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My poor hubby!

He hurt himself at work and has a pinched nerve and a ripped muscle in his lower back! He went to urgent care this morning because he couldn't handle the pain anymore... he's been in really rough shape for the past week. I feel so bad for him. He is under doctor's orders to stay out of work for 3 days (Thank the Lord his company offers him paid time off) and he is ordered bed rest. I'm taking Thursday off work to take care of him, my poor baby.

Weekend recap- we celebrated Makayla's Birthday this weekend (Friday evening) quietly, with just a few of us around at home. Josh and I, Makayla, and Josh's Mom and Dad. I baked her a homemade birthday cake- pink cake with purple frosting, and "princess" candy sugar decorations. It was darling! I'll try to post a picture soon.

Sunday I went into continued Spring Cleaning Mode and finished detailing my car and detailed Josh's truck. Josh being the wonderful husband he is, found the tire shine and spiffed up my tires and they look so pretty!! I scrubbed the interior of his truck until it was sparkling. He is so proud of it now! Seriously, it looks brand-spanking new inside!

Hopefully he will be healed by this weekend from his injury- we need to tie up a few loose ends and this is the last weekend to do it before vacation. If not though, these are things I should be able to take care of myself if need be.

Most importantly, I would like to have not one item of clothing in the laundry hamper when we leave for vacation. I would love to come home to a beautiful, clean, sparkling, organized house- and the only way to ensure that will happen is to leave it that way when we take off! I just pray to Jesus that I have the strength and energy to make sure that all happens without a hitch.

The weekend we leave, however, I will have time to do some spiffing up in the morning, God willing.

Other than that, it's business as usual. Josh's parents were in town last weekend, so I invited them over on Sunday morning for a big hillbilly breakfast- Eggs, bacon, sausage, fried taters, biscuits, and sausage gravy.

This week I started my "2 weeks till FL" eating plan. My main source of sustenance is: hard boiled egg whites, oatmeal, cooked white rice, apples, bananas, carrots, and pink crystal light lemonade. As long as I incorporate these into several "mini-meals" a day, it should provide me enough energy to keep going, without getting any of those awful crippling headaches I get when I don't eat right.

Last night, I walked/ran on the treadmill for 50 minutes- about 3.1 miles. Also used my hand weights- 5 lbs each, and did some squats, lunges, and crunches. It felt great! I hope I can keep it up!

As soon as Andy and I get home tonight, I will prepare dinner for the boys and hop on the treadmill for another round tonight. I'm ready and I'm feeling good!