Happy Birthday, Debra (and possibly Tandy)!!!
Kim -- Great to hear from you, I think a lot of us have been having LTO lately!
Cindy -- You are so observant!

A little bird told me it was
Debra's big day today, I'm not sure if
Tandy gave us an exact date yet, but I know it's soon!
Debra -- Spock appears to be just a little horse of a kitty, at 5.6 lbs at his first check-up, he's going to be a bruiser when he's full grown. We have to bring

in for more blood work this afternoon -- Dennis says I have a knack for picking out the kitty that will cost us the most money, and although we didn't really get to pick

, I could be credited with this one, too. Hopefully he will not be a very sick kitty.

Have a wonderful time in Seattle! And that is a lot of family to handle, I think you can be forgiven if you do your own personal bourbon chase...
Manda -- So great to see you here! And congratulations on the fabulous weight loss, that is awesome!


to the Challenge,
Tandy is running it for us and doing a fantatstic job!
Vicky -- I love your saying, "New month, new week, new challenge"! I'm going to post about my visit to Sugar Heaven below. Yes, that's a store
Jackie -- A Girls Weekend sounds like so much fun! I just had one for the Princess and I am so ready for another one. How fun that you can share a healthy hobby with your daughter
Tandy -- I can be honest since everyone else is, I'll come clean below...can I just say I am so impressed with your training with Harrison? What a patient mom you are. I would have strangled my ds trying to get him to run
Beth -- You are going to sail right into that new decade! I am so impressed with your attitude, and the way you are handling adversity. You are a champion, my friend!
For the Challenge --
Loss: Last week I was 193.2, this week I am 187.6. I would like a point for the loss (1), but I do not want this to count as the highest percentage, because I'm still a pound above the weight I reported 2 weeks ago. I ballooned up and then came back to reality, and that would not be fair.
water: 1
fruit/veggies: 1
dairy: 1
new recipe: 1 (Two-Tomato French Bread Pizza)
new food: 1 ricotta cheese
temptation: 0
weekly challenge: 0
exercise: 1
Points: 7 (or 6, if the loss this week doesn't count since I'm above the low I had before)
And an update on me (starting with my weekend, yep, I'm cross-posting) --
I came home from the 7:15am WW meeting Saturday, ran 3M, took a shower, and had fresh pineapple and a homemade 3 pt. banana muffin. We took Spock for his first vet visit, and Chewie had his rabies shot and a blood test. The local library is next to the vet, so I stopped in when we arrived and exchanged the books I'd read for a couple of new ones,
Dear Fatty by Dawn French and
Scones and Bones by Laura Childs. Then I went to Hallmark and picked out my new Vera Bradley bag. Turns out the Weekender just didn't suit me, so I ended up with a Miller bag, in simply violets. I really like it and I'm excited to use it. I'm also going to pick up a mini hipster this weekend, I think I'm getting the new watercolor pattern, but you know there's an element of "what am I feeling like" when I buy it
DH and I then drove downtown, and walked about 6 blocks to marathon sports -- they have all the Boston Marathon gear. DH picked out 2 jackets, a shirt and a hat, and he had a 20% off coupon because he attended several pre-race workshops, so that was awesome! Literally right next to marathon sports is a store called "Sugar Heaven" with every type of candy

imagineable. But I was very restrained and only picked up a special treat for ds (ok, I might have helped him eat a little of the watermelon and rootbeer licorice...).
Then dh and I made our menu and went grocery shopping. By the time we got home it was after 9, and I was beat. The next morning we went to church, dh prepped all the fruit and veggies and made dinner for Monday night (filet mignon and mashed potatoes (WW recipe!), and Sunday night was a WW recipe french bread pizza with ricotta and tomatoes (yum!).
I had my "Supernatural Sunday" -- I save all my Sci Fi Tivo from the week and watch it Sunday while I eat popcorn

(ok, popcorn only lasts for 1 show), and went to bed around 10. I totally stuck to my points on Saturday, so I'm very pleased by that. And I only went over a little Sunday, which is accounted for in my weeklies, so I seem to be on track.
DH ran 12 miles Monday night, so I was totally "on duty" on the parenting front. Since he pre-made dinner, it wasn't too stressful. Just had to make sure the homework is done, and thankfully ds didn't need help with algebra
I did intervals for my run yesterday morning, alternating 5.0 and 5.5 for each half mile for 4 miles. I haven't done intervals in awhile, so it felt like much more of a workout. I was in a workshop all day tyesterday, which was deadly dull. Then I had a church meeting, and didn't get home until about 9. That's why I failed to post yesterday, I just ran out of time.
I got up this morning and ran 3M, and I just had a banana and a triple berry smoothie for breakfast. I have a breakfast forum this morning (I just get hot tea, I don't eat), and then I'm going to pick up lunch at Subway, and add some Special K crackers. Those are really good!
We have

vet appt. this afternoon, and then I'll be able to relax and see where I am. One of my bathrooms (the one ds uses) is getting really scary, so I have to find time to clean it.
I hope everyone has an awesome day!
Maria
