WW Clubs and Groups - Feisty & Sexy 50 & 60 year olds #209

Ann: My work is going to send me to Vancouver Washington. Thats where the Main office is.
And no Hubby doesnt have a job yet. Still looking.

Maria: Moving again already? Wow! Hope you get to stay in Hamilton for a few minutes :)

Peggy: That site was wonderful! My what i wouldnt give to paint like that!
Your memory boxes sound great! Its a great thing you are doing!

Karen: Oh my what a mess to come home to from Vacation. Glad your hubby got it all fixed. He certainly is a keeper!

Slavika: So did you find out what caused Princesses rash? Certainly hope so.
Hope it wasnt the stawberries she deserves them after what the prince did to her :( Kids are so funny.

Been real crazy here and Im tierd. Gonna watch some tv and go to bed early

Night! :moo:

Lily: Didn't know there was a Vancouver Washington. Only thought there was one in Canada. My Ed. has been neglected.
Went to the Dr. to get the results of my most recent blood work. I was happy to find that my cholesterol and triglycerides had dropped significantly. And my white blood count had gone up a little. Nothing else showed anything wrong, so we are beleiveing that taking Cardazem for so long had compromised my bone marrow production. So we are waiting until another blood test in 6 months. If the white blood count hasn't gone up some more, then I guess he is going to send me to a hemotologist just to be sure there isn't something else going on. Say a prayer or two please.

enjoying a day with nothing special I have to do. Those seem to be rare. See you later. :wave: Ann

G'day all,

We are still Hamilton, New Zealand!!!!

Where do I start, it is a very pretty country town. Everything is very green and almost looks pristine.
We have hired a car for 4 days and have been doing a bit of exploring. It was a public holiday here yesterday so we were off to Rotarua, what an unbelievable place to see all the thermal activity.

http://www.viewpointimages.co.uk/New_Zealand/Thermals/body_thermals.html

It was quite an eerie feeling to actually see what takes place inside the earth. The heat from the escaping steam really had to be seen to be believed. I had visions of perhaps having a bit of a shower under one of the geysers, well it would have cooked you alive within minutes!!!!!
Here is also a website of one of the villages we visited

http://www.whakarewarewa.com/index2.htm

The mountains almost look as though they are draped in velvet or satin, very different from Australia.
DH is at work again today and I have done a bit of driving around but thought I would stop off at a cyber cafe to 'see' you guys.
It is very disappointing that it is extremely expensive to access the internet from where we stay. So I have had to be a bit smarter about the use. I can access my service provider from Australia here but at a cost of $8.00 per hour on top of my normal monthly fee. So far so good as local calls here are free but......not if you are a business and of course where we stay is a business and they are charged by the minute for local calls and in turn charge me plus a bit extra :eek: it all works out to 10 cents per minute just to use the phone line to access the internet.
So now I download my emails, go off line and answer the emails and then log back in to send them. As far as coming to this site, it has been so slow and by the time I have read everything many minutes have ticked away..........:(
So from now on I will call in at an internet cafe from time to time and catch up with what you are all up to.

Slavika fantastic effort with what you have lost. I am well on track and I am determined to come home with my clothes 'falling' off me :D I don't have scales but I feel better in myself being back on track.

Ann good to hear your blood tests showed everything is working ok except for the white blood count. What is 'cardezem'???
My aches and pains are considerably less here, it is again a very humid climate which is probably the reason. I will keep a bit of a diary and hope to get to the bottom of all these aches and pains when we are home again.

Peggy I will have a look at the site when I get a chance, the memory boxes are just a beautiful thought. I have never heard of it but it is nice to know some Australians are doing a similar thing.

My time is just about up, so will love you and leave you......

Till next time,
Cheers
Maria
:grouphug:

Just saw on the Travel Channel that they are having a special on New Zealand Monday eve. I hope to remember to watch it or tape it. Was wondering if Maria was going to do some of the things they quickly showed. Slavika glad that the Princess can have the berries. It is snowing again here. I am so ready for spring and nice weather but it was pretty walking in the park this morning. Been busy painting.

All - I am so confused! I have told everybody, but maybe not you all. If I have, forgive the old granny. Last Monday night at 8 o'clock I got a phone call from Joel. They were in the hospital. Shanna's water had broke--4 1/2 weeks early. Joel told us to hurry, that it wouldn't take long. You should have seen Leon and me leaving the house, like Lucy and Ricky throwing clothes everywhere. We got lost going down there and finally my bil got on the phone and directed us block by block to the hospital. We got there at 10 and waited and waited. Finally at 6:16 our baby girl arrived. I got to see everything. Such a wonderful dil to be able to share the joy with me! It was awesome! McKenzie weighed in at 5 lbs 1 oz. She never had a problem, just was so little. She nurses like a trooper and is doing very well. We will be going there tonight and helping them for 4 days. Will be back at work on Wednesday. I am so looking forward to this. She is just beautiful.
Glenda

Slavika: Any more word on the Princess, or hasnt she gone back for the other test yet?
Glad it want Starwberries. That would be sad to be allergic to them as I love them! You are doing good on your weight!

Ann: Yes there is a Vancouver Washington. Its right next door to Portland Oregan. Good that your cholestrol dropped. Wondering why he is waitng 6 months for the other test? Seems like a long time to me. I will keep you in my prayers.

Maria: Some great places. That vilage was so pretty. The geysers were awesome! No you wouldnt want to take a shower under them :)
We have geyers here in Yellowstone, Wyo. They are awesome to see. And it is amazing that the stuff is going on under us.

Glenda: Congratulations Granny on the New Baby girl! McKenzie is such a pretty name!

Later!

Hi all

I have had a bad week and have got back to lurking again. I started on the Low carb program and felt OK at the start but gradually the old body was Just crying out for fruit and veggies, if I ever have to look at anything fatty again I will just be sick. So as to redeem myself I have gone back to the Low Fat way of eating that I was on before and I feel human again

I will read through the posts to see what has been going on.

Take care all.

Ash/Jenye

Jenye,
I know hat you mean. I could not exist on just meat and cheese. Got to have those fruits and veggies. A couple of my Aunts and several cousin do that low carb diet and swear by it. Me I just stick to my Weight Watchers points

:grouphug:
Hi Everybody
Maria I have to say with all this travelling you are doing you certainly get to visit some interesting places......then the rest of us on the board are able to get a glimpse of them too via the computer. Thanks for posting the sites. :cool:
Jenye I think just sticking to a healthy eating plan is better for us then trying these other "diets" where so many things are not allowed. In the past, when I have tried some of those diets, it seems I always crave what I can't have. LOL :D I guess that is human nature, to want what you can't have. To sometimes jump start my weight loss I will make a big pot of home made soup....chicken, or veg. I add 2 tbsp. of rice to the broth and a couple of tbsp. of pot barley and the rest vegs. I boil pasta in separate pot and then when I want soup I take some of the cooked pasta and put that in my bowl first and then pour the soup over it. It tastes great and it is very filling. :) Today is a cold day, and "talking" about the soup, makes me want some.
Glenda Congrats to you my friend on the safe (somewhat early) arrival of your new little grandbaby. I love the name McKenzie, and I am sure she is as sweet as you say. :cloud9: I can tell you are on cloud 9.
Lily you can be sure that I gave a big container of fresh strawberries to the Princess on Thursday evening. I am so happy that she doesn't have a food allergy. I think my son and dil and their doctor are pretty much settled on the antibiotic being the trigger that caused her to get this rash. She has had antibiotics before but not that one.
Went out for lunch to one of our gambling casino's with a friend yesterday. On Friday's they have seafood, and I ate my share of shrimp and oysters. We put a few quarters into the slot machines......would win a few, lose a few, then went home before any damage was done. :)
I can't believe it, but those flowers that Trudy gave me are still alive and doing well.

Hi all:

Lily: I think the Dr. feels it is positive that the white count is going up gradually. And nothing else seems to be showing as a problem. I took that cardiazem for about 8 years and one of the side effects,(in small print) has to do with possibility of compromising the bone marrow. So he feels that it took a long time for this to happen, and so it will not recover quickly. Made sense to me, and I'm not tired, don't bruise, all that stuff. so will go along with what he says.

Maria: I took the cardiazem for an irregular heartbeat. It skips a beat now and then. But I think I didn't really need it. Now that I have been off the med. it still skips now and then but is is not troublesome. A Dr. up north is the one who put me on it. And my Dr. down here didn't change it until I started having the low white count. Then he started looking into it more.

Glenda: Congrats on the new grandbaby. Mckenzie is a nice name, and I'm sure you are justs thrilled to be able to be there for 4 days and help out. Really great that coming so early was not a problem for her.

Slavika: By Now Princess has enjoyed her strawberries, I bet. What a nice Gram you are.

Oh Maria: Your sight seeing must be a lot of fun and very enjoyable. Too bad about the cost of using your computer. We'll be glad to hear from you whenever you get the chance.

We had a Flea Market in our club house today. It was a really busy place, and I think most everyone did very well selling their 'treasures';) I believe that our social club will clear around $600 when everything is in. We served lunch, and sold everything. Also had a big bake sale, and sold everything. It was a cool rainy day, and what else for people to do but come inside, and check out the treasures. But I didn't weigh in again today. I'll have to 'bite the bullet' next week.

Hi everyone- Trudy, Karen, Peggy, Ash 'See' you tomorrow.:wave: Ann

Slavika Thank you so much for the hint about a quick start. I have found that I have been at a plateau for many weeks now and just don't know why. Last night I had a large plate of both salad and veggies and wow they were wonderful. Your soup sounds really great and what a wonderful idea, even although the weather is still warm I think that I will make some as I have all the ingredients. How is your little "Princess" now? I hope that she has recovered now.



Karen Your Aunt and cousins must be younger?? to have lost a lot of weight. As I said above to Slavika the salad and veggies were wonderful and I think, like you, I will stick to what I am comfortable with.

I still haven't read all the posts so I'm not up to date with what is happening with everyone so until next time I can get to the computer.....


Take care all.


Ash/Jenye. :wave: :wave:

G'day all,

We have just come 'home', from a 'rubbernecking' weekend:D

DH had to log on for work so I am now taking advantage of his connection to post! Never one to miss an opportunity;)

We had a lovely time and amongst many other things we went to the highest mountain in New Zealand where there still was some snow. We took a chairlift to the area of the mountain where there was still snow, awesome.
The weather has been superb and I have been quite sunburnt:( The thermal areas of New Zealand are quite unbelievable, I am not much into geology but this certainly has given me an interest to find out a bit more, it is fascinating.
We also went to a bungy jumping place, for one fleeting moment I wondered if that would put my back etc. right once and for all, as I said it was for only a very fleeting moment:D and then I saw someone jump :eek::fr:

Glenda congratulations on your new grand daughter, how wonderful to actually witness it all. Love the name:)

Peggy be sure to watch the travel program on New Zealand, it is a wonderful country. I am probably wrong but I sort of picture Canada to be a bit like this, everything is green, magnificent mountains etc. etc.

Slavika I am a bit with you, a healthy eating plan based on WW is about the best. I guess we have all tried just something a little different to get that quicker result. It is interesting that I have found some different WW products here in the supermarket, one is pasta in a mushroom sauce for only 3 points:)
This morning we had breakfast in a restaurant and I ordered a ham omelet. It was huge and I only ate 3/4 of it, I was amazed that I never started to feel hungry until about 3.30 in the afternoon :) I am well within range today.

Jenye Don't be too hard on yourself, you have to find what suits you and it is hard to go past the WW philosophy.
I am amazed that in NZ they advertise Xenical on TV as a wonderful aid to weight loss:dizzy:, there are a number of pharmaceutical products they advertise on TV, you have to see your doctor but you can get free samples!!!

Ann great result for your social club from the sales at your flea market.

I must say I am quite pleased dh has to go to work tomorrow so I can have a rest, he just goes non-stop. There is a garden show here next weekend but we have no car, so now he wants to hire bikes and we can ride them there:rolleyes: , it is quite a distance so I did suggest a taxi instead.
I hope to get my website updated next week with some pictures of New Zealand, I will let you know when I do.

Hi to Lily, Trudy, Karen I hate doing this, I always worry if I have forgotten someone:o

'See' you soon,
Cheers
Maria

I sure had a lot of reading to do in order to catch up with all of you. Maria New Zealand sounds facinating. It seems that for such a small country you can experience everything from snow to sunny beaches, thermal activity and farming.. love to see it sometime. Canada is so big, you would have to travel it from Pacific to Atlantic, summer and winter to see everything.

Congratulations Glenda on your little McKenzie's birth. How wonderful to be there when she arrived. Happy times.

My little angel is doing great. She is 1 month old now and we see her as often as possible, trying not to wear out our welcome. She had 2 baby showers so far, and 2 more are coming. She received such sweet little outfits and toys... so much fun shopping for a baby. Our Slavika made such a lovely afternoon for my DD and GD. She set us up in her dining room, with the good china, everything was so special. Slavika gave my angel a pair of jeans, with a turtle neck t-shirt, all hand decorated in pink ribbon and roses, hair clips, matching bracelet, and just in case she is smart enough to tell time when she is 1 yr old... a wrist watch.., plus a couple of receiving blankets. Slavika tells me that the correct name for receiving blankets is "NICEIES".. and every baby need 100 of them to last them through their childhood.

I went to see my dentist on Jan 29 for a check up and cleaning. There was a chip out of a filling and when the denturist started to scale around the tooth, the darn tooth broke in 1/2. It almost stopped my heart. Last Wed was Part I of my root canal, this coming Wed will be Part II. (I need some sympathy here...)

I have been taking Fosamax for going on 4 months now. I take 70mg on Sat morning, and I really do believe it has stirred up my IBS. I am hoping the side effects will gradually get better. It is always something.

Karen We would love to go back to Las Vegas for a few days again. So much going on when you look down the strip. At night time the streets were so bright from all the lights we could read our guides.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend... bye all.

Good morning Ladies,

Today has dawned a beautiful day, the weather forecast predicts that it will only get to 25 C or 77F and this to me is perfect. Because of this I have made an early start as I am going out to lunch with my M.S. friends. This is a monthly occassion for about 10 of us in this area that all suffer with M.S.

Maria You sound as if you are loving NZ - it is the only place that I have been too other than Australia and I just loved it :love: Thanks for the advice about the Xenical - but I don't like any of these things that you can purchase as I tried many of these products many years ago and, even although you get them through a doctor, I am sure they are not a substitute for a balanced diet. WW is a really good example of that as we can all see by their prime example "Fergie" but low fat seems to suit me and I have got used to eating in this way.

Glenda Congratulations on the arrival of little McKenzie. I am sure she will be a joy to everyone. New born babies usually are as they are so fragile in our eyes, we just want to look after them and I am sure that you feel his way with your new grandaughter. One of the first times I witnessed a birth I just stood back and cried as if I hadn't seen it before - the miracle of birth just gets to me every time.

Well, I have caught up on all the old posts and send my regards to all.


Take care,

Ash/Jenye. :wave:

:yikes: I can't believe how cold it is Brrrrrrrrrrrrr.\

Slavika so glad your Gd doesn't have a food allergy. But the testing they do for that is the pits. :chin: unless they have a new way to do it than when my DD had to have it done. Any way hope the hives are gone now and her poor little face is back to normal.

Glenda have you come down from:cloud9: yet? Those little bundles sure do have a way of turning our world upside down. And I too love the name.

Trudy I don't think your dd would ever think you are around too much when it comes to helping with the new baby. My DD didn't want me out of her sight for a few weeks.(with the first one) By the time she had #2 she was old hat at babies. And her DH was a lot of help with that one .

Jeyne eating balanced is the best thing I think . Some of the other ways out there don't really make sense. Like how could you not miss fruits and veggie and only eat meat and fat. doesn't seem like you could do that for life. My aunts and cousin who do that are always either on or off their diet. With WW you eat normal and never are really off. Some times you might eat a little more of one thing or another but you can quickly correct the situation at the next meal. Everything in moderation. Of my soap box now:rolleyes:

Maria Ever the traveler. You get to see so much. And I think this was said before " we also get the benefit from all the sites you post :D

Well my work week starts tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to going out in the cold. Good thing my car has the remote starter so at least when I get I it is warm.

:wave:
Karren

Jenye: Good for you. I know I couldnt do without carbs for the rest of my life. Would be to hard. I have a freind who is doing Atkins and it worries me. She has a friend that is doing WW and has by passed her in the weight loss by far. She has lost 20 # where my friend has only lost 8 and its been 3 months for her only 2 months for the other.

Slavika: Glad the princess got her strawberries. Sure hope it was the medicine. At least they will know not to give it to her anymore.

Ann: Glad to hear that from your Dr. Does make sense now that you explained it. Sounds like the Flea market was a big success! Made lots of $$ :)

MAria: Sounds like you are having a great time! I would love to visit there some day. All the pictures I have seen are beautiful. We had a friend go there in Oct and she raved about it!

Trudy: Oh poor you. A root canal is no fun. You take it easy. The present slavika got for you angel sounds adorable!

Work has been crazy again so havent checked in much. ope it slows back down again!

Night!

G'day all,

I hope I don't need to edit this post as it has taken me 25 minutes to just get to the 3fc site!
DH logged on tonight and decided to give it a miss, the connection is extremely slow, if it was any slower we would be going backwards:D I am not easily deterred though!

I am not surprised to read everyone agreeing that WW really is the only way to go.

Karen I am intrigued by the 'remote starter' on your car, I have never heard of them. Does that mean you start your car whilst still inside your home and then by the time you get to your car it is warm:?: :dizzy:

Lily with your work being crazy does that mean your dh has your dinner ready when you get home? I hope so for you, though for me it would be a bit of wishful thinking:D

I have to say how incredible this world of communication is.
Whilst we were home 2 young Canadian lads played cricket for ds's cricket club until they were to go to compete in the World Cup in South Africa. Whilst we were home we met the two lads.
Here we are now in New Zealand and are watching the World Cup on cable TV and there are the 2 Canadian lads we met whilst we were home, doing very well for their country!!!! No-one expected the Canadian team to win but they did, they beat the Bangladesh side:cp:

It has been very warm here. This morning I decided to ring an employment agency. I feel I have to do something constructive whilst dh is at work. Not many prospects of temporary work but I have sent my resume off, who knows. :crossed:

This weekend is a garden show on at the botanical gardens, it is too far to walk and the buses only run during the week :( we will have to think of some other way to get there, possibly by taxie.

I must be off before I get kicked off!

Cheers
Maria

Maria: It is indeed wonderful what has been accomplished in communication, etc. Just think. here we all are from so many places and we have become friends. You'll have to tellus about the flower show.

Lily: Maria's suggestion about haaving dinner on the table sounds like a good one. How about your dh? Soes he agree?:D:

I'm getting myself psyched up to go weigh in on Sat. I know I have gone up a little bit again. It is hard not to get sick of the struggle.

We are having a Ladies Appreciation lunch here iin our clubhouse this noon. Put on by the men. should be good, but I have to be choosy.

Hi: everyone; Have a good day. :wave: ann

Just to let you know I did fine until they brought the dessert. Cheesecake with cherry topping, and I ate the whole thing:p It was just too good.

The final correct tally for the flea Market was $600plus change. A very good thing for us. Money came mostly from the lunch and the bake sale.

We were disappointed that our Norwegian family isn't coming. they just felt they didn't want to travel with the world situation the way it is. The news certainly keeps everyone stirred up. I suppose that we have to know some things, but it just seems they continue to stir the pot, with every sensational idea they can come up with, or then they speculate with with so many what ifs'. Gets me upset, so don't really want to watch the news any more than I have to.

Have to weigh in Sat. especially since I ate the cheesecake. I have to pay.:nono: :ink: :stress:

Take care all. :wave: Ann

Maria :lol: Dinner ready when I get home. So funny!!!!!!!!!! Its wishful thinking here to. He can do some things like Tacos or grill but thats as far as it goes!

Ann: How did WI go? Sorry the Norwegian family isn't coming. It is sad people are letting all this get to them. Seems they have as over a barrel and its keeps scaring people.

Yippee! I finally get to see My Big fat Greek Wedding tonight! Cant wait! It wasnt in stock to rent so I bought it. Sure we will watch it over again.

Lily you will love the movie. I bought it Thursday. Saw it at the theater but it fits right up there with Pretty Woman. I'll watch it a million times. Bought Sweet Home Alabama to day

Karen

WW wasn't so good. up 1.8 Back to the struggle once again. You will love the Greek Wedding Lily. It is so much fun. More tomorrow. time for bed :yawn: Ann

G'day all,

Sunday afternoon here. We went to the botanical gardens yesterday which were lovely and today we went to the zoo which was a bit average.
I must have walked 20 miles yesterday!!! Public transport is very poor and dh being a fitness freak thought it would be good for us to walk:eek::rolleyes: It started off quite a nice walk but by the time I was home I was absolutely exhausted.
My laptop is a DVD player as well, so we got a couple of DVD's and that was it for the rest of the day.
Today we got a taxi to the zoo. It boast as having the biggest free flight aviary in the world and whilst the aviary was very big, we never saw one bird:?:
The zoo was quite small and after an hour or so we had seen it all and caught a taxi back to town where we thought we would visit the casino here. I personally don't like gambling but dh enjoys a bit of a flutter and we ended up leaving again $60 in front :)

Ann sorry to hear you were up 1.8, I guess after the cheesecake it wasn't that much of a surprise. I think the good thing is that you went back to be weighed, it certainly is a constant struggle:mad: Your profit from your market was excellent. It is a shame that your Norwegian friends decided not to come due to the world tension etc. I must say it does get very depressing the constant threat of war and potential terrorists attacks. That is one of the reason we are pleased to be in New Zealand. I definetly do not want war (which sane person would???) having said that I do not know what the answer is but it is disconcerting to see France and Germany so outspoken against US policy.

Lily I can so relate:D my dh fancies himself cooking a bbq and he can fry an egg:cp: but that is about his limit. Where do women find husbands who love to cook:dizzy: :D
Ours must have some other very good virtues!
I am sure you would have enjoyed 'My fat greek wedding'.

Lots of things are happening here workwise for dh, more changes in the wind but then again it could all be just talk!

I have never taken much notice of the American Cup sailing race but of course it is held in New Zealand and we are even finding it quite exciting!

Have a great week all
Cheers
Maria

:grouphug:
Hi Everybody
On Valentine's day I received a lovely bouquet of flowers from DH. Our son and dil were going to the Country Club for dinner so we said we would look after the grandchildren. DH took the Prince to a hockey game, and the Princess and I "knitted" with one of those French Knitting Spools. It was one of the treats I bought her for Valentine's Day. She did very well at it, but I think she was thinking it was going to go much much faster. :) Later her and I watched the video, Annie.
Not too much going on with me. I am having the family over this evening for BBQ Spare Ribs. I got as much done as I can and my son will do the actual BBQ. I made the Banana Split Dessert recipe for our dinner tonight that was in the Taste of Home Magazine, "Light & Tasty" Oct/Nov 2002 issue. I made it for tea time last week and we all agreed it was a "keeper" recipe.
Ann not to worry about that little bit of a weight increase. You will have it off in no time. Well Lily now that you finally got to see the movie what did you think of it?
I guess the talk of war is getting to all of us. Nobody really "wins" in a war, but then I sure don't know what the answer is. Talk to you all another time. Bye for now. :wave:

G'day all,

Lucky you Slavika with your bouquet of flowers :love:
I remember using the french knitting spools, of course in my days it was an old cotton reel with 4 little nails hammered in the top! I can remember having competitions. How 'beautiful' was the finished product, especially when it was coiled into a table mat:dizzy:

Beautiful day here today. I am feeling the best I have for a long time. I wonder if it is the humid climate here that is making my aches and pains so much better.
I am starting to get used to being here.
It is great for sticking to the WW plan. In the morning I decide what I am going to have for dinner and buy exactly what I need and no more! Having this massive supermarket so close by makes it very easy. I feel sure I am now on the right track, some of my clothes are feeling 'slightly' :) looser. With no car, excercise is also easy as I have to walk everywhere.

Next weekend we are hiring a car again and will be driving to Auckland and soak up a bit of the American's Cup atmosphere. It is only about an hour and a half drive from here.
Rugby is very big in New Zealand, I really don't like it but the stadium is 5 minutes from where we live so I guess I should at least go and watch once and see what all the excitement is about.

Have a great day all
Cheers
Maria

Hi all: I used to have the same kind of spoll as maria. four nails in the tope of an empty thread spool. but it was fun and a way to spend time with my Gramma.

The Americas cup should be exciting. We oftem watch some of it on the T.V. as my dh is a frustrated sailor. He went to sea for many years in the big ships, but his first love after flying is sailing.

Lily: what did you think of the Greek Wedding? Fun. did you ever know there were so many great uses for Windex?:D:

I'll get the weight off again. But I know that there will still be time that I'm just going to enjoy some of those things for diets are a :nono:

I am so glad not to be living in the North east right now with all the snow, snow. snow.

You are right Maria, no one wants war. My only question is- if the U.N. is to remain a relevant force in the world, how long can it let people like Saddam Hussain, flaunt the resolutions? 12 years seems long enough? If the U.N. doesn't make a resolution and stick by it, every other dictatorship will figure they can get away with the same thing, North Korea is well on the way to that right now.

Hope you all had a nice Valentines day and a good weekend. "see you tomorrow." Ann:wave:

Karen: You were right I did Love it! Was so funny!

Ann: So sorry you were up. But you know what to do and it will be off in no thime :) And no I never did know there were all those uses for Windex!
:)

Maria" Wow not seeing one bird in the whole Avairy. How sad. DH called me at work today and he actually fixed himself some scrambled eggs. All by him self. I was in shock to say the least :lol:

Slavika: Sounds like you had a great Valentines! My Dh got me some flowers to. I do love fresh flowers!
I cut that recipe out but Havent tried it yet. Does sound good!

Have a great night all!

Just poppping in to say hi. Been snowed under-this is getting real old. I usually have crocus in bloom now. Been busy painting since all it has been doing is snowing. Have to go back and read what has been going on. Peggy

G'day all,

See ya on the next thread.........

Maria