MY LIFE SAVING SANITY!!!

Two and a half years ago my yearly physical presented me with a cholesterol rate of 300 (Thank You heredity). Having lost a brother to a heart attack, another brother who had a heart attack, and both parents that struggle with heart/cholesterol problems I knew this was nothing to mess with!! EVERY cholesterol lowering drug I tried made my joints ache something fierce... I needed another course of action! Every time I went to the post office I passed this Bikram yoga studio...I thought "how interesting I will have to try that some time..." This was now my time. I was ABSOLUTELY meant,prompted,blessed to find BIKRAM YOGA!! Within 6 months of diligent attendance my cholesterol lowered 70 points and nearly 3 years later my cholesterol is in check, I have lost 26lbs., and I have never felt better! The lessons I have learned in my practice are irreplaceable. My body feels completely out of whack if I don't practice 3 times a week...I am addicted. I feel VERY blessed to have found this studio and its AWESOME instructor Jenny!!(more to come on Jenny...) I also feel VERY blessed that my cute husband LOVES Bikram Yoga as well... every Saturday morning we are in that HOT yoga studio together!!
the pictures of us below are imposed onto a photo from a Bikram Yoga book...we're not that good!!or that tan!!

It's ALL About the Hair....

This is one of my ALL TIME favorite pictures/stories about Mark...it was Christmas day and we decided to scotch tape a clump of hair that we pulled from my brush, onto his head. We went to his parents house with this clump on his head, we thought they would notice immediately and we would all have a laugh... but it took everyone a bit of time to notice??? lending even more to the hilarity of it all!! I wonder if there is a way I could patent this idea... we would need to use flesh colored scotch tape??....

Speaking of hair...What in the heck happens when you turn 40??? I am a true believer in "what goes around, comes around" so maybe my mishaps with kittens in my youth are coming back to haunt me. Dressing kittens in doll clothes, swaddling them in blankets, squeezing the kitty so hard because you loved them and they were so cute... and the story my kids can't get over (in my defense I was ONLY 4) vigorously swinging the kitty in my brothers ski cap while I danced around only to open the cap and find the kitty no longer moving!! So... maybe I deserve exactly what I now have sprouting forth from my scalp...KITTY HAIR.

Today was a great day for Brooke!!! She received a big box of wigs that she ordered on-line!! Our cute, kind, quiet Brooke has found her calling in life! With the help of wigs and crazy make-up she and her friends make some pretty funny movies!
This is the "USED CAR SALESMAN" Dwayne... I think I met him once buying my Toyota! He also works as a dishwasher at Chuck-a-Rama on Thursday nights.

Rumor is... Dwayne is single! Look for him on www.singleusedcarsalesman.com

I think make-up would help here with the "AFRO" girl... her name is Burnett, she is obsessed with mayonnaise and works at a deli in New Jersey.

This is "Long haired" Delilah...She doesn't know how to bake or clean but she does a dead on impersonation of Al Roker.

This is "Flipped Out" Sandy, she talks so much her goiter protrudes more than a 1/2 inch beyond her chin. She's fun, but annoying.

This is SOOOOO Funny!!!

It's nice the people in this video care so much...it's just soooo funny how much they care!?!?!?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSEaHyzbqTA

Balloons and Spaghetti

It was Mark's 43rd Birthday on Monday
and for Mark there is NO celebration without SPAGHETTI!!!

You Call This Bowling???

Today we went bowling and yours truly won... with an incredible score of 88!!!
I will gladly defend my title again, as my cute man can't take it when his wife wins!!

Brynn and Brooke being quite goofy!!

Dad and Alec

Mom and Jack

The grace...


Defeated by mom again...