BIGGEST LOSER UPDATE!!

After winning 'Biggest Loser' at work in April, I knew the winnings should go to something personal, that would remind me of my accomplishment often.  That eliminated clothing, anything breakable, or something that might get used up.  I thought about things I really loved, and after seeing a beautiful ring on a lady at a cooking class one night, decided on a turquoise ring.  She directed me to a local jewelry maker, and I placed the order the next day!  I picked it up a couple of weeks ago~isn't it spendid?  I've had so many compliments on it! 


As of now, my weight is holding at 23 pounds lost!  The rest seems to want to come off slowly.  That's OK tho.  It took 5 years to gain the 30 pounds and I'm persevering!  More about that journey at:
http://ishouldbedoingpushups.blogspot.com/

TIME FOR A MOVE?

Over the last couple of weeks I've been increasing fed up with Google and am contemplating moving to Wordpress.  I like that I can have a cute blog here~because I am all about cute and adorable~but maybe I could manage that there too, with a little help.  I am so tired of getting pages telling me my request is invalid and randomly being directed back to a sign-in page right in the middle of a task.  The clincher for me tho, was finding my computer switched to 'Google Chrome' out of the blue earlier this week.  I was shocked, as I didn't download it.  Suddenly my toolbar was gone along with my favorites button!  I was able to switch back, but it was a bit of a painful process, with all the 'invalid request' pages and the 'we were unable to sign you out' pages that kept appearing.  So what do you think?  Does anyone have any experience with other blogging sites?  Any advice or suggestions?

MOTHER'S DAY

The good Things~



A deer in the woods next to our complex.  The bright spot to my morning..

Insane cuteness down the road from the barn!

If you go to the fence, the donkeys will come over to you.

Adorable!

And of course, my lovely Mini!

The Bad Things~

'Nuff said..

 

LAST YEAR...

...these capris were soooo tight! 

Now they barely stay up!

Yay me!!

BIGGEST LOSER AND WEEKEND UPDATES!

I won!  I lost just a hair under 14 pounds!  My hard work is paying off, pants and dresses I'd given up hope of wearing ever again are fitting.  One lovely dress will have to be taken in!  I went to the 'SHARE' box in the garage and took out some cute capris that will fit in another 5-10 pounds!  I'm now down 14.5 pounds, and have set my next goal for 140.  My prize?  A $50 gift cert. at the place of my choice!

On Saturday Mini and I went to my brother's to celebrate his birthday.  It was one of those milestone birthdays, and he made dinner for us~kind of backwards, I know, but he wanted to barbeque steak.  So we took wine and bread and our card and gift and had a great time! We ate steak and broiled tomatoes and asparagus and cake! It was soooo good. (So good that I went out yesterday and picked up a little barbeque for Mini and I.)

At one point in the evening, I was scrolling thru my camera, looking for some photos to show my bro and came across some pics of mr pawprint and I at the beach last summer.  I wasn't prepared for that, or for the pang of sadness that pierced my heart...

And I'm off to power walk in the sunshine~hope y'all are having a great Monday!

ROUND 2...

Early this morning I had to step over JulieBella on my way to tinkle.  Next thing, she'd grabbed my foot with her claws and was biting!  I shook her off and grabbed the nearest weapon.  "Back off," I said, "I've got toilet paper!"  She threw me a look that clearly said 'loser' and left.  Do I know how to fight back or what?

BELLA

My poor Bella turned into a screaming psycho-kitty today at the vet.  She bit, slashed, clawed, hissed and spit at anyone within reach.  This not only included the vet, but me too!  Altho we washed really well right away with antiseptic soap, a couple of hours into my shift my finger was swollen, red and sore~I'm waiting for the red line to go up my arm!  Poor mite~next year she's getting sedated.  And yes, I'm on antibiotics...