Well it’s a new year, full of new promises, opportunities and adventures. I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season. Cole and I went to Clinton to visit his family. We stayed over xmas and stayed for a hole week, it was truly amazing. I had an amazing time. We spent xmas eve and xmas up at his grandparents in horse lake then the remainder of our visit at his parents ranch. I took a lot of foods with me such as low protein chilli and, zucchini bread and apple crisp, that was pretty much what I ate for breakfast and lunch but for dinner we had so many wonderful foods, there was always lots I could eat and I didn’t need to worry cause they new what I could and could not have so there was lots for me, for instance for Christmas dinner I had mashed potatoes , carrots, Brussels sprouts , and salad with apple butter!!!! Which is my newest discovery and maybe my biggest help this year. u see im addicted to salt and its really bad how much eat not only health wise but also for my weight since it retains water and when I had my body fitness test done they told me 74 lbs of my weight was sodium retention (aka salt) I have been trying to cut back but its so hard food has no taste without it , but Coles grandma introduced me to apple butter and for now it has taken the place of my salt cause i can put it on my rice, potatoes or veggies.

 My favourite meal was the fried potatoes for breakfast that Dale and Tracy made with there own garden grown potatoes, I was in love!!!

 we were very lucky cause we got to take some foods home with us like Tracy’s canning she does from her garden so we got pickles, beets, pears, jams, syrups, apple butters etc etc it was awesome.

Unfortunately over the holidays I had a bad cold and was so stuffed up and had such bad headaches so I got to drink lots of hot spiced rum and apple cider. I love the spiced rum I crave it now. Also unfortunately I haven’t even done a blood test since that last one in November

its sure good to be home though, we are gone 3 weeks from the flood and we were home 2 days before we left for holidays and then that was a week , so in all we weren’t home very much at all in December but now  all our new carpets are and new floors and we didn’t loose any of our fish (except Jonesy , but he was old) and my cat Figaro is home now too .

im back at the gym and I think im starting to see some differences not in numbers or weight but how I feel and my activity level and even my jeans , I think I lost a size or too. im happy to be back at the gym I really missed it. I’ve upped my work out 5 lbs per weight and started on the elliptical which I do for 15 mins as a start up. I even have started yoga at home. But my best news is Cole and I went swimming on Sunday!!!! It was so great to be back in the water. We might go again this weekend. i didn’t even hurt later. Well least not my legs, my arms hurt lol .

My surgery counsel was in December Cole drove me thank god  because I was in so much pain after I could barely walk he drove me straight back to his brothers since we still staying there and I didn’t move from the couch for 3 hrs .But they told me that I will be going for surgery in late June and they have to reconstruct my tendits around my knee with my ham strings in all they will be making 3 incisions , one to my hamstrings and then one to put in a washer and a screw that will have the new tendit warp around it then drill it into my knee. Basically right now my knee cap floats cause there is nothing to hold it in place and that grinding that I always feel is from wear and tear and probably wont go away but it will stop dislocating constantly. Also I will have some permant numbness around my knee. But hey I think it will be worth it in the long run.

Tyrai and I have started on the walk a thon again since its the new year and we are having lots of progress too!!!!

I made a large food order from special products yesterday and I cant wait to get it. I got a bread machine from my mom for xmas and I cant wait to use it. Also Im looking forward to getting my pastas and mix quick . One of my new years resolutions is to bake more.

 I actually have quiet a few new years resolutions they are : to be healthy, to be more active, to work out 3 times a week at the gym and yoga twice a week, to start swimming again, to be less involved with drama and gossip, take time for me, stand up for my self more , and to have regular "special Saturdays" with Cole, which is our date night , were we turn off the phones and computers, go to the movies, museum, Imax, swimming etc etc and then dinner. Its just a night for us after the busy week. So yeah those are my goals, I will let you know how they go.

Anyways gtg , need to work some more on the walk a thon with Tyrai . TTYL