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Loree

Sep 6th

As part of my work with my personal trainer, I am supposed to keep a diet diary this week.
I am supposed to write down everything that I eat and drink.
Therefore, I was good and wrote everything down on Friday & Saturday. Yesterday and today are on little slips of paper, because I have been a little scatterbrained, as soon as I find my journal I will catch it up.

I have done pretty well on my exercise. I walked a mile on Saturday morning, and then slept too late on Sunday. This morning I tried to walk but my 4-year-old kept needing things. "Momma I need paper to draw. Momma can I watch cartoons" I finally gave up at 3/4 a mile. That is why I need to be alone to get my work out.

I feel like I am planning the last supper for tonight. We are having a big old sirloin Wade cooked on the grill with cowboy potatoes. Cowboy potatoes are a wonderful concoction of potatoes baked in lots of butter with garlic, bacon and Jalapenos. They are as far from healthy as a potato can get.

About 5 years ago, Wade bought me a bright yellow mountain bike at a garage sale. I loved it, I rode it a lot that spring. We had a contest among the girls at work to see who could loose the most before a company-sponsored trip to New Orleans. My competitive spirit kicked in, and I quit drinking cokes and rode my bike. I lost 35lbs. Therefore, I know I can do this diet and exercise thing. Shortly after loosing the weight, I became pregnant with my youngest.

On Friday I had a brilliant idea to dig out my bicycle so that I could ride with the kids to get a little exercise. I knew right where my bike was parked behind the shed. It has been parked there since we came home from our Labor Day camping trip 5 years ago. Over the past 5 years it has sat there the chain getting very rusty. The seat is cracked and there was a tree growing up through it.
I took pictures and will have to post them for you all to see.

The Transformers

I am excited to announce that I have been selected to participate in "The Transformers".
The Transformers is a local version of a biggest looser type program. I will be working out with a personal trainer for the next 12 weeks. I am asking all of my friends to please pray for me over the next 12 weeks as I learn better dietary habits and the correct way to excises.
I got up an hour early this morning and walked on my mom's treadmill. It took me about 25 minutes to walk a mile at a "0" incline at a speed level of 2.5. I know that once I hit the gym on Tuesday I will have to up those #'s but I want to start out slow so my trainer doesn't kill me on Tuesday.

I just want to say thank you to Fit Now Fitness for offering this program. You will never know what this opportunity means to me.

I invite all of my friends and family to check in on my progress here on the blog.

Elizabeth & Rebecca

The Ellis Family

Wade Ellis

These photos were all taken by Anna Belew.

Life's a beach

Mustang Island Summer of 2010

We had a great vacation this summer. We went to Rockport & Port Aransas again. Our girls love the beach. It was really nice to just sit on the beach and read while they played and picked up shells.

I just had to check in and let you know I am still alive. ha ha. I have been writing!!! very excited about this new project.

Gotta Run!

wow what a busy month

I can't believe it has been nearly a month since I last signed on to this blog.
Where has the time gone??? I have been so busy trying to keep up with the kids & the house that I haven't sat down to write anything!
One big thing that has been consuming our time lately is our yard. It seems like we are spending more time out side than ever. Wade has done a such a fabulous job on the yard and new patio area that I want to live out there.

Another time consuming event is the fact that I am so into genealogy again.
I want to be looking up people and dates all the time. This past weekend I found another CSA Veteran in my direct line 3rd Great Grandfather David D Anderson.
On my mothers side there is GW Harrison (Currier for General Sterling Price), & John B Bratcher (19th Tenn Infantry company D).
On Daddy's side William Burl Leatherman (Don't have much pension, application to prove he served) & David D. Anderson (Border's Regt Texas Cav CSA)
I haven't even began to delve into the Ellis side for the girls. My next step is to find all of the proof.

Maybe I will find out some cool information this weekend at the Leatherman Reunion or the next at the Hudson.

Family Reunilon Time

Whew I survived! Saturday was the Ellis family Reunion. Followed by the Plumlee Reunion on Sunday. I have almost caught up on all the dishes and laundry. It is amazing how far behind you get when you aren't doing laundry all weekend.
With all of the family reunions that makes me want to work on genealogy. Working on my genealogy makes me want to write even more there are so many wonderful stories associated with our family history. It is such a shame that so many wonderful stories die with our ancestors.

Yard Work, Yard Work & More Yard Work

Two weeks ago we worked in the yard all day on Saturday trying to get the yard ready for our small group from church to come over for a cookout. Then after so much work we decided to move the party indoors because it turned off too cold for us to sit outside.
Last weekend we again worked in our yard trying to fix a problem spot that is terribly un-even and where the grass will not grow. I worked all afternoon digging a ditch to divert water, then I dug out another area to put in a retaining wall.
This past week we put in a new flower bed and planted 4 shrubs. Then Wade worked all afternoon leveling a place in our yard for a patio. We have been married for 12 years and have lived there the entire time and now are finally doing some much needed landscaping. Next week we will lay sod! I am so excited about our new outdoor living area.