Lagoon

We took our employees and their families to Lagoon on Saturday, Oct 18th. I don't think that Don's ever done that before, and it was so cool to see the guys with their families! We had a ball! The weather was perfect, and they had a great time. But...it was so dang crowded! I think that everyone showed up that could that day. I've been to Lagoon a lot the past 48 years, and don't ever remember so many people! With it being Deer Hunt Opening Day, and UEA weekend, maybe that was the reason that there were so many people. Whatever it was...it was gross! It took us 45 minutes to get onto a ride after dark. Obviously, we didn't stay too late. We were gone by 9pm, on our way home. Jenny and Arizona (Tod's step-daughter), and Jake and Brittany were with us also. It was fun, and a day to definately remember! We'll try again next summer, maybe earlier in September, when it might not be so crowded!

Beckham Nielson

Finally I figured out how to get the pictures off of my camera. It is not that I was not able to do it, it is just finding the time at work, to do it. Well, I decided that now that there are over 300 pictures on the camera, that I had better clear it. It's about time to post newer pictures of Beckham! Oh well. Let's just be grateful for small things! Isn't he a cutie! And Laura looks so great in it! Don loved holding him...you can just tell!

Oh yes! The concert was so good. I just loved it! Don did not love it, I'd say that he tolerated it. We had a good time at it though. We pigged out on chicken strips and a cheeseburger. The music was so loud! Well, it was a concert and a treat to go to! I have to say, that there were a lot of women at it, and so I think that Don was feeling a bit out of place. If you asked him, he would probably say that he would be happy to skip the next chick concert, and let me take a gf to it instead!

Woo Hoo!!!

I won tickets today, for the Reba McIntire / Kelly Clarkson concert tonight!!! Pretty cool, huh? I was going to buy some tickets a few weeks ago, but couldn't make myself buy them. We are looking forward to going. (I'd gone a few weeks ago, and tried to win a new car through a radio station, and that entered me in a drawing to win the tickets. Lo and behold, they pulled my name out today for the tickets!) It was a complete surprise to me, because I forgot all about it!!! I'll let you know how we like it!

(Some of you may be wondering, how me, Rae Jean, queen of rock and roll, will be able to stand Reba! Well, I love her sitcom and I think that she is a pretty with it woman. This should be good! Plus, Don is slowly weaning me onto country...I like Kenny Chessney a lot!)

Hey Now!

Have you ever slipped into a pair of your favorite jeans after having them on the shelf all summer, only to find that they are a little tight??? Or put on a pair of shorts, and realized that you've expanded around the middle??? This is what I am facing, so before everyone has a cow, because I want to tone up and lose a little...just settle down. I don't want to have to go out and buy a new wardrobe, simply because I've gained a little. And to me it is a big deal. I like me, and I like me fitting into my favorite clothes.

Don't worry! I'm not trying to become a super model and look sickly. Just trying to salvage my clothes and have something to wear, that I'm comfortable in.

Don keeps losing. He's looking great, and his stomach is going down. WHY DO GUYS HAVE IT SO EASY??? Well, I'll keep at it. I'm not gonna buy new clothes! BACK TO THE GYM!!!

Not Fair!!!

Okay, so I realize that I start my posts a lot...with the work OKAY! Oh well! Deal with it! lol

I asked Don to come and share my tennis lesson with me last night. He came, and we both had the lesson. It was fun to have him there with me, but I did not get the workout that I got on Friday night. When you have to share the time, it makes a big difference. I liked my strokes, but just was not tired when the lesson ended. I could have kept playing for another hour! I did improve from the lesson before, and did feel that I am improving. I got out my racquet Monday night as I was watching Boston Legal, and practiced with the ball on it. (You know, hitting and balancing it on the strings. My teacher also has you flip your racquet over, and try to go back and forth with it also. That is hard! But it is a challenge, so I do it.) I did notice at my lesson that I had a little more control and more strength in my serve. I know that after getting Don out to play, that he'll go willingly when I ask him to go and hit some balls with me. He was bitten by the tennis bug too! Yipee!

Okay, next subject...is losing weight. I went last night and spent 20 minutes on the treadmill, and 15 on the bicycle, and then did some pull-ups and shoulder dips, and knee raises on a machine. (I'm trying to strengthen my stomach muscles...which are practically non-existant!) So I weigh in and get frustrated, cause when I weighed in last Thursday night, I weighed 006. Last night I weighed 008. What the ???? I've been working out AND playing tennis, and watching my meals and I gain 2 pounds! Then Don tells me that when he weighed in, at 5:30am, he'd lost 7 pounds. I think that the reason his was so big, is that it was weighing in in the morning, before he'd had any food. (And his prior time was late at night like when I go...after the day and food!) I'm going to attribute my pounds to my monthly visitor, which has decided to gracefully enter the scene! (Of course, it is here because we are going to Lake Powell tomorrow, and it wants me to be miserable there!!! lol) Whatever, right?!? Oh well! It's back to the drawing board for me...and the gym tonight!

Hey, if you have any suggestions on weight...please feel free to share them with me. I'd love to hear them. Thanks!