February 11, 2010

Today is my son, Bruce's, birthday. He was actually my son in law, but I loved him like a son. I know I told you my daughter is married to Russell (and she is) Bruce was her first husband. He passed 4 years ago January 12. His birth date reversed. He was born on 2-11 and he passed on 1-12. Freaky isn't it. I have thought about him all day. In fact I think about him every day. He was a special, warm, caring person.
When he was a little boy he wrote on a paper for school that when he grew up he wanted to be a dad. I was very sorry that he never got the chance to live that dream.
4 years ago today I was at a scrapbook crop. A local shop had a benefit crop for Bambi to try and raise money to help pay for medical bills. The Saturday that they picked to have it was his birthday. One time during the afternoon it started to snow, just snowing like crazy and the sun was shining so bright. Don't see that every day, snowing from a clear sunny sky. Bambi and I agreed that Bruce had a hand in the weather that day. He would have thought that was really funny.
He had a wicked sense of humor, loved to tease, could have grown a crop in a sand box, cooked like a deamon and had an evil grin and laugh.
He had a great life . . . just not a long one. I miss him and I love him. I take comfort in the knowledge that I will see him again some day.

February 6, 2010

I missed posting last week. So I'll tell you what I did last week and this week both. Last week I lost 3.6 LBs and this week I lost 1.6 LBs. Now I am down a total of 8.6 LBs. Last week I didn't get to enjoy my big loss the way I should have. Why? Because on Monday 2/1/10 I had to give an oral presentation at work. I was so consumed with this stupid thing that it ate up my entire weekend. You see, I got a great promotion last August. And to complete the training I have to make a total of six presentations. One each quarter for the first year and then 2 semi annually for the second year. In my opinion the whole process is stupid. I had to learn power point to use in my presentation (which has absolutely nothing to do with my job) and then all the hours and hours of planing and practice. This all has to be done at home because I simply don't have the time to do it at work because I'm learning the job. So needless to say, last weekend I was a wreck. I am happy to announce that my presentation went well and so I could breath easy the rest of the week. Of course starting on Monday I will begin work on my next presentation which will be given in April.

Maybe it was because my Panel was on Monday but was this the longest week ever or what? And it was not just me, I heard several people say that. I swear that I thought Wednesday morning would NEVER end. What was that about? I know that I had worked for at least 8 hours and when I looked at the clock it was only 9:00. Not possible. I sure hope next week goes faster. I think last weekend was a full moon. Maybe that had something to do with it.

Anyway, I am very happy with my 8.6 pounds gone. Do I see a difference. No, but I will not be discouraged. It will come.

I have been having issues with my left knee for the past several weeks. I know that the excess weight is a major factor. So I have been nursing it. Today it feels very good. Maybe I'm over the hump. So I will try to get in a mile before the day is over. Not a hard mile, but a mile all the same.

I will close with a quote I read this morning. I think it hits the nail on the head. It goes:
"Destiny is not a matter of chance . . . it is a matter of Choice. It is NOT a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan.

In other words, if you want it, get out there and work for it. Nobody is going to hand success to you. I am working for this and I will continue to work for this. This is my year. I am claiming it and I will achieve it.

Have a great weekend in what ever you are doing. And remember, today is a gift, that is why it is called the present!