Bye Bye Missy

I had just got home from work when I had a phone call from one of my boys to say my little Missy girl had been run over today and had been taken to heaven. Missy has been my little cat for the last 2 years. Kylee gave her to me on her first visit home after she moved to Melbourne. Every night while sitting up here on the pc she would sit up on the stool and talk to me as I typed and browsed the net. She survived a snake bite last summer...that was real scary, thought I had lost her then. Then for some reason she decided she would like to go walking with me of a morning....many a morning I would have to pick her up and carry her back across the road back to home and lock her inside. She found on her escapes across the road a lovely white male tom cat, who loved to play as much as she did. But unfortunately she escaped one too many times and tonight my little Missy is now playing with the angels.

Bye bye little girl......

Still grinning.....

Still grinning from ear to ear ..... achieving goal was a dream, after 18 months of ww's I was beginning to wonder if I ever was going to get there. Today has been a real hungry day, and I have been battling with the carbs....just want to eat but doing the best I can to keep it under control. I am still tracking, tracking.....

The pic shown was taken at Easter before I started ww.....looking at pics like this shows me how far I have come. Just added up my measurements...I have lost a staggerring 138cms.....wowwwwwwwww!!!

I want to THANK each and everyone of my online friends and fellow bloggers and blogger readers for all of your support on my journey....without some of you I know I wouldn't have made it, I know that, you have kept me going!!! This journey has been more than a weight loss one, I have made some lifetime friends along the way, so I have lots to be thankful for. And THANKS for all the lovely comments on my achieving goal post....

I did it...I FINALLY DID IT!!!!

I did it...

Yep I did it...

I MADE GOAL...

I lOST 3.3 at this weigh in, but thats going back to old meeting and 2 weeks without a weigh...

BUT WHO CARES...

I DID IT...

I FINALLY DID IT...

I MADE GOAL !!!!

wooooooooooohoooooooooooo!!!!!

Housewarming ....

Yesterday afternoon we travelled up to Collie (40 minutes drive) to son Simon and Tracey's for a bbq. They recently bought the house they are in and were celebrating with a housewarming. It was a delightful afternoon catching up with family, friends, meeting new friends and neighbours of my son and just enjoying my darling little grandies.

The afternoon was only marred by the temper tanty #3 son had earlier on in the day which left me in a emotional upheaval....some days I really despair about that young man!! I don't envy Hannah and the little girls and pray everyday he will wake up to himself. They too will be living up in Collie as of Monday, maybe now they have a stable base he will find himself work and settle down some.

But anyways the arvo and evening was great....enjoy the pictures. The family one is 4 generations together....me, my mum, my son and his 4 kids. The others are me and my hubby, me and my bro, and me and my little bubba boy Thomas....hasn't he just grown so much?? They only 40 minutes away but I miss them so much....

Ooops nearly forgot.....weigh in tomorrow night....I missed last Wednesday weigh due to working late so its been over a week.....I have been real good, so hopefully those demon scales will be kind....

Read this today....

Smiling is infectious, you can catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin,
when he smiled,
I passed it on to him.
So if you see a smile begin don't leave it undetected.....
lets start an epidemic,
quick,
and get the world infected!!

Worked late.....

Worked late today and was too late to make ww meeting. Knew we were going to be working late, but we had 2 workers off sick today so that made it just that little bit harder getting jobs done. That meant we had to stay that bit longer to get the orders done. Can tell you it is never dull at the funny farm!! Anyways wasn't too worried about missing meeting as last night my tummy was tender and bloated and it was a bit that way today.....so maybe the scales wouldn't have been kind to me. I have had a great week otherwise thou....so next week will go back to my old meeting and weigh in on Monday evening.

Do I need to dress

Do I need to dress more appropiately??

I was out walking this morning, and this person I don't know from a bar of soap....other than to say "good morning, how you doing?'' as we pass one another...told me I needed to dress more appropiately for my age !!

Wellllllllllllllllll to say the least.....I was stunned!!

This is what I was wearing....with nikes on my feet of course!

Am I flaunting my figure??

Am I showing off too much leg??

Am I showing off too much cleavage??

Shhhhhhhhh

shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

come closer.......

real close so you can hear me

closer......

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh real quiet pleazzzzzzzzzzzze....

I have to whisper coz everytime I say this out loud the scales go up again ...... .....soooooooo are you ready.....

Can you hear me??

Okies.....I weighed in tonight and yeahhhhhhh I lost 900grams soooooooooo that makes me a 60's girl again.....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh quietly now...this is the 3rd time I have been here....... soooooooo gotta make it "3rd time lucky" !!!

My new leader was right, her ideas really worked....I followed her advice to the letter and yayyyyyyyyyyy hopefully it will continue working.

Remember now shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh whisper please.....quietly now!!!

Happy Birthday Zoe....

My little Zoe is 4 years old today....

She got her first 2 wheeler bike for her pressie....and Jenna and Pop bought her all the bells and whistles to go on it as their present..... hehehe .... more noise for mummy and daddy.... ohhhhhhh and the bike has trainer wheels "coz Jenna it's my first bike ya know"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUNCHKIN.....Love you lots and lots

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Weighed in tonight at a new meeting...and gained 200grams....

I am so over it.....but there is light at the end of the tunnel, the leader at this meeting I went to was ever so helpful....and came up with a few ideas I haven't tried....so I am going back there next week and see what happens. She even suggested putting me on the maintenance program to see what happens to my old bod!! But we going to give these ideas a go first.....can only try. 1) suggests cutting DOWN my excersise

2)different food for breakfast/lunch/dinner

3)start the program from day 1 again.

Thats just a few of the ideas she gave me.....so it is out to the kitchen for me now and get the Annette Syms books recipe books out...and the new WW book I bought tonight...and start a planning. One will be breakfast before heading off to work..usually I don't have time to have time for much, usually have it at smoko time at 10am. Now with less walking in the morning I will.....

Here we go again..................

Happy Birthday Kylee

My daughter kylee is 22 tomorrow and I am going to miss her more than ever. Last year we were able to celebrate together. Kylee will be working tomorrow, as will I, thats why I posting this now. She will be celebrating her birthday with some friends, her partner Stephen is in Adelaide, so hopefully she'll have a great day. Being a public holiday today....even her parcel we sent over may not make it to her in time....

Anyways sweetie, have a great day....lots of hugs and kisses ..... loves and miss ya lots.......

Will be weighing in on Wednesday evening at at different meeting due to public holiday today.

At the moment I am over it!!

See the dummy....welllllll I am ready to spit it!!!

I have had another good week....stuck to points, only one day this week did I go over and then only by 2 points, excersised every day, drank my water....and really felt good. Was looking forward to a loss...a decent loss...hoping to get rid of that unexplained 1.1 gain from last week. Welllllllllllll its not to be...I lost...a whole 200grams.....

Yep....am so over it at the moment....but tomorrow is another day so I guess I'll be back tracking.......

Roses

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Rosemary Anne Wright

23-2-1973 to 31-5-1996

This is the last photo that was taken of my extended family, a few short months after this pic was taken Roses was gone...and our family has never been the same.

We love and miss you Roses....

My granson

My "little manny" Sheymus is 2 years old today......

Ohhhhhh yesssssss, mummy and daddy I have hit the "terrible twos" ..... lots of fun ehhhhhhh?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY....

Love ya lots xxx

Not happy....

Not at all happy,,,,,have had a great week, counted everything that went into my mouth...excersised everyday for 45 minutes or more....drank over 2 litres of water everyday too.....and what happens?? Weighed in tonight......GAINED 1.1 !!! EXPLAIN PLEASE !!!

Talk about a dummy spit, I am NOT a 60's girl anymore.......but ohhhhhhhhh well tomorrow I will start again. This is the 2nd time I have got to the 60's only to gain the following week...grrrrrrrrrrr!! Tonight I am indulging myself.....it's my birthday tomorrow and was hoping to celebrate being a 68 girl ......but not to be!!!

Even this blog post isn't behaving itself.............ahhhhhhhhh welllll!!!!!!

Just have to let you know Kylee and Stephen had another loss tonight...both of them doing real well., proud of my girl.....yayyyyyy

I am doing it !!!

Wellllllll after a week of menopausal ttom, very unwelcome visitor which hadn't visited for over 3 months (thank heavens!!!).....I have been worried that my weigh in tonight would not bring the results I was hoping for. I have followed the program 100%, tracked everything that entered my mouth, drank 2 to 3 litres of water a day and excersised 6 days this week.

And yayyyyyyyyyyyyy the result is a LOSS OF A KILO !!!!! Am I happy....you betcha!!!! I am a 60's girl.....69.3 to be precise. This time I will stay there....

I know I will....with the support of all my friends that will kick my a**e if I don't !!! ehhhhhhhh girls!!!

Ohhhhhhh more good news Kylee and Stephen (her partner) weighed in tonight ...... both had losses....yayyyyyyyyyy!!

Had the eldest son and his family out this arvo too. They were over east for Christmas this year .....so they came out today to pick up their pressies......Caitlin and Ashlee loved their new prams from Jenna and Pop....

From this to this....

Had grandaughter Skye today and took her to the hairdressers to have her curls tamed....her hair was become so scraggly it really need a trim. She didn't like the hairdressers at all....but loved the hair clips I bought for her after the cut.....

So doesn't my little girl look a 100% better?

I pulled my socks up....

I had a great week as far as weight watching went except for one night when I ate double my points plus for the day!!! Still have to sort out this emotional eating bit.....one day maybe I'll learn!! Anyways I tracked EVERYTHING that went in my mouth, yes even all the naughties on my binge!! I excersised by walking 45 minutes weekdays before work, an hour on the weekends, and drank over 2 lites of water everyday....

I even told my son, who is still causing major stress,( things haven't changed there...if anything they have got worse!!!) that I will not be helping him out in any shape or form while the cannabis is causing such erractic mood swings unless its for Hannah and the little girls. Hannah knows I am always a phone call away if she needs me...but I will not help Shawn till he starts helping himself. He is not willing to stop using and that has even caused him to lose his job. Telling him that has caused less stress and worry for me and I have been able to think about ME just that little bit more.

Anyways my week resulted in a 1.1 loss. I am now 70.3, nearly a 60's girl again!! Thats my goal for next week....to be in the 60's again. Lets see if I can keep those socks pulled up ehhhhhhh....

Time to pull my socks up...

Yep....its time!!! I have dillydallyed around long enough...yoyo'ing up and down for months now. I weighed in tonight and had a gain of 800g..!!! LIKE WOW!!!!

I thought I'd had a good week, thou son has caused a lot of stress....but nahhhhhh hubby said I was either eating well or not eating at all...

So its time to get the tracker out, plan out my days and yep....get my butt into gear and get myself down to goal.

Wish me luck.....

Have a great Australia Day

Me and my other half of me, my hubby Ted, are having a quiet day at home pottering around enjoying each others company today. Tonight we will light up the bbq and have some lamb steaks and salad....

Hope everyone else is enjoying the day...............

Thanks....

Just wanted to say thank you to all those that responded to my last post. I didn't expect you all too as I was just getting it off my chest....but I appreciate the kind thoughts, I really do.

Shawn, my son, is when using cannabis a very "self centred", a real "woe is me" person with physcotic tendencies. You never know what he is going to do or say. Been lucky that he has never physically harmed anyone but he has shown that he is more than capable of it thou. Have been lucky he does show his love for his partner Hannah and his little girls, he cares for them...he really does but he needs the cannabis more than them it seems. He knows he hurts all his family and he admits it to us quite freely but will he do something about it......who knows? He has done it once before...and I live in hope he can again.

Went in and helped them move last night.....they have moved in with friend...but apparently they have cleaned up .... gee they would have had to....yuk it was filthy!!! Anyways got a cuddle of little Jaydene....isn't she a cutie...??

Was off to the funny farm today. For those that don't know, I work on a market garden where they grow carrots, potato's and onions...and soon broccolli. Can be a bit of a dirty job at times ..... have a look at the other pic. I had to grade all the rubbish out of the onions that were just harvested...what a "grot" ehhhhhhh? You should see me after a full day....that was just a few hours....Just as well I don't mind getting dirty........

ooohhhhhhhh I weighed in last night....and was very surprised to find I lost 300 grams. I have joined in The At Home Easter Challenge...to see if I can get under my goal weight by Easter. Only 2.6 kilo's to go now....but have yoyo' ed so many times and hoping the challenge will help me to stay focused.

What a day...

Sometimes I wonder how much I should write on here...but I figure heck its my blog, its my feelings and sometimes if I don't write down my feelings I would go absolutely spare!! And today has been one of those days where the day has gone from good to bad, too bloody awful, tearful, end of tether then back again... I need my friend Wendy..the good little witch with her magic wand to work some magic and make things right.

The day started fine with a great sleep in and a cuppa bought to me in bed by hubby. Got up and washed the car, had a lovely chat with Berrie on the phone then went on into town to catch up with my son, to cuddle little Skye and bubby Jaydene. Son is so troubled, stressed out and not in a good mood at all. Silly him is still doing drugs (cannabis) and I just can't make him realise how much more agitated and moody it makes him. That family has enough troubles without him carrying on like this! They were at the Salvation army crisis care house but moved out last night to a friends house. I went there this morning when I found out they had moved and I was in tears....the unit is FILTHY...Its no place for my little girls, but what can I do??? They can't come here, son and hubby don't get on, hubby won't forgive him after a very nasty and unforgiving argument and if I could help them and let them stay they get taken off the Homeswest priotity list. And they are on the bottom of that list because they own a vechile and son has work..so that means he is not in desperate need. They have been trying for months now to get a rental...even a caravan, but the housing shortage here is severe..there are so many homeless people, it is not good at all. I am in turmoil, I feel as thou I have let them down as I can't help them, I know the system has let them down !!

Just wish I could get throu to son, or someone could. Kylee tried while she was here, they used to be so close, but he wouldn't listen to her either. Why can't he remember how happy, relaxed and healthy he was after he rehabilated 18 months or so ago??? Why can't he remember all the lessons he learnt there?? Why did he have to use again...whyyyyyy?? So many whys, and so few answers...don't think son can answer them either.

I wish my Dad or brother were still around...I could talk to them about anything and everything and days like these I wish they were still here. I have other friends I know I can talk too, I know I am not alone, but I don't like to burden them with this.. writing it all down like this does help. Ohhhhhh I wish, I wish...

I know this thou....I HATE DRUGS.....

Welllllllll I have just have come back from a long walk, it felt good to just chill out and let the world go by. Now its dinner time...a tuna bake, a early night where I hope I can get some sleep...then its off out fishing tomorrow...eeeeeeeek better go get out my seasick pills and leave them where I can see them to take with my coffee in the morning...

My girl ....

Flew back to Victoria tonight......I miss her already......

Looks like I'll have to start saving my "pennies" again for another trip to see her as she won't be back home again until April 2008.....

See you when I see ya sweets....

Happy Birthday Jessica

My eldest grandaughter Jessica turned 5 yesterday....wowwwwww isn't she growing up fast. She is sooooooo excited as she can now start pre-school this year!! Sometimes I wonder where the time goes...it goes by so quickly.

Happy Birthday my darling girl......

We weighed in ...

I weighed in tonight and had a loss of 500g....am happy with that !! Kylee had a gain...her first since starting ww, but she has been here on holidays and hasn't been good this past week.. lots of catching up with friends, and no excersise. My girl flies back to Victoria on Wednesday...ohhhh gonna miss her..."sob sob"

Well and truly over the dreaded lurgy...and back into the walking and practising the hula hoop. Try the hula hoop..it is sooooo good for the tummy. Ohhhhh and if you get a hula hoop, get the water weighted one...a heaps better work out !!

Had the lurgy....

Have had a dose of the lurgy....thanks Rae, must have got it when I visited your blog and gave you a get well hug !!! Didn't want it thou....but seem to be over the worst of it all now. Today for the first time this week...I walked, yayyyyyy... it felt good to be out again. If nothing else the lurgy has kept me really focused and on track .... who feels like eating when your're sick and can't keep anything down anyways?? But since recovering I seem to have found my wagon and climbed back on ready to roll onwards and downwards yet again!!! Want to see if somehow I can get over this fear of goal that I seem to have and get down there and stay there.....

To everyone that has visited my blog and left comments since Jaydene's birth.....I would like to say thanks to each and everyone of you for the best wishes. Jaydene is coming along fine now...much to our relief. She is feeding well and gaining weight...will keep you all updated on her progress, along with "Jenna's" other little 8 darling's.

Update....

Tonight I weighed in for the first time since 11/12/06 and it was as I expected ... a gain !! My first weigh in for the New Year sees me starting at 71.4....a gain of 2.2 !! I was expecting it, more actually, but it's my own fault...I should be ashamed of myself!!! Even though I have excersised most days and drank water by the gallons my food choices have not at all been the best. But now I know what my bad choices have done I can kick my butt into gear and move onwards and downwards again.....

By the way Kylee weighed in with me tonight too....and she had a LOSS of 300 grams....yayyyyyyy !!!

Went to the hospital tonight and took Skye to see her mummy and little sister. Jaydene is coming along fine now after our scare with her last night. She is a gorgeous little bub ... she has sure captured her Jenna's heart, just like the other 8 grandies before her have.

Pics were taken tonight ....

Bub has arrived....

Sheezeeeeeeeee I was wrong again.....It's a girl.....

Jaydene Rose Marie was born 9.30am this morning. She weighed in at 8lb 8.5 ozs, 50cm long. Mum, Dad, and big sister Skye all great.

Sitting here pondering.....

yeaa, yeaa I know that could be dangerous......hehehe

But honestly....am sitting here thinking/pondering about the past year. It bought menopause (its sux!!) my 50th and my daughters 21st birthdays (wooohooo what a party we had) another grandchild (Thomas) a Eagles grandfinal win (yeehaaaa!!!) a tornado go through just missing my house by a few hundred metres (eeekkkkk very scary)....just to name a few things.

But I will remember 2006 mostly for the friendships I made through ww meetings and the forums online. I have more friends now than I have ever had. Some I have even travelled to meet and can't wait too meet again...

These friends mean the world to me and have been so supportive and encouraging as I struggle my way to goal. I could not have got as far as I have without them.

ohhhhh yeaaaa no bub yet.....lost another bet ......sheeeeeeeeeeeeez !!!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to one and all...may your 2007 be filled with happiness.

No bub born as yet.....still waiting.....