Hi Everyone:)
Cheryl-CONGRATULATIONS! For walking 100 miles! I wish I could tell you in person just how proud I am of all your hard work, dedication and determination in losing weight this time. You are an inspiration to all of us. I think you had that dream about cookies. Because, I think I mentioned I was baking some for my neighbor's and for the get together at our friends house. Sorry if I caused that!

Julie-I will check out the new challenge when I am finished with this post. Thanks for putting up another one so quickly! I need to get my butt into gear. Good for you for not touching any of the candy. I did the same thing last night. For me it's just not worth getting sick over.

NEED ADVICE: How would you handle this situation: One of my sisters deliberately does really crappy stuff to the rest of us on purpose and we are all fed up with it. Here are some examples: Her daughter will make a doctor appointment for herself. She'll ask her mother, our sister if she can watch the kids for 1 hour while she goes to the doctor. My neice will give weeks advance notice. She will be told no problem. The night before or the day of she'll call and say. Oh I won't be able to watch the kids! Gotcha. My cousin lived about 7 minutes away. My sister wanted to go visit her. But she wasn't sure exactly where she lived. So I said, let me know when you want to go. I would like to visit with her also. I said, it's easy to get to. I explained where she lived. Didn't hear from my sister. So I called and asked when she wanted to go. Either one of us could drive there. She goes oh her and her husband have been there several times. Gotcha. So her and another sister have a mutual friend. Unfortunately, she has cancer and has tried to beat it. She just found out that it was in such a bad state that she was going into the Hospice part of the hospital. My sister e-mailed two of us saying she offered to drive this other sister there because, she didn't like driving there but she knew where she was. And that she would also like to see their friend. This sister doesn't bother to offer to take her along. She said, oh her husband would take her. We offered, the two of us to drive with my sister so she could get to see her friend. Just to let us know when and we would be ready. Turns out our sister did go with her husband yesterday. And apparently this woman is now in a coma and not expected to live through today. Now these are just three examples. I can go on and on. My personality is that I tell my sister straight up what is on my mind as it occurs. My sister is so upset right now and so angry as you can imagine that this sister couldn't even offer to let her go along too. How would you handle it?

As for me: We gave out candy last night to the kids. They were all polite and dressed really well for Halloween. It was cold but a very nice evening. There was a grandmother taking her grandchildren around. She was on a steep driveway, with a baby in a stroller. A van was coming up really slow. She left go of the stroller by accident and the stroller picked up speed. The van just passed as the stroller went behind the van into the street. The woman is screaming and running then stopped and was so grateful that the baby didn't get hit. God was definitely watching over them. I didn't eat any of the candy. Didn't even care to. The price I pay for how sick I get from eating chocolate just isn't worth it to me. Today, I may make another batch of cookies and give them away ( most of them anyway.). It is sunny today but chilly. I think I may straighten up the house for the most part. We had a really nice time at our friends house last night. We were there until 2:00 a.m. It was cold out but they had a fire going so we were toasty.

Have a great day!

Karrie