Holiday time

The cookout was a very good time. BJ and I had a great time. There was a lot of very good food. In fact, I could use one or two of those ribs right about now. I met several new people and spent a good amount of time, just sitting outside, under the trees, enjoying the breeze, talking.

As most women do, we eventually got to the topic of weight. I had said that I quit my subscription to Weight Watchers online because 'it was time' and I didn't like paying $17.00 a month. One of the gals then told me about a free website 'sparkpeople.com'. When I got home, I took a look at it and WOW. It's everything WW.com was and more. I signed up (free of course) and have been having a blast ever since. I'm glad the cookout was BEFORE I signed up because I've put myself on a betweem 1,200/1,550 calorie eating plan for two weeks. I'd like to lose 20 pounds by November 1st and according to Sparks, it can be done. There's message boards and suggested exercises with little video snippits and some wonderful healthy recipes. We'll see what happens.

On the way home BJ asked me if I was in the mood for maybe just a little shopping. (Is she nuts or what?) So we stopped by DSW and checked out the shoes. I did pickup a new pair of black flat shoes for the office, that really are desperately needed. I've got to start wearing shoes and get out of slides, because my feet won't like shoes when it gets cold.

This is being a pretty good day. I just hung out around the house yesterday. Today I went to the office at 6:00AM and stepped out at 8:30AM to have my 2 month appointment with Dr. E. I lost 3 lbs which isn't a lot, but at least I'm not up. He wants me to get to the lab to check my cholesterol again. He says if it's not down he's going to put me on meds. I don't know if I like that, but I'll have the blood drawn on Wednesday. He also wants me to monitor my BP. That's no problem. I have a machine and I put new batteries in it and it still works. I've made a chart so I can track it. I don't understand Dr. E sometimes. He sent me off to a dermatologist telling me I had skin cancer on my nose. I told him it was a wart and I'd had it for 6 years. I went anyway because the "C" word scared me. I was right. It's a wart. Today he said something strange as I left. He was a little snippy about "You better start working on losing weight, getting your cholesterol down and getting healthy". What does he think I've been doing since last October? Playing Tennis? I've made another follow up appointment for 2 months out, but after that I can't guarantee a thing. He might get fired. (I didn't know I wasn't healthy).

Anyway, tomorrow is a holiday - I don't have to go to work and I'm going to start back with my Portuguese. After Beth and Patrick went away, it was really hard to concentrate on it. We'll give it another try.

Dear reader, have a safe 4th.

God bless you all.