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Liz, why do you say 'Yikes!' when you are still under your desired weight range? Or have you reconsidered it and decided to make your range lower?

202.3 for me today. Can't complain about that. I got a great workout in yesterday. Since I missed my workout on Thursday (due to exhaustion, not Thanksgiving!), I thought I would do a "Push-Pull" workout yesterday. Usually a push-pull is doing a chest exercise, followed by a back move. So you work both sides, but hitting each side about half of what a normal full workout would be for back or front. Well, I got a bug up my butt and did a full chest workout followed by a full back workout. I was done by the end. I thought about throwing some ab work in at the end, but by the time I was done with back I was DONE! I'll hit abs and do some cardio today.

I have the day to do as I wish. My plan is to put up the tree while Ron is at church tonight and surprise him. I believe he will think it's a good surprise! I also need to get Buster on the grooming table. I have been terribly lackadaisical about keeping him trimmed since we are on hiatus from showing until the New Year. But if he is to look fabulous in Palm Springs I need to keep up with his trimming.

I think most of you might suspect that my brain is a bit busy when it comes to body image, etc... My latest thoughts are revolving around weight loss as a "senior". (Ewwww.... that is so creepy to put myself in that category!) My skin lacks the elasticity it once had. As I lose weight and fat and make some gains in muscle my skin does not have the "bounce back" it did 10 or 15 years ago. It is disconcerting (to me) to have a chest with some definition but see my nipples two inches below where they out to be in comparison with the muscle. I know women get "saggy boobs", but it must be nice to be able to wear a bra to put them back where they belong! Men don't have such an option, or do they? Shape wear? I must investigate.

Oh, and as plastics get closer and closer I am having fun pulling my jowls and nasal folds back trying to see what I might look like when I get that refresh. I am looking forward to seeing a face in the mirror that matches more my inner feelings of youth and vitality.

Well, I think it's time for me to get a move on the day. I am wishing for a Sunny Saturday. Fingers crossed that the afternoon is sunny. I'm getting a little tired of the valley fog. Blech!

119.4 - yikes! Hopefully some of that is just needed bathroom time. The extra stuff gets dumped tomorrow after everyone is gone. I think I will make and freeze a turkey pie with those leftovers.

Yesterday was too chilly for me with the wind so I stayed home and got some laundry done and redid my pedicure while the kids went to the beach club. Don't know how they could stand it but they are here from up North. Leftovers consumed last night, followed by some goofy holiday movies.

The first group, DSD and grandchildren, leave here at 10 am. Other DSD and husband don't leave until 6:30 pm out of the local airport so we will have dinner with them before they depart. Lots of laundry will be done today, including the sheets on our sofa bed so I can put it away clean. Three more sets of bedsheets and lots of towels to be done. Luckily I sneaked our clothes washing in yesterday while everyone was gone.

Just finished my Christmas shopping! All online. I have never been done this early but I followed my list from last year to make sure I remembered everyone. Most of it will be shipped to my SIL on Cape Cod with a few things here for DH and my Seattle family (I wrap and ship from here).

Have a showy (but not snowy) Saturday!

I am glad you had a good Thanksgiving with your friends. Sounds like a compatible group. I bet you are right about the gym. Always the busiest right after everyone over-indulges on a holiday LOL.

Charcuterie boards are one of my favorite things. I think they are ideal for us sleeved people because you can eat a variety of tastes with sufficiently small servings. Yours looks lovely.

It was an unusual Thanksgiving. First going to my parents, instead of my Uncle's. It went pretty well. My parents were happy to see DD and maybe in a way it was better than the big party, because they had her all to themselves. Later in the afternoon, we did stop at my Uncle's house. Lots of reminiscing as this is our last gathering at their house. There was sledding, but I stopped bombing down the hill years ago, so I jus****ched. Our final stop was at our friend's house (Dh's BFF). Just as we pulled up his daughter texted our DD that our friend slipped on the ice when he walked his son and family to the car, and maybe broke his nose. Turns out he did! An unexpected end to the day. As we were driving home, DD said it's been weird, time to go home.

Today, against my better judgement DH and I did a little Black Friday shopping. It wasn't too terrible, and we did get the item we wanted for DS. Other than that, I made some soup, some tuna salad, and banana bread. Rather eclectic items, but all requested.

My parents are finally meeting with a geriatric social worker, so I will be driving out to their house again on Monday to attend the meeting.

120.8 I think. I didn?t over indulge yesterday so I?m guessing this is probably just my normal pattern of going up a few pounds before going down a few pounds.

More stuff put away, a Target run for storage containers and garbage cans, and a small shop at Publix to get sour cream and taco sauce for tonight?s tacos. We threw out all of our condiments that were open when we moved so there is still quite a bit we have to buy!

I think tonight?s project will be to put together a storage cabinet for my office. We already tackled the desk and lateral file cabinet!

New lounge chairs ordered for the patio! And my countertop ice maker was delivered today!