The sorrow of a (step) Grandmother

I thought my "end of the world" post was going to be my last post for the year. However, I need to blog about one more thing.

My Grandson was born this past week. He died the same day. We had known a lot about his problems a while ago and we were of course hoping for the best. Well, the little guy had little chance to live and he didn't make it.

We'd been preparing ourselves. My Stepdaughter and Stepson in law were preparing themselves also.We are very sad, but at the same time doing well. Although Hubby and I came home last night and today we're finding it hard to function today. At this point in our lives death is something we expect, because people die, but when it's a child, it's so foreign; so strange.

If you read this blog you usually know I somehow tie in my posts to weight loss. Well, believe it or not, this one will. While away for the three days visiting my Stepdaughter and Stepson in law at a children's hospital more than three hours away from the Capital Region, I came to a realization that I've been on a "culinary vacation".

Which means that I've realized that this being off the wagon is not a permanent thing. I also realized need to stop.

I've been wanting to get back in to the Weight Watchers state of mind, but that realization really was a moment of reckoning.

So, I'm still recovering from my health scare, but I am even more poised to get back on the wagon. Why not do it now? Well, in case you can't tell, I have a few more pressing issues right now, but after we bury my Grandson this coming week and I celebrate Christmas with my Plattsburgh family soon, I'm going be pretty well set up to be ready for life to get back to "normal". I plan on being back to 'normal' by the end of January.


Thank you for reading. 
(Rest in peace AMC)

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

So this Friday is the end of the world. So I wanted to just post on my blog one last time to say goodbye. I really appreciate all of the love and support I've received in the last year I've been blogging. Farewell cruel world!!!

Did you really buy that? I think so many people are past the whole "end of the world" thing. At least a lot of my friends and family are.

BTW, I did say something on my Facebook page and my Twitter about the Connecticut school shooting. It was brief, but I would like to expand on it. Words can not express how I feel about the Connecticut school shootings. I'm the daughter of a retired elementary school teacher. I'm also a child of divorce and from a small town (Note: Newtown is like 30,000 people in my hometown is like 5,000), so I can relate to the shooter in a very strange way. It just really breaks my heart to think about all of those times I went to visit my mother at school after I graduated from that school. Teachers and staff would greet me in the hall. Even some of my mother's former students would greet me in the hall. It is such a wonderful place, full of hope and love. How someone can go to a place like that and kill people just is unfathomable. The sense of security as well as love and innocence is certainly lost in Connecticut and I'm sure it will take a long time to get it back. At least the victims will never know any kind of pain again.

Anyway. With that stuff out of the way, let's get down to regular blog business.

I never did a one year post on November 27th like I wanted to. So I do want to thank everyone for reading and all of the love, support and participation I get here. I look forward to getting more in the future because I intend on continuing on my journey no matter how rocky the road may get. I've tackled way more difficult things in my life. I've always been a "Road Less Traveled" type anyway.

I also wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, or as I always say "Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate". I haven't tracked in a few weeks, believe it or not, but I'm recovering from my health scare pretty well. I hope to be back to 'normal' in the next few weeks.

Happy New Year to everyone too. It's funny because I always say we should not make resolutions and try to improve ourselves year around and not only do it on the first of the year. Well, I'm making a resolution to get back in to that Weight Watchers state of mind and start to track and get back on the way to getting to my goal. Amazing I'm still hanging in there after five months of being "off the wagon". Better things are coming!

This is my final post this year. See you all in January!

As always, thank you for reading!

Going to be MIA again

So, I just suffered a non-weight related health scare and was in the hospital for a few days last week. I'm recovering nicely. As a result of this scare I've been reevaluating my life as a result and I've decided part of that recovery is not writing my blog for a while. I would like to do a holiday post before Christmas and an end of the year post before the end of the month. Other than that I will not be writing for a while. I plan on returning on a weekly basis in January. I have no idea when in January that may be.

So although I've promised myself I'd never take a hiatus from blogging because supposedly, if you take one you never come back, I am taking one.

Don't worry, I've got lots of ideas for 2013 and I'm planning on getting back on the wagon once I am fully recovered from my setback. I plan on going back to my meeting on the 17th. Although I'm taking it all a day at a time and that might not work for me. We'll see. I'll keep you all updated.

As always, thank you for reading! Also thanks for sticking with me if you've liked my page on Facebook or follow me on Twitter.