July Already

Wow, I can't believe that it is July already! Where has the time gone?  Larry and I have been busy with family activities.  We watch our grandchildren at lease once a week if not more.  We are working on getting our house ready to sell again.  Selling stuff on Craig's List and had a garage sale the beginning of June.  We will probably have another one when the weather cools off a bit.  It has been sooooo hot here.  100's and above the last couple of weeks.  Thank God for A/C.

Larry has been working on getting his weight off.  Using Herbalife products, he has lost 22 pounds and lots of inches. He has gone from a size 40 to a 36.  He looks and feels so much better.  His goal is to get to 195 and get off all prescription medications when he sees his Doctor in September.

I have also lost several more pounds and inches also.  I am within a few pounds of my goal of 140.  I feel so much better.  And, have so much more energy.   If you would like to look and feel better, give me a call.

Retired and ready for the next phase of my life to begin...

I am now retired from Hill's.  It hasn't really sunk in yet.  I had a dream last night that I forgot some of my stuff at work and had to go clean it out.  I am pretty sure I got everything though.  I have been bring stuff home for a month or so.  It is bitter sweet.  I will miss all my friends that I have made over the last 20+ years.

Larry and I are going to be working around the house together.  We have walls,  trim and doors to paint, get stuff ready for a garage sale and take a much deserved vacation.

We are going to spend more time with our grandkids and family and I am going to continue taking lots of pictures and scrapbooking and making cards.

My weight loss journey is still moving along.  Now that I am retired, I plan to walk first thing each morning.  My next visit with Dr Hu is this coming Friday, so I will see if I lost any more since my last visit.  I am wearing smaller sizes.  I have lots of bigger sizes I have been moving out of my closet and into the "For Sale" pile.

Been a while since I have posted here

It's been a busy winter.  I am soooo looking forwasrd to spring!  We have had some awesome weather the last few days here but winter is still with us and cooler weather is upon us again.

My weight loss journey is going well.  I have lost almost 40 lbs now.  I do feel so much better.  I still have 30+ to go.  Still need to get more walking in.

Spent the day today with my daughter and grandson.  He had his 1 yr pictures taken today.  More to come on that later :)

In case you didn't already know, I am retiring from Hill's the end of March.  I have been at Hill's for almost 20 years. They offered a whole bunch of us early retirement.  I am planning to spend time helping Larry with remodeling our house, working on organizing stuff around the house, scrapbooking, making cards, doing more with my photography and travelling.  I am sure there will be lots more that I will be doing.

My granddaughters just celebrated their 4th birthday.  We had a wonderful celebration at Anthony & Evie's.  They loved being the center of attention.  They are such beautiful little princesses.

Braxton, my youngest grandson, just turned 1.  We celebrated his birthday with family here at our house.

Still working on getting pictures edited before I post them.

Well , have a great week!  More to come!

Hope Everyone Had a Blessed Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family.  We celebrated last Sunday.  Had an early dinner at our home.  Turkey and all the fixings.  It was good to see my niece, Mary and her family.  They came om Florida to spend the holiday with us.  Got lots of great pictures that I will be posting after I get them edited.

Larry and I have been out Christmas shopping the past couple of days.  We are almost done!!  Now to work on decorating the house and wrapping gifts. 

Still doing ok with the new eating lifestyle. I now have a bad head cold.  It is even messing with my equilibrium.  It needs to go away quickly.  Have to go back to work on Monday!!

Everyone have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Busy Day

Had a busy and good day.  Had some yummy baked tilapia for lunch.  First solid food I have actually had for a month.  I chewed it up really good.  Had some potato soup for dinner.  And now having an instant breakfast with protin powder to drink.  Need to get at least 60 g of protein, preferably 85 g.  A lot of protein. 

Went to my first WLS Support Group meeting.  It was a great meeting.  This one is the last Tuesday of each month.  Then there is one on Saturday mornings once a month at St Francis that I am going to also attend.  That is the 2nd Saturday of each month before the WLS seminar.

Need to work on my Halloween Cards tomorrow evening.  Haven't had a chance to finish them up but it is going to be Halloween in just a few days!!

Have a wonderful evening!

Going Back to Work Monday, Tomorrow

The time has really gone fast.  I had hoped to get more stuff done, ie scrapbooking, cards, and organizing my stuff.

I am feeling good.  Have been walking at least 30 minutes each day now.  I am going to work up to 45 minutes in the next couple of weeks. 

My eating plan is doing ok.  I am pureeing everything I am eating now.  I had pureed bean soup that my friend, Ani, made, pureed ground turkey, pureed baby carrots, pureed chopped apples that my sister-in-law, Lortta brought over.  She had made sugar free apple pies and brought me some of the chopped apples that didn't go into a pie.  What a yummy treat.  She makes such a beautiful and yummy pie.

Haven't worked on my Maggies for a couple of days.  Too much else going on. 

Oh, and we have wasps in the house.  We have no idea where they are coming from.  We have killed 8.  Hubby is going to call our pest control people tomorrow for sure.

Everyone have a great evening.

First Day of Pre-Op Diet

Well, so far so good.  It is hard though.  Have to think about what I am going to be eating.  Went to the store and stocked up on food that I can have.  Of course forgot a couple of things but will get those later this week.

Having friends over this evening from our small group at church.  Appetizers are on the menu.  I have some cucumbers and cauliflower cut up and some celery for me since these are on my "snack" approved list.

We are getting ready for a garage sale for this next week end.  We have a lot of "stuff" to get rid of.