Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!
Love The Bodai's
Greg, Lynn, Sugar, Tiffy, Baby and Phantom

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Jillian Does it Again!

WOW!!! I just got done watching the finale of the Biggest Loser and WOW is the only word I have to describe it!
EVERYONE looks incredible! I am blown away at some of the transformations. Jerry who thought at the beginning of the season would be where he is? I sure didn't. And even though I was never a fan of hers, Heba did look fantastic! And I am very happy that America voted for Ed but how cool is it that both the at home winner and the BIGGEST LOSER are both WOMEN!!!!!

Over the summer when Jacki and I tried out for the show (that airs Jan 6th) Pete from season 2 (I think) was there talking to people. I was dead set on if I got on the show I wanted Jillian as my trainer and Jacki was less then thrilled about that, she wanted Bob. When Pete was on the show he was on Jillians team and when we asked him what Jillian was like and if she's as scary as she seems on TV he told us, she was awesome but really tough. He also brought up a really important fact, in the seasons that Jillian has been on the show, Bob's team has not won!
And that held true again this season!

I am so happy and excited for Michelle, she looks amazing!

So just a few more weeks until the next season!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Who's it going to be???

Tonight's the big night!!! The Biggest Loser finale! Any guesses who's going to be the 3rd finalist and who's going to win?

I think Heba will the 3rd finalist, even though I would like it to be Ed.
No matter who wins the ultimate prize I think it will be close. I really think Michelle can do it! I don't think Vicky has enough left to lose and I kind of think Ed and Heba might struggle a little at home.

What about the at home winner? I think it will be between, Amy C (from MI), Colleen, and one of the father son team.

Just a few more hours until we get to find out!!!

Friday, December 12, 2008

FYI

Should anyone want to email the White House with comments regarding the Auto makers loan, or anything else I suppose here is the email address:

comments@whitehouse.gov

Just thought I'd share!

It's the final count down!!!

Only 4 days left till the Biggest Loser finale!!! I can't wait!

As much as I would love to see it be all women in the finale I voted for Ed just because he gained weight on purpose and then asked for his wife to be voted into the finale!
Some may have thought it was sweet I did not feel the same way!

We'll see what happens!!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

When will the madness end?

After working in retail for 6 years and nearly being run over one of those years, I have no interest in getting up before dawn to stand outside in the cold to fight to get a deal!

This being my first "Black Friday" not in retail I was especially looking forward to sleeping in and not dealing with the crowds! Greg actually likes to go out on Black Friday morning so we had decided he would go out in search of a TV. We started doing our research on what one we wanted and where he should go. We had pretty much decided on one then at the last minute Thursday night we decided to wait! I mean the TV we were looking at was only marked down an additional $50 and you would have to be at the store at 3am to get it! No thanks! Most of those "deals" you will be able to get again, or better, you just have to watch for them!

That night when we were talking about the deals and the madness of it all I told Greg at some point someone is going to die or get very seriously injured by the Black Friday chaos.
Well that only took a few hours to come true! I really hope that the family of the man who was killed sues for a whole lot of money and that all stores not just Walmart come up with better security and a more civilized way of conducting black Friday! That is just such a sad and awful story that truly could have been avoided, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the man who was killed!

Oh and by the way we did get a TV that night, and saved $300 on it! It can pay to just relax and do your research!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I hope everyone had a very happy and safe thanksgiving! I also hope everyone has something that they can be especially thankful for this year, I know I have a few!

Wow it's been a while!

I have a lot to catch up on! Lets start with the Biggest Loser, I have 2 weeks to blog about!

First I was very sad to see Colleen get voted off! I was a little surprised by that, what was Amy C thinking? Did she really think that if she did that all would be mended with the always crazy Vicky? Besides the fact that if she had voted out Vicky she would have actually had more allies with the three black team members and they would have been able to dominate the rest of the game! As soon as she voted Colleen off the first thing I thought was how stupid can you be the second Vicky has the chance to get rid of you she will! You have to watch out for yourself!

I am liking the themed weeks they are very interesting!

Ok on to this past weeks! Vicky is the biggest manipulator ever on that show! Did they really think she did the first NFL drill challenge that slow because she couldn't do it faster? And then to literally just give her the challenge! They all better watch their backs because she is manipulating everyone and she would stab anyone in the back given the chance!
As I suspected, and I'm sure everyone else did too, Vicky took the opportunity to oust Amy C.
Was ANYONE surprised by this?

Can't wait for the makeover show this week!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

The concert of a lifetime!!







I don't know where to begin!!! That was quite possibly the most exciting 2 hours ever!!! Very few things can live up to 20 years of hype and anticipation, I was a little worried I had built this up in my head so much that it would not meet my expectations! Well this concert exceeded those expectations by leaps and bounds!!!!!!
I knew it would be awesome and exciting and a really amazing show but seriously, there are no words for how awesome it was!!!
The 2 hour wait for the show to begin was not fun but it was truly worth the 20 years and 2 hours I waited to see MADONNA!

Every aspect and moment of the show was fun and exciting and you just kept wanting more and more!
She didn't really acknowledge being home until close to half way through the show but when the stage turned, that very first view of her face says it all, you could tell she was so happy to be home! I've watched other videos on you tube of the opening in other cities and she has a little smirk but nothing like the smile she has in this video from Detroit!
The song selection was a great mix of old and new. Some of the old songs were a little revamped and even more fun, Vogue, and a faster version of Borderline for example. Human Nature was great,I had forgotten how much I LOVE that song and the video Brittney Spears made for that part of the show was actually really good!

My favorite part truly had to be when she finally really acknowledge being home and how much that meant! "You can take the girl out of Detroit but you can take the Detroit out of the girl, because Detroit girls don't take no shit from nobody.....I don't come back here often so please make a big deal about it.." then when some people up front weren't clapping much she said "that is not the Detroit way, people from Michigan make an effort.." And then when she sang my song a capella, as much of a dork as this makes me, I had a tear in my eye! Watch the videos here:

All in all I was amazed and absolutely in aww of Madonna, she is a born performer! Oh there are so many more parts of the show that I could go on and on about, it will be a memory that I will have forever!
Photos complements of my good friend and fellow concert goer Bess!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Madonna!

I'm finally here and can't wait for the show to start!!! Bonus when we got here ours seats were upgraded!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Madonna tomorrow!

Anyone who knows me knows that no one in the music industry even comes close to Bon Jovi in my heart! That being said, I can not tell you how freaking excited I am that I FINALLY get to see Madonna in concert tomorrow! For a long time I've had a list of people that I have wanted to see in concert because I really love concerts! There is only one person left on that list that I have not had the chance to see and that person has been on the list forever (literally probably 18/19 years)! That is fellow Michigan Gal Madonna!
I really don't know how I'm going to be able to work tomorrow! I'm going to just want to sing Material Girl all day! Which by the way if she does not sing tomorrow I will be heartbroken!
Seriously she could do only her top songs and it would be at least a 3 hour show and still leave our amazing songs!
When I was in first or second grade, my best friend Michelle's mom took her to see Madonna in the Like a Virgin tour! She was one of the moms who had know idea what to expect and covered Michelle's eyes! I was so jealous, what Michigan girl didn't want to see Madonna in the eighties??
So here's to all my fellow material girls!! See you at Ford Field tomorrow!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Ding dong Brady's gone!

I have not made it any secret that I can not stand, Vicky, Brady, and Heba all season. Now there's one down and 2 to go!
When Vicky said during the weigh in of the ousted contestants that she wanted anyone to come back except Phil, and then they showed her alone interview when she said he was such a bad person and role model! HELLO WTF who is she to talk about role models? She's the one that said winning a video from her children wasn't important! SHE IS A CRAZY B****!
It's interesting that they have cameras there all the time and yet we've never seen any of these alleged instances where Phil has been talking about anyone! Personally I think it was just Vicky and Brady trying to stir the pot hoping to get people on their side so they wouldn't get voted off. I mean she's had no problems telling all of America that she is there for the money. A couple of weeks ago when she said that they were there to win and while it's admirable that some people may be there just to lose weight it's the money they're after! I wonder what she'll think of herself when she and her family sees the show! I'm sure she'll just say they edited it to make her look bad. Well I don't think that was to difficult!
In any case, I say you go Amy C from Michigan! She was right to stand up for herself, and her old team and Jillian will have her back! Besides lets just face the facts, as one of the previous contestants told me at the auditions, when Jillian has been on the show, no one from Bob's team has won! I'm just saying!
By the way when is the make over show? That's my favorite!

Insomnia!!

Yes I am posting this at 5am on a Saturday! I've been taking a new medication for about a week now and one of the side effects is insomnia, LUCKY ME!! I've actually been awake since 3am after about 2 hours of sleep!

Part of the problem today is this meeting at work this morning at 7am. I'm very conflicted about it. While I think it may be needed it was really needed weeks ago. You see the meeting/"training" today is going to be about 5 hours long and is all about the 2009 benefits for our Medicare Advantage plan that I work on to get ready for Annual open enrollment. The thing is the enrollment period starts TODAY! We've had the new material for a couple of weeks and have been taking calls on it for that long as well! This meeting was supposed to be a month ago and at that time it was very needed! My other issue is that because of open enrollment we are required to be open 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm and being low man on the totem pole I will have to work a good majority of those Saturdays and Sundays, which I understand. However with the number of people who work with this product if everyone had volunteered to take a couple of weekends we all would have only had to work one weekend every 4 weeks or something like that. Instead the higher seniority said they would not and forced the 6 newest people and the new temps to take all the weekends between now and the end of MARCH! THANKS!
My other issue with today is that I had told my supervisor weeks ago that I could not work today because I had family in from out of state and she was fine with that. Then this meeting came up, last friday mind you, and while they said it was not manditory I felt like as a newbie I should be there to show I'm commited to my job. Even on Monday she reminded me this is not manditory and I had to open my mouth and say it's ok I'll just come and leave the meeting a little early. After much consideration, during my sleeplessness, I've decided I have to much to do today and if I'm going to be giving up most of my weekends for the next 4+ months, I'm not giving into not being able to work today! Even though I could use the 5 hours of OT!
Anyway, enough bitching about this, I've decided to take a stand for myself and have sent my supervisors a very nice email explaining that I can not attend the meeting!

PS I hope know one else ever has to deal with insomnia, it sucks and you just can't think straight!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Happy Election Day!!!

I've always loved Election Day but for some reason this year is even more exciting! Maybe because it's going to be a historic election no matter what the outcome!

No matter how you vote or who you vote for just get out an vote, and be PROUD to have that right!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Who turned out the lights?

I love changing the clocks back to get that little bit of extra sleep but what I really don't like is it getting dark so early! I came out of my office at 6:30 tonight and it was dark! It's so sad! I love the sun! How long until summer?

More on Election day!

This is in response to the comment on my last blog about the importance of the proposals and how neither of the candidates have amazing track records this year!
Absolutely we need to really look at the proposals, honestly I still don't understand what Prop 2 is really there to do! Stem Cell research is already legal in MI so I'm not sure what exactly the Prop is for! Can anyone explain it to me before the AM?
It took me along time to decide on my vote, I did my research and listened to both sides, I can honestly say I feel that I am making an informed decision tomorrow! Back before the primaries finished up I found this great website where you could answer questions about your views on the big issues and then it would match you up to the person who shared your views the most! I was very surprised when it matched me at like 91% with Obama, at that point I had NO intention to vote for him! I thought that was the most helpful tool I've ever used because it made me look at someone I hadn't even thought of before!!
Like I said before I wouldn't want to belittle or try to change any one's core values or beliefs but I do hope people make an informed decision tomorrow!

Don't forget to VOTE tomorrow!

This is my friendly public serivce announcement please do not forget to vote tomorrow! I am not here to try to sway anyones vote we are all adults who are capable of making our own decisions! The way I look at it if you don't vote you can't complain about the outcome!

That being said in the last 24 hours i've heard some interesting things, I have done my research and here are my findings! Barack Obama is not muslim nor is he middle eastern. He is of African and Irish decent. He is a christian, his father whom he only met once was muslim, from Kenya which is where his name is from. Senator Obama did live in Indonesia for a couple of years as a child but the last time I checked that was part of Asia! If anyone has any info that proves anything other than this than I would love to see it!

Again I'm not trying to sway anyone I just wouldn't want anyone to vote against someone based on lies!

In any case go out and vote especially my ladies out there our grandmothers and greatgrandmothers worked hard to get us that right!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Bored out of my mind!

This is just kind of a blah blog! So Greg has been gone for a week, he comes home next Friday and I can't wait. It's not that we haven't been through this or worse, I just miss him! I know I'm being sappy, but it's tough when your partner in life isn't near you!

Any way I just want to thank my girlfriends for being there for me through this an everything and thanks for trying to get me out of the house this past week, I'm so sorry I didn't get back to you guys! I'm avalible this thursday if anyone (Brandy) is availble!?!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Testing mobile blog

I'm just sitting at work bored (thank goodness, it's a welcome change) and I thought I would try this mobile blog! I don't really have anything to blog about just testing the waters if u will. Let's see if it works!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Biggest Loser

Ok first of all how sweet was it for Phil to set up a vow renewal and get his wife a ring right after being kicked off the show? He is a great example that men struggle without their wives!! ;)

Next, THANK YOU BOB for calling Vicki and Brady out on their cheating! My ass he isn't eating enough, it's all a game to them! Now that they are going down to singles the two of them and Heba better watch out. How unclassy was that for Heba to start yelling at Phil in front of his whole team, I wouldn't even be surprised if he didn't even say half the stuff Brady said he did! I would have done the same thing Colleen did just get up and walk away, if they have a problem then they need to bring that up in private.

Who knew what's her face from Michigan is the biggest loser on the ranch so far, is it Amy? That was a surprise!

The temptation was very informative too, what I liked is that they gave all real world foods!!
Any guesses on what the big surprise is next week? I think a voted out member is coming back obviously but then I think there will be another twist at the end. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Not ready for the cold!

It's beginning to feel a lot like winter, everywhere you go! Oh wait that's not quite the song, but give it another week or two and you'll be hearing the correct words on the radio!!



Why is it that even after living in Michigan my whole life the change from Summer to Fall to Winter never gets easier. It always seems like such a shock that it gets cold! I mean it is almost November! Maybe I'm just in denial not wanting the beautiful fall weather to end!



What happened to global warming? I may be being a little silly but isn't the climate supposed to be changing to being warmer?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Biggest Loser

Is anyone else as annoyed as I am about that biatch and her a-hole husband on the blue team! It was sooooo blatant that he drank a bunch of water before they weighed in! Even Bob knew there was something going on! That kind of game play is ridiculous! And what Vicki said about how some people might be there to lose weight and how that's admirable too, what the f*@%. I'm pretty sure that is far more admirable then whatever crap they are pulling! I really hope they get voted off, she thinks she's so smart and sneaky and great! Besides that what mother says that being able to see her kids isn't an important prize! She is obviously screwed up in the head!

On a non annoying note GO COLEEN!! I think she could win if she's still there! And she was so cute when she got to see and talk to her family and boyfriend!

So who's going to have the hugh loss next week? As much as I would hate it I think it will be Brady, because he through the weigh in this week! But who knows, Phil is due for a BIG week!! We shall see!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!


Happy 29th Greg!!!! I love you!!


Saturday, October 11, 2008

WOW!!!

We just got home from my cousins STANLEY CUP party! It was awesome! For any hockey fan just to see the Stanley Cup is HUGE so I'm sure you understand the amazingness of what has just transpired! We actually got to drink champagne (and Dom Perignon at that)!!! See that's us! The team photographer was at the party so there will be more pictures to come, check my myspace or facebook page for more pictures soon!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Happy Anniversary!


I have to say Happy Anniversary to Greg's sister Michelle and her husband Steven, they've been married 4 years!


Happy Anniversary Guys!

Biggest Loser

Another one bites the dust!!!

I can't say I am very sad this week! I just wasn't a fan of the orange team. And the way that chick let on crying and crying because she wasn't going to see her husband for a while! I totally understand taking that journey together, but seriously. She would NEVER make it as a military wife. That's all I can say.

Again my favorite is still yellow, Colleen and I like the red team too. I am starting to get annoyed with the purple team they are a little whiny! I really agreed with Jillian when she went off on them about not wanting to do the work! There are thousands and thousands of people who would love to be in their place and who really really need it, they need to remember that!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Update on Sugar!

I am very happy to say we got Sugars latest blood tests back! The vet wanted her red blood cells to be up to 33, well they tested her on Monday and she at..............41!
I was so very very happy to get that news! We can now start cutting back on her medication!
Just wanted to give a quick update! More postings to come!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Biggest Loser Week 3

I am very sad right now, I really really liked the yellow team. It was so sad to see Jerry go. I can't imagine how hard that decision had to be for them. The silver lining I guess is that Jerry is doing phenomenal at home! I was very impressed to see that he didn't give up. I think Colleen has a chance to be the next Biggest Loser!
Oh and I've come to the conclusion that I'm not a fan of the brown team!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Congrats Kase!

Congrats to Kasey who got to actually meet the man of her dreams last night!!! Who you may ask? Well that would be Enrique! I know it's been a long time coming so contgrats sweetie!
Now we have to work on getting to meet Jon!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Biggest Loser Week 2!

Wow week 2 strikes again! I really really like the yellow team! I'm so glad they didn't get voted off. I'm very sad for the grey team, but they are kicking but at home! So far I'm not really a fan of the Orange or Brown team, the hubby on the Brown team seems like a bit of an ass! In the end the yellow team I think really needs to be there the most! Can't wait until next week!!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Sugars test results!

Sugars blood tests came back today! Her red blood cell count is up 9% from last week. Still not where the vet would like it to be but it's getting better! She goes back in 2 weeks to get checked again and she doesn't need to be seen unless she has another episode before then! I'm very happy with this news! She's not out of the woods but she's getting back to being the Sugar we know!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Sugar's Check Up!

We took Sugar back to see Dr Michelle today! She's lost about 2oz, but she's got some color back and the Dr says she seems to be doing better! Her spleen doesn't feel any more enlarged then last week. They took some blood and are sending it to the lab for complete CBC, so hopefully tomorrow we'll hear more good news!!
Dr Michelle said the episodes on Thursday night were probably seizures but the fact that she has gotten stronger since then is very good. We're still keeping our fingers crossed but we're much more hopeful this week!!

The Bodai House Divided

Saturday was the one day of the year that the Bodai household is divided. Saturday was the Michigan State v. Notre Dame football game! On this one day a year Greg and I are at odds! (Well it's not really that bad) Luckily he's always a good sport when his team loses!
Which was the case again on Saturday! So until next year I get bragging rights!! Sorry Greg!

Friday, September 19, 2008

A rough night with Sugar!

So we thought sugar was doing really well, she's been eating on her own really well and drinking lots of water. All her bodily functions seemed to be working better. She even barked for the first time in a week last night, granted it wasn't her normal bark but it was something!
Well around 1:30am Greg shot out of bed, he heard sugar making an odd noise. I awoke immediately. we picked her up from where she was laying and she seemed to be having a seizure or stroke. Her head was tilted to one side and that whole side of her body was stiff she was kind of curling up. Her poor little eyes looked so scared. We held her and just kind of massaged her little body until it stopped. This happened 3 times over the course of 45 minutes or so then her breathing got very shallow and her heart slowed down and got very weak. Then all of the sudden she started panting so we gave her a little water through a dropper and that seemed to help. So we took her out of bed to go drink more and she could bearly keep herself up to drink! She calmed back down and went to sleep. Then this morning and all day to day she's been a bit better. She's still not our normal Sugar and I fear she never will be! I just pray that she has some time left! We'll see what happens at the vet on Monday! We weren't able to get in touch with the vet today!

Thank you everyone for you thoughts and prayers! I know you all know how much Suggie means to us and we really appreciate all the love and support! Thank you!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Biggest Loser!

So what did everyone think of The Biggest Loser tonight? I love this show I always feel so inspired and motivated watching it! I can't imagine how it would have been to be there! If we had been selected to be on The Biggest Loser we would be there taping now so that is why I thought now would be the best time to start my journey to the new me! Today was day two, so far so good!
I would love to hear your comments on the show tonight!! Was everyone else amazed at the biological ages! I wonder what mine would be?

Update on Sugar!

Today is day two of Sugars steroids and she seems to be doing a little bit better! I'm praying they do the job! She is eating a little more, still only from our hands or a suringe but she's not fighting the food anymore! She's got a little more of her normal attitude back! I'm very hopeful the meds are working and she will continue to get better, we'll know more on monday!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Giving Blogging a try!

Ok so this is my effort to keep in touch with friends and family better! I'm totally taking this idea from the wonderful Frandle family, however we may not have a much fun and excitement to share!

So as you all know right now our family consists of Me (Lynn), my hubby Greg, our two chihuahua, Sugar and Tiffy, and cats, Baby and Phantom. We just learned today that Sugar is very sick, which is going to start this blog on a very sad start! We aren't 100% sure what's wrong, we do know that her spleen is enlarged and whatever she has is attacking her red blood cells! We are giving her a steroid and some maximum calorie food, because she's not eating. So we'll take her back in a week and see if this helps, right now I'm just trying to focus on staying positive and hoping this helps! If you know us at all you know that because we don't have babies of our own yet, our dogs are our babies and this is very difficult!

So the other reason for my wanting to start blogging is that today I started a new life style, this is not a diet, I've done that (and been very successful for a while) this time I want to reteach myself how to eat and exercise and control the food and cravings, not let it control me! So through out my journey I will let you know how things are going and if anyone else is going through the same thing I would love to hear from you about your journey, successes and snags!!

So I look forward to keeping in touch better! Till next time!