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.

Feb 2, 2011 Snow Storm

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!

Hand Crafted Jewelry Designs

Love Shutterfly Products

I use Shutterfly all the time to upload my family photos, vacation photos, flowers, sunrise and sunset photos. I have some awesome pictures of the 2006 ice storm here is Topeka and some other great photos of fourth of July celebrations, our church’s Shine the Light fireworks displays at Christmas time and other photos that I take of my everyday life.

Shutterfly has a great application you can download that makes it super easy to upload photos and even video clips to the website.

Shutterfly has beautiful and fun choices for Christmas photo cards, birthday cards, announcements. My daughter, my daughter-in-law, and my niece and several friends use Shutterfly for uploading and sharing photos and creating their cards also.
I also love to share photos with friends and family through the Shutterfly Share Site that is so easy to use. It lets you customize the way it looks and I can even share the video clips that I uploaded. My family that is all over the country love to be able to see how our whole family is growing.

Customer support at Shutterfly is great also. They respond to my requests within 24 hours. What more can you ask from a photo website?
Here are some links to get you started on a great experience.  Make sure you share your photos and cards with me.  I would love to see them.

Christmas photo card to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
photo calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars
holiday invitations to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-invitations

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!

6 Weeks Post Surgery

Had my 6 week appt with Dr Hu.  Doing good.  Got my first fill.  3.5 cc's.  I have lost 25 lbs so far!!!  This includes the 10 days pre surgery that I lost 10 lbs.  So far this journey has been good.  Not easy but any means.  Still takes a change in mind set.  I need to exercise more.  A daily walk or other aeroblic exercise of at least 30 minutes is a must but so hard to fit in sometimes. 

Looking forward to Sunday.  We are having my family over for Thanksgiving dinner.  Larry got the turkey and some of the fixings yesterday. 

Today is my niece's 4th wedding anniversay!!!  Happy Anniversary Mary & Brian!!!

Went to a Bunko gathering on Tueday evening.  Ladies, if you are interested in being a member of our newly formed Bunko group here in Topeka, let me know.  We need a few more players.  It's lots of fun!!!

Have been doing some stamping and coloring with my copics.  I love doing this!!

Everyone have a wonderful day!!