Hey strangers!

So I haven't posted since October. Looks like a lot of the people I followed have left or have taken a hiatus as well. Not sure why I haven't blogged here.

Since I saw you guys last my weight has stayed pretty steady at the 120 range. I would like to be closer to 110 but my body seems to be comfortable here and I don't want to get my band so tight I give myself pneumonia again. Sometimes you gotta listen to your body. I do have about 4 cc in my band, which is very low compared to last year at this time. I still have some bad food days when I have trouble eating. Until that rectifies itself I will not get another fill. I know a lot of that is stress but I don't want to risk it.

I'm still running...kinda. Right now I am a little burned out. I have been training through e-coaching with Jeff Galloway. My goal was to do Little Rock half marathon in under 3 hours. That was March 2 and the weather turned horrible. It started out in the mid 50's but dropped 15 degrees with strong winds, storms, torrential down pours, sleet, the works. I finished in 3:11. I am lucky to have finished at all in those conditions. I also did a 25K (15.4 miles) as a training run at the end of January and the Snake Trail Run - 14.6 miles weekend before last. I have a half marathon this weekend, the OKC half April 27, and Run Like a Diva half in Branson May 4. After that I am taking a break from running. Maybe do some yoga? I am going to be in a wedding in July so I need to get my upper body looking good in a sleeveless dress. My legs hate me guess it's time my arms join in on the bandwagon.

Last week I got bit by dog while I was running through the neighborhood. Almost got into a fist fight with the dog owner because she acted like it was my fault. I seriously thought I was going to have to call the cops. Being the dog lover I am I couldn't punish the dog because the lady was a bitch. She finally gave me her name and I verified the dog's vaccination history through the shelter. I know if I run now I will just run back and forth by her house so I haven't ran since the incident, lol. 

I am getting plenty of exercise with the kiddos.  After the boys died I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to get another dog (granted I still had a house full).  I saw a post on FB in November looking for a foster home for a border collie named Marty.  He was heartworm positive and risked being put to sleep at the animal shelter.  Mountain Pet Rescue out of Colorado pulls dogs from overcrowded high kill shelters in OK TX and MO and transports them to homes in the CO area.  Something about Marty caught my eye and we decided to foster him.  We only had him for a week before he found a home and lives happily ever after in Boulder.  In January one of the founders contacted me and asked if I wanted to foster another dog named Cookie.  This on was a special case.  She had been pulled about the same time as Marty.  She too had heartworms and was on the list to be put to sleep.  Her current foster home wasn't working out because they said she was too big.  She had been shuffled around to three different fosters and they were looking for someone who would be able to stick with her until she was healthy and adopted.  I told Dennis about her and he said she deserved some stability.  So, we have Cookie Bear.

She is indeed a big girl, 98+ pound when she was pulled from the shelter.  She had been diagnosed with spondylosis which is a spine degeneration disease.  We take her to hydrotherapy once or twice a week.

and she has acupuncture as needed. We also take her on daily walks now that the heartworms are gone. We had her down to 89 pounds and she was looking good. Then we took her in to have a broken tooth pulled and she had gained 7 pounds in a month :-0 They did a thyroid check and it appears she may have low thyroid so we also have her on medication for that.

Now that all of my money and spare time is going to the dogs again, my life feels like it is back to normal. We love that girl. I'm not 100% sure she will be going to Colorado. It would take someone extra special to meet our approval. I found out later that the rescue group wanted us to keep her all along, they are evil geniuses. She is still listed on the adoption site but we will see.

I have a lot of catching up to do.