hey all!

this week hubby and i took an old buddy of his (mark) and his good friend (elena) out to dinner.  they are both unemployed and homeless…

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today i am especially thankful for a few of my friends  :) …

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i was in the middle of typing up a blog entry for today, and it involved thanking a few special people i've gotten to know a tad bit since i've moved to the big-ole-blogosphere just a little over a month ago. 

then i noticed rolando over at r playground had a new post, so i hopped over there...and by golly, he was bein all thankful, too!  *teehee*  he so generously passed on a friendship badge to several of his blogging buddies, including me!

so, this Simple Sundays post is to virtually (and sincerely) thank a few of the folks who have made me feel super welcome in the last month...

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hey!!

(oh by the way...that's not "brats" like kids...that's "brats" like bratwurst. LOL!)

welp im back in the "blog office" again.  we just got back from a fun, exciting trip to visit some friends and do some sight-seeing in the south!  yep, us yanks (me, hubby and the dog) went down to atlanta for hubby to visit a friend and for me to catch up with my...

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heyyyyy :D

i know i know, its been a few weeks. honestly, ive thought of blogging tons of times, but what i thought of to say was just so repetitive. redundant. the same ole. hehe. i have finally (mostly) gotten out of my stressful-thinking-about-what-if-about-my-health rut. obviously i am still doing some reading and working on tweaking my diet, but i am busier, and it helps! hubby and i started going to a SNAP Fitness nearby and it feels awesome to do some weight training!! i despise cardio machines, but i force myself to walk on the treadmill at least while usually watching some goofy HGTV show or game show that gets my mind off how much i hate cardio machines. LOL! i have also been doing yoga at home (cant afford to do classes and SNAP both!) and it feels good to be sticking with that again.

what really helped me get out of my rut was...

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wow, its been quite a while since i've written...but to me, it seems like only a week or so ago!! hehe!

well, all our guests have come and gone...in quite a blink of an eye 8^| we had an AWESOME time, first with my sister, hubby, daughter and son staying with us for 4 days...then the kids stayed for the following week.

then, while the kids were still here, one of my hubby's old buddies was passing thru town, and his wife and kids stayed with us for the weekend. during that time we had a cookout/get together for the "crew" of old friends since the one was back in town...so that was a blast having everyone over! :D

so, over the span of 2 weeks, we went from just me and hubby (and the pets of course LOL) to as many as 6 more people staying in the house...plus around 15 for the day when we had the cookout. we had so much fun and im so bored now that everyone's gone! HAHAH!!

okay well, so not to be a downer, but this week...

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(courtesy of sparkpeople.com's Healthy Reflections)

If you met yourself, would you want to stick around and talk? Are you the kind of person others can be proud of? Hopefully you are, because that's who will be with you for your entire life. Your values and beliefs create a pretty good picture of what you want to see in the mirror. To be proud of yourself, do everything you can to make real life look like that vision. Find people that have the qualities you want and learn from them. Becoming a person you like gives you the confidence that you're someone worth being friends with. There's also a flip side to the friendship coin--you also need to cut yourself as much slack as you do your friends. You have friends because...

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hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! =)

yes, yes im still here!! i know its been a couple weeks. but im sure you can guess what i’ve been doing after reading my last post…yup, hangin out at the fast food joints! ACK!!! okay well not quite that bad, but not very good, either. i definitely didnt get under 200 during the month of may. and im DEFINITELY never going to make another promise in this blog, because i think im hard-wired to break them!! LOL!! esp when it comes to food.

welllp lets start with the good stuff :) …

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good morning!

i just wanted to drop you a line, cause i JUST had an ah-ha! moment...a God Breeze...a revelation...whatever you wanna call it! see, i have two super awesome online buddies *waves atta shellers and trac!!* whom i met through sparkpeople (which, btw, is an amazing--and free--resource for getting healthy).

these two girls get me through so much! they listen to all my crap and always offer sound advice and encouragement. (plus, they both just crack me up with their awesome senses of humor!!!) we are all "weighed down" with the same struggles...and being brutally honest about our failures AND successes just feels darned good! ANYHOO...

shellers sent me an email a bit ago and is just having one of those days. you know, those days when there just arent enough fast food places to visit and cram your face full of every greasy, yummy food you can think of? heheh! one minute you want...

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