Good morning and Happy New Year, chickadees! I hope 2007 is a prosperous, healthy, happy year for each and every one of you.
I am so inspired by you all... the posts on last week's chat thread were so amazing... and truly a testament to the old adage of "strength in numbers." You are a formidable, smart, sassy and intelligent bunch of ladies, and I thank G-d I found you. Truly, discovering this gang is one of the best things to happen to me in 2006, and I'm not just saying that - I really do mean it. I have been "out of the loop" for the past few days (you'll read all about it in a minute, below), but catching up on everyone's posts has given me new drive and new strength... and I thank each and every one of you for that. It's been rough lately, for both myself and some others, and reading the lovely and inspiring posts from you girls has finally bumped me out of my doldrum. Thank you... and thank you again.
Today is the end of our challenge! I am up at my dad's girlfriend's place with DH and the dog at the moment, and so for the time being, I am safe from Mr. Scale - but I will weigh in when I get home.
So... how did everyone do? What did you accomplish this month? Remember - successes do not always come in the form of numbers on the scale. (Someone please keep reminding ME of that!)
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In other, unrelated news - I am pleased to report that DH and I
bought a house! I didn't want to say anything to you girls because I didn't want to jinx myself (silly superstitious Suz), but on Saturday we went to go look at the house we've been eyeing for the past few months, we loved it, and we put in an offer on it
that day. Yesterday, we got the phone call that they accepted our offer! I'm so happy that I feel like I could jump over the moon - and so nervous! I've been dreaming of this for so long that now that it's coming true, I don't know what to do about it!
We go to settlement January 30 - eeeee!
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I will get the next W.O.W. challenge up and running tomorrow, since today's the final day of the New Year/New You challenge. Aud - I really liked that one thing you said in your post about "getting your groove back," and so I think I'm going to take a cue from that and Ms. Robin's awesome groove and call the challenge "W.O.W. - Get Your Groove On Challenge" - the goal end date will stay the same, Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, but with our different challenge name, we won't tread on the toes of the other Valentine's Day Challenge. It'll be a weight goal challenge, same as always, since we do really well with those... and I think we can use this new challenge to really focus on motivation and getting back into the awesomeness of healthy habits now that Holiday **** is behind us.
What say you all?
Looking forward to hearing back from you all with your reflections on the past month.