1 Women, 1 Man, & 8 Paws

I lost my Cody bear...

I made the decision finally...

It was terrible...

He went peacefully...

I hope he is having fun in heaven with his younger Brother Zack...

I'll see you again someday, please wait for me...

Odds and Ends

The last time I posted it was a cry out for Cody Bear. Well, Cody Bear is still with us. He is hanging in there! I am afraid to take him to the vet because I know what he will say. Cody is not eating much, which is what is worrying me. I love him and need to know when it is the right time.

I have been ready busy lately at work and at home. Man is doing awesome on his diet and exercise. He has really surprised me! He has been going to the gym 5-6 times a week and really eating healthier. He has lost 20 pounds in 2 weeks. His will power is amazing. Stick a piece of chocolate cake in front of me and it will be gone!! His goal is to be at 220 by August. There is much more to this goal than just weight and I 'll go into that in another post!

Sammy and Cooper are doing great. Cooper is just going with the flow and as long as he is near Man or I he is as happy as can be. Sammy is a piece of work!! He was doing great on not digging in the yard or jumping on people. We seem to have gone backwards this weekend. He dug 4 holes in the yard on Friday night. I filled them in on Saturday and he dig 3 more! That little turd!! He jumped on me a couple times this weekend too!! I told him who was the boss and put him in his place! I hope it works!

I know I am rambling, I just can't gather my thoughts today!!

Cody Bear

Cody is getting very old... He is nearly blind and deaf... He sleeps all the time... He doesn't eat very much... He has lost weight...He wanders around aimlessly, sometimes staring in a corner...

How do you know when it's time?? How much does quality of life come into play?? Does anyone have an answer?? How cruel would we be to decide and Cody is thinking, "wait it's not time yet!!!" What do I do???

I love you Cody Bear!!

In the Kitchen...

I have been cooking lately, not very well, but I am trying. I have really been craving chocolate, especially chocolate cake! I didn't have all the ingredients, so I opted for brownies. Well, I didn't have any vegetable oil, so I used peanut oil. They came out weird. Not bad tasting, just very dense and dry. They did nothing for my chocolate craving though! I also made homemade BBQ sauce last weekend to use on ribs. The original recipe tasted too much like ketchup with lemon juice, so I spiced it up with liquid smoke, A-1 sauce, and chipotle spice. It was really good! The ribs slow cooked in the oven at 200 degrees for 7 hours and they fell off the bone! We have need eating a lot of fish lately. My favorite preparation is dusting the fish with blackening spice or Montreal seasoning and sauteing it in a little olive oil. It gets a little crust for so crunch. Very Yummy. Man wants to lose weight, so I am looking for healthier meals and lots of veggies. Did you know if you roast any veggie in a little olive oil and s&p-it's delicious???? This weekend I might do a beef stew, we'll see.

TV Time

As I have mentioned before I love my TV shows. Survivor, the Amazing Race, Project Runway, Barefoot Contessa, Keeping up with the Kardashians, American Idol, Little People Big World, 19 Kids and Counting, Top Chef, The Young and the Restless, Lost, Big Love, Big Brother, and my newest addition The Tudors. It's a lot I know! It's a little embarrassing, I know. Thank goodness for my DVR. It may seem like I watch a lot of TV, but if fact I watch very little TV. In the morning when I'm on the elliptical I watch The Young and the Restless on the web. In the evening I am able to watch one or two shows before bed, from about 8-9:30pm. An hour long show is actually only 40 minutes when you fast forward past the commercials! Right now pickings are slim until everything starts up again in February. I am catching up on all the episodes of The Tudors and Project Runway just started.

My thoughts on some of my shows:

The Tudors are fascinating to me and I love the clothes and the language of that time period. Everything is spoken with such purpose and slight riddle, you get what their saying but it still makes you think. The women on the show are basically used for sex and baby making. King Henry was a male slut!! The history is very interesting as well. Check it out!

Project Runway has been a bit boring since it left Bravo. The designers are just not that interesting. I am still watching because one of the designers if from my town. The designers are making really nice clothes too! The guest judges need to be a part of the show more, maybe stopping by the work room to check the designers progress.

You think with all the money they spend on cars and remodeling on Little People Big World that they could afford a housekeeper. Their house is disgusting. I would never eat anything out of their kitchen! I can understand having four kids, but come on! Please Amy and Matt Roelof-get a housekeeper and teach your kids and yourself some basic cleanliness. And Amy-quit pushing our husband out of the kids life!



Survivor-Villains Vs. Heroes, should be great! I think Russell will have met his match in this bunch of players. Plus Boston Rob is so nice to look at!

Lost will be on it's final season :( That's all I have to say about that!

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a couple sister wives, like in Big Love. It would great to always have someone around, but the whole rotating nights just creeps me out. I would always be wondering who Man like sex with the best! There would be jealousy for sure!

Happy watching!! Any shows you recommend??? There might be a little space left on my DVR!

Dirk Diggler

Sammy's new name is Dirk Diggler. Not because of his you know what, but because he is digging up the yard!!! He is making our yard look like the 18th hole on Caddy Shack!! We fill in the hole and the next day he has re dug it!! He has plenty of toys and chewy things! Anyone have any ideas???

Invasion of the Resolutioners

Not sure if resolutioners is a word, but those are the people who are invading the gym with their weight loss resolutions. I am a gym regular and don't want these fare weather gym people hogging the stair climbers!! It usually only lasts a couple of weeks, but until then it is the battle for the stair climbers. Right now there is only 3 working climbers, there is usually four. They are a major calorie burner and very popular. I like to use it to get warmed up before the fitness classes. I want my gym back. I am loyal to the gym, not just passing through.

Man made a resolution to lose 70 lbs. before our May cruise. I hope he sticks to it. He has been swimming laps at the gym for 30 minutes a day. Yesterday it was too cold so he did 30 minutes on our elliptical at home. He gets a little touchy with me when I talk about exercise with him. He needs to do the serious calorie burning cardo to get the weight off. I decided to let him alone, he'll do it if he wants too. I plan on cooking healthier food, but it will be tough since I love to bake. I've been craving brownies lately. Of course day 4 into Man's resolution, he calls me asking me to stop and get ice cream because he has a sweet tooth that won't go away!!! What am I going to do with him?? Yes, I stopped and got ice cream because I wanted it too!!! I did get Light Ice Cream and Low fat frozen yogurt though!!