Our House is Empty!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

What a relief the house is empty except for the furniture we left for the buyers. It still feel homey. Right now I am sitting on a sofa we are giving to a friend tomorrow. Tonight we are sleeping on the double bed in our guest room. Tomorrow we will be cleaning and sparkling up the house for the new owners. We did it!

Adios

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Moving this Weekend!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

We are back from vacation and getting ready for the movers coming Sat. July 30th. Hubby is back to work and I am home packing, etc.



We were at a birthday party in the country. We ducked into the garage for cake.

Here is a mini update

Vacation was great!
We are packing up
Doing a final clean
Doing some odd jobs like touching up paint
Our RV is parked at our friend’s
Will move our RV to campground Aug. 1
Will live in RV from Aug 1 to Sept 22

We could leave mid-Sept. but I got so much out of the Weight Wise classes and the last module is 2 part not offered till Sept and the last one is Sept. 21st. I am trying to put myself in the frame of mind that we will love camping in our RV. We will have a break from yard work and have more leisure time.

OK my break is over, time to run errands and get more moving boxes.

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Vacation and 5% Challenge

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

I am on vacation from Thursday July 7th to Sunday July 24th. For 5% Community Leadership - CERIUSLY is looking after the challenge reporting, teams and leaders. HICIM705 Weigh Ins. MUNCHIE718 is writing 2 challenges and introducing the Extra Mile. PERSISTANT123 is our extra leader.

I will be Wifi free so it will really be a vacation!

I lost 8.4 pounds in the Spring 5% Challenge, so I didn't quite make my 5%. I am happy with 8.4 pounds. In the Summer Challenge I have to lose 5.6% to get to 199 which has been my goal for years. I attribute this recent weight loss to doing the Plate Method of eating, the 5% Challenge and the support of my Spark Friends.

Thank you!

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Will Lose 3 Pounds this Week!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Last week very social. Thursday night restaurant for friend Val's birthday, Friday night a friend Dave’s large BBQ and the guests brought fabulous desserts. Saturday night company's annual lobster boil – yes two lobsters please. Sunday we had a friend Ruta over for pasta night.

The weekend was a lot of work. Saturday we packed all the dishes in the dining room. We rounded up 2 loads of things to donate to the YMCA garage sale. Sunday we purged the house, yard and garage for things to go to the dump. There is still a lot to do.

I learned to talk to moving companies. You don’t ASK what they can do, you TELL them what you need. You tell them what criteria you are comparing, why their quote is not in the range, ask for suggestions and negotiate. Last week I almost passed out with the quote of $14,500! We are selecting our mover today and it’s $5,000! Yes we are getting rid of more things, just to be sure it's not over 7,000 pounds. A bedroom suite is 1,200 pounds so I sold the one we had for the guest room and will just take the mattresses.

OK on to Sparking. The final weigh in for the Spring 5% Challenge is this Saturday. I have never quite made the 5% but I want it so bad and will work harder this week to get those pesky 3 pounds gone and hit my goal.

We are spending more time with friends... wining and dining, but I won’t blow it this week. I am strong and will focus on exercise. For several years I walked 5K on my trails. The one hour 5K seems good, and this summer I would like to make it 10K in 2 hours. It takes discipline to make time to do it. Last week I did it 3 times. I love the challenge of doing the 10K. When you have proven to yourself you can do a 5K it's the new personal challenge. I am doing it in the rain today, which is ok it still counts!

See photos in link.

www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=3456879

Spring Challenge Weigh Ins

5/7: 219.4
5/14: 218.4
5/21: 216.4
5/28: 217.0
6/04: 214.2
6/11: 214.2
6/18: 211.8
6/25: 211.4
7/02: ?

Goal Weight: 208.4

That means I will get under 200 pounds in the Summer Challenge!

Here is your invitation to join the Summer 5% Challenge. It feels great to record your exercise and earn air miles to travel the world!

teams.sparkpeople.com/summerchalleng
e

Have a great week everyone!

to everyone for you best wishes on my special anniversary last week.

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2 Years Cancer Free!

Friday, June 24, 2011

June 24, 2010 I wrote this - So one year ago today I had surgery to remove a small breast cancer lump and weighed 210. Today I am one year cancer free and weigh 208. It's been quite a year!

June 24, 2011 So today I am 2 years cancer free, and weigh 211 pounds and trending downward. I am determined to get into onederland in the Summer 5% Challenge. This last year has been ups and ups and now it is down and down.

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