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It's OK Thursday

I am linking up again with Neely and Amber for It's OK Thursday!

It's OK

that I am so excited that I got a smaller oxygen concentrator so that way I'm not so tied down to the house

that I am excited about spending the evening with Chad and the furkids

that I feel good enough to go to pulmonary rehabilitation tomorrow

that I love opening new mascara and lip gloss

that I would love to meet some of my bloggy friends

this one is just because...It's OK that I love new shoes!!!

Sunday Social

Once again I am linking up with Neely and Ashley for this weeks edition of Sunday Social.

What is your ideal way to relax: I would have to say getting a massage or a pedicure

Where is your favorite place to be: My favorite place to be is with Chad

Who do you consider your biggest role model: My biggest role model is Chad.  He is one amazing man.  I wish every girl could have a guy like him!

What does your life look like in 3 years? Be off of the oxygen, and be able to go more.

If you could go back and change one decision what would it be? I would be more interested in college the first time I went

What is your biggest accomplishment in life thus far? LIVING LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST!!!

Sunday Social

It's time for this weeks edition of Sunday Social.  I hope you link up with Neely and Ashley and meet some new friends!

This Week’s Questions: All about 3′s

Top 3 Favorite Kinds of Food: MAC N CHEESE, Fried chicken, Mexican Food

First 3 Things you do in the morning: Put on my glasses, let my dogs go outside, take med's

Last 3 Things you do at night: Brush my teeth, floss, wash my face

3 TV shows you NEVER miss: Revenge, Survivor, Dexter
 
3 Places you want to visit: South Carolina, New York, Italy

3 People you can always count on: Chad, family, I have about 5 true friends.

"It's OK Thursdays"

It's ok that I stayed on the couch all day and watched TV because I was really tired after pulmonary rehab yesterday.

It's ok that I still have days that I wish I could just pick up the phone and call my dad.

It's ok that I love peppermint altoids.

It's ok that I got my new planner in the mail today and can't wait to start using it.

It's ok that my pomeranian looks like a fox, really needs a haircut, but it is to cold for her to get one.

It's ok that this is all I'm writing tonight because I'm tired.

Sunday Social

It's time for Sunday Social! First let me say sorry to all my readers that I haven't been blogging lately because I wasn't feeling well. I feel much better now!! YAY!!! This weeks questions let's reintroduce ourselves! 1. What is the name of your blog? How long have you been blogging? The name of my blog is Holly Enjoying Life. I started blogging in October 2010, however I only posted 9 times in the year of 2010 and 9 times in 2011 also. So I've been blogging a little over 2 years. 2. Why do you blog? I love blogging because I love to share my thoughts, my life and learning about other bloggers life experiences. 3. What is the first blog you ever followed? I first started following www.fallenwheat.blogspot.com. She had posted something on facebook about her blog so I just read it and started following her and I love when she blogs, her post are so heart felt. 4. What is your favorite post you wrote in 2012? I really don't have a favorite post for 2012 so I picked one of my favorite post but it is from 2010 and it is the post that I wrote about my DAD on Thursday October 28, 2010. Sorry I don't know how to link it into the post. 5. What are your blogging goals for 2013? My blogging goals are to grow my followers. Learn how to do more on the blog ie...link in, and add pictures that I've made with my new camera. 6. Top 3 favorite blogs to follow? I have way more than 3 favorite!!! The Daily Tay Sippy Cups and Pearls Because Shanna said so Luck Fupus

Sunday Social

I am linking up again this week with Neely and Ashley for Sunday Social.  You should link up too and make some new friends!!

 

 

 

 

1. Favorite New Years eve you’ve had before

I don't guess that I really have a favorite.  We usually just have snacks and play games and watch the ball drop.

 

2. Are you doing anything for NYE this year and if so what?

We are going out to eat and then come home and play games.  December 31 would have been my brother, Charlie's, 30th birthday.  He went home to be with the Lord in April 2012. 

 

3. Name a book we should all read come January?

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

 

4. What are your new years resolutions?

To read more both in the bible and books in general

To blog at least 5 days a week. 

To do cardio at least 5 days a week

Weekend Update Blog Hop

I am linking up with Sami and Leeann for this weeks edition of Weekend Update!!  You should link up too and meet some new friends!!

This weekend I didn't do a lot.  I stayed in all weekend and watched old movies and shows that I had dvr'd.  I watched the ones that Chad doesn't really care to watch ie Intervention, Hoarders, RHWBH, and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.  I love that show.  They act like they genuinely love each other. 

My mom came over some this weekend and we had a good time together.  She comes in and the furkids just go crazy trying to see who can get her attention first.  Just like human kids.

I started reading a different book "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn.  I hope it is good.  I've heard mixed reviews on it.

I can't wait to give Chad his present tomorrow.  Nothing big, it's just that he has no idea.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

Sunday Social

Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope everyone is having a great day.  I am linking up again with Neely

and Ashley for another edition of Sunday Social.

1. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Eggnog

2. What is your favorite smell?

Peppermint candy canes

3. What is your favorite TV commercial?

GEICO

 

4. What is your favorite day of the week?

I love the days of the week that Chad is off. 

 

5. What is your favorite way to waste time?

The internet, pinterest, and facebook

 

6. What is your favorite article of clothing?

Right now it is my lounge pants from J Crew.  They are my favorite!!!

"It's Ok" Thursday

It's OK Thursday

It's ok that I am blogging about my day at 7:30pm because I took a nap all afternoon because I had transplant clinic this morning

It's ok that I'm not use to getting up at 5:45 to get ready to leave to get in traffic.

It's ok that everyone asked me if I was driving myself today...I guess that is how tired I looked LOL

It's ok that I miss my dad and now my brother, Charlie, around the Holidays

It's ok that even though my title is Holly Enjoying Life some days just aren't good days

It's ok that I show my true feelings sometimes on my blog

It's ok that I am overly excited to have turned 35 yesterday

It's ok that I don't want to cook anything for Christmas and would rather order it all already made

It's ok that I'm going to go to bed early so that I can get up for pulmonary rehab in the morning

Why don't you link up with Neely and Amber and make some new friends!!!

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Today I went to pulmonary rehab this morning.  I started going again about a month ago.  I did 17 mins. of cardio (which is good for me) so I was proud of myself.  I usually do anywhere from 10-15 mins.  My oxygen saturation was even staying up even though I am on 2 liters of O2.  It had been dropping down into the 80 with the 2 liters but now its staying up there in the upper 90s.  I am really wanting to get my lung function built back up where I don't have to wear the oxygen anymore.  It's not really my lung function that is down it is the small airways that are closing off.  I still would like to get off of the oxygen all the time.  At least I can still get out and do things. 

I am so excited about tomorrow.  It's my 35th birthday!!! Yay!!!  Chad, my mom, and I are going to go out to eat to celebrate and then come home and have cookie cake from Great American Cookie Co.  YUM!!!  We also got a  movie (That's My Boy)to watch tomorrow.

I got a Tea Chest from my cousin, because I love to drink tea (hot or cold).

I got some lounge pants from Chad (because that is what I spend most of my days in).  I also got some camera stuff from my mom.  I love my camera.  I hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow.  I will not be posting tomorrow to honor those who lost their lives in Newtown, CT.

Sunday Social

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!  I hope you have a great day.  I am linking up again with Neely and Ashley for this weeks edition of Sunday Social!!

 

What is the wallpaper on your cell phone?
A Butterfly

 

What do you keep beside your bed?
A bottle of water, my inhaler, cell phone, and glasses

 

What is your least favorite chore?
Unloading the dish washer

 

If you could eliminate one thing from your daily routine, what would it be?
I don't guess that I have one thing that I would eliminate.

 

What do you do to vent anger?
I usually cry it out.  I rarely get angry my feelings just get hurt!

 

What is your favorite Holiday of the year and why?

Christmas is my favorite Holiday because it's Jesus's birthday!!!

Weekend Update

I am linking up with Leeann and Sami for this weeks edition of weekend update.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  I had a great weekend.  I didn't get out much this weekend but I did do some shopping on the internet of course.  Just about everywhere is giving free shipping with a certain amount purchased.

I am still on the look out for a good planner.  Do any of you have any suggestions?  I would love to hear them.

Yesterday was kind of a hard day for me.  It was my dads birthday.  He would have been 64 years old.  He passed away in February 2010.  They say it gets easier with each day but I still think of him all the time and miss him like crazy.  I will always be a daddy's girl!!!  I Love You Dad!!!

 

 

Sunday Social

I am linking up again with Ashley and Neely for this weeks edition of Sunday Social!

1. Favorite Holiday Movies/TV Specials?

A Christmas Story

2. Do you do any volunteering during the holidays if so what? If not what would you do?

I don't do any volunteering during the holidays because of my inmune system but if I could I would volunteer at a homeless shelter.

 

3. Favorite toy received as a Child for the Holidays?

I received Cricket the talking doll one year for Christmas and I was so excited.

4. What was your must have item in high school for the Holidays?

Loafers

5. Item you begged for the most and never got?

Stereo for my bedroom

 

6. What do you do on Christmas Eve? If you are Jewish what does your family do for Hanukkah?

Chad usually works on Christmas Eve, so we really don't do anything, however sometimes we play board games, or cards.

Sunday Social

This week I am hooking up again with Ashley and Neely for Sunday Social!!!

 

This Weeks Questions:

1. What is your favorite Holiday season tradition?

We really don't have any Holiday traditions.  I guess we should start some.  As a kid we use to go over to my grandparents house and eat Thanksgiving dinner and then put up the Christmas tree.  That was always fun.

2. Do you have a certain Holiday movie you watch more than others? If so what is it?

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

 

3. Show us your favorite decoration or pinterest decoration you wish you could have

4. Favorite Holiday song?

  I love all Christmas music!!

 

5. Favorite Holiday dessert?

chocolate peppermint candy

6. What is on your wish list this year?

A Nikon 55-300mm zoom lens for my camera

 

Weekend Update

I wish the weather would just either get cold and stay cold or stay warm.  I am so over this back and forth stuff.  My nose is stopped up one minute and running the next minute.  The changing back and forth of the weather makes for nice migraines also.  Yuck!!! 

Saturday I drove to Plano to visit my cousins who were in town for Thanksgiving.  We had a good time, which we always do. 

On another subject, did anyone get any great black Friday deals or cyber Monday deals.  I got some deals on the internet both days and I didn't have to face the crowds.

Last night my mom came over and we had turkey and all the sides again one last time.  It was so good.  This year she got a smoked turkey and it was so delish and stayed moist. 

This morning I started up with pulmonary rehab again and it's going to take a while for me to get back up to where I was before I was put in the hospital back in Sept/Oct.  A little work at a time and I will get back up there.  I couldn't walk very long on the treadmill before I was worn out. 

I have two prayer request: For my friend Heather, for healing after her 2nd lung transplant and for my friend Tricia who needs to be put back on the transplant list.  Please click on her name and it will link to her husbands blog.

Sunday Social

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got plenty of rest after eating all that turkey.  I'm linking up again with Neely and Ashley for this weeks addition of Sunday Social.

1. Name 4 jobs you’ve had in your life: checker at a grocery store,  sales associate at Express, sales associate at Sunglass Hut, Scheduler at a day spa

2. Name 4 movies you would watch over and over: Mr. Mom, Step Brothers, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire

                                                                     I love comedies

3. Name 4 places you have lived: Dumas,  2 apartments in Amarillo, Fort Worth

4. Name 4 of your favorite foods: smores, mac & cheese, BBQ chicken, pumpkin pie

5. Name 4 things you always carry with you:altoids, something to drink, sunglasses, blood glucose meter

6. Name 4 places you have been on vacation: Puerto Vallarta, Colorado, California, Florida

It's OK Thursdays

I'm am linking up again this week with Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup

 

It's OK...

 

it's turkey day.

 

that I could probably eat a whole pan of stuffing by myself

 

to eat dessert first, this way you won't be to full to eat pie.

to love eating leftovers for about 2 days.

 

to not be a fan of Black Friday.

 

to be a fan of Cyber Monday.

 

to miss my dad and my brother very much.

 

to be excited to see my cousins on Saturday.

 

Well I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!!!  I know some of you are getting ready to go shopping.

Random Wednesday

I am linking up with Shanna again at Because Shanna Said So.  You should check out her blog.  Shanna I want you to come to Dallas and us go shopping at H&M.  We would have so much fun!!!

This week I'm going really Random.  First of all, I watched my first episode of Honey Boo Boo.  I don't know what to say about that show.  You want to change the channel but you just can't do it. 

Do any of y'all watch American Horror Story?  All I can say is WOW!!!  I thought last year was bad.  This year it is super creepy.

This year I'm taking my furkids to get their picture made with Santa.  Chad will probably have to go with me because Presley Grace is very timid of new people.  I'm not sure how she will handle Santa.

Before I get off of here tonight I want to leave you a picture of someone that came out of hiding tonight.  She will have her picture made at a different place each week and whoever guess the right place will get something in the mail.  It will be fun.  I PROMISE

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