Nah! I already said one more move to the lake--- and when that happens you are all Welcome to come to the "move"!! LOL!!

Hi Golden Chicks-

Marie - thanks. It is wonderful news. Every year when my DH goes through the tests, I realize that, despite all his hugely annoying tendencies, I don’t want anything to happen to him. In a few weeks or days or hours he will start annoying me again. But I’ve never met anyone I would trade him for. As I like to say, sometimes I don’t want him but I’ve never wanted anyone else since I met him. LOL!

Lynn - I’m so glad your daughter got good news.

Darcy - glad you’re back.

Bobbi - anything you make at rummage sale above tax money - slip in your pocket and stash it.

Okay - I’m going to health club finally. Hope everyone is having a great day.

TTYL

Me again. Waiting for DH to get home to go to HC together. I knew I missed some things.

Darcy - your family is adorable! It is very difficult to diet with kids around. Mine don’t live at home anymore but are here occasionally. I know it’s good to have healthy things for the kids but I found myself eating things that I never thought I would be tempted by - Teddy Grahams, pudding cups. When I had my great nieces over at the last minute, the only thing I had for them to snack on were Goldfish and sugar free pudding cups. We had been to Chucky Cheese already so they were pretty happy.

Karen 31 - You are so right about having the emergency money. I don’t know how far you would get with $5. And our kids would have to imagine that their cell phone was dead. But good luck trying to find a payphone. Probably have to have a credit card to use it. And you’re so right about parents getting smarter as their kids get older. I’m just beginning to seem smarter to my sons in verrry limited areas. They still mostly know everything you know. I get calls about recipes. …Just wait until they have kids…If they don’t think I’m brilliant they’ll at least think I’m a saint…Maybe not, because they’ll be dads so they will probably still be able to take things for granted…

DH is back - going to HC,

Great Job Bobbi on the sales !!!! Hope you meet your goal today

I got my meds stole from our USPS this week. 180.00 its going to cost me to get them refilled again.Insurance wont pay for them twice. This has really made me mad. It was a contracted worker cleaning the post office. He stole from 4 peoples PO Boxes. I sure hope he gets nailed~its a federal crime.

well hope everyone's weekend is a good one. Brenda

Hi Ladies,

I worked midnights last night. I had forgotten how hard it is to stay up. but it's much easier than day shift and they took me off the schedule Wed. So, no more work days untill next weekend. Busy week though. Kids games every day, play for DGD at school and dance that we will be running them back and forth to. Good times!

Brenda, Isn't the post office going to reinburse you for the medication?

Dee, So glad to hear that DH's tests came back good. I'm with you, if something happened to DH I wouldn't even think about trying to find another one.

Lynn, I know how relieved you are that DD doesn't have to go through that painful treatment again. I think we had rather take them outselves than see them suffer like that. I am starting to use my retin-A again. It's supposed to get rid of some of the sun damage and help prevent another "spot".

Bobbi, Good results with the garage sale. Hope you get enough to take care of the taxes.

Darcy, So good to hear from you again. The kids are adorable. It's always hard to diet with kids around. You have to keep things in the house for them and it's usually stuff you want too. I have to keep things for the GRands. Thank goodness that most of the things they love I don't care for. Gummy worms, reese cups.

Karen, Another move? Even to the lake? Not sure I would be up to it, and you just take it in stride.

Donna, Nothing like having another cat around looking at their food to make another one eat. I threw stake bread out for the birds and Benny went out and ate it! In the house he wouldn't have touched it, he's really picky.

Marie, I think we are sisters. I seldom get on the scale. maybe once a month. I know if i'm eating right and I know how much I'm losing by how my clothes fit. Scales are the devil.

Gayle, men's pain is always worse than our pain is, didn't you know that? I feel like knocking heads when I hear DH complain when I know I am sicker than he is. Like he is the only person in the house sick, and i'm just pretending. Of course he gets sick very seldom so it's not too often. Probably the only reason he is still around.

Rie, You talented thing you! Pool and cards?

Have a good weekend ladies,

Freda

Hello GGs!! Hope everyone is having a good day. It's very nice here. We went to Costco and picked up some flowers which dh is now planting. Some of these will go in pots around the front door and others will go on one side of our front yard near the driveway. It's a little area along between the fence and driveway that my dh built up with bricks a few years back. We had some others there but most have not come back, so we are planting more. We also have a bamboo plant there that I really like. We transplanted that from the back yard and I like it even better now. So thankful for my dh's gardening!

I'm doing pretty well on my eating these days. I've gone back to what I've felt I was to do for a long time...that is I've gone back to what I call The Lord's Table plan as I first learned it from that online course that I found at Settingcaptivesfree.com. I do still count calories and carbs though due to my diabetes. I have used the same principles for other issues in my life and it always helps me. I just can't let myself get distracted by TV or internet, but esp TV as that's when I really want to eat. Oh, and had a NSV today!! I got 8 samples at Costco today but I made it my lunch...no stopping for pizza too!! Yeah! Wasn't really even tempted! I thought about a mocha but told myself, no I'll make my own later on at home. Much less calories and carbs!

Ladysheets - Wow that's too bad about your meds being stolen! I'm glad he was caught, but too bad you can't get your $$$ back!

Deelee/Karen31 - Did you guys ever tell your parents you realize how smart they were now? My kids are 35(almost)-47 and although I notice some of them agree with me more now on some things, none have ever told me they realize I was right about a lot now. My sons do say things closer to it than the girls. I thought one would understand more when she had a child but he's 12 now and she still hasn't. Guess it just take some longer to grow up. They have called me now and then for advice about their children or when sick, and they really respect their dad's knowledge. I guess they just don't say it in those words.

Men bear great pain when they have to, but in general I don't think they bear it as well as women. I think it is simply one of the differences in the sexes. Just like with strength...men (if healthy) are capable of great physical strength (lifting etc) but women have a different strength...like we can endure being up for hours at night with sick children, sometimes multiple nights in a row whereas for men that is much harder. Their strength is great but spent fast, whereas ours is less for physical exertion but is more enduring. It's just another aspect of men (in general) being the doers and women being the nurturers. Of course this is only a generalization, there's a bit of both in everyone and culture and experience can affect what is natural as well. Just my 2 cents, not that you asked LOL

Bobbi - Glad the sales going well...every bit helps!

You all have a great evening!

hey...I know as soon as I post this things will change, but (snort snort), last week my nail tech told me to put gummy bears out for the armadillo. I brought them home and DH howled when i 'plained to him.....we put them out and the first night somebody or something ate 3 or 4. AND we have not had anymore armadillo holes????????? snort snort.....don't tell me to put MOM out now....snort snort....k3

Freda- the move to the lake will be after I am gone and only to spread my ashes in the lake!! Not moving anymore before that!!! I just have to "move" all our stuff back into the 5th wheel rv again!! That is bad enough!! LOL!! NO MORE MOVES!! LOL!!!

Well, we sold our moving boxes today! Well, OK we did keep a few but sold the majority!!

Morning girls,

I'm jumping back in after a long absence. I did 20 minutes of yoga this morning and it felt good. I have been ambivalent about my weight for a long time, I want to really jump start things now!