Good Morning!

Hi everybody.  I hope you are all having weather similar to ours right now.  It's 67, the sun is out and there is a nice breeze that is playing my windchimes.  I love mornings like this.

I spent most of yesterday making jewelry.  I'm hoping I will have made a decision on exactly how I'm going to do this (website, parties, catalog etc.) by the time I have my inventory level up there a little bit.  My jewelry is basically all "one of a kind" and I don't know how much work is involved with keeping a website up to date.  We'll see.

Anyway, I'm now at day 5 of being at 201.4.  Still trying not to let it drive me crazy and at least the scale isn't moving up.

I finally talked to the nutritionist about the protein bars I mentioned the other day.  She said they were okay but we should never use protein bars as our only source of protein because the calorie count is so high.  She substracted the sugar alcohols from the the carbs and came up with a net 11 grams of carbs which isn't too bad.  Over all, I think they are a pretty good deal.  They are very inexpensive, portable, and from a nutritional stand point they do the job as long as we don't get reliant on them too much.  I don't care too much for the surgeon (he scares me) but he was better the last time I was there and said he just wanted me to suceed.  But the girls in the office are great.  They just received their "Center of Excellence" certification and the are only one to have it in what is called the Downriver area.  We live really close to the Detroit River and there are several small communities.

I just got started with my water aerobics classes and now they are all screwed up because of this physical fitness I have to take.  I hate it, it makes me dizzy and doesn't seem to be doing me any good.  But I have to give it shot because of the insurance and my disability.  Ideally, the disability pay would allow me to teach those jewelry classes.  It's not a whole heck of a lot of money but it would get me out of the house and it's always nice to have a few bucks in your pocket.

I think I'm going to take my son home later today.  He got drunk last night I woke me up with the vomitting around 5AM.  He did help me do some research on getting a website up and running and I paid him for his time.  He also had some pretty good ideas for jewelry based on his age bracket (23) so that helped too.  He helped me move furiture, etc.  He has been unable to find regular employment because of his background, so I try to come up with somethings he can do for me here at the house that I don't mind paying him for.  Under other cir****tances I probably wouldn't pay him but his past has already caught up with him and he can't find work.  I pray for him every day.  He has stayed out of trouble for 3 years but his juvenile record was supposed to be sealed and it wasn't. There is nothing we can do to fix that now.  He has enough serious mental health issues that he probably qualifies for full assistance but right now he is only getting food stamps.  I keep telling him to go for the whole thing, but hey, what do I know?  I'm just his stupid mother.  Oh well, I guess what they say is true; the apple don't fall too far from the tree!  LOL!

I've had my shake this morning but don't feel like eating.  That is such a weird concept me for me still.  It's been a little over 7 month now and I know that I'm getting to the end of the honeymoon stage.  I'm hoping to lose another 30 pounds by September.  My goal was 145 but my PCP says it's too low.  I'll settle for 160.  I never wanted to be a size 3; I like having curves.  My husband says he is going to put off his retirement so that I can have the plastics done.   I know that sounds sweet and everything, but I'm sure he has an ulterior motive: big boobs!  I don't want them so big that I have a back ache all the time, but looking forward to a nice set of "girls".

Well that's it for me today.  I'm just enjoying the weather while it lasts; we are supposed to have thunder storms this afternoon

Have a good day eveybody.  I hope you lose a pound today.

Hugs
Colleen

Hey Colleen! Doggone that Onederland is really holding you at bay huh? Maybe you should try a 3 day carb detox. may be just the thing to get you moving down again. It is only 3 days after all..lol.

I would have so much more to say, but a guy just arrived that will be woring on my driveway for me, and i have to go show him what i want.
Hugs! More later!

Hey Colleen, I sit here nibbling on a protein bar to tide me over till supper.  I woke up from sleeping before Dennis did.  Looked into the fridge and didn't find much that I felt like making for a snack.  The best thing I saw was a bag of lettuce and cottage cheese.  Had cottage cheese before bed and didn't want to find a protein source to go with lettuce.  I think tonight is scrambled eggs, quick, easy and acceptable to Dennis.

We are planning our first weekend off together as husband and wife.  Now we have been married more than 2 years and worked opposite weekends until last week.  Dennis was able to switch to the crew on the opposite weekend.  The dept I work in is so small that I need to stay with my scheduled weekend, and I love working with the nurse that I am paired with on the weekend.  Synergy, we both have the same work ethic and want to keep on top of needed tasks.  Finishing each others work without lots of discussion, we just get things done.  Love it.  Of course we like to chatter too, when the work is done. lol

I went to a demonstration of K-9 dogs last evening.  There was an event testing their skills that was not open to the public and then a demonstration of police dog skills at the local football stadium, including a swat team coming from a black-hawk helicopter.  Those are some beautiful and well trained dogs.  Makes my ankle biters look like the lap dogs that they are.  I wish my dogs would obey as well.  I know, they would if we worked really hard on it.  Loving the nutty things they do. 

Planning things to do this weekend with my honey.  Science museum and omnitheater, he gets motion sick in the omni.  Visiting my nieces, coffee with wls support friends, then off to see my dad.  Good road trip.

Take care everyone.  Hugs

colleen,  you are a princess, maybe a goofy one, but a princess non the less.  i enjoy your posts.  hang in there with your son, but please don't enable him.  this only hurts the situation.s  if you want more of my experience in this, pm me and i will tell you what i have gone through.  thanks for being my friend. love ya, vick