Twenty Pounds later...

It looked much better in black and white. The colored version, of this picture my daughter took of me last night, shows the dark circles and smeared makeup. I am really a bit tired. And I suppose it has been showing in my somewhat less than positive posts.

Rachel is going to her best friends birthday/sleep over/go to the movies in their pajamas/act like a bunch of 'Tweens and run amuck party today. I plan on taking my time alone to do a bit of "Me" time. I am breaking out the home manicure regimine, facial products and hair dye (cause in this picture you can't see the giant stripe of grey down the center of my forehead either) I am going to make my feet soft, my face feel moisturized and smoother and my hair appear about 7 years younger.

I have also gained about half of the forty pounds I lost last year, back. I am going to sit down and plan out how I am going to get back on track. I haven't excerised regularly for about a year now (I can't believe it has been that long that I have let this effort, just go) and it has sure made itself known. Pilates will be a regular feature on my entertainment center and there won't be anymore Saturday morning trips to Richard's Donut shop. (Sorry Rach) I had more than forty pounds to lose and I plan on finishing that up. Maybe the holiday season isn't the best time to start this, but Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts are only two days of the year. All I know, is that when I exercise, I feel better. I feel better about life and living it each day. I am excited to take on new challenges and the world I live in has many more reasons to seek out the beauty we normally look past. I need that, I value it and I have been missing it.

My best friend Debbie has started a blog. She is really a blessing to me. We have our differences and are so different in some of our ways you might wonder why we are friends, but I assure you, she makes me understand the term "Soul Sister". Our religions are different, she is Mormon and I am Christian. She has been married to the same man since she was 18 and I ... well I have issues with that. She is a stay at home mom and I am not. But the way we think and feel about life as a whole meshes. She is a wonderful poetry writer (if she lets you read it) and the pride and patience she takes in her family is inspiring. Stop by and say hello...Here.