:D Hey Everyone! Vancouver Canucks won the hockey game against Nashville; score 2-1 ! Now they move on to the 3rd round. :bravo: Zoe: I'm sorry I missed your great weight loss - ATTA GIRL! :congrat: I hope I didn't miss anyone.......Later all :wave:

Good Morning Lovely Ladies,

I worked all weekend and yesterday I had a computer class all day, and You know how I love computers! Came home with a tension headache and the Grands were here. Had to make them dinner and then it was off to the games. Didn't finish untill almost 8:30 and by then I was too tired to do anything except hit the couch. It does look like the weather is finally deciding to get warmer. My tulips are already gone and the lilac is getting ready to bloom. All the flowering trees are in full bloom, pink and white, Lovely! Spring is here? We can only hope. Eating has been good and exercise too, when there is time to do it. Got to be realistic. You do what you can, when you can. I take the stairs at work and park in the back of the lot. I do the full exercise on my days off. Since I worked all weekend, we do Mothers day this weekend. I did call my mom and wish her a good Mothers Day.

Bobbi, My mom is getting dementia too. She isn't bad yet but you can tell. I think if you were a sweet little old lady, when you get dementia you will be a sweet little old lady with dementia. If you are mean and controling, it will just get worse. I know it's hard to just stop seeing your MIL now, but too bad you didn't do it when she was mean and well. I'm sure I wouldn't spend time with her and be treated like that. You're a bigger person than I am!

Karen, Sorry to hear about your son. How terrible for him.

Lynn, My little Benny Dog is having eye problems too. The medication I finally got seems to be helping a lot. I hope you find something to help soon. When they hurt, we hurt too.

Z, You are going to be looking great for that wedding lady! Not that you don't alerady look good. You always look like your exotic, creative self, which is pretty awsome!

Nancy, I have problems sharing space and time with my DH, so I can sureely understand your situtation. I just value my alone time and with extra people in the house you don't have it. But in my grandmothers time, there were big families and extended families living in one space. Wonder how they did it? Or are we just totally spoiled? Is it an individual thing?

Sherry, I'm from Michigan and I don't understand hockey. You whisper that here, you know they love the sport!

Rie, hope you get some rest.

Rosie, Great victory! Many more to come. You are going to have so much more freedom to do the things you want to do.

Mary, congrats on the weight loss. What ever you're doing, it's working!

Donna, Sounds like you had a fun time with the "Ladies" and nephew and kids. Hard not to have fun around kids.

Karen, have fun at the bridge game and lots of luck. Not that you need it with your talent.

Lots of "ketchup" to do today. 3 days with no housework means a very dirty messy place.

Freda

Gayle, I'm still watching for a good deal on a "trike" in craigslist! They had one on there the other day but for $275--I can buy the same one that was advertised from Walmart for $259!! I just don't feel like I want to spend that much either way--- will keep watching!

Zoe, Congrats on that weight loss! You are going to look fantastic when that wedding date comes around! Are you able to get out and enjoy your bike riding more often now?

Riemontana--I haven’t heard of “Walk It Out” before. I still have the Zumba game that I am anxious to use. Think I’m going to try to get the Wii moved down to my “Woman Cave” soon. It will be cooler down there to exercise and even though part of it is carpeted half isn’t and I think that will work out better with Zumba.

Rosey, you are looking so good. Congrats to you. I’ll bet you are feeling pretty good. Is it getting to be nice weather there? My cousins are moving from Eagle River to Hawaii in a few weeks-- that should be a shock to their systems!

Donna, I thought about getting a “topsy turvy” maybe I will now since you say that it works pretty good. Have you tried it with the tomatos?

Chicpanda--nice to meet you. Enjoyed your post for Mother’s Day. Thanks

Hi Bunti--nice to see you again.

Karen--your home sounds so nice. We’ve decided to wait until we get back from Branson next week to open our pool. I really am getting anxious to get to be able to use it.

Bobbi, I don’t know if I could be as strong as you with your MIL…I think my mouth would say things before I could stop it! Either that, or I would have bitten my tongue in half by now. You are so good to be able to keep trying.

Mary, we sold our 5th wheel yesterday. I’ve had my Cadillac advertised since we bought the Edge--not one phone call on it. We decided to see what kind of response we would get advertising the 5th wheel on Craiglist-- had one phone call the day after it posted and the guy came out and bought it! Now I guess I’ll put the Edge on and see if it sells-- don’t need to have 2 cars and a truck! I really think I would rather keep my Cadillac now after having the Edge for awhile. And beside that the Cadillac is “my red”-- I think DH will probably start watching for a “deal” on a diesel motor home. Sometimes I think we should just travel by car but then after our trip to PA. last month, we sure stayed in some nice places.

Nancy--I’m sorry you are having such trouble with the DD--I know what that is like. Our son isn’t here with us anymore and it feels pretty good. He is supposed to be coming to get the rest of the stuff he has here. That is why I’m hoping to get my Wii moved back down to my “Woman Cave”

Lynn- I hope you get your kitties eye problems fixed. Our fur babies mean so much to us.

Sherry, I know how hard it is to get back on track-- WE CAN DO THIS!

Well, I guess I need to get busy and get my workout in. I started a little housework yesterday before I worked out then the guy came to buy the 5th wheel and my workout consisted of 4 hours of taking all our stuff out of the 5th wheel and cleaning it before delivering it to him at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. My scales are up a bit today too--- must have been because I was so tired we decided to use an Arby’s coupon for supper last night! Some day I’ll learn!!!

Have a good day!

Donna, we were posting at the same time. Mike is feeling better. Thanks for asking. They called us yesterday and have an appt. Thursday(unless the dentist can get him in earlier) to see what they need to do. We are checking into another place, that is with the same program he is living in, but closer to us. He would only be about an hour away if we are able to get him placed there. We thought about this before but he has been so happy with everyone where he is we decided not to do it at the time. But I think I would like to have him closer. Hopefully there will be an opening.

Good Morning, this is the only nice day we're having all week so I'll be outside most of the day working on my flowers.
Thanks everyone for the support about MIL. Zoe...she (MIL) has been kicked out of 3 of 4 nursing homes because of her nasty personality when she can't get her own way. She living at the last nursing home in town and I warned her about behaving or she'd end up out of town where nobody she knows will visit her. Ha! I laughed when you said someone better shoot you, I told DH to take me out behind the barn and shoot me too. Thank God Bruce is just the opposite of his mother, he doesn't have a "ME, ME, ME bone in his body.

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That is just so grossly unfair! I know how long she has been putting you and your dh through all kinds of craziness, and I had no idea she was still doing it. Well, to you, anyway, if dh has refused to deal with her. It looks like you may have to take that measure yourself sometime soon just to keep your own stress levels manageable. Nobody can say you haven't tried your hardest and done way more than most would be willing to do. I hope this doesn't sound too insensitive, but I swear if I should get that old and nasty, I would hope somebody would have sense enough to shoot me! :frypan:

Freda...Sorry to hear that, it's hard to tell what they'll do when the dementia or alzheimers gets worse. My mom had alzheimers and toward the end she got very stubborn and wouldn't eat. My mom never rippled the waves throughout her life until the end. She even swatted at the nurses toward the end. As to DH's mom, we did have it out with her when she was well and knew what she was doing. That's when she disowned her only kid, took him completely out of her will and assigned her pastor as administrator of her affairs. It wasn't until she started getting memory loss and a couple strokes that he had to take over, too much for the pastor to deal with. Barb wasn't capable of doing anything and she didn't remember disowning Bruce either. Or maybe she did and wouldn't admitt it since she need both our help with her affairs. In her case, she just got meaner. She will turn 91 in July, hopefully she won't live much longer. See girls, I do have a BLACK HEART after all:devil:.

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My mom is getting dementia too. She isn't bad yet but you can tell. I think if you were a sweet little old lady, when you get dementia you will be a sweet little old lady with dementia. If you are mean and controling, it will just get worse. I know it's hard to just stop seeing your MIL now, but too bad you didn't do it when she was mean and well. I'm sure I wouldn't spend time with her and be treated like that. You're a bigger person than I am!

I'm burning sun........later
P.S. Lynn...sorry to hear about your fur babies, hope it clears up soon.
KarenMo...prayers sent up for son.

That is just TOO FUNNY!!!!! Sometimes I can really relate to how this puppy feels!!! LOL!!!!

Evening all...Had my 4th face treatment today and good thing there is only one more or I be quitting right now. This one hurt. Hurt alot. I actually have water blisters on my left cheek and face is swollen like a melon. This after i have spent the afternoon packed in ice. Look like treat or treat! Drove home with car a/c blews cold air on face full force and grabbed the ice packs(thanks Freda). All 3 types of laser hurt but the last one which tighten the skin was the killer.

And I was watching my blue birds this morning and the parents were rushing around gather worms and the little ones were peeking out the hole. Watched until had to leave . When I checked the nest at 4pm....they are all gone. Figured I'd have 7 bluebirds flying around the yard....wrong....NONE! Missed first flight....darn!...GONE!

Bobbie...Am so sorry you had such a run in with a MIL from ****. My mother and mother in law took lessons to become as evil as they both were. I have spent my adult life trying to be the opposite. Somehow our Rosey has taken the MIL and gotten moviated....twice now she has done something new and strong on the way into the nsg home. She should be so proud and full of herself that the evil swipes just roll off. I have walked in your shoes....so close it surprised me no end....my mil wrote her only child out of her will and left half of everything to 2 neighbor kids....family pics, military flag from DGGF's coffin, The farm! I ended up with DD moving her to a nsg home and doing all the stuff you still gotta do....Wish I had something that would make it easier,but.......well you can try my one secret.....I secretly made a plan on how i could get back at her.....had something to do with sticking her fingers in the car door with lock buttom down....now never did that but having a plan helped......Okay so now you all know I'm weird and evil,too!

Karen....That picture of your son is so sad. He looks so hurt. Poor baby. It would be wonderful if he were closer for yoursakes.

NancyNC....will SODD be getting a summer job? Come to think of it try my secret plan too.

Gayle...Great getting your walk in before work. Has to be cooler then too.

Bobbie.....Yes! Star is Gone. Now lets get rid of Boston Rob.

Have run out of steam and need another ice pack. I actually paid to hurt like this ...now that is dumb....kk3

Hi all! All this talk of mean mils has made me wonder what my dils would say about me! LOL I try to be a good mil though it is not always easy as there are times when no matter what I say or do, I get into trouble. With one I have had a sorta of love/hate relationship. But I think things are getting better now. God is changing both of us.

Today has been a nice day...started out cloudy as most here do but the sun is shining now. I worked at home this am...I am doing my home blessing a little each day again this week. Only have the living room, kitchen/dining room and family room left. Today I cleaned the office and a little in the bathrooms. So pretty easy. Then I went grocery shopping. We are now set with groceries for the week although we will probably go to Costco in a few days as we buy different things there when we use their coupons.

My scale continues to be nicer to me...not really losing much but at least staying at the lower end of my recent range. Still not down to my sig weight though. I've been very good today so hope I continue to be good tonight. We will be in church part of the evening so that will help. My pastor has recently lost 50 lbs and he is a great inspiration to me. He said some things about how he finally did it that really spoke to me. He said (in my words) that he finally decided to really focus on his goal and that he would eat a certain way (his eating plan) all the time, no matter where he was. That's what I need to do. No matter who is around me, no matter what they are eating, no matter where I am.

Finished my fiction book today so will be selecting another one from my vast store of unread books. Almost finished with my book for women's ministry too. It has been very helpful at getting a timeline on Bible events and will be a sort of foundation upon which I will build on in my further studies. I am very interested in studying the Bible so I enjoyed it tremendously. I am continuing to read my inspirational book, The Darkness and the Dawn as I got side-tracked from it for a while.

We are having an easy dinner tonight...deli meat slices on hoagie rolls with dill pickles and whatever else we want on them. Very simple. I planned that because I wasn't sure how late I'd be running.

I bought a new bedspread the other day. Really like it. Here's a picture: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Product.asp?SKU=128767&
I bought it in the store but have now ordered curtains from the website and can't wait to get them and see whether they fit. We have a huge bed (very deep mattress)...you may remember I dropped the mattress after my dh came home from the hospital with his fractured leg. This mattress is very hard to find bedding for as it is so huge and it is heavy! I thought I'd die getting it dropped. Well to make this comforter fit we had to raise it back up but at least my dh was able to help me. I don't think I could have done it myself. I was grumbling as I really don't like the bed so high but we were both amazed at how it felt more comfortable! I don't know why ...just has the slats under it now..but it sure made a difference. It was comfortable even low but now it feels lighter, like floating on a cloud. I remember it was that way before but didn't realize it was the slats that made the difference. I do miss being able to easily sit on it and read or put my socks on etc., but I have a chair in the bedroom so I use it. We have to reach down a little to our bedside table but guess that's not the end of the world either. ;) While I had the bed all stripped I washed the mattress pad and old bedspread, which I think I'll donate.

Karen3 - Your treatment does sound painful! I'm glad you only have one more!

Well, I need to get some more done around here as it will soon be time to fix dinner. Have a good evening!

Hi Golden Girls.

Personals first:

Mary - the beadspread is really nice. I don't spend much time on decorating but I like a bed to be luxurious. I hear you about hoping that my DIL likes me and doesn't consider me to be a problem. It is hard because she was raised really different than our family. But, she usually calls me when she needs to talk so I am probably doing ok so far....

KarenFL - I'm sorry that your face treatment was so painful and that you missed the little birds. At least you got to see them. It is good that your treatments are almost over. Your "evil" little fantasy cracked me up.

Freda - you just continue to have a very busy life! I really like your "do what you can, when you can attitude. I will try to borrow it ;)

Donna - too cute! I got a good laugh.

Bobbi - I hope you enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine.

Sherry - congrats on the game. I don't get hockey either but it must be fun.

It has rained here in Montana for 2 days - really unusual for us. It is supposed to be snow tomorrow. At least we have minimal flooding where I am. Some of my cousins have been moving baby calves in row boats over on the eastern side of the state. I have the remains of a cold and I am trying to get well before my trip. I did get a brief workout in this morning and I have eaten on plan all day.

Tomorrow I will come home and pack, getting ready for the trip thursday morning. National Billard Congress 8 ball championships, here I come!

Have a good evening.

Help! I need help with a song. Not sure what the name is, think it's an oldie. "don't worry about me baby, i'll be all right" ? maybe county??

the name of the song is "Don't worry about me Baby" by Janie Fricke....you can get it in ringtones.



thanks for something to wander thru my brain all night k3

Karen-- you and I think alike--- I just sent the link to Freda to get the music!!

Hi Everyone,

No news from the vets about the kitties' eyes. I got good news from my cancer doctor - no new melanomas (I've now gone 5 years without any more) and the lymphoma rash is progressing VERY slowly - no additional treatment needed.

I actually have a day with nothing scheduled! However, I do have a pretty long "to-do" list.

TV junk - Anyone else sad about Austin going home? I would have preferred to see Jake go. Anyone else wish Boston Rob would get kicked off the island?

Lynn