Good morning Gals. A quiet weekend for me, other than falling down at church. I was going up to the front platform to lead out in congregational singing and missed the last step and went down like a bag of bricks on my right knee, just under the knee cap. I burned the skin off and have a bruise about the size of a quarter. Funny thing though, my panty hose suffered no damage. They must be made of steel wool. I'm in no way physically harmed but my ego suffered a terrific blow., LOL
I was making soup late last night and was up early this morning making dinner rolls and tea buns (scones in other parts of the world). Another funeral. How come there are so many funerals and not as many weddings? I'd rather go to a wedding.
I remember Linda(Meowee) and the protein pancakes. She was the first one to welcome me to 3FC. I really missed her when she died.
Well, I was going to make a profound comment on something I read here but can't for the life of me remember what it was and can't seem to find it. So whatever it was, it was what YOU wrote. LOL
I woke up to freezing drizzle this morning and it's not supposed to get much better than that for the rest of the week. It's just drizzle now, thank goodness. We usually get lots of sun but not this week.
Must go and warm up a few left-overs for dinner. DH will be home in about 25 minutes and I'm really hungry. I had to have a snack before dinner (half a very soft and fresh dinner roll). I never have a deliberate snack in between meals but I guess I ate breakfast much earlier than usual this morning.
I woke early this morning and did 70 minutes of aerobics. I glared at the scale but didn't throw it as I wanted to. This is a busy time for me. On Wed, I have the annual regional detention board meeting. This is a group of commissioners representing 14 counties that I serve. It should be ok. I am also on the countdown to Vegas and I am getting excited.
Isabella, I hope that your knee is ok and I am sorry about your dignity. Mowee was the first person to welcome me (shortly before she passed). I think she welcomed a lot of people here and that is why she was beloved.
Bobbi, you are being so industrious! Send some my way, ok? Forgive me for suggesting this - I don't mean to be a buttinsky. I often recommend that couples determine a specific amount of money each month that is to be saved or spent, no questions asked. It should be given to each person in cash. It often prevents some of the tension around budgets and spending. In some cases, it is as little as $10 per month, but the independence is so important. Something to think about.
Freda, my nutritionist wasn't that helpful but the diabetes educator specialist was wonderful. My doc is really good, also, he really knows his stuff. I totally believe in record keeping. For the first year, I kept a spreadsheet with my food, activity and bs levels. It really helped me to learn about my own body and diabetes.
Lynn, I TOTALLY love chopped! What fun and what a great idea. How will you do it?
Rosey, your diet is so consitent. I am so proud of you. Onederland is just around the corner!
Marie, how is the eliptical? Sure enjoying our games....
Karen, I am going to try those pancakes. Sounds yummy and I sure need something with low carb. I miss pancakes.
Brenda, I can't imagine how beautiful it is in the springtime in alaska.
OK, late for work. Sorry for missing people. So Donna, Mary, Zoe, Gayle, Karenfl, Nancy and anyone else..... Have a great day!
I think it’s been almost a week since I’ve posted… good thing we have FB or you’d think I’d just gone off toward the sunset!
Rosey – how is DH? I hope the shoulder is healing well and that the pain is less. What’s happening with LauraLou and her husband? Have they moved into the rental? Have they found jobs? How are all the furbabies getting along by now? How are YOU?
Donna2 – how’s your boy doing?
Lynn – did you get pounded by the storm? I’ve been thinking about you and SS/Zoe… hope it missed you!
Bobbi – did you get rid of a lot of stuff at the rummage sale? I hope you made some money from it! Oops, just read farther, and the sale is this weekend…
Debbie – good thoughts for you!
Marie – are you back to work full time? How has “re-entry” been for you? I’m sure your cohorts were glad to see you! Wowsers on the Costco prices for the furbaby meds! SamCat takes Clavimax because he gets regularly-scheduled snotfests, and the Clavimax is a good antibiotic for him. It’s very expensive, though (I think so, anyway), and I’d love to be able to get it for less. I loved that you and your gs were going to go color… it made me feel homey and safe!
Freda – good to hear from you!
Deelee – any more news on your husband’s tests? Good thoughts!
Rie – sorry you didn’t win your tournament… but you had fun, anyway, didn’t you?
CK – I think I’m jealous that your KFC has a buffet! I think it’s a great idea for the Sunday lunch crowd, and the price is good, too… I could definitely, definitely!, get my $6.99 worth! Thanks for the pancake recipe, too… it sounds good to me. Of course, I am currently pale, wan, and weak… need to go eat lunch SOON!
Not much to report. The weekend was typical. I finished a couple of crochet projects, ate, watched a movie or two, ate, read, ate… blah, blah, ate, blah, and blah. Sabrino, the stray, freaked when I picked him up and nailed me. I don’t think it’s going to get infected; I washed it several times and poured a LOT of hydrogen peroxide on it. I can’t blame the kitty; he’s feral, just coming around to me, and I scared him.
Life is good, no complaints! I’ll be back in the next few days, at least. I do come and read everything often! Later, lovelies!!
Hi Bobbi, CONGRATULATIONS on reaching your goal weight!
Hi Isabella, so sorry you fell. I am getting paranoid about falling. In the last couple of months, 3 (now 4 counting you) of my friends have fallen. The other 3 all ended up in the hospital!
Hi Rie, We are all going to Wegman's (a BIG supermarket) for lunch. While we are there, my DD & SIL will shop for my basket (I have appetizer); my DD and I will shop for SIL's basket (he has entree); and my SIL and I will shop for my DD's basket (she has dessert). Then we each see what we have and go get whatever else we want to make our course. We all come back to my house and we take turns making our course.
Hi Donna, We have had rain and wind, but nothing particularly bad.
About our book club discussion - none of us was particularly enamored of the book (The Arrogant Years). For next month, we are reading Patriot Hearts - a novel about the "founding mothers" by Barbara Hambly.
Lynn
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I'm taking a PB2 Smoothie lunch break and thought I'd catch up on the latest posts. Rie...no, you're not being a buttinsky at all. I wouldn't whine about this here if I wanted to keep it private, all advice is welcome. The thing with DH is I can't trust him. Yesterday he said he was all done spending, all the while he had a new pistol on order. Cabalas just called today while he was out mowing. She said to tell him the gun is in the store, I asked her how much it was. She said $1,299.99. I asked DH how much it was when he finished the mowing. He said he doesn't remember. I said, does $1,299.00 ring a bell? Well, the gun he's trading is worth $1400.00 so he'll make $200.00 on the deal says DH. Bull Sh*T! He said he could take 4 guns up to Cabalas to sell, I said don't bring any back home with you. He'll walk in with no packages sneaky like. I'll ask him if he did the trade, he'll say no. Then I'll say "If I go out to your jeep and look under the seats, will I find anything?". Can you all see the battle coming? I'm not sure when he will make the trip, he has 5 days before they send it back. (the pistol) Stay tuned folks! I've never put my foot down with his spending before because we could afford it. But now that no money is coming in, he's still spending like we have a backyard money tree.
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Bobbi, you are being so industrious! Send some my way, ok? Forgive me for suggesting this - I don't mean to be a buttinsky. I often recommend that couples determine a specific amount of money each month that is to be saved or spent, no questions asked. It should be given to each person in cash. It often prevents some of the tension around budgets and spending. In some cases, it is as little as $10 per month, but the independence is so important. Something to think about.
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For me, the mashed cauliflower wouldn't be to avoid the calories/carbs in mashed potatoes, they would be because I like them. I don't like to use substitutes for things I like. It usually backfires because the substitute doesn't really calm my craving for the real thing. I would rather eat some of the real thing and cut back somewhere else to compensate.
Lynn - You were probably doing the chant in gym class around the same time I was doing it at Elaine Powers. It really doesn't increase anything, just firms up the muscles under the breast, which makes them look nicer, so your teacher was probably correct in using the word "develop."
Rosie/Rie/Maryea - I am familiar with the dawn phenomenon. I didn't realize that was what liver dumping was. When I was first diagnosed I watched my carbs so closely and was able to keep my glucose down. Now I am not so careful so my bad readings are my own fault. I don't want to increase or change meds when I know I can control it with diet if I really try. And it would help with my weight, too.
Maryea - I agree with you about eating like Rosie does. I think the only way you could do it is if you could make yourself ignore the hunger. From what I understand, the surgery alters the way your hormones work so that you don't feel the physical hunger, but you still have to deal with the craving hunger.
I just finished reading The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky. It was really good. A mother picked up her teen daughter from a friend's house and let her drive home. It was raining and they were on a dark rural road and they struck a pedestrian. The mother told the daughter to walk the short distance home and let the police believe she had been driving the car. It was all about the investigation and the way both the daughter and mother mentally handled the situation.
Bobbi - LOL It's like you're writing about my DH. He seems to think that the ATM is an endless source of cash! Just put the card in and out comes the money! I will say, he doesn't buy anything with a price tag of $1200 without consulting me, but he still spends the same way he did when we were working. He doesn't complain about anything I buy, even encourages me to buy things I don't really need, but I guess that's how he justifies his spending. Right now our car needs something he doesn't want to spend the money on. He wants to buy a new car instead! Ha Ha I told him it's easier to spend $1000 than to make a $300-$400 payment for the next 5 years!! Luckily you and I both are the savers, who have to keep their spending in line. Just think about what it's like for a couple when they are both spenders and no one is the saver!!
Hi everyone. another nice day here sunny the dh is recovering however his erratic sleeping habits are driving me bonkers. he was trying to be quiet at 5 am but hes like a bull in a china shop geewhiz. our dh must be a cloned breed as my dh spends like that too. he has expensive tastes and less than beer pocket book, my sympathizes Bobbie as i deal with the same issues. i wanted to thank everyone for the kudos on my progress. im a believer that no one achieves anything in life with alot of help from others esp all of you . the thing that drives me is "fear" fear of being that sick women stuck in ahosp bed hooked upto iv's and not being able to do anything for myself.it was a real "nitemare" and i was determined to get my life back. i will never go back to that. and every time im tempted to eat things i shouldnt i remember. also the surg makes it almost impossilble to cheat and i use it as a tool. im so glad i had the surg as yrs of bad eating put me in that bed, and i needed something more than will power. thanks everyone rosey
i wanted to thank everyone for the kudos on my progress. im a believer that no one achieves anything in life with alot of help from others esp all of you . the thing that drives me is "fear" fear of being that sick women stuck in ahosp bed hooked upto iv's and not being able to do anything for myself.it was a real "nitemare" and i was determined to get my life back. i will never go back to that. and every time im tempted to eat things i shouldnt i remember. also the surg makes it almost impossilble to cheat and i use it as a tool. im so glad i had the surg as yrs of bad eating put me in that bed, and i needed something more than will power. thanks everyone rosey
Hi Rosey,
I know what you mean about the "fear." I am terrified that I will gain all the weight I lost. I don't know that I will ever feel really safe. I don't think I will ever feel like a "regular" person. I love all of our GG's, but I also NEED them. I have been dealing with weight issues for 50 of my 67 years. My family and friends do NOT want to discuss. This is my "safe place" to boast, whine, cry, confess about my eating-related issues.
So, thank you Rosey & Everyone for being here.
Lynn
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Howdy from the sunny south where they forecast rain and we got sun! We need rain. Had some during the night over the weekend, but still the woods and marsh are dry. Some fool will burn his trash and set it all ablaze.
Bobbi....the script about guns runs right thru here, too. Before we moved down here Dh got rid of about 200...yes ladies 200 not a misprint and swore he wouldn't get anymore......well maybe a hand gun or 2 or more and maybe a 22long.....and so it goes. I bought him a gun safe. Picture a heavy metal closet 3'x4'x6' weighting about 600lbs and it is now full. The concept of getting rid of something is never going to happen.
Lynn...I love the Chop idea. Gotta tell my DD she'd go bonkers!
Isabella...Weddings only happen around here with grandkids or great grands. Most seniors don't remarry because it costs them SS money.
Rosey...how far you have come. Taking care of Dh and all the furrys. Wasn't that long ago when you were chair bound. Can't wait to see what happens when you get in the ones. Line Dancing?
Freda..what are you going to retire? I thought soon??????
Zoe....Post that smiling picture here so everyone can see how young looking you have become. pleeeeease?????
Rie...when is Vegas? I'd be counting the hours. We expect you do us proud.
Marie...Are you still hiding out at work or did you get your butt back home where you should be!
It's after 7pm and I still haven't finished the dishes. I'll be back to cover everyone else I missed. Stopped MD office on the way home(no line and got my quarterly Rxs) and told him that my friends(didn't mention cyber) had been on atenolol and they all had same complaint of weary draggingness. He checked my record and said why are you on it? taper it off and be done.....thats me doing a happy dance....I had already started the taper! shhhhhhh
Hugs to all I missed carol Sue, Donna, Donna2, Maryea, Karen....k3
Gee whiz its been one of those days 1st dh getting up at the crack of dawn trying to be quiet (not even close) our sadie got loose and shes impossible to catch. after she finally came back tongue hanging, daisy went missing, finally found her down the road,gizmo upchucked some plastic thingy and the dh was back to mr cranky pants so how was your day dear i did spent a few moments out on the deck in the sun.i think my skin is a little pink tonight but it felt nice,and i was alone,just me and the eagle that flew by. yah i loved that part of my day. nothing else to report ttfn rosey
breakfast
1 c kashi cereal
coffee
lunch
turkey stew
snack
coffee mocha
4 pretzesl rods about 5 inches long
1 laughing cow cheese wedge
dinner
grapes
slice swiss cheese
slice turkey
cuke slices for my crackers
Bobbi - CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING YOUR GOAL!!! Now as to your DH - isn’t it dangerous of him to aggravate you with GUNS? I’m just sayin’ ….
Marie - I’ve always needed “me” time. Since we retired and the kids are “launched” I usually have plenty of it. And I need the me time in my own home with no workmen around. Was the turkey you made on the barbeque a turkey breast or a whole turkey? How did you cook it? Sounds good to me too.
Rie and Maryea - you should see the big, honkin’ waffle cones that a few people walk around the health club with. I think when I see one it leaves an imprint in my brain. About 15 years ago I was at a grocery store that had self-serve, low-fat, frozen yogurt. I was one of the people buying it. Around the same time a Starbucks opened up in the store. Eventually I noticed that overweight people (me) were buying the frozen yogurt and thin people were buying the coffee. So I learned that lowfat doesn’t mean low cal - especially when I’m piling it in the container myself. Portion size and calories (and sugar and carbs) matter.
In our youth, DH and I would share a pint of Hagendas about once a week. And we were thin. Better to have a little bit of the full fat stuff once in a while if that satisfies you than a half gallon of something else. That whole “eat as much as you want as long as it’s low fat thing” was my downfall. I was also pushing 40. I can never eat as much as I want of anything, EVER. I could eat green leafy vegetables but without butter or dressing, I don’t want enough to do any damage.
Maryea - My boys called me mommy when they were little. I can’t remember when that stopped but I remember once in a while they would slip and call me mommy. It did melt my heart. That hasn’t happened in a long time. It is hard for young men. They are so busy separating from their mothers, proving they are men. There is an excellent little children’s book a friend of mine gave me when oldest DS was a baby. It’s called “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch. It starts out with a mother holding her infant son and progresses through their lives. I read it with my boys when they were young. I still have it and came across it recently. It’s a lovely story. Have you ever seen it?
Donna - We are waiting for DH’s bone marrow biopsy results to be posted on the computer. The doc didn’t have them while we were down there. The ct scan did show some calcification of a heart valve and his PSA is up so he has to see both a cardiologist and urologist here at home. This is new. He is starting with our internist to get a recommendation. I was not crazy about my DF’s urologist or my DM’s cardiologist. We’re sure hoping he doesn’t need a heart valve replaced or treatment for prostate cancer but the worst would be if his Mantle Cell Lymphoma comes back. Thanks for asking.
I had an indoor golf lesson today with DH. It was a Valentine’s Day gift from me to him - a package of 3. I tried golf about 15 years ago but knew I would never get good at it. DH has played for many years but has picked up some bad habits. I'm just hoping to get to the point where I can play a decent social game with friends or DH. I haven’t been able to do much upper body work since I discovered I have a matching bone spur on my right shoulder to the one I had removed from my left shoulder a year and a half ago. I just hope I can move tomorrow!
I had a post this morning, but did something wrong when I saved before copying and pasting here and messed it up. I have done it before ok, maybe it was because I was hurrying trying to get it done before work.
One day down, 3 to go.
Deelee ~ my son brought that book you mentioned home from the library at school when he was in grade school for us to read. Someone had given me a copy of it for Christmas one year. Every time I read it, I am a bawling mess before I get to the end of it.
Rosey ~ sorry Mr. Crankypants has returned.
Wish I had more time to visit you all, but that alarm goes off in the morning and I would like to whack it. So, guess I'd better get to bed. Hope you all rest well.
Bobbi! Congrats on getting to your goal!!! YAY!!!! Now give me the kick in the pants that I need to get me motivated!!
Been kind of a busy day around here. My cousin brought his Mom back to Springfield from Hawaii!! Why would anyone want to leave Hawaii to live in Springfield, MO??? No really her other kids are here and so is the rest of her family and she has been living with him for about the last 12 years. They were in Alaska and from there went to Hawaii-- but her allergies drove her crazy in Hawaii so decided to bring her home for awhile. But we all met at my aunts for lunch and a "photo session" Gosh, It had been a long time since I had seen them. So it was fun. Then had to pick up some stuff from the lumber yard and then on to get groceries... Busy day and I'm pooped!!
Try to catch you all tomorrow.... Have a great night!
Hi everyone! Its been a busy day and now tonight I don't feel much like talking. I got some upsetting emails from our oldest dd who we rarely see at her request. I love her very much but sadly generally any communication tends to be stressful. I feel like I have to draw the line sometimes to maintain our own health/well-being but it is tiring to say the least.
Bobbi - Yes I was only joking. Always enjoy hearing from you. Congrats on reaching your goal! That's tough the way your dh thinks about buying as it makes it so hard on you too. The way we do it, any credit card purchases are immediately put into our budget, so in our software the money is shown as immediately deducted from our money. Then as soon as the item shows up in the online account, it is paid. So in effect as soon as something is bought the money is shown as gone and we have to live on whatever is left. No debting. Perhaps he needs to look at the budget on a regular basis. I hope he will help you in your efforts.
Im sorry but I am just too tired to do any more personals. You all have a good night.
Mary
Mary, I’ve totally loved our nice summer-like weather this past weekend. I know its temporary since I looked at the extended forecast and there were snowflakes in the icon. But when I went to get Sasha’s med in Medford (Costco), it was 87 degrees. It was awesome. It was about 80 here. I totally agree with you that it just makes the day wonderful.
Brenda, that would be cool to be enjoying a BBQ while listening to the ski area party!
Freda, I hope you don’t spend your entire 2 days off cleaning your house. You do know it will just get messy again, right??? And ignore the call of that demanding laundry. Enjoy yourself.
Lynn, I used to have a habit with real books. If the ending was disappointing or just plain bad, I’d whip the book across the room and watch it bounce off the wall. Then I’d close my eyes and make up a new ending.
Bobbi, I so don’t miss the plate fees for Minnesota. Ours cost $85 for two years. I was floored after years of paying Minnesota’s annual fees. And boy-yo, I sure hope your DH never hides a pistol under his seat! I hope he doesn’t come home with a new one. I hope he takes you seriously.
Rie, are you no longer keeping your health spreadsheet??? Maybe your scale want to read it? Then again, my scale is just as obnoxious. I’m loving our Words games too. Sadly, work is starting to interfere with my real life.
Donna, call Costco and find out the price of the antibiotics. You can buy prescriptions at Costco even if you’re not a member. Today I picked up Sasha’s eye med. The local pharmacies had one vial of the eye med for $59.99 each. Today, I picked up 4 vials for a whopping $27.82. That’s a savings of over $210. I truly don’t get how the local ones can charge so flipping much. It’s for glaucoma and glaucoma is often with the elderly. So the local pharmacies are gouging senior citizens. That just makes me so mad. BTW, I’m working 4 hours in my office and about 3-4 hours at home. So pretty much FT. But not today since I drove over the mountain for my Sasha. How is Kai Pixie’s true love???
Carol Sue, I don’t think I’d like the B. Delinsky book you described. It would make me so mad that a mother would teach her daughter to lie and avoid responsibility. It would worry me I’d actually throw my iPad against a wall if I downloaded it.
Rosey, I’m so proud of you and your reasons to pursue your healthy body. You are amazing.
KarenFL, 200 guns?!?!?! I would think your DH wouldn’t give you the combination or you might take out your rude houseguests. YAY on the taper!
Deelee, we have the kettle Weber BBQ and the turkey was a whole birdie. Yummy. Turkey is the one meat I could eat and never despise. All the others are ok once in a while. I hope the news about your DH is good and relieves the worry.
Gayle, how long until retirement?
KarenMO, sounds like you had a fun family lunch and pic taking time.
I’ve spent nearly 90 minutes here trying to catch up. So I think I’m done…
Marie
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This is a busy time for me. On Wed, I have the annual regional detention board meeting. This is a group of commissioners representing 14 counties that I serve. It should be ok. I am also on the countdown to Vegas and I am getting excited. 
Mowee was the first person to welcome me (shortly before she passed). I think she welcomed a lot of people here and that is why she was beloved.
the dh is recovering however his erratic sleeping habits are driving me bonkers. he was trying to be quiet at 5 am but hes like a bull in a china shop geewhiz. our dh must be a cloned breed as my dh spends like that too. he has expensive tastes and less than beer pocket book, my sympathizes Bobbie as i deal with the same issues. i wanted to thank everyone for the kudos on my progress. im a believer that no one achieves anything in life with alot of help from others esp all of you . the thing that drives me is "fear" fear of being that sick women stuck in ahosp bed hooked upto iv's and not being able to do anything for myself.it was a real "nitemare" and i was determined to get my life back. i will never go back to that. and every time im tempted to eat things i shouldnt i remember. also the surg makes it almost impossilble to cheat and i use it as a tool. im so glad i had the surg as yrs of bad eating put me in that bed, and i needed something more than will power. thanks everyone rosey 
i did spent a few moments out on the deck in the sun.i think my skin is a little pink tonight but it felt nice,and i was alone,just me and the eagle that flew by. yah i loved that part of my day. nothing else to report ttfn rosey 
