Better Late Than Never

I know it's no longer Weigh in Wednesday, but better late than never.

I especially feel this way after reading the column "Losing It"in the Deseret news today. The guy who writes it has been discussing his weight loss journey. When he made his goal weight he joked that he could now stop writing the column, but that would mean he was out of a job......and today he told us that he is at a bad place and has put on 20 pounds.......not good,but he at least recognizes that he needs to reverse the gain.

I have learned that if you don't pay attention you won't loose.

So here it is....I am down 1 lb. yeah for me!

So far it has been has been a very slow journey down the scale. Hopefully that means I am learning some good habits to keep the weight off.
The thing that is making things so hard once again is what do I make for dinner?
It is too hot to cook, nothing sounds very appetizing, but I will eat almost anything I don't have to prepare or think about.
Last night we went to "Taste of the Town" here in B-town for dinner. It was easy, good and cheap. I hope they repeat this next year. It was fun even with the wind and rain.
Tonight we have a wedding at Eagelwood, Friday Gary & I are off to my class reunion. 30 years since I graduated from BHS. We are eating at the Grand America......I know that the food will be worth it if nothing else. Saturday is the ward BBQ. Tuesday Gary & I were invited to a picnic and to see Chicago at the Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre (only Gary was gone soit really wasn't both of us)....... Monday Megan made dinner.....you can see where I am going here...........
I am glad that so far this week I really haven't had to decide what to do for dinner, but I know it can't last.

Okay so here is another better late than never item...
The Chicago Concert. It was so much fun for me to get to re-live my youth through their music.
And to think I almost didn't go?
Gary & I were invited to go with Kent & Karen Whitehead and friends.......Gary had a previously scheduled business seminar in Dallas so i told them we couldn't go. (Funny thing is when I heard that Chicago was coming to town I asked Gary if he was going to be around and he said no so I didn't buy tickets). Karen told me to invite one of the sisters or my kids and come anyway since they had already purchased the tickets. As the weeks got closer to the concert Gary began telling me that his seminar may be canceled, so I didn't really invite anyone else to come with me. About 10 days before Gary said it would probably be canceled. 7 days before it was going to be canceled. 5 days before several people purchased tickets to his seminar so it was back on, no concert for him. That is when I was going to begin calling around to the sisters....I had mentioned it to 2 of them, but then we went to the lake for the weekend. Sunday/Monday I called Melinda and Angela, both were unavailable to attend.....so what about the kids? Megan had previous plans, J & L were working which left Hayden.....Hayden who doesn't even know who Chicago is except for their Christmas CD which isn't even their music, just their style....He doesn't know them because we are all plugged into headphones listening to our own music......Anyway Hayden was the winner or possible looser if you ask him.
Monday and Tuesday were very crazy busy days for me....too much to do not enough time to do anything.......Tuesday, concert day we had to leave home by 5:30 pm....that was pushing it. At 5:00 I was just finishing things up so I could cut up the fruit and get it packed up to take to our picnic concert. I was rushing but it was going to be ok........it was 5:25, I had a baby watermelon and half a cantaloupe to go. I had packed things up as I went along, all I had to do was change clothes and get the things in the car, we might leave a little late...... then I sliced into my left hand middle finger....how bad was it? There was blood everywhere when it finally came to the surface......luckily none of it was on or around the food, but my hand was dripping with it......my thoughts were I am so dumb, I can't go to the emergency room because that will take forever, just check it out and stop the bleeding......No finger tips hanging off.....been there done that, the cut wasn't long but I knew it was deep....hold hand above the head and stop the bleeding......ahhhhh,I have to change my clothes still. Megan please finish the fruit for me....Hayden are you ready to go? I'm still bleeding..... we have to go it's 5:40pm. Wrap up my bleeding finger while I try to change clothes....yes, I am wearing white capris, how silly of me......Hayden are you ready to go? Someone, anyonehelp me bandage my finger.....at 5:50 we finally left.....great we will only be half an hour late....I hope they start eating without us.....and there is a first act group sowewon'treally miss the good stuff........
You know how when you are in a hurry and you hit every red light and the traffic is heavy and you make wrong turns and get confused, oh, and where are we going to park when we get there? Don't they have signs pointing the way? I know the general area, I left the map at home.........ahhhh, well that was us. We arrived at 6:50 pm....an hour late, better late than never. They hadn't started to picnic, they were waiting for us, so we ate through the opening act.
But it was all worth it. Thank you Kent and Karen!
Chicago has been around for 42 years...they are old,but still fantastic! Hayden informed me that they weren't the only old ones, the average age of the audience was old too, like 45+.
Old, schmold.....it was all good.....you know good like when you know every word and how the rhythms go and just when the swells and horns begin etc.......goood! I LOVED IT!
It was a great night for all......good food, good friends and good music........well, good for almost all.
Hayden laughed at the "old people dancing," only recognized one song, even though I kept saying stuff like 'don't you just love this song', learned that women over 50(not me) still can have a teenage type crushes on their favorite guys in the band, and that watching the 45+ set 'faux moshing' was weird, period, enough said......
---Gary told him 'Everybodyhas the right to be happy!'---
He was a great sport and his iPod 'lighter' was a hit.
Love ya Hay-man!

Time to be off or I will be late again....
MCC