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2007

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POSTED 10-31-07

January 1, 2007: LAWSY where to start!?!?!?! Some of you know me and some don't. I'm a 43 year old 5'6" woman who lost 70 lbs last year (75 total from my 219 all time high 11-30-05) and this year I'm only journaling at 3FC once a month so here I am for January. January 1 I was 145 and on the 31st I was 150??? WHAT?!? I told you folks that the year is gonna go by whether or not we try to improve our health and already a month has passed! For me January was one wooly booger of a month! I didn't want to be a slave to the scale this year like I was last year so I wasn't going to weigh and record my weight every day, but that didn't last long because for whatever reason I was really making terrible eating choices and as a result a week or so into 2007 when I did get on the scale my weight was up! I tried to nip it in the bud and after a couple of weeks I was back on the right track and by the 17th I was even the lowest I had been in years at 140.5 (that didn't last long for whatever mental reason) but I got on the scale on the 31st and it said 150!!! 10 pounds in 2 weeks? What's up with that? Just so you don't think I'm steadily gaining my 75lbs back I got on the scale today 2-1-07 and was 146.5 so the scale is going back down (a lot of the weight must have been water and bloat to fluctuate so crazily and now that I'm back down below 150 and I fully intend to stay there). I don't know what it was about January that freaked me out and had me all over the spectrum of the scale. I tried to remember what I was doing last year when I was over 200 pounds that kept me on track and I remembered that I had started to walk to Curves and I was walking rain or shine and that is what I should have continued to do, I got kind of lazy about that when the temp went up last summer and stopped walking there and haven't walked to Curves since then, well maybe a couple of times but I am going to start doing that again. The other thing I did was to go back to Personal Training (PT) and all I can say about that is OUCH! In addition to Curves I go to two 30 minute PT sessions and it may not be a long session but they pack a lot into that time so I am doing the correct form and targeting the spots I want to target (belly, thighs, upper arms) and may I say again OUCH! I alternate PT with Curves visits and take Sunday off, well I might walk on Sunday, my goal for 2007 is to participate in a 5k each month all year. I did The HoustonPress/Smart Financial 5k (that was on the same day as The Houston Marathon & 1/2 Marathon) and finished in 39.10 which was not my best time (last Fall I did a 39:05 5k) so I need to beat 39 minutes and hopefully by the end of the year I will beat 30 minutes but I will really need to focus on my walking. I met a woman at the Marathon who said she got faster after she started working out more in the gym not just walking/running so maybe my PT will help me improve my time...but I also need to walk consistently. Well that's it for me for January. Not a great month but not the worst either! And on the bright side February can only be better...RIGHT? I am going to start logging in my weight every day in February (it's a short month!) and see if it truly does keep me honest and on track better than I did trying to doit without tracking in January! Hope you all had a fabulous January and that your February is even greater! I'll be back in a month and remember my old saying: "If you get a flat tire, you don't shoot out the other three you fix the flat and get back on the road!!!" See ya on the road!

FEBRUARY

I started 2007 at 145, I started February at 146.5 and I'm starting March at 151...What is wrong with this picture??? How have I put on 6 pounds so far this year? It was easy!! I just ate and ate and ate and did very little exercise outside of the house because of the crappy weather we had this February no thanks to a little Mr. Groundhog!! Oh weather rodent, I can't blame it all on you, but I will anyway! I had 12 personal training sessions this month! Actually 11 because I was sick one day! I know I got stronger but I didn't work out much outside of those sessions, I only went to Curves a hand full of times!! I must must must get back on track so I can come back here at the end of March with a glowing report of getting back below 150! I'm at 151 now but that is 3 pounds lower than my WW goal weight of 154 so I'm not overly despondent...much.

I did my February 5k with a Personal Best Time!! I finished the Rockets Run 5k in 36.59!!!! I jogged the whole thing. I am so thrilled I can not express it!!! It was freezing that morning and when I got to the race it was so cold after I got my chip and put it on my shoe I went back to the car to turn on the heater! Anyway I guess I'm faster in the cold!! And I bet my personal training helped speed me up! The March 5k I signed up for is actually a 10k walk!!! YOWSA!!! and it's March 10th but with my lack of cardio I don't know if I'll be able to finish it with a respectable time (they give 2.5 hours to finish so I should finish before then, cross your fingers...and toes)! I will be doing an actual 5k and the end of March so wish me luck with that....

I also went to an ice hockey game for the Houston Aeros (first time ever, and it was fun) and I went to the dentist (2 fillings) and I gave up Diet Coke for Lent, but I don't think I'll go back to it after Easter because after a week I'm feeling much better (the first week was a BEAR to get through with my caffiene withdrawal headaches and exhaustion) but I'm doing okay drinking water and the occasional Sprite ZERO (no caffeine/no sugar).

Other than weight I read a lot this month (if you count books on tape in the car as reading). I 'read' The Hours and liked it a lot more than I thought I would, also Snow Falling On Cedars (I recommend it!) and I just finished Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man he's a good writer but the ending is so confusing!!! You couldn't have figured it out yourself because there were a lot of clues that didn't show up until they told you about them!!! I also finished a terrible book called The Lifeguard. YUCK! Now I'm reading Grisham's The Broker. Good or bad they help with all the driving I do! I have also had such a good time volunteering at the consignment shop I've been frequenting. I love all the 'behind the scenes' things that go on and I feel I'm doing a good thing by helping them raise money to give to the old folk's home. I wish it were going to my dad's nursing home!

Okay that's it for me for February! I hope everyone else did better on their weight programs than I did!!! See 2 months out of the year is already gone so I'm hoping those of you who started the New Year with a weight loss resolution are hanging in there. After 8 weeks have you lost 4 - 16 pounds???? Or have you been like me and gained 4 - 16 pounds (i'VE GAINED 6!)!! Here is what I know: NOW IS THE TIME TO GET CONTROL AND NOT AFTER I GET BACK UP TO 219!!!!! Time to walk walk walk back to fitness and get this flab off my tush!!

And, I know I say this all the time, But if you are having trouble and have fallen off your plan...get back on it. When you get a flat tire you don't shoot out the other three, you fix the flat and get back on the road!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!

MARCH

I'm so excited that I'm posting on the last day of the month and not 2 weeks from now!

I finished my 12 personal training sessions and decided not to renew. For some reason with the personal training I want to eat more and I mean eat more junk! So I may get stronger but I gain weight (and I'm not talking muscle weight!!) so I'm back to walking and Curves because that is what got me to 145 and kept me there for 6 months so I should be loyal to it!!

We had our 12th wedding anniversary this month and my husband got me a mini season pass to the Astros. I was so happy I cried.

This month was also the 5th anniversary of my mother's untimely death. I can't believe it has been 5 years and I miss her every day, lately a lot of things have been reminding me of her and I wonder if she is putting things in my path so I will think of her (not that I need a reason).

What else happened this month? We flew to New Mexico to visit my in-laws and ski. Husband got sick and for almost 3 weeks was miserable and when I finally got him to go to the doctor (his excuse was 'it's just a cold and he won't find anything wrong with me) he had sinusitis and a secondary infection because he didn't go to the doctor sooner!! I didn't say 'I told you so' but it was on the tip of my tongue! He is fine after taking a decongestant and a round of antibiotics. We did miss seeing ZZTOP at the Houston Rodeo because husband didn't feel well enough to go so the tickets went unused. I saw ZZTOP years ago so I was not mad at him for being sick, I have been sick and we have missed things before and I wanted him to get better, although I've been wishing I could have given the tickets to someone. Okay I was really wishing I could have gone to see The Top.

On the 10th I did a 10k! I finished in 1:24:14 and that is fine because I wanted to beat 1:30:00!! I ran it the day after we got home from New Mexico (I had registered for it in February before the New Mexico trip was planned) but up until about 6:30 that morning I was still on the fence about doing it. I did it because I figured I have already paid and I have the t-shirt so what the heck. I was so jazzed up afterward, because I finished with a good time (for me) and didn't die or anything, I decided to fight my mental demon and get on the scale and I was 152.5 lbs. NOT GREAT but not the worst and now that the weather has more good days than bad I have started walking to Curves again. On St. Patrick's Day I managed to weigh in at 150.5 which was thrilling but since then I've fallen off the wagon...sad but true...and it doesn't help that I feel like I'm going a little crazy. I'm forgetting where I put things and I have a lot on my 'to do' list that isn't getting 'done' because the tasks seem greater than my capabilities. I need to clean up my home office (I know I've said it a million times before) so I started and I found a pair of earrings and one was broken so I fixed it and laid them down and I swear to you the next second I looked down and one was gone so I was afraid to keep cleaning because what if I vacuum it up or what if I've dropped it in the trash so then I couldn't throw out the trash. That is what happens when I start to clean, I get off track and then give it up entirely for whatever reason. Oh, I found the earring.

I have also pulled a lot of weeds! I have to do that on Sundays because they are building a house across the street and the workers tend to gawk when you go outside. It's not because I'm great looking, I could be a leper with oozing sores and they'd still sing and whistle. In more gardening news I've decided to enlarge our patio so we can invite people over and not trip over each other!

What other non-weight related nonsense has happened to me this month...let's see I tried to cancel my lawn guys because my yearly contract is up but the dumb girl who answered the phone said I had to wait until the contract was up or pay $125. I said I don't want to cancel before, I'm telling you I'm not going to renew so you can set up your mowing schedule but she was adament I had to call on April 2, so that I will do and get those morons out of my yard. I finally called a plumber to fix the downstairs toilets that kept running after the flush and $200 later they work fine.

Today I ended the month with a 5k and I did it in 36:35.6 which is my personal best time for a 5k!!! And I did it in a torrential storm so if I can run in the rain and thunder and lightening (although you shouldn't) I should be able to walk any freaking day of the week no matter the weather.

Okay I've bored you enough with my shenaningans so what are my goals for April?? I would like to get below 150 and I would like exercise every day. I would like to get the patio done! I would like to call in an electrician to fix the light switches in one of the bathrooms. I would like to eat at least 1 fruit and 1 vegetable everyday (but I will try to eat more). I would like to count my points every day to make sure I'm doing okay and staying on track!

I'll check in at the end of April and let you know how I did with those goals! I hope you set and reach all the goals you set for yourself in April!! I'll be reading everyone's entries and sending you good thoughts on your journeys to better health!

APRIL

The month started out with me deciding to exercise more but also deciding to sleep and use the computer more, too. My reasoning is time spent doing anything other than eating means I'll spend less time eating! Meanwhile my mother-in-law decided that we are going to get together in June so that gives me 6 weeks to get off the 15+ pounds I've on since January. Okay, I didn't know how much I'd put on but I was afraid to get on the scale so I figured 15 plus or minus (probably plus).

On April 6 hubby and I went to our first Astros game of the season (he bought the Friday night season package for our annivesary) and it was cold! The Astros lost but after the game they had a fireworks display and it was terrific even though hubby spent 3 or 4 days in a stinky mood. I was so excited but I could tell from the size of the seats I would be more comfortable if I would just get off the extra tushy pounds. One thing that happened that made me want to get into gear and get the pounds off was that on April 9 Valerie Bertinelli was on The View and said she wanted to lose 30 pounds on Jenny Craig and had already lost 13. After the show I saw the first commercial of Valerie with Kirstie Alley and it's funny because even though Kirstie is about 6 inches taller than Valerie she still looks bigger than Valerie, but Kirstie looks better than she did before and she looks great for 57 years old!!! Anyway...Valerie gave me the excitement to get on and stay on a food program! And yet...I didn't start and on April 20 I declared myself officially fat again because my clothes were getting too tight and I was just tired all the time which was no fun. I had done ZERO exercise since a 5k on March 31 and had to do an April 5k the next day. I did it but was miserable. What was embarrassing was that night when I took off my 'lift my butt' panties the elastic was all destroyed so that means I blew out my shorts! LAWSY it should have been enough to open my eyes and make me get a grip! But you know what really got me started back on a fitness regime???? It was April 22 when Celebrity Fit Club (CFC5) was back on the air for it's 5th go 'round!! I rode the stationary bike for the whole hour of watching it and I was so pumped up I decided to get on the scale the next day and thank goodness I did because after being 141 in January I was up to 160.5!!!

It was a combination of a lot of things that got me back on track but I think the misery of the last 5k plus CFC5 have spurred me on. It also helped that after watching CFC5 on VH1, TLC showed back to back shows about people who were super morbidly obese and when I watched them I could see that I, too, have the potential to eat my way up there. So after weighing in at 160.5 with 31.5% body fat I wasn't as crazy as I thought I would have been. My thinking was that 160 was still about 60 pounds less than my all time high of 219. The day after CFC5 I rode the exercise bike again for 1 hour while I was waiting for a delivery man.

I ended the month exercising daily AND counting my points (WW) and I have managed to lose 6 pounds. I love the first week of a 'diet' when you lose all the water bloat weight!! And I love that I'm starting May in a terrific frame of mind back on a healthy regime!! So if you have fallen off your program, get back on, IT CAN BE DONE!

MAY

May 8: Somehow I managed to delete my entire 2007 journal so I'm starting over. Luckily I do an abridged version once a month on 3fatchicks.com so I just copied it over here and I'll clean it up here eventually but for now...this is what ya get! I've been to Curves today, only my 3rd visit this month, and I plan to go to the park and walk a bit later after a guy comes over and gives me an estimate to mow the yard. Other than trying to fix this journal I have tidied up our upstairs (with the exception of my husbands 'hobby room' and the home office which is just a big ole fire hazard at this point) in anticipation of my brother/sisterinlaw/nephew coming to visit and I have recovered an ottoman so I feel I've accomplished something today! I also got a call from my volunteer job and I was asked to be a co-day chairman and I accepted although I don't know what that means. I guess I'll find out on Friday! Now I have to go look for a green bag full of my guild shop information...you haven't seen it have you? Didn't think so.
May 15: Hubby has been gone for a month but he gets back today, as a matter of fact hejust called and is on his way home as I type! When he left I was 160 and I got down to 149 but after a few days of crazy pretzel eating and such I'm probably back up to 155!!! At least I'm less than when he left! I also dyed my hair to get the gray out but I doubt he'll notice because...he never notices...well he may notice but he never comments...Okay I better go get ready for his grand arrival!
May 19: Ever since I deleted my whole 2007 journal I have lost the desire to journal...therefore I have gained a bunch of weight again!! WHY WHY WHY???? Well basically: I"m eating a lot and I mean A LOT of junk and I haven't been to curves for a couple of weeks! And I haven't walked in at least a week so I'll go to the park early pearly tomorrow. The first couple of weeks hubby was gone I did soooo well and took off 10 lbs and then the week before he got back I fell on my face and gained back 5 and I'm probably back at 160 right now, I actually felt my pants getting tighter today as the day progressed!!! Tomorrow is a new episode of Celebrity Fit Club and I'm glad because I'll ride the exercise bike during it and hopefully get my mojo back! Okay, when I just typed 'mojo' it got me thinking. I thought mojo was short for something like 'motivational juice' or something like that but I just looked it up and it means magical powers, so I guess a little weight loss mojo wouldn't come amiss. I hope everyone out there is doing better than I am and I hope you all throw a little positive spare mojo you might have my way!!!
May 21: My lower back hurts a lot. I was fine when I got up today but now at 11:30pm I can barely move. If it keeps up I don't see how I'll be able to participate in the Astros 5k on Saturday. Meanwhile what is up with the insane tv 'personalities' ragging on Jimmy Carter? I like him! Leave him alone!!! Any time anyone disagrees with this current regime they are called 'kooky' or some other unfavorable label so people will be embarrassed to support them but I like Jimmy Carter and I'll stand behind that statement and I'll go one step further and I'll agree with his statement about the war (and I'm not particularly political)!
May 23: Went to doctor and I have a lumbar strain and a prescription for muscle relaxers and pain. Mostly they both put me to sleep which is good.
May 30: Got a webcam and I will post videos occasionally because they take up a lot of space!
May 31: Ending the month in a weird mood. My back is getting better but I'm getting bigger! So I will put a stop to that and devote June to getting on a good routine and working on getting back to my WW goal weight of 154 by my birthday on July 12! I will do it! I think May may have been the month I've done the most damage to myself healthfully speaking, my eating was atrocious!!! Oh well let it go and get back on track!

JUNE

June 1, 2007: I have been woefully neglectful in my journaling and I apologize to you and to myself!!! My clothes are all SUPER TIGHT and I am well into the 160's so I forgive myself for the weight I have gained and now I will do my best and get the weight off!
June 2, 2007: My brother and his wife and son spent the night with us last night. They went to the Astros game and we went to see Spamalot. I am going to complain to the Houston Hobby Theater because the seats aren't staggered so you are staring at the back of the guys head in front of you! Why spend the whole show tilted when, if the seats were staggered you could stare straight ahead?? My back hurts again! So my nephew gets up early and is hungry so I take him to McDonalds and we both get McGriddles, then I eat a cookie and we had Mexican for lunch. I know you think that's a bad start for June but my June is actually going to start on the 5th and I'll explain why on the 5th!!!
June 3, 2007: It's Sunday and I woke up full! But I still ate my toast and oatmeal because that is important to do! Next month is my birthday and I always have my yearly gynecological visit on that day and she does a blood work up and I'd like my cholesterol to get back down and oatmeal does that! Back is still a little sore!!! NUTS! I have to tell a funny story about my nephew (age 9). Yesterday we were playing with the webcam and next to the computer I have my GIRLS NEXT DOOR CALENDER and it was still in May. My nephew is very OCD and that's disturbing but he kept saying 'Your calender should be on JUNE' and finally I said 'Okay I'll turn the page' and June is Kendra in a bikini top and mini skirt washing her truck and it's skimpy, but honestly you see females in public wearing less. And my nephew sees it and says IT'S BURNING MY EYES!!! and puts his hand over his eyes. It was hilarious, but sadly he was serious. I said 'No, it's not, it's just a bathing suit' and he calmed down. Here's the thing with him: My sister-in-law (who I love) is really dramatic, so everything is a huge production and it's rubbed off on him. His mother won't let him watch certain TV shows and if the show on the 'no watch list' comes on while he's flipping channels he'll say over and over again I CAN'T WATCH, IT I CAN'T WATCH IT. And I'll say 'turn the channel'. Anyway I appreciate that they keep a grip on him but IT'S BURNING MY EYES? Come on! She's not a bad mother she's just really supervisory.
June 4, 2007: Here's the thing: I'm so mad at my husband. For a million reasons and for none. I wish he took out the trash, I wish he'd say I love you first and not just write it in occasion cards, there's other stuff but I'm not gonna dwell. I'm just really weepy. I wonder if it's my hormones. First of all what makes it hard is that we don't fight. We just don't. We get quiet and then later when we have to talk about something we pretend nothing was ever wrong. My parents never fought so I'm not sure how to fight. Now my sister-in-law and my brother fight a lot! But it seems to be productive not mean. They fight to get things out in the air and then it's settled and they get on with it. I don't want to fight but I think I've said this before I'm not good with confrontation. I start to cry and then I can't get past it. I don't want to cry but all the emotions build up and that's how they come out...so I suppress suppress suppress. Oh well, it may not be the healthiest thing but that's how it is.
June 5, 2007: I've eaten a lot of tortillas today and my back was a little sore so I didn't go to Curves...but...tomorrow will be 5 weeks before my birthday and I am going to go cold turkey off the crap and full speed ahead with keeping my points and exercising!!! I want to get back to my WW goal weight by July 12! Because that is where I was last year on my birthday and I'd like to be at my goal weight for every birthday for the rest of my life (and hopefully for more days than that during the year!)
June 6, 2007: Today started out terrifically! I managed to drag my lazy tush out of bed, clean the kitchen, eat my oatmeal and toast and get on the road to see my dad by 9:30 (even though 9 had been my goal getaway time). My visit with daddy when great, they told me he had been getting up and going to the dining room to eat and walking around more so it was a fantastic day! Until I got home! I bought a vegetable tray and ate it with Daddy for lunch but when I got home I finished the tortillas and ate potato chips. But you know, something tells me if I had counted my points (which I didn't) it probably wouldn't be that bad (but over none the less) because everything in the house is fat free or baked or whatever but my problem isn't eating...it is stopping eating! I can't do it!
June 7, 2007: Here I am at 1:15pm and I should have gotten a dozen things done by now but I haven't and I haven't even made it to Curves yet but I will go after they open at 3:30pm today. I am trying to get to the park today because there is a 5k on the 16th that I would like to do but I haven't walked in a long time because of the back injury and my generalized laziness!! I was feeling like a sausage in my exercise clothes so I bought a pair of exercise pants that fit better and I will wear those until I get back into my clothes. I am using a new keyboard today and I have to really slam down the keys and I keep having to go back and fix capitalization and spelling and such so I am going to stop now! But I will exercise and I will go back to eating my SMART ONES TV dinners for meals to keep my points within my 22 point allowance...although if I exercise I get extra points! So that is more incentive for me to get to the track...and I can't forget my mosquito spray!! Bye for now!
June 8, 2007: FRIDAY! I went back to work today and I wore a back brace thing. I don't know if it helped but I will say this it sure felt good when I took it off!
June 9, 2007: Today was my first day at my volunteer job as DAY CHAIR and I was drunk with power on my way all ready to assume my responsibilities but they didn't let me do anything so that was a disappointment! I did get to put one customer in their place (they wanted to consign 4 glasses for $300 ($75 per glass) I looked them up on eBay and saw you could by them for $30 a glass and I told her and she was not amused so she took them home. A lot of people are disappointed when they don't get the price they want for something but our prices fall between the garage sales and the stores so you get stuff cheaper than a store but you pay a little more than you would at a garage sale, so that is why people consign stuff with us rather than sell at a garage sale. The guys that are supposed to mow my lawn on Fridays didn't come so I called today and complained to a recorded voice and they showed up at 6pm and mowed. And I had a pile of branches for them to haul off and they mowed over them! So I am going to become the complaining lady and I hate to be that lady! There is a new celebrity fit club episode tomorrow and I am going to ride the exercise bike during the whole thing! Rice University beat Texas A&M and Rice is going to Omaha Nebraska for the college world series, so my husband is thrilled. My neighbors were outside in their big fancy cement pond today! They do have a lovely pool. And I have a blow up pool and I blew it up today!
June 10, 2007: Today I rode my bicycle during the whole hour of celebrity fit club! Just like I said I was going to! SHOCK!! I lifted weights during the Commercial. It is crazy super hot but I am going to walk later and then get in my blow up pool! My husband is making fun of it but I'll let you know how long it is before he is in it too! It's a 6 x 10 rectangle. I wish I was at my goal weight though I'm pretty chunky these days! Today my poo was white again! I have figured out it is white when I have eaten too much bread/tortillas/nutrigrain and that type of 'white' stuff!! Even though I only eat whole grains. Today is one of my brothers birthday. He is 58 I think. Trust me; he doesn't know how old I am, either!
June 11, 2007: I had my oatmeal for breakfast and then I had a giant baked potato for lunch and it was so big I didn't eat dinner except now I'm eating pretzels covered in yogurt...which is better than pretzels covered in white fudge which is what I ate last Friday! I got a call from my cousin and she is coming to town on Thursday and she wanted to get together and I asked if she wanted to stay here so she is staying with us until Sunday and I'm thrilled! My only worry is that I still want to do a 5k on Saturday morning so I have to see how that is going to work out. I can't believe I am even considering a 5k because I'm a lump and have not 'trained' for weeks!!! I hope it doesn't put me in the hospital! Oh, I almost forgot, I also went to the DMV today and had a photo taken for my new driver's license...they asked me how much I weighed and I said 170!!! I'm the only person who lies HEAVIER than they really are! I don't know why they asked because Texas doesn't put a weight on the license. But why put some crazy 115 on the license and then have some crazy lie hanging over your head. I watched Valerie Bertinelli's Jenny Craig video log (it's on the jenny craig website) and she said she had lost 20 pounds and knew she would reach her 30 pound goal so she wanted to go for the weight on her driver's license so maybe California puts a weight on their license....how sad! Meanwhile she should lose her 30 pounds before she resets her goal!
June 12, 2007: I called the plumber last Thursday and said 2 of our toilets were 'running' and that one of those two was one he fixed on March 22 (there was a 1 year guarantee). He said he could come that day but I needed time to clean (shock) so I told him Tuesday would be best and he said between 8 - 10am and I said PERFECT and hung up. So this morning at 10:20 I figure I ought to call and see where he is. So I did. And he said 'I have you on the schedule for tomorrow between 8 - 10am. And I said 'That would be very bad' because I go see daddy on Wednesdays, which is why I picked TODAY! So he apologized meanwhile I did ride he exercise bike for an hour while I was waiting for him so that's a positive thing. Well I couldn't do anything else, you can't vacuum because you might not hear the phone, I didn't want to wash anything because I didn't want to disturb the plumbing before he got here. He said he could 'swing by' today but didn't say when so now I'm trapped here until he shows up!!!! I have stuff to do but I'm in limbo...so that is why I am here...OH have you seen the website oneupme.com you should go there it's very funny. You can play along and try to one up the saying of the day. Today's saying is 'She was like a parking meter: always running out on me'. And you go there and if you register you can try to one up him. Mine was 'she was like a parking meter: she never changed'. And by that I meant it didn't give change and she didn't change her personality, but after I put it in I realized that meaning does not come across at all!!! So I blew it for today but maybe tomorrow I'll get a winner! So I'm off to wait for the plumber...crud.
June 13, 2007: The plumber showed up yesterday at 4pm!!! I went to see my dad today but I knew UPS was going to deliver a package today (between 8am and 7pm) so I came back about 3 because we are LAST on the UPS delivery list and I knew it wouldn't come earlier (it came at 6pm). Since I didn't get anything done all day yesterday and today I was gone I started washing dirty laundry at about 6 tonight and went until 1am! I had a lot of comforter type things to wash because I hadn't washed the big stuff in a while, I took one to the cleaners but am doing the rest in our washer. I wish there was a close wash-a-teria (or laundromat depending on where you are in the world). Okay, I'm pooped and off to bed.
June 14, 2007: The washing continued this morning at 6am and I got the room ready for my cousin, who gets here today (in a couple of hours!) and is staying with us for the weekend. I have 2 more loads of laundry but I'm cutting this short so I can put away the stuff I washed last night and this morning...I ate a bagel and a babybel cheese round a while ago...and I bought some fruit and salsa and baked chips for snacks. I don't kow what I am going to make for dinner tonight...but I'll let you know. I don't want to go nuts because I have my weight issues and my cousin says she quit smoking and has gained some weight so I want to let her pick what to eat, I don't mind either way..I don't know how I am going to comlete the 5k on Saturday...If I could find a second one this month I would skip saturday and do the other one...
June 15, 2007: Great day, drove my cousin to her convention and then I went to work. I came home at 2pm because I had to go to the post office before they closed and I had to send a fax I was supposed to send yesterday! There is a June 5k tomorrow but I'm not going to do it...I should but I don't want to rush my cousin in the morning so I'll figure out something for a June 5k....I don't know how but I will find one!! OH The Astros won tonight and the ballpark is only a couple of blocks away from where my cousins convention was and both of our events ended at the same time so we all came home together!! A great day indeed!!
June 16, 2007: I worked today and then picked up my cousin from her conference at 2pm. We went to a bead shop for a couple of hours (lots of fun) and then came home. We ate out at a Mexican restaurant! And the Astros won tonight (it was on the tv at the restaurant). I did NOT do the June 5k. I hope to find another one this month but, if not, I'll do one on my own and time it....
June 17, 2007: I decided to keep a couple of Video Logs on the page and I'll delete them as I run out of room...I had a great time these past few days but I am very very very anxious to get back on a healthy living program! Eating and exercising!!! My cousin was here for an Arbonne convention (it's like Avon or Mary Kay). So if you are interested in it or the products let me know and I'll give you her email address. She's really the best, and I'm not saying that because she's my cousin! She's so positive and since she left I have been in such a good mood because of the afterglow of her presense! Honest, she's a lifeforce and if you could choose anyone to be friends with it would be her and I'm so lucky she's my cousin! This isn't a commercial for Arbonne...it's a commercial for my cousin, ha ha ha!!
June 18, 2007: Monday and I did not exercise after the Merry Maids left BUT I did go and buy a new crate to put all my sewing junk in! And that is huge because my new goal in cleaning up the office/craft room is to tidy up one area a day and yesterday was the jewelry stuff and today is the sewing stuff. I have been having 'lady cramps' all day. Ever since my ablation two years ago I haven't had them but all of a sudden they are back. My next gynecologist visit is next month so I'll ask her about them then. I do not enjoy the cramping!!!! I tend to eat when it gets bad!
June 19, 2007: I exercised today! It was so hot but I managed to do the lap! This morning I ate my oatmeal and toast so that was a good thing, too! I ate some less than good things for me but I'm going to the grocery store this afternoon to stock up on fruits and such to aid me in my quest for fitness!!! Correction: About 50 seconds into today's video log I said 'It's easy for me to lose' and what I mean to say was 'It's easy for me to gain'!!!
June 20, 2007: I did not exercise today...why not? Because my exercise yesterday made my back hurt today! And I went to see my dad which was from 11 - 4. But I could have easily gotten up early and done it...right??? (that was me talking to me right there) Anyway I got on the scale and I was 164.5!!! And I thought I would be well over 170!!!! So I'm 10 pounds above my WW goal weight and that doesn't sound too bad, but it does slap me in the face and now is the time to get back in motion and push away from the potato chips and snickers!!! Especially because it's only 3 weeks until my birthday and it will take a superhuman effort to get to 154!!!!!
June 21, 2007: The guys are mowing my lawn right now. And I knew they would come because I was in the back yard emptying my blow-up pool! At least I wasn't filling it up like 2 weeks ago!!! They are supposed to come on Fridays or Saturdays I still haven't figured that one out but they are here on a Thursday so they actually skipped a week! THAT SUCKS! I pay these guys 100 bucks a month to mow once a week and this month they are mowing every other week. SUCKS! But I signed the contract. And don't tell me it rained because all the neighbors mowed last Friday/Saturday. Okay I'm over it! Even after yesterdays 164.5 weigh in I am eating like amoose! I must get control, I must!!!! Okay After the mowers leave I will go walk in the park...even though it's ten thousand degrees out there...I must!!
June 22, 2007: It's 8:30 Friday morning and the plan was to get up at 5am and go to the park but I didn't because I went to bed at 2am...oh well...I will walk this afternoon and I will go to bed early tonight and go to the park in the morning. But, here's the thing, I took a laxative 2 days ago because I was a tad backed up (if you know what I mean) and it did nothing...until RIGHT NOW! It took 36 hours for that thing to work and naturally it decides to get things moving 30 minutes before I have to be at work today! THANKS Correctol! Okay I have to run...really! LATER THAT SAME DAY: So I leave to go to work and at 9:30 I exit the freeway and am 5 or 6 blocks away from work when I feel like I'm gonna faint and throw up, while I'm driving. My head is going a hundred miles an hour 'What do I do, do I go to work, I'm gonna pass out, where am I' So I went home and called work and told them I was gonna try and sleep a couple of hours and see if I felt better...I come home, close my eyes, open my eyes and it's 3:30! Husband thinks I was dehydrated, although I was drinking diet 7ups...maybe I was because of the laxative, who knows... hopefully I'll be able to make it through tomorrow at work...at least we aren't taking things in (the last week of the month we don't accept consignments) that is when we price everything we took in for that month. Okay I'm still sort of dizzy so I'm going to bed.
June 23, 2007: Alrighty! I'm sick and tired. I just would sleep all day if I could! Work today went okay after yesterday's sick fest but I got home and took a nap. What am I 3? 93? I'm 43 and I don't need a nap...well I need a nap but I shouldn't need a nap, I should have enough stamina to get through the day and just a few short months ago I did! Shows you how fast you can blow it but I have forgotten my mantra of 'If you get a flat tire you don't shoot out the other three you fix the flat and get on with it' and I now have 2 flat tires!! So I better get out the patches and pump! QUICK SMART!
June 24, 2007: It's almost 2am so I'm typing this fast and going to bed. I thought about going to the True Colors tour tonight but the thing is 50 miles away and it's an outdoors venue so heat/mosquitos/probable rain plus I would be going alone so I decided against it. I did a big chunk of cleaning tonight in the home office so hopefully tomorrow I will endeavor to persevere. Is anyone out there watching John from Cincinnati on HBO? The dialogue reminds me of NYPD blue. OH about my weight I talked to my favorite aunt tonight and she said something that was like a slap in the face to me....she said "I remember when you all came to visit and your mom had lost her weight that time and was wearing a bathing suit..." and the conversation went on and it was sweet what she said but I heard the words 'that time' and I thought I'm gonna be just like mama and lose and gain my weight over and over again and one time I'm not gonna be able to lose it again...so I'm off to bed to get up early and go to the park and do the lap AND I'M GONNA DO IT!!!! Because I know my mother (God Rest Her Soul) wouldn't want me to gain/lose/gain/lose forever...although that is what I have been doing forever...but now it changes! Bless my Aunt!!!
June 25, 2007: I saw Evan Almighty today and it was hilarious! A great family movie, no bad words, 90 minutes long!!! Wonderful. I ate a pretzel and a frozen coke at the movies. GO SEE EVAN ALMIGHTY, you will leave the theater dancing and happy and feeling good!!! I didn't exercise today because of the thunderstorms...that is no excuse for me not going to Curves, though...is it???? Busted!
June 26, 2007: Today I told my sister-in-law I saw Evan Almighty and she said that they hadn't seen it because my brother read a review saying it was blasphemous! I was so mad! I told her it was a good movie and they would love it. Here is what is funny: My brother loved Bruce Almighty so why would he think Evan Almighty was any more sacrilegious? My s-i-l loves Harry Potter, so I reminded her that when it came out some groups said it promoted witchcraft and satanism. So I explained to her that Evan Almighty is to blasphemy what Harry Potter is to Satanism. Okay I'm going to Curves now....and then to the local gym to see if there is a treadmill for when the thunderstorms come today... Later that same day: I went to Curves!!! Wahoo!
June 27, 2007: I put a photo slide show on my scaling down main menu page, if you don't come to this page through that link click here and have a look... I got the thing from someone else's myspace page...I have a myspace page called myspace.com/peggyfarmermitchell It's got all sortsa stuff... no it doesn't, but I put it on there so I could connect with my high school / college / old work / other friends...I have a separate page for my family. If you have myspace feel free to stop at my myspace and add me to your friends...I'm feeling odd, mood swinging like CRAZY!!! Today I really cleaned the kitchen and my husband asked if we were having company! How sad is that? I don't clean for us, just for other people!! Yesterday he tripped on one of my ten thousand shoes laying around the house and I felt so bad I thought I better pick up and it turned into an OCD festival of cleanliness. Other than clean I didn't exercise today, we had a garage door fiasco yesterday and today I had to wait for the garage door repairman 'Bonno' who came and fixed it up quick smart! Okay I'm gonna stop talking...I feel like I took speed or something...To bad I don't swing this super clean way more often...actually right now I'm going to dye my hair roots, I'm looking like Paulie Walnuts...or Elsa Lanchester...take your pick..okay I'm gone.
June 28, 2007: I bought online tickets for the Astros game tonight for me and hubby. I figured if he didn't want to go I'd go alone but he went and Craig Biggio notonly got his 3,000 hit...he got 3,002!! It was an amazing game and we won with a walk off grandslam by Carlos Lee! I ate a fajita taco which was okay because I went to the park and did the 5k lap....it took me 46:20!! I must start going earlier!
June 29, 2007: I had a GREAT day at my volunteer job today and we went to the Astros game and once again they won with a walk off home run!! How I am going to get up at 5am and do that 5k tomorrow I do not know....but I AM GOING TO DO IT!!! Have a great weekend!
June 30, 2007: I did the 5k today in 42.51!!! (I have already added a photo to my photo slide. The time is slow but it was better than I did 2 days ago AND I am back into exercising. I'm so pleased I found and did a 5k for this month because I was so close to NOT doing one....I think there is a July 4 5k but I have to get on to finding it!!! I'm very pleased with myself right now!
JULY
July 1, 2007: 163 lbs 36.5% bodyfat. And it's not the 163 that bothers me (even though that is 20 pounds North of where I'd like to be) it's the bodyfat!! There are 12 days until I wake up on my birthday and will I lose 9 pounds to get to my goal weight before then? I'm guessing no but if the Astros can pull a win out of the air 2 nights in a row in the bottom of the last inning with 2 outs....why can't I hit a home run, too??? Welcome to July.
July 2, 2007: I am really sore today! I am more sore today than I was yesterday! I found a 5k on July 14 so if I am not okay enough to do the July 4th 5k then I'll do that one in a couple of weeks. I am working on my 'hippie' outfit for Friday night's baseball game (it's 60's night at Minute Maid Park)...I went into work today at the consignment shop and found a pair of jeans for $6 that have the bottoms crocheted so they are perfect for 60's night and I'm decorating them to within an inch of their life! I'll never be able to wear them except as a costume. Right now they are super tight but they have stretch AND I'm wearing a tunic over them (and I added fringed to the bottom of that for 'coverage' so I'll be fine. Anyway with all the money I've spent covering those jeans in patches and paint I guess I'll be a hippie at every costume party for the rest of my life!
July 3, 2007: Today I went to see my dad and he was doing okay, next week I'm taking him to a doctor's appointment. I have to take my husband to a doctor's appointment next week, too. Nobody ever takes me to my doctor appointments!!! Oh, I found out there are 2 5ks tomorrow and one is really close to my house! But here's the thing: I'm not sure if the one close to my house has t-shirts...and I'd like a t-shirt from each race so I can get a 2007 5k per month commemorative quilt made out of them! And the other thing is the one close to the house is just like las years turkey trot and that was a fiasco with mismarked routes and such...I don't know, I'll decide when I get up in the morning.
July 4, 2007: Today I ran in the Freedom 5k (got a t-shirt) with a time of 34:43.6 and I was excited that I got a personal best...for about 3 minutes and then I found out it really wasn't a 5k (which is 3.1 miles) it was only 2.6 miles (they changed the route because all the rain lately had squished up the regular path) so it was 1/2 mile short of a 5k. No wonder I had such a fast time. Anyway I just didn't know what to do...so on the way home I stopped at the park and ran 1/2 mile so my official 5k time is: 40:26.19 and my July 5k is done! Don't think it was faster because I had rested a little, I was really sore so I think it all evens out and I have 6 weeks or so before the August 5k and I would sure like to be in better condition for that one that I was for the last 2!!..
July 5, 2007: Getting nervous about the big 60s night at the Astros game. I love my costume but I get goofy when I'm the center of attention. It amazes me that people can get up and give speeches and such when I just feel very self conscious. but I try to tell myself that nobody will know me so who cares...it's still scary. Speaking of SCARY! It took me 3 years to get rid of the toenail fungus on my big toe (left foot). I used this stuff called Florida's Best Nail Fungus Killer (I got it at a booth at an auto show) ANYWAY it only took 5 or so months and it disappeared after 3 years of medical doctor stuff...Now I see a weird spot on the 'ring toe' on my right foot. The one by the pinkie toe. So I'm dousing it with the same stuff to see if it goes away fast. I have a little nail on that toe so I'm hoping I will nip it in the bud.
July 6, 2007: Tonight was the big 60's night costume contest at Minute Maid Park and did I win??? NOOOOO I came in second but I survived! And I walked around the stadium saying 'groovy' and 'peace baby' and 'hey man' and people took photos with me like I worked for the Astros! That was fun. And considering all the money I put into my costume I will be a hippie at every costume party for the rest of my life! ha ha I didn't eat all day and I stopped all liquids at 10am so I would have to go to the bathroom in my tight pants...but I had to anyway! But only once! It was fun wearing the blonde wig...It makes me want to bleach my hair again...I don't know I'll think about it. Those pants also made me want to get back on a healthier eating regime!! They were a junior 13 but TIGHT! Bless spandex stretchy denim! There is 3 weeks before the next game and it would be nice to get below 150. I say that all the time, right? Well talk is cheap so I ought to shut up and do sit ups!
July 7, 2007: As I type, the Astros are in the top of the 14th inning 3-3. I'm exhausted and I'm just watching! I got up in time to jog this morning, I went 5k (around the block 3 times) and it took 45:17!! I wanted to go faster than 45 but I wasn't listening to music, I was listening to an am radio gardening show that was mostly commercials. Plus it was hot and I was sweating like a pig and puffing like a whale. But I must do it everyday to get ready for the August 5k which should be completely miserable! Now it's top of the 15th...you guys are killing me!!!
July 8, 2007: I was 161.5 today on the scale. So I hope hope hope I'm below 160 on my birthday! It would be the best birthday present to know I'm actually working on getting myself back to the healthier me of 7 months ago! It's funny to give the read out on the scale so much power, no? I'm doing my best to get back down to my 'healthy' 154. It was my plan to walk everyday but today when I went out to go around the block my 'across the street' neighbor who is moving this month was outside and we talked for a long time and I ran out of time to walk because I went to see the 2pm matinee of Sweet Charity with Paige Davis. She was really good. Anyway I rode the bike for 30 minutes instead of walking for 45. But I did some exercise, right? And I have this weird family thing going on...One of my Aunts (I have 3 now) will be 90 next weekend and they are having a party for her 300 miles away. So that's a 5 hour drive not including potty and fuel stops. Lately the Texas weather has NOT been particularly good so I'm on the fence about RSVPing too early because I'm not a fan of driving in the BLINDING RAIN! I don't know what I'm going to do...
July 9, 2007: 11:49PM In today's first video entry I said I didn't exercise yesterday but I did! I rode the bike for 30 minutes (see above entry) so I meant I didn't jog yesterday. But I did tonight. I jogged 5k in 44:53 and I did 3.3 miles in 47:04. 3.3 miles is the distance 3 times around my little neighborhood, and 1/10 of a mile is along the feeder street so that is really my only scary worry, in case some thugs are driving around looking for someone to rob or kill, and it's happened so I need to really do my jogging early in the morning, rather than at midnight, no? Okay I need to shower cuz I'm sweaty and I stink and I put clean sheets on the bed so I don't want them all icky with my road grime.
July 10, 2007: Went to see Daddy today and take him to a doctor's appoitment. I had to leave at 7:15a to get there by 8:45a and get him to his 9am appointment. Well all went well, I got there in plenty of time and we got in quickly and got back to the nursing home by 10! SHOCKING!I stayed until 10:30 then stopped at my brother's house to drop off some recycle cans for my boy scout nephew and then got home by 1pm. Husband was already home because he has a colonoscopy tomorrow and had to take this medicine to empty him out and he did and it worked, let me tell you! No, I won't tell you. Anyway so today was fine oh except I got on the scale and was 165.5!!!What was that about?
July 11, 2007: Got up at 6a to take hubby to hospital for the procedure mentioned yesterday! All went well and we were home by 10:30a!! He didn't get as much anesthetic as he did a couple of years ago for the last one so he didn't sleep too much when we got home but he did nap a little, I think I slept more than he did! 6am is early for me! Anyway he's still a little dopey but he's fine. He goes back to work tomorrow. I'm not sure what he is going to want for supper but he asked me to buy a lasagna! So I did but it's almost dinner time so I better go see what he's hungry for.
July 12, 2007: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! I'm sick about talking about my weight all the time. And here is why. It is all my sister in law talks about. It is all my friend V talks about. My friend V found out she has fibroid tumors and the first thing she asked her doctor was...if you take them out will my stomach be flat. My sister in law has fibroid tumors and was put on medication that she doesn't want to take because it makes her hungry. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD!! Why are women obsessed with their weight...When I first lost my weight I was glad that I did it and I felt great...but now I feel vain and horrible. I did post a slideshow of my photos from 2006 weight loss on the main menu page but that is because that is who I was then, now I just want to be who I am now. I don't want to be thin. I want to be me. I want to be funny. I want to be smart. I want to be healthy. I don't want to hear people to say to others 'You are pretty for your size' I want people to say 'You are pretty'. People are constantly telling pretty overweight people they are pretty for their size. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? That overweight people should be ugly? I will still watch my weight and exercise so I don't have a heart attack or need knee replacement surgery because I weigh 400 pounds but I am not going to talk about my weight all the time. Listening to my sister in law and my friend talk about it made me see myself....I will take myself off the weight loss webrings and I will just do a regular online journal and sometimes I may talk about my weight but mostly I'm just gonna talk about what I'm up to...boring as it may be to everyone else...that is what I'm about: naps and TV...I'M 44 TODAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I give myself the gift of being me! And that is just what I wanted!
JULY 12, 2007 part II: Okay I was 165 with 35% body fat today. My 'not talking about fat' lasted 13 hours. Also a lovely reader told me I was putting 2006 instead of 2007 on my entries!!! Did no one else notice this? I sure didn't. Although I'm guessing it started after the journal deleting debacle of May 2007....But I fixed it up...feel free to point out any glaring mistakes...I don't want to look any more crazy that I actually am!! I got my hair highlighted today and I opened the mail...for me those are two HUGE things on a massive never ending list....let me ask you this: Who out there loves their home office. I have realized I need storage in mine and I don't want furniture I want built ins...If anyone in the Houston area knows of a cabinet guy that can do it in the space of 10 days (my husband is leaving for 10 days) I would love love love to have their name so I can get it done while he's gone! Okay that's it for the second entry of the birthday...hugs all around...bye for now, P.
July 13, 2007: I survived Friday 13th! I worked this morning and then tonight we saw the play Death on The Nile. I liked it. And now I have to go to bed because I have to get up early and drive 300 miles to a birthday party. I'm so tired! I have a lot of books on tape to get them there and back so it shouldnt' be too bad...wish me luck!
July 14, 2007: I drove 600 miles today. I got lost twice but managed to make it home. My Aunt's 90th party was fun. I decided NOT to spend the night anywhere and do the whole thing in a day. It worked out okay.
July 15, 2007: I slept late today probably because of the driving yesterday. Other than that I didn't do much at all!
July 16, 2007: The Merry Maids were here this morning and after they left I went into work. I wasn't going in today but it's a good thing I did because NO ONE was there! Well, there were a couple of folks but not many. I was just gonna stay for a couple of hours but I stayed until closing time. I hate working on Mondays.
July 17, 2007: Rain Rain Rain Since my Curves memeber ship expired on the 30th of June and I didn't renew it, I decided to go to a gym that is just up the road from my house to see what it was like. Well it's smells like a gym and that is not a positive. But I'm thinking about joining for a month just to see what happens. Will keep you posted. Husband took 1/2 day vacation to take his car into the shop to get an estimate on repairs...He got hit by a hit and run driver on the way home from work last week. I'm moving stuff around in the home office...Trying to convince myself that will make me more organized!!! Yeah, I think it's pretty funny, too!
July 18, 2007: The shifting of the office furniture seems to have helped me!! I must have feng shui-ed without even knowing it because I'm really getting a handle on things! But I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch so it's all still one day at a time!
July 19, 2007: Today I get home from work and my husband tells me that our car insurance was cancelled. I remember getting the cards but they bill doesn't come with them it comes after and I do not remember getting the bill!!!
July 20, 2007: Husband took the day off work but I had to work! I have been working hard on organizing the office. I even went to Ikea today to see what they had in the way of home office furniture. They had a couple of nice things but sooo expensive! I'll wait until my organizing is closer to being done and then I'll buy some furniture!
July 21, 2007: I have a hilarious story from work today at the charity shop. This woman bought a painting for $69 dollars at the shop last month. Well, she decided she didn't like it and wanted to re-consign it for $75, but it is the shop's policy that we price things according to how they are selling and the quantity of things, in other words if we have a lot of stuff, we'll price it low to sell it, and there are a TON of paintings right now. It is also the policy of the shop that you can recommend a price for your item but the shop reserves the right to lower that price up to half without telling you, if we wanted to sell it for less than half we would call you and ask you if that was okay or if you wantd to pick it up. Okay, stay with me...they painting was priced at $39 which is not less than half so she wasn't called...well she AND her husband walk up to me (the day chair) and are mad that it was priced so low. I tried to explain the policy and the husband says 'We are challenging that policy' Those were his exact words, I'm quoting him. ISN'T THAT A SCREAM? IT'S A CHARITY SHOP. THERE ARE RULES!! Anyway I let them bully me into changing it but on Monday I will talk to my superiors and see if they want to override me. I hope they do, actually I'm going to encourage them to!! And then to end a great day I found the bill from the insurance company! It was in a pile of junk mail to be shredded.
July 22, 2007: Hello my loyal subjects...ha ha ha...I kid because I love...have you missed me? Sorry I've been neglecting my diary duties...The weather has been horrible and it's lightning and thundering as I type so if I'm killed by a rogue lightning bolt shooting through the electricity lines, I'll be an urban legend! Today I went and bought some 11 x 14 frames to hang on the wall with my racing numbers/photos in them! On the next video you'll be able to see them hanging on the wall behind my head! I didn't get to walk..well I could have but I didn't do it! Tomorrow! She types actually believing she will do it!! I will if I get up early enough and it isn't raining!
July 23, 2007: Monday Monday. I got up today and didn't konw what day it was. I kept thinking 'Is it Saturday or Sunday? I have to go to work. Is it Friday??? Hubby went to work, or did he just go into the office to catch up on some work? Finally I realiized it was Monday and I had to go to work and explain myself and the SAtruday debacle with the painting. They were nice and said they would stand behind me and felt bad that I had to go through that mess but I felt bad that I didn't stick up for the shop more. I will next time...but next time it will probably be a little old lady. If only I could have treated that guy like Cingular treated me the other day!
July 24, 2007: Today I had to go to the auto body repair shop to pick up my husband who dropped his car off to get an estimate for repairs (he got hit coming home from work on the 10th of this month). Tomorrow he will take my car to work and I will drive the Explorer I bought from my dad. I was going to take it to CarMax to sell it but it looks like we need it! Meanwhile my husband wants me to sell the Explorer AND the Accord (which I drive) and drive his 2 seat car and he wants to get a Porsche (mid-life crisis!!!) and I said I wouldn't mind it but when I had to take daddy to the doctor how am I supposed to get him in and out of that tiny car???? So for now it is out of the question to sell the Accord. Lawsy.
July 25, 2007: If you watched the video blog today then I can tell you that Sarah Douglas was Ursa in Superman in 1978 and then she played Miss Lynch in Falcon Crest (I know I said Dallas but I was WRONG!) Not much going on today I mailed a letter setting my crazy brother free of his debt. I decided that it was weird to expect my 54 year old brother who has NEVER held a steady job to pay back 1,500. They do say you don't loan relatives money, you give it to them - and that is true because never expect to get it back, especially if they have never had a job before! Anyway he's a mess and after 5 1/2 years he's only paid 75 bucks but you know what? That is 75 more than my 58 year old brother has paid and he has had the same job for 25 years! I refuse to cut 58 loose though, until he addresses the issue. I could write a book on it! But they'd probably sue me (I know I've said that before, but it's true!). Meanwhile if you all could light some candles for me because I need some motivation out there to get me moving again!!! I'm a lump on a log.
July 26, 2007: I didn't get to see my dad this week so I'm going to go next week as soon as the weather lets me. You know what? ever since I blew up a stupid inflatable pool that I bought it has rained almost every day. I only got to get in that thing ONCE! I was going to give it away but I think it's a curse and I think the second I deflate it and put it in the trash it will become a hot dry summer! I'll do it Monday after my hubby goes to work and then he won't notice because he's mostly outside on the weekend. And by the time he notices I can say 'Oh that's been gone for weeks'!!
July 27, 2007: Went to the Astros game tonight and they didn't win and because of the weather they didn't do the fireworks. RATS.
July 28, 2007: Work was okay today but I had to wrap at the check out register. I don't mind doing it but I'm not very good at it!
July 29, 2007: SUNDAY. I need to clean up the attic, just arrange things so they are more tidy but I have an outrageous headache. Not a migraine, just a bad headache.
July 30, 2007: It is 8:32 a.m. and I have already driven my husband to work, taken his shirts to the cleaners, picked up some stuff that a friend wants me to consign for her, gotten the house ready for the Merry Maids (who are due here at 9am and I'm almost finished with the laundry. I wish I were this productive every day by now...I wish I were awake every day by now. I am going in to the consignmen shop after the Merry Maids leave and then I'm going to the park to walk because it is under 2 weeks until my August 5k AND last night I hauled a cedar chest up the stair form the garage and I nearly passed out from the exersion so I figure it's time (okay the time has passed) that I get back on the road to wellness!
July 31, 2007:Tired..so tired! I had big plans but was so tired from getting up early yesterday and I was whooped all day today! Did not get much accomplished at all!
AUGUST
August 1, 2007:Husband is in Africa for a couple of weeks. I thought I would do so much when he is gone but I think he is my mojo because I don't feel like doing anythign at all! I did go into work for a bit to help out because today was the first 'take in' day for the month at the consignment desk. We sure did take in a lot.
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August 5, 2007: Okay it's been a while and as you can see I'm catching up...but it's late so I'll catch up eventually!
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August 10, 2007: Husband in home! We went to the Atros game but they lost and we didn't stay for the fireworks because he was so tired and I have a 5k early in the a.m.
August 11, 2007: Woefully behind in posting! In all fairness I sat down and caught up a few days ago and the computer crashed!!! And I was too tired to do it again so not only did I not catch up I got even farther behind....ANYWAY I did my August 5k today 42:49 was my shameful time!!! But 8 down 4 to go!!! Now I have to shower and get to work...and I won't have time to catch up today so tomorrow...honest...probably...maybe...SORRY!
August 12, 2007:Stayed in my pajamas all day today! Husband didn't do anything either. Now it's almost 6pm! CRAZY!
August 13, 2007: Monday. Not much going on, went to work and that's about it.
August 14, 2007:Could have gone to see Daddy today but I was lazy. I will go tomorrow or Thursday.
August 15, 2007: I was supposed to see my dad today but there is a hurricane that is causing lots of rain therefore flooding therefore I couldn't go see him. I wish the hurricane would cool down the temp but it only makes the air swampier.
August 16, 2007: The rain has kept me away from my dad another day...I found out my brother was stung on the face by a bee! YUCK. Anyway, today I'm in the grocery store reading the covers of magazines (or mazageens as I heard a kid say) and on Newsweek there was this whole thing about facebook.com so I immediately came home and joined. If you are on there look for me 'peggy mitchell'
August 17, 2007: Friday and no baseball game tonight so after work I went home and watched it rain.
August 18, 2007: Worked today. Got home and hubby was in a mood.
August 19, 2007: I hate it when my husband is quiet. He is so unapproachable I just leave him alone.
August 20, 2007: Are you as shocked as I am that I am here???? I worked a lot today. I learned how to be a cashier at the shop and I unlocked cabinets and I sold a chair and I priced some items and usually all I do is price so I was quite the gal about town today. I got home and watched FARGO which I would watch everyday if it were on that much.
August 21, 2007: Went to my consignment shop to drop something off and ended up doing the cashier job all afternoon. Good practice I guess...I don't mind being a back up (I love to save the day) I just pray that I don't tend up doing that all the time.
August 22, 2007: Went to see my dad today. I stopped at his favorite Mexican restaurant to take him lunch and I had to wait for 30 minutes!!!! I got to the nursing home just in time to feed him!!! They moved his roommate to another room and daddy is going to get a new roommate...I have no idea how it is going to work. Just keeping a positive attitude!! My sister-in-law and nephew stopped by and she brought me some photos, I'm pretty beefy again!! I made a list of things to do tomorrow and the first thing is to go to the park and run, I have already set my alarm clock for 6am. When I got home from daddy's I swear my husband was Jekyll and Hyding it up again! I talk to him on the phone and he's Mr. Chuckles and then at home he's very stern. I don't get it!!! I don't know what to do... His brother committed suicide in 1990 so maybe my husband's depressed and he doesn't know it. I just can't talk to him about anything anymore!!! What's up with that?
August 27, 2007: ROOT CANAL! I went to work early to help out a little bit before my root canal at 10:30! IT TOOK 3 HOURS! My dentist shot me up with the numbing stuff so when I got home my face was swollen and after a big sleep I went to the movies because I wanted to see THE TEN. I got home and went back to sleep. They told me not to eat solids until I got the permanent crown. So it's soup for me!
August 28, 2007: Woke up today and couldn't open my mouth AND my face was a big as a basketball! I was so sleepy I emailed in to work that I wanted to be there but was a mess!! Mostly I didn't want anyone to see my face!
August 29, 2007: Went back to work today with a big bruise on my face. I was sore but functioning. I helped out as I could and after work I went over to a co-workers house for dinner...she was nice enough to make potato soup for me!!!
August 30, 2007: When I got home from my friends house last night I went to sleep and woke up at 3am so I stayed up and did some laundry and dishes, then I laid down for a couple of hours and then got up and took a bath and went to work. It was tough because I'm taking vicodin for the pain and today at work I took one and seconds later they asked me to cashier!!! Taking drugs and handling money do not mix.
August 31, 2007: This has been a tough week with my root canal and such. Hubby got home today (he had to go back to Africa on Monday) and our shop is closed tomorrow and Monday so hopefully it will be a good 4 days!!!

SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2007: I went to the park this morning to do a lap...I went 1 mile and then I had to sit down for 15 minutes! I walked back to the start and sat down for another 15 minutes! Then I went to WalMart and came home! there is a 5k on Monday but I don't think there is any way I can participate in it! I have one on the 15th that I hope I'll be in shape for! I'll say one thing for this root canal, because I could only eat soup I'm below 160 for the first time in a loooong time and I'm not going to look this gift horse in the mouth! I'm going to get back down to 154 and get back to my WW meetings and then I'm going back down to 145 where I felt really super good.
September 2, 2007: Didn't do to much today!! No exercise still eating soup! When will my jaw not hurt? When will this bruise fade????
September 3, 2007: NO WORK TODAY AND 158 on the scale (it's a good day). Only 4 pounds above my WW goal weight and that will get me back into my WW meetings for FREE!!!! I'm off to the grocery to buy hamburger so hubby can grill except I'm having what? SOUP!!! I tried to eat a banana today but now my jaw is really sore!!
September 4, 2007: I didn't go to work today EITHER! I just didn't feel good. My brother called and gave me a list of things that were wrong at my father's nursing home. I wish I were able to go there more to help out. My brother is going to talk to the management today but I will go on Thursday and have a talk with the management.
September 5, 2007: Back to work but I'm so tired from just eating the soup. I should be taking vitamins as well and maybe I'd have some more stamina...maybe not
September 6, 2007: Went to see daddy today and I had to have the talk with the management at his nursing home. It went fine. Went to work this afternoon, I don't like working on Thursdays because they makeme do the cash register.
September 10, 2007: 153.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless that freakin' root canal!
September 15, 2007: September 5k today. I was a mess! I haven't been very nutritionally adequate so I was shipped before I started...44.26.4!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. I must have been standing still. But I did finish below 45 (although not much below) so that was a good thing!
September 16, 2007: Spent all day in the hospital with Daddy. He has mild pneumonia and is dehydrated. The nursing home was being overly cautious, I think but he was back to his crabby self and back at the nursing home by 5 and I was home by 7.
September 17, 2007: Back to work today and I went to the dentist to have my permanent crown put in so all is well on that front! I'm hovering at 154...crazy! I think I will go back to he personal trainer and if I don't I will certainly work on myself so I'll be in good shape for snow skiing this year!
September 18, 2007: Went to the park this morning and did the 5k lap in hopes that I will be in better shape for the October 5k than I was for Septembers!!!

OCTOBER
October 2007: I can't believe I went a whole month (okay more than a month without posting) I blame other sites on the internet that have captured my attention...DAMN INTERNET...It is robbing me of reality!! I managed to get down to 150 and even saw the scale dip below 150 a couple of days!!! I know I must keep up the walking/running and that will keep my weight in a manageable area....this month while my husband was away on a business trip I went to 3 concerts: Peter Frampton, The Doobie Brothers and Van Halen. I also went to a 'reading' by David Sedaris and that was phenomenal. My husband isn't a fan of concerts and I realized I was just letting my life go by and what was I waiting for sooooo I've been rocking out and it's not like I'm the only old lady there...most of the stuff I want to go to is also being attended by people my own age. Anyway I'm enjoying life...and it makes me sick to think I could have had a lot more fun in my life if I had taken my excess weight off sooner. I was looking at photos and a majority of my life was spent hiding at home not wanting to show myself in public and never daring to attend any event alone. I say if your extra weight is keeping you home either accept yourself and go out now or take the weight off and have some fun!! Don't let the weight weigh you down so much you watch your life pass you by. On Halloween I dressed all in black and wore a cape when I handed out the candy...it was fun.

NOVEMBER
November 14, 2007: Hey look at me, I'm back...I'll try and catch up as best as I can....try is the key word here...In the meantime I didn't jump off a bridge or get hit by a truck...I've just been....gone...mentally more than anything else...but I'm trying to climb back to reality...not easy!!! but I'm working on it!
November 15, 2007: Yesterday I went to the gynecologist for my yearly thing and found out my mammogram was normal....yeah...and when I was in there I saw they had added facial treatments so I made an appointment to go back today and bought a ton of facial product in lieu of having another round of photofacials...she told me it would take about 12 weeks...which means mid february before I saw a really good result but hey, the time is going to pass anyway right??? And hopefully it will teach me the good habits that I will need to maintain the gorgeous skin I will get...and I'm gonna get BOTOX...when I was waiting for my consult my own gynecologist from yesterday (who is GORGEOUS) walked in to make an appointment for botox and I would have NEVER guessed she had it..she's so smooth and lovely...so that did it for me...any doubts I had were sent out the door....plus the woman who does it is an RN not a crazy lady at a nail salon...so there ya go I'm gonna do my skin care and then get botox...it's all pretty exciting...no? Oh and I just bought a ticket to go see Billy Joel and that's pretty exciting too!
November 25, 2007: Husband and I went to AutoRama and I met Pixie from LA Ink. She is a DOLL!
November 27, 2007: Today I rode the motorcycle and got gasoline. Then I went to the doctor and got BOTOX (yes I did!) and then I went to my consignment shop and had a meeting. The BOTOX was less painful than that meeting!
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