Maintenance ... and a candlelit dinner in a few...

My DD took off to spend time with her friends in the Big Apple and my DS just took off with his GF so DH and I are left in this huge house with ourselves and 9 ferrets for a change... WOOT ...

So why not have some awesome fun? I decided to send my dearest husband sitting in the den an electronic card with an invitation to a candlelit dinner ... dressed up ... the place? our dining room ... the guests? just the two of us ...

I found an awesome Chicken & Chorizo Quinoa Paella online that I tweaked to my taste and caloric requirements/preferences hmmmmmmmmmmm and it is now simmering deliciously leaving an awesome aroma in the house ...

I then treated myself to a nice leisurely bath and reached into my dress closet and my eyes landed on this dress that I wore at my Company's Christmas Party in December 2009 .. 2 years and 10 months after my RNY WLS ... and decided to wear that ... WOOT a Size 2 Laundry dress with some awesome shoes I had gotten from Baker's .... I then went to my digital empowerment A Picture A Day Journal and looked up December 2009 and yup I found the picture of DH and I on that day when I last wore this dress that I have not worn since... and while DH gets dressed for our candlelit dinner at home I decided to share here as I am already dressed...

This is the dress I wore in 2009 and me wearing the same dress TODAY .... same fit! WOOT... I am loving maintenance ... mindful eating and exercising ... adding love of life/family/friends and fun ... despite all life's challenges ... I will press on ... 5 years and 8 months post WLS I can't wait till February to celebrate my 6th year anniversary....



The last and only time I wore this dress was in December of 2009 ... here it the picture of me and my DH taken in 12/09 at 2 years 10 months out...


and I could not resist my Empowerment Collage for this day 10/13/2012 ... on my walk away from morbid obesity one day at a time, one choice at a time ... with 5 co-morbidities and impaired mobility in remission I am keeping steadfast on my walk ... and because I love pictures I track it all in my life journal "A Picture a Day Keeps the Pounds and Inches Away"  .... My BEFORE and my TODAY



OOPS!!! dinner is ready ... woot ... heading off to turn off the lights and light the candles ... this old fart sista has a date ... right here ... in my home ... with my friend, my brother, my lover, my partner, my bodyguard my AWESOME AL!!!

TTYL ... thank you for allowing me to share another goofy thread ... another day in the life of a sista on the journey....

Wow you look great!  You really are impressive, not only do you look good but you are so ambitious and romantic.  Honestly I don't have half the energy you do, I took my dogs out for a few hours today and got take out from Chipotle for dinner.  Not super romantic when you eat with two dogs farting nearby, apparently the carrots have that reaction with them.

Have a fun night!

Wow! Heidi the pups are growing so quickly... What BEAUTIFUL labs... You have awesome armfuls of furry love right there... I'd take them farts and all... They are ADORABLE.. Thanks for sharing the awesome pics... Dinner was fun and delish... I retired to paint and left Al to clean the mess teeee heeee...

 Does Al have a twin?  Or seriously you are super handy at making stuff how about a clone.  Doug said he would be cool with having another guy around especially one who cleans!  The womanly chore thing passed me by, its genetic, my mother never cooked or cleaned either, my gandmother always did everything, so really its not my fault I like to sit and be pampered, it was my crappy upbringing.  lol