Hi this being my first blog entry in awhile it may be a tad long.  I have been losing weight I am down to 235 pounds.  I almost have to go down to a 40 x 32 or 38 x 32 pant my pants are getting to big for me and a belt.  It has been awhile we had a bad windstorm and it snapped a tree part and it fell down on our power lines and totaled our subaru, damaged my dad's silverado, and damaged my mom's explorer.  We just yesterday got the call from our insurance and they valued the car higher than what we expected so we settled with them.  We are going to mail the title and a letter today and we will get the check by next week.  Plus the snow and ice scenario has been keeping us off the streets the main roads aren't bad but it's where side streets are it is bad still.  However, the temperature is warming up.  I saw yesterday my naturopath and had a dental appointment for my upper mouth deep cleaning.  My upper mouth is tender but I'll try to be careful with it.   I have another dentist appointment for an onlay today.  I am down to 375 mgs of depakote compared to when I started at 2000 mgs of depakote.  I feel good about that and I'm doing fairly well.  My goal is to wean off completely my meds  but time will tell when this all happens.  I have been stuck in the house since the snow has been around so had a little cabin fever yesterday it was nice to go out and do things again.  For the most part I feel really grounded and stable.  I will continue to keep doing what I've been doing and try to get better.  I guess it wasn't that long oh well i didn't know.