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Thursday, October 12, 2006

The first snowfall of the season!

Wow..i cannot believe how fast this week is flying by. We had a great Thanksgiving dinner at Dick and Kay's on Sunday. We were all stuffed and had lots of leftovers. On Sunday, my mom went to the cottage and my sister & Paul went to Paul's mom's place. Our family was split up but we were all thinking of one another throughout the weekend. I got to see my mom on Monday when she popped in to pick up a pumpkin pie Kay had made for her.
LA'S NEW DIET BEGINS!!
I started my new diet stats this week and I feel AWESOME!! It's not really a new "diet" just new numbers. I'm already down a couple pounds and Darrin is letting me lift heavy in the gym again!! Woo hoo! I like my workouts again and am motivated to hit the gym everyday.
The new "club" is great...lots of variety and new equipment to use. Jake came by yesterday and signed up and it was great to see her, we hung for an hour and got caught up. She is right on track for the Brantford show and will be stage ready ahead of schedule. Pete and Elaine have signed up at the new place as well as many other members of our "gym family". Pete is looking great too--he's feeling good and his strength is up in the gym!! Keep training hard guys...its paying off!! only 5.5weeks to go......

The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for Darrin and the response and reaction to the new company is over whelming!! But like every company, in the beginning it takes time to build and establish..but he's on his way!! Darrin has top lawyers, accountants and advisers all working for him and the success of this business is guaranteed! In five years he'll look back on all the work he's doing now and sacrifices we've made but he'll be glad he did it. Hard work now means big payoffs for the future!

I came home from work today and looked outside and can you believe it was SNOWING!! I couldn't believe what i was seeing...lol...wow..Christmas is coming too fast! But ironically i bought my first Christmas gift last week, yes.. i love Christmas and start my shopping early:)
TGIF!
Have a great weekend everyone..we have lots of plans this weekend but I'll save those for the update on Sunday:) Tomorrow is Friday the 13th!! Hope everyone has a "lucky" day:) Its always been a good one for me!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

snow? you've got to be kidding!

Anonymous said...

You actually have your christmas shopping started?!

Sound like you had a nice Thanksgiving.

Have fun at the new club.

Lori-Ann said...

We had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner:) Darrin was still eating pumpkin pie and stuffing on Monday..lol..

I always get my shopping done early, i have quite few people to buy for and lots of visiting around christmas time. I always like to be prepared ahead of time in order to do my christmas baking closer to the holidays:)

The new club is great:) Its slowly beginning to feel like "home"..lol.

Anonymous said...

The pie looks scrumptious! I have a month of dieting left then watch out!

Sounds like you and Darren are doing great. All the best for the new bus!!!!!

Jennie

Anonymous said...

Hey LA, sounds like everything is falling right into place for you both.
Can't believe it's snowing!
It seems like summer was just here, and now Christmas is right around the corner.
I usually do all my Christmas shopping the week of Christmas, cause I am such a procrastinator...Yikes! Good for you for starting so early :) :)

Dwayne, Beckham and I will see you, Darrin and Rio tomorrow :)

Anonymous said...

like you have weight to lose LA...but good work none the less!!! enjoy your weekend and stay warm..no more nice warm fall days i dont think
talk soon
Chris<3

DMac said...

I really need to update my blog. LA, you're making me look bad!

See ya's tomorrow ;).

Lori-Ann said...

Chris, one good thing about winter is...we can stay covered up so the dieting doesn't have to be extremely hard core :) but I still am a sun gal and love the beach--i would take the sun over snow anyday. The new numbers for my stats are good, i don't feel so bloated and soft. Oh,ya I got your message through myspace but i'm limiting my use on there because of virus'..so i'll send you a response to your email later:)

Mel, I can't wait to see you guys tonight and catch up..its only been less then a month since i've seen you but it feels like forever! So much has happened in a month...we'll be up all night chatt'n:)Darrin does his shopping right before christmas too..but thats ok, i usually have everyone else done so all he has to worry about is ME!!

Jennie, D's mom made that apple pie..it's my FAVOURITE!! and yes, Darrin and I are doing great with all the new ventures!

Dmac, I think i have just a tad more time to update the ole blog...lets see..no honeymoon, no nightshift..no new puppy...hmmm..I think you've had your hands full:) We'll all forgive you for now, lol..but i know everyone is waiting for new pics of Beck:):)see ya tonight!!

well..off to work:)
LA:)

Anonymous said...

thanks LA no rush i know you have your own fan club :)