Slackers

     Dennis and I have been slackers the past 2 days. We've only been to the gym once each day, skipping our 600 am workout. We'll get back to it in the morning though. Also only 2 days left befor we go to the highly beneficial food list for 1 full month. We're really anxious to see if eating only these foods, will really make a difference. I will keep you posted.
                                                                                                                                                                                         I may be taking on another child to care for. My best friend is going to have to go back to work full time and has ask if I would keep her youngest. That is if we can work out the logistics. We live about 25 miles apart and across a large mountain, which in the winter, can be really bad to traveling across. I hope we can work it out though. This beautiful baby girl is 10 mouths olds,  and we even share the same birthday. I'm excited about the possibility.

     On another note, we finally got to go to the pool yesterday (no rain), it was very relaxing and felt really good to step into the coolness of the water. It was also nice that my bathing suit fit better, and looked better on me due to the weight loss, and exercise which is firmimg up my arms. Maybe next year I can actually buy a smaller, less matronly bathing suit. We always meet someone new when we go to the pool, as the Country club is part of the Peppertree vacation packages. Yesterday we met a nice woman who was visiting here from Tennessee, she was with her daughter-in-law and 2 grandsons. Handsome boys of 10 months and 6 years old.

     We're getting things together for the yard sale this weekend. We hope to sell a lot of our furniture before the move to a smaller place. Hope the weather is good and lots of people come out. I'm parting with a lot of my books, as they take up space we will no longer have. This I think is the hardest thing to part with for me. Many of them I've had for sometime. I'll start replacing them with cd's or download them to my e-reader, I hope I can find all or most that way. On Saturday the 7th we're headed back to the fairgrounds with smaller stuff to sell. This is going to be great when it's all said and done.

TIME DRAWING NEAR

     As I mentioned in earlier writings, Dennis and I have been trying to follow the Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type diet. Wendy's boss had my book  for 3 weeks and we just got it back. So as of August 1st, we start eating strictly by the book. We've been eating close to the correct way, with little variances here and there, in order to clear out the freezer and pantry, of  food we should no longer consume.
    
     Our weight this morning was 180 and 151, both of us down from my last posting. Much of this we contribute to the exercise program we're sticking pretty close to. Dennis's job prevented him from going both yesterday morning and this morning, though he did make both evening exercise hours. Of course we all know men have a better metabolism, and burn fat better than we women do, so I don't think it hurts when he can't make the workout. Myself on the other hand, could stand to go 3 times a day instead of  2.  However I just don't have that much time on my hands.

     So the countdown begins, and in just 5 more days we eliminate dairy, starch, and pork from our food chain. We hope this will help us to be healthier, feel younger, and eliminate several medications for us both.
I'll continue to keep you posted. Keep us in your prayers, we're gonna need all the help we can get.

  

Packing

     Today was a busy and productive day. Dennis and I worked in the basement packing up all his tools and such for the temporary move to a storage building for the next couple of years. We managed to throw away a number of things and found multiples of others to sell at the upcoming flea market at the fairgrounds. Next weekend we'll do the same thing with my side of the basement. Most of my stuff is holiday related and will be sold or donated. The move in September is to help us learn to live small. We have way to much stuff at this time.

     On another note, Dennis and I got in both our workouts today. We managed to go at 6am and again this evening at 730pm. We will be taking our measurements on Saturday and comparing them at the end of the month. Dennis has a goal of 180 by the 31st and I'd like to be at 150. I'll keep you posted.

Hair

     Today was a good day. Dennis and I rose with the chickens @ 5:45 am and got dressed and headed to the gym. We only got in half of our normal workout though. I had an early hair appointment at 8:00 am. My stylist shop is in the next county over, so it's a good 30 minute drive.
      I've been waiting to have my hair straightened again for quite some time. Those of you who have done this know that it is both very time consuming, and expensive. At least the CHI brand is,and that's the only brand I trust on my hair. My stylist started on the process at 8:00 on the dot, and we finished at 1:30 pm. This is non-stop except for 3, 5 minute setting times. The results I have to say are again just what I expected and I'm very pleased.
     I have to give Dennis a big thanks for paying for me to have this done. I love you dear. THANK YOU.

Heat,Lorelei,Moving

     Just got back from the gym, walked 30 minutes on treadmill, and biked 7 miles. I'm really enjoying this exercise regimen Dennis and I started since joining the Country Club. Especially glad we joined with this heat we're having this week. 90+ degrees is just to hot to be outside, let alone walking or biking. I've dropped 6 pounds since the 12th, I was beginning to worry because I stayed at 154 for 4 days, but this morning I was down to 152 YEAH. Only 42 pounds to go (HA HA).

     Yesterday Wendy and I visited a Christian School to see about enrolling Lorelei, as we feel she needs more intellectual stimulation than I can give her. We were very pleased and she and Fred went back today and enrolled her. she will start on the 7th of September. I will miss not having her everyday, but I feel sure she will thrive, and receive many benefits for making this move.

     Well, Dennis and I have decided to move to an apartment in September. This big house for which we don't even use 3 rooms of, is just to much in a number of ways. This 1500+ square foot house, not to mention the huge yard, is going to be replaced by a 700 square foot apartment. We will be selling a good bit of furniture, giving away quite a few things, and trashing unnecessary kept items and papers. This should be an enlightening experience. We believe we should be totally out of debt within 2 years by making this move. We then would like to build a small community, of small houses, that will be completely green. We are committed to doing our part in making a better earth for us all.

More to come in the weeks to follow.

Bad Dream

     I had a really awful dream this morning. After a night of tossing and turning and not sleeping well at all, I finally went to sleep about 6 and slept till 930, in those few hours I had a dream that has left me feeling sad and scared. Why do we forget some dreams the second we wake and others stay in our minds for hours and even days. I know there's a scientific reason for it but, what about the personal reasons? I only know that the ones I remember always seems to involve those I love, wether they be good or bad. This has to mean something but as I've said I don't know what. Are they warnings, guilt, deeply buried forbidden feelings, ?

Walking

     I mentioned earlier in the week our joining one of the local Country Clubs. Well we did that on Monday, and as of today, we have managed to go walking in the gym everyday, even went twice the last 3 days. That puts us up to 4 miles a day. Yesterday I walked and biked 2 miles each, I like breaking the pattern up, it seemed to give me more energy to ride between the 2 mile walk.

     I hope this gets my metabolism going, and we can really get fit. At 50 we both need to really start paying attention to our health, and weight. I will not tell you my weight (it's way to much), but I will praise Dennis for his. He's down to 183, and that's his 40 year old weight, and a good one for him he's 5"11", he does want to get to 170 and have a few pounds to play with.

     An extra plus to this is that Dennis and I are doing it together, we encourage each other, and admire each other's determination. It gives us alone time together each day, and makes for great massages in the evenings.

     Dennis says by my birthday he'll have the hottest wife in town (ha ha), this would be a great compliment if it was a new statement, it isn't. I have a great husband, even at my heaviest, he's never complained about my weight, and has ALWAYS told me I was hot. All 34 years of our marriage. When we married I weighted 120 and now I'll tell you, when we started this on Monday I weighted 158. This morning I weighed 154. My goal is to get down to 110, I am 4'11" and this would be a great feat for me.

     I must mention and will talk more about it at a later date, on Sunday we also started a new eating plan, we are trying the Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type diet by Dr. D. Adamo. Thus far we're enjoying it, and trying a few new foods we've not eaten before. I'll keep you posted.

Weird

I mentioned a few days ago that we were joining the local country club. Well today we went swimming at the club pool, and there was a woman there with her little boy. We got to talking and discovered that he and Lorelei were born on the same day, his name was Joshua. We watched as they played together, almost like they were the same person, doing the same things, making the same sounds. It was TOOOO cute. But a little weird feeling.

Lorelei, Bruise,Vacation

Wendy said this morning that Lorelei had night terrors last night. she seems to have these nights about once every couple weeks. The Doctor says that this is normal and that she may or may not out grow them. It hurts me to the core when she has these nights. She can scream for up to an hour before she takes deeps breathes and then it starts all over again. She has done this for up to 4 hours in one night. But it's like she's asleep and doesn't know where she is or who she's with, this is very strange and new to me, as my children didn't do this when they were young. I pray that she outgrows these night terrors and soon.

Back on the 5th of the month I was putting away a casserole dish on a high shelf (I'm 4'11") so I was standing on my kitchen stool. Anyway I have no idea how the stool slipped out from under me but it did. The next thing I knew I was sliding down the side of the counter top and the dish came down after me. I had a headache and was sore most of the afternoon. I hadn't however realized I'd bruised my left thigh badly. The knot on my head is gone but the bruise is still very sore. It is now red, blue and purple, but started out green and yellow. I don't know what causes these changes in color of the skin, but I'll sure be glad when it gets back to a normal flesh color.

We're heading to the beach the first week of August. Though I hate the heat, Lorelei, being only 15 months old has never been. I can't wait to see her reaction to the vastness of the water, she loves the pool and bathtub, but this will be a great new adventure for her. Wendy and Fred can't get off from work so Dennis and I will be taking care of her the entire time. This will be a new adventure for us, as I'm sure the different surrounding in themselves will put her off schedule. I'm praying for EXTRA patience that week.

Weather

     Today the weather is dreary. It's raining and cloudy across the entire mountain side. Weatherman says it's to be this way for the entire week. 
     I really dislike this type of weather, it makes me feel tired, achy, and depressed.
    My grandaughter Lorelei who is 15 months old, loves the outdoors and this weather is damping her spirit also. She's taking an extra-long nap as I write this.
     My husband Dennis and I plan to join one of the local country clubs today. We walk 2 miles each evening around a local park or school track. This type of weather, and the winter weather here, is one of the reasons why we've made the decision to do this. We want to have access to the pool, hot tub, golf course and gym in order to keep up with our newfound love of excerise.