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I love poetry and I was going to try to write one, but knew I could not compete with Mary or Erika’s……….really I didn’t find the time……I found this one today and I thought it was beautiful and I wanted to share it with all my friends here on Buddy Slim………

http://www.artvilla.com/mair/newyear02.htm

Happy New Year everyone!

Reflecting on 2006…..I have made many changes in my life. The best thing I did when I decided to once again lose weight was to find an online support group. I google searched and found Buddy Slim, little did I know at the time what an impact it would have on me! I have found only good things here. I have met so many wonderful people and made so many friends who have made a big difference in my life. They have listened when I needed to vent and and celebrated with me when something good happened, with out this support I know I would have given up long ago. Thank you all for all the support and encouragement you have given me, I hope I was able to do the same for you!

This afternoon is a big Birthday bash for my oldest  grandkids, Cody turns 7 tomorrow and his sister Natasha turns 4(she is the one who thinks NaNa’s is her weekend home.)Tonight is just a quiet time at home with hubby for New Years, no big celebration, that is our normal New Years as we get older.

I want to wish you all continued success this coming year!

Again I want to say Thank you for being there for me, words cannot describe what you have done for me! If you were here I would give you all a big hug!

is this really me? I have so much more confidence in myself as far as losing weight goes. I just need to have it carry over into the rest of my life. Hopefully this happens as I continue to lose more weight. I have never stuck to losing weight like I have this time. I am so thankful for all of my buddies here and the things that have been shared and I have learned.

Today is my weight day! I have lost 1 pound this week! I can’t believe this was Christmas week and I lost 1 pound!

Well I got one of our 2 problems solved! My new washer is being delivered today! We are still not sure how we will get our vehicle fixed, but at least hubby can use a company vehicle for now!

Well I guess I better get in gear and get some house work out of the way as I have a ton of laundry to do once the wahser gets here. It is amazing how much laundry accumalates with just the three of us in a couple days!

Have a great day everyone!

When it rains it pours? Well that is the story of my life! Yesterday really stunk! We found out our blazer would not pass inspection because it needs a transmission, lets see that will cost us like over $1,600.00 for a rebuilt one installed. Then my washer died, won’t spin out so I had a mess trying to ring water out of the clothes! Hubby checked it out, but who knows. If I can’t get it fixed I have to buy a new one, it would cost me more each week for the  laundromat than the payments on a washer will.

I almost blew my diet! In the past I would have done that, but I actually sat there and told myself, what does what you eat have to do with this mess? Is it going to help anything if you blow your diet and what you have accomplished so far? No, it won’t help and it will only make me feel more depressed, when I realize I am only screwing up what I have already accomplished! I have come along way from the way I have handles things in the past! I owe most of this to my buddies here and there encouragement and support! I have gained so much insight into how to better handle things that would normally set me off on a binge!

You are all so amazing and I am so glad for all of you!

Have a great day!

for me is not going to be setting a certain weight loss goal! I am doing the best I have ever done on any weight loss program! By now I have usually given up! I even messed up over the holidays and got myself right back on track! A miracle in itself with me! I have always put off for tomorrow what should be done today!

My goals for 2007 are to lose each week even if it is only a half a pound and to really get some excercise in……..at first the weeks of losing a half pound were discouraging to me, but I told myself that at least I am losing. In the nine weeks I have been on this program I have lost 13-1/2 pounds. My lowest weeks being a 1/2 pound my biggest week being 3 pounds. I have lost something every week no matter how little and to me that is a lot!

Have a great day!

I love Christmas, but glad it is over……

I am so thankful for the time with my family I have had over the holidays. It was wonderful to be with my grandkids this year. I at least got to be with my middle granddaughter the Friday before Christmas and the other 3 Chrismas Eve and on Christmas day!

We had a pretty simple Christmas at home. My hubby got me some books I have wanted to read (along with a few other small things)and the most beautiful card(with a gift certificate to Fashion Bug.) My favorite of all was the card telling me how often he thinks of me and what I mean to him it was so beautiful I cried…….

Well I know I slipped on Christmas Eve a little and on Christmas Day, big time……but I got right back on track yesterday and my weight day is on Saturday so I will know then how much I messed up, but the important thing is I got right back on track. In the past I would have just gone completely off track and said oh well I will wait until after the New Year, but not this time!!!

Hope all is well with everyone and you are all back on track after the Holiday!

Have a great day! 

Yesterday we went to drop off our grandaughter Mercedes Christmas presents at her other grandmothers, because we did not even know where she was living! Mercedes was there! She is living at the other grandmothers with her mother! We saw Mercedes for the 3rd time in over 2 years. It was so wonderful to see her and hold her and her her call me Mee Mee and grandpa is Poppy! (our other grandchildren call us NaNa and PaPa). She opened her gifts with us there and I took some pictures! It was so hard to leave, but the other grandma said we can come back anytime and see her so I got the best Christmas gift ever yesterday! She is just so amazing when I kissed her good bye and said I love you she said “Lovey” that is how she says I love you!

I am also excited over another 2 pound loss! I just can’t believe I am losing during the holidays! This is a first for me!

Hope every one is having a great weekend!

I want to wish every one a wonderful Holiday!

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   even with all the parties I am doing good. I can’t believe with the holidays I have been losing weight and not gaining. This is the first time in my life I have actually lost weight over the holidays.

I can’t wait until Friday my last day and then I get Christmas week off. I definitely need the break. I am even taking Friday afternoon off with my hubby to finish our shopping up. I even picked my own substitute bus monitor for the afternoon. Her kids only had Mon.-Wed. this week so I knew she would like to pick up a few hours on Friday and I know she will be good to the kids on my run. I am just so protective of them I hate it when they get someone who just sits or sleeps and does not interact with them. Gee you would think I was their mother…….LOL…….

I can’t believe Christmas is almost here. I am so excited to spend it with 3 of my grandkids this year. They were in Virginia for the last 2. I won’t be seeing my other grandaughter. I will drop off her presents Friday at her other grandmothers. It is a long story, but she belongs to my middle son and his whacky ex-girl-friend. I have only seen Mercedes 2 times in her life. She is the one with me in my picture. I am sad about that, but at this point there is nothing else I can do.

I hope you all have a great day!

We had a family Christmas party last night……alot of them I have not seen in awhile and I was a little disappointed I did not get one comment on my weight loss….I have lost 26 pounds and really thought it would be noticed……..but I notice and hubby notices so for now that will have to do………

Hope everyone is having a great weekend…….

I know longer feel like the crazy person I have felt like lately.

I have to learn that some things are just beyond my control…….Julia’s post on my last blog hit the nail on the head……I have one thing I am able to control at this time and that is my diet….I have never been able to do this before and I am bound and determined this time is it and I will succeed!

Down 1 pound this week! I have never been able to do this before at the Holiday time and I am so happy that I am now!

Buddies thanks for all your support!

Have a great day!