Making the Best of the Rest

Hello there...hope all of you are staying warm and cozy!! For my warm climate friends...it is COLD here...really cold!!

I still have not been outside since Tuesday....I am feeling a little like some kind of recluse!

Still recuprating...watching tons of football! 

Speaking of football...the New Boston, TX Football Lions...pummeled arch rival Daingerfield 41-14 to advance to the state semis!! 

My cousins Wes and Wil Teague had great games and it was Wil's turn to have a defensive touchdown this week! The Teague Men RULE!!

So proud of them both!! 

So...I continue to recuperate from this marathon flu!

Trying not to stress...worry...or wallow...Trying to focus on One Day At A Time...Remember to find the Joy in this Day...Make the Best of the chance to Rest!

Please keep my friend Donna's niece Randa in your prayers.  She continues to battle cancer and is now in hospice care. 

Please keep her, her young son and her entire support system in your prayers.

Thank you!

Comfort Food and Christmas Movies

Happy Friday...For all of you out there battling this flu crap...can somebody please tell me when IT ENDS!

Still running a fever and quite unfortunately am attempting to drown my germs in comfort food and an endless stream of Hallmark and Lifetime Channel Christmas movies. 

I have not been outside since Tuesday and the apartment is still decorated for Thanksgiving with an array of takeout food containers!

But you know...there is no crying in weight loss...actually...that is a load of crap...there is a butt load of crying in weight loss....both happy and sad...after all...they do call it weight LOSS!

AHHH...but the reward for turning in my lifetime membership to the Fluffy Girls of America club (FGA) will be worth every drop of sweat and every tear shed.

It is not easy though...kinda like checking out of the Hotel California.

So as soon as I shake this bug...I will do my best to enjoy the rest of the holidays...continue to move this body and daily take steps towards joining the "I lost 120 freakin' pounds Club"

For today...I am still FLU-ffy...but tomorrow is a new day! 

Living Love and Laughter- For Kay

So...Truth...I am beyond tired of this whole flu thing.  It has really set me back and my irrational fear of getting "stuck" in this sick cycle is back as well. 

So instead of spending several paragraphs fretting and whining...let me just say that this is definitely still a process...I am fighting the fear that says no matter what I do...I will always have to battle illness...always have to fight the weight and all that comes with it.

I am reminded to Let Go...and truly trust God. On days like today....I need help! Lots of it!

Today is a tough day for other reasons.  Four years ago...I, and my family, lost someone very dear to us... someone who battled another tough disease...a disease that took her life and left us grieving a young life.

My cousin Kay was hilarious,  smarter than she knew and beautiful inside and out. She and I laughed a lot...at both appropriate AND inappropriate times!! She was many years younger than I...but we always had a connection.

There is something that I don't think I have said here before....one of the drivers of my absolute resolve in being honest here...about my addiction....my battles and victories...is to honor Kay's battle with her addiction...a battle that she heart-breakingly lost....but that she truly wanted to conquer....I believe that. 

You see...nobody REALLY likes to talk about those things that make us imperfect...it is an uncomfortable truth.  But I am telling you...that by sharing my not so pretty truths...I have opened up my life to the impossible and though it is not as easy as pie...I have learned that it is not pie in the sky dreaming...It can and is possible.  God has provided that truth for me.

There is something else that I try to share here that is also a direct result of having to say goodbye to my Katy...LOVE AND LAUGHTER...and lots of it!

Kay and I would have had lots of laughs during this Journey of mine...I like to think she gets an advanced copy of my thoughts in Heaven...and laughs at ALL of my little attempts at humor...and laughs at my not so funny moments too...

Despite our imperfections...she and I always loved and laughed...we got through the rough times...and though I miss her....I know that my job is to share that love...to not be afraid to be human...to laugh at myself and...I will continue to share my truth and truly believe it is part of God's plan for me.

So Katy...kick up your heels...have some sweetarts and I will see you when I see you.

Still De-Fluing

The journey to de-fluff has been derailed by the Journey to de-flu.

In the words of Popeye..."I ain't no doctor but I am losing my "patients"!"

I hope you will forgive the short post!

Goodnight!

The FLU Out of the FLUffy Girl

Hello there...a bit of unsolicited advice...get a flu shot! I did not...no bueno!

So after a great weekend in New Boston...the last 2 days have been a little chaotic and will make for a great dramatic reenactment laced with humor at a later date...I am just not quite there yet!

So we are FINALLY home...My sweet Mom drove home the last 2.5 hours while I slept.  She got a late checkout at the hotel so that I could rest as long as possible...and I now...I am in my own bed...watching Christmas movies. 

I don't have much more to share! Not feeling like much of a fluff warrior today. ..but This Too Shall Pass!

Thanks to those of you that have sent get well wishes...love the sweet thoughts!

A special thanks to Brigette for always reminding me to live guilt free and to always "ride the wave" and thanks to Kerri for the below reminder!

Going to bed...trying to take the FLU out of the FLUffy Girl.

The Fluffy Girl and The Flu

Yep...that's right...THE FLU...I have the freaking FLU!

I am pretty sure I just heard a collective ughhhh...from the 50+ family members I have seen over the last 4 days!

Needless to say...I am SO SORRY!

Mom and I tried to make the 6 hour drive home...but no go...the primary highway was completely closed more than 2.5 hours from home and I kept getting worse. It took us 1hour to go 5 miles...so we are in a hotel in Nacogdoches...high fever...high whining.

To my JuJu...thanks for letting us stay an extra day...I too..Love You to The Moon and Back Again!

Goodnight friends!

Miraculously, Wonderfully, Gratefully

Hello there...I hope this Sunday evening finds you all happy and healthy at the end of this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend!

Our plan was to return to Houston today however...I have gotten sick...and was NOT up for the long drive home.  I have "the crud"...cold...complete with sore throat...swollen glands, headache...feverish...cold chills...I may be on my last leg!..LOL...ok...maybe not....but TODAY...I am feeling quite pitiful!

SO...you see...I have gloriously enough...been so much healthier over the last year...fewer infections...etc.

With the exception of migraines...I have seen SO much improvement in my health! Miraculously. ..Wonderfully....Gratefully.

After spending years trying to fight off infections. ..overloading my body with antibiotics....spending tremendous time and money. ..I will manage this little bump in the road with a grateful heart! 

So the Silver lining. ..I have a nice comfortable place to rest.  As I laid in bed today...I could hear my family laughing and talking...I got to comfortably watch the Texans ALMOST beat the Patroits. I am still...despite this small setback... on the road to a healthier life. Still Blessed!

My challenge will be allowing my body to rest and heal.  My challenge will continue to be to trust the process...Let Go And Let God. 

So prayers are appreciated that nothing derails the Fluffy Girl from the Great Quest to Bust the Fluff.

I am still here...just a little whipped today....but still here...Livin and Lovin Every Minute of IT!