Thank you all for your support.  You have no idea how much it has meant to me.  I wasn’t sure if I was being too sensitive to everything or what.  I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who thinks my doctor is a dope.  That being said, I did weigh myself this morning to make sure I didn’t put on another 3 lbs.  Instead, I lost 1.  Woohoo!  LOL

Bill and I did buy a treadmill.  We are trying to walk 15 minutes on it every day or every other day.  I just keep saying baby steps to getting more healthy! 

In other news, Will is going through the stage of taking all his clothes and his diaper.  ALL THE TIME.  It’s driving me insane.  If I could actually find the duct tape in the house, I may use it on him.

Let’s see on the Madison front — not much to report.  She uses the treadmill more than Bill and I.  LOL  Though she does have a better social life than me this week — a birthday party tonight and another on Saturday.

That’s been our week in a nutshell.  Pretty boring.

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I didn’t drop off the face of the earth.  I swear.  Instead, everyone in my house has decided to get sick including me.  Seriously.  I started with Will and his nasty cough that was keeping him up all night.  He still has the nasty cough a week later, but it’s not keeping him up.  Then we had me and my runny nose/sore throat.  Mine is off and on and more annoying than anything else.  Lastly, we have Madison.  Oh my Madison.  If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know what happened.  She threw up.  Now, if you read my blog regularly, you’ll know what happens when Madison throws up.  We end up in the hospital.  That’s been our life when this happens.  However, remember, we met with her geneticist, and we had a game plan.  Guess what?  The game plan worked!  We kept her hydrated with the special concoction we had to make for her.  She already has went back to school and no hospital visit!  Now, we have to manage to not get the flu again.  To make up for my blogging delay, here’s a picture of Bill and I on Halloween:

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I was cutting open a clamshell plastic wrapper for some triple A batteries last night (that I had to run out and get).  Madison’s Leapster2 had gone dead, and she was whining.  Instead of paying attention to what I was doing, I was talking and looking at her when I did it.  I cut a nice little V in my thumb with blood squirting everywhere.  Madison’s response?

Mom, that’s why I have safety scissors.

Obviously, mom needs a pair too.  Sigh.

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In the mess I came home to, I forgot to blog about what happened before I left. I was getting ready last Tuesday morning for my trip to Stouffers, when Will came running out of his room.  Now, he had been in a crib.  The top of the crib is pretty high, so we knew we were in trouble and had to turn his bed into a toddler bed.  Over this last weekend, Bill and I did just that.  So far, so good.  He hasn’t come running out too many times, and it has been a lot easier than when we did this with Madison (though Madison was 1 when she climbed out.  He’s almost two).

The Madison update is that she’s sick now.  She’s running a fever and has a bad cold.

I know, I know — I’d love to catch a break too.

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I actually have to start off this post telling you a story that happened today on the way home from preschool.  There were a bunch of high school kids running (I would guess that it was the cross country team), and Madison (my 5 year old) got all upset.  I asked her what was wrong, and she told me that “they shouldn’t be running, because it is a sidewalk not a siderun!”  Now, I refrained from laughing at that moment since she did have a point, and she spent the entire summer last year being told she couldn’t run ahead of us on our walks.

Now, that you got to laugh at my funny story (that has to do with walking), I have to tell you about a great cause that I am involved in this year. Have you heard of BeeWell Miles?  If not, this is a cause you definitely want to get involved with.

Well, Bumble Bee Tuna is currently donating 15 cents for every mile that is logged into  BeeWellMiles.com (up to $200,000) to the Breast Cancer Network of Strength.  Now, think about it?  How many miles can you rack up without even trying?  I’ll tell you this — you’ll be amazed.  Madison had to go for some bloodwork last Friday, and I put on 2000 steps (2000 steps = 1 mile) just walking around the hospital!  Now, I’ve got over 20,000 steps in that picture above (I haven’t zeroed it out yet, and yes, that did take a couple of days).  Now, those 20,000 steps equals $1.50 which doesn’t sound like a lot.  If it wouldn’t have snowed, I would have way more steps.  One of the things we like to do in the spring and the summer with the kids is walk around the block.  Why not earn money doing something you normally would have?

Now, there is around 210 days left in this campaign, so that $1.50 will add up quite quickly.  Can you imagine how many miles will be walked if we get everyone we know to walk and log their miles?  The other great thing is that the BeeWellMiles site has great resources for you to use.  Not only can you log your miles, but you can figure out how long your favorite walking/running route is and figure out how many calroies you are eating.  You can interact with other visitors and share ideas and tips with them too.  Who doesn’t love a great contest on top of all this?  Each day you log miles or enter game codes from the pink label Bumble Bee cans, you could instantly win one of 15,000 prizes!!

As some of you know, I have an aunt who had breast cancer (who eventually died of lung cancer), so breast cancer causes are near and dear to my heart.  I would be surprised if any of you didn’t know someone who had or has breast cancer.  Why not raise extra money to help Breast Cancer Network of Strength doing something you do every day?  If you walk more to help raise more money, even better!  Getting healthier and giving to a great cause — what more can you ask for!

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