Good afternoon, ladies! Only 64 degrees today! I wish spring would come to stay. I'm afraid we're going to jump from the 60s to the 90s again. I look forward to a couple of months where I don't need heat or airconditioning so I have some extra money.
I went to the doctor this morning. She says she doesn't know anything else to do about my asthma so she made me an appointment with Dr. Haja, a Pulmonist. I'm sure it's more than asthma. I hate spending all this money for medication that is doing me no good.
Maggie, glad to see you post. My WW meeting finally got the hungry doll last week so I got one with the magnet and put it on the fridge and 1 bigger one I put by my computer. I'm going to get another one with a magnet tomorrow for my computer at work.
Jean, I had Norton on my computer when I got it. I took it off and put AVAST (free antivirus/firewall/spyware) on. It sounds like the website you can't get to needs to be added to the list of safe sites if you are sure Norton isn't still working. It could be they are fighting each other. You are right - I love my Curves. I'll be going there this afternoon.
I wanted to do some work on my quilt blocks but my sewing machine seems to not be working just right so I'm going to take it to the repair shop and get it cleaned and checked over. I hate being without my Pfaff, even though I have a Singer to use in the meantime.
Have a good day. I don't think WI is going to be good tomorrow - I feel fat.
gma22 , 04-18-2009 07:19 PM
Evening ladies. Short post. We will be home tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait to share pics of the little guy! Sounds like everyone is a-ok! Won $66 at the casino with my sister and bought a handbag at their gift shop and gave most of it back! lol
Talk to you probably on Monday.
Faye
Good afternoon, ladies. 75 degrees today. I have my fingers crossed Spring is finally here.
I went to Church last night. The young man who was our seminarian for 15 months in 2007-2008 was ordained a deacon last night. Even though he wasn't from our parish when he went to the seminary, he asked to have the ceremony there because he likes us so much. Being ordained deacon is the last step before being ordained a priest. The Bishop and about 40 other priests were there. It was a very beautiful ceremony. They had to put chairs out in the common area because the church was full. We had a reception for him and his family afterwards. We have 2 levels of Deacons in our church. The lay deacon can be married and all that but the higher level is for those who aspire to be Priests. When the are ordained Deacon, they take the vow of chastity, obiedance to the Pope and Bishop, and poverty. There is usually 6-12 months being a deacon before ordination to the priesthood. We not only had our choir, but also from 2 other churches and William and Mary Campus Ministry.
I hung my sheets outside today. I love to do that.
My WW is having a 5K walk at the mall on June 6. When I go to the doctor tomorrow I'm going to ask if I can participate. I want to try, at least. As I expected, my WI was not the best, up 1 pound. But I'm on track.
Faye, good for you winning and getting a new purse. I look forward to seeing the pictures and your update.
Jean, we used to use CA at work until they priced themselves out of the network market...at least for us. Sorry to hear MIL in back in the hospital. Won't be long and you'll be able to do your cleaning during the week so you can really enjoy the weekends.
Hi, Maggie!
gma22 , 04-20-2009 07:34 AM
Good morning to you ladies! Home at last and trying to do catch up. I have decided we will always leave Indiana a day early, drive half way and spend the night then drive in the next day. We were home by one and I had everything put away, laundry sorted and started and had time to catch my breath, rather than getting home at 6 or after and everything dumped in the kitchen and living room to be put away the next day because we were too tired.
My house is filthy, but it will have to wait. I have errands to run today and I want to finish up the laundry and get it put away. So, I will clean downstairs tomorrow, clinic on Wed then clean upstairs on Thur and clinic on Friday.
We had a great time. Here is a pic of Jackson and granddad having a great time reading together. He LOVES to have you read to him. He is a thumb sucker and it is so adorable to see him sit and suck his thumb while you read to him. I took several shots and am going to buy a I love grandpa frame to put them in I think.
God bless them, Kelly and Tom survived Fortune. I was afraid he would drive them bonkers. He is s clingy and at night won't jump on the bed but stands and barks until you get him. He did that with them and she said sometimes they would ignore him and he would jump on the bed after awhile, but I feel bad he disturbed their sleep. He also likes to lay right next to you or even on you and I forgot to tell them that. Anyway, they were still living when we picked him up. I just appreciate them willing to keep him.
Jack and Jay got really sunburned at the game on Thursday. Jay's was really bad as he is much fairer than Jack. The back of his hands and his knees were awful and he was in pain on Thursday and Friday. He finally got himself some benzocaine and he said that helped a lot. Jack's nose is worse than anything else and still red. The rest of his face is peeling now and itching. He wore long pants so he didn't get sunburned legs.
Had a nice time with my sister for the day. She is a terrible backseat driver though and drove me nuts that way. I don't usually get to spend that much time with her so I am sure she really liked it. We won't be back up there again until November.
We took Jackson to the mall and had a great time. We went to the pet store and Jackson got a cookie to share with granddad, we went to the Disney store and Jackson got presents and then we went and played at the inside play area and he had a grand time. He is finally warming up to us and we were able to pick him up and such without him getting upset.
Well gals, I need to get back to work and get me some breakfast. We did accomplish one thing, I found out I love smoked salmon and Jack ate asparagus and liked it so 2 good foods for us to eat.
Have a great start to the week!
Faye
Good morning, ladies. Rainy and cooler today, but at least it is washing the pollen off my car!
Faye, I'm glad you had a good visit this time. Jackson is getting so big! Love the picture with Grandpa. If you don't have anything for sunburn, tea works great (tannic acid). I'm sure your house is cleaner than mine before you do any cleaning today. I keep it neat and the floors mopped or vacuumed, etc. but I just saw some finger prints on the pantry door this morning - and now there's no one to blame but me! I love a WW bagel (1 pt) with 1 oz. smoked salmon (1 pt), an individual tub of WW cream cheese (1 pt) and 3/4 cup of strawberries (0 pt) for breakfast. I also like smoked salmon chopped up into the cream cheese with a dab of horseradish and spread on wasa crispbread. I eat asparagus all spring long. Its nasty when its frozen or canned. It is delicious when roasted.
Jean, I'm sorry your MIL is not doing well.
I have Bible Study tonight. We are now into the New Testament so it is familiar territory and much easier to understand than the Old.
Have a good day!
gma22 , 04-21-2009 06:21 AM
Good morning ladies! Today is clean the downstairs day and put away the last load of trip clothes. As soon as I get done posting I am going to start on the cleaning. I have to break it up as I usually end up with a backache somewhere along the way.
Maggie: I am not surprised that "hungry" is very popular. I imagine they will up production now that they have seen how popular he is. Hopefully you can get what you want soon. My house is a mess and is driving me nuts, but there is only so much I can do. I had a bunch of errands to run like restarting the mail, taking things to the cleaner, groceries, etc and trying to get the laundry done so the cleaning had to wait until today. Since I have clinic in the morning tomorrow, upstairs is going to have to hold on until Thursday. It is much easier to do actually except for dragging the vacuum up and usually Jack does that for me.
Jean: Our kids have 25 more days of school it looks like. The 27th is their last day according to Thomas. I am supposed to do clinic that day, but they may not need me to come in. Poor mil, I imagine she is tired of going back and forth to the hospital and such. It stinks to get old sometimes. I found the cutest thing for Jackson for his birthday (June 10.) He will be two and one of my dil's sisters brought him a fisher price type plastic car to ride in that is feet power and had been passed down through several kids. He just loves it so I am going to get him a battery powered one to ride around in. I bought Thomas one at about the same age. It has a little hatch in the front to put things in and even a cup holder. A funny story about his sand table that I bought him for Christmas. They took it into the house this winter and put snow in it for him to play with. Jack and I took him out into his back yard one day last week and it was on the patio with the cover on and snapped down. He wanted Jack to take the lid off so he did and Jackson looked in it and it was empty. He kept telling his granddad, "Snow, snow!" Jack kept telling him we couldn't put snow in it as there wasn't any snow. I told Jay he needed to get sand in his box for him so he could play in it as Nonny and Granddad were looking like grinches not having anything for him to play with.
Susan: Jack's asparagus was grilled we think. I always hated it but my dil says you have to be careful of eating the ends because they are bitter. I tasted Jack's and liked it. I do know you have to get fresh if you want it to taste decent and make sure you whack off the ends at the bottom. Do you put anything on yours like lemon, olive oil, garlic or anything? I want to include it in our diet now that Jack will eat it. I can't believe how much I loved the smoked salmon. It is so mild compared to what it tastes like from a can or as a steak. I will have to look for the ww bagels and cream cheese. I really like bagels but don't eat them because they are so huge in pts. I usually buy ff cream cheese to avoid the big points too. Maybe can find them at Walmarts.
I hear Jack is out of the shower and will be down in a couple minutes so I should go. Oooh, before I do I have to show you the yarn (it is called daffodil) and pattern for an afghan I am making for one of Jay's friends. He is Jay's best friend and like a son to us and he is finally getting married to a really nice, nice girl. We are very excited for them.
Talk to you tomorrow!
Faye