Enough said.......

I still miss her!

Food Color Kit will Never be the same!

Yes, I am afraid my food coloring kit will never be the same again!

It got used today. 

The first time in I don't know how long.

How did I use it?

Well, Take a look.

Lilly just had to have some color.  She was so nosy and insisted!

So I obliged on the only white spot on her!

Libby on the other hand,

Enjoyed the caress of the brush.

If my artistic self would emerge

I would of done more on her.

Because she loved every bit of it.

I don't think she realizes

how beautiful she looks!

:)

Even got some on her butt!

At one point, Lilly wanted to help

She insisted upon it.

She moved right in between me and Libby

and took the paint brush 

FROM MY HAND!

If I was not afraid of her swallowing it, 

I would of let her have at it!

She noticed the color on Libby and really wanted

to have a go at it.

She was even moving her head up and down 

with the brush in her teeth!

I might invest in an easel.

I think Lilly would be quite the painter.

Libby would be content to be the subject.

Shake Comparrison:

Not all protein Shakes are created equal!

In my search for a substitue for the Medifast Shakes

I have tried these four brands.

Jullians has a bitter taste and heavy deposits left in my glass.

It was not filling and I was hungry in about an hour.

This protein shake was not better.

It has a very bland taste and not filling at all.

Gritty in texture.

Slimfast did taste the best, but it also did not keep me full.

Plus there is a very sweet taste to this shake.

This one is the closest that I tried.

It is not as sweet as the Medi-fast shakes.

But the texture and filling-ness of it was comparable.

Plus there are a lot of vitamins and minerals in this brand.

AND:

the OTHER INGREDIENTS list

was very minimal compared to the other shakes.

AND I can pronounce every one of these other ingredients.

So I will be ordering another container of this last shake and

be using it when I no longer need the medifast.

It is not as spendy, and fills me up, and even tastes pretty good.

I will be doing a comparison on the crunch bars next.

Baby bunny.

A small little bunny showed up.

A cat brought it in.

Not my cat, nor at my house.

It was just a little guy.

He was weened, and did eat some clover and grass I had picked for him.

The girls of course kept watch.

Sydney wanted to mother it.

She is keeping the baby warm.

She is being the 'mom' she use to be.

Warning her daughter, Sassy, to STAY AWAY!

"Ok, I am going to hide it from you!"

The only time she relaxed was holding the baby.

Screech: "Let me at him!"

The bunny did not make it. 

I think it had some internal injury.

I felt so bad.

By next morning he was cold and stiff.

So I wrapped him in the cowboy fleece, and tied it with a ribbon.

Rick dug a hole, and we had a small burial for him.

I let the three girls each sniff the baby before we buried him,

so that they knew he was gone, and would not continue to look for him.

I read on the internet about wild bunnies, that they normally do not survive.

Their internal make up is made up differently from a domesticated rabbit.

Sometimes you get lucky and they will live.

Not knowing where the cat got the bunny,

it was hard to let it go back out to the neighborhood.

It would of gotten caught again by another cat, or a dog.

So our friend brought it out to us.

RIP Bunny!

Changes: Can be good. Or not!

I suppose it is time to share.

Last February I went riding and my daughter-in-law

took pictures.

I did not like what I saw.

Plus my back was giving me horrendous trouble!

Look really good at this picture....
Sissy is a BIG horse!
So was my Butt!
OUCH!

It took my horse to make me realize.

I was not happy!

I was not happy with my riding skills.

I was not happy with my self either.

I never owned a scale.

They were bad!

I never got any good news when I stepped on one!

Scales would ruin my whole day!

Well.....

TODAY...

I LIVE by my scale!

I started the Medi-Fast program and STUCK WITH IT!

I have lost 42 pounds since February 20th of this year.

That is an average of 10lbs a month!

I feel great!

I went from a size 18 pants to a size 12 and those are a tad to large.

I do have another 10 lbs to go for my goal.

It is going slower, and they say the last 10 is the hardest to get rid of.

But it is FRUIT SEASON!

I love fruit!

That is my candy!

So I portion control, and I have my bit of fruit.

I am still loosing about a pound a week or week and a half.

I am letting my skin catch up to my weight loss.

Here are some graduated photos of me.

I still don't have any of me riding Libby

except what is posted up top.

No one is ever around with a Camera when I ride.

But I will get some one day.

It is all GOOD!