Weekly WI: Birthday Edition

 Yesterday I turned 43.

It has been a fabulous time thus far and I look forward to more celebrating with friend this weekend.  Yesterday I had some unexpected overtime at work which started my birthday very early.  I also worked at my WW Workshop.  Before I left the house, I checked in with the home scale but opted to skip the “official” scale since I had been awake for many hours and had already eaten and drank my coffee.  I was very happy to be down 1.8 pounds.

This week will be a challenge as it is birthday two-for-one week and also social time with family and friends.  I am planning to skip the scale next week but I will work on balance this week and stick to my points where I can but enjoy the indulges when they arise.  

For my actual birthday, we meet my parents and my brother at Dos Caminos for Mexican food.  Just as we lit the candles on the cake, staff came to sing to me.  It was so sweet.  Afterwards, we met up with Phoenix and Stacey for a beer (okay, two beers) at Cresent Brewery.  I love their pumpkin beer!

We arrived to live music from The L+J Experience along with Lee Brice on the trumpet.  There was a small group of patrons and a lively group at that.  Coming in the door after the show started caused some of the rowdy to act up and make the night even more fun.  I even got my own trumpet birthday solo by Lee Rice.  Such a great guy.

My sister Jenny had flowers delivered to my front door from 1-800-flowers.  It was a beautiful fall bouquet that went well with the flowers Kenyon got me so I mixed and matched them. 

In the box with the flowers was also this sun catcher.  I love it!

More fun to come this weekend.

Cruise Life: 99 Days To Go

After booking a cruise with over 500 days to go on the countdown…

…we are OFFICIALLY 99 days to go!

 

WhooooHoooo!

 

This group cruise is going to be epic and I can hardly contain myself.  After having to cancel our October cruises and not really being able to travel with Kenyon, I am looking forward this trip.  Having a couple of my best gal pals and their significant others come along is going to make the trip so much more fun.

 

The Vlogger Group Cruise is quite large, and I’ve been interacting with people on the FB page that I am looking forward to meeting in person.  As part of the group, we have a few schedule events planned but other than that, it is all on your own.  My group of six (Phoneix & Stacey, Wanda & Michael, and Kenyon & I) will be planning some dinners on the ship together, taking in some shows, and just enjoying our time together.  The group cruise travel agents created a shirt for order, and I really love the logo.

 

Our shirts, I got the hoodie instead of the sweatshirt, did not come correctly and need to be re-printed.  I’m still waiting to hear from the company.  Bummer!

 

Waiting is the hardest and so I’ve been researching ship stuff, restaurants, drinks, and port stops.  Oh man, I am so excited.  These 99 days cannot come fast enough!

Weekly WI: A One Pound Loss

 

A whole week has come and gone and I have not checked into this little piece of the World Wide Web.  It has been busy with a lots and lots and lots of work shifts!  But, alas, we will get through.

 

My Weekly WI was on track for my one pound per week goal.

 

We have 14 weeks until vacation and next week will be a difficult one to pull out a loss.  As in typical fashion, my birthday freebies seem to all come in at once and with the abundance of overtime, we’ve not had time to use those that came in earlier.  Now it is a race to try and get them all used up in time.  Most are buy-one-get-one so I’ve been waiting for a day off with Kenyon to use them.  Next week is THE week.

 

I found this funny on Facebook and though it was appropriate for a weekly weigh-in post.

 

I never sat down to write a full blogpost celebrating one year since I started working for the company that changed my life.

 

This has year has been hard and stressful juggling the WW schedule with my regular work schedule and a lofty overtime hours.  But, we survived!  I will be moving to day shift at work and thus, will no longer be able to be with my favorite Monday morning WW members.  Alas, we will be opening up an evening workshop on Monday night where I will try and build up the membership.  I am looking forward to this new opportunity.  It has felt like the right decision and also like going “home” as Monday nights in Nampa is where I started my WW journey almost 16 years ago.    

Speaking of memories, I had a FB memory from 13 years ago pop up.  I was about to celebrate my 30^th birthday and been working so hard to be at WW’s goal of 155.  While I didn’t make it, I sure had a lot of celebrate.

 

I continue to have a lot to celebrate.  Yes, the struggle with the scale is a daily occurrence and I am once again working off vacation weight.  But, staying grounded to this program that has brought me so much success and so many wonderful people into my life is key.

Here’s to another week!