Ohhhh.. I'm a Happy Girl!!!!

Alright… Here is another entry into the life of me as a “Looser”. First and foremost, I want to welcome to the world Little Ms. Dannan Olivia. She is the newest member of my family and the first Great Grand Daughter. Meema already has five great grandsons and is proud of each and everyone of them. Dannan Olivia was born on Sunday July 8, 2007 weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs and is 19 inches long. I think she looks like a good mix between her two older brothers and her parents Jeff and Heather. I think she’s a keeper!! :-) I can’t wait to meet her!!

Next on the topic of weight loss. I hopped on the scale this morning and I’m now down a full and complete 45 lbs. I thought I had lost more than that, just because my pants and everything are becoming TOO big to wear. I was making do with what I had until I could not possibly wear them anymore, and I think I’ve hit that point. I can still wear my stretchy stuff… but for some reason I don’t think I can wear work out attire to the office. I like to consider myself a business professional, and my yoga pants don’t quite cut it in the form of appropriate attire.
I am starting to get a little sick of some of the Nutri-System meals that I’ve been eating. They do tend to become repetitive, however, if it’s making me be a loser, it can be repetitive all it wants to. I feel healthier than I have in a LONG time, I’m not AS exhausted at the end of the day, and I feel more relaxed with myself. I’m a pretty relaxed person and always have been, however, now I have a better “Sense” of myself, I guess is the right word to use.
I’m even singing more now!! I’ve almost convinced myself that I want to do “Give me the Mike Charlotte” next year. I’ll let you know how that pans out. If I stink… I’ll chalk it up to a great experience. I don’t want to regret having never tried it. Susan and I have also thought about getting into martial arts… We both think it would be pretty cool to say we have a black belt in something. *haha* Watch out for the “James Sisters” we’ll be like Charlie’s angels… Or something along those lines.

In other news, Mom continues to do AWESOME!!! She is still in a fair amount of pain, but she is putting on a brave face. We are all seeing such an improvement with her already. I know she is getting frustrated with not being able to go and do as much as she wants to. That will all come with time though. She got her knees to a 90 degree angle so that’s a HUGE improvement over where she was. Each day is better than the previous day.
Well, I wrote this while on my lunch break and now it’s back to work. It has been EXTREMELY busy around here. There just aren’t enough hours in the day to get done what I need to get done at the office. So on that note.. I hope you all enjoyed this week’s blog from the loser. :-)

Love to you all!!