Christmas and Thanksgiving Wrapped Up in Pics...

Happy Family.

Mark and Jeremy at Fuji's House.

Mark opening his RC plane. He loved it.

Jeremy's camera.

Heidi getting her monkey out of her stocking.

Heidi getting her stocking and Bailey thinking he should be in the middle of it.

Oh Boy!!! He has wanted that stocking ever since it was put up!!

Daddy giving Bailey his stocking.

Jonathan and the Jon Dears singing "The Chipmunk Song". (It was alwful...see video at the end. And I apologize in advance!)

It was "All I want For Christmas" By Andrea and the Andrettes!!!! AKA, Andrea, Lazell, Reenie and Me!

And you can't forget Holly on the end.

Reenie

My pilgrims. She lost her head but Mark glued it back on.

The spread.

My pies...coconut for Mark and WW pumpkin for me..and Jeremy had a little of both.

We brined the turkey this year and then roasted it in a turkey roaster. It was the very best I have ever tasted.

Me cooking Thanksgiving dinner in my PJ's!

Coconut pie I made for Thanksgiving. It turned out so pretty I had to capture it.

Mom and Dad. They were surely suprised!!

Beautiful Sara.

Mom and Shawn.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we suprised Mom and Dad. L-R: Sara, Mom, Josh, Me, Dad, Shawn bent down.

Mom and Joshua

Sara and Mom.

Handsome nephew Joshua.

Isn't she beautiful? My darling neice Sara and her OLD aunt Robbyn.

Dad opening his birthday card from us.

Mom

Neice Sara

Nephew Josh.

My future Neice-in-law Casey and their dog.

Me and my handsome 13 year old nephew Shawn.

Sara on the WII Fit that we brought to Mom's.

Mom and Sherryl @ the lake. Saturday after Thanksgiving.

New Website

I have a great new website that is chronicling mine and Mark's weight loss. It is a great site and after we lose it it will be my new permanent site. I will phase this one out.

Please go to it and see what I mean. It's great!

www.freewebs.com/watchmelose230pounds/

I hope you will go there and see it! Please make sure you sign the guest book!

WW Pictures

I Lost 2 more pounds this week!!! That makes a grand total of 24!
This shirt that I am wearing was too small when i ordered it.
I ordered the wrong size. It's not now. It's still a little tight through
the chest area. Woooohooo!!

Mark lost 4 more pounds. His grand total is 20 now. I told him though this shirt doesn't help.

It actually makes him look bigger than last weeks pic. Stay tuned!!!

44 AND FEELING BETTER THAN I HAVE IN YEARS!!

Mark lost 3 lbs. this week. He is down 15 lbs.

Today is my 44th birthday and I am feeling great!! We had our WW weigh-in last night and I didn't gain but I didn't do as well as I had hoped. I lost .2 lbs. According to WW I have lost 22 lbs. According to my scale at home I have lost 26 lbs. Anyway, it doesn't matter. I feel great!!!!

I was a little disappointed last night when I had only lost .2 and Mark had lost 3. My online friends who are like me and have 200+ lbs. to lose on WW.com were very supportive when I went and whined on line. Anyway, today I feel great. It's my birthday and I am going to enjoy the day!!!

We are supposed to get bitterly cold weather tonight and stay this weekend. They said it may not get out of the -'s. We are staying in and keeping warm!!! It's Super Bowl weekend!! Go Bears!!!!

Take care and have a great day!!

Beautiful Houghton, MI

Gotta Get Those Activity Points!!!

The hardest thing in the world for me is to exercise. This weekend we are celebrating my birthday a week early and have come up to Hought, MI. (It's in the UP..way UP!!) Anyway, so we didn't do so good eating this morning or for lunch but the motel we are staying at has a workout room and so we went there this evening trying to repent. My goal was to walk .50 mile on the treadmill (I know to you skinny, active people this sounds rediculous but to this 350+ person who never exercises, it was a goal.) and I got to .30...my lungs started hurting. (Remember I have asthma.) They have to get conditioned too. Anyway, so then I sat down and and did the bicycle and I did .25 on it. That was it. Mark's goal was .50 and he did .51 on the treadmill. I'm so proud. Here are pics. Love ya!

Happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANOTHER RIDE ON THE ROLLER COASTER

Mark and I joined Weight Watchers At Work program on the 11th of this month. So far we have done great. I have lost 22 lbs as of yesterday's weigh in and Mark has lost 12 lbs.

I have so much energy. I feel good and I am happy. Things that haven't been in a long time. I will be 44 next Friday. I feel better than I have in years. So, I guess that's all. Come back for updates.

P.S. No excuse not to go to meetings...they are 3 feet away from Mark's office!!!

Bye!

Woldt Hall

Jeremy's tiny little bed. I made it up for him before we left.

Another shot of the little bed.

Front of Woldt Hall.



I guess I should be comforted to know that his bathroom is a
tornado shelter.

The bathroom/tornado shelter.

Jeremy arranging his desk.

The living room of his dorm.

The sign. Mark was an RA in Emmons when he was in college. Jeremy's is Woldt.

Their phone in the living room. I'm sure it will get a work-out.

His name was already on the door. Made him feel better.

Jeremy sitting at the desk, arranging desk.

So, today is his first day of classes. He called me and had gotten to his first class and was waiting till it was time to go in. I think he is going to be just fine. It started snowing after we left so now there is a blanket of snow on the ground there. (Here too.)

Jeremy's goal is to make the Dean's list. I will keep you informed.

Take care!