The Daisy Field

I have a lot to be thankful for...and you know it I wanted to take this time to sit down and say thank you to a few key people who really helped me out over this last really really hard year! 2011 was filled with pain for me and I have to say I was pretty glad to see it in my rear view mirror! Right off the bat, I experienced a devastating diagnosis of an issue with my brain. I was terrified and pained by the emotional toll of what it would all mean. The physical pain of the symptoms, and the psychological fear that came with not knowing what was happening. I was so worried I would end up being a huge burden on my husband. Throughout all this my friends and family were really supportive and helped me get better! So thank you! The hugest of all to my loving husband who put up with my tears, my inability to get out of bed and for keeping our household together!! It was hard to keep work, health, school, volunteering and my commitments under control, I was slammed....all...

I am doing well...thanks for asking! Thought I should stop by and give an update since I know you are dying to know what I am doing on a daily basis! HAHAHAH So what is new.... My Blog Post from July 31, 2011 about Growing Guiding at the Vancouver Pride Festival is one of the top 25 viewed GGC blogs! You can actually vote for my blog as one of your faves by going here!! I would love it if you would!! My Mom is finished her treatement and doing well! read about it here and you can even help her name her new Foob! Wanna know what a foob is? better go read the post :) Rachel is doing well! She has been working hard and hopes to be out of the hospital in June! YAY, let me know if you want to go visit and I will set something up and maybe we can all go out for lunch? For those of you who know me really well, you know that I am pretty stage shy! Funny since I sing in a pretty amazing choir ( voted top three in Vancouver !!! Well Gail did a call for a solo and I thought...

One of my oldest and dearest friends was in a very very serious car accident two days ago. I found out yesterday at around 2:30 and I am being overrun by so many emotions and feelings and thoughts. First was fear - what will happen? Second was guilt - they had been trying to get a hold of me since earlier in the day. My phone was in my purse on silent because I was at work. Third was fear - what will happen... Fourth was the need to help in some way and then of course back to fear! And this has been going on since yesterday. She was airlifted to Vancouver so that some of the best doctors in the world could work on her! She has sensation in her legs but no movement. The body is an amazing thing and I truly belive her own body is protecting her while the surgeons stabilize her!! She spent most of yesterday in surgery and will be in the hospital for 3 or 4 weeks and then in rehab for several months. Her husband is the strong and silent type. He does his own thi...

So as my loyal readers know (all 3 of you thanks for checking in!) Chris and I are getting fit - emotionally, financially and physically! You will have to scroll to the end if you just want to see the results in numbers! We sat down, paid off all our credit cards and Chris cancelled one of his cards. We have enough credit between us to be able to book any minor travel but not so much we can't pay it off right away if we got in to far! We have a pre paid card as well if we need to charge something more than what would fit on each of our credit cards. That feels pretty good! We have set out our budgets and after making some changes we are both putting away some decent savings and are on track to purchase a new to us car in May (with cash...no payments please!), to take a dream trip to europe in 2013 and to consider purchasing mid 2014!!! So as long as our plan and God's plan is still in line and our money flows stay, we are looking pretty tight financially! This ...

Good Morning Internet..... Did you party hard last night? are you still hung over, do you need me to turn down the volume? First off, I hope that this year treats you with lots of love, joy and health! Chris and I are starting off the new year by dumping all the crap in our house and filling it up with fresh meats, veggies, whole grains and some healthier snack options. We will start with extra walking and get the food in order. I don't think that Chris has ever tracked his food on a daily basis before so should be a fun adventure! Once we get the food under control, then we will continue to up the workouts together! This is the first step in our two year plan to get into the house and family market!! We are not positive the baby thing will happen but we will have fun practicing! So I guess its time to go work on our cupboard emptying project and have a budget meeting! talk to you soon! TW

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Ever thought about this??   When things are going bad we say "when it rains....it pours"   but what do we say when things are going good? That's my gift to you today dear internet...you're welcome! Okay so why is it so shiny?? Its been a stellar week in the daisy field!   Sunday -   My faithful fans (so my mom and tanya LMAO) will remember fondly my status update for sunday...."Hung out with the kids...made Christmas pictures...had Perogies for breakfast (yeah I did)...took a 3 hour nap...finished my paper....ate home made Turkey pot pie for dinner...cuddled with my husband...decorated the Christmas corner....now I am watching Dexter!! yup sounds like a great Sunday to me!!!"   I mean really, that's a good day!  Those perogies by the way were homemade by the polish lady at the deli down the street! YUMMMMY Monday - The work day flew buy, I watched some Sons of Anarchy (season 1..kind of grusome but really good!) at m...