Oh What a Beautiful Morning.....

Oh What a Beautiful Day, I've got a glorious feeling, everything's coming my way.  And still going down.  Weighed this morning and down to 221.5.  That would be about 3 1/2 pounds this week.  Boy, that makes me feel wonderful.  I am now in the clear with my BMI.  I am ready to go.  Put me in the game coach. :)

Going Down...

Weighed on Friday and had lost almost another pound....225.1   I was okay with that since we had gone away for the weekend with some friends to a wedding.  Clay Calfee got married and it was a really nice ceremony.  The two of them looked so much in love.  Oh, to start life new and fresh.  Then again, I'm really happy with the one I've been with for almost 30 years.  WOULD NOT start all over again.  I guess the grass always does look greener at first glance but I wouldn't trade my life.  The culmination of it all makes me who I am today.   For better or for worse.

Well It's WooHoo Again!!!

Weighed in today and am down to 225.9 lbs.  Again, nothing to be excited about except that puts my BMI below 40 (at 39.9 but hey...).  Had a wonderful day with Tiffany and Paden in San Marcos shopping.  Paden was a little gentleman.  I realize that I am going to miss a lot in the next year but I TRULY believe that the personal and spiritual growth on my part is going to make it totally worth it.  Sometimes we are too close to a situation to change it and that is exactly what needs to happen...change.  So to follow my new year's thought process...if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that CHANGE.  I'm doing it this year.....about time.

TAXES

Started my taxes.  I HATE doing them.  Always blows my mind when I add up the electricity and propane bills for the chicken houses.  I'm going to have to start living with the chickens....we keep 'em cool in summer and warm in the winter.  They have a really good life....well, for about 49 days anyway.  After that, I give their little souls up to God.


On a good note, doing well on the diet.  Go weigh again on Friday.

WooHoo!!!!

I go to the local doctor's office to weigh once a week to track my progress.  Well, last week I GAINED weight.  How is that possible?  Children starving in Africa are eating more than me.  Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper.  So, I went in today to weigh.  I said hello to the ladies at the desk.  I informed them that if I had not lost any weight that someone was going to die.  They didn't seem worried so I guess they've heard this before.  The moment of truth......229.2 pounds.  While weighing that much is nothing to get excited about....it was 4 pounds less than I weighed last week and now puts me only 9 pounds away from my first goal.  WOO HOO!!!!!!  I informed the ladies that they were safe and would live to see Saturday.  Again, they didn't really seem phased.  On the other hand, my family was very excited and seemed to actually be relieved.  They had had to live with me this past week and knew their lives were in danger....truly they were.  At any other stage in my life, reaching a goal means "let's go out to eat and celebrate".  Of course, that can't be the same celebration since my goal is to lose weight.  Hmmmm, maybe that is part of the problem.  Anyway, I'll deal with that issue later.  I'm off to eat a celebration salad.

Not a "Great Adventure" Day

Boy, this week has really gotten to me.  Not "feeling" the great adventure.  I am sticking very strictly to my diet so that I can get my BMI below 40.  It should not be so hard to take off what was so very easy to put on.  I have started riding the stationary bike and it is not fun.  So, I've put some great music on my iPod and that makes the time pass faster.  Went to the dentist so that he could sign off on a form that is required by KBR.  Three hundred dollars later and two fillings redrilled, I'm cleared.  Now exactly when will those two teeth feel all better and not be so sensitive to everything I eat or drink????  Then there was the visit to the chiropractor because, I don't know, maybe the stress from the dentist put a catch in my left shoulder that had to be sent straight from hell.  But other than that, life is great.  Mom always lets me vent and then when I'm finished she asks, "Well other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"  Makes me smile EVERY time.  Love my mom!!!!!!!  Hope there is someone in your life that makes you smile.

Queen of Ramdom Award for Today

I had been sort of mad at God for my dad dying.  Then this thought popped in my head, "I wasn't the one who said you had all the time in the world."  And I thought, "OK God, I got it.  I thought there would be plenty of time left.  I just never thought my dad would die.  I was the one who didn't prioritize what was important."  Then I thought, was that God or was I just talking to myself.  I do that a lot.  Then I thought, hey it probably was God because he knows I don't listen to anyone but myself so who better to tell me important stuff than me.  Does anyone else do that?  Am I the only person that thinks God talks to them through their own conversations in their heads?  I'm starting to scare myself.

Making Changes...

Started the "Siesta Scripture Memory Team" challenge on the www.bethmoore.org blog.  Cheryl Adams gave Tricia, Jackie and I all the spiral notebooks and we are going to keep each other true to the challenge.  Or at least that is the plan.  Rang in the new year with all of them and then had lunch with another couple (we are blessed with great friends).  Ate our cabbage, black eyed peas, corn bread and venison.  Was really a good afternoon.  Started on the exercise bike so that I can make my goal of a BMI under 40.  Here I come KBR!!!!  I will do this.