Wha'd up?

Is it Wednesday? We're not sure. 

We are back from Mexico.  Walked in our doors at 6-615am Monday morning and both back to work now.  We are still getting into the swing of things again and still in vacation mode mind so we will be back on track with the blog in the next few days.

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Wha'd Up?

4 DAYS UNTIL MEXICO!!! 

We are now continuously checking the weather.  Looks like a chance of showers/thunderstorms everyday but we're hoping that is just in the evening/early morning before we get up which has been the case in the past.

The past two weeks/weekends have been pretty much spent working and getting ready/packing for Mexico.

Our first priority was food for the plane.  Bars, Chips and Girl Guide cookies :)

We can never pass up a sale on chocolate bars.

Next was going through clothes and figuring out if we needed anything.  We went shopping last Saturday and while we were in the mall we got hungry but just felt like something quick and cold.  We originally thought Orange Julius but couldn't find it in the mall so stumbled across another juice/smoothie place. We ordered a PB and Choc smoothie and a Banana Bliss.  The descriptions sounded delish but when we tasted it, it wasn't what we were hoping for.  I guess the 'unsweetened' chocolate almond milk should have given it away. 

So disappointed.

On Monday Twin 2 got her final tooth extracted that was needed.  She decided to do this before she went to Mexico because if it bothered her down there the last thing she would want to do is go find a Mexican dentist.  This is also her go to weight loss plan before any of her trips (she dropped a few lbs before Vegas and didn't gain an ounce while there).  Just kidding.  She wouldn't recommend it to anyone.  Her dentist appointment was at noon on Monday and by 8 pm Monday night a part of her face was still frozen.  She went to bed thinking she had paralysis in her face as the dentist may have hit a nerve and a freezing had never lasted that long before.  But when she work up on Tuesday her face was back to normal.

Now we wait for the days to slowly pass by.

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Prognosis

So as you are well aware Twin 2 went to the doctor back in March.  Here is here story.

The first doctor appointment was just a meet the doctor type of meeting and some blood tests were ordered as I had gained some weight and was hoping it wasn’t just my doing but maybe I had a ‘condition’ and I would get pills and it would be all better.  Now, I don’t mean to make light of people with a thyroid (or any other) condition but I just don’t know how I let myself get to the poundage of where I am today so there had to be a good reason other than myself.

Step one was blood work and a urine test.  I had to fast for 8 hours before the blood work/urine test.  Not a problem.  I went around 8:30 on a Saturday morning and was done giving blood by 9:00 a.m.  After the vials were taken I was then given a Styrofoam cup and two vials for me to go pee. 

One is my pee cup and the other was my drinking cup.

I asked if I had to fill the two vials and the answer was no I only had to make sure I had some pee in both.  Into the bathroom I went.  I sat there for 10 minutes and guess what.  I. COULD. NOT. PEE!!!!  This NEVER happens.  I was in there for 10 minutes and thought I better get out so the rest of the people who needed to give a urine test could do so and I wouldn’t be holding them up.  When I came out of the bathroom with my cup and empty vials in hand the nurse asked me if a glass of water would help.  Sure.  So I drank that quickly then got another one.  And I wondered the halls as I was not leaving until I gave my sample.  I started stressing as to why I couldn’t pee as I usually can at the drop of a hat.  1.5 HOURS later I was able to get enough out of me to do the trick.  I have NEVER had this problem before.  I’m not sure if it was the stress knowing that I had to.  Maybe I had some sort of performance anxiety? I think so. 

So after the whole fiasco of the blood work/urine test I had a follow up appointment last Thursday for the results.  What was the prognosis?  Drum roll please….I got fat on my own.  The doctor told me to exercise at least 5 times a week for at least 30 minutes.  She even wrote me a prescription.  She said to treat it like medication which I will do.  So far so good. 

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Wha'd up?

Easter is a few weeks away now but we all had a great time in NH.  We also celebrated our mom's and grandmothers birthday because we missed it on March 21. 

Here is the cake our Wiw made ...minus the toothpicks as those were to keep the saran wrap off it.

Bill and Twin 1 took the dogs up Wayne's road and hiked in the woods that were all cut down. 

NH really wore Pearl out. This is her when we got home.

This past weekend we hiked a new trail in Hammond Plains.  Its called Sandy Lake.  Its open to dogs from Oct - June for them to run around.  In the summer people swim and picnic here.  Dogs are allowed at that time but they are required to be leashed.   Here are some photos of the hike and some of the big trees in that woods.

Only 17 days to Mexico!!!

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Making a list...

We hope you are all enjoying your rainy weekend so far.

We are getting ready for vacation to Mexico as we looked at the calender when it flipped to April and ITS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY.  15 work days and only 2 full weekends after this one.

We are making lists of :

1 - what to take
2 - what to buy
3 - what needs to be done before we leave
4 - what needs to be done/cleaned up at work before we leave

We will be sure to check them twice....or a gazillion times.

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A New Blog to Read

https://karencwilliams.wordpress.com/

If anyone is interested the above link takes you to a blog that is our friends who went through/is going through some things with her family and this is therapy for her.  She told Twin 1 she could share the link with people who like to read blogs so where better to share it then on our blog.

Enjoy!

Wha'd Up?

We did it!!  We booked our trip last night!  We are going to the Sandos Caracol Eco Resort in Mexico. We are staying in the Select Club Adults Only room.  Should be an adventure.  The resort seems like it has a lot of activities so we don't have to leave the resort for any excursions.  We didn't get the flight with Transat that we had hoped as the price jumped to over $1700 so we booked with Sunwing.  Flights suck (times) but we got to pick our seats and we'll hope for the best.  We've flown with them before and everything went smoothly so we're not expecting any disasters but the Transat plane was just so much better.  25 days!!! Now we gotta take this working out/eating healthy seriously...I mean we should be able to stay on track for 25 days right?!  

WHOOT!! WHOOT!!

We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend.  We went down to the parents place on Thursday night and Twin 2 and her hubby came back Saturday night but Twin 1 and the rest of the family stayed down and returned on Monday.  It was a nice break.

Anyway just a short post with more to follow in the coming days.

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Wha'd up?

Not too much going on again this week.  Our life is consumed with picking a Mexico resort.  We got together last night to pick...and by pick we mean narrowing it down to 2 resorts instead of 5.  We did  decide that we want to fly with Air Transat. 

The two choices in order are:

1-      Sandos Caracol Eco Resort – this one has everything we want and close to Playa Del Carmen.  With Transat it’s a little pricier then Sunwing/Signature.

2-      Grand Palladium Kantenah – cheaper with Transat but it isn't close to Playa and does not offer an “adults only” section or beach club.

We need to be close to Playa Del Carmen because that is where we get our tanning lotion! The only place we can find what we use and for cheap!

In other weekly activities:

Gil is growing up and may need a new bed VERY SOON J

On Saturday Twin 1 tried to find a new trail to take the dogs for a walk and went searching for one in Tantallon.  After driving over logging roads they came to something that “might have been” part of it.  There will be more google searching on this before we venture back out there.  Here are a few pictures of it:

We’ve had some “different” weather this week

This was Saturday morning:

This was Monday afternoon at Long Lake:

This was Tuesday evening at Long Lake:

AND………………………WHO WANTS ONE?

Here are Twin 1 puppies waiting for Daddy to get out of the bathroom to play like they do every morning.

 This weekend is Easter.  Doesn't this look like a fun lunch?