Hi Everyone. It feels really good to be back here. I've had a few things going on that kept me from posting, one being a tragedy.
There may be a few here who remember me posting my nephew was missing a little over a year ago. He was my husband's sister's 2nd son, and he and his brother lived with us during some of their high school days to be close to a good school. I'll skip details due to I don't want to hinder the fianls of the investigation, but he was found not alive and buried deeper than 8 feet so cadaver dogs could not detect him. It's been constant investigation here, and it's been such a tremendous strain on me and the rest of our family. It's been hard to function sometimes. Last year, that had sent me wheeling off my Atkins' plan then, and that's when I gained 50 pounds back. I was so ashamed of myself to let that happen.
So the funeral was this past Saturday and finally I may feel closure and deal with it in a healthy manner. The wondering is over. I don't mean to sound so down, but it's what's been going on with me.
As far as this going on and my Atkins diet, I kept focused on how I had not taken care of this during the time he went missing and used this as a reminder tool as to what could happen again. Since my last post here, I have lost two more pounds and met the Valentine's goal. Although 2 pounds doesn't seem like much to me in this amount of time, it was not a 50 pound gain. So I'll be happy I maintained.
Along with this, my computer was in the shop. luckily it was only the screen on my laptop that burned out. Not wanting to spend $300 to $500 to replace it, (like I have that anyway, lol) I bought a desktop LCD flatscreen and also ordered a full size keyboard. I can't wait to get that since my hands hurt from this laptop size one.
I missed you all and now have so much to catch up on. I never have much to say or offer like I'd like other than encouragemant to keep going, but please know I appreciate all of you, and although I was not online, it's you who kept me going during my trying times now. Well, it's just good to be back!
Brenda, Congrats for keeping your anual check up. I need to schedule one too.
Jane, Keep up the good work!
Hi Leenie!!
Robin, Keep up the good work!