Ladies who lunch

Okay, I don't have anything mindblowing to say today but I want to keep up the journal, at least on a weekly basis. Here is a rundown of the last week...

Last Friday night I went up to Jennifer R.'s to pick up a changing table - I had loaned her the changing table I used with Forest and now her girls are just about grown out of needing it so now I have it back. It is such a funky old changing table. My mom used it with us kids. Now I need to find a new home for it. I might just use it for storage in my office. Anyway, she and Chloe and I went to a tea place in downtown Round Rock. It was really cool! We had yummy scones with clotted cream and a pot of really good peppermint-y tea. It was fun.

On Saturday I saw Munich at the alamo with James and Forest. It was such an intense movie. We went for tacos afterward and I was really amazed at how much Forest had paid attention and enjoyed it. After that I had an appointment to meet a woman who had posted that she had some vintage seed beads to give away. She also had this huge box of old jewelry that a friend wanted to sell. We arranged a price and I spent the entire evening combing through it. Omg, such treasures!! I hit the jackpot. James was out with friends for the evening so while I went through the new goodies I watched In Good Company and then followed it up with The Big Chill. Forest was grounded for some transgression he had committed during the week so he watched the movies with me and cleaned old jewelry for me. Big hint to parents - if you want your teenager to spend more time with you, just ground them. Works like a charm! ;)

Sunday, Jennifer R. came over and let me take pictures of my newest jewelry on her for the website and then we went to Michael's to get embroidery notions and then to the glitterati meeting. The meeting was so fun! The usual cast of characters plus some fun new people. Love that group of girls. Dixie and I could not stop talking about Tim Gun on Project Runway. Carry On.

Monday was housework all day long. Seriously, at least 12 hours. Plus grocery shopping.

Tuesday I met my friend Tamsen for lunch, did housework and worked on jewelry.

Wednesday, yesterday, was pretty much biz stuff all day. Melissa came over and brought lunch and I looked at all her new work and gave her some feedback. Her new stuff is really neat! Such an artist.

I managed to cook dinner three nights this week. That is like some kind of record for me! I hope I can keep up this new habit.

On the weight loss front: By the end of the month, I was only able to lose down to 194. But - I am fine with it! I am so happy. I think I set my goal a little high at 190 but I think it really kept me motivated. I also learned a lot from trying some new things with eating this month, like that if I think of meals as snacks rather than meals, they tend to be lighter. My trainer said I should be trying to do 300 calories at each meal which is almost impossible. So, that kind of informed my decision to make my meals lighter. Anyway, I am starting to figure some things out! Hooray! My new goal for March: to reach 188. That is 6 pounds. I am going to follow the same things I did for February. Will keep you posted!

Okay, time to head off to meet my trainer. Today is our weigh in and measurement. I can't wait to see if I have lost more inches.

Reading back over this, I think I am really liking to "lunch" these days. Ladies who lunch. ha.