OK - I've been out of touch this week, can't even catch up though I did read through everything. This last week has been "all about me" with my son out of town. Trying to get really firmly into my food routine, etc. before I have to cater to little Mr. Skinny's out of control appetite. I don't think that child will EVER stop growing! People keep telling me that he'll hit a point where he won't grow for 6 months or so. Well, it's been 5 years, and it hasn't happened!
Also, it's been wild at work, as we were short 5 people last week! And three days we were down to 2 people, when we normally have 8. Craziness.
Anyway - successful week. Hit my first "mini-goal", headed for the next. Also somewhere over the last month I lost an inch off the hips and chest. But only 1/2" on the waist.
Also did a full detail on my car this weekend - gotta pick MIL and my son up from the airport. Thank goodness she's going to a hotel, so she can visit friends in North Houston, and not coming to my house. Of course, if shere were maybe my house would look as good as my car . . . wouldn't that be nice? She is seriously hyper-critical. But I get my son back!
Oh - and got a sort of compliment the other day. I got in a conversation with the (young, fit, kinda cute) guy at GNC the other day about diet, carb/protein balance, etc. And he looked me over and said, "Well, you look pretty lean . . . For Baytown!" Joys of living in the 6th fattest metro (Houston suburb) in the country - I look great by comparison! Thank goodness I moved here from the other extreme, so I don't use these standards.
Penguin - Glad to hear your enjoying your renewed vision. It is so awesome! My vision was always correctable, but I was somewhere around the 20/2000 mark before. I couldn't even tell there was an "E" on the vision chart! And by comparison, my darling husband can read the bottom line, forward and backward, with each eye independently. They couldn't believe it at his last checkup. This is in spite of 25 years of welding. Thank goodness that so far my son seems to have his eyes.
Denver - I always enjoyed skating as a child, so I decided to try rollerblading a while back. I'd love to be able to, but I'm just not brave enough. Those things need brakes! I'm sure if I stuck with it, I'd get it back. I'm just afraid of what I'd do to myself in the process! Great job for sticking with it. It's great exercise, and looks like a lot of fun.
Marie - Good thing we don't live in the same area - if we ever got together the electronics would be in serious trouble! I'm always threatening various appliances, DVD players, computers, etc. And I'm a pretty good shot; my husband keeps the guns locked away any more.
And yes - I lived in Silverthorne, just across I-70 from Dillon. Beautiful area, extremely high cost of living. And snow from September until May (and occasionally July) got old. 7 years was enough. We have so much in the way of family and friends in Colorado that we're back to visit at least once a year, and frequently 2 or 3 times. My retirement goal is to be able to summer there and spend the rest of the year here. Typical snowbird!
Have a wonderful Sunday!