Missing 2 teeth and camp... *sniff!* (plus new bandsters)

My baby isn't a baby anymore! We dropped her off at her first overnight camp this morning (sniff, sniff!) - and she was a trooper! So excited, and just a few tears (so I hear) after we left... Here are a couple of pix of her from this morning, missing both front teeth and sitting on her camp "bunk". (sorry they are fuzzy - camera phone). It's only 3 days and 2 nights, but I miss her already! I think I'm going to have a harder time with it than she is!

Also, check out these new bandsters...

• Donut Diva who's 50 pounds down and looking for some love!!!
• Blither Blather who is also looking for support and followers

Yo-Yo and dentist...

(Sigh)... back up a few pounds this morning... 199.2. And I've been pretty good at my mini-goals that I set... I've been successful on the water, I've had less than 2 alcoholic drinks in a week (used to be one a night, so this is definitely better), I'm focusing on protein... haven't been as good on exercise because it has just been so darn HOT, but Lucia goes to camp tomorrow so I have no excuse to not get up in the morning and get out as no one has to stay here with her... I'm going to keep on plugging... In the meantime, I need to hold firm on the glass of wine... my SIL is coming into town for the night, and we always drink together... ALWAYS. Not tonight. I am determined to have sparkling water while she has wine. Have to break that cycle... hopefully she will understand. If not, oh well! On the dentist front, just a quick plug that I am VERY proud of Lucia... she unfortunately has a few cavities, and got her first two fillings this morning and was a TROOPER! (I am a BIG wuss when it comes to dentists) While we were there, she lost her other front tooth and is absolutely adorable with no front teeth - definitely will have to take some pix tonight of that to have!

Horses, Heat and Kitchen Destruction

Fun at a Horse Show this morning...

The Fogler Clan... (always on the lookout for the Xmas card shot)

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Hi everyone... hope you had a great weekend! We did - busy, but fun... and HOT! 102 here today (that is WITHOUT the heat index)... We've been busy but all great stuff this weekend... Friday night was our mother/daughter bookclub (we read Magic Treehouse #1) - it was good but the girls were EXHAUSTED, so all of them had a tough time with it. Yesterday, Lu and I had a partial "girls" day and went shopping and went to see Toy Story 3 with her friend Natalie (and my friend, Natalie's mom, Jen)... then last night we just chilled and with Lucia STILL so tired, went to bed at 8pm. This morning, we went to a horse jumping event... we were invited by some friends, and don't know a whole lot about horses... BUT the girls highlight of Girl Scout Camp was getting to ride the horses, so I thought they'd enjoy this... and they did!

Lucia & Natalie watching the jumpers

Random horse #1

Random Horse #2

Random Horse #3 (that Lucia decided she LOVED)

Lucia & Natalie... trying to get them for a minute, to stop watching...

All 4 of us...

The girls had fun, but it was HOT! We got there at 8:15 and by 10:30 when we left it was already 92 degrees... so we went home, decided to go to the pool and have lunch there, then came home and chilled... the girls watched The Princess & The Frog (again), and Dennis and I demolished our kitchen in preparation for the painter to come tomorrow... Suffice it to say that we are REALLY good tilers... so good in fact, that when you try to take it off, all the drywall comes with it (sigh). Thank god our guy can "fix anything"... Everything is off the walls and shoved into the living/dining room, and we're ready for paint! Then, as we decide what is worthy enough to make it back, I am feeling like there will be another full run to Goodwill... which is a good thing! Hope ya'll had a great (cool) weekend!

From the mouths of babes...

True conversation 5 minutes ago with Lucia (8:30 PM)... remember... she turned 6 three days ago...

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• Lucia (looking at the picture on the left of my blog at my heaviest): "Mommy, that isn't a very good picture. You need to take it down off your blog right now."
• Me: "No, I'm not taking it down. That is when I was at my heaviest - I keep it there to remind myself of how far I've come and how much weight I've lost. It's important to be there."
• Lucia: "That is a SCARY picture!"
• Me: (trying not to laugh and yet feeling a tiny bit hurt at the same time) "Yup... it sure is..."
• Lucia: "GIRL (insert mega-attitude, eyebrows raised and hand-on-hip here)?!?!? You need to work OUT!"
• Me: "Go brush your teeth" (big, big, sigh...)
• Lucia (as she is running upstairs): "Let me at you... I'll work you out like one of those work-out people you've never met before!"

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Where on earth does she get this stuff? At least I know she's honest and speaks her mind... (BIG sigh) She must be missing The Biggest Loser and Jillian...

1 year, 4 months, 5 days a new pantry and... HOW MANY pounds?!?!?

EIGHTY POUNDS!!!

29% of my body weight lost... Finally! I had a feeling last night when the scale (at the end of the day) was still below 200 that I might just be in the 100's for good... and that I also might see this number. Sure enough, 197.5 came up on the scale this morning and that puts me at 80 pounds! Yippee! Good start to the weekend... now to keep it there or lower! Thanks to everyone for your encouragement these last 6 months that I've been stuck between 207 and here... 6 months to lose 10 pounds... But I think a lot of it has also been mental blocks - not the band... It's been great knowing that you all understand! Between the support, finally getting honest with myself about what was blocking it, and deciding to refocus, I was able to get past that hurdle! And I think I'll like being in the 100's now and am planning to do everything I can to become firmly ensconsed here!!!

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We also got our new pantry inserts and I finally got all my crap put back in them... YAY! Organization! Love it. Let's see how long it lasts like this! I wish I had taken some "before" pix of how bad they were - just the basic builder grade press-board shelves that once you put things on, you couldn't see... not anymore!!! Yippee!

Food Pantry View #1

Food Pantry View #2

Pot & Pan Pantry View