Hurricanes, ghosts, and blizzards, oh my!

For the second year in a row, we've had a major storm a few days before Halloween.  Last year, we had a Nor'easter dump about a foot of snow on us.  The one and only snow day that was used was on Halloween.  This year, a huge hurricane/nor'easter came roaring through yesterday.  We were on the eastern side of it, so we "just" got high winds and the Hudson flooded, worse than it's ever flooded, the low lying areas.  Since we are about 200 feet higher than the Hudson, we weren't affected, but NYC was swamped.  We did get a lot of very high winds and lost power for a few hours.  And schools have been closed for the past 2 days.  Our school board, in their infinite wisdom, only built 4 emergency days into the calendar.  Well, we only used one last year. . .   yeah, we live in New York.  Last winter was a freak winter.  Let's just say, it's only half way through fall, and we've already burned through 2 emergency days.  But that is one of the few advantages of being a sub, I don't have to be there if we don't have a spring break!

Okay, enough about the weather.  Last Friday, I weighed in at 190 - even.  That means that I've lost 60, yes SIXTY pounds, since last July.  Granted, I still have a long way to go, but in 10 pounds, I will no longer be obese! How exciting is that??  My knees are really giving me issues, and I can't imagine how bad they would be if I hadn't lost this weight.  It's also nice to be able to walk into a store and buy clothing in the REGULAR sizes.  Yes, I have to try everything on, but still, REGULAR sizes.

So, we survived the Frankenstorm of 2012.  I hope everyone else in it's path fared as well.  Oh yeah, Happy Halloween!

191.4

The scale keeps going in the right direction!  Even though my knees are really killing me right now.  The weather is changing, and I don't think it helps my arthritis at all!  I'm earning about 16 activity points a week, and I'm sure that is helping.  I can officially say that I haven't been this low since before my youngest was born.  Yep, over 20 years ago.

We decided to go to Florida to spend Christmas with Mom.  She's doing okay and trying to clean stuff out and decide if she wants to stay in Florida or move back north.  So, we'll go down to get out of the cold and spend some time with her.  The whole family is going, so it will be a much warmer Christmas than if we were home.  The problem is that I don't know what to tell anyone to get me for Christmas.  We draw names in Hubby's family.  On my side, only the kids get something, but still.  I don't know what to put on my list for whoever got my name, and I certainly don't know what to tell my family.  I don't really want anything, since clothing is out, who knows what size? And if I want something, I can just go get it.  I think I'm going to tell the in-laws to make a donation to one of my "causes" for my gift.  It's easy, and I will definitely appreciate it!

Oh well, it's not even Halloween yet, and I've already got the flight booked for Christmas.  Still have to get a car, but that's not too hard.  And I have to find out what and when the oldest will be making the trip south, since we told her that we'll pick her up at the airport.

Otherwise, it's cold out, but at least it was sunny today.  Went to the gym with Hubby, and had leftovers for dinner.  Good day.

Going in the right direction

193.2, which is the lowest I've been since I had my kids!  My "babies" are 23 and almost 20, so that is no excuse anymore.  It has really helped that Hubby decided to go on this journey with me, since I'm staying on course, because he's staying on course.  If you've ever had a buttload of weight to lose, you will understand! :)

Today is Columbus Day, which means no school.  So, I'm doing laundry and trying to get some more of the "fat clothes" bundled up to donate.  Hubby asked me to wait to go to the gym, so he can go with me.  While that's fine, I'm used to going in the morning (when I'm not working), so we'll see how this change in schedule effects me.  It rained most of last week, so my knees haven't wanted to work right, and they really hurt.  Now, it's sunny, but cold, so I'm going to have to get used to the change in weather.

On the bright side, I can now go into Old Navy and buy their clothes!  I am in "normal" sizes, for the first time in at least 5 years.  Yes, I am donating ALL of my "fat" clothes.  I don't ever want to go there again.  I've changed my eating habits, for real this time.  I know, I could get into bad habits again, quickly, but hopefully, Hubby will keep me honest, and we'll be fighting this battle together for the rest of our lives.

Now, I have to try to find airfare to Florida for Christmas that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!  It will probably still cost an arm, but that's better than both!  I don't want my mom to be alone for Christmas, and she doesn't want to spend a month at my sister's!  So, this will give her an excuse to come home.  It will be different for us, but not too bad.  Hopefully, we won't have to deal with a major snowstorm for either direction.

So, I'm actually starting to like myself.  I'm not all the way there, but it's coming, slowly.  Now to search the airfares!!

Oh man, it's October!

So, it's now October.  Where did this year go?  I have gotten down to 194.6.  I haven't been this "low" since  my oldest graduated from high school, 5 years ago.  I'm not eating everything that isn't nailed down.  I'm not drinking (alcohol) hardly at all. I can eat ONE piece of chocolate, and not have to eat the whole bag.  Gee, if  I would have known that having Hubby do WW with me would actually change habits, I would have done this a long time ago.  That being said, he also had to be ready to go on this journey.  He is about 25 lb. from goal, which means that he's 75% of the way there.  I still have almost 45 lb to go.  Oh well.

The girls were both home this past weekend.  It was good to see them both, but it was quite hectic.  We went to a craft's fair and then had gyros at the Greek festival.  Yes, I counted all the 16 points for the gyro!  Took #2 back to college yesterday, and today, I got to chill out and do laundry.  No job.  But, I have a job for tomorrow, so I'll be busy with that.

This year is going way too fast, but that seems to be the case anymore.  Oh well, here's to tomorrow and whatever it may bring.