Still old and fat at 270.8 lbs

Well I went to my weigh in at Weight Watchers last night (Monday), and I was 8.8lbs lighter. Now I know that the majority of the loss was water, but it still a nice loss. I have been (tracking)writing everything down that I consume except for water, and I will start writing that down this week.

Doing this WW thing will be ok, I wasn't hungry but a couple of times and when I was it did not take much to make that go away. I almost cut fried food out but succumbed to hash browns twice and Hooters fries once. And the taste of sugar was almost nonexistent but the Superbowl happened and I fell for a slice of cherry pie and 2 brownies. Now this could of spelled disaster but they were all within my daily points allowance. I have also come to the realization that if I only have a small lunch that I will not perish, there is always a thought in the back of my mind that I will starve to death.

So in the time of a week I have figured out that if I write down all my eats that I am more aware of the things I eat, that I will not stare and perish and losing water weight is a good thing.

Garage sale

We had a garage sale this weekend and it was really hot, luckly we have a carport and was in the shade. We had fans a going but then it just feels like that you are in a dryer. We got rid of a bunch of stuff for cheap. We will have another one when it cools down . We had some pretty good junk that we sold, and I have a lot more stuff that I don't need any more.

The heat in Dallas, it is soo hot.

Wow , it is so very hot out there, but I am soo over of it. I love Texas, I was born here and most likely will die here, but with all this heat, the mountains in the Rockies sure look inviting, and it doesn't matter which state they are in. Kinda makes a person miss the cold we had this past winter.

Snow behind our house this past winter

So for those that don't know or are always thinking "the thermometer is wrong, it is hotter than it is reading or saying" they are right. If they are in the direct sunlight, it is usually 15 degree's or more hotter than the temp they are calling on the radio, TV or your thermometer and that is because the temperature is taken in a shaded box sitting off the ground, it is called a Stevenson screen.







Click the link Stevenson screen





The a/c runs nonstop, the house doesn't cool down until 4:00 am and then it is too late or early to enjoy the coolness. The dogs don't go outside except to use the bathroom. I was going to blow some insulation in the attic, but that will have to wait until it cools down some which will be in October. 

Morgan and I had been going fishing on Fridays (my day off in the summer) with Ronnie, but it is just too hot and that really bites.







A 7.14 lb hybrid from Lake Ray Hubbard

Morgan and a hybrid he caught



Ronnie and a bass he caught



I have never tried to fry an egg in the sun , mainly because I didn't feel the need to waste a good egg, but I think I shall try it if I don't forget.

The folks reporting the heat sound giddy when they say we are close to breaking the heat wave of 1980, everybody wants to be part of history, I don't, "Been there, Done that, Got that Tee shirt". It sucked then and it sucks now, probably more so since I am not acclimated to the heat. In the 80's I worked outside framing houses and now I work in a office in the a/c. Texas Heat Wave of the 1980's

We got up early and went down to the creek and we both used minnows, we had 12 keepers here. We caught about 40 , most were crappie and under 10" so we had to throw them back, not much to eat on a fish that size. We are going back this afternoon/evening

Fishing In The Creek

We went fishing in the creek this afternoon when I got off of work, I met Morgan there as Peggy had dropped him off. I had picked up 2 dozen minnows he caught 6 keepers and I got 2. He likes using minnows, I don't. I guess I should quit being so hard headed and use them.

We didn't get enough for a good meal so we will have to go tomorrow or Sunday, good thing time will change.

Time To Fish

When hunting season ends, and all the gear is stowed, and the batteries are removed from all the radio's, flashlights, range finders and other things it's time to fish. We had to wait out the ice and let things warm up a tad and now it has. Not many biting bugs out yet. It is a wonderful time of year.

Morgan and me have hit the creek several times and not yet caught any fish that mattered. We need it to rain a bunch, almost to equal biblical proportions, our lakes are close to 4' low and we are usually full by this time of year.

We will go to the creek at least 2 to 4 times a week for the next month or so, at least till it gets to hot.

Birthdays Are Time For Reflection

From left to right: Donna, Mark, Barbee, Mother

It was my birthday last week , and on my birthdays I tend to think back on some old memories. Well I thought that I should put some of these old school pics out here. So here is my brother with a couple of friends.

We always had a little get togeather at my house at Christmas time, Good Time's and Good Friends

We would always go to the Guadalupe River on the Memorial Day weekends, we would raft, canoe, ride in inner tubes.I did this for about 13 to 14 yrs in a row.

Me and these two guys have been friends for many years, I learned to shoot a bow from Link, which I still do today, and I have been trying to get Morgan to shoot but he just hasn't had the desire to shoot much, so I don't push. I figure he will come around someday.

Here are some more of my friends, Eddie,the guy wearing the Mack truck hat, passed away in the summer of 09. We were friend for many years starting around 1974, Eddie and his brother passed within days of each other, Eddie from complications of diabetes, and Eloy from some kind of cancer. Well I hoped you enjoyed some of the pics, I know some who are in them might.