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New “Site” Design

Well, I have been posting comments here and there about it and I finally got done due to the help of our hosting company. They moved the blog from the “blog” folder (the /Blog at the end of the url) to my main page, paulineantoinette.com Which works out very well since I update the blog on a more regular basis.

The blog program that I use will be used for my site of posting pictures & video.  It is much easier to update and quite frankly I suck at designing.  With using this program, there are many free designs out there and I know people that can make minor adjustments for me if need be, so I can switch it out and keep it fresh.  Which I know I drives me dad batty.  =)  I love you dad……..grin

So now my blog is the main page, I still have all the other pages that I had with my old set up just set up on here.  With the blog program I have created pages, that are listed on the top of this design.

This are the pages created so far :

Bio : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/bio/

Cats : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/our-cats/ :  6 New Picture Galleries Added

Travels : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/our-travels/ :  9 New Picture Galleries Added

Immediate Family : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/immediate-family/ :  3 New Picture Galleries Added

Our Friends : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/our-friends/ :   1 New Picture Gallery Added

Family Gathering : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/family-gatherings/

Landscapes & Nature : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/landscapes-nature/ : 12 New Picture Galleries Added

I have also added links to my facebook page, myspace & my twitter under Personal links.

Some of the new galleries posted, have been posted in my blog, just never updated on the site.  The picture galleries of  the cats & my walks have never been posted.

Frack, I just noticed that all my mood icons have disappeared in my admin.  =(  I know it was from this move and I can fix it, but I’m currently FTPing a big file so I can’t get to my server to fix it…..annoying.  When it is a quick fix that I can make, it annoys me when I’m prevented from doing it when I want to….icks.  Well, that is how it goes…lol

Nothing Much & 1yr at the Gym

As of today, we have belonged to the gym for a year.  We have been pretty good at going M-F, other then normal traveling, sickness, holidays and life stuff.

I’m pretty happy with how far we have come, just stuck at plateau right now and it is driving me nuts.  Sometimes I wish I had a trainer again, but I love not having to be on a “schedule” and the trainer I want is no longer working there fully time when I would want my sessions.

I’m lost 37# since we started.   I just have about 8-10 more pounds to go and I’ll be close to what I was in ’92.  I had gained a bunch of weight due to treatments that I was receiving for my plantar fasciitis (cortisone shots…didn’t know the side effects) and then surgery for both my feet in ’07.  I’ve always been a curvy girl, but this was way too much,  I worry about my future health and how can I handle camping and hiking with being out of shape.  So we joined a gym and we have done pretty good.

What kills us, is our eating.  We grew up on midwestern eating….lots of potatoes, corn, breads and meat…..way too many carbs….and fancy food, is well….just too fancy.  We are basic people when it comes to what we eat.  So it is tough to find new healthy things for us to eat, that we like.

The last 2 months, I haven’t been going on my walks on the weekends.  I normally do that on days that we don’t go to the gym.  I think that I’m waiting for the buds and leafs to come out.  I love to take pictures when I’m on my walks.  I had full plans to go for a walk today, I was looking forward to it because it was so beautiful yesterday, but it has been windy as hell and I just didn’t feel like dealing with it.  So I was totally disappointed.

So I really didn’t do crap today……lol  I did get out to the bank and get disappointing drinks from ‘bucks.  Fingers crossed that it doesn’t happen tomorrow…..I really wanted that drink.  I did get some reading in and vegged in front of the tv.  Don’t do that very often.

Watching Letters from Iwo Jima right now.  Really need to make a to do list for tomorrow and this week, to help keep my focus.  That is the hardest part of working from home….focus.

Drew The Vampire

Drew The Vampire

Drew is so damn cute.  He will sleep for hours when held like a baby, lays his head back, his freaky long fangs makes him look like he is grinning….and his legs go up….such a silly kitty.  And yes, that is a Purdue kitty collar on him.  I could’t find a gold colored one that wasn’t girly…yuck.

Each of our cats get their own color.  The late Randi was black, the late Aurora was green, Alexis is pink, Reggie is blue, Drew is gold and Sukura is purple.

Sakura & Reggie

Sakura & Reggie

We love seeing our babies cuddle together.  Reggie is more tolerant then we thought he would be with the kittens and lets them lean against him.  Sakura has such a pretty 2-tone coat and her belly has gotten big, she is not as long as Drew so it shows on her more.

Video Of 12 Mile Hike

I had email these out to family members, but have been meaning to post them here :

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0001.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0002.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0003.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0004.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0005.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0006.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0007.wmv

http://www.tornrose.com/Odds_n_Ends/_Family_/2008_1030_Mult_Falls_12_mile_hike/Hike/0008.wmv

We took about 2 hours of video and Harold broke it down in 15min parts.   Just click on the links and your window media will load the video.

2001 Rose Bowl

The Purdue Boilermaker’s won a co share of the Big Ten Championship and played in the 2001 Rose Bowl vs the Washington Huskies on January 1, 2001 at Pasadena, CA.

Drew Brees was our Quarterback and even though we lost the game, it was a fun time of going to all of the home games and traveling to a few of the away games and of course, the Grand Daddy of Them All… Going to the Rose Bowl.

We know we was very lucky to be season ticket holders during the Tiller/Brees era of Purdue Football. Something we miss.

‘Boiler Up!

 

Key West and Everglades National Park

This is from June/July 1999 we wanted to do something different, prior to this we would go to Minnesota or Washington but we wanted to see Key West, so we flew into Miami and rented a car and drove to Key West for a 5 days or so and then spent another 2 days in the Homestead, FL areas looking around Everglades National Park as well as a Alligator farm and the Coral Castle.