PINK AND ORANGE.....

 Sharing Snippets from my Journal: A picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away....

This weekend's entry:

I am sooooooooo looking forward to Spring ... although overall it has been a mild winter compared to last year ... the day is bright and I just walked back into the house after walking around for a bit and enjoying the St. Patrick's Day Parade and all the awesome people sporting green on The Green today....

Had a hectic week last week ... with tedious impromptu tasks that compounded an already hectic week ... but I stuck it out and did not miss my morning runs nor did I skip awesome Bikram ... it certainly helped ironing out the kinks ... 

I totally forgot all about our club's night out ... we have this awesome couple groups we belong to 'Oldies Keeping the Flame Going' that DH and I belong to. ... DH reminded me that on Friday night we were going out to a formal dinner and dance ... Besides the many activities that our group engages in including volunteering, outreach, charities and such we also enjoy many social gatherings including trips, cruises, opera, theater and art etc. etc.  we have once and even sometimes twice a month a couples night out ... those nights we dress to impress and we call them 'oldies but goodies on the town' and they are awesome fun...

We had not been out in way over a month ... DH had been recovering from more surgery to his lower extremity and had been away in an inpatient facility for physical therapy, wound care and strengthening ... I had thrown the invitation down on the center table and was not even thinking about it ... but DH was so excited at the prospect of going out after having been shut-in for a while that I said OKAY we'll go... 

After work on Friday I was soooooooooooo tired I was about to just hop in the hot tub and call it a night but seeing DH laid out his suit and was asking I help with a tie I got infused with his happiness to be up and be able to get out that tiredness drained off my body and I got touched by his festive spirit ... 

I hopped in the tub and came out with a second wind and stress from the work week relieved ... I decided to wear something bright and reached into my closet in the long dresses section and grabbed the first bright colored garment in sight ... and came up with this Pink and Orange gown ... the bright colors worked wonders .... they energized me and brightened my spirit  and any remaining stress and/or tiredness were literally GONE ...

So I left home in this gown over which I threw a faux fur black coat...
        and as evidenced by my big butt I am holding up the rear with all my weight centered in my caboose LOL .... I am glad I went out with my friends ... we had an AWESOME TIME ... we found that we were indeed 'Oldies keeping the flame going' and we all decided and made a pact that we will live and we will hope and will never let hope die as long as there is life .... it was meaningful ... because one couple could not make it... her husband is in the hospital currently with serious heart issues ... we realized that life is short and time is unforgiving and as long as we were able to breath and move ... we would keep the flame going...

It was in that spirit that I got up on Saturday morning and went off to Zumba toning and right after that session my DD was called to sub at another studio so off I went and did Zumba Fitness too .... 

To think I was about to end the week feeling mentally exhausted from everyday workday happenings and I turned out having more energy to expend and totally enjoy myself ... I had awesome fun...
 
Now my DD and DS are pouting cause I left them on the green and came back home ... THIS OLD LADY HAS HAD IT FOR A WEEKEND ... LOL ... AND WITH THE CLOCK GOING BACK ONE HOUR I PLAN TO TURN IN EARLY ...

So for the remainder of this Sunday after going to morning service ...I will be back home for an awesome dinner I prepared for all ... ground turkey pasta-less lasagna with ricotta/mozzarella/homemade marinara ... to die for ... 

HAPPY DAY TO ALL ... HAVE FUN! ENJOY! HOPE AND DREAM and keep the flame going .... I try to every day ... one.day.at a time ...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LIVING WITHOUT CO-MORBIDITIES
 

 

THANKS ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SNIPPETS OF MY JOURNEY... 5 YEARS 1 MONTH POST-OP.

Martita!! That dress is GORGEOUS on you!!!  All that zumba you do!! haha..  I have those exact Zumba weights.. !!

I hate the time change.... /cry!!!!

Thank you beautiful.   I want my hour back too .... SOB... but we have more 'daylight' so that's cool too...

Are you using 2.5 lbs weights too? I wanted to put those jokers down half way through but stuck it out LOL...I was sweating buckets...

How was your weekend so fa?

I ordered the Zumba Exhilarate DVDs and it came with the yellow (1 pound toning sticks), and I ordered extra the purple (2.5 pound) toning sticks too....

I haven't ever gone to a real live class, I am using the DVDs... One day I will be brave enough to go to a real live class hehe...

I love that dress, did you make it yourself? My favorite color is pink, but I think you know that.

I had a crazy week also and Jim had to go away since Thursday on business and Friday my brake pad fell off, so I looked at it as divine intervention, I am closing any day on this new houes eand I need to PACK. So I did not get my car fixed, i know Jim will do it as soon as he gets home, I instead went car less and stayed inside all weekend dehoarding all the kids crap downstairs in the storage areas. I made a dent, not a big one, but a dent nonetheless lol.

That group you and Al belong to sounds great BTW.

 You have tons of work cut out for you with packing up and then more when moving in to your awesome new house ... the difference is Jim and you are a partnership in love and together I know you guys and the kids will have great fun getting it all done .... What an awesome time to de-hoard ... Big spring cleaning coming up for me too ... getting rid of tons of stuff ... unbelievable what we collect over the years ...

Our group is awesome .. I love it .... I should invite you and Jim to come hang with us at one of our events ... peels of laughter and fun all night long ... but then that is .. if you younger guys don't mind hanging with a bunch of old farts LOL

Stunning as usual!!! Glad you had a good time out and with the Zumba...

 The Zumba workout is awesome Anne ... I know you are a runner ... have you tried zumba? I don't recall whether you have mentioned it.... it is tons of fun ... I think you'd love it...

Hey girlie ..its been a long time no see.. I lost all my contacts and just happened to log on this morning hoping to find you on here .. finally tied the knot.  I figured we moved all this way out, why not?  We just came back from vacationing in Madrid.  We  had an awesome visit.

Please email me the info to your artsy website since I lost it all.   I am glad to see you all still hanging in there. I LOVE your attitude.  Say hello to the ladies and thank them again for all the moving tips ... we think we are quite settled now. We are going skiing next weekend and may be in your area the following week.... hope to see you. K, off to read a few more threads...then walk the dog... work has been great..
LOVE THE DRESS! TTYL.