Life is an adventure at times.

Life is definately an adventure at times-and sometimes it is not of your own making. I must prefer to plan and organize my own adventure. Saturday was a busy day with errands trying to make my pre-conference week a little easier. Lo and behold if I didn't rear end the car in front of me on US 31 northbound next to the Eastbrook Plaza! That person then rolled and hit the person in front of her. No one was hurt (except my pride) for which I am thankful. In addition to the planned errands I now had to find a rental car-everything was closed in Columbus, Franklin, Greenwood. I had to go to the Indy airport to get a car. Needless to say all my errands did not get done Saturday. Saturday night I didn't sleep well and overslept for SS and then didn't get ready in time for church. It was a mixed up day and a little painful in the neck area. Went to the MD today for medicine, the police station (don't forget they ONLY take CASH!), the insurance company, body shop....I sure wish we had gone hiking Saturday!

Faculty Retreat 2008

Today was the annual Ivy Tech Faculty Retreat day where we are supposed to have fun together and learn something to help us work together. The subject this year was Emotional Intellegience. I love talking about this kind of stuff so I actually had fun today. We met at the new Hilton Garden Inn at T/ville. That place is really nice and the food was great! At lunch time we were dismissed to do different activities according to the sticker on our name badge. I was in the first group and we were told to go play awhile. I made a beeline for the free chair massage. It was awesome! I had a few sore spots-I'm sure from hunching over a computer all day. It was at last year's retreat that I made the decision that it was time to loose weight. Thought I would add a picture from last year and the one a friend took of me this year.

When I got home from seeing Daddy I started working in the yard pulling up dead flowers, weeds, etc. I am running out of time and it is time to put the yard "to bed" for the winter. My neighbor John came over to show me his newest "pet". The squirrel came crawling down his tree and up his pants leg. John would put him back in the tree and it would climb down and go right back up his pants leg. The dogs went nuts so they were put in the house. John later tried to put the squirrel in the neighbors yard (not mine, though I offered) and it crawled right back through the fence so heput Buddy and Sophia (the dogs) in my yard.

This next week I will be busy getting ready to go to my annual medical surgical nursing conference. I can't wait! It is in Nashville TN and yes, I plan to go to the Grand Ole Opry!

Long awaited goal met!

40 weeks, 61.5 lbs and 74 inches later I am now entitled to enter the stabilization phase of my weight loss plan! FINALLY!!!!!! It seems it has taken forever to reach this point. Stabilization is for 6 weeks (and I can't cheat one tiny bit) and then maintenance phase! I now can add one starch 3 times a week at lunch for week 1. Not sure what happens week 2. Thanks everyone for all you love and support during this time. I should have some before/after pictures to post soon.

A Beautiful Day!

I know some of you may get tired of my hiking pictures but I on some beautiful trials at Turkey Run State Park today. The weather was gorgeous, the trails rugged and the companionship great! The food at the Inn wasn't bad either-especially the ice cream... As you can see we like the more rugged trails that have some challenges to them!

Next week you will see some before and after pictures of me!

Happy 90th Birthday Dad!

Linda and I gave Daddy a 90th birthday party Saturday at Silver Oaks-it was the perfect place for the party! Dad's birthday was actually August 26. I can't believe he is 90. He had a great time at the party-he was feeling good, clear mentally, and very jovial. Of course he loved all of the attention! Many friends and family came through out the 2 hours. By the end he was ready for a nap and they had to wake him up for supper. I am so thankful Linda and Carson were able to be here. He also received almost 40 birthday cards. He was excited about all of them and I taped them to his wall yesterday afternoon so he could enjoy looking at them. Here is a slide show of pictures I took at the party. My Dad is a wonderful man and I will miss him when he goes to Heaven.