Sounds like a loverly walk, ceara. We had only a brief squall with the big flakes. Did look pretty. Have put in a decent week. Maybe next week will be the GOOD ONE.

To be a bit nicer here today then turn nasty cold again. But still pretty much snowless. Flirting with lots of records weatherwise.

Planning a quiet weekend for a change. Must learn how to do little without feeling "lazy". Today seems like a good day to "practice" that.

Victory! I can fit into my FAVORITE khaki shorts I haven't been able to wear in over 2 years! Of course it is too cold to wear them right now. lol

Hurrah on the shorts victory!!!!! You'll be all ready for your FL lifestyle.

So - better week than I've had in a long time, healthwise. In the lower range of my "fighting" weight. You know, just above onederland. That last pound or two has been a battle for several years now (except for one brief excursion to scout that place that lasted maybe one day).

My goal is to make it to onederland before my foot surgery on March 7th. Should certainly be doable. I'm not asking for onederland on the doctor's scale - just on my home (naked) scale. Yesterday I was 1.8 above, today who knows? I'm a human yoyo.

Lazy day yesterday was so nice I'm going to try it again today

Arabella, you definately need to recharge your batteries, I am exhausted reading your update!

Anagram-I understand where you are coming from, I am just hovering over the 180's, I want to be there so bad. You can do it. Drink lots of water, you will make it. Good luck with your surgery too.

Ceara-have fun singing! Hope your walk cleared your head. I miss my walks, too cold to take the baby outside.

Waving to everyone else, too lazy to turn the thread back a page. lol

I decided to see what else fits in my storage bins of clothes. 95% of it fits! Even the famous clothes, the ones I bought and they were too tight and I never got to wear them and the tags are still on. Those fit too. The 5% of stuff is tight sundresses that we snug and sexy way back when, not going there yet, maybe once I am down in Florida and a few cotton bottoms. I have 2 denim shorts both in same size. One is roomy, the other I can't zip at all. So come shorts weather, one will need a belt the other hopes to fit by then. 2-3 pairs of pants need another 5 pounds, but then all will be good. I was wondering what I would wear if I got a job, now there is no problem. It fits! No more carrying around a second waredrobe, this will be my waredrobe! I can get rid of all my fat clothes now! None of it will go to Florida with me!

My realtor came by last night. We are having a open house Sat 11-3. Fingers crossed!

flower-that is terrific that you can fit in to all those smaller clothes!

arabella-your trip sounds so exhausting. how frustrating to have to deal with so many air travel problems. enjoy the rest of your very well-deserved r & r today!

and hello to all our royals! have been back on track pretty well with food and exercise the past few days, and that has felt good. i have also been in a de-cluttering and organizing kind of mood of late, and also re-arranged some of my nick-nacks a bit. it's an easy way for me to "re-decorate" a little without actually having to move any furniture around, and some of the pieces almost feel like "new" to me because they had previously been in the back of a cabinet or breakfront. i must be getting ready for spring to appear, and this is my unconscious way of "spring cleaning." well, hope everyone has a pleasant remainder of their weekend.

wsw- I LOVE rearranging knick knacks too. I miss mine already as they are all packed away awaiting a new home.

I went shopping today for 2 things: a swim suit and jeans. My boys were so antsy so I didn't try anything on. A huge miss on the swim suit. I can return it but I think I will keep it for inspiration. Maybe a goal of MAy 1st to look good in it? I can squeeze into it now, but it isn't pretty. lol The jeans, I thought wouldn't fit, but would soon, but imagine my surprise that they fit perfect! Those are a 18 petite. Sizes sure can be screwy.

I hope you are getting your rest, Wood Nymph. I know your history of illness following stress and our palace needs you well and strong - story of your life, no? EVERYBODY needs you well and strong. The visual of your red toes in flipflops was great! Glad the spa popped up just when you needed it.

My close encounter with onederland didn't last. But it's been popping up more and more - so one of these days.

BIL's bout with cancer not going well at moment and is a source of stress. One feels so helpless. They live a good distance from med facility and she works opposite distance in other direction. Expect to be even more involved, at least until chemo/radiation are done. Will be out of commission from my surgery when he goes for his but I'm sure they'll need help/support for a good while so I'll try to work it out on both ends. Sis has been losing weight slowly for a long time and I'm hoping she's able to at least maintain through this trial. Poor BIL keeps trying not to lose more.

Flower - so exciting to have a whole "new" wardrobe. And to be having an open house (stressful things, I assume but exciting). Good karma coming from your direction.

I've been working on some reorganization too, wsw. But mostly of necessity. I think I'll take some more stuff to a charity today. Did part of family room (McGee's) closet yesterday.

Still ok enough on food - could be better. Having less tea, more water. Loved the tea but think maybe getting too much acid/caffeine. Was on one of those "am I under the weather?" weeks last week. Slight symptoms, nothing major, fortunately. But once I feel a bit better (now) I can see how I was.

So cold, thinking of ceara who must be cold too. And Kaylets who shares my weather usually. Did walk in mall Sunday - satisfactorily but not a major effort. Tai chi yesterday - I'm planning to start back at pool in February. Probably should have for January but as long as it was nice enough to walk outside, that's the way I wanted to go.

My computers are falling apart. Hopefully it will let me type this. Hi everyone!

I had an open house yesterday. I have an offer. It isn't official til they turn in their earnest money. Then I still need to wait if they get financing and approval to live in this community but I am one step closer than I was 24 hours ago! I "may" be moving in 30 days! Beach, here I come!

I stressed eat yesterday. I peaked at the scale this morning and I broke into the 180's. Hopefully I will find it official when I WI tomorrow. Back on program today, I only dipped into my flex points, no real dmg done, but I felt like crud this morning, not worth it.

Hope you find something fun today and not just watching the game. I am gonna do a DVD excersice tape and then curl up with a good romance novel. lol I cleaned and scrubbed and packed for days, I want something to relax with!