Yo-yoing

Okay, It's been eight weeks since I decided to join this weight loss kick y'all are suppose to be on. I decided a pound a week was quite reasonable and did well for the first few weeks. Then Linda came for a visit with cookies and fudge. That was followed by a trip to New York with John. And finally Dad spent a week at my house. If I stay home and refrain from having company, I easily lose the pound for that week, but those other times I fall off the band wagon with a loud thunk!

Final result is a loss of 4 pounds. I'm hoping to lose 20 pounds in the next 5 months, so nothing personal but you'll have to plan any visits to my house for 2009!

Is anyone else even riding in this wagon with me? Have y'all abandoned me? Are you still hanging out at Sonic? Are you so skinny you can't stop admiring yourself in the mirror long enough to add a post?

Blog Branch-offs

The writers in the family have found a new medium. I've known about the blogs created by Mom and Megan. Now I see that Kate has created one as well. (For the non-blog savvy, if you click on one of the member names in the left column, it will show the blogs they belong to. If you click on the blog name, it will take you to that blog.) I seldom comment on their stories, the words they magically weave so that I'm held spell-bound until I've read all of their new material. I don't have that "kissed-the-blarney-stone" gift. I worry that any comment I might make would just detract from their art. But I'm loving every word. I'll keep clicking on all of the "25% off AND then some" member names to see who else has created their own story-telling venue.