finding lori

Just a quick post to remind you to sign up for my giveaway!!  Click HERE to enter again for more chances.  For e-mail, Click HERE !!  Good luck to you all! xoxo

Ok, so I know 5000 page views are mouse for some of you, but for me, 5000 is just awesome!!  I was so excited the other day when I looked and saw that number!!  Maybe because It has a 50 in it, and that's me now!!  :)  I would like to thank my readers by hosting a giveaway!  I'm not quite sure how to actually do this the right way.  I see some people doing giveaways and they have like a place to click to enter from Facebook, Twitter, and such, but I don't know how to to that so, I will just ask my readers to hit me up with a comment  HERE  that you would like to be entered.  If you are unable to add a comment, because you don't have a google account, then just click HERE  to send me an e-mail, or send me a message on face book, and I will enter you in!! Does that sound good?  I will keep this going until Monday, August 17,  and then I will announce the winner!!  I am super excited to do this because I love giving gifts an...

I just wanted to give you all an update on my baby girl Mia (my dog).  She is still hanging in there.  Greg took her to the vet last Saturday and they actually wanted to put her down right then and there.  She has heart failure, only 1/2 a valve out of 2 are working, and that is why she is not able to keep food down.  She is dropping weight, going from 11 pounds to just under 7.  Our vet said she will eventually starve and her body will give up.  He said she wouldn't last the week and will suffer and that is why he wanted to do it then, before she got to the point of suffering.  Is she  giving up?  Heck no!  She has always been a strong little girl.  A Lab in a Chihuahua body we always say.  Feisty, strong, spunky.  That's our Mia!   I don't want to be selfish, but I really don't think she is suffering yet.  I think an owner knows when to let them go.  It is just not her time yet!  Please keep her in yo...

Happy Sunday!!!  How come the week goes by so fast during the summer?  Not fair!  Any ways, I hope you all had a great week, as I did. So, today is weigh in day!! Yay!!  I am down 2 pounds!  I am happy with my progress so far, I mean it's only been 2 weeks, but still!!  It's keeping me motivated!  I have also notice a difference because of my strength training and Pilates.  Things just feel more tighter and I'm holding myself better.  Even if it's in my mind, I feel better!  Does that make sense?  Anyways, I'm loving the feeling I have working out and watching my food choices.  I feel totally in control, and for me, that's half the battle!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* On my days off, Mondays and Fridays, it seems like I'm spending them at them beach.  It's kind of become an obsession.  First I hit the gym, then the beach.  Like, I have other things I want and need to do, but I just fee...

I'm in love with Pilates!  So,  my sister Connie and I have started Pilates.  It's a virtual class at the gym, in a big, private room where you can pick any exercise video to work out to.   Ours is the Beginners Mat Pilates class that runs 30 minutes.  I was looking for something to do that strengthens my core, and helps with my flexibility that I have lost from both getting older and from just sitting around.  I have a torn MCL in my knee that needs surgery, so yoga is out for me.  The first time we did this class it kicked our butts!  I was so sore, but it felt so good to be sore.   It still is hard, and there are many moves that I can not do yet,  but I can feel it getting easier, which is so exciting.  We have been going 3 times a week in addition to our weight lifting regime, and cardio thrown in there sometimes.  I hate cardio, and tell myself that the Pilates and weight lifting is good enough cardio for me right now :) ...

Today was just a beautiful Sunday here!  The weather was amazing....hot and sunny.....just how I like it :) Just stopping in for a quick post tonight because I was so busy today and I'm ready for bed now :)  But............ Today is my weigh in day!!  I weighed in this morning and wanted to share my results!! Yay!  That is a 4 pound loss :)  Like I've said in the past tho, I always start out with a bang, and then slow down, so, yeah :)  But, I'll take it!!   I like seeing the numbers in full view.  It helps keep me accountable, and it shows me what my hard work, or my failures add up to.  In any case, that is why I am showing my scale :)   I've really set my mind this time to make this work!  Now that I have a goal, I need to see it through.  I just need to listen to my body and quit eating out of habit.  I've found that that is a big thing for me.  Tomorrow, I am going to set up my game plan for a...

Oh my goodness!  This summer is just flying by and it's been hard to carve out time to write a post :)   I am trying to spend every nice day that I have off, at the beach, and my work days are for sitting out on The Sanctuary after dinner and just enjoying the evening.  I haven't really even checked my blogs to read so I need to catching up and see what everyone has been up to.  I feel so lonely :) Let me begin with some beach pictures from Monday :) My Great Nephew, Oliver!! My Great Nephew, Ryland My Nieces, Ariel, and Alyssa and their Mom, my SIL Julie!! The "toes in the sand" picture, just because I'm a smarty pants, now that I have a smart phone :)  I promised myself that today, since we took the day off, I would update my blog.  I decided to add some pages, including a weight journey page.  I looked back and wrote down all my gains and losses since in started my blog in January.  My real hone...