Listened to my tunes and watched stuff on the ipod. 
I'm so sorry for your loss. Wishing you and your family peace during this sad time.
This sounds like a dream trip to me. I've been thinking that a week is too short, but 3 weeks would be amazing.
Whoo hoo!!! You did it!!! I remember how hard those minutes can be, and someone told me if I felt like I was dying, to slow down a little, and that advice has helped me so much. Keep it up, shannon!!
We have a long july 4th weekend and have a big party here pre fireworks, which is a lot of fun, and since I host the party I'll plan a healthy menu, with our traditional ice cream sundae bar for dessert. Then I have two weeks off starting aug 21, we'll camp at old orchard beach for 3 nights, then home for 2 days and rent a cabin at sebago lake with our family for 4 nights, and come home for one night and the next day I'm so excited to be surprising my son with a disney trip. I'm not going to tell him until that morning. I'll come home from maine on sunday and wash the clothes and put them in the suit case for disney. He will be so thrilled. Alcohol is a big challenge for the maine trips, but we'll be packing all our food for those trips, so I will have control over that. I usually drink lite beer, but there at the cabin we'll have the blender going, so I'm going to try and find something a little more healthy. For disney, it's just Michael and I going, so I won't be drinking much if at all, and I've found on past trips, I try to stay away from fried foods, and drink plenty of water, and on my first day back get right back on track with the eating, and I've really had minimal gains. I know for me, it's eating in vacation mode and not stopping that when I get back that kills me. The other thing for Maine is we're with others on both trips, so I will be able to get up and out for a walk/run in the mornings, so I'll plan to do that. Planning is key. Great question to get me thinking and planning ahead. We'll do some other day trips on weekends, canobie lake park maybe six flags, and a minor league baseball game or two, but I'm going to track my food through this summer. I gained 15 pounds last summer, and I know what I did, so this summer, I am going to lose those 15 pounds, by doing it right.
I did get my walk/run in this morning, while Michael scootered along with me, and then found some motivation and did a couple hours of much needed yard work, so it was productive. I went to a housewarming party tonight, but planned and had one margarita, 2 mini coconut muffins, and an egg salad sandwich. There was chocolate cake and strawberry shortcake, but I walked away. I just used 5 flex points for the day. I love the feeling of success when I have avoided temptations, and I need to remember that feeling when I find myself giving into those temptations.
Hope you're all enjoying the weekend.
brinalyn530 (Bree)!
Hope your day is happy and wonderful!
QOTD SUNDAY: If you were at Disneyland or WDW right now what would you be doing?
Have a great day all!
Now that the shows are limited I have to plan our Disney Days around it 
Joanne -- You'll do great! I'll be thinking of you.We got me up here Tuesday night when I was totally full of medications and it still took about 30 minutes to make it from the driveway to the bed. So, it looks like I'm stuck in the bedroom on the second floor for a while. I think the first time I'll see the sun is when I go to the doctor on Wednesday. I'll have to be content to move between the bed and the wheelchair. Even getting to the bathroom in our MBR suite is exhausting just from the pain. I am looking forward to not being in pain; God knows I'm sick of hearing myself complain.
My hometown. I wanna go too!!!!!!! You can just drop me off at my grandma's house!! Sharing this in case anyone else gets discouraged by the scale. This is what I came across this morning trying to figure out what my crazy body is doing!
"But, since a pound is of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat --- but takes up less space, your increased muscle, reduced body fat, and healthier body composition could mean little change in the number on the scale that many people use as their measure of success." Came from some fitness website.
http://www.carbsmart.com/outout.html - interesting article about the scale, and our bodies storing water. Not sure how correct it is, though?
Finally, a picture that was in a helpful article Lisa posted for me.
Nasty, huh?
So... if this is going to be my new thing for a while, maybe I should start a Biggest Inches loser challenge (HA!)
Thank you, Buffy, for your quick reply.
I love the COW. Since starting these challenges in 2009 I've developed lots of good habits. I even credit donac for getting me to take piano lessons at age 48 -- the COW was try something that you've always wanted to do. Give it a try!
There are no calories in the food at Disney, Right?!?!?!
Happy Birthday Bree!
You would want to get in one last ride to Endor, too, before they change Star Tours! Wow I'm icky now lol. I just got down walking on the treadmill. I went back on forth on speeds, which I feel good about
QOTD Saturday:
Summer plans include a 5 night stay at Disneyland! Yeah, I do believe that could definitely hinder things, though I must say I'm so happy that they now have veggies, fruit and water around for snacking. I just need to watch my fried chicken and ice cream consumption
Other than that, just the normal summer faires, bbqs, etc that will be a hinderance. I prefer exercising outdoors so its great that I don't have to worry about rain...I just have to make sure I get up and go early before it gets hot!
QOTD Sunday:
Right now its just before 6pm, and here at least its 85 degrees. If I was at DL, DH and I (we don't have my stepdaughter this weekend) would probably be strolling through the air conditioned shops on Main Street with a diet coke waiting for the heat to calm down a little. Then we'd head over to Bengal BBQ and take our skewers to the front of the castle to claim our spots for tonight's fireworks!
If I were at WDW I would be just leaving Epcot after watching Illuminations in the UK. And hitting the Boardwalk bakery for an eclair while walking back to our room at the Dolphin.
What?!?!
Happy Birthday Bellaphia!
Ok, now my smilies won't work today!
Just finished 3 miles on the elliptical and I may try to do 3 more later today. Gotta try not to overeat or drink today. I am drinking a 30oz water right now. I don't want to have to get up during Shrek so I will lay off the liquids while at the movies. Cook out later. We'll bring some chips.
Enjoy your day. We need to head out in an hour for the movies so I had better get going.
Morning losers!!
I went for a morning run bright and early this morning... before the weather got too hot. Now I feel ready to conquer the day.
QOTD SUNDAY: If you were at Disneyland or WDW right now what would you be doing?
Honestly, probably scolding my kids. They are 5 and 3 and they are constantly bickering. I feeling like I am forever telling them to "knock it off", "quit touching your brother", "leave your sister alone", "don't bite your sisters hair", "quit writing on your brother", etc. So, chances are, I would be yelling at them. Even though it's the happiest place on earth, they are still kids.
I updated the birthday list in the participant post -- please double check it for me and let me know if I need to update anything. I think this is the longest birthday streak we've ever had! 
