Stress Eater...

I have always known that I have been a stress eater, but i had to just laugh at myself, here is why. As some of you know I have been working really hard to get into shape and lose a few pounds and I must say I am proud of myself.

I do have to say that I am a little frustrated with this body getting older. I have been fighting planter facious and it keep flaring up then calming down then back again, it makes walking and working out very difficult.

Well today I was walking in the mall and I took a step and it felt like the middle of my foot ripped (I am sure it was my PF) I am scheduled to see the dr in the morning.

I have heard this phases and now I am saying it... It is tough getting old.

Oh yes, the mind goes too. My original point, i opened the fridge to get a bottle of water and the first thing I did was reach for a piece of chocolate. It made me feel better... just one.

Christmas starting early this year...

I know that it is a fact that we are starting to celebrate Christmas earlier and earlier each year. I remember when I was growing up, one holiday would have to end before we started celebrating the next one...

Example: Halloween would end before we would think of Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving would end before we ever saw one bulb, one anything for Christmas.

Now a days we have different parts of a store designated for each holiday, which means we had Halloween and Christmas stuff all at the same time. I guess I should be angry because they are stretching out the holidays, except for the fact that i love the Christmas season. Not just the giving and receiving, but all the happiness and the peace of this holiday.

And all this is because of the promise and hope that this special birth brings us. So OK we can stretch out this holiday, we just have to remember to not get caught up with the commerical part of the season.

We need to remember the reason for the season... So... Merry Christmas or ahhh Happy Thanksgiving or lets just say...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

diet update...

I have not blogged about my life change... New diet and exercise plan. I am proud of the progress that I have made and I really plan to keep this up (forever :o})

Diet started September 1st... to date November 16th (2 1/2 months) I have lost 25 pounds and 12.75 inches.

I hope it is showing but that is not my gauge, how I feel is what I really care about and to date... I feel great. I have more energy that I have had in a long, long time.

Always nice-

Well we have the great pleasure of having the kids come home for the weekend and of course it was wonderful. No matter how busy our lives get it is always a great time when the kids come home.

We love them bunches and bunches :-]

NaBloPoHalf Mo ????

OK it seems I missed National Bloggers Month so I think I will jump on board half way through... Today is the 14th of November, so for the next 15 days I will try and blog every day.
I think I can, I think I can,I think I can, I think I can,I think I can, I think I can,I think I can, I think I can... OK lets see.

Crust of the Bread...

When I was a kid my mother always told me that i had to eat the crust of the bread. I remember her saying, You do not know the hardness of life until you each the crust She was taunting us to eat the crust... not my favorite, but i did because it made her proud of me (or so she said).

I bring this up because my mother is older now and ill and living with me. I made her lunch the other day and she said to me, can you please cut the crust off... hmmmm

As a kid it was important to eat the crust but if you are old I guess you earn the privilege to not have to eat it anymore. I guess she already knows the hardness of life. I smiled as I cut the crust off of her bread. And it is a natural occurrence now, no crust for gram.

Bye Sooz

I cannot believe that tomorrow will be my cousin's Memorial service. My cousin who often told me I was the big sister she never had, who I just talked to last Friday. She met with an untimely death last weekend. It is just one of those things that you can't get your mind around. The possibility was always there but still in all, the phone call was shocking. I can only describe it as I did when my brother passed away at 55... it felt like a punch or a kick in the gut... well it happened again with Sooz.

Sue just turned 50 on October 7th and never got to deal with getting older or that over the hill feeling. So sorry to see you go so quickly. And sorry to see you leave your precious kids behind. We will love them and we will keep in touch with them and share with them the Susan of a better day, a happier day, a lighter day.

Rest in Peace, WE LOVE YOU Sooz.