Here's the link to the newspaper article on our work's Biggest Loser challenge.
http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/668844.html
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Biggest Loser
My company decided to do our own version of Biggest Loser and we started a couple of weeks ago. We all went over to one of the moving companies in town and got weighed in on a truck scale. A couple of companies have pledged to donate a pound of food for each pound that we lose. The local newspaper came out to do a story on us. Over the last two weeks the story was picked up by the official Biggest Loser people. They sent a crew to Lexingtgon today to do a story on us. I think it's going to be just a minute or two, but it will air on February 17.
It's exciting to be on national television, but maybe not so much if the reason for it is the fact that I need to lose weight!
It's exciting to be on national television, but maybe not so much if the reason for it is the fact that I need to lose weight!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day
Will this be one of those days that you always remember where you were?
Dominic had a dentist appointment at 11am today, so I watched most of the inauguration at the dentist's office. They have video games there that the kids can play after their appointment and next to those is a TV. I let Dominic play long enough that I made sure I got to see President Obama being sworn in. Actually, during the actual oath of office I made Dominic pause his game and watch. I don't know that he is old enough that he will remember this day, but I wanted the possibility to be there.
We also happened to be watching when he signed some of the initial documents (I can't remember what they were) and I was excited to see that President Obama is left-handed. I pointed it out to Dominic who is also a leftie. (According to the commentator the last 4 presidents have all been left-handed.)
As for the dentist appointment itself, Dominic did well. He had a small cavity and had to get a filling. He didn't react well to having his mouth numb and kept trying to bite his tongue and his cheek. When the dentist let him pick something from the treasure chest, Dominic decided there wasn't anything good in there. The dentist walked away briefly and came back with a stuffed panda bear which actually turned out to be a Webkin. I wish dentists had given out things like that when I was a kid! See my photo blog (http://www.lverry.blogspot.com) for a picture.
Dominic had a dentist appointment at 11am today, so I watched most of the inauguration at the dentist's office. They have video games there that the kids can play after their appointment and next to those is a TV. I let Dominic play long enough that I made sure I got to see President Obama being sworn in. Actually, during the actual oath of office I made Dominic pause his game and watch. I don't know that he is old enough that he will remember this day, but I wanted the possibility to be there.
We also happened to be watching when he signed some of the initial documents (I can't remember what they were) and I was excited to see that President Obama is left-handed. I pointed it out to Dominic who is also a leftie. (According to the commentator the last 4 presidents have all been left-handed.)
As for the dentist appointment itself, Dominic did well. He had a small cavity and had to get a filling. He didn't react well to having his mouth numb and kept trying to bite his tongue and his cheek. When the dentist let him pick something from the treasure chest, Dominic decided there wasn't anything good in there. The dentist walked away briefly and came back with a stuffed panda bear which actually turned out to be a Webkin. I wish dentists had given out things like that when I was a kid! See my photo blog (http://www.lverry.blogspot.com) for a picture.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Finally!
The fever seems to be gone! We had no fever all day. The cough is still there. Last night was rough with Dominic waking due to the cough and I can hear him in the other room coughing as I type. Hopefully the cough will be gone soon too.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
How long?
How long can one illness last? Dominic is still sick. Temperature tonight was as high as 101. He's still coughing a lot. He's also sleeping a lot. This afternoon after I picked him up from Dave's he actually told me how tired he was. This from a child who hasn't regularly napped since at least the summer! He napped this afternoon and still fell asleep around 7pm. Thankfully he ate a little bit more today but still not as much as he should. Assuming the fever is still there tomorrow I'll be calling the pediatrician again.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sick boy update
The pediatrician's office called this morning - the chest x-ray was clear. So no real answer as to what he has, we just know what he doesn't have. Apparently this is just some virus that will hopefully run it's course soon. The fever is pretty much down today (although a few minutes ago it was at 99.9) and he is eating again. He's even up playing a little and not just sitting on the couch watching cartoons.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Still sick
Dominic seemed to be doing better yesterday, his fever was down. His cough was still pretty rough, but he seemed to be on the upswing. He spent the night with Dave and apparently was up coughing most of the night. Dave took him to school this morning and I got a call around 11am saying that his fever was back up to 101. I picked him up and got him an appointment with the pediatrician.
When we went to the doctor's office we were first seen by a resident. There was no strep, no ear infection, and lungs sounded pretty ok, so it appeared to be viral. But the resident said that Dominic seemed "more sick that just a normal sick kid" and wanted Dr. Lear to take a look at him as well. So Dr. Lear came in, took another look, and agreed with the resident's assessment. Since the cough is so horrid and this fever will just not go away she sent Dominic for a chest x-ray. Of course, by the time that was done it was 4pm so we didn't hear anything back today.
Poor thing has barely been able to stay awake today. He told me he was too tired to even eat. It's been a chore to get him to consume anything today. He had 1 piece of sausage for breakfast, two bites of hamburger for lunch, a bite of chicken nugget and one small piece of mandarin orange for dinner. I finally offered him a cookie figuring that at this point calories are calories and I don't really care how he gets them. He's lost at least 2lbs this week, maybe more.
Please say some prayers that Dominic will get better quickly! And while you're at it pray that I don't come down with this as well!
When we went to the doctor's office we were first seen by a resident. There was no strep, no ear infection, and lungs sounded pretty ok, so it appeared to be viral. But the resident said that Dominic seemed "more sick that just a normal sick kid" and wanted Dr. Lear to take a look at him as well. So Dr. Lear came in, took another look, and agreed with the resident's assessment. Since the cough is so horrid and this fever will just not go away she sent Dominic for a chest x-ray. Of course, by the time that was done it was 4pm so we didn't hear anything back today.
Poor thing has barely been able to stay awake today. He told me he was too tired to even eat. It's been a chore to get him to consume anything today. He had 1 piece of sausage for breakfast, two bites of hamburger for lunch, a bite of chicken nugget and one small piece of mandarin orange for dinner. I finally offered him a cookie figuring that at this point calories are calories and I don't really care how he gets them. He's lost at least 2lbs this week, maybe more.
Please say some prayers that Dominic will get better quickly! And while you're at it pray that I don't come down with this as well!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The New Bazoo
I thought I would try to resurrect this blog. We'll see how well I keep it up.
In case you don't know, Dominic has had a special stuffed elephant named Bazoo since he was very, very young. Actually, for a period of time there were two Bazoos, in case one got lost, and one did. Well, right around Christmas the remaining Bazoo also disappeared. This was a tragedy but we somehow managed to get by without him. Lately Dominic has been missing Bazoo more and more, so I decided we would head out to Build-A-Bear in hopes that Dominic would be happy with a new elephant that he made himself.
Dominic stuffed his own elephant, picked out some pajamas and slippers and named his new elephant Bazoo 2. They even had a mini-elephant that he decided to buy and named him Bazoo 3.
When we got home Dominic and I were cleaning up. I opened the cabinet under the entertainment center and guess what we found? Yup, Bazoo #1!
Dominic is thrilled to have his old friend back and keeps thanking me for finding him. He still loves his new elephants though. He's currently sleeping with the whole herd of elephants.
In other Dominic news, we're on the 3rd day of this horrendous illness that he picked up at school. I thought we were finally through it today when his temperature stayed under 100 for most of the day. Late this afternoon it started back up again and by bedtime he was back around 102. All of the kids at school and his teacher are sick at this point. I'm just praying it doesn't hit me.
Finally, a friend told me about a challenge to take (and post) one picture a day for a year. I'm getting a late start on it but have decided to try it starting today. I'll be posting pictures at http://www.lverry.blogspot.com/ so check it out!
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