It all boils down to ..... ATTITUDE

These are snippets of my journey ... pre and post WLS at times ... depends what is on my mind...

Today's thought......

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than cir****tances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our Attitudes."
~ Charles Swindoll

My approach to life is totally attitudinal ... only I am in control of my emotions ... accountable for my mistakes and for my reactions ...

It was with ATTITUDE this morning as I sat side by side with my DH ..two rockers... two awesome toy poodles... a herd of ferrets ... two adult children .. and the TWO of us ... we reminisced that it has been 27 years since we met ... for 27 years we have been together and together we have weathered the storms, the rain, the rainbows, and the sunshine ... and as we grow old together we realized that here we were two old farts sitting in a rocker ... OH WAIT!!! HOLD THAT THOUGHT!!! I am soooooooooooo not old even though I am two years older than he ... I am BETTER teeeeeeeeee heeeeeeeeeeeeee .... let me put this second rocker away LOL...

So here we are today .... BEFORE and NOW ... the heart and the mind did not change... we are determined to continue to weather the storms and enjoy and bask the sunshine and the rainbows that comes after....

Together we reminisced about life and how often things and patterns repeat themselves in different ways ... we talked about his family and mine and the post that I shared on blogs regarding me and my family and our everlasting love of Poodles...

DID I TELL YOU? TO MY FERRET CIRCUS I HAVE ADDED TWO AWESOME TOY POODLES PIERRE AND PIERRETTA .... AND PIERRETTA CAME HOME ON THURSDAY 1/3/2012... PIERRE HAS HIS SISTER AND I AM THE HAPPIEST WOMAN ON EARTH WITH MY TWO DOGGIES...

I could not resist ... not coming from a family of poodle lovers ... not having ALWAYS been lap dog lover period....

This is my very own son at age 7 months with my mom (RIP) in Panama with her AWESOME poodle Korky at her side...

This is my family in Panama with my youngest sister(we are all 2 years apart) holding my eldest sister's awesome poodle ... her best friend and companion as she battles and wins her fight for her life against CA

This is my niece in Panama holding my dad's poodle ...

This is me in 2011 with my friend's full sized poodle ... SAME BREEDER....

SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HOW COULD I RESIST? The moment I walked away from that breeder in November 2012 with my baby Pierre I KNEW I wanted two poodles ... both he and his sister... I KNEW IT... those dogs pulled all the fibers of my heart ... and I FOUGHT AND FOUGHT AND FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION TO GO BACK ... I FOUGHT HARD AND FIERCELY but my mind kept wandering back to that nursery where I had left Pierretta behind ...

That was until this past Thursday... when I bought Pierretta home.... and my life will never be the same ... I am ohhhhhhhhhhhh so in love...

So excuse this bozo here as she scratches her head rearranging her schedule ....

I still run every other morning between 4-5 am except when there is ice on the ground ... I do not intend to break any of my old bones... and I am scared of falling on blac****

I have my ferret cleaning routine down pat ... at 3:30 a.m. I am up cleaning the pens every single day faithfully...fresh food and water daily ... playtime before run ... groom/brush and spray ALL 9 FERRETS...

4-4:30 ... HIT THE PAVEMENT IN A RUN...

5-5:30 AM ... TAKE THE DOGGIES OUT TO POTTIE

5:45 AM ... HOP IN THE SHOWER ... DRESS ... PICTURE WHORING... OFF TO WORK

6:30 AM ... I AM AT MY DESK....

7:00 AM ... CAN I GO BACK HOME PLEAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEE??? I MISS MY DOGGIES SOOOOOOOOO BAD I WANNA CRY....

So as I sit here rocking my awesome babies ...

and I am looking like an old fart in a rocker reminiscing with my DH as we enjoy growing old together...

I apologize for this goofy thread .... I just soooooooooooo love my doggies (2) and my ferrets and am so enjoying our bigger (and old as hell) new home closer to the beach with awesome yardage in front and back to accommodate my fur circus .... I DO MISS MY WALL AND MY MURAL ... teeeeeeeee heeeeeeeeeee but I have an unfinished huge basement that we will finish and there are many many walls to have murals on....

APOLOGIES FOR THE GOOFY .... I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY WITH MY DOGGIES.... PIERRE AND HIS SISTER PIERRETTA...

OMG ....CHECK OUT THE FACE OF AWESOMENESS ... PIERRE IN SLUMBER...

Thank you for the space and the time to allow me to share SNIPPETS of my journey .... 

I love love love love my life and I am tackling it with ATTITUDE...

I love my journey post WLS ... and I am having fun with it one day at a time with all the ups and downs it is worth it!

after all I WENT FROM THIS ... TO TODAY ... KEEPING 203 POUNDS OFF 6 NEW YEARS DAY CELEBRATION SINCE MY RNY ... LOVING IT!!!

THANKS AGAIN ...back to my furry circus of love ... YIKES! I AM getting OLD LOL

Thank you beautiful!!! I think now I really have a handful so getting old is for later LOL .... I crashed all evening yesterday ... with my puppies in bed beside me ... go figure...

You are always an inspiration and an encouragement to me.  I needed to read about attitudes today.  I woke up very happy and just ready to face the day.  I was singing in my car all the way to work.  Then, I got to work to face a "negative Nancy" and a "Debbie Downer" and got my feelings hurt, and it started to get me down even though I was trying so hard to spread laughter and some cheer about the office.  But, then I read this and decided they can be pissy, but I am choosing to continue with my happy day.  I will continue to smile and laugh and find the joy around here.   The sun is shining.  It is a beautiful day even though it is cold.  I think I may slap my tennis shoes on at lunch, put my coat and ear muffs on and head on out for a  nice brisk walk on my lunch hour.  Have a happy and blessed day, my friend.

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy to go beautiful!!! You got that right!!! There is Joy and there is Misery in equal measures in the world ... it is up to us to pick Joy and just let it happen to us .... misery is right there but I am sure as hell not letting him/her/it in .... words of a wise friend that were shared with me....

Best wishes for a happy and blessed day right back at 'ya .... keep on spreading the joy and the laughter my beautiful sista! You just made my day!!!

Congrats sweetie on everything.  Love the new puppy, I had a mini poodle growing up named FiFi she was a sweetie.  Two puppies are always better then one.

Here are my babies taken over the weekend, they are officially 6 months old now.  The loves of my life, Bailee & Kymber.

Hey pretty lady ,,, it is sooooooooooo good to see you on here ...I love that name FiFi ... two puppies are always better than one but my oh my I certainly have handfulls of joy ... and chasing ... and picking up ... and playing ... and licks and kisses oh myyyy I am having an awesome time with my two babies.... they are just awesome ...

I can just imagine how beautiful your two are coming along also.... My whole family is wrapped around the paws of these toy poodles ... there are so unconditionally lovable ... like all animals are to me...

We are both animal lovers, I love all animals even ones I am shared of I can't stand anything to happen too.  I edited my post above to add a pic of my babies at 6 months old.  Big babies at 40+lbs a piece.  They both take turns sleeping in bed with me and my boyfriend every night.

OMG they are so totally and absolutely adorable ... how BEAUTIFUL!!!!! WOW! I can just reach through the screen and touch them .... I love their names too .... they still have their baby faces ... absolutely adorable!!!

Thanks, they are amazing dogs, I can understand why they use this breed as a comfort dog.  I cried when I saw the goldens on tv after the SandyHook shooting, as if I hadn't cried enough before that, but seeing the dogs brought in to make the kids smile made me realize how lucky I am to get to share my life with these amazing dogs.

These is my babies with my baby back in August when they were just 7 weeks old.

And with me on my birthday Sept 28th.