day one hundred and fifty one

I come to you tonight from tired town. I had forgotten how exhausting a bad sunburn can be. Add in today's crazy heat and forget it... I'm done.

No gym today cuz of afore-mentioned sunburn but I'm gonna aim for tomorrow. Perhaps people think I'm exaggerating when I talk about hating the gym. Nope... I hate it. I see the good in it, and I see the difference it's making in my body and I'm pleased but unfortunately it doesn't push me nearer to loving it. At this point I think of it as a necessary evil... like cat litter. One thing I should mention tho' is everybody who I've come into contact with is super nice. They're nice folks who seem to care alot about what they're doing.

I've fallen into cooking limbo so I think I better take some cookbooks to bed as my late night reading to try and get the juices flowing again. Gotta buy some cous cous :)
Stay cool my friends and keep on keepin' on. As a side note ... is anybody else pissed that we went from late winter straight into the dog days of summer. Did spring take a hike this year?

day one hundred and fifty

I celebrated day 150 with the first round of golf for the season. I am certainly paying the price now but it was totally worth it. Pain, I'm saying... I'm in alot of pain.

We got to the course (Rockway Glen) and were informed no golf carts could go out. It was just too wet. If we hadn't driven so far I might have taken this as a sign we should try another day. Well... at least my new Footjoys were clean from the pro shop to the first tee. Hip waders would have been more appropriate than golf shoes. Never have I played such a sodden course. We mucked along as best we could and actually had a great deal of fun. About the fourth hole the sun came out. It came out large and it came out hot. The ground was steaming and the air temp was about 35. HOT. My FJ's are filthy and I have mud from my ankles to my knees. I looked like I'd been for a spa treatment and forgotten to rinse off. About the 10th hole the bugs realized we were out there. So many bugs. Big, little, bitey, up yer nose-y, in your ears-y bugs. By the 18th hole (damn... didn't cross the water... sooo close) the tanks were empty. We were so tired from the back nine Bataan Death March that it was all we could do to slide in the car and drive home.

But, you see... we're golfers. On the ride home we discussed every lousy shot and re-lived every great shot. (I got two bogies!!) Would I do it again tomorrow... no. Was it super fun... you bet!
My FJ's are clean and I just took a shower that almost killed me. Did I mention the hard part about scrubbing the mud was the ridiculous sunburn I'm sporting?
My MFP tells me that 41/2 hours of golf (pulling clubs) burns about 1400 calories. There... I snuck in something that has to do with the Project :)

I'm off to moisturize and sleep... ttyl :)

day one hundred and forty nine

Glad I got those eavestroughs done yesterday... it is some rainin' :) But I know it will stop because I have an 11:30 tee time and as God is my witness... I...SHALL...GOLF !!!

I gotta - bought new Footjoys today !

I was lucky enough to reconnect with an old friend today. There is honestly nothing like being with someone you've known since you were a kid. It was a good today :)

So, here I am on another Sunday night looking out over another week. What do I want to bring to the table? Even tho' I have a measly 81 days left, I think I need to have a breather. The plateau has weighed heavier on me than I like to admit. I truly believe that only time will overcome it. I'm eating great, watering like a maniac and getting in some serious exercise. I need to realize this week that I've given my body all the tools and it's going to take it's own sweet time giving me results. Kinda fair, in a way, since I treated it like hell for so long. So this week is "stay the course" and "steady as she goes". Hmmmm... ship cliches... that's new... *shrug*

See ya tamarra :)

day one hundred and forty-eight

Task one of the weekend off complete :)
I went to my neighbour's house today to borrow a ladder. When they asked me why I explained my plan to clean out my eavestroughs. "NO, no, no", they yelled "you can't". Turns out they thought it unseemly for a "lady" (their words, not mine) to climb a ladder and clean out her own gutters. I objected strenuously that I was, in fact, perfectly up to the task. Didn't matter... these fellas were not going to let me do it. I thought about it for a minute and graciously relented. An hour and a half and three beers later... perfectly clean eavestroughs. I'm pretty lucky I live in such a gallant neighbourhood. And it was pretty grotty.

Spent the rest of the day cleaning up the mucky mess and generally yardworking. Quiet day... exactly like I wanted.
Tomorrow is staff meeting and then the search continues for new golf shoes.
Didn't think alot about food or exercise today which makes a nice change. Maybe that's what I need to bust this blasted plateau... just a big chillax about the whole Project. We'll see...

day one hundred and forty seven

Long, busy evening. Working out before work gave me a ton of energy but I hit the wall about midnight and am ready to hit the sheets.

Pretty good news from the gym assessment. Losing body fat, which I guess is the point and the measurements shrinking. Woot woot!

Got nothin' else to chat about tonight ... gotta... go... to... sleep

ttyl

day one hundred and forty six

I am an obstinately right handed person. Sure, I catch a baseball with my left hand but other than that it's just the side I wear my watch on. Somedays I assume it's there only to keep me balanced. So today, when I sliced off the top bit of my left thumb I thought: "no worries... I never use that hand anyway". D'oh. Muy hurto :(

Not alot going on today. I have my 5 week assessment at the gym tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing what progress I've made. I console myself with the thought that I won't be the heaving mess I was 5 weeks ago... *fingers crossed*.

Closing tomorrow night and gonna aim for a little P-A-R-T-Y  atmosphere !! Woot woot. Weekend off, so yard work - those eavestroughs aren't going to clean themselves, staff meeting and if all goes well... I don't want to jinx it but here goes... first round of golf with my brother on Monday. Please Mother Nature... I've been good :)

day one hundred and forty five

I'm afraid it's been awhile since I have mentioned how much I loathe the gym. Just in case y'all were worried that I'm turning into some kind of gym rat... no worries. *blah* I do find myself, however, once again flabbergasted by this new muscle definition.

A small story to highlight generational differences: I have, of course, been quite immodestly showing off my new "almost buffness". It is especially noticeable in my legs. I corral people and say "look look, I gots muskels". Everyone has been suitably impressed. So, the last time I see my mom I pull the calf out to show her my progress. Her response... "ooh - that's ugly - maybe you should stop going to that gym". In my mother's generation ladies were round and soft. For God's sake Marilyn Monroe was size 14. It's not that muscle definition was considered ugly so much but rather it wouldn't occur to a young lady to want it. While I think it's possible to go too far (really... you want to look..."stringy"?) I'm glad standards have changed. I'm proud of what I'm achieving even if ... and I'm serious here... I hate what it takes to get there :)

day one hundred and forty four

Y'know what a good day is?

 It's a day when you have the opportunity to make a difference for somebody else. I got to have a small part of that today and it was a very good day indeed. I feel very lucky :) Lucky that I'm in a position that allows me to make a difference. I moan and whinge about plateaus and gyms and think if I could just wipe this 28 pounds off my life would be better. My life already is better cuz it's filled with people who are supportive and passionate and who I get to call colleagues and friends.

It's a great day when we're released from the "me, me me" of it all. I believe wholeheartedly that you can't help others if you don't look after yourself, but sometimes the act of helping others is just another way of looking after yourself. Evidenced by how terrific I feel tonight :) Did I get to the gym today - nope, worked too late. Did I eat right - does a smoothie for dinner count? Whatev... My patio has new tables on it, the exhaust fan is coming next week and with any luck I get to tell a particularly officious and obnoxious city official to stick his sarcasm up his ass !!!

Seriously... I had a fuckin' awesome day.

day one hundred and forty three

Pretty fun day off. The morning started with quite an adventure cuz my back lawn desperately needed mowing. By the time I was ready so was the rain and I managed to do it in the nick of time. I don't think I've ever mowed a lawn at a full run before :)
Off to get my hair cut. Now I know my personal style is much better suited to a kicky little short crop cut. It just seems to work for me. Somewhere in this weight loss nonsense it occurred to me I should grow out my hair. Today was the first cut where I could continue down that path or go back to my tried and true (and quite frankly adorable) hairstyle. I'm going to leave you in a bit of suspense on that one.
Next, dinner out with mom. Lots of fun and as always the agonizing decision of where to go. After discussing five or six choices we ended up at... the Winch. I had saved most of my calories and enjoyed the hell out of a steak and kidney pie and a pint of rolling Rock DEELISH!!

In the midst of this pleasant day was a bittersweet moment. I have a large bag in my room, the purpose of which is to hold the clothes that no longer fit me so they can go to Amity. Up until today it has been a great deal of fun tossing oversized t-shirts and dreadful trousers into this bag. Basically the bag is full of stuff I bought cuz it fit me not cuz it looked super. Today I went to put on one of my favourite shirts: an old standby that always looked sharp.  I loved that shirt and it gave me alot of good wear but it just looks terrible now - baggy, ill fitting, blech. With much regret it took it's place in the bag. Jeez... it was harder than I thought.

I think that's all for tonight. I'm going to concentrate on the neighbourhood fireworks that are shooting off and putting a cherry on this cake of a fine day :)

(I'm growin' it... for now...)

day one hundred and forty two

Well... that day was a blur.

Once the rain stopped and the nice day happened (3ish, I think... again, the blur ), the place went nuts. Soooo busy. I finally left at about quarter after ten. I was hoping to miss the traffic that was high tailing it out of Dodge but King St. was just a continuous, unbroken line of red brake lights. Crap... missed my window of opportunity. Being the resourceful girl that I am, I went all the way to Greensville, crossed Harvest Rd, scooted down Valley Rd. and had a completely stress free drive home. Woot, woot :)

Needless to say there was little to no eating today. Simply no time. I am here to sing the praises of the humble peanut butter. Got home and had 2 peanut butter sandwiches on Dempsters thin buns. Life: she is good.

Day off tomorrow so gym, haircut, dinner with Robert and Mom. Now the hot bath and small coma.

Almost forgot... it's Sunday. This week's goals include making more progress on this crazy muscle definition that has seemingly popped out of nowhere. It's kinda cool :) My water intake has been slipping so up the aqua and mostly I guess, try not to stress that the scale is as stubborn as ever :)

Have a grand week y'all !!

day one hundred and forty one

Ahhhh... summer showed up. How long it will stay is anybody's guess but I think there was enough sunshine to finally kick start my grass seeds. Now I'm totally gonna have to buy a lawn mower. Sweet :)

Stupidly busy day at work so I didn't get the full amount of my calories in for my cycle today. About 250 shy. It's hard when things are booming to walk in the kitchen and say, "you there, cook for me". I think I will be sporting a can of tuna to help on these busier days.

Kind of tired tonight so I guess it's a quick shower then off to bed.

Keep on keepin' on y'all and enjoy the holiday wekend :)

day one hundred and forty

Ninety days left *ominous beethoven-y music* Jeepers.

The calorie cycle is almost at an end... two more days. I think it has served it's purpose of mixing things up so we'll just wait on some results.

As I get closer to the target date I'm reflecting more on the possibility (probability) that I won't reach the target number.I have mixed emotions about this. I wanted so much to be able to hit that number. 50 just seemed like such wonderful achievement. I say this not to devalue the real and tangible achievements I've made but, I guess, just a little wistfully. Only time will tell when I get to the 19th of Aug how I'm going to feel. Will I keep going to hit this arbitrary number or will I have a wee rest and attempt to maintain the goals I will have reached? I'm not kidding myself here cuz as a serial dieter I know that to a certain extent this has been the easy part. Making sure nothing creeps back will be the real test. I look forward to it but sometimes wonder if the rest of my life will come under the heading of "challenge" or if by Aug 19 it'll just be straight habit.

Who knows :)

day one hundred and thirty nine

It's not that the gym gets any easier but I think I am more familiar with what to expect so it "feels" easier. EJ taught me oblique planks today and they have taken over number one spot as officially the most evil move in Evil Jonny's repertoire.

Making the ticker move gets me all happy dance-y inside :)

A little bit of sunshine today and hopefully a bit more at the weekend. Urgently needed cuz my grass seed got plenty of water but not so much with the sunshine. I'm hoping to have a lush, lush lawn by Monday if the sun shows up this weekend.

Off to sleep now cuz there's a big weekend comin' up and I'll be at work for all of it. Woot woot :)
Happy 24th of May weekend y'all :)

day one hundred and thirty eight

Second close done. Kee-razy night. Where do they all come from I keep asking myself...

Toughest day so far in the calories cycle. It's really not easy to jam 1736 calories in when you're not used to it. The down side, of course, is that they're talking about healthy calories. Sure, I could slam in a sleeve or two of Oreo's but I kinda think that might defeat the purpose. The way I got around this calorie conundrum was to have a huge lunch (fish and rice) before I went to work. Normally I would never do this. My lunches (when I'm not at work) tend to be picnic-y affairs: a little cheese, a little cracker,a little gherkin, a little fruit. It was mighty strange to be cooking before I went to work but I knew that was the only way to jam in the cals.

Four more days on the cycle and hopefully some good results are coming my way. Must sleep now cuz tomorrow I have Evil Jonny and I must... be... ready :)

Night night !!

day one hundred and thirty seven

On closes for a couple of nights. Fun this evening cuz we hosted an art show. It was a terrific success, well attended and really added a buzz to an otherwise dull Tuesday night.

Calorie cycling seems to be going o.k. Still feels like I'm over eating but I'm pretty sure it's going to achieve the desired effect: plateau bashing :)
Would love to chat more but I's sleepy...

ttyl, my friends

day one hundred and thirty six

Day one of the calorie cycling. After eating 1100 to 1300 per day for 4 and a half months it's weird to eat 1450. I know it seems like such a small increase but I've really settled into that range. Quite frankly it's usually less than 1200. Made some small changes: had peanut butter at lunch today which I would never do and had pasta at dinner. I didn't realize how much I've missed pasta :) Tomorrow goes down to 1350 but Wed. will be the tricky one (1735). Hope this works *fingers crossed*

As a slightly ridiculous (not to mention pointless) aside, let me tell you that the only word I have consistently spelled wrong during all these postings is "thirty". I have had to go back each time and correct it so it doesn't say "thirsty". You can draw your own conclusions from that :)

See ya tomorrow :)

day one hundred and thirty five

I'm going to be an applied math question in a grade nine math class ! One of the regulars at the restaurant is a math teacher and we always chat when he comes in to do marking over popcorn and a pint. I was filling him in on the Project and the math I did to figure out my goal, etc. He is familiar with my aversion to math and we shared a giggle. He asked if he could come in and film me discussing the Project then turn it into an question for his gr 9 applied math class. Sweet :) He came in today and we filmed a wee bit and it was pretty funny. Finally I will become the math superstar I was destined to be :)

Going to start the calorie cycling tomorrow and run it for a week. My calories will go 1447, 1352, 1736, 1447, 1352, 1591, 1447. The goal here is to break my body's monotony with the 1200-1300 cals it's been getting every day for the past 4 1/2 months. Theoretically my metabolism will be thrown into confusion and hopefully some weight will drop off as a consequence. I'll totally keep you updated. Since it's Sunday and I look over at my upcoming week, this is what will occupy me. The Wed. might be tough (1736) but I think I can work it :)

Wish me luck !!

day one hundred and thirty four

Pretty low key day... and I'm o.k. with that :)

Experimenting with the quinoa continues. Tonight I made it up and threw bruschetta mix in the pot... pretty tasty.

We all have a voice of reason that we usually disregard and mine (on occasion) is my mother. She has been remarkably supportive during this journey, verging on overly supportive. On one occasion she felt it was necessary to fill a stranger at the grocery store in on the Project which made me distinctly uncomfortable. My fave story is how mom always gets me a large Laura Secord Chocolate egg for Easter. I asked her this year not to do that. I show up at her house Easter morning to find "the bunny" had left a Laura Secord Chocolate egg for me. Her face lit up as she said, " you asked me not to get you a large egg so I got a smaller one instead". How do you not love that?
NOW for the voice of reason part: recently, after commenting how great I look the next thing out of her mouth is "now, you want to be sure not to put it all back on". This is a remarkably frustrating thing to hear but this gal's been with me my whole life and has seen me ride the weight loss roller coaster and absolutely shares the pain she knows it causes me. I'm saying here, I know she says this thing out of love. But right now, in this minute it is the LAST thing I want to hear. It is indeed the voice of reason that says - don't think after a while you can go back to your old habits and not end up with the same problems.

I trust that voice and respect that voice and hopefully what I'm learning thru the Project is to make that voice my own.

days one hundred and thirty two and three

Imagine my upset when I went to post last night and saw the dreaded message - Blogger is down. Sorry for the inconvenience. Good lord, I had a fit of the vapours. Back up tonight so you get a twofer. You'd think I'd have twice as much to say but... not so much.

Sad truth about eating healthy: lazy food is sodium laden food *blah* . Yesterday I really wanted a club sandwich. I mean, REALLY wanted. O.K. ... life is life so have a friggin' club sammich. Turkey, bacon, chedda, a veritable sodium party. No sweat... I'm drinking a ton of water and going to the gym after work. I go work out *arghh* and am knackered when I get home. I'm so tired I just want to jam something in. What does clever clogs pick? a pastrami sandwich... sodium what now? I'm not too worried cuz eating like this has become the exception rather than the norm but it stills irks me a bit cuz I know better.

Crazy, busy day at work cuz FINALLY it's nice enough to sit on a patio. Our patio right now is so crazy ghetto it's not funny but I am assured the new tables are on the way :)

Today was the first day that felt like a promise instead of a tease. Yes, I know it's prob'ly gonna rain tomorrow but it will be warm rain. Today's promise felt mighty sweet :)

day one hundred and thirty one

The threshold has been crossed *ominous music* only 99 days left in the project. Yipes!!

Back to the crazy house today. And I've never been so happy to get somewhere:) Was it a strange day ? Absolutely, but I wouldn't want it any other way !

99 days left to try my hardest to achieve this goal. I did some math today (I know, stand back this could get messy) and I think the numbers add up but I'm not sure. 131 days is 18.7 weeks. I have lost 21 lbs which means I'm doing better than a pound a week (just). That's all well and good but it seems like the entire amount of the project would take me...45 weeks. But the original time allotted was only 32.8 weeks. Soooo I need to have a couple of weeks in there where I lose more than 1.1 lbs. Hmmmm, math hurts my head.

When I talk about maybe not hitting the 50 lb mark a little part of me feels like I'm giving up. A bigger part of me, however, feels the gains I've made have been epic and while I'm not going to stop striving for the prize, it won't be the end of my world if I don't make it. I think getting out of the triple digits in the countdown feels a little reality check-y. Don't worry 'bout me... I'm working this project til the last day. Then I might exhale, have a few beers, some birthday cake then just pick this healthy lifestyle up where I left off :)

day one hundred and thirty

There are officially 100 days left in the project. Seems impossible.

Woke today with a great surge of energy that has been missing for the past few days. Soooo glad. Did some dog stuff, house stuff, yard stuff but without the ass dragging of the past little bit. I remembered that when I packed my clothes for the move last June, I packed away some summer stuff that I apparently bought in a fit of optimism and then immediately packed away cuz they dinnae fit. Got them out today and voila, cute summer tees. Woot woot !

Very much looking forward to returning to work tomorrow. I need a break from me :)
I'm sure I'll have many things to report... for now... ttyl :)

day one hundred and twenty nine

Seriously people, in two days I will be out of triple digits and into double digits. I'm talking days left here. *gulp*

I may have said this before but it bears repeating: I'm about the luckiest gal around. I touched base today with two wonderful friends who empathised, consoled and made me laugh. Just plain lucky :)

Took Vito on a rather arduous walk today and he lasted pretty well until about the last ten minutes. Yeah, I know it was hot but was it really necessary to drop into a puddle that as far as I can tell consisted solely of mud and engine oil ?  Blech. Needless to say there was some serious hose time when we reached home.

Training with E.J. (evil jonny) tomorrow then back to work. I'm looking forward to going back cuz I think the lack of routine may have added to my spiral of yuckiness. And who am I kidding? I miss everybody. It's an exciting (sometimes too exciting) and lively (sometimes too lively) place to be. Once again, count me lucky!

Keep on keepin' on everybody :)

day one hundred and twenty eight.

Still a bit off but managed it better today. Woke up this morning just feeling dismal, so I came up with a way to channel the negative energy. YARDWORK.

 My yard sorely needed some love and it got many hours of it today. Who needs the gym when there is weeding, cultivating, mowing and planting to do? Let me say that cultivating parts of my back yard is like cultivating concrete. It's nice, tho, to be outside and check on the progress of the hostas and tulips. My magnolia tree seems a bit worse for wear due, no doubt, to the midsummer transplant then the extreme heat of last summer. My foolproof plan for now is to leave it alone and let Mother Nature provide the cure. I'm staying out of it.

As is my custom on Sundays I like to look forward to the coming week and set some goals. This week's goal is one thing and one thing only: shake off this effing funk and come right again. I know it will happen and I feel like today's yardwork was a good start, but it can't come fast enough.

Keep on keepin' on y'all and have a wicked week :)

day one hundred and twenty seven

I'm afraid I find myself in a bit of a blue mood today. Blue wandering dangerously close to self pity territory. Ridiculous, right? My life's pretty darn awesome so I shouldn't really whinge too much. I think I've been on my own too much lately and prey to not good thinking. Ah well, I figure it'll pass if I just coast thru it.

Couple of good things: had a great time at dinner with friend Casey and friend Liam listening to Mariachi Fuego at the Cactus. I defy anyone to be depressed while listening to mariachi music... impossible :)

Finally made it to the driving range today and it turns out all this fitness nonsense might actually help my swing. Seriously, there is a whole thing that involves my hips that never used to happen. Woot woot!

At home tonight I have employed a sure fire cure for the blues. The Philadelphia Story. James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, sure. But it's really all about Cary Grant.
Talk to you tomorrow and hopefully the blahs will have lifted. Keep a good thought for me, will ya ;)

day one hundred and twenty six

First I need to clarify something from yesterday's post. When I said I was lying, I meant about being ready to take on the world... not the amount of exercise Evil Jonny (EJ) had me do :)

Another nice low key day today. Picked up mom and we had a leisurely trip down the wine route. The trees and flowers may be a couple of steps behind but I personally can never see too many outrageous forsythia bushes. I think the other plants may just think... "ok. let the show off perform... there won't be any crazy stunning yellow blooms next week. We can wait. " Love them. This was followed by a pleasant lunch at The Kilt and Clover in Port Dalhousie. Port Dalhousie is kind of a sad place now. I remember shops and boutiques but most of them are closed up. Apparently something to do with ongoing development (condos?). A pleasant afternoon, none the less.

Here's what I'm pretty certain is going to happen... I will go  back work next week and the weather will be flawless. I came into this holiday feeling a bit bummed and the weather sure hasn't helped. I'm feeling a bit ripped off cuz while I'm doing some lovely things, they're still things I could do on regular days off. I think holidays should be kind of special, different, outside the daily routine. Ah well... enough whinging :)

Did y'all notice that ticker move up there??? Woot woot :)
Keep on keepin' on my friends :)

day one hundred and twenty five

... or do I just feel 125 (years old) having returned from a particularly aggressive training session with Jonny. Dear Lord. I am, however, happy to report that I can do 20 push ups in a row. Woot woot for me. That was my big moment. Not the 150 squats, 3000 metres rowed, 60 kettle bell thrusts, 60 push ups or the two minutes of plank. (I seriously hate this kid. ) Somewhere in there I managed to do 20 consecutive push ups and that was my moment. *giggle* I followed this up with 20 minutes of treadmill and now I'm ready to take on the world. Did you believe that? Cuz I'm LYING!!

Came home and made a delightfully nutritious dinner and now I'm ready to take on... a hot bath and bed.

Off for a day trip tomorrow with CL and (God willing) some golf this weekend.
Keep on keepin' on, my friends :)

day one hundred and twenty four

Thank you friend Casey... I believe you made the sunshine come out :)

Fairly low key day that involved going to the gym. I've said it before and I'll say it again... ARGHH. I did learn today not to go to my gym at around 5 p.m. Absolutely jammed. It was an hour well spent and even included 20 minutes on the treadmill where I can generally only stand 10. Does this mean I'm enjoying it a bit more? Nope.

Bought some quinoa today and I'm going to try it out tomorrow. I literally have no clue what it's going to taste like. If nothing else it will be interesting :)
I guess that's all for today. Holidays pretty mellow with some hopeful excitement for the next few days. Excitement may be too large a word. Golf lesson, training with Johnny and day trip with mom figure in the next couple of days. Ceaseless social whirl I tells ya ;)

ttyl

day one hundred and twenty three

Super blah today. I hate to blame things on the weather but C'MON enough already!!! My holidays will not be much fun if this stupid rain keeps up. Today I attended to some family business which went quite well and came home ready for action. The rain beat me back. Laundry and vacuuming, while admittedly need to be done, not alot of fun. Tomorrow looks like a write off as well, but I'm keepin' a good thought I can get a golf lesson in on Thursday.

Alright... enough whinging :) Back to the gym tomorrow. Looking forward to it actually (strange, I know). In the meantime, let's all send out some sunshiny vibes !

day one hundred and twenty two

Posting now cuz I can't stand to be away from the election results for very long :)

I have just returned from the MOST fun-filled shopping road trip. Laughing, buying clothes in smaller sizes, laughing : it was exactly what I needed. I can't really explain how good it feels to be in the Levis store and go down not one but two sizes! Also picked up crazy cute golf clothes and the sweetest Ann Taylor skirt. If you've never been large you don't know the anxiety that accompanies shopping. You go in and pray that something, anything will fit you. The smaller size opens up the choices and the fun exponentially.

We went to a restaurant last night called The Iron Bridge Inn and yes it is practically on top of an old iron bridge. Great food, astonishing service and I will never again think that The Cactus is a little over the top with the taxidermy. This place had the biggest stuffed things I have ever seen: mountain lions, moose, turkeys, even a polar bear. Crazy :)

Overall a most excellent start to my holidays... I'll keep ya posted :)

day one hundred and twenty one

Fab shopping day. Just got back from dinner at The Iron Bridge Inn. Ridic good oysters and prime rib...plus wine. Woot, woot! More shopping tomorrow and the road trip wraps up. Did I mention the Pepperidge Farm store :)

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