I weighed 225 this morning which was good. A nice solid number despite the wine for dinner last night. Finished up the DVD project. Marjorie looked at it and didn't like the zooming in designs but it's too late to fix, my opinion. I did my 4 mile walk and got back in time to get cleaned up for RLT. It was a relatively cool 77 degrees. This is unusual for this late in August. We saw "Lost in Yonkers" which was a nice play about 2 young boys having to live with their strict grandmother and wacky aunt Belle. So sad and such a nice characterization of a family. Dinner was Libbie's outstanding pizza. After dinner I packed up the DVD and Cd and dropped them into the self serve kiosk priority mail to Denton.

Worked all day on the DVD. Did not walk, it was raining in the PM anyway. Dinner was scallops over pasta with Sauvignon Blanc from 2 buck chuck. Pretty nice. I finished the DVD this evening but need to do some touchup tomorrow.

Today when I weighed myself this morning I was 225.5 After my 4 mile walk it was 225 even although I don't think it will be this good tomorrow morning but I'm happy. Worked on the DVD today - installed the software then got going in earnest. Built the main menu then started putting shows together. We got a call at 2 PM that our car was never inspected. Went over to Fred Anderson and had the thing inspected. This dealership is bad news. I hope I never buy another car there again. It seems to be screwup after screwup. Dinner was bean burger and some really nice corn we picked up in Krogers on the way back from the car inspection.

I was happy to weigh 226 this morning. It's been a long time stuck at 228 but things are finally falling in place. Built the slide show this morning then picked up my Highwaymen scans from Walgreens. I was very happy with the result and took them to Nicoles with me. Did a 2.5 mile walk instead of 4. I cut it short at the lake going down this side instead. Arrived home at 12:35 after leaving at 11:31. Took a shower then went to Nicoles Gallery. Rocky really helped me paint the clouds and sky in my painting. The key was knowing which colors to mix. She has an eye for it. Worked until 4:30 then took it all home including the palette. The big news of the day was my weight after the walk. I was 224 which won't last until morning. I'm hoping for 225 in the morning. Dinner was a BLT. We have lots of garden tomatoes so it was very appropriate. Done up on wheat toast, it was also very good. I was hungry of course. My other food today was an apple and slice of watermelon.

Renumbered the MP3 files then built a new MPG movie file with new pictures and new MP3's. Started over with everything. Also sent the 3 slides to ProDigital after changing the numbers in the corner of the slide. This is the easiest way of dealing with the misnumbering. Redo the slides and don't mess with anything else. I weighed in at 227 this morning which will be the official weight. After the 4 mile walk I weighed 226. This is great news. Dinner was reheated eggplant Parmesan which was excellent. Nice meal!!!

Did the grocery run this morning. Still weighing in at 228. This is a long flat line. Did a 4 mile walk and took it easy on consumption today. No snacks, healthy or not. Watched an Opera show featuring Dr Oz and the Eat This guy. The feature was obese kids. Some of these kids were almost 400 pounds and were only 11 years old. They showed the horrible diet these kids ate with no exercise. Dinner tonight was Eggplant. Found an almost disaster with the slides - I thought they were all screwed up but it turns out only 3 of them were out of order.

Went to Jerry's this morning and got more paint and some palettes and palette knifes that were on sale. Stopped by Trader Joes on the way back. Still no Mangoes. Did not walk today - cut the back lawn instead. Dinner was pasta. Had a lot of responses on Facebook to the AVSA 2010 convention pages. worked on a promo for the MAAVS Memo. Wrote the promo for the MAAVS convention to be published in the MAAVS Memo. I have it on Google Docs for others to contribute.

Weight this morning was on the high side of 228 after the wine last night. I was looking for 227, but I'm not going to get there this way. Went to Krogers at 6:45 for the paper, a loaf of bread and a 9v battery for our clock. It was flashing yesterday after the power went off for 5 minutes. The generator started but Apex came back pretty quickly. Did the 4 mile walk and came back in time for a thunderstorm. Libbie made a great pizza. I was tired so went to sleep after dinner. Talked to John Glembock who called during our pizza. He had privacy concerns with Glembocki.info. I'll look into password protection.

Weight this morning is still at 228. No loss in the past few days. Worked on hooking up the DVD player which came yesterday. Using the component outputs it looks like herringbone so I used the composite. The problem with composite is the sound from the TIVO on s-video is hooked to the channel. Maybe if I kill the sound during DVD playback and use the Surround sound audio instead it will be an acceptable solution. Did the full 4 miles today. While out I was studying the sky and clouds for a potential painting. I like the Alfred Hair painting in the front of the Gordon Highwaymen book. I may try to replicate that. Watched the Bob Rankin video lesson on mixing colors on the palette then I watched a second one about the color wheel. Studied some of the paintings obtained from Google Street view then I studied Google street view imagery. Dinner was frozen salmon from Trader Joes along with steamfresh peas and, oh no, 2 glasses of Shiraz. The shiraz is a huge no no on a diet. Will atone for my stones early this week.

Worked on slides all morning, renumbering and adding the number in the lower left corner. Finished the thing up and uploaded everything to Pro Digital for slide making. cost will be 1.19 each plus 5.95 shipping to Anne. So glad this is out of here. When Libbie came home we went to Jerry's Artarama and bought some oil colors by Lukas as well as a palette knife and palette paper. After this we went to the Farmers Market where I got an outstanding watermelon for $6. When I got back it was too late for a walk so I chose to mow the front grass instead then took a shower. Dinner was crab cakes with lettuce and tomato on a bun. I had watermelon afterward for desert.

Worked on the AVSA photos this morning then got cleaned up and gathered my stuff to go to painting class. I picked up a case in Lowes ad also a two pack of S56 chains for my chain saw. I got to Nicoles at 1:15, they said I was early but I really wanted to get there early to get settled and not waste time. The lesson went very well. I really learned a lot, I want to go back next Thursday and do it again. Maybe I'll learn to paint clouds. For a beginning lesson I leaned to mix paint to draw the sky then painted some water and a sandy beach. I added grass and a palm tree. It really worked well, I was pleased. Dinner was Beanburger which I really like but Libbie is bored with. Aunt Helen is remarkably doing much better. Anne and Richard recorded 4 more segments which I added to the show before going to bed. Will work more on this tomorrow morning.

228 this morning!!! I was 227 after yesterdays walk so I expected a nice number. This is great. I'm averaging 3 pounds a week since June 1. Did not do a full walk because it was lightly sprinkling. Went down this side of the lake for an estimated 2.5 miles. I had a BLT when I got back. Heard that Aunt Helen is having problems in NJ. She's back in the hospital again. Dinner was a beanburger. Spoke with Vicki this evening. She didn't get my eMail.

Still at 229. Hit the dining room with the tape and finished taping the crown moulding. Went out for groceries to Krogers but first ran over to Walmart to pick up my microwave. It took a long time to find someone back in the Customer pickup area at the back corner of the store. Did my 4 miles today in the 100 degree heat. I had trouble getting around today - I was a little exhausted. Got home and was surprised that my weight was now 227. After a shower and a little rest I popped open the paint can and started rollering. I like the look of the slate gray in our dining room. It makes the room look a little more elegant. Stopped at 4 PM for an iced tea break. Started up again when Libbie came back from the pool. Instead of jumping into the painting she instead ran out to Home Depot for another can of paint. I did a second Krogers run tonight, this time for batteries and bins. Dinner was a BLT and then some of the fruit I picked up instead of Mango because Trader Joe's was out of frozen Mango.

Got up and stepped on the scale after peeing. My weight is now 229 officially on the Fat Ass Chronicle!!! Did the 4 mile walk this afternoon, it's supposed to be 100 today but I don't think so. It felt fairly comfortable walking the lake. The second apartment pool had a bikini fest of lots of nice looking women. We spent the rest of the afternoon prepping the dining room walls with spackle, sanding and masking tape. Did not get the paint out. We stopped before all was taped. Still have the crowns to tape. Dinner tonight was pasta with some of Joe's spaghetti sauce that a little bit of heat in it.

We got up at 5 AM this morning to see Christa off for her 7 AM flight. Joe drove her to the airport and then came back here to pack his stuff for his trip to Mark's and then on to TN. I went out at 6 AM while he was gone to buy a paper at the McDonalds newspaper machine. The paper is now up to $2. Worked a little on the Dining Room wallpaper. Libbie finished the job with the rest of the wallpaper. I did a 4 mile walk in the heat although it didn't feel too hot. There was a nice breeze. Joe called in the morning from Mark's house. They rode bikes for an hour, he wanted the Lapworths phone number to let them know Christa's plane was late. After my walk I was down to 229!!! Libbie and I went to Home Depot to look at paint. We wanted a slate gray color for the walls. I think it will look elegant. Dinner was leftover pizza from the party last night. We had pesto, bbq, ricotta, and sausage pizzas. I went to Trader Joes today but they were out of Mango so I ended up with Mangolicious which is a mix of Mango of berries.

Checked my Visa account online and the $1,000 to Fred Anderson was finally credited to my account.
I weighed in this morning and I was at 130.75 which wasn't bad considering we went to First Friday last night. Hung out on the back porch this morning with Joe and Christa. Even though I already had breakfast, I had some of the blueberry pancakes that Libbie made for breakfast. They were great as usual. While Joe and Christa went shopping I did the 4 mile walk. It was supposed to be hot but I didn't think so. It felt cool to me. Came home, took a shower, weighed myself. I'm at 129 after the walk - woo hoo!!!
Took the big A/C unit out of the shed and hooked it up in the dining room for pizza making this afternoon. The Pizza's took all day, Joe was done at 5 PM which was an hour late for dinner at Josh's house. Lib and I sat down and were deciding on dinner for us.
We ordered a pizza at Cabarras, the Rustica which has eggplant and sausage. It was yummy. Price was 9.50 plus tax and tip.

Weight is still flat lined at 231. Went over to the greenhouse this morning and tightened the fan belt on house 2. Found out that the fan belt on house 4 was beyond adjusting and worn down to only about 1/4" thick. Went home and fetched a new one and replaced it with a 4L540. I also have a 4L550 but put the 4L540 in instead. This gives me future adjusting room. Did the 4 mile walk today, Christa and Joe went to Topsail to rent paddle boards. We checked their location on Latitude and saw they were on the way home around 6 when we were leaving for First Friday. We called them from the car on our way downtown. We had 8:00 dinner reservations. I stopped into Nicole's gallery first because I wanted to talk to Rocky about palette knife painting that she teaches. I signed up for her Thursday afternoon class this coming Thursday for $75. We talked about painting palm trees. I had a glass of wine and some goodies before going over to City market. Used the parking deck near Cafe Luna and walked down to Visual Arts and Artspace. Had another glass of wine in Visual Arts where they seemed to be having an exhibition of painted chickens.

Checked my Visa and the $1,000 credit still was not there. May have to call the car dealer today. Stepped on the scale and it's back to 232, not unexpected since I had a big dinner and also a BLT for lunch. Have to cut that stuff out. Worked in the garage on the breadboard for the microwave. Took it upstairs, hooked it up and it's still alive!!! Worked on the rest of the microwave testing it out. All is well so I packaged it up and with Lib's help we went to the Post Office and mailed it to Waterville for $34. Amazingly it showed up instantly on my online visa account. For dinner tonight with Christa and Joe Libbie made her barbecue sauce recipe on Barbecu chicken which we had with Bush's Grillin Beans.

In a long winded dialogue that's beginning to sound like a broken record, I lost weight when I weighed in this morning. The total is now 231 which I noted in the Fat Ass Chronicle. This included eating Eggplant Parmesan last night for dinner. The finance guy at Fred Anderson called this morning. He's finally getting around to refunding my $1,000 on the Visa card. He also said they are doing 40 clunker deals a day since the program started. So over all, everything is going great. I'm losing weight, my portfolio is earning 10%, the Hillman divvy was properly credited after a 6 month wait and the car dealer is going to refund the $1,000 dollars to our Visa account which should not have been charged in the first place. Did my 4 mile walk and met Joe on the way back when I reached Downing Place. He was just getting in from Tennessee in a rented Suzuki. I took a shower while the sky grumbled and Lib went to Etc along with Joe and Christa. They also hit the grocery store and got too much food, my opinion. Dinner was barbecue chicken with baked beans. After dinner I hooked up the A/C in the back bedroom because it was getting hot downstairs.

Happy day this morning. I dropped half a pound! I checked my Scottrade account this morning and theHillman divvy was credited. The divvy included the cumulative dividend so it was over $1700. I was concerned about buying some BAC last Friday and the account was over one thousand dollars in the red. It was re-assuring to see the dividend was finally credited wiping out the negative balance. Did the 4 mile walk in the heat and didn't snack on extra fruits. When I weighed myself I was 230 which is great!!!! Christa's plane was over an hour late so we left at 7:10 and met her at 7:40. We then had dinner at Johnny Carinos in Briar Creek which was pretty good. I had the eggplant parmesan.

This morning I went to AgriSupply for more stakes but they only had 18. Bought them all. Did a 4 mile walk this afternoon, I really want to lose this extra pound or two. No snacking or extra fruit this time!!! After the walk I worked on tying up some more of the flowers but still did not finish. Was discouraged that the divvy froom Hillman did not show up yet. Wrote Scottrade and they said they can't post it until they receive it. The Toyota dealer has not reversed my 1,000 charge either so it hasn't been a good day. The BAC I bought continues to go up as does the entire account. Dinner was Trader Joe's pasta. Finished the Clyde Edgerton book this afternoon after my walk and shower. Libbie wants to read it next.

Went into Krogers this morning to get my paper because I wanted bread and marmalade. We got up late this morning - I didn't wake until 7:05 AM. Wow, what a sleep!!! It rained this afternoon so instead of walking I worked in the flower gardens trying to tie everything up to stakes. Ran out of stakes. Libbie made another fantastic pizza this evening, after dinner I worked on assembling pictures for the AVSA slide show. Marjorie sent some substitutes and I made another collage that I don't like.

I was disappointed this morning since the Hillman divvy was not credited to my account although the ATPWF divvy was credited to my Schwab account. Downloaded LastPass and installed it on my new computer Manon2 to replace Roboform. Did a complete 4 mile walk today without getting rained on. Worked on Lifebits a little collecting some articles on clunkers and investing. Read Investor Village to get some ideas for high yield investments. Learned about some of the so called stapled securities which is a stock with a common portion and a bond such as ATPWF. The note usually pays high interest typically over 10%. Dinner was leftover eggplant parmesan. Discovered this afternoon that Fred Anderson Toyota charged me the 1,000 holding money for the car on my credit card. This should not have happened. I called the finance guy and the salesman, Ryan. Ryan returned the call at 10 PM and said he would reverse e charges Monday morning.

I organized our vacation photos this morning and also spent some time on Scottrade and Schwab studying issues. Ended up buying BAC with money I didn't have since I expect a divvy check of $1700 from Hillman today or tomorrow. I tried my walk at 3 PM but caught in a thunderstorm on the other side of the lake. Ended up running for the building in front of the pool. When it looked clear I resumed my walk but Libbie picked me up next to Krogers. She went there to get ingredients for Eggplant Parmesan. We watched the Prius DVD before dinner while the Eggplant baked. It was yummy.

This was garage cleanup day. I tried scrubbing the floor with dish detergent and cat litter but when Libbie came home we got out the pressure washer and hooked it up. Had to first get gas from the McDonald's then started blasting the grease off the floor. While I sprayed, Libbie pushed water out. We hooked up the big fan to dry the floor. Had to dash outside at 5 to gather up everything before a thunder storm hit us. We let the fan run all evening to dry the floor. Dinner was bean burger, corn and not Vidalia but a fake version of the onion which was way too strong.