2009 is finally done!!!

2009 has been a year to remember. Lots of good and bad things have happened. The year started out good. In Jan. I had lots of archery shoots to go to and was shooting the best I have in several years. Feb. Rick and I went to Vegas for 5 days. We had a great time. Feb. 13 Liam turned 2. I also got my dog Dexter in Feb. March was the start of the bad of 2009. My wrist started to give me trouble from shooting and worst of all I had to have a root canal. That really sucked but now my tooth is all good. We also had the MSAA State Archery shoot in Duluth in March. On March 30th I turned 47 years old. Lets see that brings us to April . I got to have a steroid shot in my wrist, that was not so fun. Other then that April was pretty uneventful. In May I had surgery on my wrist. It was the first time in my life I have had surgery. It all went well and I was back to running and biking and lifting in no time. I put my house up for sale in May. Christa graduated from college in May with an accounting degree and Mom and Dad celebrated there 50th wedding anniversary. June started out good. I was running a lot getting ready to run the Grandma's half marathon again. Then of course as we all know my gallbladder decided it was time to attack! After 4 days in the hospital I was good enough to go up to Duluth and watch Cassie, Amy and Christa run the half-marathon without me. I was very proud of them and very sad to not be running it with them. By the end of June I was able to run very slowly. I had to put Charlie to sleep in June, it was a very sad day for me. I sold my house in June and started to pack. July 4th I was very happy to be able to run the 5 mile race around Clear lake. I got to go back to the hospital in July and have my gall bladder removed. When I got out of the hospital that night I moved into Ricks house so he could take care of me. He did and still does a great job. While I was at home recovering from surgery I also had to go back to my house and finish packing. I moved completely out of the house at the end of July. I finally went back to work at the end of July and was glad to be back. Aug. was good, I was able to start running and biking again. It was slow going but I was super glad to be able to outside moving again. Sept. Rick and I took a long weekend biking trip. We biked 70 miles in one day. It was so much fun. Oct. was a fun month. Cassie, Amy and I ran the twin cities 10 miles. It was so much fun to be able to run a big race after a summer of not much running. I started bow hunting in Oct. Halloween was at the end of the month and it was fun to see Liam and Josie all dressed up. Nov. I did a lot of babysitting. Liam and Josie stayed overnight at our house several times, it was fun. Rick and I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Target Center. Rick asked me to marry him and I said yes. We hosted Thanksgiving at our house for the first time and it went great. Dec. I went to the MOA for my annual trip with the girls. We had Christmas the the kids on the Sunday before Christmas and had lots of fun. Josie turned 1 on Dec. 9th. I had a photo shoot for the cover of Girlfriends magazine with my archery teammates. We had a ton of snow and I got to stay home and be snowbound watching movies and sitting in font of the fire. Christmas was busy running from place to place but wonderful to see everyone. Now it is the last day of 2009. All and all the year was a good one. I am happy to say that I am happy with my life. I have someone who loves me and takes care of me and is there for me. My children and grandchildren bring joy to my life everyday. Goodbye 2009 with all your good and bad you will be a year to remember!
Later Sharon

Back to Work

Christmas is done and it is back to work for me. I wish I had another 5 days off, but I guess if I want to pay the bills I am going to have to go back to work.
We had a good time at mom and dads house on Christmas day. Everyone made it there in all the snow. We did not get back home until almost 8:30, a late night for us! Sat. we had a busy day. I got up and walked 3 miles and then lifted. My leg is still going numb when I walk and my arm goes numb when I do some of my lifts so I had to cut back on what I was doing. After that Rick and I ran to Mankato because he had to get some mud for work and our license plates were in for the car. We also went to Best Buy and spent my rewards points. I had $40 to spend so we got Band Of Brothers on blue ray. It was on sale for half price so we got it for free. When we got back home we took down all the Christmas stuff and got the house all clean.
Sunday we went to New Richland for Christmas with Ricks family. We had a good time. When we got back to town we went down to the range and shot a game. It is the first 300 round game I have shot since last April. I shot a 293 32X. I was very happy with that. Shooting does hurt my back but it did not hurt it as bad as last time I shot so that must mean it is getting better. Since league starts next week it is going to have to get better fast!
I have wasted enough time on the computer today so I guess I better get back to work.
Later Sharon

Happy christmas eve

Do we have to keep going my legs hurt -Rick

I wanted to keep going and going and going

That is until I realized just how deep the snow was!

Will someone please wash my new car!!!

Happy Christmas Eve!!! This has been a strange but good Christmas Eve for me. We were suppose to go to New Richland to Ricks mom's house but she canceled it because of the weather. We are now going there on Sunday. Today I slept in until 8:30 then I sat around until Amy and Liam came over so Rick could give Liam a hair cut. After they left Rick and I went skiing. It was so nice out with all the new snow. I wanted to go around the lake but Rick would not. So we went up into the woods by the lake. Once we got in Rick made me cut the path, it was soooo deep. But we made it. We went down to the lake then and went on a snowmobile path, it was way easier. After we got home and got cleaned up we went to Walmart. Rick is going to make us supper tonight and we need a couple of things. Of course we come out with over a $100. of stuff. We went to the 3:30 church service. It was packed. Now we are back home and Rick is making a clean eating carrot cake and then he is going to start supper.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and drive safe.

Sharon

This is a picture of Kipper who is trying to get all the food off of Josie's clothes. He was in dog heaven eating all of the food she dropped on the floor.

Christmas number one

Yesterday we had the first of three Christmas celebrations. We went to Christa and Jese's house. It was lots of fun. We all missed Cassie because she had to work and could not come. So that was the only bad part of the day. I got Liam a work bench and he loved it. It had a screw driver that really works so he spent the rest of the day taking everything apart. We had lots of great food and I way over ate. But that is what Christmas is for. I bought a new game called Loaded Question for us to play. It was tons of fun and we all had lots of laughs playing it. I am going to bring it to the rest of our Christmas celebrations too.
Later Sharon

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. - Dr. Seuss

I am babysitting Liam and Josie today so Amy can go look for a new job. They are having a job fair in Saint Peter so that is where she is. I got up early so I could walk on the tread mill before they got here. I would love to run but I was told I could not.

I finally broke down and went to a chiropractor for my back. It was getting pretty bad last week and it was getting hard to drive home. It is the first time I have been to a chiropractor, I figured I would give him a chance. So he took some xrays and come to find out I have a mild case of scoliosis. It looks pretty sweet on the xray, my spine has a nice curve to it. I also have degeneration of some of my disc. He thinks the worse one is bulging and is torn, so it is loosing the fluid that is in between the vertebrae and that is what is causing my leg to go numb. He said does not think it has ruptured yet but is bulging. He is going to try and fix it and if it does not get better he is going to send me to someone else to have a epidural steroid injection. I hope he can make it better because the injection does not sound fun. He also said I could not run for awhile.

Yesterday after I got done at the chiropractor I went and got my hair cut. Then after that Amy, Liam, Josie and I went to Mankato. I had one last Christmas gift to get. Now I am all done. After I got home Rick and I went out for supper and then came home and watch a movie. Today I am trying to get my house work done. Tonight we have to go to Albert Lea for a birthday party. It should not be to late.

I guess I should go take care of Josie.

Later Sharon

So Cold!!!

It is sooooo cold out this morning. I guess that is what it is suppose to be like in December.....cold. At least we are going to have a white Christmas. I hope it warms up a little because I would like to try and go cross country skiing sometime soon. I was going to take a couple of hours off on Sunday but it was to cold for me so I stayed at work. Once again they will not give us much heat in our office at work. One of the guys brought in a space heater so that helps. I just suck being cold all day long. I just drink lots of tea and coffee all day to warm me up. Tonight we have the last night of fall archery league. I didn't really shoot league but I was there every night buy one. We are have a pizza party tonight. I really need to get down and shoot more. I know I say that all the time and never do it. But in just a couple weeks winter league starts and I am no way ready for it.
Enjoy the cold day, don't freeze your butt off!!!
Sharon

Merry Christmas to me!!!

I stole this picture of Josie off of Cassie's facebook. She is so cute! She is such a happy baby until you tell her no. Then she does the insta-cry. It is pretty funny. I think Christa gave her lessons on how to fake cry, she was the queen of it when she was little.
I have not been up to much. I finally got my voice back on Thur. I can speak normal now. I actually lifted 2 times this week. I did some different stuff for my abs and boy were they sore. I guess that means I have not been working them hard enough.
Thursday afternoon Rick and took his car and my car for a drive to Mankato and ended up at the Mankato Toyota dealership. We came back out of the dealership with a 2010 Toyot Prius!! It is pearl color and supper sweet! We decided we did not need 3 cars so we traded two of them in. Are car payment is less then we were paying and we got a great interest rate. I know I am justifying getting a new car but I don't care. It drives so nice, I love it. I may even let Rick drive it once in awhile :)
I have to work this weekend. I am glad it has warmed up a little since I have to be outside to check the buildings in the morning. I am thinking about leaving a hour or so early on Sunday if it is nice out to go cross country skiing. We finally have enough snow and there is a great park to go skiing in Waseca.
Later Sharon

Snow Day!!!

We are going to have a white Christmas!!!! This is what it looked like when I opened the door this morning to let Dexter out. You can see at the bottom of the picture his foot print. That is all the further he went out before he went running back in the house! Poor poor Dexter!

Christmas Train

Last night the Christmas Train came to Waseca. Amy, Liam, Josie, Rick and I went to see it. There was so many people there. After the train got there Santa came out and a band played. We could not get close to it so we left shortly after it got there. Adam meet us as we were leaving. Liam was pretty excited to see it. We also brought Dexter with us. We were leaving and I was going to put him in his kennel and Rick said " can't he come with, he wants to come." So of course he came. When we got there he people kept stepping on him so I had to hold him the whole time. He was a good boy and had fun too.

Josie's First Birthday

Shopping all weekend is not the thing to do when you have a cold. For some reason it makes it worse! Oh well I still had lots of fun. Friday we went to the movie The Blind Side. It was really good. It is a feel good movie. After that we stopped a Kohls and did a little shopping and then it was off to the hotel. Sat. we got to the mall around 10:00. we did not leave until almost 10:00 that night. I got almost all of my shopping done. I also got a dress for my wedding. It is always fun to have Erica, Theresa and Jodi to help me pick out clothes. After we got done shopping we went out for a late supper and some drinks. By then I had completely lost my voice. It was no good. We did not get back to the hotel until almost midnight. A late night for all of us!! Sunday we got up and went to Ikea and then to the Burnsville Mall. I was really not feeling to well. I could not talk at all. Dumb cold. Amy had Josie's birthday party last night so when I got back to town I went to her house. I did not stay to long. I was suppose to work today but I called in sick. I still feel like crap and still cannot not talk. I am taking it easy today. I have just been sitting in front of the TV and wrapping Christmas gifts.
Later Sharon

27 Days

27 days, that is how many days I need to make it before 2009 is over and done with! I just need to stay alive 27 more days and I am sure 2010 will be much better. 2009 has been the year from hell for me health wise. It started in March with a chipped tooth that turned into a month of tooth pain and a root channel. Then in May I got to have wrist surgery. That at least went very well and my wrist is now doing much better. Then of course came June and July and the whole gallbladder stuff. Three ERCP's, gallbladder surgery and almost 2 months off of work and I was finally almost healthy again. Aug. Sept. and Oct. were been pretty good to me, only the usual pains from running. They don't really count because they are self induced! Nov. brought on my first cold of the season. It was not to bad only lasting a week. Also have been having trouble with my back hurting and my leg going numb. Not sure what that is about but it comes and goes so I am just going to ignore it for now. Now it is December and I have another cold. I sure am glad I got my flu and H1N1 shots so at least it is just a cold and not the flu! So I figure after all of that I just need to make it 27 more days. 2010 is going to be my year. I figure I have paid my sick dues for at least a couple of years.

This weekend I am going with my girlfriends for are annual Mall Of America trip. We go up on Friday and come home on Sunday. Should be lots of fun. It is always good to have a weekend of girl talk and spending money!

Have a good weekend end.
Later Sharon

The Legend Of The Christmas Spider

Once upon a time, long ago, a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year.... The day on which the Christ child came to bless the house. Not a speck of dust was left. Even the spiders had been banished from their cozy corner in the ceiling to avoid the housewife's busy cleaning. They finally fled to the farthest corner of the attic.
T'was the Christmas eve at last! The tree was decorated and waiting for the children to see it. But the poor spiders were frantic, for they could not see the tree, nor be present for the Christ child's visit. But the oldest and wisest spider suggested that perhaps they could peep through the crack in the door to see him. Silently they crept out of their attic, down the stairs, and across the floor to wait in the crack in the threshold. Suddenly, the door opened a wee bit and quickly the spiders scurried into the room. They must see the tree closely, since their eyes weren't accustomed to the brightness of the room... so the crept all over the tree, up and down, over every branch and twig and saw every one of the pretty things. At last they satisfied themselves completely of the Christmas tree beauty.
But alas!! Everywhere they went they had left their webs, and when the little Christ child came to bless the house he was dismayed. He loved the little spiders, for they were God's creatures too, but he knew the mother, who had trimmed the tree for the little children, wouldn't feel the same, so He touched the webs and they all turned to sparkling, shimmering, silver and gold!
Ever since that time, we have hung tinsel on our christmas trees, and according to the legend, it has been a custom to include a spider among the decorations on the tree.