I can't go out in public like this but I can blog about it. -or- Everyone clap for Jessie!

Right now I am wearing size 12 pants!  They don't look great, and they are my most forgiving pair of 12's, but they are on and zipped!  They fit about as well as the 16's I've been wearing.  (Size 14 in Old Navy's opinion.) 

I have shopped around for some 14's.  But only at Old Navy.  (So, a size 12 in Old Navy speak.)  Has anyone else noticed their jeans are paper thin? Yikes!  Also the rise was insanely low.  Or I'm getting old.  Mix of both?

I went to the DI to find some pants.  DI has racks and racks of jeans.  That's great!  But I don't have time to sort through all of them.  And so I am making due with my way too big 16's and I can get them zipped, but just barely 12's.  Ugh, first world problems. 

The weather is getting warm enough to start exercising outside in the evenings.  I'm really excited about that! 

Anyone volunteering to call/come over to make sure I actually leave the house? 

What are you going to do to get in more exercise this summer?  I need ideas!  A Slinky to the best idea left in the comments.  (I'm old school so it'll be a classic metal one.)

It's not you, nor me. It's you and Mary Kay

On Facebook I like when my friends announce they have started a new business.  It is a good reminder to unfollow them.

Happy dance! and a weigh in.

I am back down to the weight I was in 2009.  Hooray!  That puts me at 180.  Getting back down to that weight was my little goal.  Now that I'm there I'm going to focus on getting down to my healthy weight.

I am going to start going to The Diet Center again, in May or June.  The Diet Center is how I lost all the weight the first time.  (I kept it off for years.  Then MN happened.)  The Diet Center is fabulous.  If you want more information let me know.  If you have questions or want to join with me let me know.  I would love to have a buddy on this journey to a healthy weight!

Now I can give myself permission to get new pants.  It'll be nice to wear pants that aren't comically large.

One more cheer for Jessie!  Hooray!

What if they sold used cars? (Ready to paint.) Or kids? (Ready to raise.)

The weekend before Easter I was perusing the printed Target ad.  (I am old and so get the newspaper delivered.)  I ran across this gem.

Notice the eggs are a really good deal.  Gotta love a good sale.

However, it was the selling points listed that really made me want to run to Target asap. 

These eggs are ready to cook and dye!!  What?  Upon seeing this I ran to the fridge to check my Costco eggs.  There was no such guarantee listed on that 1.5 dozen.  Naturally I threw them away.  Who wants eggs that are ready to neither cook nor dye? 

Thanks, Target, for prepping your eggs.  It makes a difference.


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I drew something. All by myself.

Candice and I have been playing DrawSomething.  She's really good.  I am ... less so.  But I am proud of this drawing I made some time last week.

Enjoy.

Never gonna give you up. Ever. No matter how hard I try.

I got Rick Rolled today.  I watched the entire video.  I dare you to try to turn it off.  But watching Rick's moves makes me feel better about my total lack of dancing ability. 

For this confidence booster and so many great songs, I thank you, Rick Astley.

Anyone know where he is nowadays?

What are you trying to say? II

I watch a five-year-old in the mornings.  She's darling and looks so much like Dora the Explorer.  (She does not speak Spanish.  Nor does her back pack talk.)

Nearly every morning she asks me, "Did you sleep in your clothes?"

"Um ... no?"  I answer like it's a question because I automatically wonder do I look like I did?  Typically after this I try to smooth down my hair.  We both know I'm not fooling anyone.