The cultural event for me and DH today was a trip to Wal-mart, Home Depot and the DMV. I got a couple of kinda cute dresses at Wal-Mart. Actually this is a huge event in my life. I hardly ever find any thing that fits me, and these actually look ok.

DH likes those ready-done pots of various flowers that they sell in the nursery department at HD, but this time we bought the plants and came home and made a couple of arrangements ourselves. Look pretty darned good, if I do say so myself.

Hi there . . .

and today and I'm going to get myself moving and shaking out there really soon. The long-term forecast tells us this is just a lull between storms and things are going to be pretty awful all through the weekend, so I want to get as much stuff done today as I can.

Congrats on those clothing finds, Gail . . .

Anyway, hope everybody has a wonderful day and I'll see you later . . .

Well, I didn't do it perfectly as planned...I did with my dish but ate a little of my dh's and a little more rice plus I had a glass of plum wine. Also got sme cinnamon nuts before leaving. So with all that plus the sodium, my weight was back up 2.5 lbs! But tody I'm doing well so hopefully it will come down petty fast again. We ejoyed the meal and had a nice time at the street fair.

It is VERY windy here in Desert Hot Springs today! We ate a lot of sand while walking this am, but we got in our 30 min. The door is open for the cool air but it is blowing in a lot of dust. My dh is trying to get the sat back up so he can watch his TV shows.

Hope you are all having a good day..

Mary

Hi! Y'all having a good weekend? Anything different planned? I'm mostly having to work this weekend. But I did get that "day off" during the week.

Jay

Good Morning . . .

Afraid there's nothing exciting on the agenda for me today -- just going to sit around and watch for the lastest snow storm -- probably do a little Gazelling and maybe a little light weight work to while away the time -- can you stand the excitement.

Sorry you will be working, Jay. Tax season will soon be over.

Hey . . . hope everybody else has good weather and a great moving and shaking day . . .

Good morning everyone. I was a member a couple of years ago and then got lost. LOL Now I'm back and hoping to be more committed. I know that's what is necessary for me to get this 3-year-old quit smoking weight off.

A little about me...I'm 58, work full time and go to school part time getting my Master's in teaching English to speakers of other languages. I have two grown sons, one in Mexico and one in New York. I live in Florida. Three years ago I quit smoking and put on about 15 pounds (I'm just under 5' and weigh nearly 130). I started walking a lot and watching what I ate but I've not been able to maintain that. My dietitian friend has told me that I have to become compulsive, but my problem is that, now that I've started school, I don't seem to be able to find the room in my life to also be compulsive about diet and exercise.

So I guess I'm taking step 1 here...admitting that I need help. Thank you all for being here!

Dinahgirl

Hi there DINAHGIRL . . . . . . You've definitely taken a really important first step to getting that weight knocked off again by coming back to our little cyber-world. We are soooooo ;"all in this together".

Yep, it's a windy day in the Southern California desert. The dogs just walked in from their evening walk with a bit of hail on their backs.

I forgot to mention that we got up on the roof today with a bucket of tar and a brush to work on the leaky areas. One place is underneath the cooler. It is very hard to reach in there, so squirming around on my back with a brush full of tar was my exercise for today.

I can definitely imagine things that would be more fun . . .

Sometimes getting house chores done can be a great exercise with the distraction of it not "seeming" like exercise. Plus you feel twice as good to have gotten something done as well as exercise.

Now, I hope you aren't too stiff in the morning!

Sue

Putting down peel and stick flooring is what has made me the sorest, so far. Something about getting up and down off the floor to cut the stuff and squirming around the toilet to lay it.

Good Morning . . .

Well, we are having another "lull between" day of lovely, lovely sunshine . . . a good day to go out to play before storm number 3 comes along tomorrow. Actually, we only got about another inch of snow (if that). We have been lucky with the past few storms and I sincerely hope that holds true for tomorrow as well.

Hope everybody else has a great moving and shaking kind of day . . .

A quick flyby to let you know that we made it home safe and sound. It was a WONDERFUL trip to Chicago, and yes - DH did go with me. St. Patrick's Day weekend was an interesting time go go. While we enjoyed frequenting the local microbreweries (DH has been a home brewmaster for over 25 years & he likes to sample other's wares for ideas), I felt sooooo old. The crowd last night in every establishment was 20 something. I don't think there was anyone else that was within 20 years of our age. We got carded - lol - he said he was under orders to check EVERYONE. I don't think they expected folk our age to wander in. Every place we saw had a line of young adults waiting to get in - and standing room only inside. It was a great opportunity to people watch
I've attached links to a couple river pictures. It was quite fun to go watch them dye the river "green". It is kinda weird that they use orange dye to do it though!
Before and after:

Welcome Back, Chickie . . . glad you had a good and very GREEN time in the windy city . . . orange . . . hmm. must be something to do with combining with the natural things in water that makes it look sort of blue? Glad you were able to show proof of majority at the bar; you sweet young thing, you.

Anyway . . . Happy St. Patty's to everybody. Hope you all have great days on the go. . .

Makes all that dieting worth while, doesn't it. Ah, so young, so thin.....