Monthly Archives: July 2009

One Year Anniversary

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Today is my one year anniversary! One year ago I signed up with Jenny Craig to lose weight. Now one year later I can say that I’m more at ease with how I look and feel.

I have much more energy, I feel better and for the most part I think I’m in pretty good shape. I can run a 5K, I work out when I can.

I’ve lost 20 pounds and at least that many inches as well! I dropped 5 sizes in clothes. I went from a went from a 12 to a 2!

It took me a while, but I learned to read labels and I continue to do that before I put it on a plate. I also use small plates vs. dinner size. I also don’t drink juice any longer. It took weeks to wean myself off of it, but it definitely showed quickly! Most days my plate is filled with salad for more than 1/2 of the plate. I’ve been slacking with this recently, but I vow to get back into the habit.

I hope that if you are struggling or are starting on your journey, you can use some of these hints. Please let me know if you have questions, I’m not an expert, just a person like you.

25 years

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Hubby and I recently celebrated our 25th anniversary (July 15th). He took the day off of work and we went out to dinner that night. The youngest made a great cake for us. I have photos, I need to get them off of the card and onto Flickr.

I received a Pandora necklace! I sent him in with the paper wish list that I printed and marked with the dates. My friend there helped him out and he bought a few that weren’t on the list. He also told me that I need to get a certain one when we went in there to return something and where to put it! He told me that he had the girl take out all the trays so he could see what he was getting. And he wants a list of what I have so he knows. How cute is that? I had no idea that he would be like that, he’s never bought me jewelry really, so this was kind of cool. :smile:

I bought him a power washer. I printed up a gift coupon for Lowe’s with a dollar amount on it, so he could pick out what he wanted. He bought a Troy Built one and after our military discount, it was way under the budget. He’s already used it a few times since he had Thursday off.

I simply cannot believe that we have been married that long. I think that watching kids grow up really makes that time fly by and before you know it, they are grown.

We are getting our living room painted the middle of August. I picked the two days that hubby is out of town on purpose. He can come home to it all finished. Then, in September we’ll start shopping for furniture! We decided to put up a ceiling fan with a dimmer slider light switch. We have one of those in our family room and love it. You can have the fan on separately if you want. And we’ll get end and side tables to put lamps on. It will be easier on hubby in the long run as there’s no electricity box in the ceiling at all.

We aren’t going anywhere next month. Unfortunately his travel dates are too close to the dates we were going to Williamsburg. Oh well, we’ll go somewhere over Thanksgiving maybe.

I’ve been keeping busy with photo stuff. I’ve been editing the party that I did for the little one year old this past week. I cannot believe that my girls were ever that small! He really loved the cake and I have a few really great photos from the party. The gal that owns the painter business in BNI (who is the one that is painting our living room) wants to get photos of her grandsons for her daughter’s birthday gift.

The oldest and I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince today. It was really good! Hubby watched the little girlie for the youngest and they had a good time I think. She cried a lot when her mommy left, she’s 2, so that’s pretty common. But, after we pulled out of the driveway she was better. They went to our Borders for a supposedly great Sponge Bob 10th birthday party celebration, but he said it was really disorganized. For him to say that means it really was! They made pizza and ate some, then watched part of Wall-e while waiting for us to return. I think she’s napping now, I don’t hear any little feet up above.

I finally got back to the gym this week. It felt good to run and work out with the circuit band machines. I’m really not busy in the mornings, so, after I eat breakfast each day, I’m at the gym. Going to do this the rest of July and all of August to see if it helps with my sleep and my weight. I’m pretty close to my goal weight, just 4 more pounds, but, I really don’t like all the jiggling stuff everywhere so I’m working on toning up too.

The youngest will be taking 4 classes for the Fall semester, she just got her money from a Pell Grant the other day. She’s taking one of them on Monday nights and splitting the other two on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Then one is online. She’s taking Geology, Criminal Justice and an IT class.

TTFN! :kiss:

It’s July!

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I cannot believe that it’s July already. This year is really flying by. I’ve been keeping busy with everything.

I’ve had a few photo sessions, check out the photo site for details. I’m also now a member of BNI which is an international networking group. We have meetings on Wednesday’s, every week. I wasn’t sure that I was going to join, but, I did this last visit. You can visit three times before you have to join or not come back again. I was on the fence, so I went this past Wednesday. I received THREE referrals from within the group, so, I made up my mind right there. I have to wait a few weeks to get inducted, but, it’s nice to know that I won’t have to pay the hefty registration fee again. Between that and the Chamber of Commerce, I’m keeping busy. I also have been checking out another networking group, this one is all women. It’s the American Business Women Association. They have a dinner mixer on Wednesday in Annapolis. I plan on going to at least see what it’s all about.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July. Hubby and I are going to the Fairgrounds to eat a picnic dinner and watch the fireworks. I don’t remember doing anything here or in VA when we lived in the townhouses for the 4th. When we lived in Hampton, we just walked out our front door and saw the fireworks. So it’s been about 5 or 6 years.

I need to make a card for our anniversary to give him. We’ll be celebrating our 25th this month. I bought some really sweet little scrapbooking things that I plan on using for the card. Hopefully he will get me the Pandora necklace and charm that I am asking and hoping for!

Tomorrow and Monday we have estimators coming out to the house for the living room. He’s off next Friday and that’s the day that he will tear up the ceiling and wall. He’s putting in a lighting fixture and there’s nothing at all in that room except outlets and one switch on the wall. We have no furniture in there, as of yet, so, it will be quick and easy for the painters to patch the holes, paint the ceiling and walls and put the crown molding back up. We’re really lucky that he can do the electrical work. I keep telling him to get his license, he could make some good money on the side!

I’ve been cooking and baking a lot since we bought the new stove. It’s sweet! I hope to get the new washer/dryer in the Fall or for Christmas.

Traveling – We’re pretty much staying put until late August. Then we’re hopefully heading 3 hours south to Williamsburg for the weekend. Hubby is going to Pittsburgh next week for a few days and then NJ next month for a few days. He’s been traveling a lot the past year, much more than when he was still in the Navy, but less than others from what he’s told me.

Anyhow, that’s about it. You can see that I took off the password protection thing. I’m so irregular about posting that it doesn’t make sense to keep it private.

TTFN!