After almost 2 1/2 years of batteling my insurance company, I am finally approved, and surgery is scheduled for Jan 25th!!  My pre-op is in two days and I am beside myself with excitement!!!

I'm here.  I haven't been teetor-tottering around the same weight for over a year now.  Wish I would lose more but I can't seem to get up and do anything about it.  I've been battling some demons this year, nothing I wish to go into details about, but I am hoping that facing them and fixing them perhaps I will lose weight again and be around more often. 

Besides that, how is the snow everyone?  We got some here.  I took Caitlin out in it yesterday and she just pointed everywhere saying snow, snow, more snow.  She didn't seem to  mind the freezing cold.  I on the other hand am wearing 2 coats, mittens, and a scarf and still can't keep warm.  I have 2 heaters running in the living room (where I live and sleep) and curtains blocking the doorways into the kitchen and bedroom trying to keep the heat in.  With tall ceiling, I probably am raging a losing war on keeping warm.  

I predict we shall be frozen chunks of grumpy ice!! My feet already are!!  I hate this, I was going to go to the coffee shop this morning to socialize, but just couldnt drag my big butt outta bed, plus, I didnt think I needed to expose myself to any more cold than I have too.!!

You might want to try a different protein. I don't like the ones that are like milk shakes at all. For all these years I've depended on Nectar Protein by Syntrax. You can't find it here, but go to

vitalady.com and order some samples. They're $2 each and come in many flavors. Call them for discriptions of the different ones. I like Fuzzy Navel, it's like a combo of peach and orange. Not thick, more like Tang, if you know what that is.

You've probably lost quite a bit right now, so give your body a chance to catch up with itself. This is very, very common.

I am more than ready for spring.  I am thinking warm thoughts, lol.  Got a bunch of seed catalogs this week and am planning my spring garden.  I just wi**** would hurry up and get here!