The Six of Us

Okay things have been insane around here.  A week ago yesterday we went to meet with the back surgeon he suggested Lee needed surgery.  Lee;s  hernia had blown to pieces and he was quickly losing weakness in his leg..  It looked really cool on the MRI.  The doctor was AMAZING.  18 hours after we met with the surgeon Lee was on the operating table.  Lee was released from the hospital that day and has been walking around.  The walking is huge he literally wasn't able to do that for nearly three weeks.  Also the doctor feels confident that he was able to cure the ongoing back pain Lee has had for nearly a decade.  Lee was suppose to leave on his annual bike trip last week and that has been rescheduled for October.  We should be leaving a week from tomorrow for Bear Lake but that is out as well.  I am leaving tomorrow for four days for a work trip and I am leaving Lee and the kids in the very capable hands of my parents.  Things are looking up.  Lee's pain mostly comes from the fac

Hard to belive that we are half way through 2010. So I am going to address the goals I had six months ago.  I haven't lost the weight like I would have liked to, but I am working out and I am healthier which is so more important then a number on a scale.  We are heading to Mexico in just about a month and so I really need to put some effort into looking and feeling better. We are getting rid of stuff on an ongoing basis.  It is so freeing to get rid of things.  I love taking huge boxes of kid clothes to good will so we have more room and somebody will be able to use them.  I follow the FLYLADY plan and love it.  I can tell a huge difference in the house when I don't.  I am not one of those people who are a naturally organized person so having a plan really helps me. Lee graduated and is still looking for a job so our getting out of debt is going slower then planned.  Plus we have had some medical issues so those bills were added to the get out of debt plan. But we are movin