☺ Happy Dance Time!

weight: 149.8

I was lying in bed this morning and kind of dreading my weigh in. I've just been stuck at 151-152. I've been good and eating well and we've been walking, but I've been stuck and feel kind of frustrated. I was thinking and talking to myself before I got out of bed this morning that there has to be a fine line between letting the scale make or break your day. Talking to myself :"Think of all the great things you can do that you could not do 2 years ago Susy"! "Look how far you have come". I don't want 150 something to be OK cause then 160 something is next. I know how this goes. Give yourself permission that 152 is OK~ and then the next 5 pounds packs on. I'm not doing that anymore. Yeah for the 140's! I happy danced all the way back to bed and jumped on my hubby I was so excited. He was happy for me too and also squished after I jumped on him. ☺ It's no easier losing weight after having WLS then it was before. First year is a piece of cake, after that it's up to you and your mouth (habits) just like before.

Ok~let's see what's been going on here the last week or so @ our house besides work? Derrel and I have been taking walks more and more in the early evenings. This year we have walked more, hiked more and moved more than all our year together. We took 2 walks last week and walked all over the summer fest we went to on Sat. night. Sat. we went to the summer fest in the small town next to us. I dropped Jon off @ the carnival after work on Sat. He rode rides all afternoon with his friends and Derrel and I went to dinner. After dinner we came home to water our plants/flowers as it had cooled down enough to water and then headed to the summer fest. This little town has the best fireworks I've ever seen. It's also in this valley with mountains on each side, so when the booms of the fireworks happen the booms bounces off those mountains and it's so cool. Great show, great grand finale. Derrel and I go for the fireworks and the hanging baskets hanging all over town. Again this year we walked all over town on the pier, up the hills, and all over town admiring there wonderful hanging baskets. Until last year we just sat in our car waiting for the fireworks until I lost the weight and I could move and do hills. This town is one big hill, the only flat spot is where the carnival is. So we walked again this year for the 2nd time rather then sitting on our butts. I snapped a few pics and I'll post them at the end of this blog.

What else??? Jonathan~ well...it's been a good summer. He got his top braces off last Thursday. This Thursday he gets the rest off. 3 years later and he is so excited and ready for corn nuts and corn. I've already bought corn nuts for him and there hiding in the car so we can give them to him this Thursday. I'll take a photo this week after there all off his teeth. The boy has got his driving permit and has been working/volunteering. He loves it! He is saying now he is thinking of going and working in the marine and science field someday. Either way he is loving working at the aquarium. And I know as his mommy it's a great thing for him and a good influence. His driving on the other hand....LORDY sCaRy. Were not going over 30 mph yet as I'm too scared. LOL But were working on it and it's kind of freaky. But hey~ we were all new once in our life. So Wed. Jon goes to work he has no girlfriend and when he gets off work he has a girlfriend. (OK??? that was fast) But by Sat. night he dumped her. Another girl he met at camp is calling and likes him and he is not so interested in her. She calls~ I hear the sadness in her voice when he's not home and then I feel bad. I'm such a sap~I really am! All this dating stuff and girl stuff is going to be harder on me then him. LOL

My garden is wonderful. I've got sweet peas, strawberry's, carrots that are all giving me food. It's been a blast watering, loving and taking care of them. I'm really proud of my small time garden and I will be going bigger next year. Sometimes we sit outside and eat sweat peas right off the plant. Mm I worked the farmers market on Sat. and got some cherry tomato's and lemon cucumbers from my favorite grower. My tomato's are not ready yet. This time of year I have a hard time not spending every $dollar$ I earn at the farmers market. Tomato's, cukes, lettuce...oh my. There are so many yummy things there along with cool crafts. Poof my check is gone and I'm still at work. LOL But I do come home with the best produce. I skipped the kettle korn again this week as I know it's a weakness of mine so it's better if I just leave it at the market. :) Well I think that's it for now. Busy week around here. Going to be getting up into the 100's this week around here in Oregon. I don't even own a air conditioner as those temp's don't hang around long when they do come. So that's it for now...

Later gators!

4 more weeks till vacation! Lake Tahoe here we come!

Last years 2008 Summer fest photo links from my blog:

1. http://susy-abrandnewme.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_4572.html

2. http://susy-abrandnewme.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post_2694.html

and BTW those pants still fit! :)