Pumpkin patch

Saturday morning we got up and decided to drive to Sauvie Island to go to a pumpkin patch. We ended up at one that had a Corn Maze that we let Molly navigate through, it took us an hour but it was worth it, we all had a good time.

They had ALOT of really yummy looking food but we only had corn on the cob. We took a hay ride to the pumpkin patch part and then we were off. 

Proud of myself...

So I have been dieting since sometime in August, I have had a few rough weeks but for the most part have lost weight steadily. This week, I lost 2 pounds which puts me at a total of 14 pounds lost. Yay me!

My plague is going away...

I am still sick but I am at work today. I have had this crud for a week now and it doesn't feel like it is going to completely go away.
Molly is better which is good, she went apple picking with my sister and niece yesterday. It's always better when the kid is better first, now I can really focus on getting myself better.

If it doesn't go away soon, I am going to have to get one of these.

Another week....another

4 pounds!!!!!!!! I really don't know how. That is the most in one week since we started eating better That makes 12 pounds total for me which is great.
This time I don't feel like I am on a diet, we are just eating better and less of what we do eat. It has made it easier, yes, I do have bad moments (in fact I might even make brownies today.....) But for the most part it has gone well.
Eventually I will post the graph with this, but I am never successful with it when I try on my own.

Have a good week......

Sister's, sister's there were never such devoted sister's.......

It is with a very sad heart that I have to accept the fact that my sister Barbara is moving to Delaware.
I moved to Oregon in 1989 when I came out here and went to Linfield. Barb was at Univeristy of Colorado in Boulder at that time, we talked almost every day by pay phone (before the time when everyone had cell phones, honestly don't know how we survived).
About 15 years ago she moved to Oregon with her then boyfriend and my nephew...it was nice to finally have family here. Barb and I have been through alot together, she helped me through bad relationships and gave me a place to live, and most recently helped me the most when I was going through my divorce.
My ex was horrible, he spent most of the time while I was working sleeping, that meant my daughter had to basically take care of her self while I was away (she wasn't even 3)...I couldn't take it so I asked for help. Barb stepped up, she took Molly every weekend, for 8-9 hours while I worked and picked her up almost everyday from day care until I got home, I really do not know what I would have done without here.
In the last couple of years Barb met someone else whom she fell in love with and married. He is a really great guy and has been really good for her. Well, he got a new job in Pennsylvania, close enough to Delaware, so that is where they are moving.
I cannot even talk about, yet alone write about her moving with out crying. I really do not know what I would have done with out her over the last several years.
She said that if I still needed her this decision would have been more difficult, but because I have found my happiness and do not need her anymore, she can move on.

I will miss you more that you know Barb....I love you.

Phew....stayed the same.

I was a little nervous getting on the scale this morning because I didn't exactly do a great job this week. Things have been bothering me and I just wanted to eat bad things. I tried the 100 calorie packs to ward off my sweet tooth, and it worked....to an extent.
Didn't gain...but didn't lose.

Straight from a 7 year old

We went out to The Original Pancake House for breakfast this morning.... so good. Molly had a bacon pancake (6 buttermilk pancakes with bacon sprinkled on top of them while cooking) no this place is not diet friendly but very good. She didn't like it very much and ended up eating our eggs and ham, she looked at Jim and said "sorry I am wasting your money", I gave her a hug, what seven year old thinks that way?! On our way home we decided to drive a different way home to get a new view of the city.

On the other side of the Sellwood Bridge there is a exotic dancer club  and when I saw it I said "boobies" and there was  a comment (under his breath) about liking boobies well apparently my daughter has sonic hearing and she said "just pull your shirt down mommy"....  there was dead silence in the car then laughter.

 Sometimes it shocks me what comes out of her mouth, she says the funniest things sometimes and I just wonder where she got them from. I have used a great deal of self control since she was born editing myself so she doesn't say something that obviously would have come from me....must be school, yah, I will blame it on that.