It's tea time!

Hi,
Sorry it's been a while since I updated.  Time just goes by so quickly.  Not a lot has happened but there are a couple things I wanted to share.  I attended my first tea party a few days ago.  A couple women at church decided to get together and plan the event.  I hadn't been to the person's house where it was held so it was nice to see where she lives.  There was about 30 of us that came which was a great turnout for the size of her home. 

It just so happened the event was being held on a Monday evening, which is the same evening we have our diet group at church.  So all of us in the diet group decided we would come up to the church and weigh in then ride over together to the tea party.  When we arrived we were told to choose a colored disk and put it in our pocket.  They had red, green and blue.  Of course, since green is my favorite color that is the one I chose.  Once everyone arrived they told us to go to the room that corresponds with the color disk we chose.  The green room was in the basement so that was where I headed.  They had a organ set up and one of our members at church was playing music.  There was desserts (2 different cheese cakes) in this room along with several selections of tea.  They also served the tea in real china.  Pretty nice, huh!  We drank our tea and ate until a bell rang and then we switched rooms.  This time I went to the kitchen which was the blue room.  In this room there was more tea, scones and blueberry cookies.  Here we took a ball of yarn and one person started a story and had to continue telling the story until they ran out of their color of yarn, (each color was about 5 feet long) then they passed the yarn to the next person who had to continue the story.  Very entertaining and funny!!

After we finished there we went to the red room.  In this room they had cookies and more tea.  The host in this room read poetry to us that a couple members of our church had written and we chatted.  Then all 3 groups met together in the basement and we picked a person and said why we appreciate that person and we had a drawing for door prizes.  I won some Bath & Body lotion.  After that we all went home.  This was my first tea party and it was so much fun.  I got to mingle with people that I see at church for a few minutes each service but I really didn't know well.  It was really a fun time.

I just finished studying the book of Esther with my next door neighbors.  I've read the book of Esther several times but we did a indepth study with Beth Moore who has a DVD series out on the book.  There is a lot more to that book then I ever imagined.  What courage Esther had in such a difficult time.  She was amazing!  We are starting a new series on the men in the book of Genesis around the first of March.  I'm looking forward to learning more about these great people.

That's about all that is going on up here in Marion, OH.  Take care and have a nice day.

Good evening!

Hi,
It's been a few days since I updated so I thought I would post a short note.  Not a lot going on up here in Ohio.  We've had a lot of snow but it's starting to warm up so the snow is melting.  Good thing because I am really getting tired of shoveling the driveway.  It's good exercise but I've done it everyday for the past week. 

I'm still going to the gym everyday.  The cardio class is going well.  It's such a good workout.  We do walking, jogging, side shuffles, suicides, ab exercises, jump rope, bands and the exercise ball.  We get our heart rate up for a few minutes then take it back down which is supposed to really get the metabolism going.  I want to lose more weight but I also want to tone.  So I hope all of this works.  I'm also doing a weight lifting class.  It's going to also help with the toning.

That's about all that is going on.  Take care.

The new year is here!

Hi,

Well, 2010 is here...So unbelievable.  It's hard to believe it's already been a decade since we welcomed in the year 2000.  Where does all the time go??  Bob and I went to the Marion pop-n-drop New Years Eve.  It's our town's own ball drop.  There wasn't as many people there as last year but it was nice.  We also enjoyed a very relaxing weekend.  I didn't step out of my house on New Years day or the day after.  Every year I record Christmas movies so I spent those two days watching movies.  I believe I have about 5 more movies to go.  Guess what I will be doing Saturday afternoon?

At the gym today I started a new class called "Cardio workout."  I had a feeling it was going to be tough and was I ever right.  For the whole hour we did different exercises to raise and lower our heart rate.  I sweated more today than I have since I started going to the gym.  We also entered a contest to see which team can lose the most weight in the next 7 weeks.  I am on team "black".  So far there are a total of 11 people participating.  They hope to sign up more.  We weighed in today and then we will be weighing in every Thursday.  I have my diet group this evening.  We didn't meet last Monday night so it will be interesting to see how everyone has done over the holidays.  For the next 7 weeks I will be weighing in twice a week, on Monday and Thursdays.  That should really help me be good with my diet.  I hope so anyway!!

Take care and stay warm.

Happy Holiday Season

HI,
I hope everyone had a nice holiday...Ours was very good.  Bob and I lounged around Christmas Eve and ate.  Of course we ate too much junk, but hey, what is the holiday for, huh!!!  Anyway, Christmas day Terry came up and we had brunch then we opened gifts.

After we got done with presents, Bob and Terry started watching football while I started dinner.  Bob did put the turkey on the grill to smoke.  It took about 5 hours and "wow" was it good.  Bobby and Benita with Robert too, got here around 4pm and we had a really nice dinner.  It was great to have them with us.  The food was very good if I say so myself.  Dessert was pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread..Do you see a theme here?

I took all my decorations down today.  I didn't put up that many this year so it didn't take me too long.  Us girls in my diet group decided we had all been way too bad over the holiday so we are giving ourselves a week off from weighing in.  Works for me!!!!!!  I wasn't at all looking forward to getting on the scales.

I headed back to the gym this morning to burn off some of the holiday calories.  It has been 4 days since I worked out so it was tough getting back into my routine.  Tomorrow should be better.

I want to wish everyone a very happy new year.  Take care and be careful if you are out on the roads.  There are a lot of crazy drivers out there.  See ya later!

Miss you, mom

It's so hard to believe it's been four years

since you left us to be with God......

I miss you so much!

I love you.

It's December already....

Hi,

Does anyone know where this year has gone to??? It seems like we just finished ushering in 2009 and it's already about time to bring in 2010. I am so behind right now. I haven't put up any Christmas decorations yet. Matter of fact, my fall decorations are still up and I haven't even put a dent in my Christmas shopping. Usually by now I am pretty much done but so far I've only bought 2 gifts. Would someone out there like to do the shopping for me??? Maybe I will use the Internet this year and do most of my shopping from home. That sounds like a good idea to me.

Bob was in Colorado recently and while there he took some really beautiful pictures. Would you believe he didn't take me with him? My favorite state in the whole US and he doesn't take me! I'm just kidding....It wasn't practical for me to go since he was only going to be there overnight so to keep me happy he took a bunch of pictures.

All the pictures he took look like post cards. So beautiful....I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We went to TN to visit with dad. We always go to mom's grave when were there so I decided to make my own bouquet of flowers. It won't win a prize but I have to say it turned out really good. Mom is the first one at the cemetery to have Winter/Christmas flowers.

While in TN we went down to Chattanooga and rode the Duck Boat. What a blast that was. We had the best tour guide. We rode the vehicle on a tour through downtown Chattanooga then he took us to the river front and drove down a boat ramp right into the water and like magic it turned into a boat. We did get a little spray when it hit the water but it wasn't too bad. He gave us a great tour of Chattanooga from the water then when we were done he took the boat to the ramp and just drove it straight out of the water and like magic we were a vehicle again. I recommend it if you've never done it before..So much fun!!! Below is a picture of us right before we took off.

We all know how pretty the mountains are in TN. Below is a picture I took.

We were honored with a invitation from Johnny and Chris to come to their house for Thanksgiving dinner. It has been many years since we've celebrated a holiday with them so this was really special. Here are some pictures of our visit.

Looks like the Triptifan is kicking in and Mike is ready for his after turkey dinner nap.

Bob's parents were there also. Here's is Johnny, Judy, Bob, dad and John chatting after we ate.

Look at that smile!!!! What a cutie Joseph is. He loves having his picture taken.

What a great looking family. Chris, thank you for letting me take your picture.

So sweet!!! Johnny & Maria look great.

I also have some exciting news I wanted to share. As most of you know I have been dieting and at my weigh in last night I arrived at a wonderful number. I have lost..Are you ready????? 50 pounds!!!!!!!!!!! To be exact I have lost 50.2 pounds. Surprising, I lost weight over the holiday. Not sure how that happened but I'm not complaining. Right now I have around 35-40 pounds left to go. Maybe by summer I will arrive at my goal.

I know this is a very busy month for everyone but I hope we all take the time to be thankful for what we have and for our health. Enjoy your time with your family and try to make every moment count. Don't get caught up in the commercialism of this holiday and remember that it's not the gifts your receive that count it's the time you spend and the lasting memories you make with loved ones and friends that matter.

Take care.

Love you all,

Teresa

Happy Thanksgiving...

HI,
I wanted to wish everyone "A Very Happy Thanksgiving" What is every one's plans????

We are leaving in the morning and going to Tennessee to visit dad. Bob's parents will be arriving on Thursday. We plan on going to Johnny & Chris's for Thanksgiving dinner. It's been years since we've spent a holiday with Johnny and Chris so I am really looking forward to it.

If your traveling for the holidays, please be careful driving. Hope your Turkey day is a good one!