Annie – Yeh, go fund me or win the lottery, lol. Good luck with the vehicle purchase. I forget – were you on a lease and wanted to purchase this time? Or was that Susie? Sorry, I don’t remember much of anything anymore. Sorry your ankle was hurting – better give it a rest sister or it’ll just keep complaining!!
Ceejay – Good for you trying to go green. I still get so much paper in the mail even though I opted out of the junk mail. But I could do better if I went to paperless billing with some of my bills. Nice that you’ll get to see your cousin this weekend.
Michelle – Good idea to reschedule those blood donations. I hope Santa doesn’t have any medical issues! Leave it to our cars to throw a wrench into our finances! Cars are a necessary evil!!!
Happy – The Birk folks liken their shoes to walking on wet sand, which I find to be true. And I like the way it feels – the contours of the footbed are comfortable. Not to say that a nice cushy pair of sneakers doesn’t feel so good sometimes! Way way back I had a pair of Reeboks like that… Now I have to get very supportive shoes with decent arch support and plenty of room for my toes, or rely on my orthotics. Re the med bills – now that I have the FSA filings done – just waiting on that final reimbursement check for 2015 – I think I’m done with even the 2015 papers. But I will keep the 2015 papers for a year. Re the Pilates – I think I just burned out on it. I took it two sessions in a row, and someone different did the scheduling this year and the fall and winter sessions were both rather long compared to previous years. And maybe other times in the past that I took it, the Mondays didn’t bother me, but this time around I just realized I’d rather not start my week that way. Sounds like you had a lovely anniversary dinner, and how sweet of your sister. And your casino buffet dinner sounded tasty too. I’m getting a craving for ribs… Did you figure out what to bring to the potluck tonight? Re the weather – I hope it stays warm for you, if only for the sake of not having cold drafts coming through the frame of your door! Yes, what a saga that has been!! Yikes re the mouse story! I also would not have wanted to hear the specifics. I’m so sorry you’re still in such pain. What a sucky thing to have to cancel your PT appointment and then have the door thing fall apart.
Shad – I hope the mouse is gone and not rotting or mummifying somewhere. So how long do those laundry balls last? Sure would be nice to spend less on laundry products!
Gosh, ran out of time. I’ll have to finish up personals tomorrow! TTFN!
Hi Everyone,
I am posting from my phone. I will do a short this time in case it lose the post.
I just wanted you all to know I was here and not working tonight. I needed to get some things done around the house and I have laid the law down with myself to be in bed at 10 so I can get 7 hours of sleepic a night. I am going to try to get up at 5 am two times a week so I can get a 20 min workout in.
Not much of an evening. Stopped to get my nails done and my lady was not there. Some kind of an emergency. I rescheduled my appt for tonight. Nail salon does not take your phone number so when there is an issue, no phone call. I left my number last evening, just in case she is a no show for tonight. Glad the nail salon is only a 5 minute drive from the house.
C was up hockering and coughing last night so much I went to the couch. Froze my arse off all night long. Well come to find out C had turned the furnace off and opened the windows to air out the house yesterday and did not turn the furnace back on. I was too tired and lazy to get up and investigate why I was so cold. Needless to say the last two nights have been not much sleep. Today's high is in the 70s, yeah, bet your booty I am going for a longer walk today than just to meeting. C went fishing and spending some time out in the sunshine. Hope it does him some good. I also told him to go back to the Minute Clinic to get checked out. We will see.
I am on vacation Thursday and Friday. My bestie, Diane, from Corpus Christi, Texas is coming in on Saturday. I will be meeting up with her on Sunday afternoon and Monday night. Rather looking forward to it. We met in the summer of 6th grade. She moved into our neighborhood. Her second daughter was named after me. Amy Anne. Pure Texas name. We call her Amy Anne. She also has Heather Marie and Sarah Rose. All adults. All the daughters are coming too. Amy has a newborn, William Joseph she is bringing with. Diane's mom moved back to Indy about 6 mos ago from Houston, TX. They will all be staying with her. Samantha and the boys are going with me on Sunday to visit.
Will come back for personals. The ole boss is here. lol
Morning,
Put a London broil in the crock pot last night so I could have something decent today to eat for lunch. Started it on high but set the alarm for 2.30 to put it down on low. It was very tender this morning.
Did a load of whites clothes last night also and rode the bike for 11 minutes. This is equal to 2 miles. And I met my step goal of 7000 steps yesterday. Getting back into the grove.
Been doing some research on housing in the area where I'm going to move in Missouri. I realize that my sister said that I didn't have to pay rent but that's not fair to her. We will discuss this when I go visit with her Easter.
I'm not ready for the Pineapple Express that is coming in this afternoon and the rest of the week. Up to 6 inches of rain. This may put a damper on my visit with my cousin.
Susie – Glad you made it through Asher’s birthday party. As if 20 kids aren’t enough, you have all the other kids at other parties running around all over the place! So you ended up with progressive glasses – you use one part of the lens for working at the computer - what is the other part used for? For podcasts, I have a couple radio shows from a local talk station I like that are mostly fluff –movie reviews, current events, etc. Another one is strictly about film, but it tends to be long, so I typically just listen to their year-end shows for the best and worst. Another is Jill on Money, about personal finance. Another is ATK radio – America’s Test Kitchen. Sometimes I listen to some from NPR radio shows. -- Good you’ve committed to getting to bed at a reasonable hour!! I caught a bit of radio that said that getting 6 hours of sleep is as bad as getting none! Crazy, so I just looked it up. Here's a link: http://www.fastcompany.com/3057465/h...as-none-at-all
Happy – Belated condolences re the passing of DH’s aunt. Sad she didn’t have contact with other family members living in her vicinity. Re using my primary doc for the gyn exam – I like my primary doc a lot and am confident she will be fine for the usual tests/exams, and will know when referral to a specialist is best. No specific issues at the moment, so all the better. All this talk of egg lemon soup is making we want some! The Greek place we used to get it from is now a sports bar… We should seek out another source, or I might have to try my hand at making it myself. Congrats on the weight loss last week! How was the potluck/awards dinner?? How is Meadow doing this week on the different food?
Ceejay – Good job on the stationary bike!! Glad your aunt is doing well with the treatments. Scary about your uncle falling. When you start to think about the elderly having a hard time getting around and start looking at their living spaces, you realize how hazardous it could be – clutter, furniture placement, rugs, etc. (I guess we need to look at our own spaces too, LOL.) I hope your UTI is gone now. Those are such a hassle. Hope you don’t get all that rain! We're also forecast for a lot of rainy days this week.
Annie – I turned the thermostat down this morning, but didn’t turn the furnace off. Nice to open some windows though. Well, I’m glad C feels well enough to do something he enjoys during his vacation week. But it’s a bummer he’s been sick. So nice you’ll see your bff soon. Hope her mom’s house is big – sounds like a lot of people will be visiting!
Hellos to the rest of you!
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Very nice and mild this morning. Have my umbrella in my backpack and I wore my long lightweight coat. Not so much for the rain that’s expected, but because my shorter lightweight one rides up in back when I have my backpack on. So annoying! I don't think it was like that with my old backpack. Huh.
Last night we had the substitute instructor for Pilates. I guess because I was half expecting her to be there, I was resigned to it - but I didn’t find her class last night as tough as it’s been in the past. And that’s it for Pilates for a while. Woohoo!
We did a couple longish planks in class last night, but I confess to having skipped my planks over the weekend. I’ll get back to the challenge tonight and extend it a bit so I can gradually reach my original 3 minute goal. If I find I can’t eventually work my way up to 3 minutes, I’ll just change up the challenge to include several shorter planks using variations, such as side planks, high planks (pushup position), basic forearm planks, etc.
Tonight I’ll also commit to spending a half hour on the paperwork.
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Good morning girlfriends,
Looks like we missed our chance for a thunderstorm this morning - rain is way east of us. Darn, I was looking forward to it. It's gray and cloudy, but dry. Supposed to get to 61 degrees. Not sure if that will bring more people into the shop today. I think I am on my own this afternoon - I'm ok with that. The lady who is often in there brings her dogs in and while I like them, I don't like that they bed down right in front of the cash register where I am working. She is the kind who never takes notice of how her dogs might just be in the way of others. Last night she brought one to the awards ceremony and DH was in the aisle trying to take photos and was about to get all tangled in the dog's leash. E was oblivious to this. I was about to say something before DH snapped. Anyway, I will be glad to be by myself today. The awards ceremony was very nice. Great food. Wish we could get recipes. I just recieved the new Taste of Home magazine and they had several strawberry recipes in it. Decided to try a chocolate covered strawberry cobbler recipe. Sent DH out for supplies. I carefully followed the recipe to the minute as I often do with new recipes. Just in case, I also made a salad with baby greens, strawberries, mandarin oranges, swiss cheese bits, croutons, Parmesan cheese crisps, and candied and regular pecan bits with an orange vanilla basamic vinegar dressing. It was also supposed to have chicken in it and while I had DH get a rotisserie chicken, when I was assembling the salad I decided to leave it vegetarian since there are alot of vegetarians in this particular group. As I was assembling the cobbler - which turned out to be rather labor intensive - it seemed to me that the raw ingredients were far too wet but I placed my faith in the recipe. You melt butter in a baking dish, pour in the batter, add the chopped strawberries. Then you make a mix of white sugar and baking cocoa and pour that over and this is the part I thought screwy you then pour 2 cups of boiling water over the mess and pop it in the oven. I even used less water because that didn't look right. It came out a soggy, gooey mess even though it had the most wonderful flavor. Something is amiss in the recipe. The batter part was far too soggy although DH noticed it called for self rising flour and I used regular unbleached flour. Oops. I did think it odd there was no egg (binder) or leavening agent (baking powder) in the recipe. Would have been good over ice cream or pound cake - neither of which I had because I was already running behind having spent 3 times as long as I planned assembling the food. I was glad I made the salad as an additional dish.
I got another pin - this makes 3 in a row - 2 more years and I will have button covers! They gave me the pin for my work installing and getting the shelter software up and running. DH got an award for painting the Thrift Shop. I was supposed to get one of them too but the president can sometimes be absent minded and she said she could not remember who would get the extra brush. I was also disappointed that she didn't include a picture of the painting crew in the montage of photos covering the the highlights of the past year. I told DH that I wished they would acknowledge all he does for the place - often I think he gets pushed into the shadows. He said he's ok with it but he does an awful lot for them. Saved them thousands in building repairs and maintenance - at the shelter they call people and pay for that. DH does alot on his own. I know he does not look for or always like attention but when I see them make a fuss over someone who does one thing and he doesn't get acknowledgement for all he does, it sometimes bothers me a bit. Oh well.
On another note, why is it the person we see in the mirror looks so different from the person we see in a photograph? I was so disappointed in the pictures of me from the event. I hope that doesn't sound too egotistical. Just would be nice to have a picture I liked to post on FB or just as a remembrance. I guess once I get to the point where I like myself size wise, I will then be cranking that I am old
But it was a very nice event. I was really touched by one woman who moved up here although is a 2 hour drive east of here. She got involved in dog rescues. When then go into rescuing puppy mill residents, the rescue organization disburses the animals amongst various shelter. A lot of dogs come from middle Tennessee, Kankakee, Illinois and Indiana/Pennsylvania. The way we get them from point A to the shelters is through a wonderful network of volunteer drivers who drive about a 4 hour run and hand them off to the next volunteer who gets them a little closer to the shelter. So this woman got involved in several runs and has become a big friend to the shelter. She said she moved to her town and found it very hard to meet people and make friends. (which I could totally relate to). She said since getting involved in the shelter she met so many wonderful people and revelled in the warm companionship and feeling of community amongst us. It was very touching. Maybe because I felt the exact same way.
Well ladies, I have a big fat cat on my left hand - it's nice outside but she is apparently still cold and looking for the heat of my computer's side vent. She is trying hard to cuddle up and go to sleep but her head is bouncing as I type. And I have to go charge my camera battery and get ready for my shift. I will come back later for personals or log in at the shop if it's slow.
Good Wednesday Morning/Evening, Hump Day, Trash Day, Report Day....LIFE...
Spring is almost here...I am so excited I almost wet my PLANTS! bahahaha
Got my nails done last night, came home made chicken thighs (not my fav at all, but is Cs), vegetable medley (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots) and alfredo noodles. Watched some TV then was asleep in bed by 8 pm. Slept till 5 this morning. C brought me to work as he is cleaning up the car today for tomorrows car wheeling and dealing. He also has a doc appt at 10 this morning. I am catching a ride home with a friend from work, who I also went to HS with, small world.
SHADDIE...waiting on the review of the laundry balls from you. How well do they clean? Do you fill the balls every wash cycle? or does it last longer than one wash cycle? I couldn't seem to find these answers on the website. Of course I just did a quick skim of the site. How is ODDU keeping up on your garden? lol
LAURA...we are having the rain today. I don't normally bring an umbrella to work as I park in the garage and there is a covered skywalk to our building. If I go out at lunch, I borrow a co-workers umbrella as he is hardly in the office anyway and keeps it in his office. Plus I have a small brella in my file cabinet. Whew! Glad the pilates class is over, it was wearing me out. haha
CEEG...how are you feeling?
HAPPY...Your anniversary was so nice and your sister to cover the expense. What an awesome sissy. Pictures...bleh...just when I am down a few pounds and think I look OK, I see a picture that tells me different. Then that sets an awful mood for me. They say pictures don't lie, that is why I take very few of them of myself. I am still blown away at the 7K on the front door and it is still not right. You would think it would be of the best quality and now the second door they ordered is messed up. The awards benefit sounded nice and the strawberries if they had been coated in white chocolate, I would of eaten the heck out of them....YUM.
CHELLE...did you get your car all fixed. I very much dislike dealing with anything to do with cars. $$$$ is all there is to that. Hope Santa is feeling ok.
SUSIE...good for you for not working and getting to bed at a decent hour.
That is about it for me, today is my Friday! Hello to all...Hugs
I got my car back from the shop. just over $400...but that's still cheaper than a car payment. Santa is doing well. He's at daycare today as I've got meetings and after work, I'm going to a friend's (Bob's sister) who I am house and dog sitting for from today through next Wednesday.
I've got a lot to keep me busy at work, which is good. I've got a BIG project on which I am the only developer and the project manager and since I came up with the project timetable, I pretty much have to meet the deadlines I set.
Santa is doing pretty well. Despite his elevated levels, it hasn't slowed him down at all. Of course, he's back to having diarrhea because he got into food yesterday that he wasn't supposed to. I left him in an empty office yesterday while I went to a 2 hour meeting. He was not amused and proceeded to devour everything in the trash can....I have no idea what was there, and it's my fault for not moving the trash can out of the office before I left.
Morning all. I heard some rain overnight, but it wasn’t raining on my commute to work this morning, so yay for that.
Annie – I’m glad you got a good night’s sleep! Happy Friday to you. I hope you enjoy your long weekend. Well, the car buying part will suck because of the big whooshing of money going bye-bye, whether it’s all at once or month after month after month... I agree, cars are just big money pits. (Houses too, for that matter.)
Shad – I’ll be interested in your review of the laundry balls. Don’t know how much my laundry products end up costing me per load, but your product certainly seems reasonably priced. And then there’s the green benefits to boot. Good luck with it.
Happy – I’m glad you enjoyed the awards dinner. Your salad sounded yummy. Too bad about the strawberry cobbler dessert. Always a risk trying a new recipe when it’s for a special event…I saw a special edition of Taste of Home at the magazine rack of the drugstore the other day and it only caught my eye because on the cover was the strawberry gelatin dessert I made recently. Even if your DH doesn’t like having attention placed on him, you’re right, he should be at least be recognized by the HS management for all that he does for the HS.
Michelle – Glad the car repair wasn’t a budget buster. Oh gosh, poor Santa! There must have been something that smelled good in that wastebasket to make him want to eat the contents. I hope he’s alright.
Hellos to Ceejay and Susie!
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Nothing much to report. I did my plank challenge last night. I did a high plank, and alternated between side planks on either side and ended with a forearm plank, so I made the entire 130 seconds in one go. Tonight I’ll add another 5 seconds. I also spent a bit over an hour on paperwork/files. Didn’t make much progress – slow going when it hasn’t been done for a while.
Bf has a crown/root canal tooth that’s giving him pain the past couple days and he’s worried about how this will impact his orthodontia. I wish he’d have contacted the dentist yesterday, but he wanted to give it another day to see if the pain eased up. Except that today’s Wednesday and it’s possible the dentist office is closed. Sigh.
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Howdy all,
Cat FINALLY got off my computer - I don't know how she manages to turn on and off features that I don't even know about. She also made the c, h and r keys disappear - hard to type without those letters.
I thought it was going to be in the 50's all week but it's back to chilly again today. Weather is up and down. Not going to be a good week for weigh in this week - alot of off plan eating due to other things in a busy week. I hope to just maintain if I can't squeeze out a loss. I'm not sure how much longer I will continue doing physical therapy - I am hurting so much that I think there is some other underlying issue. I think I have a doctor's appointment next week so will discuss it with her. Diet, exercise, over the counter ibuprophen, epsom salt soaks - nothing is seeming to help. Even yesterday it was warm and it made no difference.
Michelle - the older the car, the more it cost us when they need repairs. Santa seems to be quite the handful.
Annie - wet your plants - good one! I would much rather eat chicken thighs over chicken breasts - harder to dry out for one. I looked at the laundry balls on amazon - apparently they have little ceramic balls in them that change the ph balance in the water and unless your clothes are stained or extra dirty - the ph is what cleans the clothes. You put them in the sun for an hour to "recharge them". There are mixed reviews - many people are meh but say that it really helps with relieving allergies and itchiness due to the additives in the laundry detergent. One person did say that the nubs on her style did eventually catch on and make holes in her clothes after using it for about a year. So a smooth surface would be better. Try it - let us know. I have the wool dryer balls - would not say they are a substitute for fabric softener but at least you don't get the nasty chemicals from dryer sheets. I hear you on the pictures comment - I have never liked how I looked in pictures - even when I was thin I thought I looked fat or ugly and I realized I missed alot of capturing my life and memories by avoiding pictures. Hope you get past the hump day reports just fine.
Laura - I saw the article on the 6 hours of sleep. Unless I am sick, 6 hours is all I can get. I will naturally wake up after 6 hours. Would have to take a sedative to get 8 on a regular basis - so I guess I will die young(er) and diseased Thank you for your condolences. DH is upset that his cousin has not posted a death notice in the paper. She did not inherit any of her Mom's manners it seems. The awards ceremony was fun but there were far more shelter people than thrift shop people in attendance. Can't drag them out it seems.
Ceejay - stay dry and safe. I see some nasty thunderstorms headed your way. How was the London Broil?
Shad - when will you start another contract? Can you space it out a bit to finish things at home first?
Gotta grab something quick to eat and then head off to yoga. Was going to make a couple of eggs but maybe gassy eggs are not good when doing yoga. Teacher calls them "asana toots".
The pineapple express is here and flooding every thing. One person told me that the water level on one street was about 2 foot. I hope I can get home. My street floods too. My stress level is at a 20 out of 1-10 scale.
My boss called and told me not to send the stand by water/sewer person out tonight cause all the sewer lines were full. Pump stations were almost full. Absolutely nothing they can do except wait. I asked him about my street and he said it did have water on it. But that I could get home tonight but probably not be able to get to go any where tomorrow.
Contacted my cousin and told her due to the weather I would not be coming to Paragould this week end. I wish she wasn't driving in this mess, but she has more gumption that me.
I wished a high school friend happy birthday on FB this week. And that rekindled a friendship. He lives in Carthage, Mo. and wants to hook up when I go to my sisters Easter week end.
I woke up this morning with a headache that felt like it was the size of a watermelon. I have the start of a sinus infection but it isn't full blow yet. Just on one side. I've taken some Tylenol Sinus and it seems to be helping.
Getting in my steps and exercise minutes this week.
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Happy and Annie
I don't like pictures of myself either. I still remember me as a size 5 and 100 pounds. I don't know who this person is. And she has given me a lot of inhibitions that I can't get rid of. ugh
Annie
Hope you find the right vehicle tomorrow. Glad C is feeling better.
Happy
Have you tried the undo button on the computer? The London Broil was excellent.
Michelle
Glad the car woes weren't that expensive. I agree it beats a car payment. Santa didn't like being left alone and was acting out his frustrations. poor thing.
Laura
With my work schedule it's hard to get 8 hours of sleep. I do make up for it when I'm off. I will try to sleep till 8 in the morning.
Good job on the planks.
Drowning in work and didn't make it to bed last night until 10:30. I just finished up transcribing 60 pages of notes that Director needs tomorrow. He gave them to me last night. I worked on them a bit then and then a bit today and finished up tonight.
I did my workout again this morning at 5:15. I get up at 5 but it's 5:15 before I'm dressed and in the workout room.
I apologize for not doing more personals but this is what I can remember from reading the post above.
Laura: Thanks for the link for the sleep podcast. I will listen to it soon
As for my glasses, the top half are nothing, since I don't need anything there. It is the part I have for distance and I can see 20/10 without glasses that way.
Annie: I hope C gets better. DH is feeling better but still coughing a lot. I hear a lot of people doing that.
I am excited for you to see your friend this weekend!
Shad: Thanks for the link to the laundry balls. I'll be checking them out.
Ceejay: I hit my 7,000 steps yesterday and I think I'm almost there today.
I hope the rain isn't too much of an issue for you.
Michelle: $400 seems like a lot but you are right, it is less than making a car payment each month.
Happy: I am sorry you are still dealing with so much pain. It's not fair, or any fun at all!
Ok..got to go ladies. I'm heading to bed to make my 10 p.m bed time. I most likely won't post until the weekend but will try to make it back on Friday.
Susie – Sixty pages of (handwritten?) notes to transcribe, with a one-day turnaround time??!! That’s just nuts. I hope the rest of your workweek is more sane. The link re sleep was just an online article, so nothing to listen to. Re your glasses – okay, I get it. Nice you just need them for reading/computer and your distance vision is good! I’ve always had awful vision, along with severe astigmatism in both eyes. I never wanted to consider Lasik surgery because a) I’m chicken b) these are the only eyes I have – not taking any chances and c) my understanding was that I’d likely need glasses again at some point anyway, so what’s the point? But that was a long time ago, and I imagine there have been many changes in the advancements/technology since then. Maybe it’s something to research again. Good for you getting in those morning workouts!!
Ceejay – So sorry to hear about the flooding in your area. Hope you don’t have too much trouble getting between work and home. How stressful. I hope your sinuses feel better. Yup, add me to the list of people who don’t like seeing pictures of myself. Every time we get together with friends, my friend D always has to take pictures. Thank goodness she knows I don’t want her posting them on FB.
Happy – Too funny about the cat turning off certain letters on the keyboard. =^.^= Okay, only funny after you've managed to fix what she's done... Bf just sent his laptop in to be repaired under the one year warranty. His screen was also a touch screen and the touch screen would activate on its own and mess everything up. Of course he got the runaround from the mfr – they’d say you need to remove Windows 10, blah, blah. Finally they agreed to authorize the repair. ---I hope your weigh-in goes well – I forget, is it on Thursdays? Good idea to discuss your pain with the doctor, but it seems like you might give the PT a bit longer to see if you get results. How long is it supposed to go? I could never make it on 6 hours of sleep for more than a day or two. LOL – “as(s)ana toots”.
Annie – Enjoy your long weekend!! My boss will be out tomorrow - yessss.
Hellos to the rest of you.
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While I had given up on my battle with the rx company over the pricey rx, bf decided to pick it up again and spent a lot of time on the phone with them yesterday. Nothing satisfactory was achieved (well, I might get a credit for about 20% of the amount), and it infuriated bf as much as it had me. Not a restful evening with him rehashing it to me and hearing him talk about it with his mom when he phoned her. What an awful company. I will make sure my employer's benefits department knows about this.
Bf threw out his back yesterday afternoon and has been in a lot of pain ever since. He wasn’t able to sleep, and of course he has an important test tonight. I hope he can get some sleep during the day today.
On the positive side, he phoned his orthodontist about the issue with his crown and was reassured that it won’t be a problem to work around it. I’m glad he phoned.
I had a boring evening. I walked the dog instead of bf because of his back pain – what a nice evening for a walk. Then I did my plank (2 min 15 sec) and watched some tv. Dinner was leftovers. I slacked on the paperwork, so I’ll get back on that tonight while bf is in class. My new shoes arrived, but I wasn’t in the mood to open the package, let alone try them on.
Today was garbage day, but it didn’t get taken out to the curb (nor the recycling) because of bf’s back and me running out of time to do it. We’ll be okay until next week.
Miracle, I actually got a notification that my fitbit battery is low. Past two weeks, it went entirely dead – twice – and no notifications were received, and no email either until well after I discovered it on my own. How often do you fondly look back on the pre-computer era?
Okay, gonna get this posted and get back to it. Cya later.
What a sucky thing to have to cancel your PT appointment and then have the door thing fall apart. 
So how long do those laundry balls last? Sure would be nice to spend less on laundry products! 
So you ended up with progressive glasses – you use one part of the lens for working at the computer - what is the other part used for? For podcasts, I have a couple radio shows from a local talk station I like that are mostly fluff –movie reviews, current events, etc. Another one is strictly about film, but it tends to be long, so I typically just listen to their year-end shows for the best and worst. Another is Jill on Money, about personal finance. Another is ATK radio – America’s Test Kitchen. Sometimes I listen to some from NPR radio shows. -- Good you’ve committed to getting to bed at a reasonable hour!! I caught a bit of radio that said that getting 6 hours of sleep is as bad as getting none! Crazy, so I just looked it up. Here's a link: 
The Greek place we used to get it from is now a sports bar… We should seek out another source, or I might have to try my hand at making it myself. Congrats on the weight loss last week! How was the potluck/awards dinner?? How is Meadow doing this week on the different food? 
you then pour 2 cups of boiling water over the mess and pop it in the oven. I even used less water because that didn't look right. It came out a soggy, gooey mess even though it had the most wonderful flavor. Something is amiss in the recipe. The batter part was far too soggy although DH noticed it called for self rising flour and I used regular unbleached flour. Oops. I did think it odd there was no egg (binder) or leavening agent (baking powder) in the recipe. Would have been good over ice cream or pound cake - neither of which I had because I was already running behind having spent 3 times as long as I planned assembling the food. I was glad I made the salad as an additional dish. 
I hope you enjoy your long weekend. Well, the car buying part will suck because of the big whooshing of money going bye-bye, whether it’s all at once or month after month after month... I agree, cars are just big money pits. (Houses too, for that matter.)
good one! I would much rather eat chicken thighs over chicken breasts - harder to dry out for one. I looked at the laundry balls on amazon - apparently they have little ceramic balls in them that change the ph balance in the water and unless your clothes are stained or extra dirty - the ph is what cleans the clothes. You put them in the sun for an hour to "recharge them". There are mixed reviews - many people are meh but say that it really helps with relieving allergies and itchiness due to the additives in the laundry detergent. One person did say that the nubs on her style did eventually catch on and make holes in her clothes after using it for about a year. So a smooth surface would be better. Try it - let us know. I have the wool dryer balls - would not say they are a substitute for fabric softener but at least you don't get the nasty chemicals from dryer sheets. I hear you on the pictures comment - I have never liked how I looked in pictures - even when I was thin I thought I looked fat or ugly and I realized I missed alot of capturing my life and memories by avoiding pictures. 
Thank you for your condolences. DH is upset that his cousin has not posted a death notice in the paper. She did not inherit any of her Mom's manners it seems. 
