Lori and Brett's Space

So - Christmas at the Smith household was extravagant as usual. AND as usual Brett won the gift giving competition. I am sitting here typing my Christmas update on my new yellow dell laptop! What an awesome husband! He got me so many other things that I hate to list, but most of all, I enjoyed being with him on Christmas and the fact that he tolerated me getting up at 3:00am to open presents. He also made sure Abby had a good Christmas and had lots of treats. She didn't get any toys this year, but she ate a ton so she was happy.

 

We are on our way to Cedar City to go visit my sister Rhonda and her family. I'm so excited to see them. I'm sure we'll have a great time as usual.

 

Poor Brett has been out snowblowing the driveway for over an hour now. I feel so bad! He's probably frozen to the bone. We got so much snow - I think the weatherman called it the Oquihhr shadow. We have about 4-8ft drifts in our yard. Our deck railing is barely visible. Its pretty crazy but I love it. I can't wait to go snow shoeing again.

 

One last thing - congratulations to my step mom who quit smoking almost 2 weeks ago with the help of the NJoy electric cigarette. I am very proud of her.

 

Hope you all had a great Christmas!

Brett's dad was supposed to be here this weekend, but unfortunatley due to mechanical failures, gremlins, etc- he won't be coming till Monday. Sad! It will be nice to see him NOT in the hospital since that is where I saw him last.

We had a great BBQ with the Seeleys, Thorntons (minus Peana), and my Dad and Suzan. Brett had another AWESOME steak night. Huge fat rib eyes from Sniders and he cooked them PERFECTLY. In fact the more I talk about it the more I want another! All hail red meat!

 

Speaking of Red meat - still on weight watchers - not doing bad - Brett has lost a total of 10 pounds and I have lost 8.5 - I missed my last weigh in because I was out of town in Kansas City at AMCP. I think I did pretty well though so I am anxiously looking forward to weighing on Tuesday.

 

We are getting closer to setting up our No kidding chapter - we've already got a few e-mails from interested parties. I can't wait.

 

Well - better get back to watching Browns vs. Redskins - 0-0 in the second quarter. BORING!

 

 

 Ok - what's happened in the last month or so?

 

*We bought a new Winnie! A 35 foot Itasca Sonova - I love it!

*We bought a new Jeep! it will tow behind the winnie

*We had an asesome time on vacation - roadtrip through idaho, washington, oregon, california, nevada - back home. I'm going to post new pictures

*My company (Long's Drugs) is getting taken over by CVS - maybe. Anyone looking for a managed care pharmacists??

*Abby is still as blind and deaf as every - but we love her!

*We are getting ready to go visit our good friend Jeff from Omaha and his girlfriend. I'm excited!

*We started weight watchers almost 2 weeks ago- lost 7.2lbs each the first week! Had a horrible out of control weekend (too much beer) so hopefully we didn't mess it up for week 2!

 

Thats it for now-

 

Lori and Brett

So I'm all into counting steps and no one will join my step party except Amy from work. I've invited others and they just won't join my group! Am I the only one in the world that is obsessive about steps?

Well - its been a while and I need to get back to blogging. I guess the weight loss is going a bit slower than I'd hoped so I've been a little less enthusiastic. We've worked out hard several times a week, gone snowshoeing a couple of times and eat very well. I did have a brownie on my mom's birthday and a couple of beers (not at the same time : ) Well we've got another day and then weigh in on Wednesday morning. Hopefully we'll do well. I'm not feeling it in my clothes yet, but being tall has its drawbacks. It takes about 20-30 pounds for me to drop one pant size. There is an upside too though - I can gain 20 pounds and still fit in my same size! (Wait - is that a good thing?) I am building up my cardiovascular endurance - that I can be proud of. Brett is running like a champ too. Wish us luck!