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I had a very good exercise day yesterday. did my 40 mins of pilates, about 80 reps of all the ones that I do.  then I did 4 miles on treadmill with varying degrees of speed and incline. I have been afraid of incline ( doing too much of one) in the past since I have problems and have had surgery), but am trying to work on it some.  burn about 700 cal. yesterday.  a high for me.  hubby and I have not been out of the house since he worked off on monday.  it has been fairly cold here so no reason to get out really. of course compared with what our friends to the north are having to deal with our cool snap is nothing.   we have only had to drip the water once.  they say rain tomorrow. but hopefully no freezing. that is good.  can't believe it is going to be christmas soon.  with not doing any shopping and not having up any decor,( and not getting out much) it doesn't really seem like christmas.. I do wear my christmas vests and stuff when I get out though.  I think next year I will up decor end of oct. so It will be up for the holidays.  I miss the decorating, but if you don't put it up you don't have to take it down.. I know ba humbug.. I am reallly not being humbug, we won't be here during christmas anyway.    scale showed be 214 today so it is getting better.   wish I could be 199 by summer. that would be the ultimate.

I thought I was over that hunger monster a long time ago. again it rears it's ugly head. It must be the time of year and the flood of christmas memories and all that come round this time of year, every year.  I know nerves make you hungry, and I really don't "feel nervous", but I just can't seem to curb my "appettite."  I am getting back into my exercise and usually when I get busy doing other things the appetite goes into remission. right now I just seem to be hungry all the time. ugh.   hubby worked off today so He will be home for 4 days.. was going to have to work overtime thurs and fri, but luckily another guy with 5 kids, and a new car needs the overtime so he took it for hubby.  glad that someone that needs it took it. not that hubby does not need to work, but he works plenty just working his reg. days, he needs his days off to recuperate now.  I know I will keep this thing in reins, but I seem to be having more trouble than usual right now. understandable after getting back from vac. and then all the holidays and now christmas coming up. it won't be a big deal meal for us though since it will be just ma and hubby and I. we will have a nice meal but not the usual over doing it of some years with 10 dishes for 3 people. 

well there was some fluid weight, I guess. scale was nicer today saying 215 instead of nearly 220.  we have quite a bit of stuff since returning from vac. with alot of salt in it. at least I feel better not as big a mountain to climb back over. things going ok here. finally found my mother in law some mens house shoes she can wear. poor thing her feet swell and all and she can't wear any of her  old "pretty shoes." she has to wear mens house shoes that look like loafers. oh well. I never wear pretty shoes either. mostly lace brogans anymore or tennis shoes. truth is I don't really miss the pretty shoes too much.  I do dress up on occasion and have some nice shoes but don't wear them much.  I am liking actually having some winter weather this year, but later this week back up in upper 70's again. pracitically swimming pool weather. hahaha. I am sure that water will be arctic though. one night there will be 30's somewhere toward the end of the week. I love love love the cold nights makes for real good sleeping weather. I cheat though.. before I go to bed I warm my rice bags and put them in bed and warm the bed up.. haha. like the old bed warmer.. I might have already told you all that. forgive me if I did.  I have been trying to burn pics to cd's all night and it is a b--ch... I mean you have to be a rocket scientist to do it on this computer. was much easier on my old one. I guess I just don't know the trick or haven't got it down. they have to be mastered to play in my dvd recorder for t.v. or any other computer. so can't just open pics and hit  burn.. no it couldn't be that easy... well I will close and see if I can drive myself crazy a little more before I go to bed......  sweet dreams everyone.

I came back from vacation it seemed, none the worse for wear. we had let some nasty eating  habits creep back in, but who doesn't on vacation.  Then had to go over to mother in law's for a week. Now the scale for the past week has shown me 218-220. ugh. oh my goodness how could I let this happen. been maintaining and only fluctuatin 5-7 lbs for over a year then whammo almost 10 lbs (and unless I have been holding fluid for over a week I guess it is real...)  I will not let this detur me from the road I need to be on.  I have got to conquer that calorie monster and not let him get the best of me.  I can't believe I went through a vac last oct, then the holidays, another vac in march this year and no gain and now all of the sudden whammo.  I didn't count calories on vac either, big mistake, there is something about knowing mentally what you have taken in and being able to "cut yourself off, when you  have had enough."  what I can't figure it after all this time of hubby not losing much how he lost and I gained. oh it is a mystery... 

well everyone in the houston area has all been aflutter since last eve. when they said "snow!!"  expecting we would get it here first I got up at 9am to look out, no snow, not raining either, ok back to bed... (cold= stay in bed cause I was up late).  11am I get up. no snow, no precip. huh? what?  12noon I call hubby to tell him no snow here, and he tells me 3 or 4 inches at the plant on east side near channelview, what? said it had been snowing there since 8am. ok. " now where is mine, I am thinking as my lip drags the floor.."  I get up do some things watch the news and see all the other "kids" playing in the snow.. I am jealous.  I go look out every 10 mins to see if "it" has started. nope. then finally after 2pm big flakes... big fluffy flakes. yippeee. ok but it isn't sticking. for an hour I look out every 10 mins.( I know I am a dork)  then at 3 I get busy cooking supper. and 20 mins later..... a blanket of white. yaaaay. I got my wish...  I wait a while longer for ground to get covered better, then start to snap away( with the camera). at 4pm when hubby comes home I "make" him pose for snow photo. to go in the alblum... the memory alblum.  I snap more pics... we eat supper and as  I look out at 5pm .... what... it is starting to melt.. I guess it paid to look out the door every few minutes... if not I might have missed it. hahaha. no snow man though ... just not enough snow.   oh by the way...EARLIEST SNOW EVER ON RECORD FOR HOUSTON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AREA... DEC. 4  TODAY..... ALSO IT HAS ONLY SNOWED 35 TIMES IN THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS HERE.  AND THIS WAS 2 YRS IN A ROW.   THE LAST ONE I REMEMBER BEFORE THAT I LIVED FURTHER INTO EAST TEXAS AND IT SNOWED IN 1994....       HERE'S TO HOPING EVERYONE'S HOLIDAY DREAMS COME TRUE....

yes. the weatherman said maybe snow for fri( on the weather wed) now they say yes virginia there will be snow for friday. yippeee... 2 years in a row. the only thing Is I will have to worry about hubby trying to get home after work about 3pm tomorrow with all the idots on the road that don't know how to drive in snow or on ice. ugh. hopefully all the idiots will call in sick or stay home tomorrow. you watch there will probably be 1000 wreck for all the people driving 90  mph on the ice and slick roads.( it will probably make the natl. news.) on the good side. if it snows I will get to play in it.!! yippeeee. they say possibly 3-5 inches. yipeee... ( all you northern friends, and mountain friends where it snows..... we southern folk get pretty excited at the mention of possible snow. especially as far south as we are ( just north of houston). we may only get it every 15-20 yrs or so. the last snow I remember seeing firsthand  in texas( before last year) was in 1993 around march just after my birthday. so see we have something to get excited about.   on the food front.. I am not doing as well as I should be.  I think I have picked up a few lbs on vac and thanksgiving.  I am getting back into my exercise( trying) and have joined a thread  of folks committing to exercise for dec.  most are comittiing to 100 miles, or equivalent of exercise . I will try for 90  miles and pilates for 30 mins everyday. but will be happy if I hit 75 miles and pilates.  the pilates are a must for me.  my muscles have become a little lax since getting lazy some on vac. I did walk some and all but didn't do any pilates for 2 weeks.  tummy muscles are lazy right now.   hubby took me out for mex. food last night. I know haven't I ate out enough.. well no I guess not.  oh well. gonna buckle down now and get it in gear. tomorrow while watching for the snow will clean and try to declutter house again.(  I know a broken record on the decluttering.-- it is a never ending battle)..  I just have too much stuff.... ugh.......  and I have learned to love the sweat suit. who would have thunk it... since losing 70 lbs I am getting colder this winter than ever before. didn't think I would ever have use for the old jog suit( it is quite huge at 3x but snuggly... if I wear it  I don't have to turn on the heat unless is is below 30 outside...)  I am still much warmer natured than most folks. I also found my old granny robe with the zip front size XL haven't had it on in 15 years, it is quite snuggly too now since losing weight. good thing I didn't toss it.

yes. the weatherman said maybe snow for fri( on the weather wed) now they say yes virginia there will be snow for friday. yippeee... 2 years in a row. the only thing Is I will have to worry about hubby trying to get home after work about 3pm tomorrow with all the idots on the road that don't know how to drive in snow or on ice. ugh. hopefully all the idiots will call in sick or stay home tomorrow. you watch there will probably be 1000 wreck for all the people driving 90  mph on the ice and slick roads.( it will probably make the natl. news.) on the good side. if it snows I will get to play in it.!! yippeeee. they say possibly 3-5 inches. yipeee... ( all you northern friends, and mountain friends where it snows..... we southern folk get pretty excited at the mention of possible snow. especially as far south as we are ( just north of houston). we may only get it every 15-20 yrs or so. the last snow I remember seeing firsthand  in texas( before last year) was in 1993 around march just after my birthday. so see we have something to get excited about.   on the food front.. I am not doing as well as I should be.  I think I have picked up a few lbs on vac and thanksgiving.  I am getting back into my exercise( trying) and have joined a thread  of folks committing to exercise for dec.  most are comittiing to 100 miles, or equivalent of exercise . I will try for 90  miles and pilates for 30 mins everyday. but will be happy if I hit 75 miles and pilates.  the pilates are a must for me.  my muscles have become a little lax since getting lazy some on vac. I did walk some and all but didn't do any pilates for 2 weeks.  tummy muscles are lazy right now.   hubby took me out for mex. food last night. I know haven't I ate out enough.. well no I guess not.  oh well. gonna buckle down now and get it in gear. tomorrow while watching for the snow will clean and try to declutter house again.(  I know a broken record on the decluttering.-- it is a never ending battle)..  I just have too much stuff.... ugh.......  and I have learned to love the sweat suit. who would have thunk it... since losing 70 lbs I am getting colder this winter than ever before. didn't think I would ever have use for the old job suit( it is quite huge at 3x but snuggly... if I wear it don't have to turn on the heat unless is is below 30 outside...)

today was a nasty rainy day. we have cold fronts back to back coming through, looks like we may have the coldest winter we have had in a long time.  hubby and I stayed up late and slept in late. the rain didn't start here until about 5pm but it showed on the radar it was close all day. friday morning they say about 28 for low. ugh. haven't seen that in a long time. have actually needed a coat some already this year.  I did watch Haunted saloon tonight. didn't have much  about clanton days, but did enjoy it. it was about the fact that some people don't really think doc holiday was buried in glenwood springs colo.  saw our friends missy and bad bob on the show and of course Ike Clanton the star.  I tried to call in a few times but by then there were others beating me to it. Justice from Texas called in and mentioned he figured I would have called in tonight. will try next time.  I just can't tell you all how much we enjoy our time in tombstone ( our 5th time in 3 years) and clanton days was a barrel of fun. everyone was so friendly and made us feel so welcome.  here's to keeping the old west alive.

I was going to say mama was a rolling stone, but not quite fitting. my  mama wasn't a rolling stone, and I am not a mama, unless you count my little furr face kitty so I put penny was a rolling stone.  we are home after a week over at ma's. her sitter came in tonight ( monday).  was glad to see her. ma was pretty good while I was over there this time.  we didn't have a big thanksgiving meal, since she was not over her cold. we had ckn. fried steak one night and my turkey meatloaf several nights.( something spicy is always better when you have a cold.).   Took hubby to heart dr. today. everything ok just had to go see him because he would not refill med until he saw him again.  good news he had lost 9 lbs since he saw him in march, which means he is back to the low he had right after we lost all our weight. I had lost 70, and he had lost 30. now he is back where he was. that is good news. if we can keep from putting it back on through the holidays.    we had hamburgers today. we rarely do that, but it sounded so good and I didn't want to cook after having to go 45 miles to dr and back. also hubby work off nights this morning, and I didn't get much sleep last night so we were ready for a big nap about 3.  I got news c. would be back about 8 pm so decided to gather up most of our things before waking hubby up.  we feel like uncaged birds being home now.  glad she got back while hubby was off and could enjoy being at home for a while.   will tell you all more about the trip in the coming days. we had such a wonderful time. we are ready to fly the country and head west for good.  ( dreamin of it one day)...  I can't remember if I told you all about Terry "Ike Clanton's" internet western the "haunted saloon." It is the first internet western to be shown live weekly on the internet.  you can look it up at www. hauntedsaloon.com.  Ike is a decendant of Ike clanton and the infamous clanton gang that were involved and some killed at the shoot out at the ok corral.  the internet western has skits, comedy, historical info, call in time, and this week( tues night) they will recap clanton weekend which we were throughly involved in. if you watch the live program( one hour) you may see me or hubby on there. in some pics I had my texas shirt on with texas flag. in some I am in my shady lady outfit( I am the chubby shady lady haha.  then in some I am in my blue proper lady dress -- which I won best dressed at the clanton final banquet on sat. night.)  I didn't win the shady lady contest, but I did look pretty cute if I do say so myself. it was alot of fun. they had so many things to do we just couldn't do everything.  Hubby says being in tombstone is cowboy halloween everyday. haha.

well girls, just when I get home, I am headed out again to go stay with my mother in law. looks like about a week or more. she is not feeling well right now, I think it is a cold, at least I hope that is all it is. it seems to be just a head cold though.  well at least I can catch up on my sleep, and  we have all the tv channels there we have at home.. no computer though. so I will miss you guys.  I will have to get back into my exercise routine though because I have fallen off during vac. I started off with good intentions and then I just didn't do it. will be a few days but I will work back into it. I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving and get to spend it with loved ones around. I am thankful to have a loving husband,( and eventhough he will have to work thanksgiving, I am so thankful that we have all the other days we have together to spend together.  I am also thankful for my mother in law, in spite of all the head butting and frayed nerves sometimes, I know she is a loving person at heart.  I am also thankful hubby still has a job, so many out there don't know and are in really hard place. I am thankful for the love of all my family and friends,  I am also thankful for my cc friends.   happy thanksgiving everyone... love penny