Results are in!

As of this morning, I was down 6 pounds... not the 10 I had hoped for... but ya gotta love 6 pounds in 3 days! We'll see if it stays off! Today I ate pretty normally and felt like a glutton!!

Gunnison River 3 Day Canoe Trip... Check this out!

I'll be doing this with my buds Peggy & Gary and Kathleen and Jeff....

Date: May 23-25, 2009
Trip: Memorial Day Weekend
GUNNISON RIVER PROFILE

This leisurely 31-mile trip through the Escalante and Dominguez Canyons is a summer delight, leaving time for hiking and photography. The Gunnison is ideal for beginning and intermediate canoeists, providing lots of fun with
various Class 1+ rapids along its course. You will paddle beside high walls of beautiful red sandstone and shale, deposited during the age of the dinosaurs. Interesting side trips into deep box canyons will leave you awed by the immensity of geologic time and the silence of the wilderness. Massive cottonwood trees stand on the river bends supporting huge nests of blue
herons, hawks and eagles. Hiking will include the spectacular Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area complete with a 40-foot waterfall, secluded swimming holes and numerous ancient Indian petroglyphs.

Should be loads of fun... except for the pooping out doors and the sleeping in a tent and the no shower thing.... hum... maybe it will just be fun.... :-)

Day 2 of the Diet in the bag!!

OK, OK!! I could eat the sink right now... but I'm almost through day 2 of this crazy diet!
Today was the lowest calorie count...but I did get in a good hour walk this morning before all my energy stores were depleted! I'm planning on walking tomorrow too.... so stay turned for the big results on Saturday!!!
Tomorrow I'm going to choose stones for my big 50 birthday ring! I took all of the old gold and diamonds laying around in my jewelry box to convert them into one new ring!!!
Hey... this turning 50 ain't so bad!!
Since no one is coming out this year for Bolder Boulder and Angie will be in Europe (again!), I have decided to take Peggy and Kathleen up on an invite for a canoe and hiking trip down the Yampa river in Colorado. I'll post the link to the website... My first outdoor camping trip since Girl Scouts when I was about 14 years old... Should be interesting!!!

Lose 10 Pounds In 3 Days!!! Or your $$$ back...

OK, OK!!! No $$$ are changing hands on this deal... but you can bet your bottom dollar, or maybe just your bottom... that if this darned things works, you'll be willing to pay me the big bucks!!!

This diet is just choke full of wholesome, nutritious and yummy foods!!! Have at it!
And send $$ my way if it works!! All donations will be accepted... not greedy... just needy!!!
(I saw that on a sign yesterday... not my own work!) This is not commerce... this is charity!!!

Day1 (1036 calories) (GO!!)

Breakfast
1/2 grapefruit
1 slice dry toast
2 tablespoons peanut butter

Lunch
1/2 cup tuna
1 slice dry toast
coffee or tea

Dinner
3 oz. any type meat
1 cup beets
1 cup green beans
1 small apple
1 cup vanilla ice cream (I know!?!?!?)

Day2 (758 calories) (Walk very slowly today...)

Breakfast
1 egg
1 slice dry toast
1/2 banana

Lunch
1 cup cottage cheese
5 saltine crackers

Dinner
2 hotdogs (YUCK... I know?!?!?)
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream (WOW again!!!)

Day3 (909 calories) If you're still alive and kickin'

Breakfast
1 egg
1 slice dry toast

Lunch
5 saltine crackers
1 oz. cheddar cheese
1 small apple

Dinner
1 cup tuna
1 cup beets
1 cup cauliflower
1/2 cantaloupe
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream (who knew....)

OK... that's it... no substitutions... no excuses.... no questions... just do it!!!
This is all based on scientific research and blind faith! You must believe for it to work!!
If you don't loose 10 pounds, it's because you don't have enough faith!!
Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger!!!

The Amazing 3 Day Miracle Diet!!!

OK, OK!!!
I've just completed (well... almost... I still get 1 cup of Vanilla Ice Cream tonight) day 1 of the amazing 3 day diet where 10 pounds will miraculously disappear!! My friend Mike Pegler swears by it!! So... after a week in the fast lane in Las Vegas, slurping up martinis and eating way too much, I've committed to it!
I'll keep ya posted... but won't weigh again until Saturday morning with the official results!!
The diet includes wild things like ice cream and beets... the worst of it is 2 hotdogs... and since I don't eat that junk.... ugh.... I purchased Turkey hotdogs today... beware... the next time you're invited to dinner at my house... you may get turkey dogs in some mystery meal!!!
I can do most anything for three days... and the easy part is that it's a no-brainer!! You eat exactly what's listed... nothing more, nothing less...
I believe there is going to be a major "purge" associated with these three days!!!
I know, I know... TMI!!!!!

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We saw Donnie & Marie at the Flamingo!

The Flamingo Hilton is still one of those old iconic places in Las Vegas. Tonya was so excited to see Donnie! The fun part was that as LUCK would have it, she had one of the best seats in the house!! Donnie not only winked at her when he came onto the stage, he walked on her table, took her hand and talked to her!! Much to his surprise, she was very agile and before he knew it, she was up on the table with him... sorta like that Cortney Cox/Bruce Springstein moment!!!
Donnie was a bit surprised and Tonya was just thrilled out of her mind!! Wish I had pictures of that moment, but they weren't allowed and we were all just enjoying the moment!

Cocktails in Vegas!! Well... of course!!

Well of course... you start out in Vegas with cocktails... in glow-in-the-dark glasses!
Angie and I worked hard last week! She worked in the Guildmaster Showroom while I held down the fort at Hekman. Traffic was good and order writing was better than expected...
Of course you can feel the effects of the economy... but my customers were shopping for good deals.

Eat, Pray, Love, Etc!!

I've connected with a new group of women in Denver... through Peggy and then her zany friend,
Kathleen... Kathleen decided to start a new group, "Eat, Pray, Love, Etc.!" and asked me to join.
How fun!?!?! About 9 women came to the first meeting at Kathleen's spectacular home at Sloan's Lake in Denver. Kathleen provided a yummo meal of soup and salad and of course, the wine was flowing, including an inaugural champagne toast to our new group! I am so looking forward to the connection, support and friendship the group will provide... not to mention a great dose of laughter!
All of us are working professionals... most with our on businesses... We want to talk and learn and grow and stretch and laugh our way through life... my kinda people!!!

One More Exciting Tidbit...

My sweet buddy Tonya will be in Las Vegas next week while we're there. She got tickets to see her very favorite performer of all time and begged me to get tickets as well... So I did!!
We're going to see none other than.... the fabulous, the talented, the toothsome, the preserved....
Donnie and Marie!!! Now talk about Woo Hoo!!! Hey... while in Vegas....

Mr. Shurte always took me to at least one show... We saw lots of shows including...

Sigfreid and Roy (The Absolute Best!)
Cirque du Soleil (O, Mystere, Ka, La Reve) (Loved "O" best!)
Celine Dion
Barry Manilow (Comped!)
Reba McIntyre (Comped!)
Mama Mia
Earth Wind and Fire
Blue Man Group (???)

I've also seen "Love" and Craig Ferguson... so the tradition continues...

Hey!! Best Part of the week!

I almost forgot... a really great thing happened... I got an e-mail from some wonderful friends I'd lost touch with, Mary Anne and Mark Hewett! My Christmas card was forwarded all the way to Hanover, Germany!! We haven't talked in almost 10 years! They traveled to Germany for Mark's career and will be there through 2010. Guess where my next travel plans will be taking me???
Mary Anne and I went to West Charlotte High School together many, many moons ago! We were in homeroom together in the gym... ugh... both with last names that began with the letter "K"...
Our group of girls started "POPs" or "Pig Out Parties"... man, that was a long time ago...
Remembering Ed's Dairy Bar with much fondness...
Can't wait for us to catch up!

Sunday Evening...

Just turned off Superbowl XXXXIII... WOW!!! What a game, huh? Of course my heart wasn't really in it since neither the Broncos or Panthers made it to the big show!! But what a game!!!
Pagli and I made a whirl-wind trip to Utah last week... left on Tuesday... back on Friday night...
so I spent the weekend catching back up... laundry, groceries, paying bills... all the fun stuff...
but I did get in two nice long walks... yesterday with Peggy from the house... and then this morning with Angie at Coal Creek. Pagli went along this morning and walked almost all of the four miles... He's growing and getting stronger each day. The best part was sitting outside in the February sunshine with our coffee after the walk. Ya gotta love a mid-winter day in Colorado when you can enjoy sitting outside!

This week will be busy getting ready for Las Vegas market. I leave on Sunday morning for a week in the desert!! I hope to reinvigorate sales and maybe even win a little!!! I've saved just a tiny bit for the craps tables... Woo Hoo!!! Angie will be traveling with me to market and holding down the Guildmaster Showroom.