Counting Our Blessings

A Note From Megan Holt

Karen Holt's daughter, Megan, posted the following comment on my blog and it was meant for all of us, so I am re-posting it as an entry for everyone to read. For those of you that didn't have the good fortune of knowing Karen (pictured above), she was the Weight...

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Karen Holt

It is with an incredible amount of sadness that I write this post to let you know of the passing of not only a co-worker at Weight Watchers, but a dear, dear friend. Many of you know Karen Holt and chances are, those of you that don't, would recognize her if you saw...

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Is Time For School To Start Yet??????

"If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers." ~Edgar W. Howe I love my children and it's been a fantastic summer, but it's time to move on!!! The older I get, the more I embrace...

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GO TRICITY CHARGERS!!!!!

December is one of my favorite months to be home. I love the preparations for Christmas, the get togethers, the time spent watching Christmas movies at night and just anticipating the upcoming events. December is never boring...on the contrary...we could use a few...

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“Daughters Will Love Like You Do” ~John Mayer

Hi Terra, I joined WW on Thursday. I was so excited. I told my daughter all about it and how I thought it was something I could do and actually succeed. I came home from work tonight and my daughter showed great support. See the picture. I thought it would make...

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A New Chapter…..

  "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. -Roman Philospher, mid-1st century AD and Lyric from Semisonic's popular song "Closing Time"                 In one hand we have a box of Kleenex as we send our kids...

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Greetings From Hilton Head!

After two and a half years of writing this blog and almost 10 years of leading WW meetings, many of you know me pretty well and you know that every June my family takes an annual vacation to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. I write about it every year and it's...

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Dear Terra, My Family is Sabotaging Me!

Dear Terra, Although my family loves me dearly, they seem to be purposely sabotaging my weight loss progress and it's becoming very frustrating. It feels like they are trying to think of the most fattening foods and ways to prepare them just to derail me. So far, my...

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Pittsburgh or Bust!!!

"For as far back as we can remember, Chase, my youngest son, has been a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. We don't know why because our family is full of die-hard Bears fans and truth be told, most of us, including Chase, have never even been to the state Pennsylvania! We all...

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A Different Perspective

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only three pieces of pie for four people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."

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