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*waves to all who drop by today*

Family photos this Sunday. Keeping fingers crossed I can fit into my jeans. (retaining water, bloating, fun stuff like that) The DILs decided on the color palette - fall colors such as burgundy, golds, dark oranges, navy, neutrals, browns, olive, etc. Will see if the weather cooperates. Exciting as this is the first time our grandson will be in them! He is 9 months old and a real wiggle worm! Am more concerned with him sitting still than I am about the dog! LOL

Work surprised me with a hefty donation to my brother's Purdue scholarship fund. Also received small gifts/notes from co-workers.

Scale not so pleasant today, but still much less than what I thought it would be considering my eating habits the last few weeks. I have started logging again, but have not made huge effort to curb cravings yet - 500 to 1600 in the red each day. Still trying to get back to good habits.

164.6 current
216 highest
145 goal


Need to be grabbing a lounge chair in the sunshine to warm up. A bit cool here this morning.
*snapping fingers for Cboys to bring drinks & suntan lotion*

Welcome to DC, Lana! The weather is gorgeous - hope you and your sister have a great time. Let us know what you do.

After all week in an office, finally spent some time outside today with DH at a nearby national park. Desperately needed some nature to soothe my soul, and needed some exercise as well.

BBL

Tess

I had a great day food wise...until dessert. I knew when I bought the vanilla caramel cream pie I would have a hard time resisting but I bought it anyway. But one piece of pie does not make it a terrible day unless I let it. I choose to consider it a good day and be happy. Hope you all had a great day too. Such perfect weather!

Monday

I know I have been away for awhile. I had been on a good track and then I was away at a conference the early part of last week. Much too much food and no exercise. It stayed that way through the weekend. I have not checked the scale since before the conference when I had actually seen the 150s. Today is a new day. Committing to tracking everything and staying on plan now until Thanksgiving Day. That is exactly one month from today! Yikes!

Looked at a selfie I took in July and compared to a selfie from today. My face looks rounder now, although I didn't think I had gained any weight from then until now. Hmmm....

Did not get the house we offered on. Sellers were not as motivated as we were led to believe. We saw another house on Saturday and are considering putting in an offer. Planning to see it again tomorrow night and bringing the kids along this time.

Sara - I'm glad your eyes are okay!

Lana - Hope you're having a great time!

Happy Monday!

Annie

Kathryn - Hope that your neck and shoulders feel better soon.....

Annie - sending good wishes for successful house hunting.....

Sara - hope that either the eyeglasses settle in or that you can get them adjusted at a fitting soon.

My sister and I walked 6.3 miles yesterday, OMG. Today we did two hours at the East Building National Gallery--just wonderful... tomorrow is the West/Original Building. I have not been counting calories, but I have been thinking twice about things and reining in on some impulses, thus saving some calories.

You all have a good Tuesday. Waves to all who stop by later or tomorrow~~

Lana

Police report made. Insurance company contacted. DD is ok for the most part. Heartbroken about losing family heirlooms and sentimental things. Police said there have been several storage facilities that have been hit in the past 2 or 3 days. Most people wont even know they have been hit until they have to visit their unit and for some people that could be several months.

I had been complaining about my morning with a cat that threw up several places (I am still trying to locate all of them!). The whole house smells like rotten fish. Its raining, which doesn't help with smell and keeps us from opening windows. DH is contemplating re-homing the cat now. He is the one that got her in the first place! I do know that the longer we have her, the more clear it becomes that I am really a dog person. I should have known better when he said he wanted to get her.

On a brighter note, the scales said 2.5 pounds less than yesterday. Pretty sure its just water weight. I am avoiding added sugars and processed foods. I was only a few calories in the red yesterday as opposed to 1200 in the red as I have been for the past few weeks. Trying to rein myself in from all the emotional/stress eating I have been doing the past few months.

I was very very sore after phys therapy last night, but feel better overall today. Shoulder not as tight, sore, and aching. Have an appointment next Monday. I have to remember not to over do things this week/weekend.

DH planned a trip to visit an old Army buddy in WV to kind of get me away from everything for a few days. Not looking forward to the long drive, but will be nice to have a change of scenery.

*waves to everyone who drops in*

remember to give the Cboys plenty to do to keep them busy!

*snapping fingers for fresh drink and a foot massage*

Hello All~~
It's Tuesday.

I'm sitting at the hotel icing my left knee, which has decided I've been doing just a bit too much....Advils as well.
I think we go to Georgetown to walk around tomorrow.

Sara - A day off is nice, even if it has lots of errands, right?

Kathryn, so sad about DD's belongings. What a shame.
Very nice about scale!

Welcome to Lilly~~

*flopping onto lounge chair for nap*

Lana

Ladies - I have NOT been on the bandwagon like I said I would be beginning Monday. Grrr. Letting stress get the better of me. Woke up with a horrific headache this morning which killed my appetite (except for toast) but then I finally had to drink some sugary, caffeine-loaded pop to help alleviate the ache. (I was literally crying from how bad I felt). I can still feel it around the edges. Probably time for some more ibuprofen.

On a positive note - we put in an offer on a house last night and after a little back and forth, our offer was accepted! It's a lovely home with good bones. I don't care for their paint choices, so that will be the first thing we do. Then in time we will do something with flooring. It's okay for now but not what we would want long-term. Of course, more expensive than our house so the payment is going up a bit. Time to tighten our belts! But it seems like a nice, quiet neighborhood with other kids around. It's on a cul-de-sac so not a lot of traffic. Yard is big enough.

Now we need to get our house on the market ASAP! Professional photographer is coming on Friday morning and we'll hope to list yet on Friday or over the weekend. Let's hope it sells quickly and for a good price! Our offer was contingent on selling our home. Wish us luck!

I'm a little sad to be forced out of our house and our neighborhood by the drug-addict jerks across the street. But I guess I have to think positively that this is a new adventure for our family. The kids will stay in the same schools, which is what we decided would be best with our daughter starting high school next year. Sad to say goodbye to a couple of our neighbors but we really aren't that close. It was just a comfort knowing we had good neighbors we could trust - until 2 1/2 years ago.

Better get some work done! Planning to go to the gym tonight to get in a 2 mile walk on the track as long as my head isn't pounding by then again. Exercise is good for stress.

Annie