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 There has been so much going on. I was transferred yet again to another store. It is a little closer to home so it not all that bad as far as travel. The hours that i am scheduled for vary from week to week, since this is not a 24 hr store(some days i open, some i close). It is not too bad except for the days that I close and get home after 11 pm and have to be in the next day at 730 am.

I kind of fell of the weight loss wagon, for whatever reason. between the move to the house …ok i guess that doesnt work since we have been here now since march. I gained 3lbs. 2 weeks ago i found a walking track, near home. So I began my walking again. Last week, I located a ww meeting that has hrs that i can fit into my schedule, no matter what i am working that week, re joined and I am going this morning to weigh in.  Hope all is well with everyone……drop me a line let me know how you are doing

I have not been on here too much lately, seems that there is a thing called time that I need more of.Work schedule,(now that we have moved, work is 40 min away) trying to keep up with the care and maintainence of a house, etc. I have been managing to keep to program for the most part. Yes there have been many ups and downs, but there are with anything. I went to the docs a few weeks ago, I had bronchitis, URI and UTI. She said my bp was a little high and she wanted to see me in 2 weeks. so i went back last week, and it was still elevated so she put me on meds. Have to keep the stress level down….YEAH RIIIGGHHHT!!!!!   watch my caffine intake and of course the salt. I have no prob with the salt…..But if anyone has any ideas about the stress level, and caffine….lemme know…lol

On a happy note, we had an addition to our family. My niece who I have a very special bond with, had her first baby last Thursday….a beautiful baby boy!!!!

Well, I just wanted to say hi to everyone and let you know that i am still alive and kicking, hope everyone is doing ok and drop me a note, and let me know whats going on in your world!!!!!!

I just wanted to hop on and say I am still here. We moved into our house a few weeks ago and between getting settled and unpacked and all that fun stuff, plus we were between the 2 places for a week or so, and working as well, it has been interesting to say the least. But I did manage to stay focused and did lose another 9 lbs, which brings my total to date to 31. In the middle of all the moving and such, we had major computer problems. Hope everyone is doing well. Have a wonderful day!!!

I finally have a few minutes of ME time, so here I am. I reached my first mini goal Friday! I have lost a total of 20.4 lbs. I had to change my ww day because of my schedule@ work changing. I am off the overnight shift, and now I work a mix of openings and closings, which is not too bad so far……but we shall see. We finally found a house, and we make settlement on March 25th!!Last week-end was very stressful. We made an offer, they counter offered, and we accepted, so everything was looking up. Then our agent called Sunday night and told us that there were 4 other offers on the house over the week end and the seller was going to take the best and final offers, and wanted them all by 5 pm on monday. There was no way we could go up as far as price goes, plus we figured there are too many homes out there to go above our financial means. So, we tweaked a few things with our agent, prayed alot. Monday night, right before I left for work, our agent called and told us the news that they chose our offer!!! So for the rest of the week I was in fast forward mode trying to get everything together because they want to settle asap.   We have our home and termite inspection tomorrow, I am kind of excited, and overwhelmed at the same time. I have not even begun to pack, which isn’t too bad I guess, since our lease here is not up until April 30th. We have the movers scheduled for the 5th. Yeah we had to get movers because  we are moving to another town about 20 minutes away. Not to mention that in 7 years we have been together how much STUFF we have managed to collect!!  I am very excited…did I mention I am excited???? lol. I get to go in tomorrow and while my S/O is doing the man thing with the inspector, I can do things like get measurements and note the colors of the bathrooms, kitchen and all that fun stuff. I absolutly LOVE this house!!!! Thank you to everyone who helped me keep positive when I was sooo frustrated with all the house hunting stuff. I knew this was the house for us the day we first walked in to look. I felt it.Just as many of you told me, i would just know when i found the right house. and i did. we both just felt it. We don’t have to paint or anything it is just perfect. Just the normal woman thing of cleaning everything.
O well, hope everyone is having a great week end. I will check back when I can, I do manage to pop on here and read blogs, because honestly, it is coming on here and reading that have been keeping me sane.

Hope everyone has a great week end. I just got home from work, I pulled a double to cover for someone. This is officially my last week of over night shifts……or supposed to be. We finally found a house and after our offer and the sellers counter offer and then our counter offer to his counter offer…..looks like we will be signing contracts within the next few days. I am soo excited. I have been doing ok with all that has been going on. I have managed to stay focused for the most part with my ww.

Went to the orthopedic doc thursday for a followup visit for my back and knees. He said that I need both knees replaced but as long as I am not in alot of pain and I am functioning alright, he does not want to do it for a few years….get this….he said I am too young!!! Haha…I haven’t been called too young since I was 17 and trying to sneak into bars!!! Imagine…me being called too young!!!! He also said that I need to continue with my weight loss program because it will help alot with the knees and back.  He also told me that I can continue to do my walking  as long as I listen to my body and increase my time and distance within moderation. I am doing almost 3 miles in 40 minutes. He said not to do that far every day, maybe a few times a week, and in between to just 35 minutes at a little bit slower pace…not a stroll, just a tiny bit slower. He also reminded me to remember I am on my feet running around like crazy for 10 plus hours at work. Ugghh… like I needed to be reminded???

Anyhow……weigh in today……thats why I am jabbering here, sorry…I am trying to ignore my bed calling me. CANNOT miss weigh in.

Hello everyone and I hope all is well where ever you are. All of you buddies who have gotten bitten by the flu bug, or whatever bug may have been thrown your way, I do hope that you feel better soon and focus on getting well real soon! There has been so much sickness going around at work, we have been so shorthanded, but SO FAR I have not gotten hit yet. I know It will probably get me , but here’s to hoping it misses me.

Things here have been a little unnerving. The house hunting, drama with his kids, my kids, my mom (who lives in Fla.) just found out that in addition to all she has been thru, has stenosis of the spine. It all worries me. And recently it seems like my S/O does not seem to care, only if it involves his side. So, I figure why bother even talking about anything, just keep it to myself.

My new hours are supposed to begin March 6th. We shall see how that works out. The day shift is already talking about me, because I finally had enough of not getting my stuff done because I was doing their work before I could even start mine. So I finally went to my boss, with notes in hand and it all came out. She was very receptive, and as it worked out a few others had seen first hand what was going on, Boss lady was NOT happy at all. I am looking forward to changing shifts in a way because I will be able to train the new assistants the right way, to handle management tasks and all that goes along with being an assistant manager.

I weighed in on Saturday morning, I did not lose. It is ok, I guess, because I know I am staying on plan, and my clothes are getting looser. I was disappointed of course, but, I got thru and over it. Also I jumped on this sight and read some blogs which also helped me too!!! Darn Scales!!!!!!!

Have a wonderful day everyone.

I weighed in as I mentioned in my first blog this morning. I lost another 2 lbs! And when I got home, I went to my closet to grab something else to put on( I wear the same outfit every week to weigh in). Well, earlier in the week i cleaned out my closet and got rid of a lot of stuff. I saved one particular pair of jeans,I do not even know why I held on to them. I can wear them again! What a good feeling that is! I could not get them past my thighs before and now I can zip them up without any problem at all! I know I still have a long way to go, but I just thought I would share this little mile stone. It makes me want to do a happy dance or something, after everything that has been going on, with the house hunting, work, and other issues, something like this made me feel a little better. Weird huh?

I know you are probably tired of hearing me moan about this house buying process. for that I am sorry. It is the first time doing this for my S/O and me. It has taken over my head. And after being so up yesterday, my balloon was popped when my realtor called last night an told us that there was a problem with the contracts(on the other end…not ours) and one thing led to the next and now it is back to looking again. I am disappointed beyond words. My S/O is like….”it is what it is” . Our agent is really patient and knowledgeable. She seems to agree with his thinking as far as there are more homes out there and working with a selling agent as opposed to banks and attorneys and trustees and red tape would probably be better. I am ready to just put up a tent and be done with it. The 2 houses we liked, one there was a higher bid, and to go higher for us would have put us out of our range. So that was nixed. Then this one. ugghhhh!!!! Yeah maybe a tent!

I weigh in this morning….hoping for a loss.

I have not been sleeping too well the past few nights. I do not know if it is my body thinking it is supposed to be awake, because of the shift I work, or perhaps the mind going in every direction with everything that has been going on. I thought last night I would sleep better because we did hear from our relator and she said the other agent is emailing her our contracts, supposedly last night or sometime today! Yay! I think……..or is the start of more stressful things to come?

I worked day shift yesterday as I normally do on the Thursday of my off week. Again, everyone was ordering out (lunch this time). I had taken my food and snacks with me, and stuck with what I had taken and I felt good too. Then, last night my 23 year old daughter came over and wanted to go to Barnes n Noble. I went and I bought a few cook books. she wanted to have a cappucino @ Starbucks. She got me a light something or other and when we got home and looked it up, it was not that bad at all as far as points! Wow!!! They gave me a new nick name at work….food police! I told them they can do what they want, eat what they want, it is their choice. I am ok with the choices I  make. Some times good, sometimes eh…not so good, but I keep plugging along knowing that I am making choices good or otherwise.

I did clean out my closet, and got rid of sooo many things. Like I said, if I did not wear it, look at it or touch it in the past 6 months, it got tossed…. if it was in good condition, I put it in a bag and took it to the clothing drop box.

Well, I am off to finish my to do list for this week. All I have left is cleaning and maybe some more packing.

Have a Wonderful week end:)

I know this is my first blog in over a week, but well, things have been a little bit crazy. We did find a house and the last time I posted we were waiting for the contract stage to begin. We are still waiting. Apparently since the property is in the banks hands, our relator has to wait for the other relator to contact her before we can go to contract. And the other relator has to wait to hear from the trustee. I am getting frustrated. Between that, and the see saw carrot dangling as far as me going to the other shift at work, personal issues at home, I feel over whelmed at times. I am not whining I swear, I am just venting. The thing that gets me is that we started looking for a house in plenty of time so that things would fall into place and we would not be just jumping into something because it was getting near crunch time as far as having a house before we had to notify the office that we are not renewing another 2 year lease. I am going to follow through with my list of things to do before we move. I am going to begin today by  going through my closet and getting rid of everything I have not used, worn, or looked at in the last 6 months or more. I am also going to squeeze in food shopping, cleaning and my walk.  NO, I am NOT going to give up my commitment to losing weight and my journey to be a healthy me. I have managed to keep control of what goes into my mouth, and it has been hard, and takes a lot of thought before I pop that chunk of cake or whatever in my mouth. I know what would happen….. back to eating just for the sake of eating. I have come to realize, that for me, comfort eating is only a temporary fix. Been there, done that and I do not want to go there again…Ever.

My boss told me yesterday morning before I left that I am still in the running for going to day shift…..but I have to train 2 brand new assistants for overnights first. Ok so thats one a week for the next 2 rotations. So, I jokingly said that I will believe it when I walk in the door and hit the time clock for my day shift!

Hope everyone is having a good week