Why I probably gained all my weight back Monday...

Well....Im not even going to go near a scale for a long time, and its all because of our Pajama party this weekend at Sharons....it was a sewing weekend, but I think it was more of a food orgy....talk about carb overload.......

Yes the lemon blueberry muffins were yummy....

and whats a party without cheeseball........


but for ME.....these yummy little won ton packages of joy did me in.....once I had one, I was doomed, I ate them the whole weekend.....maybe Sharon will post the recipe if you ask her, you will fall madly in love and rush out to buy won ton skins I promise!!!!! So Im quite sure I gained all of the 10 pounds I lose back, in 2 days......so Iam not going near the scale til I jog 80 miles, and that might take some time! OH we had healthy dinners, yes we did, but omg the grazing in between......I feel sluggish and bloated and very very lazy today.....and the thing is, Sharon filled up my little bug with all kinds of goodies she did not want to take back to Missouri with her, and guess what, they are STILL in my car because yesterday when I got home, I hit the couch and never moved, oh, except to EAT some more! But more on that tomorrow...........

We were there to SEW after all, not just eat....and sew we did, all day saturday!! I finished all my blocks for the quilt Im making, but since its still at the bottom of a pile in my car, I will post pics tomorrow......if I can come out of my sugar induced coma long enough to unload everything!!!!

OH yes, there were gifts....whats a party without gifts????? we filled the entire table with our gifts!!!!! More on that too as soon as I unpack!

I thought I needed a change of pace so I made the girls bunnies instead of Annies this time.....

Here we are, toasting to a productive day of sewing with our road trip coffee cups that Nancy had got us a while back........YES there was Starbucks, thank you Nancy, she got up and made a run in the morning for us because Sharon and I never got out of our pajamas all weekend...

So there was sewing, food, laughing, more food...dishing, and more food......sadly, it will be the last party at the Red Geranium Cottage.....since Miss Red is relocating to the show me state......so I think we did the cottage proud.....so if I gained my 10 pounds back in one weekend, it was worth it!!!!!!

Diet Monday on Thursday..Im a loser....

Sorry I did not get my post up on Monday, its been too hot around here to do anything, so theres my excuse!!!! I did lose 2 pounds last week, I have been eating well, I love this salmon from costco!!!! and my jogging has been coming along nicely, when I started a month ago I could not jog a quarter mile...now I can go for 2 miles without a problem, on my way to 3.....

I have been sewing a bit.....and I have a feeling I will be sewing a lot more....

Sadie says hi........

LOOK what I found in my hanging asparagus fern!!!! I THINK there are 5 of them, red finches, but they are so tiny I cannot tell. Dad is always around, I have not seen mom yet.....

We have had a VERY hot, as in 100 degrees hot, week.....today its 30 degrees cooler and Im a happy camper. This weekend will be delightful in more ways than one, details to follow.........

ahhhhh Spring.........

Dodger baseball and the best beef dips on the face of the earth........

Love me some pink flip flops.........



Little Cheech loves her some strawberries!





I love this time of year.....baseball.....fresh strawberries...birds building nests in all the birdhouses....sunshine....BLISS.....

This weeks CVS haul.....and another pound!

OK.....I just had to share this weeks CVS haul...sometimes they are not so great but this week is awesome!!!!! The body washes were FREE, the toothpaste was FREE...and the Aveeno produts...retail prices 3 x 8.99=26.97.....I had a $10 off coupon on 3 items ...got it from their website, plus a $5.00 off on any cvs purchase over $15.00, got it from the scanner at CVS. which brought the total down to $11.97, then when you buy 3 Aveeno products, you get $10.00 back, so the final total was 1.97 for 3 lotions...ok thats not the end of the story, I also had 2 dollar off coupons for the body wash and 2 .75 cent coupons for the toothpaste, so I really made a PROFIT of about 1.50 for stealing, I mean buying all these things!!!!! And who cant use body wash, toothpaste and lotion???? a very good haul!!!!! It is such a fun game!!!!! Anyone who wants to learn...go here...its a treasure trove!!!!
OK, yesterday, after gaining those 2 pounds, I really figured it was water and I would drink tons of water and lose it overnight.....well, got up this morning and weighed, BIG mistake, sorry Joy, and to my HORROR, another freakin pound!!!!! I did have leftover ham, but not that much, could it be so filled with salt that its doing this to me???? I even went out and jogged last night!!!!!! SOOOOO NO MO ham for ME!!!!!!! Im bedside myself, this puts me back 2 whole weeks!!!!
What can I do???????????

Easter, Diet Monday, and a burning question..

My little sister and her fiance...YES, the date has been set after all these years....

my mother and sisters and me....


Now........Im not real sure whats going on here......maybe too much wine???? (and this guys a doctor!)

This is my nephew and his family, hes in the navy and it was the first time I got to meet his kids.....they have been out of state.

my middle sister.....

my niece....who poses when she sees a camera.....

my beautiful Chelsey and her hubby...

my mother and Ben, who always dress alike....note to kids.....if you ever see dad and I doing this...well, you know.....
It was a great Easter, there were lots more people there but they were camera shy....

OK, diet Monday...well, I decided to weigh myself SUNDAY morning, because I was so afraid of Monday morning, and I was SOOOOOO happy, I had a 2 pound weight loss, so thats 9 pounds so far...HOWEVER, I could not help my curiosity this morning so I decided to hop on and see how much damage I did yesterday. Now mind you, I ate way less than I usually do at Easter, I only had ONE roll, ONE piece of lemon cake, ONE slice of bordouex egg.......so heres the buring question, and I NEED answers.....HOW CAN YOU GAIN 2 POUNDS IN ONE DAY?????????????????? I KNOW I did not eat 2 pounds of food.....and I only had 2 glasses of wine???????? please tell me its water and it will go away.....anybody out there...please??????

Big Girl Easter Basket

Who's too old for an Easter basket...leave it to Cupcake to make sure Easter Bunny brought me a basket! and it's a grown up basket too, love Godiva...and thanks to Nancy too, now how did she know I have a weakness for See's Bordeaux???? We had a nice little dinner the other night at Sharon's.....yummm, shrimp and wings and gourmet cheese and crackers, oh, and wine!!!! We want to spend as much time with our Cupcake as we can since she's going to be moving soon.....so Nancy and I had a little whine with our cheese!!!!

Leave it to Sharon to come up with this awesome idea....making little bags out of terry cloth towels!!!! So sweet!!! I think she said she might do a tutorial on these soon!!!!!

I want everyone to have a sweet and Happy Easter......to my oldest on the east coast, its not the same without you and I miss you and I will see you soon!!!!! Im looking at a calender and planning when to come next month!!!!

Bunnies Everywhere....

These amazing tulips inspired me to set a spring table....these are the sale dishes from Pier One Imports, love that store......this table is so springy and fun!
Heres a few of my bunnies I bring out at Easter.....oh, and the strawberries are the first from my garden!!!






OK...DIET Challenge Monday was a huge dissappointment, because I ate well all week, did not cheat, did not eat out once.no suger...no fat...and walked every night, even jogged a few times, and I weigh exactly the same as I did last monday...I want to stomp my feet and say it isnt fair!!!! What the heck??????? Well, movin on I guess, maybe I will lose 3 pounds THIS WEEK.....thats if I dont eat on Easter Sunday....and there will be lemon cake!!!!!!!

These made my day......

Thanks Cupcake...they are beautiful and I love them!!