Stuck on You....

Oh my heavens...  "IT" happened..  "IT" came like a thief in the night - and happened...   Without warning, without sirens..  In the blink of an eye, in the act of an innocent swallow, I had my very first - and let's pray, last PB and stuck episode..  Oh my blessed heavens, I never want that to happen - never, never, never again..  Oh, it was my own fault.  My owwwn fault.  I have sinned...  I was completely engrossed in a conversation over dinner and completely disregarded any band related rule that I was given..  Yes, ME!  Little Miss OCD, chew, chew, chew - I have SPREADSHEETS for pete's sake!!  I was eating a rather scrumptious (and completely within the guidelines) piece of the Hubs absolutely yummo grilled Delmonico steak and was talking with a dear friend I hadn't seen in ages who had come for dinner.  I sliced off a huge, honkin' - pre band - piece, stuffed it in my pie hole, and without completely chewing it as per the band rules, I swallowed it while we were in deep conversation.  Stuck.  Oh the pain....  Oh the disgusted-ness of it all....  I politely excused myself and was able to..  uhm..  "dislodge" the offending morsel of food, but my meal was ruined.  The hic-cups were unbearable and the mere thought of putting anything else in my pie hole (with the exception of coffee)  for the rest of the evening was more distasteful than the actual act of being rid of it all.  So, I did the old "push the food around the plate" move and voted for dessert on the sun porch.  Sighhhhhhhh...  Dessert was tiramisu, people! 

That was my evening.  I've been taking it very slow food-wise today, and am about to run into the office to get a few things done.  Tonight is "girls nite out"!!  Well, not really "out" out, but we're all getting together this evening at a friend's home.  Should be fun.  And believe me, I plan on being the most cautious bandster you know!  In fact, I may just stick with liquid calories................

If you're in the path of Irene, please, please, please follow the mandates and stay safe.  You're in my prayers..  Between earthquakes and hurricanes, I am reminded of that commercial for "Chiffon Margarine" - "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature................"  Be safe!! 

Until Next Time!

Earth Shaking News... Thank You Secret Band-it!

Oh my heavens!  Ohhhh my heavens!!  My secret bandit gift  arrived and I am sooo thrilled with it!!  What a lovely "pick-me-up" - just what the Doctor ordered to lift me out of this funk I've been in for over a week!  Thank you secret bandit!!  I absolutely LOVE it!!  It is a magnet that says,

Golfer's Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the shots I miss.

The courage to try again.

And the wisdom not to

throw my clubs in the lake!

Isn't that just the greatest???   We have a place in the mountains that is decorated with only ski and golf decorations - I know exactly where this is going!  Thank YOU!!

On to today.  I have awarded myself the "Mother of the Year" award today.  I received a barage of my youngest son's famous (or I should say infamous) text messages yesterday.  He takes "conversation" very seriously when he texts.  Phone buzzes...  "Hey Mom...."  I respond, "Hey!" waiting for a request of some sort, probably money...  Phone buzzes...  "busy?"  I respond, "Nope, what's up?"  Phone buzzes, "got time to talk?"  (Uh-oh...)  I respond, "Always time for you - what's up?"  Phone buzzes, "Are you busy tomorrow?"  Sighhhhhhhh....  Seven text messages into this conversation and I still have no idea what-so-ever what he wants.....  After a total of ten text messages from him, I finally learn that he needs his suit "tomorrow" - which is today - for his football picture which is scheduled to be taken at lunchtime and to go out to dinner later in the evening with his RA team.  Ahhhh great!  Two hundred and fifty miles before lunch!  Luckily it was a glorious morning for a ride.  I delivered his suit and a few things for his apartment.  Yep, Mom of the Year!

I hope everyone who had experienced the earthquake is ok...  I didn't feel it and I'm pretty bummed about it too - I was driving!  I guess my shocks are doing good though.  Hubs said his building shook which caused some excitement there..  My Mother-in-law felt it too..  She was on her treadmill when their house started shaking.  She said she thought something was wrong with her treadmill and she jumped off it thinking it was going haywire - would have paid to have seen that!  And if any are in the path of Irene, please be safe - do you have your batteries???

I had a slice of pizza tonight.  Not sure how I liked it though.  Oh, the taste was absolutely divine, but it is feeling like I've eaten a brick of raw dough that is just sitting there - sitting there in my stomach making me feel like Jabba the Hut.  Not sure I like this at all.  I had some left over beef for lunch which didn't sit well either.  Beef that was so gloriously tender when we had it for dinner seemed to take on the consistancy of shoe box when I had it for lunch.  So, although my eating today was good, nothing seemed to sit right.  On to tomorrow, I suppose.... 

Have a terrific day and thank you again my Secret Bandit!!

Until Next Time!

A Whole Lotta Nuttin' and Some Whine Too...

OK, I'm being a slug..  I see that my BYOC is still up which means I haven't blogged in a few days.  Not much has been going on around here though and boring you to tears with mundane-ness is not on the old agenda today..  I haven't quite gotten out of this funk that's hanging over my head these past few days.  I'm thinking that maybe I need a good dose of some kind of vitamin or something.  I tried some retail therapy yesterday, but that just seemed to solidify my funk.  I really didn't see anything that I liked in my size(s) and I'm not quite in the size of the things that I seemed to have liked.  A quandary....

We didn't have a chance to golf this weekend due to the rain, but my eating was very good, if I say so myself.  I tried to keep my meals around the one cup mark with very little snacking.  Our friends invited us for dinner Friday and we cooked in Saturday and Sunday.   Me 'n the Hubs made a grilled Chateaubriand with vegetables on Sunday that was absolutely to die for!  That meal is definitely going into the I-pad recipe file-box!  I do love discovering new ways to prepare food, it makes me happy..  I think I missed my calling, my kitchen is one of my favorite places to be in the house...

I think I'm going to have to plan a cigar and martini party for the family - a whoop-la with music and everything.  I think one reason I've been feeling kind of blue (among many) is that I'm missing the boys and haven't seen the GrandAngel in almost a week - yep, I think a gathering is in order.....  Gotta go get the calendar, the lists, the ingredients...  I just might be on to something!

Have a terrific Monday, Everyone!  Friday is only four days away!!   

Until Next Time!

TGIF and a BYOC!

It’s Friday so that means it’s time for BYOC – Bring Your Own Crazy!  Brought to you by our own lovely Draz!

We answer just a few questions to get to know each other better and to give our blog brains a break!

1. How much makeup do you wear daily, how long does it take you and are you loyal to certain brands?

In the summer I wear moisturizer, a brow tint powder (they get freaky blond in the sun) eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara..  And I have no preferences, I buy what I like...  I love drug store cosmetics and I could live at Sephora!


2. Repeat question: I’m going to pick a person not knowing your relationship with them (or even if there is one) and you try to describe this person in 5 words/short sentences.
Your oldest paternal aunt

Passed away last year..  I truly miss her.
My Godmother
Amazingly loving, compassionate and kind.
A fascinating human being..  I could spend hours listening to her stories.
Strong and beautiful


3. Tell me about your first real kiss and how old you were.

I was 12 and his name was Carl.  He took me to my first dance.  It was a typical first dance, boys on one side, girls on the other.  He asked me to dance once - the last dance.  After the dance he leaned down and gave me a huge, sloppy kiss that tasted like "Funyuns"..  I thought it was gross and told him to "never do that again" - then I left and went home. 


4. If I gave you $1000.00 and told you that you had to give it to a charity – which charity would you choose and why?

I would give $500 to our local Special Olympics chapter.  We are very involved in the organization and it amazes me greatly how much they do on so little a budget.  I love watching children who can not walk have the ability to ski race..  And  $500 to our local MDA office.  Again, another amazing organization that does incredible work on a shoestring budget - both donations would be given in the name of a little boy whose memory is very near and dear to our hearts....


5. Repeat question: Summarize your week in blog land and in real life.

Blogland is always a refuge.  I get so much encouragement, enthusiasm, inspiration and warmth when I step out into this wonderful place.  I haven't blogged much in the past week or so because I've been away, but I've keep close to my refuge blogland even in my travels - you have all become such an important part of my day!


Real life is...  eh... I've been kind of in a funk.. sick-ish, ticked off and down on pretty much everything lately.  It almost feels like I'm hormonal - yah, like TOM hormonal.  For the record ladies, I haven't been TOM  hormonal in over six years so I have no idea where this is coming from.  I am irritable, I get weepy, and I'm just generally in a &*(#-ed off kinda mood.   I actually yelled at the television at a - commercial.  A commercial.  You know, the beer commercial where the "cooler than you" young and beautiful people manipulate the world like an I-pad to suit their "cooler than your pathetic existance"  lifestyle???  ACK!!  I saw it once too often and went ballistic - I know, not normal....   Maybe even a little "crazy" - good for a BYOC, right???

Until Next Time!

We're Baaaack!

We're baaaaaack!  The golf weekend was absolutely, exhaustingly, amazing!  We've been home for two days now and I've been pretty much sleeping most of the time..  I think spending 8 hours on the 18th green in the blazing, hot, Atlanta sun at the PGA Championship left me a bit dehydrated and a lot burned..  They're serious about that "HotLanta" stuff, aren't they....    Even though it was unGODLY hot on the 18th green, I did enjoy watching all the groups come in throughout the day..  I'll be honest though, I really wasn't all that excited or particularly thrilled about the three hole aggregate playoff at the completion of play..  I was done and had enough sun for one day.  I was ready for the event to be over and the trophy kissed at that point..   We golfed three days and spent three days at the tournament.   I think the roughest part of this weekend - other than feeling like I have sun stroke - was schlepping our clubs and bags through the Atlanta airport to the car rental area.  My word that's a poke...  If that's not considered a workout, just hang it up..  I think the gentleman at the ticketing desk felt sorry for me on the return trip as I stood hanging on for dear life with a glazed over look in my eyes after schlepping our clubs back to the airport from the rental car return area - the Hubs was able to get upgrades to business class for us - oh, glory be!  Did I mention I just love that man - the Hubs..  well maybe the ticketing guy too...

I have no idea who that
guy is that got in the
picture..

I did manage to keep up with blog reading throughout the weekend, although I really didn't do much commenting.  I had my handy, dandy I-pad with me and typing on that thing is a challenge.  Just know that I kept all of you, my blogger buds close and enjoyed some down-time with you! 

Like I said earlier, I've been moving really slow around here these past few days.  Believe it or not, I've been in bed by nine each night since we've been home!  And that's after an afternoon nap, too..    It is absolutely unheard of - I am the quintessential night owl!  I think my body thermometer is a little out of whack too - one minute I'm cold, freezing cold, then the next minute I'm sweating like the queen of hot-flashes..  I don't have a fever, thank heavens, and I am drinking, drinking, drinking - water, that is...  Ok, enough whining, this too shall pass...

I'm doing the travel laundry today, so I shall be keeping close to blog-reading!  Have a wonderful day all!!

Until Next Time!

Off We Go!

So, we're finally packed and ready to go to our golf weekend..  Wadda day this has been...  I know that I spent a good portion of my day driving through construction detours - just what I needed.  I'm glad it's over and that we'll be getting up at the wee hours of 7am to get to the airport.  Puhleeeeeze may my golf clubs get to where I am, that is all I'm asking for...

Other then the usual running around like a chicken without a head today, not much else has been going on here in Lisa Land - thank heavens...  Our oldest son picked up our GrandAngel this morning, then it was off to the races, literally..  Eating today was a little sketchy, but I did get all my water and protein in, can't say much else.  I think that carrot finally made its way down and I am ever grateful.  I did manage to read blogs and do a little commenting between loads of laundry, packing, shopping, going into the office, and whatnot.  I will have my handy dandy Ipad with me this weekend and plan to check in from time to time.   I won't be able to post pics, but will send an update of the "Wanamaker" weekend!! 

So, unless you have a burning desire and need to know what detergent I used to get mud and cheese curls stains out of a GrandAngel tee shirt, I guess I'm going to get ready for bed. The wee hours of 7am come early in these parts! Please have a terrific rest of your week and know that a smile in your day is the best gift you can give yourself!!

Health Food

This 85-year-old couple, having been married almost 60 years, die tragically in a car crash. They have been in good health the last ten years, mainly due to the wife's nearly neurotic interest in health food.
When they reached the pearly gates, St. Peter took them to their mansion, which was decked out with a beautiful kitchen and master bath suite, complete with Jacuzzi. As they "oohed and aahed' the old man asked St. Peter how much all this was going to cost.

"It's free," St. Peter replied, "Remember, this is Heaven."

Next they went out back to see the championship golf course the home backed up to. They would have golfing privileges every day, and each week the course changed to a new one representing the great golf courses on Earth. The old man asked, "What are the green fees?"

"This is Heaven," St. Peter replied. "You play for free."

Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch with the cuisines of the world laid out. "How much to eat?" asked the old man.

"Don't you understand yet?" St. Peter asked. "This is Heaven. It's free!"

"Well, where are the low-fat and low-cholesterol foods?" the old man asked timidly.

"That's the best part ... you can eat as much as you like of whatever you like and never get fat and you never get sick. This is Heaven."

The old man looked at his wife and said, "You and your #@!%&~ bran muffins. I could have been here ten years ago!"

Until Next Time!!

Update 'n Stuff

Hey All!  I'm baaaack!  Refreshed, recharged, re-energized and ready to go!  I do love these weekend retreats!  The weather was kinda blah, stormy actually, so I didn't get to take very many pictures of the incredibly beautiful retreat facilities..   You're just going to have to take my word for it - sooo wonderfully beautiful and peaceful - especially during a good storm...   I am so thrilled at how much the Hubs gets out of these retreats as well.  This was really good for him..  He too has come back recharged and refreshed, and we're both ready and excited to begin a new year of classes at the "Deacon Reserves.."  Our next retreat will be in April..  I'm kinda sorry it's so far away...

We're home long enough to clean our things, re-pack, then we're off to our golf weekend!!  How great is that??  You'll be happy to know that my golf clubs fit perfectly in their new travel bag - I know you were concerned about them..   Let's just pray they arrive at the same place and time as I do!  I really don't have much to pack - which is a good thing - but I'm having trouble deciding which golf shoes to take.  Should I take the sandals (which are cooler and show off my pedi but are very casual) or the more "dressy" white ones - that require (ugh) socks...  I'm thinking the dressy-ier ones since we'll be guests at two different friends golf clubs...  Ya know, I guess if this is the worst decision I need to make all week, I'm in a good place...

Eating this weekend away was pretty good, if I say so myself.  And I've actually lost two pounds over the weekend as well - Yay!!  I took a few things of my own such as yogurts and protein powder which helped, and managed to find things to eat during the meals.  Everything seemed to slide down so easy over the weekend - but today I could barely get smashed potatoes down..  Is the band always this finicky??  I swear a mushed up carrot is still in there taunting me... 

Our GrandAngel is home from his vacation to the beach with his other grandparents and came to visit with us today.  He 'n the Hubs are snuggled up all cozy like in the air conditioned bedroom.  "One Fish, Two Fish.."  is still opened to the page where they both fell asleep..  such a beautiful sight..  I've missed the stuffing out of that little guy, and he was only gone a week.. 

I think I just may need to join them!

Until Next Time!

A Grocery Story.. Ponderings and Musings..

I've been giving much thought to an excellent post I read that was written by Lap Band Gal titled, "Are You Embarrassed to have a Lap Band"..  My answer?  Yes, no, maybe, somewhat, definitely not, perhaps - I run the boards with my answer to this question - which has caused the pondering on this subject ever since I've read that post.  An answer came to me yesterday when I was at the parking lot of the grocery store...... 

Let's go back a little bit, shall we??  I've told a few people... some.  I can't say I've shouted it from the roof tops.  If  I've been asked, I've been completely honest but I'm not wearing a bill board with an ad from my Bariatric Surgeon on my derriere.  I guess I am most embarrassed and ashamed of the fact that I've allowed myself to get to this point in my life - and that it took surgery to help me out of the mess I've created.   I've also come to realize that I simply don't want to answer nosy questions, to be looked at differently,  or to be someones "comparison test case"..   Comparison test case meaning..  "I lost about eight hundred pounds using the goat cheese diet...  How much have you lost??"  In other words, I can do without the negativity. 

OK, let's go back to the parking lot..  Amanda from "Life of a (hopeful) loser" wrote about an "interesting" (to say the least) encounter with a banded customer of hers.. You can read about her experience (here)...  What is it with some people??  I too have recently experienced my own "encounter"... There is a "gentleman" - and I use that term loosely - who lives near our church.  He has been banded about three months now.  I only know this information because I've been told by a neighbor who knows about my band.  I have never approached this gentleman about his private information and had no intention to invade his privacy.   I've learned quite by surprise - and the hard way - that apparently he knows about my band.  Anyway, I was in the parking lot of the grocery store walking toward the entrance and I hear this voice bellowing,  yes -bellowing loudly..  "HEY!  HOW MUCH YOU DAHN????" from across the lot..  from wayyyy across the parking lot..  Amanda, I kid you not, it was as though I was ambushed...  To say that I was embarrassed, wanting to slither into the store invisible, is the understatement of the year..  I was close to the door and didn't bother to acknowledge him or his..  uhm..  "question."  I ignored him.  My mortification quickly turned into anger - and I was pretty angry about this whole ordeal.  Mostly angry at myself for not slapping the snot telling him in no uncertain terms that it was really none of his business..   I'm in a small town, remember?  No doubt I will run into him again - and when it does happen, trust me, I will be more prepared to deal with his rudeness and will not allow myself to be ambushed like that again....

OK, so back to my answer to the question "Are you embarrassed to have a Lap Band?"..  No.  In fact, I am thrilled, excited, and anxious to see where this journey takes me.  It is an ever continuing journey of self growth, and there is no finish line.  I am learning that I really don't need to tell anyone I don't wish to tell, or discuss it with anyone I don't wish to have that discussion with.   I am learning that this is my journey, and it will continue regardless of what people know, or what they may think about me or my band - I am learning that I do want to share my journey with those who will support me, encourage me, and care for me.  The rest?  meh...   If someone doesn't "approve" it is their issue and not mine.  Life is too short to worry about what people think about me.  No, I'm not embarrassed to have a lap band, I'm embarrassed by the fact that I needed one in the first place.  It may take me awhile longer to get through that one..

Until Next Time!

"Wanamaker Happy"?? Give Her A Golf Weekend!

Have you ever sat down at the computer without any idea at all what you're going to post about??  Yeah..  That's me right now - my head's a blank.  OK.. how 'bout this - "what I did today!"  I didn't really do much today.  I got the guest room ready for our "Baby" to come home from school.  We moved him to the guest room because, quite frankly, he outgrew his old bed and we just never bought him a new one!  At the end of his high school year, his legs were dangling over the foot end of the bed in his room - he's 6'2", 285...  We figured, no one ever really uses the guest room, it has its own bath and a king size bed - why not??    Anyway, he's spending a few days at home before he needs to check in for football camp.  I did a humongous grocery shopping trip today too - again, the "Baby" is home......   I'm thrilled that he's here though, and even more thrilled that he told he needed a "home-fix" before football camp started!  I was absolutely stunned when he arrived home - stunned, I tell you!  Ready for this?? He actually did his laundry BEFORE coming home for the weekend, first time ever!!  My Baby is growing up...

Oh! I didn't tell you about a terrific little NSV I had yesterday!!  I was out buying a few things for our trip to the PGA Championship...  I didn't tell you about the PGA Championship??  Oh, I will have to rectify that immediately!!  Hubs surprised me with tickets for two days to the last Major of the year!!  Isn't that wonderful??  He was able to get tickets for one day in the Wanamaker Club (named after the Wanamaker trophy awarded to the winner of the PGA Championship) and Sunday we have General Admission tickets so that we can park our happy little bottoms on the 18th green and watch all the groups come in - and the trophy presentation too!  How terrific is THAT???  We also have plans to golf a couple of days while we're there.  Dear friends of ours will be our hosts at their golf club one afternoon, we've got tee times to golf Bear's Best - which is a Jack Nicklaus design course of all his favorite golf holes, and we're doing an outing with one of the Hubs business partners at his golf club!  Talk about an abfabamundo long weekend!!  Ok, back to the NSV....  I was looking for something cool to wear to the tournament and found two terrific, light-weight sundresses - size 18,  AND on SALE at Macy's!!  They fit, and I bought 'em!!  I haven't worn a sun dress in YEARS, Ladies!   Woot!  Woot!  I'm one happy camper right now!  If you happen to be watching the PGA Championship on Sunday, I'll be wearing an extremely loud PINK golf shirt!  I wore that shirt when we sat on the 18th green on Sunday at the Women's US Open at Oakmont, I found me in every golf magazine and every highlight when Paula Creamer won the event!!  The pink is loud, trust me!

This weekend we'll be on the Hubs Deaconate (Deacon reserves) retreat out in the mountains.  We had a retreat there back in April and I truly loved that place..  So peaceful and quiet.  I had such an amazing experience last time we had a retreat there, and I'm truly looking forward to this weekend too.  I've posted a picture of the chapel (here) from a post I'd written after returning from the last retreat.  I'm hoping that since it won't be as cold as it was last time we were there that I'll be able to take lots more photos!

Soooo, for not having anything to write about, this turned out to be a pretty long post..  Eating has been good, I've managed to stay within the 500-800 calorie range, and about one half to one cup of food per meal which is on my instruction list.  I've been adding a few soft items like over cooked veggies and larger chunks of tuna to my mushies which has been helping me stay full longer.  I've been noticing that I'm getting hungry about two hours or less after a meal, so this has helped a bit.

One more thing, HAPPY BANDIVERSARY, KELLY!!!   

 

Until Next Time!

I Stole It Too! Survey Says!

Ok, so I stole this from Amanda, who stole it from someone, who stole it from someone..  You get the picture.  I decided to play along too - it looked like so much fun and I loved learning about so many of you!!  So, in the immortal words os Jackie Gleason, "And awaaaaay we GO!"

1. What is your occupation right now ?

Wife, Mum, Grammy, Liturgist for our Parish, Computer and office geek, chief pot and bottle washer..
2.What color are your socks right now?

No socks, just my tootsies - it's too dern hot for socks.
3. What are you listening to right now?
All is blissfully quiet around here..  I'm listening to the bull frogs out in the pond and the crickets.
4. What was the last thing that you ate?
My usual evening snack, 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese with tons of pepper.
5. Can you drive a stick shift?
Absolutely!
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
The Hubs
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
I stole it!  And yes, I do like the one I stole it from, and the one she stole it from, and the one.....
8. How old are you today?
49
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
Football..
10. What is your favorite drink?
Dry, and absolutely filthy gin martini, olives AND onions.. 
11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Only my hairdresser knows for sure - of course I do! 
12. Favourite food?
I love finding new and exciting foods, but all time favorite is anything (but OLD) chicken..
13. What is the last movie you watched?
I can't even remember the last movie I watched..
 14. Favourite day of the year?
Well, considering that my birthday is a month long event, I will go with the first day of vacation!
15. How do you vent anger?
Sailors cross the street when I'm angry... 
16. What was your favourite toy as a child?
You're really going to think I came from another planet with this one, but my favorite was my football and my Roberto Clemente wooden baseball bat.  And, my first guitar.
17. What is your favorite season?
The season I love the most is Autumn.  The season my joints love the most is the heat of summer - go figure.
18. Cherries or Blueberries?
Cherries
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
Always!
20. Where is you favorite place to escape?
Our place in the mountains.
21. Favorite TV Show?
Deadliest Catch, The Big Break, Anything that involves cooking - not really a huge television person.
22. Living arrangements?
Me 'n the Hubs, Hellfire and Damnation (our two dogs) and four new ducks - who technically live out on the pond.
23. When was the last time you cried?
This afternoon when I thought my no good piece of #%), phone had wiped out my vacation pictures - I've been spending the afternoon downloading them onto the puter - and now the puter sync stopped working with this no good piece of *$Y%...   I am not a happy woman with my cell phone right now................
24. What is on the floor of your closet?
Which one??  In our bedroom closet, shoes, the Hubs dry cleaning bag, and a couple of bags that I haven't used for a few years...
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest?
Lori, more years than I want to think about right now!  And she agrees!
26. What did you do last night?
Enjoyed a cookout with friends and watched golf on television.
27. What are you most afraid of?
Losing loved ones..
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Cheese - the more, the better!
29. Favourite dog breed?
Being a "Heinz 57" myself, give me a good 'ole mutt any day.
30. Favourite day of the week?
Sunday.
31. How many states have you lived in?
One full time, but our place in the mountains is in New York.
32. Diamonds or pearls?
Yes!
33. What is your favourite flower?
Yellow Roses

Here's to a GREAT week!

Until Next Time!

A Good Weekend All Aound!

What a terrific weekend we had!  Friday nite we drove to our place at the ski resort.  My heavens it was so much cooler and more pleasant up there - no humidity!  We arrived around dinner time, took a walk through the resort and settled in for a cozy evening.  Saturday we did the dreaded Psyche eval for the Hubs Deaconate program.  It really wasn't that bad..  I filled out a questionnaire while the Hubs had his evaluation with the Doc.  I answered questions such as "When you are alone, do you hear voices other than your own?"  My response??  uhm..  "Yah!  What of it?  Wait a minute...  Will you puleeeezee be quiet, I'm being evaluated here...."  just call me Sybil...  Then we (the Doc and I) spoke alone for about ten minutes..  Nothing exciting to report there.  Neither the Hubs or I ended up in straight jackets, so I guess we passed the eval.  After the exam we met our youngest baby for lunch at a wonderful little restaurant on the shores of Lake Erie.  I ordered soup and a tuna plate, and managed to eat about a quarter of each. 

Hole Number 8,
Great little par 3

After lunch, I played - ready for this??  Eighteen glorious holes of golf - and came within two strokes of actually beating the Hubs!  I out-drove him on a couple of holes and the putter was doing its thang!  Mercy, did I feel good!!  Port??  What port??  Incisions be damned, I was golfing!!  I won the front nine and he beat me on the back nine - he said it just "didn't do his manly pride a damn bit of good to get whooped by a bariatric patient who hasn't eaten in four weeks.."  My response?? "haha - Man up, I'm baaaaaaack!"  Afterward we enjoyed a lovely dinner together..  Today we took a lazy ride home, stopped at a few marinas - the Hubs is looking into a boat.  must be a mid-life thing - but I love boats, so it was fun walking around the lake and seeing the different kinds of boats.  Not sure if we'll get one anytime soon, but it is always fun to look.  Friends came over for a cookout and we spent the evening watching the different golf tournaments finish.  Not a bad weekend at all!

Eating was a bit of a challenge for me this weekend - we ate out for the first time since my surgery.  I am happy to report that I made mostly healthy choices and most importantly that I nibbled.  I did splurge on a small dish of ice cream today while we were walking around the lake.  Perhaps not a good choice, but after about five or six small spoons full I felt like Jabba the Hut and threw the rest out.  I'm still learning to eat slowly too.  I ate a little too fast for dinner today and it didn't turn out too well.  I need to learn what that satisfied feeling feels like - and stop there.  I've been so militant about the "quarter cup" of food thing that sometimes the quarter cup is too much - then I feel bloated.  It gets frustrating at times, but I realize that I am always learning - and trying to do my best.  I guess that's all I really can do!  It's all good though, and I am happy that this band (still needs to get a name..) is doing what it's supposed to do! 

Tomorrow is weigh-day..  I guess we'll just see how healthy my food choices have been lately!!

Until Next Time!