New Pictures

We had Moira, our ten year old granddaughter, over a few weekends ago & she spent two nights with us. She loves Mr. Tank and you can see he loves her! We all went fishing with Grandpa Tim and Moira caught her first perch! I look pretty tired in the picture of me and Moira and Tank because we went out fishing early in the morning and I had no make up on whatsoever, which is highly unusual for me to leave the house without some blush and lipstick on!!
Moira and I started reading the first "Little House" book together, "Little House in the Big Woods", outloud, each taking turns reading a chapter. She and I slept out in the camper one night, at her request, but the second night this Grandma declined sleeping out there again as my back was paying for it all that day! Tim took us down to Cabelas and out to Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch one day. Moira is 10, almost 11 and she is very fun to have over. Her older sister, Natalie, was going to stay too, but she is almost 13 and at the last minute decided she didn't want to stay two nights at "Grandpa and Grandma's" so that was fine........I think she is getting to the age where maybe it's not as exciting to hang out with us too long!! Moira and I played Scattegories one night too, and that was a lot of fun, I hadn't played that game for years, and it really made us use our brains! All in all, it was a very enjoyable time with a lovely little girl!

A new day

It's actually night-time and I need to go to bed, but I just was thinking I haven't written in my blog for sometime, so wanted to just jot down a few things.
I finally decided I have to walk a half an hour a day. No excuses. I need to get out to the mall by 7:45 am to walk a half an hour till 8:15am, then go to work. I only work 2 minutes from the mall. And live like 6 minutes from both. My excuses have always been I hate walking in the morning before work in my work clothes (with tennis shoes) but my co-worker Becky does it. She is there every day, and she has been consistent for years doing her walking before work. She is 59 in a few months, just lost 14 lbs through Weight Watchers over the past 8 months and looks fabulous. We just went to the Nordstrom Anniversay sale last month together and being in the dressing room with her while I was trying on my size _____pants and jeans and she was trying on her 6 and 8's made me realize that age isn't an excuse. It's a matter of will and dedication and what do I really want? I really am not happy at the weight I am, weighing 25 to 30 lbs over what I was 10 years ago. I realize I can't get back to what I was in my 20's but I should be able to lose 15 to 20 lbs and keep it off. I must realize that being older now, at 51, I have to realize my portions have to be smaller and the junk food for the most part has to go. And I have been having a few glasses of wine a week lately, I am sure that is adding to it. Part of my problem with walking is that I have a nerve problem in my left foot called Morton's Neuroma, and it acts up sometimes when I walk too long....but I just have to push through it. The pain usually subsides after I've walked and taken my tennis shoes off and after about 5 or 10 minutes my foot is okay...before that, it burns and stings in the bottom/ball/three small toe area.
Anyway, I am going to go to bed now, so I can get up and walk in the morning.