morning all.........

I am heading out in a few to play bingo with my auntie and her mom. I am so excited...mainly cause I dont do much anymmore.

The counting calories has been going good...takes alot of work though. lol

Have a great day all!!

Hello my sweet peeps!

Annie, the saddle story was so wonderful!! I got all teary too.

Catherine, I am waiting for your book too! You are such an inspiration.

Hang in there Heatherdw! I have to think of this as a scoresheet. Like Battle, I have on and off days. I need the OP days to outweigh (pun?hehe) the off days.

GGG and Deb, I had a way salty day yesterday! I'm feeling skinny, but weigh high.

Battle, omgosh what a WONDERFUL NSV!!!

Hugs and Luv to all the peeps that I did't get to do personals for.. I lub you all!

Ratkity

Battle-It is a relief. It’s almost had this emotional crash. It’s very personal. Some people will probably find it too personal. I’m sitting here looking at a prototype of the cover, wondering what it will look like in my hand. I have no idea how long it will take. I guess it depends on how many are ahead of mine at the printer. It don’t even know what price they are going to put on it. I have no idea how that works. I would hand them out on street corners, but I’m pretty sure they aren’t going to let me do that. Just when I have him convinced that I’m in no danger, and they are in jail or have disbanded, etc., last night on Numbers they had a story about them trying to blow up a farm bank. He is freaked out again.

Rat-I don’t feel very inspirational right now. He said that people are going to look at me different after they read it. I agree, I’m going to look like an idiot. The scene where the FBI agents are interviewing me is especially funny. They had been trying to get someone inside for over two years unsuccessfully, and I had just talked my way inside in a few weeks. They started laughing outloud at me for doing something so stupid on my own. What I didn’t put in the book is that they called me a meddling do-gooder. I look stupid enough.

Now I have to work on my term paper. The professor is going to give me as long as I need to finish it since I’ve been sick, but I’d really like to get it over with. This class is one of those you have to take, but it is really dry material that is hard to get excited about. I just want to be done with it. There’s not much else to do anyway. It is -5, and snowing out. We got a couple of inches overnight. I heard him banging the shovels around this morning saying naughty words, so it must be accumulating.

Julee~ hope you start to feel better I hate it when I feel like that!

Catherine~ you are going to have to let me know where I can get the book once it is out! Cuz I highly doubt our little town will stock it for MONTHS! LOL I can’t wait to read it!
Maybe you could schedule a book signing here at 3FC??? We all could pay for the book & shipping to our respected addresses through PayPal or something....just a thought?
Hope your blood work comes back normal so you can get out!!!

Heather~ I’m in the same boat....I keep trying on my 24’s and get bummed out when they don’t fit the way I want them to! Since losing 27 lbs is a lot..........naturally I think I should fit differently than I do......don’t get me wrong they fit but I don’t like my frontbutt LOL it shows to defined in them still.......oh well I guess such is life all good things are worth the wait! Just think you can now use those capri pants as insentive to get into them!!! Think how excited you will be when you do get them on!!!! You can do it!

Debbie~ Reading about you working outside sounds so lovely!!! It rained so hard the last couple of days my daffodils are out and my peach tree is blossomed but it is still cold outside!!! Can’t wait to be able to go out and work in the yard! Don’t get down about the way the scale went.....I doubt its just the salami & cheese....it probably is the combination of that and TOM knocking......stay the course and you will see the scale go the other way next week! I am trying to keep up on TDP I need to for my own control of Calories.....I am going to come up with insentive for doing so! I have done this with my listening to audio books...I only get that when walking on the treadmill.........so I will just come up with an insentive to give myself each week when I post that week completely on TDP.

Lauren~AMAZING results!!!! For both of you!!! 7 lbs is fantastic!!! And Zack’s loss is fantastic!!!

Walrus~ so true and so needed for me........your comment to Heather!!! LOL somedays I feel my journey is so long..........but I’ve taken the first step and just need to keep stepping!

Carol~ it isn’t trouble posting on TDP technically....it’s me not wanting to plug in the items I use to make a certain dish......I add in the ingredients for the recipe.....and the recipe comes up with what they think is the items....which are always wrong.....then you have no way of changing them unless you enter it all over again....I guess I can just enter each individual item in my dish.....and it would work the same way......I am just stuck in a rutt about posting to TDP....the more creative my dishes are the harder it is to post on TDP....maybe I will email their tech support and ask them to work on the recipe part of their site! Yes the PM’s did work!!! LOL

Debi~ sorry to hear your basement is flooded again!!! I know how bad that can be.....and the risk of mold is so much more! Glad your daughter came home to help out....I agree on the strange weather! I am so ready for WARM weather!!!

Annie~I am so glad you had an awesome time with you Dad and that they saw a new you!!! I love that when someone notices a change in you that hasn’t seen you in awhile.
I think that’s awesome about the saddle!!! The first christmas I was married, we went to my MIL’s house and my Mom insisted on sending at least one gift she had for me with us....when I opened that gift my eyes were filled with tears and everyone at Dh’s mom’s was like what is she crying for.....its a hunk of junk....LOL.......my mom gave me my grandmother’s “comal” in english ummmm I will describe it....its the top portion of an old wood burning stove made of cast iron it’s a round circle that now adays you use on the burner to cook tortillas. I knew it was my grandmother’s the instant I saw it....it had a chip in it from when my grandmother had dropped it years ago.......this to me was the most priceless gift I got that year.......and Dh’s family was confused LOL

Battle~ what is a panelist for a film festival? Sounds like fun! Tell us all about the film festival when you get back!!! THAT is so AWESOME!!!! I would have been like NO WAY do I really look a size 16 to you???? LOL that is fantastic!!!!

Tina~ so glad you are almost done moving! I know how hard that is ....done it at least a dozen times over my 23 years being married! Pizza with no cheese hmmmm gonna have to try that one!

CYN~bingo sounds fun!!! I use to go all the time with MIL when she was alive! I agree counting calories a chore but such a great reward in the end! Hope you have fun & win some $$$

Ratkity~ thanks for the post on the motivational thread! You are always positive and insightful I enjoy your posts!!!

Ok I went back a bit to comment on things going on with you all!!! LOL I have felt outta the loop so to speak.......

DS’s(army son) girlfriend drove up yesterday, she spent the night with us....her, DD & I sat down with some motivational quotes and some BRIGHT colored printer paper, and markers..........we created pictures that represented those individual quotes....in all we made 25 of these and then decorated the manilla envelope with glitter pens! I will send it out on Monday since it needs to dry some more before we can drop it in the mail! LOL I sure hope DS will enjoy our creativity! His girlfriend came and ate dinner with us, we made the posters and then watched Ratatoulle with her......DH & DD pooped out during that movie.........her & I stayed up to watch American Idol (on DVR) for this week...I had seen it but she hadn’t (I saved it in case she hadn’t seen it) We stayed up till almost 3am!!!! LOL I woke up around 10:30 and she left for home shortly after that....she has to work today.....it was so sweet of her to come up to visit with us even though DS is away in basic! We talk once a week or send msgs through our myspaces so she knows we care about her.

Ok so DH’s WI was this morning and he lost 4lbs! I am so glad he did since last week he didn’t lose and was kinda discouraged......but he pushed himself yesterday to get on the treadmill and walk.....he has really severe asthma and exercise is hard on that.....but yesterday he wanted to burn some extra calories and he walked for 20mins with no trouble! He has lost 29lbs so far! I hope I do as well on Monday!!!

DD in college called me Friday morning and said that some money in her dorm room was stolen.....and a starbucks gift card.......(I think she was more mad about the gift card LOL) in total it was only $15 but still to a poor college kid that’s a lot of $$$!!! She recently within the last month switched rooms....she trusts her new roommate and the fact that Caroline(new roommate) had noticed small things missing from her desk too.....they both felt it had to be someone coming into their room.....well Caroline’s old roommate still has the key to the room........so that leaves just one person who has access to the girls room ........the ex-roommate .......My DD tried to deal with it the best she could but, I called the residential director of her building to speak to her about this issue........OHHHHH MYYY GOODNESS!!! Did she ever tick me off!!!! She actually got snotty with me and said “Well I am not going to follow each student around watching them move their belongings out of a room and confiscate their keys at that time” She said that she couldn’t get a locksmith out on Friday that it would have to wait till Monday, she also said their office is too busy to follow up on each room transfer and retrieve the keys from each student who doesn’t bring them back!!!!! I finally point blank told her I was not at all satisfied with her response to the situation! I asked her who I needed to speak to in order to get someone to do something! She referred me to her supervisor. Well about an hour later the supervisor called me back and said not only did she ALREADY have my DD’s lock changed but that she was looking into the $$ loss and how they could repay my DD and that she has personally saw to it that the girl in question comes to see her within the day to discuss her having the key still. The supervisor also told me that she was not at all happy with the RD’s response and lack of security in the matter of retrieving keys.....and that she was in the process of dealing with that and the security of all the girls at the college!


I know this was a HUGE post and I’m sorry for that....but I felt I needed to catch up and post what has been going on around here.........since I’ve been off in lalaland lol

I haven’t yet snapped a pic of me but I will today and post it later.



Toodles Poodles!
BErNICE

Hello everyone,
I love my scales this morning!! I have lost 31lbs. I was hoping and praying to get to the 30lb mark. SO i was suprised at 31.
We still have a wet basement but I talked to my sister in law who lives an hour away and she had her house flooded. It was due to work being done by a railroad company. She is in a mess...I think i will take a flooded basement anytime over my living area being flooded!!!
I have been letting my hair grow for month and today was actually able to get it into a short ponytail. My girls will be so happy!! I told hubby he better like it this way because at this length I cant stand it down.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day. I am cooking lunch and then starting to cleaning on daughters room again.
Im hoping to get outside late this afternoon and walk.
The sun is shining bright here.
debi

Hello everyone, I am sitting down taking a break!!! It is funny when you move, life still doesnt stop, there are still erands to be done, groceries, bank, post office, etc. I spent today doing those errands and dealing with DD. She wants to have a sleepover in our new house. So, I just love stress lol. I went into the Vegan section of our large grocery store and found many products. What does everyone think of RICE MILK?? I did see the almond breeze and will try it next. I am trying each type to see which I like best. I also found some ice cream that is dairy free, lactose free, organic blah blah blah lol and some cheese that says it is lactose free. When I find my scales I will weigh.

Battle -- BIG Congratz on that NSV in the store!! That is a great feeling.

Heather-- don't give up hun. It took more than a day to be big it will take more than a day to be small.

Bernice -- good job on not backing down with your DD and the issue at college. Sounds to me like the RA was not doing her job.

Debi--sorry to hear about your basement. Our sump pump here at the new house has been running like crazy. I go down to do the laundry and I am like what is that sound. Also, :D at growing your hair out. I recently cut mine short due to laziness and have regretted it ever since. Now, trying to grow it back out.

DOGPAL (dogpile) I dont think my original post went through lol so I thought I was post again. I am sorry about the PILE I added to your name lol. I am glad you laughed about it.. It was a mistake as I am wore out. :carrot:

Catch up more later.

Tina

posted the new pic in those pants.....on my profile picture.
Now mind you the first picture I am wearing those pants and they fit snug around my bottom/hip/saddlebag area! I had to show you all the difference in them now! just wish that double chin would go away!!!! LOL

Have a great night everyone!
BErNICE

My dear ladies. You are all such an inspiration. I am surprised at how well you seem to know each other. How long have you been working on this thread?

My heart goes out to all who are working threw issues. But I am confident from what I see that you are all very strong and apt to complete any task at hand.

I have 2 sons ages 11 & 7 and a daughter 4 yrs old. I am currently a stay at home mom who runs a home child care. Hubby is a transport driver who is home every other day. We will have been married 10 years this coming Oct. I look forward to sharing with you a journey aiming for better health!

Have a wonderful afternoon! Almost done my housework so we can play in the sun!

:bravo: Wow Bernice

You look simply AWESOME! :flow1:

Bernice:

I was a RA in college and the way in which the RD responded was both out of line and a crock. When someone moves out, the school knows that letting them keep the keys for too long is a huge liability for a number of reasons. Generally tey tell you in writing what your time frame is for moving out and if they don't have the keys back after that time, they change the locks and bill the person who moved out. Heck...I moved out at one point and sadly happened to get into a major car accident in the process and when I called my RD he didn't so much care about my accident but more the fact that I wasn't going to be out of the room by 4pm. I'm glad that everything got settled. Security is nothing to toy around with.

Battle...that must have been such a rush. I am thrilled for you and really appreciate all of your words of encouragement.

Catherine...I am really looking forward to your book release...as I actually have a whole section on my bookshelf filled with other people's memoirs. I enjoy reading stories of real people sharing their real lives.

Tina: I am a big fan of the Vanilla Almond Breeze....I don't remember if I bought the low fat or the fat free but another website that I read with diet tips and whatnot finds ways to use that stuff in everything and I love their recipies. It is also very low in points (must be the fat free) and has a nice creamy texture. I haven't tried rice milk and soy is so hit or miss in the taste and consistency departments.

The stomach thing still has not gone away. I thought I was in the clear yesterday until just after dinner....ugh. Misery. At least I got to go out last night and have some fun with DH and our friends. We hit up this awful karaoke bar where we like to hang from time to time...for no apparent purpose.

I am so torn between hanging on the couch in my jammies and getting dressed and going to the grocery store. Decisions decisions.

Happy Weekend!!!

Julee

It's beena crazy few days around my house!! I made the mistake of offering to make sweets for a Pug Rescue fundraiser (a band played and people danced). Well, I thought maybe I'll have one (that was on Thurs.), I ended up eating around 4!!! Then on Friday I made up the veggie and fruit trays (so I wouldn't feel left out). BUT I started snacking on the brownies, and squares (I was getting hungry). The we ended up buying McDonalds for supper!!! Talk about poor eating for the last 2 days!!! The good thing was at the fundraiser I had some fruit and a few pieces of garlic sausage. I was able to control myself. It was funny a drunk guy was eating all the veggies and dip. I thought that was funny!!!

I was proud of myself...in February I wasn't able to fit into a pair of black capri pants (I wore them last summer to a wedding)~well, I wore them last night. I was sooo happy!!!!

I know 1 thing I'm gonna do this week is to NOT weigh myself everyday...I think I was a bit discouraged by my gain at the scale (partly because of "TOM"). So, I weighed myself everyday...not a good idea.

My other good news. I'm hoping to adopt a pug puppy from the rescue I belong to. He's 12 weeks right now, and I'm really hoping to have him by next week!!! I have a black pug already and this one will be fawn. They're both boys so I think they will get along good together!!!

Ta ta for now!

We start a new weekly thread each monday.......to keep eachother abreast of things in our lives and to give support where is needed or take support when necessary! The thread name changes by number each week so I guess if someone wanted to see what happened a couple of weeks back....they could look up that thread....

It took me awhile to get use to not posting in the last weeks thread on mondays LOL

Hi Everyone,

Well, I’m another year older, and looking forward to celebrating another year of a healthier me! Yesterday I turned 46, and I had a lovely day. Well, as lovely as it could have been with having a head cold and the rain bucketing down until just after lunch. My cold started Thursday afternoon, so I was kinda over the worst of it, but I was still feeling drained and everything was itchy and blocked up.

I got a lovely new necklace for my birthday. I wanted a very simple short one for when I wore shirts that only show a little bit of neck. I have put a photo of myself on the pics page (cos I wanted to show off) and you can see the necklace in that. Vain, I know, but please bear with me. After we got home yesterday I was down to underwear and was just brushing my hair out when I looked in the mirror and thought “Wow! You don’t look too bad for a 46 year old!” So of course, Neil was called with the camera. I would LOVE to get my hair done again soon, but just can’t seem to get in anywhere that I like, so I was actually quite happy with how it looked just left down and kinda plain. The face is tired looking, but the cold didn’t help. That's my excuse anyway.

Once again, we went to the buffet at the casino for my birthday lunch. It is our favourite place to go and we both always eat too much, but I LOVE it. I had HEAPS of vegetables, which was good, and only white meat... but... I had WAY too many little desserts. The scale is up today (about 2lbs) but I know that it is mostly water weight from lots of salt that I don’t normally have, so I am fine with that. It was actually quite funny, because I mainly wanted to go out so that I could get dressed up and feel good. The food was just an added bonus. I also put up a pic of the two of us showing how we looked when we went out to lunch. It is a pity that we didn't get the full length shot, because the dress went down to my ankles, with the white buttons almost all the way down, so it was quite slimming. I just realised that you can also see my latest butterfly charm that I got for the second year of having kept the weight off. That is neat!

When I look at these pics I realise that I actually LIKE the way I look and I think I can be happy sitting around this weight. I would like to get a little lower, but I wish I would just stop trying to push myself down there. *sigh* I’ll get my head around this one day.

We have just one more week before our two week mid-term break. We got 5 days off for Easter and that kinda whet our appetites, so these last couple of weeks have been hard. We all felt as though we should be on holidays already. My choir performs some songs at the school Anzac Ceremony this Friday and I can’t wait! It will be the first time I have directed them in public. They sang the songs at the last school assembly (because you can’t applaud at the Anzac ceremony, which is a memorial ceremony), but I had professional development to go to, so someone else had to lead them. He said he wasn’t needed at all, which was great. I am SO proud of them!

Oh... I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned on here, but I am not in the Chorus anymore. It was all just becoming WAY too technical for me, and that is not what I wanted. I just wanted to enjoy singing. So, we are not going to Hawaii for two weeks in November, but we are going to Hawaii, Las Vegas and Orlando for 4 weeks in December/January. We may take a few short trips away from the main locations, but they will be our major bases. We have to save REALLY hard from now until then, but it is certainly something to look forward to. Christmas in Hawaii and New Year in Las Vegas. I am not going to worry about my White Christmas this time, as we couldn’t work out where to go, and I am still not sure how I will cope with the cold.

Well... I’m going to get this posted, and post the pictures, then I am going to write some personal replies.

Take care,

Zelma

Catherine – I can’t wait to read your book. I was worried that we wouldn’t even get it over here, but if the publishers hurry up I may be able to pick it up when we are in the US later in the year. I have NO idea how long books take to get onto shelves, so I could be pushing my luck with that idea. At least with the ISBN number (thanks for that) I should be able to order it easily enough. I can only imagine the strength of character it must have taken to get your story onto paper. Well done! I have had people tell me I should write a book about my weight loss, but that would be a walk in the park compared to what you have done. I am actually thinking of writing something about life AFTER weight loss, which would naturally include my weight loss story, but would also cover the emotional rollercoaster and other aspects of life changes after the weight is off. I haven’t seen anything like that on the shelves I don’t think.

Annie – I am so happy for you after reading about your wonderful visit with your parents. One of the things I am most happy about is that my dad got to see me lose the weight and enjoy life more before he passed away. I have a picture of him on a cupboard that I look at a lot when I am exercising and I keep telling him “See Dad, I’m still doing what is needed to keep the weight off. I am still working on making myself healthier.” I think we’ll always strive for our Dad’s approval.

Sharon – I will look forward to hearing how your visit with Ammi goes. I have been wondering how she is going, and keep meaning to email her, but I am simply not organised enough and I forget it until another busy morning when I don’t have the time to write. I hope she is still well. It is interesting to read about you not having any real friends, as I am the same way. Neil is my best friend and I am happy it is that way. I have never been one to go to people’s homes for coffee daily or anything like that. I have plenty of colleagues and contacts who I know I could turn to in a time of need, but I wouldn’t call them close friends. I’m not anti-social, I just love spending time with Neil and I am also happy to spend time on my own. Although I do miss Neil after a while if he is working. Pathetic huh?
How are your lovely boys? I am sure they are keeping you on your toes as usual. Do you get a Spring break like they do in the US?

Walrus – Wonderful news that the cast is finally off!!! I have been waiting to hear that for a while. I can’t imagine how frustrating it must have been to have it on for so long. It is certainly an experience I can do without!

Debbie – Definitely don’t worry too much about being a couple of pounds up. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am two pounds up after my lunch out yesterday, but I know that it is mostly water retention. I DID eat a lot, but not THAT much. It is also time for TOM to visit me as well, which may not be helping. Mind you, I gain a LOT more during ovulation than at TOM. I can gain up to 8lbs during ovulation. It is VERY frustrating to have this kind of thing happen TWO times a month!
Did you get the seedlings transplanted? I have had a packet of Sweet Pea seeds here that I got at a conference a while back and I REALLY wanted to plant them, but haven’t gotten around to yet. It is probably too late now. Maybe they’ll last until next year.

BattleAx – How did the dinner go????? I am eager to hear how wonderful this man thinks you are. And if he doesn’t think that you are wonderful, then I am eager to hear how DUMB this man is! I hope you have/had a fantastic evening.
Did you get to see any great films at the festival? How did you get to be a panellist?
It is wonderful that someone thought you were a 16! I hope you are still wearing the smile that you got from that comment.

Tina – I am glad your stomach is more settled. I think ordering pizza without cheese is a smart idea. We have been making our own pizzas lately on pita bread and I put on tomato paste, chicken, mushrooms, onion, tomato, red pepper and a ‘few’ pieces of grated cheese. I actually never really thought about not having cheese at all, so I may try that today. It would make it easier to cut I think.
I’m pleased that your Internet is working again. I get the ‘jitters’ if my Internet is down. Sad huh?

Heather DW – I know that you are frustrated that the scale isn’t dropping as quickly as you would like, but please remember that there is MUCH more chance that you will keep the weight off if you lose if slowly and develop lifestyle changes rather than diet. The fact that you are still sticking with healthier choices in your life shows that you are serious about this whole thing and nothing is going to hold you back. I can assure you that it DOES get easier. Even though I went WAY overboard on what I ate for my birthday lunch yesterday, I was fine the minute I left the restaurant and I know I will be fine for another LONG time until we go out for lunch again. I don’t feel as though I want to eat like that all the time. In fact, I craved something plain afterwards, and just wanted to drink water. After a while your body starts to let you know that it wants the healthy stuff.

**** Added thought**** After writing that to Heather I remembered that the other day I was really looking forward to my carrot sticks and I wondered whether, if I was given the choice of NEVER being able to eat either carrot sticks or cake again, I would choose to not eat the cake. I would REALLY miss my carrot sticks. Now try telling me THAT 4 or 5 years ago!!!!!! I would have fallen down laughing!

Carol – Sorry to hear about your friend’s sister. It is great that she has you to help her. I am glad you got to provide things that YOU can eat. That always helps.
I hope that you manage to have the great OP day that you wish for.

Cyn – I hope that you had a fun time at Bingo. I don’t think I have EVER played Bingo. Mind you, I have an atrocious memory, so you never know.
I take my hat off to all of you calorie counters. I just don’t have the patience to do that. I realise that a lot of it becomes second nature after a while, but I don’t think I would have the patience to wait for it to become second nature.

Bernice – The motivational quotes for your son sound beautiful. I am sure he will be thrilled to receive them. It sounds as though you had a lovely time with his girlfriend. It must be nice to have such a great relationship with your kids’ partners.
WELL DONE on following up on your daughter’s problems at college. I am glad you stuck to your guns and got the supervisor involved. What a pathetic response you got from the first person involved. I know that it must be a difficult thing to police when people move around from room to room, but she could at least have taken your comments to heart and offered to do something about it, rather than trying to brush it off as being in the ‘too hard basket’. I hope she gets a bit of a lesson in diplomacy, tact and good old common sense from her supervisor.

Debi – Congratulations on the 31lbs off!!!! I would imagine that you are still smiling over that one. I actually realised a while ago that I had to ‘like’ my scales, no matter what they told me, because they were helping me to stay on the ‘straight and narrow’, whether they were telling me that I was doing the right thing, or whether they were telling me that I SHOULD be doing the right thing. I am still working on making them my friend, but I don’t think I look upon them as my enemy anymore.
I hope you managed to get outside and have a lovely walk.

Julia – It is lovely to meet you! You will soon get to know everyone really well. I come here to read every day... well, actually twice a day usually, but I don’t manage to post anywhere NEAR as often as I would like. I tend to read and run! I take my hat off to you for running home child care. I don’t have kids of my own, and I LOVE the ones I teach, but I am SO thankful when that siren goes at 3pm and I can come home to peace and quiet. Selfish huh?
I look forward to learning more about you and following your journey to a healthier YOU.

Julee – I would have LOVED to meet you when we got to the US, but at the moment it doesn’t look as though we will be stopping in California. At the most, we may have to overnight there on our flight from Orlando to Honolulu, but we don’t know yet. We haven’t booked the domestic sections yet, just the international flights. Wouldn’t you and hubby just love to go to Las Vegas for a day or two???
I am sorry to hear that your stomach is still giving you grief. I hope your hubby is babying you as you deserve. Mind you, I know that Neil doesn’t really know what to do when I get sick and he feels quite helpless.

Betty – At least you’ll know next time to NOT offer to make sweets. I am lucky because I am not a good cook and don’t really enjoy cooking, so I offer to make simple things like fruit and veggie platters. Then the temptation isn’t around. I found it funny too that the drunk guy got the ‘munchies’ for the veggie platter. I would have expected him to want something salty or fatty. Just goes to show that you never know, huh?
Well done on fitting into those capris again. I hope you find many more little surprises like that in your wardrobe.
I hope you post a pic of the new puppy. I don’t have any pets, as we are both allergic to pet hair, but I love pics of kittens and puppies.

Well, I have probably missed some people, but I think my fingers are getting numb!!! I am looking forward to clicking the button that says “Post Quick Reply”... YEAH RIGH! There has been nothing ‘quick’ about this one. I truly do talk too much.

Take care,

Zelma

hi all. i am lurking. its great to see so many good things going on :)