S T I L L raining.

Maybe I will meet my sister for lunch today. She lives abt 2 hours north of me, so we meet about 1/2 way at a shopping mall in NJ.

Have a GREAT Sunday, Everyone,

Lynn

Good morning, All! Again, it is SO gorgeous here! We don't have the vivid colors for as long as you do in the East, but our weather more than makes up for it... mid 70s today! I'm heading off for a "berry salad" with a friend later today, looking forward to both the salad and the company. Life is good! And I did put away the scale, but I do go and check on it every few hours...!

Good Morning Girls!
We had a rainless/snowless week-end, yesterday DH got all the carrots dug out. He forgot the garlic, maybe today. We didn't plant garlic this year, it came up on it's own from missed garlic in 2008.
Does anyone other than Karen 31 play Farmland or FarmVille here?
I've been playing too many games, my right wrist is actually getting sore, time to lay off for awhile.
I just checked into the challenge and see Lynn and Isabella are doing really well. Everyone is working it, I think with the holidays around the corner we're OP more often than not.
I have to get 4 hats packed up and shipped out today, all vintage hats. (sold on ebay) I used to wear hats to church but stopped because I have hat hair all day and we're 'Sunday goin' to meetin' people. Or at least I am, DH loves having Sunday afternoon to himself. It's good to get away from each other once in awhile, especially after DH retired.
Anyone use Chef's Secret waterless cooking pans? Or any of the waterless cooking pans out there? I purchase one for my new kitchen range and really love it. You don't use any kind of oil or spray in it, no water. I browned a 3.5 Elk roast, seasoned it, threw in a sliced onion and put the cover on. Once it starts steaming the lid seals and you turn it down to low and forget it for a couple of hours. It makes it's own juice and WOW, I was impressed with it.
Hope everyone stayed OP this week-end, if not you can redeem yourself today and get back on plan. Have a great day.

Hello people. We've got snow flurries here today. I just got in my walk before they really started to come down. I don't think anything is going to "stick" to the ground though as it looks like they've almost turned to rain.

Bobbi, I've used waterless cooking pots before. And, yes, they do work well.

I believe Freda is doing even better than the rest of us in the challenge. I think she's only lost 1 point! I like to keep my older weeks up because it helps me compare then and now. I'm very competitive with myself. :lol:

I've talked DH into freezing the last 3 pieces carrot cake so he can have them for a treat later on. Each piece is over 400 calories and I told him to have a cookie instead. (80 calories) He's trying to loose a few pounds but he's not too motivated to exercise so I'm trying to help him watch his portions.

I made bread this morning and it's rising in the bowl. Must go put it in the bread pans. So catch you all later.

Good morning, All.... oh, I have to tell you about this berry salad I had yesterday... mounds (yes, mounds!) of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries; walnuts; blue cheese; grilled chicken on a bed of mixed greens, with a wonderful raspberry vinaigrette dressing. OMG, it was SO good! I took a picture, because it was so beautifully presented... really yummy lunch! All is well here... sounds like the weekends went well... Happy This Week!

Hi All,
No snow flurries here yet, but some really cold weather. Sunday morning we found the water in the bird bath frozen solid. Wo we've gotten our hard freeze already. Quite early for it.

Lynn, I hope your luncheon with your sister was fun! So nice to be able to meet. Wish mine lived closer, I miss them all the time!

Donna, So sorry to hear about your little doggie. We are big animal lovers and our little furr baby is part of the family. And PUT the scale away and stop looking at it so much!! Weight loss does slow down after awhile. I'm lucky now to lose 1/2 pound a week. By the way, i'm down another pound. Only 2 more to go to get back to goal. It has been so slow coming off. That last few pouns is killer! That salad sounds sooooo good. If you took pictures, post them. I will be drooling all over the computer screen.

Zo, No one feels like exercising when they are sick. I hope you get over than Illness soon. I know it tends to kick your Bu--!! maybe start out with some light walking. After awhile you will feel so much better it makes you want to add something else. I love my arm weights too. Well, maybe I love the way they make my arms look. I got such a nice comploment this summer that it made all the lifting worthwhile. We had gone to a family picnic and a niece I hadn't seem in some time (and her husband) told me how fit I looked and how good I looked in the sleeveless top I wore. Her husband is a runner and a health nut, so it was good to hear that from him!

Bobbi, I've never used those pans. I'm not sure i've seen them. They sound great. I'll have to look them up. Anything to make cooking easier.





Isabella, yes, i've been doing really well with the challange. I had a hard time getting started, but once I did it has really gone well. Once i get past the "craving" stage I find that eating well becomes second nature again. I still get those nights when I just want to grab a bag of "something" and eat the entire thing, but it passes quickly. Usually i wait for 20 min, and if i'll still starving i have an apple. Satisfies the crunch need.

Instiches, Shin splints hurt! And if you have pain you aren't going to exercise. I hate the time it takes to stretch, but it's so worth while. Not only are you more flexable, but long, lean muscles look better!

sorry.... the site wants a url address for my picture of the salad, and it's just a plain old picture, no address attached, so I guess you can't see it. It's quite lovely, though!

Where there's a will, there's a way... can you see the yummy salad under my name? I'll change it back tomorrow. I brought one home "to go" and just ate half of it with some sliced steak. I'm a ver', ver' happy person!

Good News for me -

1 cancer threat down & 1 to go. Saw the gyn oncologist today & he seriously doubts that my ovarian cyst has grown into ovarian cancer (what my regular gyn thought). He wants to re-examine the CD from the ultra-sound, but based on the report he says it is VERY unlikely.

See the dermatologist oncologist on the 28th about strange rash I've had since June. Biopsy results were inconclusive - possible lymphoma with this one.

Once I take care of these, I'll move on to the cataracts and the bone spurs in the foot.

Geesh - ain't these "golden years" great?

Actually, except for all these ailments, I feel GREAT!

Lynn

Good News for me -

1 cancer threat down & 1 to go. Saw the gyn oncologist today & he seriously doubts that my ovarian cyst has grown into ovarian cancer (what my regular gyn thought). He wants to re-examine the CD from the ultra-sound, but based on the report he says it is VERY unlikely.

See the dermatologist oncologist on the 28th about strange rash I've had since June. Biopsy results were inconclusive - possible lymphoma with this one.

Once I take care of these, I'll move on to the cataracts and the bone spurs in the foot.

Geesh - ain't these "golden years" great?

Actually, except for all these ailments, I feel GREAT!

Lynn

That's good news, Lynn. I hope everything else goes good as well.

Jess, that salad looks really good.

I just took an apple pie out of the oven and I could have eaten the whole thing. It's for my MIL who gave me so many apples from her tree. I should have made it last week but didn't. So now it's in the kitchen cooling down and I'm in the living room cooling down. :lol: I just love apple pie, well, just about anything in a pie crust.

DH brought me a huge bag of apples tonight from a friend of ours and I'm making a big pot of applesauce as I type. I'm trying to make this potful a chunky batch. That way it can double for a pie filling.

Newfoundland has had its third snowstorm in a week! The government is allowing studded tires to go on as of today. The usual date is Nov. 1 but the roads are so slippery in places that there have been several accidents. We didn't get a storm where we live today, more like falling slush but other places got dumped.

I'm going to check the applesauce. See you all later.

Oh, Lynn, thoughts and prayers! I hope all goes well for you!

Lynn ~ glad you got good answers so far for your tests ~ praying for good answers for the rest of the tests :hug:

G'morning all - is it already Tuesday? (Yup). I have a feeling that this is going to be another one of those "flying by" weeks. Oh, apples! Isabella, I don't know if being in another room would be enough distance between me and a fresh-baked apple pie! DH and I have been talking about going to the apple orchard to pick some for ourselves for a couple or three weeks, now. Every weekend has either been wet and rainy or my cold-allergy-whatever has been too nasty to hang around outside. I AM feeling much better - almost all better, I'd say, with the exception of a little coughing first thing in the morning - but we had a lot to do on Saturday, grocery shopping in the morning, then went out to buy a new chair for the living room, and then went to my granddaughter's soccer game in the afternoon. Then it rained on Sunday, so I gave in and bought a load of apples at the grocery store to bake with. Some Macouns, some Courtlands, some Honey Crisps...a nice combination of sweet and tart. I made two big pans of apple crisp because my son-in-law loves it, and we like it as well. I made their pan with the regular ingredients, and ours with Splenda brown & white sugar substitute. Ours tasted great, and they were raving about theirs, so I guess they both came out pretty well. I sent DH to the market to get them some french vanilla ice cream for theirs and some low-fat, etc. vanilla ice for ours. Naturally, he mixed them up, and had to go back over to their house to bring them their french vanilla and pick up our vanilla ice. We had ours for supper. Just the apple crisp & vanilla ice - nothing else - and oh my, was it ever delish! (Good thing Sunday is our highrer-calorie day). I'll be making apple sauce with the rest of this batch of apples, too. I like to leave the skins on, make it good and chunky, and add dried cranberries. Sometimes I do half apples and half pears.
That salad looks luscious, Jess! (Can you tell I'm a little focused on food this morning? Yesterday was our VERY low calorie day - :dizzy: )
Bobbi, that waterless cookware is really amazing. I used to have a couple of pots, but they seem to have disappeared over the past few moves. I guess I need to stop moving.
Lynn, Very glad to hear about your test results. Let's hope that the rest are just as good - and they will be, if feeling good is any indication, right? Be sure to keep us updated! :hug:
Freda, we've been VERY prematurely cold hereabouts, as well. Quite a snowstorm on Friday night, in fact. Great big fluffy snowflakes that didn't stick to anything, which was a blessing. It snowed for a good long time. I can hardly imagine snow like that in mid-October! This week, the temperatures are supposed to be higher - mid-forties to mid-fifties, maybe even high fifties on a few days. I guess we'll see. Seems like we went from 70's to 30's practically overnight!
Hi Gayle! We're headed for a rough winter hereabouts - you'll be glad to be in Houston, I'm betting!
Have a great day today, everybody!
:hug:
Z

Good Morning! I thought that before I get busy today I need to stop in and say Hello to everyone.

Lynn, so Happy to hear that your tests came back good. I love you positive attitude and know that goes a long way in helping you feel good.

Zoe, glad to hear that you are feeling better. You should post your recipe in the recipe section for those of us that need step by step instructions!! LOL! It sounds delish!

Things have been busy around here lately. I have been doing some cleaning for my Aunt and my brother (which gives me some spending money) But this past couple weeks that hasn't happened since my aunt went in for back surgery and my brother got the flu! I'll stay away from him for sure until he is better-- don't want that!

They came out yesterday and worked on the pool again. They got the liner in and it has been fillling all night long. I won't be happy with the water bill I'm sure-- but glad that it is being done now and not when we have a high air cond. bill too! They will be out today to do some more. They need to make sure it has no wrinkles and they still need to cut in for the inlets and all. I did take some pictures so I will post a couple. I can hardly wait until May now! I'm sure my neighbors will be happy when they get here today-- we had to keep two shop vacs going on it all night----that helps to keep it tight and prevents wrinkles--- but it was a little loud! Glad it is chilly enough to have the windows closed at night.

Well, I guess I need to get busy with my day. I am hoping that I can get down in to my "Woman Cave" (exercise room) and put in a good hour there today. :carrot: Been slacking way too much in that department.

Have a great day!