I feel like a WINNER!.

For those of you who haven't seen me for a while, I gained a little weight since I retired. Well, if you can call 30 lbs. a little weight! I think I morphed into a different body while I wasn't paying attention. It wasn't until I was at the doctor's in December for a sinus infection and he was recording his notes and he referred to "a 150 lb. woman" and I thought, "150! Who is that? I weigh 120 lbs." Ahh!

I signed up for the Body Balance Diet by Myrna Lynn, one of my mentors in Melaleuca, entered the VFL.com diet challenge with Melaleuca, and joined the Biggest Loser at my local gym, Alexander's and proceeded to lose 26.5 pounds in 12 weeks. I wasn't the Biggest Loser, my teammate Tammy took that honor by losing over 50 pounds, but together with a couple of other amazing women our team came in first (by one pound)! A lot of weight was lost at our gym in 12 weeks.

I am keeping the pictures around so I remember to pay attention to myself. I am the only parent my kids have and I need to stay healthy. Praise God, I am doing it!

And the skiing continues . . .

Skiing . . . Glorious skiing!

I really don't think that Heaven could be any better than a blue-sky, sunny day, sliding down a mountain . . . After 5 years, my kids and I finally put our skis back on and oh what a wonderful time we all had! I don't think we will wait 5 years to do it again.

Samuel turns 7!

Sam's birthday fell on Thanksgiving Day this year. We were spending Thanksgiving at my sister's Linda's home, where we were celebrating Sam's birthday along with Uncle Mike whose birthday fell on Friday, but we still had to get up early to have a celebration of our own. Here is his pumpkin roll cake with a #7 sparkler. The sparkler made us all a bit nervous, but we managed not to burn down the house!

To Mom with Love! Marguerite Jane Boyd Haddad--we miss you all ready!

Just a few snapshots of Mom enjoying Christmas in 2008, Linda's wedding in 2008, the Beach in 2007.

Ahh . . .Chocolate!

This is exactly how I feel about chocolate . . . bliss!

Jack Jack

I try calling him "John Jack", but somehow it always comes back from the kids as "Jack Jack." He is named after my father who was a "John" but never a "Jack." Oh well. Here he is in his new glasses which have made a world of difference in his learning. I guess it helps to see what you are being taught. The second picture is for the tea party at his new preschool. They had a tea party with the senior center nearby and were to dress up. The hat and tie were my Dad's. Now I know why I kept them.