Ok, still don't like my neighbors but I am saying a prayer of thanks that there was a downpour all night so no one's dog was out to bark giving me a chance to calm down.

Plan for today- make brownies, or cookies or something to take over to them. Write a note saying what I was trying to say when they attacked me yesterday. Include my phone number in the note asking them to please call me anytime, day or night, if my dogs are annoying them and I will go and make sure it is my dogs and deal with it.

They don't realize that my part of the street sits in a bowl and everything echos making it sound like it is coming from behind my house. And since the church was put it and the houses across from the church and behind the church on the hill it has gotten worse. The dog that lives on the street that is on the other side of the church barks and the sound is funneled through the parking lot between the hill and the church and bounces off of both the neighbor's house and mine.

Any way. Brandi got to play in the soccer game again yesterday. We lost 2-1. But they are getting better. It is kinda hard for her to go from best player on the team, playing almost the entire game to worst player and sitting out most of the game. But she is getting better and that is the real goal. And she is working hard.

I still am having a hard time understanding the calls the ref makes. There are so many little rules about where each player can be when the ball is here and it is different when the ball is there... And I still don't see how you know who is playing what when they are all out there and the action is so fast.

I found this this morning. I will be watching all the tutorials. Maybe when I am finished I will be able to understand a bit more and actually look somewhat intelligent at the next game on Thursday?

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This week is turning out to be a busy one and it is only Monday. I spent last week sewing shirts for Ethan for the pioneer trek he is going on this week. This week I plan on painting my basement. It is long overdue for a facelift.

I also have 4 books that authors have sent me to read and write a review. I am halfway through one of them and I really am liking the book. There is one that I am thinking that I am going to have to try and check my preconceptions at the door, but I am not sure how well I am going to do. I really hope it is well written.

So, I have plenty to keep me busy this week.

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I haven't done a Biggest Loser update lately. That is because all the marvelous results that I envisioned for myself have not come to fruition. Mostly it is because my body has betrayed me. I have lost weight, but it is the same pounds over and over and over again- so mostly I am thinking that it is just water weight.

Here is the way things have gone:
Joined Curves in order to work out. I am really enjoying that and at my first weigh in I had lost 3 pounds. My clothes are fitting looser and so that is also good.

Went to the doctor to have meds adjusted. Found some medical abnormalties. Was sent to a specialist. He is not so sure that the abnormalties exist. Have to do more testing to find out. Waiting for results. And I found out that the new meds are NOT working so I need to go back to have them adjusted again.

I was really hungry this morning at work. I am out of healthy snacks in my work office. I could have had a yogurt or applesauce that I brought with me, but I am really tired of them. So I went to the vending machine. I got a Reeses peanut butter cup. It has peanut butter so it is protein so it was sorta healthy-yes? And it wasn't as good as I remember peanutbutter and chocolate to be, so totally not worth the money or the calories.

I interviewed Friday for a new position. The principal told me that I would know sometime this week.

Here is what happened with my sister's surgery this morning. The words are taken from my other sister's blog.

This morning, after they put her under, the surgeon did another echo. It was concluded that she didn't need the surgery after all. Well, she'll still need the replacement at some point, just not today. However, they aren't sure why she isn't feeling well, so she was scheduled for more tests once she woke up.As for now, she'll be back home tonight without the battle wounds she expected. We just need to adjust ours prayers a little to help her through this and help her doctors to figure out why, if not her heart, she isn't feeling well.