Holidays Fast Approaching

Can you believe how close the holidays are already?  This year has just flown by!  My kids keep me pretty busy so I guess I shouldn't be surprised but it seems like we just paid out a ton of money in Christmas gifts not to long ago and now we have to do it again! 

I'm running out of gift ideas for my in-laws.  I'm clueless there.  I know what my husband wants so he's easy - a guitar, but my father-in-law...  What do you get for the 80-year-old man who can buy whatever he wants?  We'll come up with something for my husband's dad. 

What are great gift ideas?  Electronics and power tools always make good gift ideas!  You can always find good cigar deals for the cigar lover in the family!

My kids are pretty easy at the holidays.  We always get lists by Thanksgiving for Santa. 

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Pics on Horse without Belly Fat

How do you get good pictures of yourself on the back of your horse that will hide any belly fat?  I hate, hate, hate pictures of me on my horse because of that but I want pictures of me on my horse!  I'm losing weight but after four kids and struggling with thyroid disease, I'm not sure I'll ever get a flat belly again!  I need to look up how to burn belly fat!

Maybe by spring, I'll have lost what I want to lose in weight and won't need to worry about it.  I can hope anyway.

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Taking Care of Moms

Why is it I never buy myself new clothes when my kids get them for every season?  I have one shirt for the winter that is nice enough to wear outside the house.  We are limited locally here to just a few retailers who don't have much that impresses me so I am looking for some great women's clothing catalogs. Plus, I'm starting to lose weight again so the idea of getting new (smaller) clothes sounds like fun!!

It's important for mothers especially, who get pulled in so many directions, to take care of themselves and feel good about themselves.  Now that I'm getting smaller, I want a new wardrobe that makes me feel good and look awesome.  Woo hoo!  Shopping is in my future!

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Lose Weight, Gain Weight, Lose Weight

I've been struggling to lose weight.  I had lost 18 of the 37 pounds I had wanted to lose and then 9 of them came back.  Since changing my diet because of my gallbladder disease, I think the scale is going to come down again.  I don't want to get ahead of myself, but it's been teetering back and forth between a 1-1/2 and 2 pound loss this week so I'm hoping... *fingers crossed* ...that drastically changing my diet is going to make a difference along with the increase in my thyroid meds.  My doctor also raised my T3 dose for my thyroid disease so between the two of them - I'm really hoping to see a difference on that scale!

I have to admit those fat burning and metabolism ads do catch my eye though and have me wondering - does lipofuze work?  Because my metabolism is slow due to my thyroid disease, I am curious to see if there is a weight loss supplement that could increase it - not just for weight loss but just so it is where it is supposed to be anyway. 

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