Good Morning, only time to post my menu. B'Day party today so I'll eat lighter than usual. Carol Sue...yes, I have froze my lunch soups in the past. I used to freeze them in individual serving sizes but ditched that because I got lazy. When I put my recipe into fitday, I put the number of servings by the ounces. If my entire batch weighs 72 ounces (4 lbs. 8 ounces), I put the servings as 72 servings of 1 oz each. I'm never sure how hungry I am, some days I'll eat a 8 oz bowl. Simple, just put 8 servings into Fitday. An hour later I might get hungry and I'll eat more. Going by one ounce at a time, I'm not forcing myself to eat anymore than I want. This sounds kind of confusing but it works for me.
KarenFL – I laughed at your Brunhilda. I know EXACTLY what she looks like, how she speaks, and what a know-it-all she is! What a great description, just the name! I hope your bridge friend comes out of this and can get healthy. Why did she quit eating?
Gail4 – thanks, I will hang in! I do hang in! I AM hanging in! It’s just so BORING, dontcha know?
Rosey – you’re just a little bitty person! I was glad to see you actually ate some food on Thursday! Speaking of little persons, but not at all… how is Tootsie doing? And the rest of the pups?
Bobbi – your menus (and recipes) always sound so good! I’m saving the S&S Cabbage Soup recipe! But, how much water should I add? I couldn’t find that in the recipe. And how many servings does it make? I have all the ingredients except for the tomatoes… I really need to buy in bulk, because sometimes I’ll just open a can of diced tomatoes for my entire vegetable for a meal. I go through a lot of diced tomatoes! SamCat was delicately amused at the kitty picture… I was more so!
Cajun – glad things are going well with you and your boys! No, we didn’t get any more snow. The WFs are thinking (ha!) that maybe we’ll get more tomorrow and into next week. This one we just had was lovely, about 5-6” of WET. LilyTree should be very happy! As always, it’s been a weird winter.
CarolSue - yo!
Nothing much to report. I found out yesterday that my cohort at work is quitting and taking another job. I was distraught. As you might have figured, I don’t do change well.., and particularly this, since we’re such a tiny office and very tight. We all meshed really well, and I just dread some snotty little Brunhilda-type coming in (thanks, KarenFL), viewing me as “just” a receptionist, and trying to rearrange the hierarchy. It’s such a specialized field and market that it’s going to take someone a long time to get up to snuff. If I’m dreading it, I can just imagine how my boss lady is feeling! It should be interesting. The business has been fragile for a while, anyway, and I wonder how we’ll do with this.
I’m off to do some domestic drudgery. I feel pretty good today, slept for almost 12 hours last night. SamCat is very considerate!
So, everyone, have a good Saturday, eat well… later, lovelies!
I’ve been busy, mostly with my mom and her breast cancer treatments and associated needs. She had diarrhea, nausea, mouth sores, could/t eat. Finally realized she needed 2 prescriptions mouth rinses/swallow, ans IV fluids a few times a week. The head of her assisted living with memory help unit was talking about putting her back in nursing care. I told her we were playing “catch up” with theses symptoms, and that she is not going into nursing care yet. Give us time to take care of the diarrhea, nausea, dehydration, etc. I told her theses things FIRMLY. Then I went to D.C. to visit my younger son in D.C. It was wonderful. We had a lot of fun. Older DS who is being run around by his controlling fiancee who has no use for our family. Has succeeded in just plucking him out of our life and into hers. I had accidentally said something that she took offense to. I profusely apologized. She thanked me for the apology. I had them over for dinner. She was very cold to me. In front of my son. She is very confident. And I was very hurt. She she owed me an apology. And the one thing that bothers me the most, are people that can’t forgive, can’t move on, hold on to the grudge too long. THAT is something that I can’t forgive. She is putting me in my place, showing me that she has my son so wrapped around her little finger that she doesn’t have to forgive me and move on. I am so hurt and disappointed in my son. Sorry to keep whining about this. Now my son want to invite an old friend of my DH who we discovered is a cheating scumbag. Unfortunately he is technically DS’s God father. In name only. Wasn’t at the baptism, never sent my son a birthday card. I despise him. His wife of 17 years divorced him when she found out what a cheater he was. That was about 15 years ago. They live far away from us, in Canada, but I’m still friends with her. When he’s come to visit us, he brings a woman who is 20+ years younger than he is. She has no manners, he has no manners. He has been fascinated with my husband since their Ivy League college days. My husband is equal - his superior in somethings and Bill doesn’t come across too many guys like that I guess. Anyway, when he’s in town, we are expected to entertain him, while he shows off his young chick and he expects me to act like his gracious mother did - Cook, clean, provide entertainment so the youngsters can go off and have a good time. We have washed our hands of him a couple of times but he keeps worming his way back into our life occasionally. We never told the children what a creepy scumbag he is. But now my son wants him at his wedding. “He is my Godfather after all.” In name only! I know he will follow my husband aroung like a puppy dog trying to get him to play. I want my husband to concentrate on being a host and taking care of things at the wedding. Mainly holding me up as I watch my son marry a woman whose biological time clock is rushing him to the alter, alienating his family. I don’t even want to go to the wedding now. Between her disinterest in having any kind of relationship with us, and my son being oblivious to it---I’m going to have to be in a coma to get through it. Him wanting this scumbag there, even though he knows I don’t is the last straw. I don’t know what to do. I really regret the boatload of money we lent him for “their townhouse.” Sorry I’m blathering. I’m just so hurt. Dealing with my mother and her treatment (and you know how diarrhea gets to me) and on son who is a puppet with her pulling all the strings…Like LBJ said, “I’m like a hitchhiker in a texas hail storm. No where to run. No where to hide. No way to make it stop.” I just have to stand here and try to find an umbrella. I’m really looking for a hero who will protect me, tell all the @$$ holes off, or at least find an umbrella and hold it over my head. My DH is not that person. He has never protected me from the things he should have. He is a great athelete but in life, he’s a woos. I’m the the one with courage, that rights the wrongs, protects the innocent, and my loved ones. I’m just too tired. can’t do it any more. Hugs to you ALL
I should be doing something, but just can't settle my mind to concentrate on anything. Gorking sounds good right now ~ that will probably end up with me falling asleep. Feeling sleepy. Maybe that is what I need right now. Get a nap and get refreshed ~ then maybe will feel like doing something later.
Hope you all are having a nice weekend.
Take care
Deelee ~ I was posting at the same time as you ~ so sorry for all the heart aches you are going through.
Donna...sorry about the recipe, I went back and put in the missing 6 cups of water. I don't always put all the water in, depends on how thick you want the soup. I used a mega can of diced tomatoes with the juice so I didn't use all the water.
Dee...so sorry for the boat load of troubles. We'll get donna and k3 together with the posse and we'll come over and straighten out that nasty future DIL. She's going to be sorry someday when your son wakes up and realize that she alienated him to his family.
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Hi everyone just got back from wallmart,as we were trying to load the car a lady and her family came by and she sent her hubby and kids in and offered to help us. she picked up the 25# bag of dog food like it was nothing and put it in the car and helped load the other stuff. she said her name was Tammy and i gave her a hug and thanked her profusely. a random act of kindness for sure as it was sleeting with a cold wind. made my day to know there are nice folks out there in our world..Deelee im so sry for your stress and rotton future dil,shame on her and for you. jess the dogs are fine.sadies starting to settle down and becoming a sweet thing now that she isnt chewing everything,she has playmates,neighbore doga 5 to be exact that come and bark for her to come play. Daiseys the old lady but was playing tug with tootsie who is the queen of the house spoiled rotton and oh so cute. we are still looking for anothe liitle pup but i still miss my gizmo.and yes i dont eat alot cuz my tummy wont hold much however over the hoildays i found i can craze and consume aot,gained for the 1st time and so now i back to being careful.you would think i'd be loosing lie crazy but it sticks like glue ive set in motion the steps for my plastic surg. i have to see my dr once a month for rash checks to prove to the ins company that the surg is necessary, if all goes well i can have it done in aug. im excited about this and do need it. we are groking this aft. steves watching old westerns,he said his neck feels a little better. we have talked of making a will and have that set in motion too. we plan on leaving the cabin property to our 4 grandkids, there are 4 parcels or ruffly 80 acres,way out in the sticks. so each kid would get a parcel and the one with the cabin going to our oldest grson. this pleases us as each can do as they wish with it and they are very marketable and would provide a small nest egg for them. hard to think of things like this but a must right.My middle grandson stayed with us last summer and he orgainzed all my books for me and then asked "gramma when you are dead and gone can i have your books" im glad he loves to read as i do. he cracked me up as he is so blunt in the way he presents things. well i didnt intend to write a book but feel like a chatty cathy today. hoping your weekend is bombdiggity rosey
breakfast
cinnamon latte
lunch
those snack fish bites from mcdonalds( not to bad)
a few of steves french fries
snack
coffee mocha
100cal minibag of popcorn
dinner
green salad,cukes tomatoes,black olives
1/2 chix breast
1/2 baked sweet potatoe
Dee - I'm so sorry about your woes! I am going to offer to do the dirty work for you, if you'd like. I know that you're a classy lady, but wouldn't it feel good to say "***k all of you... do what you want and leave me ALONE"? Did the people at the assisted living pay attention to you, I hope?
Rosey - I think you must go through life being happy! You ALWAYS brighten my day, regardless of what's going on! And I'm so glad you had a random angel... isn't that NICE? I got a card from someone today, out of the blue, and I felt like I also had a random angel!
I fixed Asian chicken for dinner and will have it with some mashed potatoes and a salad. For some reason, the smell of chicken cooking makes me want to puke anymore; I needed to put the sauce over it! I think the result will be good!
Thanks, Bobbi - I probably could have figured it out, but I was too lazy to go with "That's why the Goddess gave us Google"!
Hi everyone! I feel like it's been a very long time since I've checked in and don't know what I've told you and what I haven't...;-) Seems like we are just so busy all the time. I found one post where I told you I'd been sick and we had to cancel our trip to MO to visit family (my brother was not doing well) and we had spent Christmas with with our dd. Didn't find anything after that, so if I am repeating myself, I'm sorry but here's an update.
After Christmas we were better so flew out to see my family as my brother was getting worse. They said he was confused off and on. I prayed that he would be mentally ok while we were there and thank God he was. His wife told him he was getting a visitor he hadn't seen in a long time and he immediately guessed it was me. We visited him several hours a day the one week we were there. We stayed with my sister and bil..they even lent their pickup to us to use going back and forth....so we got to see them a lot too. While it hurt to see him in such condition, I still have some great memories and am glad we went. I'll always remember him saying he wanted to be on his feet when we left and he was. I left knowing it was not at all likely I would see him again on this Earth but knowing one day I'll see him in Heaven. He was ready to go and his biggest concern was for His wife not himself. There was no real grief really...just some sadness at saying our goodbyes for a time and now it is hard to realize he's not back there but I feel peace because I know he's in a good place. I felt I got to know my sil much better and we have stayed in more frequent contact since. I also had a great time with my sister and it seemed we also grew closer too. I shipped back home some dishes that belonged to my mom that she had been saving for me. Still haven't unpacked them as I don't know what to do with them but I did check to make sure they arrived ok.
When we got home we only had two days to get ready for our next trip which was a 30 day trip. Since we no longer have the RV, we drove our car and stayed in our timeshare condos plus we had one night in military accomodations. We had one night at a cheap hotel on the way down, then went to Pismo Beach, CA for a week, then a couple nights in Salvang, CA. While we were there we got the call that my brother had passed away, and we made the decision not to go to the service. It bothered me a little not going but I felt I had the ending with him I wanted and it was best..I was afraid I'd regret my decision but I still don't...I really feel at peace about it so believe I made the right decision. When we left Solvang, we drove down to
Palm Springs for a week, always one of our favorite places.
After that we drove to Phoenix to visit our son and his family. We spent five nights in a hotel and drove to his house every day. We sure enjoyed the grandchildren (2 & 6 mo, plus his wife's dd, 7). We also got to have a very nice dinner with his children from his former marriage (14 & 17) and got to meet the oldest bf. We hadn't seen them for a couple years and missed them. They have grown into such beautiful and nice young ladies and we are very proud of them!
Leaving Phoenix, we were then homeward bound. We spent one night at Edwards AFB, then went to downtown San Fran for three nights. We got to see our grandson (13) on his birthday for the first time, had breakfast with him and his mom and her bf and took him shopping for his gift (video game of course!). He had to go to his dad's that night so we didn't see him anymore but we had breakfast our last day there with his mom and her bf. We enjoyed our time with them. We also spent some time with one of dh's db and sil.
On the way home, we stopped at Windsor, CA where our son and his gf had give us 3 nights. Our younger dd lived there before moving up here so we knew a few things about it and we tried to go to the places she mentioned. We also visited the Frances Copola winery and browsed his movie memorabilia there. Very interesting. There are a lot more to do in that area but it will wait until next time. We were by this time glad to be going home.
Since coming home I have been very busy just catching up with things. Still not quite there and soon I need to start our taxes. Busy, busy. I'm getting a new dishwasher delivered tomorrow and I'm excited about that.
Well, that's a long catch up...again, if some was a repeat, I'm sorry. Just so many people have asked what I've been doing. I have not been eating very well...meals usually pretty good, but snacking way too much and not always healthy. My bs haven't been any worse...sometimes better..which I don't understand but my weight is in the mid to high of my usual range, so not so good there.
I'll try and get back before long ...but dh is calling me to watch a movie with him right now and I'm tired of typing anyway.
Lol Gayle - that's exactly what I feel like saying. Right before I hope on an exotic cruise around the world or something. They'll miss me when I'm gone...I think...Or I meet some handsome romeo...Thanks for all your support and words of comfort girls!
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Maryea - It's good to see you back. I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation, and I'm sorry to hear about your brother. I'm glad you got to see him and enjoyed your visit.
Dee - I'm sorry to hear you are going through so much with your mother and your son. I realize that a son is supposed to leave his family and cleave to his wife, but I don't think that means dumping your family altogether. I hope marriage softens your DIL somewhat.
Donna - You spend so much of your time with co-workers, they become like family or even closer than family. I hope you get someone who is a good fit, especially since it's a small office.
It’s snowing like CRAZY here! I wanted to get to the grocery store for GM, but there’s no way I can get out of the driveway. It’s coming down so hard that it’s useless for the SnowBlowerGod to do his thing, and I’m certainly not going to risk going out there with a shovel… so I guess I’m stuck. I hope it lets up later so that he can clear it; otherwise, I won’t be getting out for work in the morning. That’s not all bad, either, I guess, but the guilty conscience will strike me dead!
Mary – it’s lovely to see you back, and your travelogue was news. You did a good job! I’m glad you’re settling back into domestic bliss in your own abode! And I'm sorry for your loss!
CarolSue – you’re right about the bond that develops in a small office . When I started there, I vowed to myself to say NOTHING negative ever while at work, and it’s worked. Given the way of the world nowadays, given the self-involvement and ME-mentality, especially in the younger group, I don’t think I’d be out of line to suggest that courtesy, respect, and manners are the way we behave.
I guess I’ll go down and do some laundry. Warm dryer and good clean smells are always nice on a snowy day! I also have some Wendy’s chili in the freezer, and I think it would be a good idea to thaw that. I like days like this!! They used to make me want to clean, bake, and breed. Luckily, I got over that.
Mary, so nice to see you back after your extended travels. I can't imagine losing either of my brothers and my heart breaks for you, I'm so sorry.
Geeeeeezzzzzzzz Donna, you made me choke on my spit...Breed?.
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Supper:
pear with laughing cow cheese
baked omelet with egg beaters, red pepper, onion, jalepeno, kale
2 low calorie toast with Smart Balance spread, yuk on the spread
Evening snack:
Huge bowl of popcorn made with peanut oil and sweet kettle topping
Bedtime snack:
Raspberry Fluff with SF/FF Cool Whip
Fat 17% (should be 20-35% range)
Carbs 60% (should be 45-60% range)
Protein 15% (should be 10-35% range)
Calories 1,200
Fiber 50 grams
Donna, Rosey, Bobbie, Carole Sue, thanks so much for your support. I just don’t know how to handle this. The other day he came over because she was having a “girls night out” so he spent a couple of hours here. I guess that’s what it’s going to be like and I have to suck it up and take it. But I’m just miserable. I did get an email from her last week. She wants me to put the addresses of people we are inviting on a spread sheet so she can keep track of the responses and stuff. I’ve been wanting to learn how to do a spread sheet anyway. I think I’m going to need more medication!
Afternoon ladies....It is sea foggy here and they promised us some showers. This is our dry season so a shower would be good. Hot and humid is boring.
Bobbi....you had me scrambling and wallowing in guilt thinking we had missed your birthday. Reread it phewwww!
Dee...Donna and GG posse has your back! We just can't decided whether to wack DS or his SO?????? How about a 2 for 1 deal?
Mary...OMG we have missed you! So sorry that you have lost your Brother, but so glad you had gotten that visit. Your stories of him show him as a loving man.
Donna... About the office change, keep your sense of humor the blacker the better, plan evil gotcha monments(without actually doing anything) you'll be surprised how much planning vengeance relieves tension. My all time favorite is taking them to my car, open door push down the lock and close their hand in the door. Am a flutter just planning it......
Rosey...Glad you have gotten back OP. This time with the pool excerise you should start to melt fat away . you and Steve
I got on the scale this am and with my cranky knees I can't do the jump on and off to get a good reading, but found even just plopping on I have now lost over 20lbs since Jan 1st. Bet I could knock off a few more if I could do the scale hop/bop... k3
ps Dee kinda think you should follow the plan I laid out for Donna, too!
and so now i back to being careful.you would think i'd be loosing lie crazy but it sticks like glue 
ive set in motion the steps for my plastic surg. i have to see my dr once a month for rash checks to prove to the ins company that the surg is necessary, if all goes well i can have it done in aug. im excited about this and do need it. we are groking this aft. steves watching old westerns,he said his neck feels a little better. we have talked of making a will and have that set in motion too. we plan on leaving the cabin property to our 4 grandkids, there are 4 parcels or ruffly 80 acres,way out in the sticks. so each kid would get a parcel and the one with the cabin going to our oldest grson. this pleases us as each can do as they wish with it and they are very marketable and would provide a small nest egg for them. hard to think of things like this but a must right.My middle grandson stayed with us last summer and he orgainzed all my books for me and then asked "gramma when you are dead and gone can i have your books" im glad he loves to read as i do. he cracked me up as he is so blunt in the way he presents things. well i didnt intend to write a book but feel like a chatty cathy today. hoping your weekend is bombdiggity 
