GIVING IT ALL THE BOOT!

Well, several people have asked where the Sam Houston I AM. HERE!!!! And CRAZY busy! Seriously! I have a 1,200-plus page manuscript from a client who decided it was a good idea (sigh) to interject a LOT of Portuguese into her novel. Yes, I DO speak, understand, and even READ some Portuguese. However, my reading is SLOW because it's not a language I studied, but simply one I have picked up along the way. At any rate, it's taking most of my time, a lot of my limited vision, and some serious concentration. Also, some activities that were planned for a week or so ago were postponed because of big-time travel delays. Now, however, I am about to have both MaryBear AND my best friend here (HAPPY, HAPPY KAI!) for 2 weeks. MB will be here Thursday. My best friend will be here Friday. Both will stay with me. We will be back-and-forth between here and another kola's home as we prepare for the birth ceremony for our beloved holy man and his wife as they celebrate the Treasuring (our way of saying arrival and baby shower) of their first child. With that said, I will have VERY little computer time for nearly 3 weeks. I will check in on blogs and TRY to comment, but will not be emailing anyone. This always seems like the easiest way to get that out without - well - EMAILING. LOL!
   Also wanted to share something weight-related. (Note: you are free to laugh because I KNOW I sound silly.) I've always watched THE BIGGEST LOSER. And each season I've sat on the couch with my Coke and whatever junk snack I was having, watching and feeling so ashamed. This season, for the first time, I feel GOOD because I'm doing it! In my entire lifetime I've NEVER been honestly proud of my weight progress. Always before, I went about losing in CRAZY ways that resulted in a rapid regaining the minute I stopped doing whatever I was doing. This time - for 10 months so far - I've done this RIGHT. Watched my food intake, exercised 6 days a week (crunches SEVEN days a week) and set my monthly weight goals at a DO-ABLE number. And I am PROUD. I feel strong, energetic, HAPPY. But I have a 'problem' ... I've developed a serious addiction to ... clothes and boots. BOOTS? Yeah. I am a closet BOOT FREAK! Below is my LATEST pair. I LOOOOVE these!

Below are the LAST two pair I got (the purple ones and the red ones.) I'm hopeless, right? But I'm WORSE when it comes to CLOTHES. See, it's been YEARS since I wore a 14/16. I mean YEARS. I realize I SHOULD wear a 9/10 or MAYBE even a 7/8 when I hit my goal. My daughter was a size 0 (YEAH, you read that right) until about 5 years ago. She always felt I was horribly embarrassing. Frankly, I KNOW I was. But I am PROUD now. This has NOT been an easy journey, and I am well aware it's a lifelong one. It's also a journey I'm excited to take because I feel a million times better physically and SO much better about myself. And now I will take my better-feeling self back to my editing. Will be seeing your blogs and 'talking' to all of you in 2-3 weeks! HUGS TO EVERYONE!