Very quiet around here today. Some of our neighbors are traveling and others are busy inside or maybe shopping, who knows. It is already darkish at 3 pm and cold (40s) and raining. It's the cold rain that gets to you. We went to church and I only wore a light jacket, silly me. It wasn't raining when we went in but was when we came out. We stopped at Subway for lunch since I had a GC. I'd been kinda hungry for their sandwiches and it sure tasted good. I slept last night but I'm still tired from the night before when I didn't. Think I may take a nap in a little bit.

Marie - We've been to Crater Lake. It's sure pretty. One year we went to Bend for Thanksgiving and on the way home we slid down the mountain. Actually we did pretty well but really had to be careful as there were lots of cars sliding into the ditch and some accidents. The stained glass would make a lovely gift! Perhaps you should go into business! Yep, that's what I'm doing ..returning the gifts and bought some on amazon, were you peeking over my shoulder? I considered buying Prime but I think most things I buy on there are not covered so I just paid for shipping this time. But I had a large credit with amazon (for trying their visa or something) and so I got four gifts for only $27! One was the same I got at the store, others different. I thought I did pretty well. Still have to brave the stores to return the others though!

Red - You are not alone with craving salty things. I can't even stay away from plain old saltine crackers, let alone the Ritz crackers and garlic herb spread my dh bought! That stuff is so addicting! Wonder why we crave salt...

You all have a good evening!

chickadee - I'm like you one day of snow a year (or two) is good enough for me. It's pretty to look out the window at but I don't want it when I go outside. Glad you're over the scale blues...it's just a tool..don't let it control your emotions, your life etc.

:Ah, salt.....on potato chips.....don't tell I have to give up salt....I could probably use a salt lick. (Slaps face, gets out of trance.)

Rie, I'm in awe of your son's singing career. Wow! I love to sing but I'm not trained and I just sing in church.

Good morning GG's,

Three days down ~ one to go. It is nice and sunny here but cold ~ 36*

I'm in a funk this morning and having a hard time blasting myself out of it. I probably shouldn't even be here (3FC) today. I probably deserve another "yelling at" by K3, but hope not to get one.

I have a dr's appointment tomorrow. Maybe that is at the bottom of my mood. Worrying about the outcome of that. Maybe it is my imagination, but one other time I was there, I felt like she was kind of short with me ~ I don't know if she was thinking what I thought she was, but I felt like she was feeling like if I couldn't manage to help myself by taking better care of myself then why should she bother. (I hadn't made much progress in the weight loss area.)

I'm probably due for lab work and dread what the reading of the A1C will show. (She has labeled me pre-diabetic). I went to a dietitian before to try to get some help for how to eat for diabetes, and I didn't find it very helpful. I saw her once and she said it was easy, and I wouldn't need to come back. I was overwhelmed and ended up just going back to my way of eating (weight watchers). I knew I could lose weight like that and isn't that the bottom line of what I should be aiming for ~ to do what ever helps me to lose weight? All the business about carbs was so confusing. For instance the fat free salad dressings I use had more carbs than the full calorie kind. I felt like I try to cut calories and then the carbs go up.

She wanted me to cut back on my celebrex ~ that was a disaster. Now, because my hospital was bought out by another place, we will have a different insurance, and the celebrex is not on their preferred list of meds. So, I will have to see if she can recommend something else for me. Worrying about how that will turn out. Will she even let me have anything or what.

And the pain ~ I had a prescription for Ultram. I didn't use it very often, but was glad to have it for times when my pain was really bad. On a previous visit to her, she asked me about that, and I told her I didn't use it very often ~ she said ~ good for you ~ and ripped up my prescription. Well now, I am having more problems with pain and hoping she will let me have the prescription back.

She seems to be very conservative with the medications, but darn it ~ I don't feel like I should have to suffer with pain.

Ok, sorry for venting ~ thank you for listening.

I'd better go ~ they won't want me showing up at work looking like I look now (jammies and hair all in a snarl)

Hope you all have a nice day.

Take care

Marie - I just loved your pictures! They were absolutely breath taking! I can't wait til we get a big snow. I don't like to drive in it, but it sure is beautiful.

Country girls - I have never lived in the country. I can see where it would be nice to have the wide open spaces, but I am one who wants things close by. Being at my house, you would never know that we are a half mile from US Rt 30. But I like being able to get to the store and lots of shopping in a matter of minutes. I can understand where you would be sure to get everything you will be needing in one trip. DH plays the state lottery every day, so he is out somewhere, every day. We are used to going out most days for milk, bread or some other thing we might need or want. It's all what you're used to, I guess.

Good morning Chicks....This is the weird time between Thanksgiving and Christmas....Nov 28 to 30th...The first of Dec will be the new holiday season...Therefore I declare these Three Days as "Absolutly Free of Any Negative Thoughts or Words."

We will celebrate this new season by rejoying in our golden moments and stop being our own worst enemy.

So sayth mother hen karen3

Hello/Goodbye...

Well, I have derailed on both my challenges (which I have on another thread) and just feel I can't do it anymore, whatever "it" was. Really, things are just too much for now. Maybe I'll try to come back in a bit. I don't know. I just need rest and I'm up at 4 a.m. and have to get out soon.

ella, you're right. That "friend" wasn't one. Anyhow, she was just a co-worker. But, yeah, now that she is feeling better her true colors come out. I think she does have a drinking problem. I have seen it many times before. There is quite a difference between a happy drunk and an alcoholic. The latter gets very nasty, in a bizarre way. Heck, I don't need it and at my age maybe there just are a bit too many of them among any of the people I would be sharing drinks with.

The real killer was that she wasn't the only one. There was another "friend" that turned out to be messed up without the alcohol. I tell you, these past weeks have just been too much.

I need rest and time totally away from people.