Dieting...What does that REALLY mean?

Ok...so I have been dieting for over a month. I even dieted when we went to Idaho for a family reunion...which wasn't easy beacuse they just didn't serve celery and cottage cheese when I needed them to! And of course the one meal that I was looking forward to was the egg and bacon breakfast and they ran out of bacon so I just had a few scrambled eggs...not so good! Anyway, back to my gripe. I lost 6 1/2 lbs the first week which was all new added weight from the previous vacation and I have not lost an ounce since. 4 going on 5 WEEKS! It doesn't seem to matter if I exercise, eat chocolate or starve...I just can't lose weight! My body seems to think this is an ideal weight and we're sticking to it! I have been typing up some of Mom's recipes so that everyone can have a copy of them. That doesn't make dieting easy either because everything sounds so good and the memories of the comfort food are strong! I guess I am destined to be a candidate for greenpeace! I should be happy with what I have. I know my problems are small in comparison with others! Nonetheless, I would be happy with a drop in poundage!

My grandkids are so cute!

New To Blogging

Susannah will surely be ready to leave here and go back to college when I get through asking her a million questions about how to set up my blog! It has been an interesting and totally addictive pasttime for the last few days. I think I have changed my page and layout about 50 times and can't seem to be happy with the result! The perfectionist in me I guess! I am learning about digital scrapbooking and tried a few pages...even more addiction! I guess I had better find a job soon, or my eyes will be permanently glued to the computer screen...and no one will hire me!

We have had an awesome time as a family this summer! Marlene had her baby in May and so I went to help her for a week and a half. I loved cuddling our new little girl grandchild. Number 6!

Then Travis got married and we had a reception in Utah and an Open House in Washington. His bride was beautiful and they are very happy. They will be living in Arizona while he finishes school at ASU.

After the Open House we met all of my brothers and sisters at Ocean Shores for a fun family reunion. When we got home, my husband went to Hawaii on a business trip. We bought a new used car...which I love! A 2004 Buick LeSabre in like-new condition. Then we left for Utah again, this time to take a car to James at BYU and drove to Island Park, Idaho for another family reunion...this time on my husband's side. I was very ready to come home and stay for awhile.

I love our home and am happy to be in it...yet another reason why it is hard for me to go out and find a job!