XENA1956's SparkPeople Blog

May 18, 2013 As life goes on. What the heck is wrong with people?

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:27 EST

Last time I was on 5/3/13 I stated I was back. Still haven't started following what I eat and not tracking. Went to my pulmonary doctor for yearly breathing test, it was good but I gained 5 more pounds. Ouch. I started using Sensa for 2 weeks and watching what I ate and exercising more and gained weight, so for me it didn't work at all. What's with that? Oh I know, just another BS product for losing weight. Except I know people who lost using it, didn't change a thing they did food or exerci...

Motivator is back! I hope lol

Fri, 3 May 2013 22:45:21 EST

Ok one and all I am coming back to Sparks after being gone almost a year. Yes you heard correctly. I gained all the weight I lost back over the last year. Will be starting from scratch, as they say.
The last year has not been a good for me. The stress of home remodeling took its tole on me and I went into a depression, funk like state. Not wanting to do much of anything, I wasn't feeling well because of my ankle injury. I bowled on winter and summer league but had to leave because my a...

Will be returning to site soon

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:05:19 EST

Ok I had a horible summer, gained all my weight back plus a couple of pounds. I will be starting over once again. This time I will be much more careful to not gain it back yet again. Start on Monday with walking per doctor, take it slow. He was not surprised with all the stress I have been under. Still bowling but could be doing better. Injuried my ankle, then other problems that kept me from doing cardio for a few months. Pounds kept coming back on. First 5, then 10, then another 10 and so o...

This sponsorship is so wrong, localBoys/Girls club of Anaheim

Thu, 5 Jul 2012 22:08:55 EST

I know I haven't been on Sparks for a while but I posted this to my FB page and it just seemed so wrong that I thought I would post it here too. Hope some will pass this on. Motel KIds is a great program, many homeless kids in the Orange County, CA area (they did a film about them, shown on either PBS or cable). Many are homeless because of jobs lost, but just as many or more from drug and alcohol use by their parents.
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Ok, I want to know does anyone else think this is a bit off or...

Have decided to close my account at the end of next week.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:26:34 EST

I have decided to close my Sparks account at the end of next week. I am still not getting any Sparks emails that I signed up for. I contacted Sparks over a week ago without any response. I have tried everything and nothing is working. I still get notices about goodies, messages left on my Sparks page and email messages.
I think the only cure is to start all over again.

With that in mine, I am going to take time off until the end of summer. I will contact some close friends and...

Good luck at the races, Vette run canceled again.

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:07:56 EST

We went to the horse races at Santa Anita yesterday and the weather turned out to be beautiful after a cloudy morning. We arrived in time to bet on the first race, I place 2 $5 bets to win. My horse's came in 1st and 2nd. Won $35 on $10 bet. Did a Exacta/boxed on the 2nd race and 2 of my horse's came in 1st and 2nd. Won $24.50 on $12 bet. 3rd race one of my horse's was scratched just b/4 getting loaded into the starting gate. Appeared to have a slight limp, got 3/4 of my bet back. 4th race be...

Posted this on my FB today. Almost didn't make it back home today.

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:41:28 EST

Almost got killed on the freeway today. Coming home from Yorba Linda after breakfast and haircut at my friend Beatrice Irene Trompeter sister's Sandy Silva salon where she works. Transition from the 91 E to the 57 S. Big rig goes under the freeway and is too large, rips off the top of his truck and trailer of his rig in the slow lane. We are in fast lane and right in front of us is a Big rig that Jack knives and straightens out to avoid collateral damage but is hit by debree. We stop just 5 ...

Friday cold

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:48:50 EST

Our weather changed over the last 48 hours, in fact last week at this time it was very warm. Today's high was 55. I got up to get to my chiropractor's appointment at 10am, then went to Costco. It was lightly sprinkling but had stopped by the time I got home. I took Phred out for a walk because it was suppose to rain. The weathermen now say rain tonight and through the rest of the weekend. Our Vette run was cancel because the area we were heading to in San Diego county Julian is at the 3,500 ...

Busy with life over the last week or so.

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:01:25 EST

I was pretty busy this past weekend. Went to the Health food convention again this year. Only went for half a day but got so many samples of everything from granola bars, chocolate to breakfast cereal, ice cream, yogurt, soy product. Well you get the picture. Jeff brought home 10 boxes of 12 each Cliff bars (Blueberry, coconut and white macadamia flavors) and 6 cases of the new crunch Cliff bars in various flavors 12 boxes to a case with 6 in each box, along with 7 loafs of Oroweat bread. ...

Trouble with Sparks tonight

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:42:24 EST

It took me almost an hour to enter fitness min for the last 3 days. For some reason everything was working very slowly. I have "Fios" internet connecttion with the Pro plan, so I think it was this site rather than ATT. Some things were working really fast, likely the spin wheel. But getting the pages to enter mins, miles, ect. was taking bwt 3-5 mins. to get the page up. Every time I would enter something, once again I had to wait and wait and wait. I am not going to even try to enter food a...

Easy last two days.

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 23:54:52 EST

Bowled on Sunday and had a nice surprise. One of my old dear friends showed up at the bowling alley to watch me practice. Mary was one of my bridemaids and we don't see each very often anymore but do keep in touch.
I also hung around Carter Bowl until about 12:30pm to watch the tournament. My friends team made it past the first round with total high pin count for 3 games of 1469. Unfortunately the one fellow didn't bowled about 30 pins under his avg. and so they missed getting into the ...

Friday and Sat.

Sun, 4 Mar 2012 00:40:18 EST

Took Phred for 2 walks on Friday. Seems like I was busy but damm if I can remember exactly what I did. lol
Did a lot of housework today and took Phred for 1 walk. Talked to my sister Doreen this morning on the phone and then my daughter Samra this afternoon. Watched some tv to catch up on shows I had DVR'd. Jeff got home b/4 5pm and we went to dinner at Dennys'. I ate lightly most of today, so I had scramble egg whites with 2 pcs. turkey bacon, along with 2 pancakes (a new type) with eit...

Finally made it to the gym.

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 23:40:27 EST

Haven't been to the gym since I sprained my ankle on the 1st of Nov. I need to renew my membeship on the 7th. I belong to "Planet Fitness" and I purchased the $20 plan so my friends and family could go with me, if they wanted too. Well my friend only went a few times and my son the same. I am going to go down to the $10 monthly plan w/o the contract. This saves me $120 a year.

Last time I saw my Rhuemy he wanted me to get into the gym to use th bikes. He thinks they will be better ...

Bowling and other matters.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:19:32 EST

So I bowled yesterday and knew I wouldn't bowl that great.My avg. on the team is now 120, slowing working my way up. I bowled 121, 123, 120. At least I was consistant. lol I also bowled today, had some good games and some bad games. I keep getting so many 9's and then just missing the last pin standing. lol I just decided to work on getting spares, to see how bad I can mess up the pins. Not aiming and still getting 9's or 8's. lol
Yesterday I was pretty tired after bowling so I was glad ...

Cold windy rainy day.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:47:13 EST

Didn't get much done. With the weather change overnight I didn't feel too spry this morning. Jeff asked me to go to Lowes with him and I did but my head hurt and took some Tylenol when I got back. No exercise today because of my head hurting. I will be bowling tomorrow on league but don't expect too much since I haven't done any practice since Wednesday. Thats about it.

Been sick since Wednesday.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:57:14 EST

I started to get sick on Wednesday, as Frank my son started to get over the previous weekend just b/4 Jeff's return. Frank and I are almost well but Jeff started getting sick by Friday, so he has not been well all weekend.

Jeff started to work on Frank's car and ordered him a new radiator for his car, which he installed. While he was doing this he notice that a part had fallen on the ground where my car was parked. At the moment my car is up on the racks in the driveway. Seems I ha...

Slow week, glad to have my DH home.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:30:50 EST

It was a slow week around here. Bowled on Tuesday and Wednesday. My son Frank had a date on Valentines so I spent it by myself. Watched a movie I had wanted to see,.
Went to the market on Thursday. Had a bunch of coupons, also $35 earned money for the previous 3 months from Ralphs (Kroger's in other areas), bill was down to to just under $38 after $60 worth of coupons and special prices. I still had $44.10 cents on a AE gift card, so used that and it cost me nothing to shop. I got fresh...

Thanks you everyone.

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:17:41 EST

Just wanted to thank everyone who commented on my last blog. I just haven't been feeling the energy and excitement I had b/4 regarding Sparks. I felt like a fraud for encouraging others when I myself had lost my motivation or Mojo as one of my friends said. I hope get back on track this week.

I have been busy. I bowled free practice bowling on Wed. Took sort of a rest day on Thursday. Took a river walk with my Irene on Friday. Of course I had to ice my ankle after everything I do ...

Sparks Motivator not Motivated. So now what?

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:06:16 EST

I use to be so "gun oh", about using this site. I loved the people I met from joining groups that meant something to me. I lost weight and was down to 143 at one point. I became a Sparks Motivator, which thrilled me to no end. I was doing everything correctly. So what happened?

At first I blamed it on the house construction and stress, not keeping to the plan. Not entering my food intake or exercise mins., pretty sure I was just being plain lazy. I was sure I could keep the weight ...

Took a couple of days off.

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:39:31 EST

Thursday I was a bit tired. I went to the market and did some other errands. The day seem to just go too fast, but did do 6 loads of laundry. I took Phred for a walk that was just under 2 miles. My ankle was bothering me, so didn't get too much done.
Friday got up early and took Phred for a good 45 min. walk. Came home drank a Slimfast, took a shower & did my hair/face, headed over to the credit union. Came home, paid bills. Then my son Frank and I headed out to Lake Elsinore to meet u...

Got a bit done today.

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:42:34 EST

Woke up and ate a nice breakfast, then dusted the whole house, vacuumed and mopped. Time for lunch and off to the bowling alley for free Wednesday practice. Everyone I practice with showed up today including Merilyn who wasn't with us last week. Didn't do so hot in practice but trying some new stuff with my bowl that really didn't work. Some of the other better bowlers were having trouble too. I hate bowling on lanes 13/14 the pinsetter doesn't seem to put the pins down correctly. It has been...

Good day bowling after my doctors appointment.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:49:18 EST

Had an early morning appointment w/my Rhuematologist Dr. Sugarman, this morning. He sees me about every 2-3 months because of RA & Lupus. We had to change my medication a couple of months ago, so he did blood work to see how and if the Immuran is keeping my Lupus & kidneys under control.
I also spoke to him about my ankle still swelling up and bothering from my sprain on 11/1/11. He has sched. with a podiatrist (sp) for the beginning of April. They have sched. another x-ray on the ankle...

Short blog

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:44:48 EST

Jeff left this morning to work in Tulare, CA until the 19th of Feb. He always takes my laptop and I have to use his desktop which is located in another room. I perfer to use my laptop because it is faster and this one takes forever to load anything. Also it freezes up now and then while you are typing, etc. So I sit and have to wait to continue, it drives me crazy.
Anyway took Phred for 2 walks today, did some cleaning again. My ankle is bothering me again, most likely from the walk yes...

Walked canceled yesterday due to winds made up for it today.

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:30:10 EST

The winds were blowing so hard yesterday that we canceled our river walk and decided to head down to San Juan Capistrano (I thought we were going to Dana Point) they are close to each other. There wasn't any wind in that area, which is south of us at all. So strange. Glad I went because I hadn't planned on buying anything. I have been looking for new canisters (flour, sugar or whatever) for the kitchen. I wanted something nice either stainless steel to match the appliances or something sto...

Wasn't one of my better days.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:44:03 EST

Yesterday, other than going to the market and taking Phred for a nice walk, I was exhausted. Everything hurt and I was looking forward to seeing my Rhuematologist this morning. Of course, I got a call from the office to reschedule next week. Only once again we don't have Jeff's insurance in Feb. so they had to squeeze me in on Tuesday morning @ 8:15am. I told the scheduler Jackie when she made the time and date that the appointment would be canceled, but was assured that it would not. Every t...

Got a lot done today

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:06:47 EST

Woke up late around 8:30am but still managed to get a lot done. Went to the credit union to make a deposit for my husband. Came home and dusted, vacuumed and mopped. Took a shower and washed my hair, dried it and then ate a fast lunch and headed over to the bowling alley to arrive around 12:45pm. Wednesday is 2 hour free practice for league bowlers. Came home, checked on the mail, then took Phred for his afternoon walk. It was very warm today around the mid 80's and Phred didn't want to go t...

Some new construction pictures

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:57:32 EST

I know there are a few of my friends here who are on my FB friends list. They will be able to see more pictures than what I am showing here. Things are coming along with the house construction. These were mostly taken in Dec 2011 & Jan. 2012, there might be a few that were taken in Nov. So here goes. Befor insulation was put in new laundry area.
Kitchen are...

Ok now I am really back.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:37:46 EST

Jeff went back to work today and he will be working everyday for almost a month. The last 3 days we have been working hard around the house unloading the cabinets, placing them in the spots there will be going. The guys almost got the sub-floor down for the hardwood can be put down. The cabinets are beautiful and all look fantastic. I got pull our drawers on the lower cabinets, soft close drawers and doors (after Jeff installs them on the doors, all the drawers came pre-installed.
Anyway...

Nice day today.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:24:41 EST

Our weather has cooled off a lot, running in the mid 60's but very sunny. I took Phred for a almost 60 min. walk. We use to do that everyday but got out of the habit, so I have been slowly increasing our time. He was very tired when we got home. The guys did some more work around the house, sanding and stuff. After they were done I dusted the house and vacuumed. Took 90 mins. but the dust is still settling, so it seemed that the dust was back as soon as I was done.
We will be having a ...

Sanding drywall and past another inspection on the house.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:15:44 EST

We had another inspection this morning and past so were able to pour concrete in the last form. All the others were done months ago but his one was located under the front hall next to the entry door, so we put it off for as long as possible. I took Phred for a walk while the inspector was here. He hates strangers and it is just easier to take him out when these people show up.
I did scraping all around the new windows and then after lunch we all starting sanding down the drywall. Jeff...

Busy last few days

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:41:20 EST

Got a call from my friend Precilla to come and bowl with her, her friend Michelle and the kids on Sunday morning. The kids bowled 1 game, P and I bowled 2 and after they left I bowled another 4 games. I did just awful when the kids were there. I am always worried about them running up or behind me when they have the lane next to us. After the P and the gang left my games improved.

After I got home and was eating lunch I realized I had received a call on my cell from a number I did...

Cool River Walk

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:11:14 EST

River walk today was 7.25 miles round trip. It was in the mid 50's when we started and the sun was under a dark cloud cover. It warmed up a bit after the first hour but still cool. After the walk my friend Irene and I went over to IHOP for breakfast.
Came home, showered and watch "Misery" that my son Jory had loaned to our other son Frank. It had been many years since I saw this movie. Then took Phred for a walk. Made dinner and then I started watching a lot of the shows that I had been...

Last showing of OLTL", Friday the 13th, and chore I had been putting off.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:30:11 EST

Decided to go through the closet in the kitchen. I have been putting this off for a while because it has been a while since I have cleaned it out. lol I keep my cookbooks in there, along with plastic plates, knifes, spoons, forks, etc. paper goods, a lot of gift boxes and somewhere in the back was my steamer that I couldn't get too. I also have been putting recipes in there for a while. They had gather into a large pile in the bottom of the closet. There is a lot of stuff in there but I think...

Took the car over to our transmission guy.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:06:00 EST

Jeff has been noticing for the last couple of weeks that my car (1981 Corvette) was dripping a little transmission fluid. He asked me stop by Roys Transmission in Fullerton on the way home from bowling on Tuesday, for the owner Frank to take a look at. He was supper busy and asked me to bring by this morning. I dropped it off and walked home. Jeff and Frank @ Roys were both surprised that I would walk home. It is not that far from home and turned out to be 2.12 miles on my pedometer and took...

Short blog.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:24:45 EST

Got up late and have to get all the laundry together to wash clothes. Went through my coupons, wrote grocery list, went to market. Came home put all the stuff away, ate lunch. Time to go to practice at bowling alley. Should have stayed home. Had a horrible performance today. lol Came home, did more laundry, folded clothes and walked the dog. Then cooked dinner. Very normal boring day.

Lost 4 pounds this week, super happy.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:11:22 EST

Well my weigh in was great this morning and I couldn't have been happier or more surprised. When I first started doing the plan w/Sparks I lost 5 pounds the first week and then it was 2-3 after that. I don't expect those kind of results since I am not pushing myself as much this time, but I do hope 1 pound minimum a week. Happy Happy
Did Ok bowling. First game was a 139, 2nd game I couldn't get my spares. I would leave 2 pins and get one of them on the second throw or leave 1 pin and j...

27 years ago I gave birth to my daughter, Samra.

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 21:26:41 EST

Today is my lovely daughter Samra's 27 birthday. She is a great kid and I have always been proud of her. I purchased a notebook/laptop for her birthday. She needed one that had Micro Soft Office on it. While looking I learned very few computers come with this program pre-installed. I found this one at Staples, contacted her boyfriend to see if it would work for her. A day and a half later, I went back to Staples to find all of them were sold out at our local store. I ended up calling about 15...

Sunday, another nice day.

Sun, 8 Jan 2012 22:24:41 EST

Woke up this morning to pretty strong winds but the died down by noon or there a bouts. Went over to Kmart to some of the things I forgot the other day. Picked up a couple of new night shirts, purchased 2 tops that I will have to take back. I didn't see in the label that they were junior sized. lol Took the dog b/4 I went to the store and washed my car when I got back. The boys wanted Wendys and I had no problem with that. I had the Cranberry Pecan Chicken salad. I went ahead and had the reg...

Finish all the videos for the January Challenge

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:50:00 EST

Got up this morning (yeah I know everybody does that too) lol. Anyway did a load of laundry (bed sheets, towels), made the beds with clean sheets. Cleaned the bathroom. Took Phred for a walk. Jeff worked most of the morning for his job not on the house. I made lunch and then watched the dvr while eating. I taped "Merlin" the tv show on Syfy, which I really enjoy watching. Jeff took a nap after that and I headed over to the bowling alley to get some practice in. I am trying to get more consist...

Nice warm day again.

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 21:30:50 EST

Our weather has been just beautiful for the last couple of weeks. Most days in the upper 70s.
I went to Costco this morning, always fun. Did not sample anything, so I gave myself a pat on the back. I always look to see if Costco has trout, I was lucky and they did today. I couldn't even finish the trout I had for dinner, but my husband finished it for me. lol
Took Phred out for 2 walks for my cardio and did 2 of the bootcamp videos. I think I have caught up with them all, since ...

Busy day.

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 00:09:29 EST

Ran errands this morning, CVS, Kmart and Ralphs Market. Then came home and did some wrapping and other stuff around the house. I then ate lunch, made my husband a sandwich and watch "Parenthood" that I had on the dvr from the other night. I then did a Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk dvd, showered, dried my hair and took Phred out for his daily walk. I would like to work on getting that back up to 2 times a day. He sometimes refuses to go, I don't know if he is getting older (only 5+) but he is s...

Cabinets arrived, still in the boxes for a while.

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:06:00 EST

So we have the new flooring and the new cabinets. Hurrah for that. Unfortunately, they won't be going in for a least a couple of weeks. Progress is coming along great. We rented a 22 ft locking storage container from the city for $78 a month and that is now sitting in the driveway. Just looks lovely, in a beautiful blue color. lol
Weather has been very warm the last couple of days. Over 80+ today, broke a lot of records for this date locally.
Went bowling again today because today ...

Tomorrow should be interesting.

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:35:25 EST

I have started back following my calorie inputs and exercising. I still haven't caught up with the online exercises for the new team but I will catch up.
Tomorrow the new kitchen cabinets arrive. It will take a while for all of them to be installed by my hubby, son and myself. This has to be done after the floor is put in and when Jeff has a day off from reg. work. In the last 7 weeks we have got a ton of work done on the house.
Did pretty well in bowling league today. I was still...

Happy New Year everyone. First blog of 2012

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:39:34 EST

OK, I am planning to get back in the game. I have gained allot of weight back currently I was 179 at the doctors on the 29th of Dec. and I am not too happy about that at all.

November sucked because I sprained my ankle on the 1st and was told to stay off of it for 10 days. Then I had an eye infection that made it difficult to be in the sun. After that I got the flu that last for close to 10 days. Guess what November was shot. I gained close to 15 lbs during the month. lol

Update pictures and other junk

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:39:31 EST

Just an example of the water damage we had from the blog "It Rained in my House today" from last month. This was b/4 the roof was completed on the new front porch.

How the new roof looks. We still have to ...

Another picture from Halloween. Check out my eyes.

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:49:49 EST

I really wanted to share this close up and show the eye lashes I wore as "Cher". My husband friends sent it our way. Haven't been online for over a week because I serverely sprained my ankle. I am going to download pictures tomorrow of the current housework (construction) and will include the picture of the ankle.

Halloween updates

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:27:06 EST

My DH and I went to a friends Halloween party on the 29th. I was the DD and only had water and very little to eat. Asparagus with ham wraps (2), and a mini cupcake. Not too shabby.
Jeff drank about 6 drinks, some kind of punch that really had a punch. He always thinks he is OK to drive. His friend Mike told him to give me the keys and he handed them over. Jeff doesn't like to give up control of anything but his friend knew he should not be driving. Jeff makes me nervous when he is a pa...

Ok I decided to join a bowling league today.

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:33:51 EST

I use to bowl on league back in the early to mid 1990's. I have always enjoy the game. After having cervical spine surgery I was not sure I would be able to bowl again. One of my sisters had the same surgery with only 4 pins and a plate and she can't. I have 6 pins and a plate. I started slowly only bowling occasionally. I was not very good but I had fun. I started going every month, then a couple of time a month. I always a really bad game, normally the first game.
Anyway on Sat. I we...

Wednesday It Rained In My House.

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:36:58 EST

Yep, an early storm hit here in the southland aka S.CA. Jeff assured me that it would not get wet in the house. Our roof is still not done along the new front porch area, hence they put up black paper (tar type) and no plastic. I hate to say I told him so, but I knew they had not protected the roof enough from the heavy Alaskan storm that was headed out way. I took pictures on my phone to text to my daughter and forgot to use my reg. camera to post here. I don't use the internet with my phone...

Sorry to see I am not getting

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:35:32 EST

Well what did I expect. I only have been onsite a few times a month in the last few months. I enter my exercise min. but no food, and it shows. I started back at the gym yesterday and think I will get back on track this month. We are so far behind on the house construction that I just hope Jeff gets up some walls b/4 the rain comes. I think that is what stresses me out.
I do feel better since going off the medication that was giving me problems. I am somewhat surprised I have not heard...