New Additions to the Nail Household

It has been an exciting week! Monday night we brought two little puppies home to fill the void Peabody left and I must say they are cute.

The little black one is a girl and we named her Daisy; the brown one is a boy and Clint named him Rudy. They both are so sweet and playful; however, I will be glad to get through the housetraining stage. :) They will be 13 weeks old on Monday (8/3). I have let them keep me from going to workout with Sylvia so that isn't good even though I have been working out at home. I am kind of struggling with the whole personal trainer thing because they now have so many clients that it isn't really "personal" training and it is very expensive on my budget. I noticed the gym close to my house has a special for $15/month and no contract. I have been thinking about that because then I could go at more convenient times and more often per week if I want to workout, plus it would save me a lot of money. I looked at their site and they have a weight loss program so I think I could still weigh in and be accountable. What do you all think? Is it a mistake to change? I kind of think I need a change because I feel like I am getting burnt out from going to the Colonnade twice a week. I also need a kick regarding by eating because I haven't been as strict as I should be. Hint hint, I need a kick. :) Okay, here are some more pictures of my little puppies.

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I have been wondering why I haven't seen any comments lately and I just discovered two that were hidden. I have obviously done something to my settings to make me have to select the comments before they post. I wonder what I did so I can undo it?

Yesterday, I ran/walked my longest distance to date so far, 2.45 miles. I am so excited and totally know that I will be able to finish the 5K in October by running, not walking! Are there still no volunteers out there to join me? It's for a good cause and if I can do it, anybody can do it.

I am still missing Peabody really bad! I know we cannot replace him (there will never be another Peabody) but I have been thinking about getting another one and did call about some dogs tonight. We really like Dachshunds so we want to stay with that breed but I am thinking maybe a different color so they won't look exactly like Peabody. I say "they" because we are thinking about getting two dogs, a brother and sister. Peabody had such bad separation anxiety whenever we left the house and we were thinking about getting another dog anyway so why not get two from the start? I found two potential owners tonight so maybe we will go look at them this week. A few days ago I found some on www.petfinders.com but I waited too long and they are gone. Anyway, maybe I will be posting new pictures soon. :)

I think Clint wants the computer so I better sign off. I hope to post some pictures from my vacation next post.

Good night.

Catch Up

A lot has happened since my last post so I am just going to list the highlights since most of you talk to me on a regular basis anyway.

• Peabody became ill
• I went on vacation with my niece to visit my sister in NJ
• Peabody passed away while I was on vacation
• Had a wonderful time in spite of being depressed about Peabody. BTW, The Little Mermaid on Broadway is fabulous! Spent too much time and money at the American Girl store. lol
• Made it back home after a major flight re-route, not fun!
• Happy to be home and see Clint but majorly depressed about Peabody. He was such a big part of our lives and it is really hard with him gone.
• Took the remainder of the week off from exercise.
• Started working out again last week. Running is going really good. At my weigh-in, my weight stayed the same. I guess that is good after being on vacation; I did have several pieces of birthday cake. :)
• This week, I have really tried to get back on track with eating and exercise. So far, so good. I had a good weigh-in today; my total weight loss is 25.5 lbs. yea me!
• I started tracking my personal weight and exercise goals on http://www.sparkpeople.com/. It's a fun site and you should check it out.

I guess those are the major highlights. I will really try and keep up with this blog.