September 13th, 2009

Success! I weighed 135 lbs this morning! And, I had a nice time at the party! I was very good...passed on the mints at the table, drank 1 glass of champagne for the toast, and passed on the cheese and crackers. Drank lots of water and ice tea... Dinner was buffet, thank goodness, and it was easy...after having measured the 2/3 cup of vegatables at noon....I knew what I should have...did 1/2 cup of green salad without dressing... 1/2 cup of cooked veg...mostly squash & peppers and about 2 oz peice of chichen. Then I had a verrrry thiiiiin slice of cake when it was served. That was it! When we arrived home I drank 16 oz of water and went to bed! Also we did do a bit of dancing at the party...not as much as usual. In all a very nice party and SC won their tightly contested game which kept the boys glued to the TV much of the evening.

Woke about 7 am and posted my greek blog before going to mass while I had a cup of coffee and a glass of water. Wendy, Russ, Jenn & Kelly joined us for Mass which is always nice. Decided to purchase a $100 ticket on the Smart Car that is being raffeled off for Octoberfest next week. They are only doing 300 tickets so the odds are pretty good....but...we look at it as our donation for the church as we generally don't go to the actual festival. All of the kids work with the grandchildren in the booths for the weekend...Jenn & Kelly run the funnel cake booth...have for years. I will be at Jay's that weekend so they were trying to talk Jim into volunteering for a booth...fat chance of that!

After mass....about 10 am....ate breakfast...boiled egg & 2 slices of bacon with 2nd cup of coffee. A total of 160 calories... then I changed and went for my 2 mile walk around the lake. Sun was out by now and so I worked up a sweat....pinned my bangs back so I can get some sun on my forehead....I've got white skin up there.

I've started a new book...the Julie Powers book from her blog that was made into a movie. Shari & I finally traded the books we purchased at Costco a couple of weeks ago.

Received an email from Bonnie this morning that they MIGHT come out for a short visit SOON....keeping my fingers crossed....would love to see them and possibly finally meet their son Bill who lives in LA. Mary arrives on Thursday and will be here for the weekend. Alyssa turns 21 years old on Thursday. Jenn is having a family party for her on Saturday...then Sunday Wendy turns 47...hard to believe. Laura also has a birthday this month...on 29th...she'll be 51! Good thing we don't have parties for the adults as we'd be party animals!

Well, it's nearly 1 pm...think I'll do a few emails and then have my lunch! In the kitchen without a book or TV.

5 pm....lunch was 2/3 cup of mixed vegatables, 1 oz of cheese & diet soda drink: total of 184 calories...another glass of water...so far today: 344 calories.

Read the new Julie/Julia book...basically it's the movie...it is Julie's book that they based the screen play on. Created from her blogs.

Had a glass of wine about 4...forgot that...another 75 calories = 419 calories

Bonnie wrote...looking more like they're coming...can't wait...but unfortunately will probably be a short trip ): (is that a frown).....wish they could stay several weeks but know right now that's not possible. I've got some frozen strawberries defrosting for dinner about 2 cups and that would only be 100 calories. More later.

8:30 pm....not sure about the times of posts Mary....because I go in and edit several times a day??? this evening I ate my 2 cups of strawberries, a cup of jello and 2 cups of black tea....about 100 calories....so for the day I have probably around 600 calories... it will be interesting to see what the scales say in the morning. I haven't had quiet as much water today but I really haven't been hungry.