Got a nice (and a little sad) surprise in the mail yesterday. My dear Aunt Marion, who died about a month ago, left us all some money ($500.00 each). Maybe not a lot to some people but a HUGE help for me! Considering she left this amount to each of us--she has 13 or 14 nieces and nephews--AND a nice amount to my mom who is her only surviving sister--she must have managed her money VERY well!)

Now I'll be able to go back to work next week and not worry about my pants falling off!

Got in a really good cardio workout this morning. Now, I'm off to shower and then walk to the store and bank!

Having a good day so far. Took my measurements and am down 2 inches in my hips, 1 in my chest and .75in my waist. I was really hoping to lose more inches in my waist but, to be honest, I never did have much of a waist--not even the one other time I lost a lot of weight (20+ years ago!) so I guess I'll have to live with that!

Mary and I went for a walk to Starbucks this morning. It was beautiful out--sunny and breezy--and it was a good walk. We went at a pretty good pace and got there in 14 minutes. (I think its about a mile but I'm not sure--Mary says its longer than a mile--I'll have to check.) So, since Starbucks is about the same distance as the Lowes store I work at, I now have a pretty good idea how long it will take me to walk to work next week.

Sure glad we went this morning because it's clouding up again--guess the reports of rain were right after all!Getting tired of all this rain--even though it IS the norm for this time of year!

I'm doing very well at staying on my eating and workout plan and I hope to see a loss this week!