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Well, I have been doing the WW Core program for one full day – so far so good. I even went out to dinner with some girlfriends last night. Since we are all attempting weight management, we decided to go to Applebee’s where they have a WW section on the menu.

Normally before going to WW I would try to lose a few pounds first. This is by it’s very nature a ridiculous plan. It assumes that the person weighing you has never seen a fat person before, or a number that high. As a former leader, I assure you the shock value is quite low —- there are no surprises and when you come right down to it, the only number any really and truly cares about is their own.

So I went the whole other way and had a “Last Supper” before the meeting. Heaping quantities of chinese food. The sodium intake was astronomical I’m sure. This is another potential ridiculos approach, however it has one major thing going for it ….. I have lost three pounds in one day! ; )

Blogging with be sporadic – D#2 is off from school, yard work bekons and a holiday approaches. If I don’t make it back here, have a wonderful Passover and/or Easter!

It is not you, it’s me

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I have been neglecting ye olde blogge these past few days. I am tired, slightly cranky and not very chatty. Daylight Savings Time has brought out a beast in me! I feel out of kilter.

Tomorrow I am going on an excellent field trip and expect a complete reversal of spirits. I am hopping on the train – along with Ricki and Peggy – and going into the city to see these ladies. Cara and Wendy will be there as well – and who knows who else!

Expect full blogging to resume on Thursday : )

weekend update

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in a desperate bid for attention, Poe poses by the knitting

As you can see, there has been some progress made on the felted floral basket bag. Since you start at the top, knitting and decreasing towards the bottom it goes fairly quickly. Side one is finished, side two is in progress and then it will be onto the flowers, handles and bottom panel.

The big excitement of my weekend was scoring some ½ price cashmere sweaters at Lord & Taylor. I had an excellent day of shopping with my friend Claire. She is the very best shopping buddy with a knack for finding the best things on the sale rack. We always end up laughing ourselves silly and this time was no exception. After our mall trip, Claire and her husband came over. While the guys were watching the Olympics, I was showing Claire my latest spinning attempts. What truly caught her attention was the possibilities for color blending in the drum carder. So we played around with that for a little bit which led to a small spinning lesson ….. and she’s a natural! Yay Claire!!

Now for some bragging on behalf of Claire ……. her daughter was hired for a summer internship at Betsey Johnson’s! She met Betsey, had an interview and got herself an internship …… did I mention that this girl is 16 years old?? This summer, she will be taking the train into Manhatten and working in a design house! When I was sixteen, I was taking the family’s wood paneled Ford LTD station wagon to rt. 202 and working in a fast food restaurant called Gino’s ……

Ann can’t play Mrs. Torrence

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This miserable headcold has gotten the better of me and I had to cancel my plans with Cara. boo-hoo! No excellent city adventures, no matzo ball soup! ~sniff~

Fear not darlings – although illness has kept me from playing with Cara today, I am never too sick to play with Cara!

Come play with us Cara!