Home from vacation...

I missed all of you so much this past week. We took the kids to the beach in Florida & even went to Disney for a day. We had a wonderful time & I even wore a 2 piece bathing suit (with a skirted bottom). The weather was great, and I ate whatever I wanted. I was so scared to get on the scale because before I would have gained weight so easily, but I was actually down a pound to minus 71. I'm busy trying to catch up on all the posts I've missed. Hugs, Darlene

Thanks for letting me know you were going on vacation before you left. Goodness child - I've been wondering all week where the hell you've been! HMPH! Okay, now that I'm done pouting... it sounds like you had a wonderful vacation Dar!! Where in Florida did you stay? Did you go with other family/friends or just your family? What was the weather like? Did you hit any bad weather with the hurricanes? When do your kids go back to school? Congrats on LOSING a lb. You lucky girl!! I wanna see pics of you in the two piece. HOT MOMMA - MILF! hahaha Welcome home babe - you were SO missed!

/We went to Madeira Beach, Fl - which is near St. Pete. DH and I an d the kids drove down Friday 9/1 & came home yesterday. Uggh, next time we're gonna have to fly- that was 16 hours of driving straight through. But, dang flights were expensive for 5 people on a holiday weekend. My parents flew down to stay with us on Wednesday. Our condo was perfect! It had an amazing 90 ft by 60 ft balcony (huge) complete with a table with and chairs for dining oceanfront, 4 lounge pool chairs for sunbathing all on our private balcony. I wanna go back already. Luckily, the hurricane did not even affect us. It was sunny every day except for Friday. The kids started school the week of the 23rd, but we figured they wouldn't miss too much this early on. I'll have to take out a small loan to develop all the pics. I used the 35 mm, not the digital. Thanks for being so sweet! Dar

welcome back, glad you had a break, those are important. living life. I am sure all the walking you did burned much more than you ate, the whole point of living life. way to go Kat [Photographer & Mom of 5] [[ Some people are like slinkies, they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.]] 275/247/190/150 -- just OVERWEIGHT!!!

That's true, I did walk a lot on the beach & I even ran at Disney trying to push the stroller from the back of the park to make the evening parade on Main Street. I would not have been able to do that before. Dar

Welcome back! I love Florida! What was the name of the place you stayed at? It sounds great! We usually stay at Siesta Keys by Sarasota but always wanted to try Madiera Beach. A 2 pc swimming suit??? WOW! Great!!!! and No weight gain!!!! AWESOME!! Love, Hugs and Prayers, Darlene N.

We stayed at the All Seasons Vacation Resort. Rooms 501 & 505, I believe, are the large balcony rooms. Dar

Welcome back!! I have been wondering what's going on because we haven't seen your beautiful face on the message board. Glad to hear you had a wonderful vacation and glad to see you're back. Looking forward to your posts, we missed you!!

Awww, you are so sweet. Thanks so much! Dar

Hi Darlene Good to see you back on the board - I was worried about you Glad you had a great vacation. It shows your eating habits have changed if you didn't gain any weight - you must be eating right without even knowing it woo hoo... isn't that the goal.