Hi Team!
It is a quarter to nine and I intend to write this post, read a few posts from the blogs I follow and be in bed by 10!
I had a really good, but long day today. I started work at 6 this morning and got off at 6:15 this evening. I had about 12 minutes for lunch, and the rest of the time I was busy! But I still managed to drink 3 quarts today and got in at least 9,960 steps. And I slept WELL last night! YAY ME!! I do believe that makes me 3 for 3! Woo Hoo!
In fire dept. related news: Well, it isn't exactly fire DEPT. news, but fire stuff related. My bro posted on the crusty jakes web site links to his blog and facebook group for Engine 17. The Jakes are SO cool!!! They have started to offer him suggestions on how to get things he needs for ol' Engine 17 and offering to send him stuff their dept. is discarding, and talking about coming to meet him and deliver them, for a bribe. I feel warm and fuzzy all over!!!
Oh, and today, while I was shopping spending petty cash for work, I also picked up stuff to decorate cookies! Hopefully I WILL get around to making them! I think it will be very fun to share them with the firemen.
Ok, if I'm gonna get to bed at the planned time, I have to go!
Take care and stay safe!
Hotflash out.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Report From Ladder Company 40 Day 92
Hi Team!
I had plenty of time TO sleep but got very little! I was so tired yesterday that after work and choir practice, I came home and completely forgot to blog! Sorry.
Well, I am going to count myself 1 for three for the sleep because I at least tried to get more than enough. It wasn't my fault I didn't sleep much. I went to bed 2 hours earlier than usual. I drank all my fluids, YAY ME! (about 2 1/2 quarts). My assistant at work has really been a help with that. She just makes sure my water bottle is near me at all times. I don't even ask her to, (in fact I never have asked her to) she just does it. :) I logged 4741 steps on Pete yesterday but he is still up to no good. I found him off playing Tarzan more often than not. I'd say that fairly, I am three for three.
I did not get to the stairs as I was hoping however. I just didn't get time because it is a very busy time at work and I took the time to get some more of my Christmas shopping done. TOday will be no exception in that department. (Both being busy with work and getting more shopping done!)
Anywho's that is about all I have to report. I have to go to work now. Thanks for following me and encouraging me. You are all awesome!
Stay safe.
Hotflash out.
I had plenty of time TO sleep but got very little! I was so tired yesterday that after work and choir practice, I came home and completely forgot to blog! Sorry.
Well, I am going to count myself 1 for three for the sleep because I at least tried to get more than enough. It wasn't my fault I didn't sleep much. I went to bed 2 hours earlier than usual. I drank all my fluids, YAY ME! (about 2 1/2 quarts). My assistant at work has really been a help with that. She just makes sure my water bottle is near me at all times. I don't even ask her to, (in fact I never have asked her to) she just does it. :) I logged 4741 steps on Pete yesterday but he is still up to no good. I found him off playing Tarzan more often than not. I'd say that fairly, I am three for three.
I did not get to the stairs as I was hoping however. I just didn't get time because it is a very busy time at work and I took the time to get some more of my Christmas shopping done. TOday will be no exception in that department. (Both being busy with work and getting more shopping done!)
Anywho's that is about all I have to report. I have to go to work now. Thanks for following me and encouraging me. You are all awesome!
Stay safe.
Hotflash out.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Report From Ladder Company 40 Day 91
Hi Team!
First, thank you to 911R and to my friend Kenya (who doesn't follow my blog, at least if she does I don't know about it). Both of you have given me the lift I needed to get out of my recent slump. And 911R I'll lay off the cherry pepsi. I knew I shouldn't have the one I had a while back. It made me want it again! Thanks for the encouragement.
Firelady, I am jealous of the warm weather you have been enjoying while on vacation. It was bitterly cold here for a while. It is warmer now. Sad when 34 feels balmy! I hope you enjoyed every minute of it.
Today was a good day. I got a lot done at work and I drank all the fluids I needed, about 2 1/2 quarts. I didn't get great amounts of sleep last night, but I tried, I even tried the mp3 last night, but it didn't work. I did get a nap today though. I walked about 5,108 steps, that Pete logged on top of who knows how many that he didn't. I think that qualifies as three for three.
I have not done stairs in quite a while because the ones I used for my work out are outside and it has either been bitterly cold or quiet wet on the days I have been out. Tomorrow I think I will take the time to do some stairs in the school where I run my child care program. I can tell in my knees that I need to keep doing them. I cannot afford to have weak knees!
I need to start working on the upper body strength. If anyone has any good ideas of things I can do around home, without equipment or with stuff around the house, I would greatly appreciate the suggestions. \
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you all, I got new toys day before yesterday!
I can't wait to use them. When and if I find the time to do so I am going to mix them in with Christmas cutters and make some cookies for my local firemen!
It is early and I am hoping to get to bed early tonight so I am going to wrap this up and finish up my lesson plans for January, which are due tomorrow. Then I hope to get some SLEEP!
Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement. My team rocks!!
Stay safe
Hotflash out
First, thank you to 911R and to my friend Kenya (who doesn't follow my blog, at least if she does I don't know about it). Both of you have given me the lift I needed to get out of my recent slump. And 911R I'll lay off the cherry pepsi. I knew I shouldn't have the one I had a while back. It made me want it again! Thanks for the encouragement.
Firelady, I am jealous of the warm weather you have been enjoying while on vacation. It was bitterly cold here for a while. It is warmer now. Sad when 34 feels balmy! I hope you enjoyed every minute of it.
Today was a good day. I got a lot done at work and I drank all the fluids I needed, about 2 1/2 quarts. I didn't get great amounts of sleep last night, but I tried, I even tried the mp3 last night, but it didn't work. I did get a nap today though. I walked about 5,108 steps, that Pete logged on top of who knows how many that he didn't. I think that qualifies as three for three.
I have not done stairs in quite a while because the ones I used for my work out are outside and it has either been bitterly cold or quiet wet on the days I have been out. Tomorrow I think I will take the time to do some stairs in the school where I run my child care program. I can tell in my knees that I need to keep doing them. I cannot afford to have weak knees!
I need to start working on the upper body strength. If anyone has any good ideas of things I can do around home, without equipment or with stuff around the house, I would greatly appreciate the suggestions. \
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you all, I got new toys day before yesterday!
I can't wait to use them. When and if I find the time to do so I am going to mix them in with Christmas cutters and make some cookies for my local firemen!
It is early and I am hoping to get to bed early tonight so I am going to wrap this up and finish up my lesson plans for January, which are due tomorrow. Then I hope to get some SLEEP!
Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement. My team rocks!!
Stay safe
Hotflash out
Monday, December 14, 2009
Hi Team!
I am going to keep this very short, sorry about the boring factor, but it is amost 11 and as you know I get up at 4:30.
I did sleep pretty well last night and in fact would still be sleeping if I had not set my cell phone as well as my alarm clock. Apparently I failed to reset the alarm clock last time so it didn't go off. But I awoke to the sound of Klaxons! (they are an obnoxious way to wake up, by the way!)
I drank 3 quarts today, though admittedly some of that was (gasp) Cherry Pepsi! I have been feeling a little discouraged and blue the last several days and I am starting to realize that my actions are reflecting that.
I did not get my walk in today because of the weather situation here and Coach Alex cancelled on me and I had a ton of work to do. I should have gone anyway as I cannot go wed or fri this week due to work. Pete only recorded 3,783 steps today, but in my defense, he did slack off a lot! I'm telling you, Squad 6 is calling Pete's name!
I guess that made me 2 for three, barely -kind of pushing it on the sleep thing. It looks like it will be a week of two's at best so I had better make them strong twos!
And that means bed... NOW!
Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
I am going to keep this very short, sorry about the boring factor, but it is amost 11 and as you know I get up at 4:30.
I did sleep pretty well last night and in fact would still be sleeping if I had not set my cell phone as well as my alarm clock. Apparently I failed to reset the alarm clock last time so it didn't go off. But I awoke to the sound of Klaxons! (they are an obnoxious way to wake up, by the way!)
I drank 3 quarts today, though admittedly some of that was (gasp) Cherry Pepsi! I have been feeling a little discouraged and blue the last several days and I am starting to realize that my actions are reflecting that.
I did not get my walk in today because of the weather situation here and Coach Alex cancelled on me and I had a ton of work to do. I should have gone anyway as I cannot go wed or fri this week due to work. Pete only recorded 3,783 steps today, but in my defense, he did slack off a lot! I'm telling you, Squad 6 is calling Pete's name!
I guess that made me 2 for three, barely -kind of pushing it on the sleep thing. It looks like it will be a week of two's at best so I had better make them strong twos!
And that means bed... NOW!
Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
Report From Ladder Company 40 Day 90
Hi Team!
I am reporting a day late again. I HAVE to stop doing that!
Day 90 was a great day for me. I didn't break any records or over achieve any goals or anything like that. In fact I was feeling sick most of the day. The great part was that I slept!!!!
I had 9 hours of down time to sleep and then played hooky from church and slept some more. I went to church when the service was over so that I could attend the next to last choir practice before our holiday performance but then I came back home and had more rest, and even skipped quiz practice. It felt GOOD! =) Sometimes I get SO tired that sleep just won't come (unless it is totally inappropriate) and when I finally get a good long period of sleep it feels so amazingly good. Now I feel human again. (And I didn't have to resort to the mp3!! Yay me!)
I drank 2 1/2 quarts of peach tea during the day too. I didn't get that much exercise though. Pete only logged less than 1000 steps, but I know he was teasing. He has been playing Tarzan from his tether a lot again lately. I guess I will have to take him back to Washougal and threaten him with Squad 96 again! Shucks, now I have an excuse to go. =) hee hee
I guess I am two for three for the day. Coach Alex already cancelled on me for our Monday morning walk so I am going to take it easy then too. We have snow on the ground, though not much. People around here freak out at the sight of snow. It's really quite silly if you ask me. Sigh.
Until later, Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
I am reporting a day late again. I HAVE to stop doing that!
Day 90 was a great day for me. I didn't break any records or over achieve any goals or anything like that. In fact I was feeling sick most of the day. The great part was that I slept!!!!
I had 9 hours of down time to sleep and then played hooky from church and slept some more. I went to church when the service was over so that I could attend the next to last choir practice before our holiday performance but then I came back home and had more rest, and even skipped quiz practice. It felt GOOD! =) Sometimes I get SO tired that sleep just won't come (unless it is totally inappropriate) and when I finally get a good long period of sleep it feels so amazingly good. Now I feel human again. (And I didn't have to resort to the mp3!! Yay me!)
I drank 2 1/2 quarts of peach tea during the day too. I didn't get that much exercise though. Pete only logged less than 1000 steps, but I know he was teasing. He has been playing Tarzan from his tether a lot again lately. I guess I will have to take him back to Washougal and threaten him with Squad 96 again! Shucks, now I have an excuse to go. =) hee hee
I guess I am two for three for the day. Coach Alex already cancelled on me for our Monday morning walk so I am going to take it easy then too. We have snow on the ground, though not much. People around here freak out at the sight of snow. It's really quite silly if you ask me. Sigh.
Until later, Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Report From Ladder Company 40 Days 88 and 89
Hi Team!
I am SO tired. I worked until 10:15 last night which is why I didn't leave you my post. Sorry. When I got home I was so tired but I did not sleep well. It had been a long and busy day for me. I drank lots of water and juice Friday, close to a gallon, I think. My assistant kept bringing my water bottle to me, every time I set it down so that helped a lot. Unfortuntely, Thursday night did not bring much sleep so I bombed in that department. Pete did a good job though, logging 10,497 steps today by 10:00 pm. That made me 2 for three on Friday.
Saturday I had to get up at 6 am because my mother in law was picking me up at a quarter to 7 for our annual Christmas shopping day! This is a tradition we have shared for 14 years, since my son was a small boy. Sometimes it is just the two of us, sometimes my son joins us. This time my son and his girlfriend joined us. We use cell phones to communicate and split off in our own directions where ever we go to get our shopping done. Before we all had cell phones, we used Motorola talkabout radios. The cell phones are certainly more reliable! Anyway, the short of it is that throughout the day I drank about two quarts of water and iced tea, as well as a grande gingerbread latte at breakfast and 2 cups of hot herbal tea at dinner. Yay me!!! I did not sleep much at all and now I am a living zombie as I write this to you. Therefore, in the interest of wrapping up for bed I'll keep this short.
Pete kept hanging from his tether shouting "WooHoo!" and therefore logged only 4,941 steps even though I wore him the entire day. I drank lots and I slept very little. That makes me 2 for three again. Now, I am going to bed because I cannot think straight and keep writing crazy things as I drift off in front of the monitor.
If this post doesn't make sense, hopefully I will notice that the next time I log on and I will fix it. It happense because I am too far gone to try and edit is myself tonight.
Take care and stay safe!
Hotflash out!
I am SO tired. I worked until 10:15 last night which is why I didn't leave you my post. Sorry. When I got home I was so tired but I did not sleep well. It had been a long and busy day for me. I drank lots of water and juice Friday, close to a gallon, I think. My assistant kept bringing my water bottle to me, every time I set it down so that helped a lot. Unfortuntely, Thursday night did not bring much sleep so I bombed in that department. Pete did a good job though, logging 10,497 steps today by 10:00 pm. That made me 2 for three on Friday.
Saturday I had to get up at 6 am because my mother in law was picking me up at a quarter to 7 for our annual Christmas shopping day! This is a tradition we have shared for 14 years, since my son was a small boy. Sometimes it is just the two of us, sometimes my son joins us. This time my son and his girlfriend joined us. We use cell phones to communicate and split off in our own directions where ever we go to get our shopping done. Before we all had cell phones, we used Motorola talkabout radios. The cell phones are certainly more reliable! Anyway, the short of it is that throughout the day I drank about two quarts of water and iced tea, as well as a grande gingerbread latte at breakfast and 2 cups of hot herbal tea at dinner. Yay me!!! I did not sleep much at all and now I am a living zombie as I write this to you. Therefore, in the interest of wrapping up for bed I'll keep this short.
Pete kept hanging from his tether shouting "WooHoo!" and therefore logged only 4,941 steps even though I wore him the entire day. I drank lots and I slept very little. That makes me 2 for three again. Now, I am going to bed because I cannot think straight and keep writing crazy things as I drift off in front of the monitor.
If this post doesn't make sense, hopefully I will notice that the next time I log on and I will fix it. It happense because I am too far gone to try and edit is myself tonight.
Take care and stay safe!
Hotflash out!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Report From Ladder Company 40 Day 87
Hi Team!
Tonight's post is short and boring. It's late and I need to sleep.
I drank 2 1/2 quarts of fluids today. Pete logged 7,593 steps and I slept about 6 hours. And napped during the day. That puts me at 3 for three today. YAY ME!!
Just to warn you, I probably won't post tomorrow and hopefully I will remember to post Saturday. I work until 10pm tomorrow (my usual split shift beginning at 6 am, second half ending at 6 pm and then 4 extra hours for a special event.) Then on Saturday I have my annual Christmas shopping event with my mother-in-law from 0'dark thirty in the morning until 0 dark forty-five at night. It usually includes Starbucks in the a.m., lunch out and fancy dinner out. Very fun, very tiring!! I love my special day with my mother-in-law. She's a wonderful lady!
FD related info: Today I finally got to see the ff dad of one of my child care kids who got promoted to Captain last week. I enjoyed congratulating him and got the biggest smiles and thank yous! He is the reason I got the patch. He saw the stack of them at the awards ceremony and told his daughter to make sure she brought me one! His promotion officially begins Jan 1 with his first shift as Captain on Jan 4. He tells me the patch is collectable as the department is merging with another and the patch will not be used any more. Very cool that he thought of me. :D Even more cool that he got a well deserved promotion.
Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
Tonight's post is short and boring. It's late and I need to sleep.
I drank 2 1/2 quarts of fluids today. Pete logged 7,593 steps and I slept about 6 hours. And napped during the day. That puts me at 3 for three today. YAY ME!!
Just to warn you, I probably won't post tomorrow and hopefully I will remember to post Saturday. I work until 10pm tomorrow (my usual split shift beginning at 6 am, second half ending at 6 pm and then 4 extra hours for a special event.) Then on Saturday I have my annual Christmas shopping event with my mother-in-law from 0'dark thirty in the morning until 0 dark forty-five at night. It usually includes Starbucks in the a.m., lunch out and fancy dinner out. Very fun, very tiring!! I love my special day with my mother-in-law. She's a wonderful lady!
FD related info: Today I finally got to see the ff dad of one of my child care kids who got promoted to Captain last week. I enjoyed congratulating him and got the biggest smiles and thank yous! He is the reason I got the patch. He saw the stack of them at the awards ceremony and told his daughter to make sure she brought me one! His promotion officially begins Jan 1 with his first shift as Captain on Jan 4. He tells me the patch is collectable as the department is merging with another and the patch will not be used any more. Very cool that he thought of me. :D Even more cool that he got a well deserved promotion.
Stay safe!
Hotflash out.
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