momof4 - I wish we could come up with a plan, a checklist or something, that would help! but I know everything is so dependent on just how we are feeling at the moment. All I can do is send long-distance
and
when you are hittin your marks!
Aunty Jam - Oh I'm so sorry you felt humiliated by that...I hope whoever was doing the loaning would have some human niceness and not make you feel bad
you will get through this!! how are those famous calendar doggies
Ravengirl - we are lucky to have your high energy for our fall listlessness
You are to be cheered on for your exercise! A Body Pump class sounds awesome and sore-provoking
I have reluctantly changed my ticket to show my gain..a few pounds, it sure isn't the end of the world but very hard for me to tackle. Each day I try..as always I can do the workouts but its' the eating that I can't seem to control. Just trying each day.
thanks for the encouragement about the clutter!! woohoo, I have taken boxes and boxes of stuff out. Yesterday was 3 big boxes of books ( i know books are great but they were science and nature books we got for our kids that are outdated, and you can get whatever off the internet); 'coffee table' books from my dad's, novels that I had either read over and over or never at all.
And a printer that I patiently (for weeks) asked my DH to get going for me, nada, so out it went
And a bureau that I took from my dad's house out of obligation, but it was just in the hallway not being used so i put it at the top of our driveway with a FREE sign and within an hour it was gone.
I still don't 'see' a difference in reduction (except for the bureau) but I want to make myself promise "two boxes a week out of the house" and see if i can keep up with that.
I've been lucky and have ridden the motorcycle to work for a few days in a row, 40 degrees in the morning is a bit chilly but it's all good
because the days are definitely numbered.
Oh yeah today is me and DH's 32nd anniversary
Happy Halloween!
....and congrats on clearing out the clutter!
It's one of those things I keep meaning to do but never find thet time... everything in that house has so many memories for me, it's hard to sort through what's important and what's not. The puppies are good... but my old guy has a bald spot on his leg and I think he's losing hair around his mouth too 
A trainer friend told me some dogs actually do lose hair when they age like men but I don't know... it doesn't look like anything, just a bald spot but we can't afford to take him to the vet. Took them both to agility a few nights ago.. the young guy is a real eager beaver, it's super funny to watch, he catches onto things quick.
there are times , though, I tell ya , lol. But you know. 
