Our night out with Wendy

Yesterday was our day to go to the temple. It was great to be back doing our duties in the baptistry. We hadn't been there since before Christmas because of family being around and the fact that the temple was closed for a while. But it makes a very busy day for Dad and I. I take Dad to work on temple day so as soon as I am done with work I go straight to his office to pick him up. We get to the temple at about 5:45. We hurry and change and make ready for the youth group that is coming. They usually arrive between 5:15 and 5:30. Then we are busy until they are done at about 7:00 or 7:15. By the time we leave the temple is well past 7:30 at night. We haven't had any dinner yet so Dad and I are pretty hungry. So last night we headed to Wendy's. But this is what is good about that place. You can substitute good stuff in your meal instead of fries and bad stuff. I did have a fish sandwich (which is fried) but I had chili instead of the fries and milk instead of soda. The chili was so yummy especially because it was snowing. When we were done Dad looked at me and asked if I wanted to share a Frosty with him. But here is the great part. I said No. So neither one of us had one and we headed on our way home.

It has been great to read about each one of you and the things that you are planning to do to be more healthy. I am proud of you all. But I do have a question: You know those little pudding cups - the chocolate ones or the tapioca ones? Are they okay to have for a treat if you only have one?

Charlie - this post from youtube is for you and me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPmd_wc7s8

Little Mermaid Remembrances

We all had on our Aqua Marine colors.






























Nitey-nite little one.

The New Year and what to do with it.

I have no pictures at this time. This is just a post about something that plagues most of us and right now is raising its ugly head again to me. It is a two part problem - losing some weight and becoming more active on a daily basis.

Here is my reality. I am an overweight Grandma who has been taking high blood pressure medicine (along with a myriad of other medicines for the unending arthritis) for a few years. Well, it hasn't been working so well. So I made an appointment with the Dr. (my blood pressure in the Dr.'s office was 160 over 90)and she has now changed my medicine. She didn't "harp" at me about my weight (although it is the highest I have ever been) or activity level, she just mentioned that losing weight could help me.

As some of you know, my preferred method of activity is walking. Well, I have been using every excuse not to go outside and walk. Here are some of those excuses, which on most days are quite legitmate. 1. I have no time 2. it is too cold 3. it is too windy 4. it gets dark too soon. Then there are those of you who remind me that I have an eliptical machine that is inside the warmth of my house.

This is what I am going to do. I will be sharing some of my thoughts and problems through the next few months and feel free to share some of your. So here are a few. Yesterday there were some goodies in the teacher's lounge. There was a big box of doughnuts and normally I would have picked one up and ate it, but I did not. I went for some fruit and a small muffin. Then today after I got my hair cut, I went for a walk for about 28 minutes. When I came back home I took my blood pressure. It was 124 over 62. Yea!