When it's time for you to leave
It will be hard for me to believe
I hope you will feel my last touch
Pooh, I will miss you so much

If I have to say goodbye
All I will do is cry
Watching my Pooh go
My heart will ache with sorrow

When you're gone please watch over me
Pooh, I know you will make me see
The wings that you earn,
and also the message, I need to learn

My wish this year
Is for you to remain here
I wouldn't know what to do
If forced to lose you

My Pooh
I will always love you!

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