SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day.  We got together at my sister Mimi and brother-in-law Bob's house in Camarillo.  Their daughter Julia left a few weeks ago for National Guard boot camp in Missouri.  Their son Pat is in the Air Force and is stationed in Afghanistan.  Their  oldest daughter Jenn just graduated with her master's degree in June and is currently working on her internship.  My brother Carl and his wife Isabelle and their two little ones Felix (2) and Anna (7 months) are still here visiting from Germany.  It was nice to have them in California!  My brother Gene and his wife Kathy and son Geno were there also, as were my sister Lorraine and her two girls, Jennifer (and her boyfriend Tyler) and Mary.   They all live in Simi Valley.  Of course Mom & Dad were there.  We are so blessed to still have them in our lives.   Jerry and Chris and Dennis and I were all there too.  Jerry makes one heck of a mean turkey and awesome stuffing (not a speck was left).   Nicole & Mike spent the day with his family since this was his first Thanksgiving off since he became an officer.

~Thank you Lord for all of our blessings on this Thanksgiving Day!~

We are so VERY blessed to have such loving parents in our lives!
 

Grandma and her youngest grandbaby Anna

Carl,  Felix, Grandma, Christopher, and Jerry

Dad, Mom, Jerry, Felix, and Christopher

Me and Felix with Isabelle and Anna

Thank you Lord for our faith, our family, and our friends! 

Thanks also for allowing us to have a new morning each 24 hours, to make a brand new start and commitment in the battle of the bulge!   After all the dust from the past week settled I was 206.8 on the scale this morning.   I have to go in for blood work soon so I really need to stick with this whole crazy idea of losing weight, getting under 200 ASAP!   I don't want to end up with diabetes or on diabetes medicine, but if I do I KNOW it will be my OWN FAULT!   Lord please give me willpower!

199 or bust!  (literally - ha ha)

Blogger's Update:
Hereafter the whole "weight loss dream" will be addressed in its own blog.  You can find it here:
http://tonis-ww-journey.blogspot.com/