Hi there . . . :wave:

Another hot and extremely sticky day -- hey, it won't be long before I'm complaining about the cold again. :shrug:

Hope you all have a great one . . . :carrot:

:woohoo: The biopsy results came back negative. I'm a happy camper today.

Got in another 5 hours of painting today. Painting masonry is slow going - so many little holes to press into - ugh. Now I know why I put this off for so long. But, the weather is fantastic this weekend, so I need to take advantage of it. So, I'm off to get in a bit more painting before the sun goes down.

Hope you all have a fantastic - POP weekend!

Linda - LOVE seeing that 215 on your ticker!!!!

Yay CountingDown! :cheer3:

Well, I don't know whether I can pull off an on-plan 4th or not. I guess we'll see! :D

Not much to report today--day off from the gym--pretty much cloudy and rainy still. Lots of work.

Does anyone watch "Seconds to Disaster" on the National Geographic Channel? I'm a bit of a "disaster" aficionada, if one can be such a thing. Tonight I saw the explanation of the Kursk sinking--the Russian sub that went down in 2000. A sad story of outdated equipment and poor design. And of course, the Russians wouldn't accept any help until 9 days after the sub had sunk. The men were long dead by then.

And I guess that's about all I have of interest... :wave:

Jay

Morning . . . :wave:

And a VERY HAPPY FOUTH OF JULY WEEKEND for all my buddies on the southern side of "the longest unguarded border in the world". :woo:

Nothing exciting for me today. See you all later.

Hey! Happy dance for CountingDown! :broc: :cb: :broc: :cb: Round two...heh.

How did everyone do on the 4th in the U.S.? I ate foods I wanted to eat--hot dogs, baked beans, even some Tofutti (a tofu-based "ice cream")--but I stayed within my calories. :D

I even made it to the gym today. Gosh, I feel positively... on plan!

Jay

This may sound strange . . . since I'm a Canuk :lol: . . . but I had a great 4th of July. I live in a tourist town and this is our annual Lobster Carnival weekend and we had lots of US tourists in town and a really great fireworks display on their behalf . . . and, to the best of my knowledge, nobody fell into the harbour either.

Great 4th, I stayed POP - only because I painted most of the day. DH and I walked downtown and spent some time people watching at a coffee shop. It was an enjoyable day.

And - as of an hour ago- the garage is painted. :woohoo: I am so glad it is finally done. I'm glad I never have had to paint for a living - I really, don't enjoy it. Especially oil-based paints. Clean-up is just painful.

Have a great rest of the weekend all!

Agh, oil based??? :yikes: I didn't know people still used that... Wow, that's a pretty tough job and cleanup, CD.

Yes, I'm glad that I'm not a professional painter either. A little painting now and then is about all I can stand.

Jay

I hate painting . . . would much rather hang wallpaper . . . every strip is so fullfilling because it makes such a noticeable difference. :lol3:

Nothing exciting for me today . . . we seem to have another warm and sunny one, but the humidity is on the rise again, so I'll probably be doing the exercise indoors today.

Have a great moving and shaking good time today, gang . . . :carrot:

Hey meowee, wallpapering is something I've never done! I always thought it looked really hard...

The last time I painted a room, I got a color matched primer. That can save having to do a second coat. But I found it "unfulfilling" in a way--because putting the actual paint on was just as boring as doing a second coat. It didn't look any different!

It's too hot and muggy today to do much outside. I'll just have to count on the gym later. I went off the rails last night with my eating--sigh.......

Jay

Being 50+ I think I’ll join you here. Mother of three grandmother of four boys. Working to lose some weight.

Hi there ETTA . . . :welcome: to the group . . . glad to have you joining us. :hug:

ETTA - :welcome2:
Come back and post often - we LOVE new folk!

When we moved into this house, every single room was wallpapered - walls AND ceilings. I have been slowly stripping rooms and painting if the old horsehair plaster is salvageable. But, in the mean time, I have become a master wallpaper hanger. It really isn't hard to do, except those "slanty" ceilings. they can be a pain to do by yourself. I usually have DH help when I get to them.

My shoulders are so sore from painting every day for 2 weeks, that I went to pull weeds in the garden this morning, and well - the weeds won. I couldn't summon the strength to unearth them. I'm thinking that a Sabbath rest day is in order.

Jay - don't sweat the eating from yesterday. Just jump back on plan today. It won't hurt you much, if at all. I can't exercise when it is hot out - though, since losing the 80+ lbs., I am able to tolerate the heat much better than in years past.

I'm off to grab a glass of iced tea and a book and put my feet up on the patio. Enjoy your Sunday all!

See you on the new thread, chickies!

Jay