The diet is going ok. We have adjusted well to what we can & can't eat, and it really isn't hard to stick to eating the acceptable foods. I am still at 7 lbs. lost, but Walter has lost 10 lbs. since last Monday! I am proud of us!! Tonight, I am grilling steaks w/sauteed mushrooms for dinner. Can you see a pattern with that in my life? I love me some steak & sauteed mushrooms!!!
I brought home too much from work today, so I need to go get busy, then read my book!!! Have a great night!
Your Halloween Costume Should Be |
 Candy Corn |
I know this is a controversial topic, but I heard yesterday that O.J. Simpson has been found guilty of robbery and may very well spend the rest of his life in jail. And you know what? I'm ok with that because I feel like he should have been in jail for the last 13 years for killing Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. I know that some people may feel that he is not guilty of those murders, but I truly believe he did it and am glad that he will have to pay a price for SOMETHING and lose the rights that I don't believe he deserves to have. If you haven't read the book, "If I Did It," you should!
Walter and I are planning to go out on our boat this afternoon with Cathy & Brent. Cameron says he may come and invite a friend or two, plus we invited our friend, Christine, who may come. My IPhone ate some of my phone numbers when I converted everything from my old phone, so I can't find my friend, Terri's phone number to invite her, and our friends, Lesley & Mike (plus kids) can't come because they already have plans for the day. It's sort of last minute, but that's how we roll on the river. It's a pretty day and we haven't been on the boat much this summer with everything that's been going on, so I would love to spend the afternoon on the river. We want to eat dinner at a restaurant on the river, which is always fun! Here is a picture of Walter's birthday present - a dock ladder. Yeah, really! That's what he wanted! And yeah, those are his hands at the bottom of the ladder going into the really cold river. He wanted to look for some things that may have blown into the water during the hurricane, and oddly enough, he found both things he was looking for! Then he thought he'd be cute and float around awhile.
If you have (or have had) a teenager, then you probably know how they like to mumble. Quite unexpectedly, I've found a pretty good cure for the mumbling!!! When we went to the DMV to get our licences renewed and Cameron's driver's permit on Friday, we all 3 had to be in different places doing different things throughout the time we were there. Apparently, when I went to take my driver's licence picture, Walter was waiting with Cameron while he gave the lady his information, including whether he wanted to be an organ donor. When we got home, Cameron was looking at his permit and said, "the lady put that I want to be an organ donor, but I told her I didn't." Now, I wish I would have been there for that, because I'm all about being organ donors and would have liked to talk to Cameron about it, but I wasn't there. So I told Walter later that the lady had put "organ donor" on Cameron's license even though he said no. Walter said, "you know, I heard him say no and wondered if the lady heard him because he was mumbling, but since she didn't ask again, I figured she did." I found that really funny and let Cameron know that he's now given away his organs because of his mumbling!!! I did let him know the benefits of being an organ donor and let him know that we can go back and change it if he wants to. Later in the day, he mumbled about something and I said, "remember that mumbling can cause you to lose your organs!!" I really crack myself up sometimes! Here is a picture of our game of "Cranium, The Family Fun Game" that I got from my swap partner, Marla. We had fun playing it and I was cracking up at the challenge they had to do - one of them had to form a hoop out of clay and the other had to flip 2 frogs through it before the timer ran out! It was really funny!! And no, they were not successful!!
Well, I'm off to clean the boat!! I hope you all have a sunny Sunday!!
This award comes with a few questions, so here we go:
1. Do you have the same friends since childhood? The earliest childhood friend that I am still in touch with is my friend, Michelle, that I met in 7th grade. I have recently reconnected with 5 friends that I met in 6th grade. I have many new friends though, so not all the same since childhood.
2. What do you value most about your friends? Dependability.
3. Are your friends your sounding boards? Some of them, yes.
4. What is your favorite activity to share with your friends? Dining out
Now I get to pass this award on to 4 friends...
I will have to pass this on to my real life friends:
Lesley at Na-Na's Cozy Kitchen
Chelle at Chelle's Writings
Joe at Isabella's Daddy
Kelley at My Life With My Love
Melissa at The Scholastic Scribe passed this poem of friendship on to me:
We need friends for many reasons,
all throughout the season.
We need friends to comfort us
when we are sad,
and to have fun with us
when we are glad.
We need friends to give us good advice,
We need someone we can count on,
and treat us nice.
We need friends to remember us
once we have passed
sharing memories that will always last.
Thank you Melissa!!! I will pass it on to 5 readers too!!
Tam at Lollipops
Frizzy at Heaven's Gift
Kimmy at MBKimmy's Krazy Thoughts
Ronda at Ronda's Rants
Lizzy at Journey to the Hot Tub
Elizabeth called me this morning, thank goodness!!! I worry about her, but I don't like to be pushy or demanding either, so I give her a lot of space. If you don't know about Elizabeth and our adoption story, you can find it here. We usually talk every couple of weeks, sometimes more often, but I haven't heard from her since right after Hurricane Gustav. I called her several times last week and even emailed her mom just to make sure everything was ok. She told me this morning that her cell phone has been broken and Landen's dad hasn't been paying child support, so she couldn't get a new phone. Brad (her boyfriend)'s aunt got her a phone yesterday and I told her I have a good one she could have had. She said, I wish I'd have known that!!! I said, well, If you'd have called me back....lol. Anyway, they are doing fine and I am planning to keep Landen & Mack after Walter's party on October 18th. I am going to Houston next weekend to visit JP, so I can't get them before the 18th. I plan to go by and visit one night next week. I miss them!!
And it's hard to believe, but I lost ANOTHER pound! Monday morning I weighed 161 and today I weigh 154! My goal is 145, I so am really hopeful that I'll meet my goal soon, or at least get really close!! I love me some Dr. Atkins!! Cameron asked me the other day, "mom, didn't he die from his own diet?" Yeah, well, I'm not sure he was actually on the diet, but yeah maybe so! But in the short term, the diet works great and when I hit 150 I will probably switch to South Beach and work on adding back some carbs and eating right.
Questions & Comments:
My friend, Kimi (who doesn't have a blog, but should) asked where I buy low carb wraps. Walmart has them in their refrigerated section near the other fajita type bread, bagels, etc. They are 4 carbs per wrap.
I think that is plenty for one day!!! We don't have anything planned really, so I will be doing some laundry and just relaxing today! Have a great day!
The diet news is all good!!!! I lost ANOTHER pound, for a total of 6 this week!! Since MONDAY!! I only have 9 more to lose, so I'm really excited!!! I was SO good at work today when my supervisor brought cookies to our meeting! Through all the tempting, taunting, and teasing, I RESISTED!!! And then Walter, Brent, Cathy, & I went to eat at a seafood restaurant and I had a shrimp & crabmeat dinner that was really good! Cathy had dessert and I did not join her!! Walter was good, although he ate a burrito at his meeting last night, but he had the same thing I ate tonight. He has lost 5 lbs. this week, but he's starting to fuss about what he can and can't eat, so I really don't think he will stick with it much longer, but I'm trying to keep him interested!!
Walter emailed me this halloween picture yesterday and I just had to share it!!! How funny is that?? Kinda gross, but still, pretty funny! It's not fit for the eyes of innocent little children, so run them off before scrolling any further!!!
Here is a video that Molly at I Need a Martini posted that everyone should watch!! So go check it out!!! Repost it!!! And DON'T VOTE!!!!
And here is a test to see if you are addicted to the internet!!! I didn't do too bad - 48 points:20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.
One of the neighbors on our street got a letter from the homeowners association because they built a structure on their lot without submitting plans to our architectural committee, which is a requirement in our neighborhood restrictions. The neighbors then got mad and went through the neighborhood restrictions looking for something to complain about. There is a section in our restrictions that says you have to landscape your yard within 30 days of moving in, and this requires having 2 tress (yes, it's mispelled by the previous board members) on the lot. Well, as you may know (or you know now), Walter is the president of our homeowners association this year and when our secretary (our friend, Cathy) and treasurer went to follow up on the complaint, guess who owns one of the houses on the street with no tress in the front yard?? Yes, Walter the president!!! So, we are about to get a letter (from ourselves, I guess) stating that we have 10 days to comply and plant some tress in the front yard. And in all honesty, the restrictions only say you have to have 2 tress on the LOT, not front yard specifically, but we do know that is what is intended, so while we have 2 tress in the back yard, we will soon be planting 2 tress in the front yard. And the tress has to be 12 feet or taller? Can you say, "who cares if people have 2 tress in their yard or not??" And yes, I'm going to keep calling them tress. This was my typical reaction when the subject was brought up today:
Cathy: I rode down the entire street to find people who are violating the restrictions by not having 2 trees on their lot.
Me: No, they don't have to have trees. They have to have tress.
Cathy: Huh?
Me: Read it again, it says tress. And I don't even know what a tresses are and mine need to be 12 feet tall.
I really crack myself up sometimes.
Good news on the diet front today! Since starting over Monday morning, I have lost 3lbs. & Walter has lost 4lbs! He said there is no way that could be right, but it is. Atkins/South Beach are like that and the weight will roll off of you if you stick to it faithfully and don't cheat. I had a great time at dinner with my friends last night, but we went to Kona Grill and there was almost nothing low-carb that I could get. I was pretty much caving in and ordering a pepperoni pizza, but decided to order the baked seabass that someone had before and liked, so I got it even though it was $25!!!! NOTHING was reasonably priced there and I doubt I will go back there again because of it because it was not worth the price. The food was good though and I stuck to my diet and let my friend, Kelly, eat the shrimp fried rice that came with my dinner even though it looked SOOOO good!!! Tonight Walter & I are going to Hilltop for dinner because he has a meeting to go to tomorrow night, so I'll get my ribeye and mushrooms a day early! Yay! Brent & Cathy aren't going with us, but we are taking them to dinner Friday night for Brent's birthday.
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