Monday, July 21, 2008


Announcing the Engagement of our Daughter, Jessica

Elias and I are pleased to announce the engagement of our daughter, Jessica, to Jackson Jones of Tampa, Florida. Jackson asked if he could have our permission to marry Jessica two weeks ago when they came down to visit for the weekend. Jackson and Jessica were introduced by friends at their church who thought they would be perfect for each other. I guess they were right and what a better place to meet your future spouse....at God's house!
Jackson buried her ring in a fruit dessert he made for her, inside of a chocolate covered box but she did not want to eat the chocolate and almost blew it. Here are pictures of her ring, (he has good taste) the dessert, the roses and all. You can click on the picture to make it bigger. Jessie is walking on cloud nine and I guess she hasn't stopped smiling yet as she seems very happy. I'm sure Jackson is too. A March 20th, 2009 wedding is planned in Tampa and we look forward to adding Jackson into our family.

Short Term Goal and Long Term

This week I was given another reason to lose weight. My daughter, Jessie, became engaged. There will be a wedding on March 20th, 2009 if all goes as planned. I guess we could call this a short term goal and a long term one as it is a way off but actually only a short way from how long it is going to take me to reach a decent weight.

O.K...March 20th....where do I want to be? That is 8 months away.

I could play it safe and say that I would like to lose between 25 to 35 pounds by that time. I know I can do it. Put it this way....my short term goal is to fit in a dress at least two sizes smaller than my daughter's wedding in May 2006 which was a size 24 and I probably wouldn't fit in it today. Wow....I'm being open today but I am desperate.

I'm off to write down what I had for breakfast!

WEEK 13 - WHERE HAVE I BEEN - NO ONE ASKED

Week 13 is here and not one person has asked where I have been during week 12. Well...I wish you would have asked as I have been on a continual downward spiral into weight loss hell! I have been totally negligent and out of control. I have not been walking but have been eating. Why? Lazy......thinking...oh I'll do it tomorrow.....I can give you every excuse in the book but none of them are worth a nickel.



As a result, I have gained 1/2 pound which is not much over two weeks but that puts me up 2.5 pounds from my lowest but down 8 pounds from when I started 13 weeks ago. Still ahead but could have been better.

Please..in the future......don't think I will be upset if you ask me why I haven't posted. I NEED you to ask me. This is why I went public with this battle.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008



Why I Do Not Take Too Many Days Off Of Work!!


Last week I decided to take Friday off. It was nice, I did some errands, got my hair cut, etc. The office seemed to survive without me. I wondered how until I arrived on Monday morning! Evidently they did not have enough work on their hands as Angie and Mercy redecorated my office. Imagine my surprise when I came in the back door to this! See pictures. Please note the Witchcraft in Progress sign....they say I'm a witch! Ha! BEWARE OF PAY BACK GIRLS!!!

Monday, July 7, 2008

WEEK 11 - STATUS QUO - GET WITH IT DORIS

This week I again remained the same although I do not know how I pulled that one off. I have not walked at all due to either rain, mosquitos or my boss being out of town and not being here to nag me. He is on his way back today and we have committed to walking today and getting back on track for me.

No...I have not written down either so I'm going right now to begin for today.

How easy one can get off track and let things fall to the wayside.

I MUST RECOMMIT!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008




Petey the Peacock...our new yard guard!
Here is a picture of the peacock who is wild in our neighborhood but seems to have taken a liking to our yard. He is now coming and eating right at our feet as we drop the breadcrumbs...that's how I got the close up pictures. His colors are gorgeous and I have named him Petey.