Healthy Lifestyle

I decided that I was going to start living a healthy lifestyle (I'm still trying to figure out what's healthy about it.) I quit smoking in May, which I know is a good thing. I still get cravings, but they pass quickly. I won't start back. Since then, I have gone from a size 12 to a size 16 (not a good thing). I also decided to start eating better and only taking medications that the dr gives me. No more diet pills ordered off the internet. That is good I guess, but I had so much more energy when I was taking them. So now my house is really nasty. Anyway, in November I got strep throat, which put me in bed for a week. I really felt stupid because kids just breeze right through it. Had to get a shot in the hip (ouch) and take a bunch of pills. Got better and things were going great. Last week my neck started swelling and got sore to the touch. Then all of a sudden, one morning I woke up and my throat was real sore and I felt like crap! Went to the dr. and got put on another bunch of antibiotics (no shot...YEAH!!). It wasn't strep throat but some kind of bacterial infection (Yuk! little microscopic bugs! Probably from the nasty house). Still taking the pills for that. I was getting out of the shower yesterday and drying off when all of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. OUCH! It hurt but I could still get around. I went on to bed to take my nap so I could work last night. I woke up and when I started to turn over, it hurt so bad I couldn't. I yelled for Doug and he helped me turn over. I couldn't go back to sleep so I finally got up (not easily). I am bent over when I walk now and I groan alot. Instead of going to work, I got dressed and went to the E.R. Saw the nurse practioner and got 2 shots (double ouch!!) She wrote me prescriptions for pain pills and muscle relaxers but by the time I got out, it was too late to get them filled. So here I am, can't sleep for the pain and not really caring about sleep. I just want to quit hurting. As if that's not bad enough, she put me off work for 2 nights. Not good when you don't have enough sick time built up to cover it. Guess I'll take vacation time.
So I'm wondering if a healthy lifestyle is worth it all. I'm gonna have to start smoking and ordering more diet pills online so I can get healthy again. I'm really not but it kind of makes you wonder if it's worth it.

Pictures

Rebecca and Nic at my mom's:

My sweet Mama:

My sweet Rebecca striking a pose:

2 of my favorite girls:

Nic won't hug my mom. I don't know why. She loves him a bunch:

He just shows himself sometimes:

Rebecca isn't afraid to hug her:

It was just like Christmas all over. Presents that hadn't been opened:






My personal favorite as a gift:


Playing a fishing game:

And guess who can almost stand up now by herself?


But she still falls down:

And there's my baby boy (almost as big as his dad):

As much as I love my grandbabies, I know there will never be another as good as good ole Mom:


And Hannah got to meet Troy:

And of course, Troy loves her: