I DID IT!

The real news is that I did it.  Or rather WE did it.

September 18, 2011.  That's Java and ME - 30 pounds lighter!  

I'm not quitting - I would like to drop another 30 by the end of school, and I'm pretty sure that's doable.  I've hit a plateau - which always seems to happen once school starts and I get lazy again - but this year, at least, I can use the same motivational goal that helped me this last time.  30 pounds by my birthday - 30 pounds by retirement.  

Yep.  I'm retiring.  After 33 years in the classroom, I think I can say that "I fought the good fight, finished the race, and get the victor's spoils."  

I'm looking forward to the next phase of my life.  And my tummy skin is starting to sag!  Maybe I'll even join a gym!

Blogger? Me?

When Faroh was alive, I was a faithful blogger - kept my site up to date at least twice a week and loved posting.  

Since I'm not in the horse business anymore, I just don't have a reason for keeping a blog, and since I use FaceBook for my "keeping up with friends" this blog has been sadly neglected.

I keep making resolutions to keep it updated, but I don't really have any reason to. 

Maybe I should apply for a design team.  That would be some motivation.  Or maybe I should do a project life or 365 thing.   

I'm going to try to do better.  Again. 

:-(

Sunrise on New Year's Eve

There is something about being awake at daybreak that is soul-restoring.  

Just watching all the potential and hope peeking over the horizon, hearing the birds wake up, listening to the sounds of the morning - it makes me feel that today, JUST for today, ANYthing is possible.