Well, I've finally broken a castable bone! After 28 years of only breaking fingers and toes I've managed to finally snap one of the big ones. I was doing yard work on Sunday and I decided to trim all the hedges in front of the house since we're having people over for fantasy sports drafts next weekend. Anyway, I have a beautiful Bottlebrush tree in front of the house that had gotten taller than I care for it to. I was up on a ladder trying to cut it to about half its current height. All of the sudden I thought I saw bees or wasps coming out of the top of it. (It's blooms frequenly attract stingy guests) I tried to get off the ladder really quick to avoid getting stung. Unfortunately, I missed the last step and put my left hand under me to break my fall. I heard a pop when I landed which apparently was the top of my radius breaking. The ER doc said it was a pretty clean break and it went all the way through. I'm going to the orthopedist for my real cast tomorrow. (They didn't want to cast today because of swelling.) I felt pretty awful today (lots of nausea). I'm surprised how much one broken area can make everything feel yucky.

The best news of the day was that even with the added weight of my splint, I was still down 0.6 lbs today. I only have 0.4lbs left until I get my 55lb star. I'm hoping to do that next week and it looks like Sally may be getting her 70lb star next week too.

Let's Give Them Something to Blog About....

Yeah! I'm so excited! I guess I should back up a little first. Last week I had just gotten home from 10 days in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. I went snorkeling several times and repeatedly drank salt water unintentionally. (It was deceptively blue and I kept forgetting to be careful about getting it in my mouth.) I went to WW like 18 hours after getting off of the plane. Sally and I were very faithful to exercise on the trip. We worked out every single day without fail. I indulged a little in food, but mostly I was very good and age small portions of healthy food. Anyway, I was a little disappointed when I was up when we got home. I was only up 0.4 lbs, but I had hoped to not be up any. Well, today was the payoff, because I was down 7.2 lbs! That makes my total loss 53.8 lbs. and my weight is officially under 200(199.2)! I feel so much better not lugging around that extra weight. I'm also really excited about getting under 200 before the kids come back to school. That was my secret goal for myself, and I'm really happy that I met it just in time!