Oh, nothing special, just stuff

Spent as much time as I could the last couple of days working on a new design to sell. It's available now in my shop online. The theme is "Two Moms, One Family". This particular design is probably my favorite so far.

Had an appointment with my ENT today. I called because of sinus pain and constant headaches that I just can't get rid of. I'm not congested and don't feel infected, yet my face and head hurt. The doctor confirmed today that I'm not infected. Her scope couldn't easily reach the area where I feel the most intense pain, so she ordered a CT scan of the sinuses which I'll have done tomorrow morning. We'll see what that says and go from there.

I'm still doing Curves, believe it or not. And for the last 4 weeks I'm eating about 1200 calories a day. Finally, I'm losing weight! Hurray! Anyway, the exercise machines at Curves have been upgraded so they collect data as you use them and then report back to you when you're done about how you're doing. It's like your own personal trainer. I actually worked out harder today because of it. It lets you know if you're slacking off so you can kick it up a notch and get maximum benefit. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it calculates how many calories you work off and today I burned 484 calories in about 30 minutes! I LOVE that!

Katie talked me into taking her to eat dinner tonight at Red Robin. It didn't take much to convince me though. All she really had to do was ask and since I didn't have anything yummy in the works for dinner, I thought, why not? She got her usual Chicken Quesadilla while I got the Sauteed Mushroom Burger, but with a veggie burger instead of hamburger, and a whole wheat bun instead of white. Oh, and fruit on the side instead of fries. That's my new default meal there. Katie and I go at least once a week.

The foster kitties are doing fine. Both Momma and baby are healthy and happy. The baby is simply adorable. He is starting to swat at things, but his reflexes aren't very quick yet.

The lilacs I picked in our backyard a couple of days ago are already dead so I threw them out tonight. There are two lilac bushes in our neighborhood along the street behind the house and I noticed the other day they are in full bloom. Well, since I don't have anymore blooming yet in our yard, I figured it can't hurt to go snip a few off the bushes behind the house. So, Katie and I snuck over there tonight under the cover of nightfall and I cut myself a huge bouquet of lilacs. Mmmmm, they smell soooo good!

Katie got a big package in the mail today. She was so excited to open it up and find a 2-piece set of special Tinker Bell luggage that's all her own. Her first suitcase! It's on wheels, of course, so she can pull it around all by herself. That will be her job, she says, when we go on the cruise this summer.