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I know I haven't been around much lately but so much has been going on.

Have been trying to do some dating but it is just soooo much work.  You know how they say when you least expect it it will happen.  Exactly what happened.  Met a very nice man at a house party.  We have really hit it off and been enjoying each other's company.  (Which is very nice for a change.) 

I have continued to lose some weight.  Guess getting rid of the guy that I was supporting for the last 6 months helped.  I am now at 145, down 5 more pounds.

I have a new puppy. 

And I'm actually looking forward to the new year.  After the death of my nephew I'm hoping it will only get better.

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope all of us have a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!! 

Well if you have been reading my blog you know that on the 15th I came out of the dark...only to be plunged into the darkness of hell on the 16th.  My 49 year old nephew passed away suddenly in his home.  No one knows why yet but his heart was healthy and strong.  Labs are still out.

His wife was totally shattered (they had only been married 4 years) and my brother totally checked out so I handled all the arrangements.  Did I mention he lived an hour away from me?  Now I don't begrudge anyone having to do this because I loved him dearly.  He was more like a brother than a nephew he was only 8 years younger than me.  But, the stress and exhaustion I felt was more than I could handle. 

Needless to say I didn't take very good care of myself.  No vitamins, don't even know what I ate and I think the only thing I drank was coffee.  Came back to work on the following Monday and we were being audited so now on Friday I am barely functioning.  I feel fat, ugly, and exhausted.

Heres to recouping this weekend and getting my life back together.

Gawd I just hope I can...

Well, I made it thru the weekend and came into the light

If you've been reading you know that Friday was a pretty sad day for me.  So I went home at 4:30 and went straight to bed and covered my head with the covers intending to stay that way all weekend long.  Around 6 my friends husband called me and invited me to dinner so he could surprise his wife...well, I couldn't very well say no to that.  So, I pull my raunchy self out of bed and put on some sweats (was not in the mood for this).

Needles to say it turned into a wonderful evening.  A tiny glass of wine, a great protein dinner and wonderful company.   Can't ask for more to pick yourself up off the ground.  Next morning I got up and went to the pumpkin patch with MY baby.  (See pics posted.) Then we all had a bbq.  Sunday morning I also got up and pretty much worked in my garden all day the weather was wonderful!

Thanks to everyone for hanging in there with me.  As wonderful as WLS is it doesn't fix everything.