best surprise ever!!

I was just about to jump off the computer and make dinner tonight as I had heard Jon come through the door, when an email popped up from the beautiful, talented and always fabulous Daria of Boutique Cafe and it was titled, SURPRISE Patty!! XOXO. Well, how could I not open and email like that?! Especially when it comes with hugs AND kisses right on the subject line. To my utter surprise and amazement, Daria had featured my ModGreetings website on her weekly podcast today! WOOOHOOO! How sweet is that?! I love you, Daria!

Pop on over to Boutique Cafe when you get a chance and listen to the podcast and leave a comment in the show notes to be entered to win a Variety 10-Pack from my store.

On another note, thank you all for all the encouraging comments and weight loss suggestions. It’s so funny to see how everyone’s got a different method that works for them. Many of you suggested Atkins or South Beach, but I gotta tell you right now that it ain’t gonna happen. Anyone or anything that makes me not eat bread for longer than a few hours is not a friend of Patty. I am Hispanic… bread is in my blood. I know it’s not the best for me but I just cannot cut something like that out of my diet. I would be be a major “crabby patty.”

I am happy to report though that I’ve taken up walking on the treadmill and I don’t totally hate it. I walked for 30 minutes last night while watching Project Runway on my DVR. I burned 162 calories and felt great afterwards. I plan to increase my time & speed on the treadmill every day until I can do 1 hr. without dying. I’ve also been forcing myself to drink more water. You may remember the i hate water post from a few weeks back. Well, lots of lemon & lime slices (and occasionally cucumbers too) are making water drinkable for me right now — still not up to the 8-glasses-a-day level… that would be a Patty Record for sure, but I’m probably guzzling down about 3 or 4. Baby steps, right?

Also, I did not forget about the favor boxes template/tutorial. I am working on it. I took a ton of pictures of the step-by-step process so I need to cut them down to a manageable amount and edit them and put together the whole tutorial thingy. It’ll be up in a couple of days. Thanks to all who commented on it.

Now, go, go, go listen to that podcast.