Well,Well,Well

Nov 13, 2009

Can you "freakin" believe it?!!! I finally, I repeat, FINALLY BROKE THROUGH THE 70 LB MARK!!! And baby I did it big time, I am down 77 pounds as of this past Tuesday!!!  I screamed when that scale lit up those digits. I have 23 pounds to go before I hit 100 pounds. My best friend and I have stepped up our workouts a bit.  I feel so much better when I work out. I had to miss a week because I had a really bad  cold and I was coughing so badly, I thought I was coming down with the infamous bronchitis as I always do.  But nope, just hit the NyQuil at night and his brother DayQuil during the day, sucked on a few cough drops and some hot tea, I managed to beat it. I still have a little tickle every now and again, but nothing I can't live with and use the occasional cough drop for.  I bought myself a pair of black leather riding boots. Ok, sounds great right? Well, not exactly.  I haven't worn riding boots since my Senior year of high school.  One, I couldn't afford a new pair back then as a nursing student.  Once I could, I couldn't get my "big ol" fat calves in a pair.  Well, I was determined to that after surgery I was getting a pair.  Well, last week I was shopping with my best friend and hubby was able to "float" me a few extra dollars in my budget.  These boots started begging me to rescue() them from the store because it's dark there at night and they're afraid of the dark- "this is my story and I'm sticking with it.  So I tried them on, my foot fit perfectly, but they wouldn't zip all the way u my calf.  I just sat there and my best friend said "buy them!"  She told me right there in front of everyone- "you're working your butt off, you love those boots, the love you and they are on sale for $90, if you put them on your dresser and see them everyday, that is going to be incentive for you to push through!" Well, I bought the boots, they're sitting on my dresser waiting for me.  Hubby bought me a Pittsburgh Steelers Jerome Bettis jersey and I'm thinking about buying some black leggings and a black or gold turtleneck and hopefully I will be able to wear this come Christmas day!!! Hubby's supposed to wear his Detroit Lions jersey for Christmas.  Ok, yeah I'm from Detroit, I absolutely adore the Redwings, Tigers and Pistons.  With that said, since I've been a little girl, I've always loved the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Franco Harris was my favorite football player (I did enjoy the view of other players on other teams-Howie Long and those Oakland Raiders, Joe Montana, Steve Young, etc- but I've been very loyal to the Steelers) until Jerome Bettis came along.  Let alone was he a great team player, not hard on the eyes, but he's also from Detroit!!! Any who, enough about my obsession with football(I could go on for months about football).  I will check in next month as it's getting really busy around here as it is with most of you- holday season is upon us.  My cookie and kitchen will be busy in the coming weeks.  I have lots of gifts to make.  This year, I don't even have a craving for any of it, which is good.  The only thing I'm looking forward to is my mother in law's shortbread cookies- and I can only eat maybe 2 or 3 pieces- she cuts them into tiny squares but it's a buttery cookie- I don't have a gall bladder so I'm very careful about fat intake.  But I will have a couple of pieces and that'll suit me just fine.  I have to make peppermint meringue cookies, black and white cookies, coconut macaroons, decorated sugar cookies and glass candy.  I package them assembly line style and give them as gifts to all the siblings, our mail carrier(she put in her request for the glass candy and meringue cookies-), friends and I do a big tray for the office at the girls' school- this year I only have to do one because they both go to the same school- yayyyy, and one for Hubby's Holiday Party at work..  Ok, I have babbled just too much today.  I'm feeling particularly talkative today, don't know why.  Well, back to the books- uggggh this algebra class- 3 weeks to go!!!  Going to the gym tonight with Angie- gotta move those 23 pounds.  Talk soon.....Be Blessed

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