Chicago - Labor day weekend!
 

Here's a few photos from Chicago!

From the Sears Tower!
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DS being eaten alive front of the Shedd Aquarium
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DH and I in front of Buckingham Fountain - my least favorite photo of myself
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My favorite photo of myself and DS in front of the Field Museum
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And finally, this little guy I just wanted to take home! :lol:
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My office just put up the birthday list. They used the RED DRESS photo!
They had a more recent one, which is what's really bad.
It's from last summer, but you can see the difference.
I suppose I'm a bit smaller now.

Thought I'd share.
I look forward to putting a NEW photo with those two in another 50 lbs or so!

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here i am at 31... a long long time ago...
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oh and cause they are cute:

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I'm on the right, at my heaviest.
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Some pics of a Highland pony, Percheron & me being decapitated at The Heavy Horse Centre Medievel day & a bird at the National Parrot sanctuary trying to eat my earring, he flew off with it, then dropped it, luckily I got it back!! I thought riding I looked slim-ish til I saw the photos, oop, Ahoy WHALE alert!

Forgive me my vanity guys - I'm posting more!

I managed to get into my "little black dress" last night.
Funny, I used to think I was slim at this size! And yeesh! Look at that
double chin! (Of course, I was firmer then, but an 18 is an 18.)
Still, here it is!

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Here is my before photo, horrible stains and all, and then today's photos (I didn't like my hair in the first one so I made my BF take another pic):

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That is from 353 to 285. It doesn't seem like 68 pounds, but then again it is hard to tell with all the black. I probably should have taken ones with other colors against better backgrounds.

Hey guys. Here are some pics of my orchard trip. Sorry they are so big!

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Thats me holding a sweet juicy apple :)

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And my man :hug:

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And the coolest road sign I ever saw :lol:

Brenda :wave:

80 lbs lost !!
 

Here are two of my before photos at 329 lbs, and two of my 80 lbs lost photos at 249 :D

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Here are our two new pups. They are brother and sister, part Brittany Spaniel and part Black Lab with something else added I think.
This is Jubilee
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Here is Captain
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OK - This is a test of the image posting system. This is only a test. If this had been a real posting, you would see a picture of me with me fav student & the horse I sold her.

I hope these all blow up when you click on them. They do for me, but I'm SUCH a rookie at this picture stuff.

This is a very bad picture of me, but it was the first day I had Simon as an 8 or 9 week old kissy-faced snuggle baby. My hair looks insane, but I guess it wasn't meant to be flattering.
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These are my boys romping last spring. Max, the collie mix, is sporting his early spring hair cut - a mohawk. I didn't enjoy him shedding all that hair in the truck, but we still traveled to really cold places, so I left the mohawk to at least protect his spinal area. I love the look on Max's face!
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This is Gabriel. He doesn't look too impressive just standing around stuffing his face, but at least you can see his sexy, hairy legs. This was taken late last spring and he still had his winter coat on, bleach by the sun. When his new coat comes in it's very black, not the nasty brown he looks like here.
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This pic was taken when he was 2, still at the breeder's place. Our horse people will notice that he's cross-cantering (BIG YUCK!) but I like it anyway, since I don't have any other pics at that age. Besides, he at least looks truly black.
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here are my starting pics... i guess if you want to call now a start.. lol