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Kitteh!

Jody Turek — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:55:12 +0000

This brings the LOL’s!

Gym Rat – New Podcast!

Jody Turek — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:50:09 +0000

Hi Everyone! That there is my Kitteh Babee! She wants to see what you are all doing!

I finished another Podcast tonight and right now hubby is working to get it uploaded to the site. This will make a total of 11 podcasts and over 1,500 downloads total. I want to sincerely thank everyone of you for listening. I like recording them – so we make a good team.

Here is a link to the new podcast: Gym Rat

A few things I mention in the Podcast can be found here: Audible (where I get my audio books) and My Fitness Pal (where I log my food and workouts).

Earlier this month I was interview by the Dearthyroid site as part of their Blogger Spotlight. To read my interview visit the Dearthyroid Site.

Enjoy the Podcast and thanks for listening – You Rawk!

Photo Friday – Chin Resting

Jody Turek — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

My Baby’s as hubby calls it “chin resting”

Block Party… for Mosquito’s!

Jody Turek — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:32:53 +0000

So, last Saturday our block came together in the name of food and drink and socializing. It was really fun – until those famous Minnesota Mosquito’s came out and attacked me for no reason. I have various bites all over my back, arms and legs. Typically for me, they would itch for around a day subside and then disappear. Not this time- they itched right up til last night. Monday during the day I was speaking with someone at work about the attack and she looked a few of my bites and told me that I may be having an allergic reaction to the bites. A quick post on my Facebook page confirmed the diagnosis. I was in luck those she had some Benadryl close by and she would be happy to share. I was extremely grateful as I could not take the itching anymore! Within an hour the itching was gone and I could actually think about other things. I also learned 2 very good lessons on Facebook. There are 2 really good bug sprays out there. One from Avon called Skin So Soft and Lemon Eucalyptus. I cannot thank you all enough for helping me learn about new products that are healthy for me. Next block party I am going to try on of these suggestions and hopefully I will not have the same reaction!

Butterfly Paragraph

Jody Turek — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:56:29 +0000

I was featured over at the Dearthyroid.org site regarding a contest they have going on. The picked the best paragraphs written by Thyroid patients about Butterflies. I made one of the entries!! To read my paragraph go HERE!

Flap away crane – flap away.

Jody Turek — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:20:34 +0000

This past weekend we heard a good friend of ours and a member of the Comedy Troupe Flapping Crane had passed away. Eric Page was a brilliantly funny local comedian that could make a crowd of people laugh by showing up. It has taken me a few days to process and think about what I could tell you about Eric. But unfortunately, none of it would do him justice. My girlfriend says it best in her Blog:

“In person, Eric was actually pretty reserved. He had short, curly hair and was somewhat shy until you got a few drinks in him. But put him in front of a camera, and he stole the show.”

“Eric was the cause of many extra takes on Flapping Crane skits, simply because he was so funny the other boys still cracked up, even when they weren’t looking at him.”

It was very rare for the other members of Flapping Crane to get Eric to crack up on set. They only managed to do it a few times; those moments now mean the world to all of them. We spent time last night reviewing old footage of skits and outtakes of the Flapping Crane troupe for a memorial they are putting together. We laughed A LOT. We reminisced. We laughed again.
If you would like to get to know Eric, like we knew Eric, please check out anything below.

Flapping Crane
Eric’s web page
RooftopComedy

Best of all, he was a cat lover. Um– didn’t say that right – He was a lover of Cats??

Eric – May you soar higher than an eagle. We will miss you.

Photo Friday

Jody Turek — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Believe it or not – this photo was taken with my old iPhone while walking a path in a local park. It was raining that day and a little overcast. But the picture turned out great.

My Oasis

Jody Turek — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Here are a few photos of my backyard. I still have a lot more to do in terms of making it more livable. Excuse the haze. I had the UV Filter on and it just got done raining. BTW my garden has gone crazy!

Photo Friday

Jody Turek — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

This is what people do in New York at lunch time. I am jealous!

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane..

Jody Turek — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:45:00 +0000

Ok maybe I am not leaving on a Jet Plane. I let you in on my wild rides of New York but left out the ride home. Which was MUCH wilder! Our Flight out of La Guardia Airport was scheduled for 10AM on Sunday the 20th. But we learned early that our flight had been canceled and the scramble began. We tired to get on the next leaving flight but was unable too. We were stuck in the airport until 2:30 when the next connecting flight through Columbus OH was set to take off. Waiting in the Airport was a huge bore because there really isn’t too much to do in the airport and by 2:30 I had used my phone so much the battery was almost dead. My thought – must.save.battery. We got notice overhead that our flight was leaving and I was so excited because I couldn’t stand another minute in that airport. I was going stir crazy! We boarded what I can only describe as a executive plane (it was really small) for Columbus. It was supposed to be a short flight from NY to OH only 45 minutes. We started to take off and immediately hit to ground again. Pilot came on over head and told us we were heading back to the airport – we won’t be taking off now. Inside the airport it was announced that the plane would take a few runs empty and come back and pick us up once the coast was clear. Cool beans I thought – we will be home in no time! Except a few runs turned into a few hours. Thankfully we switched our connecting flight out of Columbus for the last possible time 7:30. At 5:30 it was announced that the flight was ready to go – but won’t be leaving until 7:00PM. What??? that means we will miss our connection in Columbus and not make it back to Minneapolis! Minnesota “nice” was not “nice” anymore. Time to complain (we actually did complain most of the day – Airport Customer Services Sucks!!). We ended up staying another night in NY with an airline paid hotel room. They also gave us roughly $90.00 dollars in food vouchers for the food court in which we promptly spent all of it. We ended up getting on a flight early Monday AM which I kept my fingers crossed all night would not be canceled!

Oh – and the best part? Our luggage had already made a flight to Minneapolis early AM on the 20th. Next time I fly I am cramming myself into my luggage. :-)