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Yet Another Silly Success

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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we have a nice dodge durango..but for the last year or so, it was hard for me drive it....i am short so i have to scoot my seat up to the steering wheel...and my belly/girth would not let me get near the steering wheel so i had to scoot the seat back and

then i couldnt reach the pedals...but i could drive it without the seat belt and so if i did drive it, it was to the walgreens near my house and it was not very often let me tell you.

so today, my car that i drive to work (didnt start as hub said we need a new battery)

so i had to drive the durango....i was nervous because i knew i could not wear the seat belt.

i got in *prepared for the worst* and scooted the seat up to where my feet would reach and pulled the seat belt and snapped that sucker in.. i felt like a normal person..instead of the usual fat lady.

so that is my little success...nothing major....but i drove to work in my truck with my seat belt on and it fit comfortably and not cutting off my circulation....another sign that i am going in the right direction.

hope you are too.

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line-dancer    810

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wow what a great feeling you have done a great job .

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Maddysgram    6,159

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Love your silly success stories! This is a good one. Keep them coming!

Picturing you with your nose to the steering wheel and your short little legs dangling over the seat is priceless.

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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hub wants to get me a yellow phone book so i can see over top HAHAHA

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CHEZNOEL    4,061

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But that just makes it further to the pedals! Is he going to raise them?

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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But that just makes it further to the pedals! Is he going to raise them?

you know, i could come back with that answer to his short jokes....its true though, i do have to sit up straight to see over the wheel in the truck.....

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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thats NOT a silly NSV...

its a HUGE NSV....

~hugs~ happy for you !!!!

ah, all these nice comments are so sweet...means the world to me.....

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FLORIDAYS    3,040

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I think that is a huge victory!! Congratulations.

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tere1985    16

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Congratulations!! I love to hear everybody's NSV'S :)

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SueBee01    630

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How sweet is that! ;)

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Dawn200321    146

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What an awesome nsv! Good job :)

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cheryl2586    3,053

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Good for you CG. That is a great accomplishment. We dont realize how much that kind of thing makes a difference. It's a great NSV to me to hear that from you.

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goalseeker    695

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That is an awesome NSV!! It's the little things that keep us going when the scale is sometimes a meanie lol

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