Saturday, 31 January

Way too cold out - I woke up shivering. Just couldn't seem to warm up. I must of had 3 layers of clothes on. Eventually made it out of bed, made some coffee and tried warming up. I'm really exicted - I have our tickets booked for California. Can't wait to see Mark, Nikki and Jocelyn. Isn't she cute (see picture). We are going in May for a week. My whole family is going so it will be a nice little family get together. So got that booked and then was on facebook for al little bit before Olivia got up. Kurt hurt his leg so he ended up coming home early last night and has tonight off. I had to run a few errands so Olivia and I got ready and headed out. Ran to Meijers, the flower shop, Old Navy and Home Depot. I picked up some lunch for Kurt and headed home. Kurt's leg looked really bad (We think he got bit by a spider). He went to a friend's house (a doctor) and he checked it out. Kurt went on Anti-biotics to help it heal. Most part of the evening was just watching movies and relaxing. Stayed in to take of Kurt and Olivia - we went to bed pretty early. Not a very eventful night.

Friday, 30 January

It's Friday and the end of the month. I'm so happy about that. Just closer and closer to Spring. Work - fine, no complaints. Day went by fast, I was just happy that it was the weekend. After leaving work, I picked up Olivia and we headed out to dinner. I did not want to cook. So got us some dinner, was good. Olivia behaved very well at the restaurant. After dinner - came home and we got out her blocks, played with them. Then we practice her note cards - practiced numbers and common words. After that it was bath time followed by pajama time. Olivia got some yogurt and then fell asleep in my arms. The new allergy medicine rocks. After putting her to bed, I had a lot to clean up. Huge mess in the house. So did that and some laudnry and then watched a movie. Quite night.

Thursday, 29 January

Wednesday, 28 January

Mid week - this week is going by so slow. Working on a crazy big project - and it's keeping me busy. I'm getting a headache staring at the screen all day. I need to start wearing my glasses in. At lunch, I went to the gym - good workout. Did arms. After work, got home - Olivia and Kurt were there already. Kurt was cooking dinner - it smelled terrific. We ate dinner and had a nice family night. We went to the bookstore, went to Target and then came home - ate some popcorn and watched Lost.

Tuesday, 27 January

So many of my coworkers have called in - another wave of the flu virus. Hopefully I don't get it again. Besides work being a ghost town, it was good. Semi-busy. Went to the gym at lunch, good workout. After work, picked up Olivia and I made her dinner. After that, we went to the bookstore, wanted to get a new book and she loves the bookstore. She played with the trains and picked out a book. Another one to add to her huge collection. After that, we stopped for a treat at a bakery in town. Came home, bath time for Olivia and then got her off to bed. My evening was pretty uneventful - watched a little tv and then did an ab workout.

Monday, 26 January

New week. I can't believe January is almost over. It was a good weekend - got to go out one night, hung out with friends, went to a good restaurant on Sunday, bunch of errands were done - all good stuff. So back to work and I've been so busy lately. Which is good - my days fly by. Got up around 4:40 and did my cardio, 50 minutes then did so Abs. After that got Olivia up and ready for daycare, she was a happy baby - all smiles and chatting away. Dropped her off and got to work. Like I said, busy busy - I didn't even leave for lunch, worked straight through. After work, picked up Olivia and then came home. We had a fun night, made her dinner and then she fed herself. Cleaned up the house and then for about 1 1/2 hours we drew on Olivia's chalk board. She loves to draw. So we did that - I want to make a giant magnetic/chalkboard for her.. that's going to be my next project. Gave her a bath and then got her to bed. For a couple of hours I got on facebook and then went to bed. Woo hoo

Sunday, 25 January

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Thursday, 22 January

Wednesday, 21 January

Had Olive Garden for dinner.... it was really good. Kurt had the evening off so we had a nice dinner together...Olivia was with us too of course. She did really good at the restaurant. She colored with the crayons and kiddie menu and then when dinner arrived, she fed herself. A little messy but did a great job of using the fork. After dinner, we got back home - watched the movie "My best friends girl" and it was horrible, worse then "The Women". Maybe not that bad (The Women was really bad). Had given Olivia her bath and got her ready for bed. We did the one hour of quiet down/quiet play before putting her to bed. We played with her cars and read a few of her books. She then fell asleep in my arms. After putting her to bed, I got my stuff ready for work and then got on Facebook for a few minutes. After that - got to bed... zonked out quickly.

Tuesday, 20 January

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY! It's definitely a day for the history books. I'm really hoping for positive change. Got up this morning and did a really tough cardio workout. Got showered and ready for work, then got Olivia up. She was smiling this morning but last night she was screaming/crying. She went back to bed pretty quickly/easily but I was up for a bit trying to fall back to sleep. Work was good, lots to do - busy day. At lunch, did a good back workout. Got to watch the inauguration speech - very moving. He really had the crowd going and I liked the digs on Bush. After work, picked up Olivia - got home and decided to make Diet Coke Cupcakes (they are so good). I also made Grilled Barbecue Chicken with homemade Barbecue sauce. It took forever (2 hours) to cook but it was worth it. Very healthy too. After dinner, got Olivia ready for bed then it was quiet time... That didn't last long, she actually was running around the house like a crazy baby. Finally got her to sleep and I was exhausted. So watched The Biggest Loser and went to bed.

Monday, 19 January

It's so nice having the extra day off. Got up and took Olivia to daycare. Came home and fed the animals, did the laundry, cleaned up a bit and then jumped in the shower. I chatted with some friends online and then set up a lunch date with our friend Cristy. Kurt got up and we both got ready. Met Cristy at Pronto - I got the Thai Chicken wrap. So good.... It was nice catching up with Cristy. We then visited with Marleen for a bit before heading to the movies. We saw the movie "Slumdog Millionaire". It was such a good movie. I really enjoyed it. Plus we got popcorn and that was really good too. After the movie, we picked up Olivia and then came home. She was in such a good mood. Kurt went to the dealership and picked up his car. He got the new G8. It's a really nice car - Kurt is really happy about it. I'm happy for him too. It's so much more convenient having a 4 door as compared to a 2 door car. Kurt then went right to work. So I got my stuff ready for Tuesday, packed my gym bag, got my outfit ready, got Olivia's stuff ready and then packed a lunch. I did my cardio while Olivia played. After that, got her bathed and in pajamas before feeding her dinner. She ate and I ate some left over Chinese food (so good). She was pretty tired and went to bed around 8. I watched some TV in bed and fell asleep.

Sunday, 18 January

Got up, a little tired but the darn animals woke me up to feed them. So did that then made some coffee. Had some cereal.... then I did my cardio workout. I got 40 minutes in plus did my pull ups/push ups. Olivia woke up after that so got her up and fed. Gave her a bath and then got her dressed. She was all about singing. She got her microphone out and was dancing/singing to it. It was cute to watch. Kurt was up by then and we all met up with Marleen for late lunch at Jimmie's. My lunch was really good - I had a bacon grilled cheese. Delicious. We ate and chatted. After that, we went to the Mall to get a new bathroom rug and some new towels. Then went to Target to get a few things. After that, we came home and just relaxed for a bit. Kurt had to run into work for a little while to do the ordering. I fed Olivia dinner and got her into pajamas. By then, Kurt was home and he brought Chinese food take out. It was so good. I was starving. We ate dinner and then played some wii for a while. Put Olivia to bed and pretty much made a quiet night of it.

Saturday, 17 January

Got up, fed the animals and had a cup of coffee. Nice and relaxing. Got on facebook for a bit, been connecting with a lot of old friends - really great site. A friend posted some really old pictures...wow, I look so different. Olivia woke up around 8:00 am, so I made her some pancakes and we ate breakfast. I got her bathed and dressed and then we went outside to shovel snow. She didn't like to walk on the snow, she just stood still. Eventually I got her to play for a while. She got bored so took her inside and then finished the driveway. My shoulders were so sore - I was chipping away the ice that had built up on the end of the driveway. After that, Kurt got up. We went to Target and then got some lunch. After that, got home and did some family time stuff. Kurt then went to work - I was suppose to go out but the babysitter had to cancel. SO instead I had Mike and Dan over and we played Wii for a couple of hours. Olivia was in bed by then. They left around midnight and I pretty much went to bed after that.

Friday, 16 January

It's Friday.... Woo Hoo. Long weekend too. I felt really good this morning. Did a really good cardio workout, had some delicious coffee (only 2 cups a day now, no longer the whole pot). Got Olivia up and ready and unfortunately (for me) she had an explosion in the diaper and it was - let's just say, Not fun to clean up. Still, she was giggling through the whole thing so it made me laugh as well. Got her to daycare and then off to work. Work - good, lots to do before the long weekend. At lunch, got a great Ab workout in. Finished work and got home. Kurt was home, playing with Olivia. I got her cleaned up and we headed out to meet Peter for dinner. We went to Peadbody's. It was really good - I got a Salmon Salad, it had an apricot dressing - it was so good. Olivia did really well - she is usually good for about an hour then she gets antsy - but we were there an hour 1/2 and she did fine. Drew on the table a little bit but not too bad. After that, we headed home, got her ready for bed and then we relaxed for about an hour before putting her to bed. I watched a movie and did some stuff around the house.

Thursday, 15 January

Not much went on topic... Worked out, got ready for work, got Olivia ready, work, gym, work, home.... Once I got home - It was all about Olivia. She was into everything, so basically I just followed behind her cleaning as I went. The evening was good, busy but good. Olivia crashed around 7:30 so I had a free evening to relax. I was going to watch some tv but instead - I did the bills and chatted with my friend Lisa.

Wednesday, 14 January

Half way through the week.... I did something to my eye, not sure what - but the corner of my right eye has been hurting for a few days now. I think I actually scratch the corner of my eyelid on the inside. It feels like a hair of something is in it but I can't see anything. I need to go to the eye doctor anyway... So got up but decided to just check emails and get on facebook - no energy to workout. Got ready for work and got Olivia up - it's so cold outside still.... Took about 20 minutes to heat up my car. Dropped her off and got to work. I had a good busy day, no complaints. Got a funny email from Heather about Avy, it made my day. The rest of the day went well, I was just in a lazy mood today. Got home from work (lots of traffic) and Kurt had dinner already going (yum) - so we ate dinner then he worked on some bar stuff while I gave Olivia her bath. She was in a super good mood, so that made it a very enjoyable evening. We played for a bit, practiced with word cards, read a few books and then put her to bed. After that, watched some TV before falling asleep.

Tuesday, 13 January

It's Tuesday.... got up and did my cardio, got ready for work and got Olivia off to daycare. The weather has gotten really cold - brrr. A lot of my coworkers have been calling in - flu/cold. Work went by fast, working on a project that has been taking up a lot of time. Lunch workout was good, did a really good chest workout. After work, got home and started getting stuff ready for tomorrow. Olivia is so cute, she came running over to me and said Up with her hands out to me. That's to pick her up. I got my big hug and kiss from her. I then gave her a bath - had to do it early because we had the Pronto Christmas party to go to in the evening. So got her cleaned up and fed her dinner. She then played, pulled all her books out, hid the remote controls and then she wanted to cuddle. We dropped her off at Jennifer's house - she was almost asleep when we did that. I was only out for about 1 1/2 hours, Kurt stay most of the night. I then picked up Olivia and brought her home. She fell right back to sleep. I pretty much just went to bed.. fun night.

Monday, 12 January

Monday and back to work. Decided to start getting up really early again and do cardio every morning. 5 am isn't too bad... I use to get up at 4:45 for 2 years so ... not bad. Did a really good cardio, did 4 sets of pull-ups and push-ups too. Felt pretty good. Got showered/dressed then got Olivia up and ready. I've cut back on my coffee too. Only 2 cups per day - not a pot like I had been doing. I also went to Fat Free creamer... it's okay. Dropped off Olivia and got to work. Brr, cold. At lunch time I had to go to Collex to turn my car in (accident) and get a loaner car. Fun thing, I got a mustang. It's fun to drive but impractical in the winter time. SO got back to work and finished my day. Picked up Olivia, horrible traffic... got home, immediately got her cleaned up and we then went out to dinner. I was starving, ran late from work so no time to cook. We ate, delicious soup, took left overs home for lunch. Came home and got Olivia bathed and in pajamas. We then played until she crashed - and she was out cold. I then cleaned up, did some laundry, put away the dishes, vacuumed, etc... then went to bed. woo hoo..

Sunday, 11 January

Lots of snow has fallen overnight.... cold wet snow. So got up, fed the animals, made some coffee and then got Olivia up. We had a great morning, played with her blocks, read about 14 books, and took out every shoe in my closet (that was Olivia's doing) After that, gave her a bath and then got her dressed. We then went to CVS and the grocery store. By the time we got home, Kurt was up - so we then all went out to lunch. Lunch was good, I was starving. After that, it was just a relaxing afternoon. Didn't do much, Kurt had to work so we just watched a movie. Gave Olivia a bath and then we watched the Golden Globe Awards.

Saturday, 10 January

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERICA! Got up and did some cardio... just for a little while until Olivia woke up. SO got her up and we had breakfast, then got her changed, gave her a shower and got her dressed. We ran to the store, got some soda and a few other things, came home and made Kurt some lunch. After that, we headed out to Petco, Michaels and CVS. Nothing major just had to get a few things. Came home and put Olivia down for a little nap. Kurt worked on some store for the bar and I cleaned up a bit. Kurt headed out to work, waited for the baby sitter to show up and then I headed over to the Sushi restaurant in Ferndale for Erica's birthday. It was a real nice time. Didn't stay too long, had to go home and try putting Olivia to bed. She was crying non stop when I left so I ended up just staying home with her. With all the snow, I didn't mind.

Friday, 9 January

It's Friday, It's Friday..... Feeling a little under the weather. A nice coworker of mine gave me some theraflu and that helped out a lot. Very congested and a head cold but the medicine worked. Work was good, busy day which was nice. Lunch - went to the gym. Afternoon, not bad - little slow, just the anticipation of the weekend make it go by slowly. After work, came home, made a snack for Olivia, changed her and then we headed out. Had some errands to run. Came home and made her some dinner, we then played for a good 2 hours. After that, got her bathed and in pajamas. She is taking allergy medication that makes her sleepy so she was out pretty early. After putting her to bed, Mike and Dan came over and we watched a movie, played on the Wii system, played some cards and then called it a night. It was fun - going a little stir crazy..... it was nice having adult conversations. After they left, cleaned up a bit then hung out with the dogs before pushing myself to go to bed.

Thursday, 8 January

So today, Olivia had another allergy test. They did external (non food) allergy testing - they only tested the most common things such as Grass, Mold, Dust, Trees, Dogs, Cats... and it came back positive for all of them. They are going to do a more extensive test in a month or so but they want to see how she responds to Allegra. We have two dogs and two cats that we all love... So the first thing we did was take everything out of her room, clean everything - from top to bottom. Everything was rewashed (cats use to like to hang out in that room), so cleaned everything, vacuumed the rugs several times. They said we can just bathe the dogs with the allergy shampoo and that will take care of them - but the cats are another story. I'm heading to Petco and they have a lotion you can put on the cats daily to help with the dander.... I really hope that works.. if not, we will have to find new homes for Finnegan and Henry. I really hope that is not the case. So yesterday besides that, was a good day - work was good, gym was good, got a lot accomplished. I finished reading "The Great Gatsby"... ran some errands after work - then Olivia and I had a really nice evening. I learned that she has a very long grasp - when I was feeding her, I got her some milk and in a split second she grabbed her food dish and tried feeding herself. The food was too hot and she burnt her mouth. She was so upset.. poor thing. It took a while before she would take any more food. She was a little afraid after that. I gave her a bath and then got her in pajamas. We played for a while then she was out cold. The allegra makes her drowsy. After that, just cleaned up and then watched a little tv before falling asleep.

Wednesday, 7 January

SO tired this morning... did force myself up and did a bunch of situps. Watched Desperate Housewives while doing that. Then got ready, after that - got Olivia up and ready for daycare. It was a wonderful morning, Olivia was is good spirits. She was laughing at everything, her cute little smile made my morning. After dropping her off, got to work and had a pretty uneventful but good day. At lunch, I got a really good workout in. Ugh - I was so hungry. I brough in rice, green pepper, some Fat Free Yogurt and Fat Free pudding. It didn't fill me up.... I had 8 glasses of water to try and curb the hunger. After work, got home and to my surprise - Kurt had made a wonderful dinner. Grilled Chicken stuffed with pecans and goronzolla cheese, we also had grilled vegetables and for dessert - Skinny Cow mint chocolate popsicle. It was so good. We found a bunch of old pictures so decided to scan some of them in and post them on Facebook. So funny, some of the pictures were over 10 years ago.... we look so different. So did that, then got Olivia ready for bed - she laid with me in bed for about an hour before falling asleep. Kurt had to go into work to take care of an order. I feel asleep around 11:00 or so. Here are some pictures of my car.... you can really tell of all the damage but it's there. It should be fixed though within a few days.

Tuesday, 6 January

The second day back and it's a little better - getting caught up at work. Did some cardio before work, a little tired. Took some sleeping pills last night and that made me really groggy. Like I said, work was good - no complaints. At lunch, I got a good shoulder workout in. Finished my day and headed home. Kurt had brought food home from work so that was a nice treat. I was starving.... Eating like a bird has been tough. So got home and we ate. It was a great evening, Kurt was off - so we had a nice dinner, then hung out as a family. Kurt had to go to the grocery store for a few things so I gave Olivia her bath and got her in pajamas. She was up pretty late, would not go to sleep. Lots of screaming, eventually I just brought her into bed and she was out cold. Snoring so loud - unfortunately, I didn't get any sleep. Eventually I put her back in her crib and she was asleep there for the rest of the night. So tired but the weekend will be here soon enough.

Monday, 5 January

Back to work..... Ugh... It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Got up around 5:30, did a 25 minutes of cardio, got showered/dressed, got Olivia up and dressed and we headed out to daycare. Olivia was happy to see Jamie, glad about that - lately she has been really really clingy - crying if I go anywhere. Went to the gym a couple of times - took her to the playcenter and she usually has lots of fun - but the last two times, she started crying - crying so hard that she was convulsing. So ended up just bringing her home. So daycare went well. Got to work, the day was good - good to be back to my regular routine. At lunch, went to the gym - good arm workout. After work, came home - fed the animals and just about then - Kurt got home with Olivia from daycare. Made her a snack and then put all my stuff away. Kurt had to work so he left shortly after that. I made Olivia dinner, gave her a bath, we played downstairs then I put her to bed. I was able to get another 20 minutes of cardio in. Watched a really good show - it was masters of dance (the world competition). After that, pretty much went to bed - tired.

Sunday, 4 January

Got up on the early side, don't want it to be to big of a shock when the alarm goes off tomorrow. So got up, fed the animals, had some coffee, got on the cardio machine for a bit. It's really nice and I can easily move it into the laundry room when I'm not using it. So did some cardio for about 40 minutes. After that, took a shower then got Olivia up. Fed her, gave her a bath and got her dressed. By then, Kurt was up - so he got showered and we went up to Kensington. I had to return some things from Banana Republic. So we did that, I got two new dresses for Olivia and picked up some Black and Decker tools (Great sale). After that, we headed back home - stopped at Meijer to get some Diapers, cat food, yogurt. We then stopped at Home Depot and Home Goods. Kurt was looking for a new shelf to display his Cher/Dolly memorabilia. Unfortunately, no luck. So we got home - it was around 4:30. So fed the animals, then returned some movies from Blockbuster, stopped at CVS... when I got home, it was time for Kurt to go to work. So he left - I then started getting stuff ready for Monday. Packed my gym bag, packed Olivia's bag, got animal's food ready, coffee ready, clothes for work were laid out...After that, made Olivia dinner then got her ready for bed. She was tired.... so it was pretty easy getting her to bed. After that, did some more cardio then went to bed.

Saturday, 3 January

Vacation is almost over - it went by really quick. Today, got up and decided to run a bunch of errands. We went to Best Buy (Had to return the wireless router/smart card that I got). We then went to Dunham's and Target. Bought an elliptical machine.... Now I can do cardio at home, no excuses. Kurt got a few things at Target. After that - we stopped at Pronto to pick up some lunch to go. Oh - on Friday, my car was involved in a hit and run. We were at Walmart after having lunch with Dawn in Troy, someone hit my car while we were inside. I got an estimate - $1500 worth of damage. So mad. Hopefully the security camera's will catch the person. We had to go to the police afterwards, so that took a bit. Okay - back to Saturday. So we got home and ate lunch. Kurt had a copy of the movie "Milk" so we watched that. Really good movie. Olivia took a nap for a little bit (See picture). She is so cute. After the movie, Kurt had to go to work. I put together the elliptical machine (Olivia helped). After giving her a bath, feeding her dinner and playing for a while - I put her down to bed. I then did a 1/2 hour cardio workout. After that, went to bed... it was late.. I think I was up until 1:30 or 2:00 am.

JOCELYN EVE TURNQUIST

I am so proud to present the newest member of the Turnquist Family. My beautiful niece - Jocelyn Eve Turnquist. My brother Mark and his beautiful wife gave birth to the most precious little girl on Thursday, December 29, 2008.

Friday, 2 January

NEW YEARS PICTURES

Thursday, 1 January

NEW YEARS PICTURES