Be….

Happy Monday Reader’s!

This morning started off with me trying to get My Man out of bed. After a week off from work, it is time for him to return and he isn’t to happy about it. The Boy will be with me today. We are going to go to my treatment and then he is having his buddy over to hang out. Now that he is 8, I can’t call it a play date anymore. Hanging out is much more grown up. Oh Pickles.

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Yesterday I went to the gym and did 45 minutes of cardio. I then went to my yoga class. It was so great to get back on the mat. I have missed it! My favorite teacher, Mia, was teaching the class, so that made it even better. She talked about making New Years resolutions and how instead of using phrases like “I will or I’ll try”, use the word Be. She said it much better then I just did but you get the idea (I hope). So here is my first resolution for 2014.

Be Healthy

How am I going to do that? First I am starting a food/exercise log. I heard of My Fitness Pal from the blog Carrots-n-Cake. I have used other logs in the past but wanted to give this one a try. It is free and so far pretty easy to use. I need to get my eating under control. I have gained 15 pounds over the last 6 months. Like I said, I am the only person I know who gained weighted while undergoing chemo/surgery/radiation. But hey, I never threw up!

Next I will be working out more. Starting next week, I will be meeting with my trainer, SK, twice a week. I will also be taking The Boy to Boot Camp at the gym twice a week and will work out while he does. That leaves one more day a week I must work out. I am going to try to have that be Sunday evenings. I liked doing cardio and then taking the Yin Yoga class. I will also try to take a basic yoga class on Friday mornings after I work out with SK. And of course, I will track it all on My Fitness Pal.

What will you BE in 2014?

 

Boot Camp for The Boy!

Morning Reader’s!

The last few days have been good here at The Hotel Yorba. You? Here is a breakdown and some pictures from the past few days.

New scarf from My Man!

New scarf from My Man!

Friday

I woke up around 7:45am and let The Girls out. It was in the high 20’s/ low 30’s and The Girls were all snuggly in their coop. I went to the gym and worked out with SK. We worked on my arms/back/abs and did a little leg work. My arms are still sore today. Afterwards I had breakfast at the Cafe, an egg and cheese and pesto sandwich. Yummy! I then headed out to my 17th radiation treatment. Only 10 more to go! Woot! Woot!

When I came home I did some work and then proceeded to pass out on the couch for about an hour. I was tired. I have been getting more and more tired and the headaches suck! We ate left overs for dinner and watched a dvr’d episode of Grim. Afterwards I ended up going to bed.

Saturday

The Boy

The Boy

The Boy and I woke up early to head to the gym. I signed him up for kids Boot Camp! Demarcus is the trainer for the kids boot camp. Demarcus is like 6’6. He is sooo tall and so soft-spoken. He is really great with the kids. The group is made up of boys and girls from ages 8 to 15. They meet two times a week and work on lateral movement and conditioning. While he worked out, I did too.

I think he had a good time. He was defiantly tired afterwards. Demarcus said he did a good job his first time. It was obvious that he had not done anything like this before and was worn out by the end. I really hope he takes to it. Not only is it good for him, it make me work out while he does.

When we came home, My Man and I ended up taking down and putting away all the Christmas decorations. I love it all when it is up but afterwards I am ready to get things back to normal. I then vacuumed like crazy but still found pine needles on the floor after I was done. I think I will be finding them in July!

We made homemade pizzas for dinner which turned out great and once again I went to bed early. I was just tired and had a headache.

Grandma and The Boy at dinner

Grandma and The Boy at dinner

Grandma and The Boy at dinner

Grandma and The Boy at dinner

Sunday

It is raining here in the ATL this morning. Not too much planned for the day. I have laundry to do and need to clean up my closet. I plan watch some Breaking Bad episodes; I am almost done with season 2. I am going to try to go to a Yoga class (Yin/Restorative) tonight at 5:30. It will be my first one since July!!

How are you spending your Sunday?

PS- Are you working on your New Years Resolutions? I am! I will be sharing some of mine and want to hear about yours too!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Reader’s! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and/or a Wonderful Wednesday! We had a full house here at The Hotel Yorba. We had friends and family over on Christmas Eve for a fun party. Then there was Christmas Day with The Christmas Web. It was crazy fun! Poor Timber didn’t know what had happen overnight! Here are some pictures from the two wonderful days!

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Ready for Christmas!

Ready for Christmas!

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Hard at work cooking

Hard at work cooking

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

Summer (and photo bomb by The Boy)

Summer (and photo bomb by The Boy)

Emma

Emma

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My brother, Trtent

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Simon is ready

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Amy

Amy

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My girls!

My girls!

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Dad checking out The Christmas Web!

Dad checking out The Christmas Web!

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Mom trying to get to the coffee, with the help of Timber.

Mom trying to get to the coffee, with the help of Timber.

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The Boy and Emma

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Passed out from too much catnip!

Passed out from too much catnip!

How was your Christmas? Did you get everything you wanted?

The Hamer Christmas Card 2013

Merry Christmas-2013

Merry Christmas-2013

Merry Christmas Reader’s!!!

Do you send Christmas/Holiday Cards? When The Boy was first born, all the Christmas Cards we sent were a super cute picture of The Boy (taken by me :)). But three years ago My Man and I finally decided it was time to make the Christmas card an event. As some of you know, we are really into music. Our idea was to recreate famous album covers (remember those)? The first year was probably the best one we ever did.

Kiss- the Solo Albums

2011

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How awesome is that?! Doing the make up was so much fun and Simon was perfect.

Our card in 2012 was Devo- Freedom of Choice.

2012

2012

In 2012 both of the cats were able to be featured. The actual photo’s of us were not that flattering but worked perfect for the cover and really, that is what it is all about. I love the cat paws!

This year it was Panny’s turn to be featured and she was in place of George Harrison. (BTW-The cover is The Beatles- Revolver) I think she looks great. Aidan as Paul McCarthy is the best!! His picture was perfect. Simon, Timber, Poppy and Turbo were also in the card. We then added a handful of pictures of our friends and their kids. The actual part of putting the card together was a bit time-consuming but fun. We are very happy with how it turned out. We have already picked out next years cover. My Man thinks only two people will actually know the album and he is ok with that since he said those two are his target audience anyway (consider yourself lucky Kosky and Havel).

Do you put much thought in your holiday cards? Do you take a picture for it?

 

Just call Saul….

Mr. White

Mr. White

I have sixteen more treatments reader’s till I am all done with my radiation. This week as been tough. I am very tired, my head is very fuzzy and I have been waking up with headaches. Not fun. This week has been busy or feels busy because I have no energy but only two more days to go till the weekend. On Sunday my parents are coming into town, then my mother in law and brother and his family on Sunday. It is going to be full at The Hotel Yorba. I have decided not to stress about cleaning the house till Saturday. I just can’t deal with it right now.

I am happy to say that I don’t have a burn area on my chest yet. I hope it won’t be too painful. I see a gentleman at clinic everyday and his neck looks pretty burnt. Poor guy. He must have had some kind of throat cancer. Today I met the lady you has the treatment slot in front of me. We see each other as she is leaving the room and I am going in. We ended up waiting for our cars together and she introduced herself to me. Her name is Robin and she has a total of six weeks of treatment. She has a form of breast cancer. Instead of chemo treatments, she going to take a chemo pill for like five years! She was really nice.

Hair Update 2013

My eyebrows are all grown back and my eyelashes are coming along. I am also back to shaving my legs. I have some serious fuzz growing on my head too. My Man said I was like his own little chia pet. “Everyday I check to see how much your hair has grown!” Cha Cha Chia!  I am going to give my fuzz a few more days to grow and then I will post a picture.

Mr. White

I have finally gotten with it and started watching Breaking Bad. My Man got the DVD’s from a few friends and was obsessed with watching it for three weeks in November. He then moved the Blue Ray player up to the bedroom so that I would watch them.”you must watch it so I have someone to talk about it with!” I am currently on season 2, episode 8. Poor Jessie gets the shit beaten out of him all the time. I really feel for the guy. So far I am really enjoying the show. My Man says season 3 is even better.

Are you a Breaking Bad fan? What are you watching that you love? 

Barnsley Gardens Part 2

Barnsley Gardens Part 2

Very Chilly Saturday Morning!

Very Chilly Saturday Morning!

Saturday morning start off cold!! It was cold when Timber and I went out for our morning walk. Timber was so excited to be out and about. He stopped and smelled and marked as many trees, bushes and posts he could. We then went to a large open field looking over the golf course to play ball. He was in heaven.

Ready for the day!

Ready for the day!

After breakfast Aidan and went and rented some bikes. There are lots of trails and pathways around the property you can walk, hike and bike. I ended up getting a leisure bike. Ok, there is a big difference between my hybrid bike at home and the leisure bike I ended up with. Did not really like it. But off we went. We had a wonderful time until during one of our brakes The Boy some how tripod over himself and his bike fell on his shin. The Boy is skin and bones and the bike banged him up pretty band. He did not cry though! So strong.

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Birds nest we found on our bike ride.

Birds nest we found on our bike ride.

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We made it back to the property and dropped of our bikes. We then went to the lobby and got him some ice for his leg. One of the staff gave Aidan a bag of chocolates. I think he felt better after one or two of those. My Man and Timber went on one run and a hike while we were there. Timber had a blast and even got a bit muddy!

Poor Guy!

Poor Guy!

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Inside the lobby.

Inside the lobby.

We went and hung out at the Beer Garden for a while before dinner. The Boy loved the fire and had the space to run around. Timber liked meeting new people and being told how handsome he is.

Fire at the Beer Garden

Fire at the Beer Garden

Hi!

Hi!

So happy to be hanging out!

So happy to be hanging out!

Team Hamer

Team Hamer

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After dinner we hit went to the lobby and stocked up on ‘smore supplies. There are fire pits all over the property and we were lucky to have one right in front of our cottage. One of the staff members lit the fire for us and The Boy got to cooking. I can not tell you how many The Boy had but when he later said his tummy hurt, I wasn’t all that surprised.

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We had a wonderful time at Barnsley Gardens and are planning on going back next year. I would suggest you all come and check it out!

Tired Puppy

Tired Puppy