So, for those of you who know us, know we have been on a journey of health and happiness this year. We kicked off February and March with healthy eating and protein shakes... So far we have dropped some pounds. I have dropped 15-20 pounds and Derek has dropped around 20 pounds. We hope to continue this path is some way, but know my body is starting to reject the dairy. The most important thing of all is how excited I am when I go to my doctors apt. I always challenge to see what my blood pressure is, where my weight is, and my overall health. Great news a lot lately!!
We went on our vacation in May and we have been on a crazy journey since we have gotten back. There are many things to share, but will have time to post them later. I have been blogging a lot more personal things in my own private stash, which I hope to share with everyone in the near future.
For now, we have been working hard on getting things done around the house and enjoying life. We just celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary (9 years together, WOWZERS). It is truly amazing that after 9 years we still don't like being apart (like if one has to go somewhere or something like that). We do look forward to what the future holds and can't wait to see what happens!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Mexico Trip... A little behind on blogging
Well, as most of my readers know, I haven't been blogging as much lately. I am doing some private blogging while going through some interesting phases of our lives. I have chose to only blog to myself for the next couple of months until I am ready to share what I have to say. Sometimes it is okay to hold things in and ponder on them for awhile.
I did realize I forgot to talk about our Mexico trip. We did go to Mexico for a week at the end of May. This was a very special vacation for Derek and I. We have not been on a "real" vacation since we got married 5 years ago. The last five years we spent on saving money for a baby and then losing it all over again when things failed. After our last failed attempt (via adoption this time), we decided it was time to spend a week by ourselves and enjoy life a little more. This is what lead us to Mexico.
When we went to Mexico we spent the first two days just hanging out in the area we were staying in. We did a little exploring and spent most of our days on the beach. We have never had a beach vacation before so this was amazing for us to experience together. On the third whole day we were there we made plans to go to an Island and swim with dolphins. We did go all out and order the delux package so we could do all inclusive. This allowed us to spend lots of time in the water playing and swimming with the dolphins, swim around great white sharks, and swim in an area with stingrays. Don't worry, it was all very safe!
The fourth day we decided to spend the whole day at a water park. This was absolutely fun! We got all inclusive there so we spent the day swimming, eating, and lounging. For those of you who know us well, you probably wonder how I got Derek in the water since he can't swim.. He did an amazing job swimming in the 20 foot deep water since he had a life jacket on. I was soo impressed at his lack of fear as he has never really gone in water the almost 9 years we have been together. As for the water park, he was daring and enjoying himself as well... No saving needed!
The last full day there was literally spent on the beach. We went to lunch and dinner, but the rest of the time we made sure to see as much as the Gulf as we possibly could. It was the hottest day we were there, but the breeze made you take a nice soothing nap. We ended our last night off with a lovely dinner at a Taco Hut on a marina. This was the first place we ate when we arrived and we loved it so much we wanted to end with that same meal. The nachos were freshly amazing and not greasy like a lot of the food we had there.
As much fun as a vacation was, we were so ready to head home on Sunday. We were ready for fresh food and a plain old sandwich. We spent the next week not eating much at all. We were soo full of greasy food that we couldn't think of eating anymore.
That was the basics of your vacation. It was a wonderful adventure together with no outside contact (literally it seemed impossible to contact anyone) we very much needed it!
I did realize I forgot to talk about our Mexico trip. We did go to Mexico for a week at the end of May. This was a very special vacation for Derek and I. We have not been on a "real" vacation since we got married 5 years ago. The last five years we spent on saving money for a baby and then losing it all over again when things failed. After our last failed attempt (via adoption this time), we decided it was time to spend a week by ourselves and enjoy life a little more. This is what lead us to Mexico.
When we went to Mexico we spent the first two days just hanging out in the area we were staying in. We did a little exploring and spent most of our days on the beach. We have never had a beach vacation before so this was amazing for us to experience together. On the third whole day we were there we made plans to go to an Island and swim with dolphins. We did go all out and order the delux package so we could do all inclusive. This allowed us to spend lots of time in the water playing and swimming with the dolphins, swim around great white sharks, and swim in an area with stingrays. Don't worry, it was all very safe!
The fourth day we decided to spend the whole day at a water park. This was absolutely fun! We got all inclusive there so we spent the day swimming, eating, and lounging. For those of you who know us well, you probably wonder how I got Derek in the water since he can't swim.. He did an amazing job swimming in the 20 foot deep water since he had a life jacket on. I was soo impressed at his lack of fear as he has never really gone in water the almost 9 years we have been together. As for the water park, he was daring and enjoying himself as well... No saving needed!
The last full day there was literally spent on the beach. We went to lunch and dinner, but the rest of the time we made sure to see as much as the Gulf as we possibly could. It was the hottest day we were there, but the breeze made you take a nice soothing nap. We ended our last night off with a lovely dinner at a Taco Hut on a marina. This was the first place we ate when we arrived and we loved it so much we wanted to end with that same meal. The nachos were freshly amazing and not greasy like a lot of the food we had there.
As much fun as a vacation was, we were so ready to head home on Sunday. We were ready for fresh food and a plain old sandwich. We spent the next week not eating much at all. We were soo full of greasy food that we couldn't think of eating anymore.
That was the basics of your vacation. It was a wonderful adventure together with no outside contact (literally it seemed impossible to contact anyone) we very much needed it!
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| Isla Mujeres (spanish for Island of Women) is an island that was sacred to the Mayan goddess of childbirth and medicine. |
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| The umbrella we spent some time under |
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| A morning view from our balcony |
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| Derek's version of a water slide |
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| My version of a water slide |
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| Another view of the water slide I loved! |
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Cancun, Mexico (Just the two of us)
So, we have officially been to Mexico and back. This was a relaxing trip and exhausting trip all in one. The hubby and I have never really been on a honeymoon so this was very much needed after five years of marriage. We know we deserved it, but it took a lot of soul searching to give ourselves this break for a week of fun..... and we will always try to do better about taking breaks now!
I have added some photo's from our vacation and hope to have a break from work sometime today so I can explain our experiences in Mexico.. Below are photo's when we were on the beach, went swimming with dolphins, and played with a monkey. We did snorkel with sharks and stingrays, but didn't have a waterproof camera to take in the water with us. Best and busiest day of all.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
National Infertility week!
I love Dawn's information and would love for some of my friends and family
To learn a little more about these things. Here is a link of Dawn's latest article for good measure!
http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/infertility-fertility-trying-to-conceive-ivf-donor-egg/fertile-care-infertility-1-8-care/
I love informing people who ask because that's when I know they are there for me ;-)
To learn a little more about these things. Here is a link of Dawn's latest article for good measure!
http://www.creatingafamily.org/blog/infertility-fertility-trying-to-conceive-ivf-donor-egg/fertile-care-infertility-1-8-care/
I love informing people who ask because that's when I know they are there for me ;-)
Friday, April 27, 2012
Weight Check in...
Forgot to mention... Since this knew lifestyle change 48 days ago, I am down 10 pounds and counting! Hoping to see a little more results by the time I hit the sunny beach of Cancun on May 21st!!!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Social Networking less!
So, as most of my readers have figured out by now. I am closing my Facebook account. This is part of a challenge for myself. Though, I could use the excuse that all my family is on there, everyone has my phone number or email (Melkasal@yahoo.com).
I have been trying to do better for my own health and hubby is on board. We have been looking toward the future and wanting to be prepared to be healthier parents if the time were to ever approach us. Since hubby had eliminated most social networking (mostly Facebook), I thought I would take the challenge as well. Realistically, this is a place where I blog my thoughts and that is all I need. If people are so interested in my life they can call or message me. We all know just because they are on facebook doesn't mean they are your friends saying.,, Well, this makes me take it to the challenge. Those who want to keep contact can and those who never did, won't!
I am excited to take this challenge and hope many more will attempt to follow. As we have gone over a year without cable, I'm guessing I can live without this as well. I promise, I'm not going crazy, we have just realized how much FAMILY time we have given ourselves. We don't feel obligated to watch out tv shows on schedule because we don't have any! This feel less stressful...
So, if this is one of the things anyone can do, I encourage it. Television and social networking seem to be taking up a lot of family time.... Now if I can have hubby cut back on his movie reviews! Buahahaha!
I have been trying to do better for my own health and hubby is on board. We have been looking toward the future and wanting to be prepared to be healthier parents if the time were to ever approach us. Since hubby had eliminated most social networking (mostly Facebook), I thought I would take the challenge as well. Realistically, this is a place where I blog my thoughts and that is all I need. If people are so interested in my life they can call or message me. We all know just because they are on facebook doesn't mean they are your friends saying.,, Well, this makes me take it to the challenge. Those who want to keep contact can and those who never did, won't!
I am excited to take this challenge and hope many more will attempt to follow. As we have gone over a year without cable, I'm guessing I can live without this as well. I promise, I'm not going crazy, we have just realized how much FAMILY time we have given ourselves. We don't feel obligated to watch out tv shows on schedule because we don't have any! This feel less stressful...
So, if this is one of the things anyone can do, I encourage it. Television and social networking seem to be taking up a lot of family time.... Now if I can have hubby cut back on his movie reviews! Buahahaha!
Family photo's from October
These are family photo's we had done in October 2011. I'm sure we are due for some new photo's since we have both been working on our "healthier" selves!
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