the BIG picture

well this is how I looked in Feb. of 2008. now I do not have a currant pic, and to me I don't look alot differant, but I just saw the Doc. and I HAVE LOST 56 POUNDS!!!! I know we should not brag but this is something I have really worked at. I intend to keep trying till I like how I look. It took 15 months to loose it and the Doc said I am doing it right. I have kind of stopped lately but hope I start again soon. Exercise is a challange because I have very bad legs from edema and nuropathy but I have an old video called chair dancing and it is for people like me in wheel chairs. R might do it with me sometimes and T said she would but she works so not much time. I will try to get a currant pic if T ever finds time. More soon.

boring?

When I started this blog I said to myself "self" you will write every day. then every day happened and I realized we lead a boring (to other people) life. when I read other blogs people tell about their children or events in their lives and I enjoy reading about those things. Now our day went: we got up, we read awhile, we watced TV, we went to bed. so now everyone is caught up till today. I don't have a camera right now or I could send pics too. I have not learned to use the blog tools yet so when I do maybe it will get better.

Kellys first parade

Yesterday there was a parade here in Sequim for the irriigation festival. The main st is only half a block from the house so R and I and our dog kelly went to watch. Everything was going well, many people had their dogs, the bagpipes went by and kelly tried to go with them. We believe she has some scotty in her, just kidding. A guy in a giant cup costume went by and she growled when he came toward us with cupons. We didn't get one. Well then a pirate float came by and they shot off a cannon or something and poor kelly was half way home before we realized she had pulled out of her collar. She stopped when I called but she was shaking so bad R took her home. Now if you know kelly you know she is a fairly big dog of about 80 lbs or more but she shook like a poor little mini dog. I really felt bad for her. She stayed jumpy the rest of the day too. The fireworks later that night did not bother her but we were close enough to see them from our yard but could not really hear them. So that was kellys first and probably last parade.

my first crumb

Well I follow blogs by other family members and I love them all so I am going to try it myself. We (R&me) are living in Sequim, WA and sharing a house with youngest daughter and son-in-law (T&D). The house is big almost like a duplex except we share a kitchen but we each have a livingroom, bathroom and we have an office room and they have 2 xtra bedrooms so we love it.
Some of you might not have heard that we left our last job. not by our choice, long story. thats why we live here now. my health is not always good, diabetes and a few other things so I have started the process of getting disability.
This first entry is to try this I hpoe to learn as I go and find some great (interesting) things to write about. Till next time.