hello darlings... hope everyone is doing well.
Ummm, yes thank you, Mauvais... I'm.... actually, no... that would be a lie. I'm NOT feeling better, but thank you for asking. :) I'm considering asking my doctor to change my meds.
The children start school next week though, so things SHOULD start to get a little better. I'm joining the YMCA next week. I'm feeling a little bit apprehensive about it, but I'm sure it'll be fine once I get over my inferiority complex. :rolleyes:
Good luck with getting a new job... you've got a lot going for you sweetie, and the right one will come along at the right time...

Terri! You don't know where Niagara Falls is?!?! Holy moly!! :lol:

Hi everyone else... excuse me... my daughter and I are going to play a Nancy Drew game on the PC.
xoxo

Ellis-glad to see that you are still among us:) Maybe a change of routine will be good for you. The Y is a great idea. I was actually feeling more energetic when I was going to the gym a few times a week. You are right about the initial self-conciousness :o but I found that if you just focus on what you are doing you just get on with it. The worst for me was getting in the pool-bathing suit time-aarg! :o I swear if DH hadn't have been with me I never would have made it out of the dressing room and into the pool area:rolleyes:

Thanks for the well wishes re: job hunting:)

I'll just jump right in...
 

and say hi to everyone! So, could someone please explain how to post a picture under my name. :?: Thanks!

Hello, good morning...

Cool mornings here to walk in and a hint of autumn to come. I'm repairing old plaster walls in my kitchen, preparing to paint them 'golden laughter', a rich yellow colour. So much work to prep walls.

Ugh, kids up and bickering already. School starts Tuesday, less than a week away. I'm finally ready to settle into routine again.

Everyone take care and have a great day...

L

Good morning, Alternachickies.

Well, it's cool this morning and fall really must be coming! I wish I had kids to send off to school next Tuesday just so I could feel the relief! I'M JUST KIDDING! One good thing about school starting is that the campers will clear out of our beautiful park and the dogs and I will be able to walk there - until the hunting season starts! Not all the Yahoos around here read the No Hunting signs. I can imagine one of my wooly black girls being mistaken for a bear cub!

This morning I am going to zip into town (Smiths Falls) for some hot peppers and other goodies and make another batch of salsa this afternoon. The homemaker in me loves to see those jars lining my pantry shelves. Somebody should make wallpaper with jars of jams and pickles on it - would save a **** of a lot of work.

Did the dentist thing yesterday. When you get older, they start replacing old fillings for something to do! I actually really like my dentist - she lives in the next village and has a gorgeous office with windows overlooking her garden and orchard.

Sojourner, do you mean the picture like the dog below my name? That is called an avatar. To get one you go to your profile and in Edit Options at the bottom is info on how to select one. There is a selection on this site but you can also use other pictures from your own files - IF THEY ARE SMALL ENOUGH. Hope this helps. If not PM me and I'll try to clarify.

Whoops! 7:58! We are off for a walk before driving to town.

Moprning everyone! :yawn:

Rude awakening this morning at 6:50 when the phone rang, it was someone from DH's work calling in sick so he had to get up an hour early and go in to open up the office. Thank goodness I made the lunches last night-that should teach me to get into the habit of doing that! :lol:

Hello and welcome Sojourner:) I guess Ruthxxx explained how to put a picture up to you already but if you need help with it just let us know.

Ruthxx-well aren't you just the little susie homemaker!:) I am jealous, I would love to do canning and preserving but my kitchen isn't big enough, one day when I have my house with a huge garden and kitchen...one can always dream:cloud9:

:p must dash off to work now! You chickies have a great day:D

Hey Mauvais! There is a time for everything. If I am Suzy Homemaker, you can be Career Girl SKipper! Remember her?

Hi Alternachickies!
How are we all today? Ellis I am sorry to hear youare still not feeling well, but yes we are all optimistic that with school starting next week, so will go away our stress. They can be little darlings , can't they.
Soozie- How was the beach, did you do any skinny dipping? Any cuties on the beach? Hope you really relaxed and enjoyed yourself. Boy there sure were a lot of cute lesbians on here while you were away.
Well, off to my moms to drop the kids off and then off to work for me! yeah!


Love, laugh and enjoy live

Wantolosealot

No, but I do remember malibu Stacey! It kinda sucked that most of the Barbies were blondes, few redheads and brunettes and even fewer Barbies of other nationalities (er, is that politically correct?)

Didn't matter any way...I ended up cutting their hair and colouring it with food dye or markers and made them into doctor's, musicians, and other liberated career women, no cheerleeder barbies for me! My friend and I even had witch barbies who lived in a house like the Adams family:lol: they were very spiritually empowered too I might add. Boy I was a weird kid, must have come from watching old Vincent price movies with my parents:lol:

Oh yeah, I had a Cher doll too:rolleyes:

Okay Chicks, so I did some house cleaning of the forum this morning...so...if anyone would care to start a new pigs anonymous thread or any other topic that would be fab!:soap: talk amongst yourselves...you goyles are like buttah, oy! you are ahl princesses:queen: Must go have some coyfee now:)

Yes, I agree, The page was big. But I wasn't gonna start a new one. Each time I do it, no one every posts. Then I start getting paranoid that my deoderant isn't working or my butt looks too big in these jeans ect. Well, you know what I mean. Someday my self conscience behavior will go away...probably once I am completely gray and have no living friends. Right around age 98. :) I just wanted to poke my head in and say hi. I am off to but more stuff into boxes. Will this ever end? I am actuaaly packing the moving van up on the 6th, driving on the 7th, unloading on the 8th. I will be so happy to have a day I don't have to do anything but go look at houses. Maybe I can start walking again. It is still too hot here to do it, but 400 miles north should help that a lot! I will probably have to help cook while I am there. I hate cooking in someone elses kitchen. I left the crockpot receipe book out. I eat heathier than my dad does. Maybe I can help them out on that.... Well...if I go MIA, just know that I will return sometime after the 10th.... ~flower

Mornin' Lovlies....

Well, I got my sunrise clock yesterday and the, ahem, idiots sent me an empty box... :doh: The guy called me back extremely apologetic saying they must've shipped me the box for the demo they have (no one checks these things??). So, I have another one coming... I can't wait, I can already feel the "it's dark already" blues coming on. Last year was awful and I hope to avoid going through *that* again.

Hi Flower! Yes, the moving will end eventually, it just doesn't feel like it!

Good luck all you moms with kiddles going back to school! There are times I wish I could send my cats to boot camp (grumble, grumble...waking me up at 4am, grumble, wanting to play, grumble, drinking water outta my cup....)

mauvais, thank you for spiffy'ing things up! It looks bootiful!

Guess that's all for now... off to finish billing. Can't wait for this 3 day weekend!!!!! :spin:

Have my cholesterol test tomarrow, so I must starve myself after 7pm tonight... such fun :rolleyes:

Terri

HAHAHAHA...
 

Look at my new pic! This will have to do until I find my own. Giggle... nothing like a little sausage to cheer one up. :p

Hey Ruthxxx
 

I have my own great fresh salsa recipe which is best with fresh veggies from the garden. It is a HUGE hit everytime I make it and it is known as "Amy's Salsa" (Amy... that's me). Try it:

6 large garden fresh tomatos, seeded and diced
1 white onion, diced
1 or 2 hot peppers of your choice, diced and added to taste
fresh cilantro, cut up with kitchen shears... around a cup
1 to 2 T of salt

Thats it! You will love it.

My garden veggies are in full force right now... I really need to get out there and start harvesting stuff. I always plant way more than necessary even thought my garden is so tiny. I have very fertile soil and a green thumb I guess, as evertything seems to thrive. Last year I did some tomato canning for the first time. I diced tomatos until my hands were raw with the all that acidic juice. I thought I would have so many jars and I ended up with like only five!!! And then the jars took forever to seal. I was so paranoid I would die of botulism or something if I did it wrong. I think I was up until 2 am wondering if the jars sealed properly. It was quite traumatic. :dizzy: I guess I will try again this year... since in a couple of weeks I am going to have hundreds of roma tomatos.

Sojogrrl -

Thanks for the salsa recipe :) tonight I'm making tomato caprese salad from the garden overflow of a gentleman I work with :) I will post the recipe, if it turns out to be good !

I am following Protein Power, so I love your new pic! LOL


Punkin - is the sunshine clock for SAD? My friend suffers from this.....and she has decided this will be the year she gets help.... how does the clock vary from a light box?

Mauvais - you ah killin' me heya with yoa wundaful sense of huma goylefriend! all that barbietaulk had me rofl this AM

Ellis - I'm thinking about you..hope you feel better soon:chockiss: I know how you feel about the Y. As they say, the hardest part is getting started. Not so long ago, I got on the scale after years of denial........all of this is a game of inches ( ooh - what was that? a pun?)

Flower - if you start a thread, I'll respond enthusiastically :) I like calling you flower, reminds me of Bambi :)

Terri #1 - if you tell me how to get to Mount Hood, I'll tell you how to get to Niagara Falls

hugs all - barefoot terrigrrrl

:lol: nothing like a big sausage to reeeaaally cheer one up;)

Hey! Watch it! We moderators are supposed to set a good example.
(After you, my dear!)

What:shrug: So I was feeling a little sad today and went to a hot dog cart for lunch:shrug:

Hee hee Mauvaisroux... I almost put "nothing like a morning sausage" but I wondered if that would cross the line. :s:

Italian sausage is the best....nice and big and....OOPS!!

WOW!! My kids started school this past Monday and things have actually gotten MORE crazy here. DH and I went to "test drive" a car (looking to replace '86 Corolla which is quickly losing the battle...) and wound up buying, so we have been running around getting insurance, trying to cover the check we wrote....you get the picture!!!

Mauvais- I used to cut my dolls' hair too. I used to make them BALD, but that was when I still thought that their hair grew. Now I know they have to go out and buy a new wig.

Ruth-Homemeade salsa.....YUM!!!!

Soujourner-I'm with you. I am fine doing jams etc. but I worry about canning vegetables. I have been eating so many tomatoes it isn't funny!! Love it though!!!

Punkin-Thanks for the good wishes. I was worried about the 12 year old going back, because he had a ROUGH year last year, but so far so good!!

Ellis-Sorry you are feeling bad. We need to exercise. That will probably help a bit. Love you!!

Barefoot-YUP!! I can use all the tomato recipes I can get right now!!

flower-good luck with the move!! I really don't envy you. I HATE moving, even when I want to move!! We'll be sending lots of "light box" and "easy move" vibes your way!!

Wanttolose-Maybe you have said, but I forgot. How old are your kids? Are they going to school next week too?

Who else had their kids return to school this week?

See you all later!!

My kitchen is a bright sunshine yellow, WOW; it's really bright. But it will be super in Feb, when it is not bright outside. I'm doing my second coat this morning, then we have to zip off to renew Health cards which expire on my birthday in 2 weeks.

I'm so ready for life to return to routine. Kids to go back, husband to go back... Holidays are so much work it seems. My house is completely upside down and as I work in one area the others are quickly undone. That's the down-side of a big old house...

Just looked at my paint in the kitchen and I fear I'll need 3 coats.

Ellis; sorry to hear you're not feeling better...
I'm supposed to make relish, but haven't had a chance. I feel OVERWHELMED this last week of summer, like I'm on a ride that won't stop. I can't remember the last time I sat on my porch and read a book. :(

And my kids are lazy. :(

Pop in later....

Lois

Morning everyone!:wave:

Just thought I would post this morning as I may not be able to tonight. We are going to a Japanese restaurant tonight for a friend's birthday party. Another obstacle to my WOE for the week:lol: I can't win, everytime I am getting back OP something turns up that thwarts my good intentions....
hope you all have a good day today:)


Lamorgan your kitchen sounds lovely and sunny:)

Good morning ladies,
Hi Den- My kids are 8 and 10 (going on 16).
Well, I had quite a night last night. I was asked to go to a friends house to help pick out brides maid dressess. Yeah!!! My idea of excitement! Anyway, I got there and knocked on the door and then walked in, to be greeted by five smiling faces yelling surprise, Happy Birthday! I was so surprised and beamed. No one has ever thrown me a surprise party before. It was great. I did not expect a thing because my BDay was on Teusday, but apparently they could not plan it for that night , so they had it last night, which worked great as I did not expect a thing. Homeade Chinese food,rye and coke and BDay cake,what more could a gilr ask for. And oh yes presents! It was very nice! Made my day.
Well, have to go jump in shower and get ready for work will chat later!Have a great day everyone!
Wanttolosealot

Overwhelmed is a great word, Lamorgan. I would love to be underwhelmed for a while this morning! :lol:

My "zip" into town turned into a whole morning's outing yesterday. DH decided to come along and that always screws thing up. Aside from being a slow walker, he bought tons of canned goods because "it is time to stock up" and we also had to stop at the druugstore, Canadian Tire and Brew Bye You! Grrr! Had a late lunch which was interrupted by a huge crash as the shelf in the laundry/pantry closet fell down! Too many canned goods, I guess. (I told him to put them in the cellar!) By the time we got that mess cleared up, the afternoon was shot so this morning is my Suzy Homemaker Act before the fruit flies take over the kitchen.

So......onward with life in the sleepy little town of Delta. Hope I hear some good gossip today to liven things up! I get to work a charity Bingo in Brockville tomorrow which will be exciting - NOT!

Good Morning gang! I have been MIA for awhile, but now I am committed & you won't be able to get rid of me again. I got all of the test results back. It is a cancerous tumor that will be taken out ASAP, but it is noninvasive, & only in the center of the tumor. The tumor is located in a lymph node, so that actually makes it easier, just take the whole node out, not fear of missing anything. So while it isn't the answer I was hoping for, of the "bad news options" this is the best case scenerio that I could have hoped for. No chemo, possibly not even radiation, won't know that though until it is out. I asked the Dr if it was possible that it was one of those horrible 20 pound tumors, that way I can weigh less when it is out. She laughed, & told me it is probably more likely 2 ounces at the very most. Well that will not help much at all on the scale!

OK now bear with me while I preach for just a moment! :soap: I was very lucky because this was found so early so number 1, please ladies do self exams every month, & for anyone that is at the age for mammograms, do it faithfully! OK number 2, I will not preach this, because I know that does not help, but will mention it to give everyone some little extra incentive. She told me that had I not lost some weight & still weighed over 180, I probably would not have found this myself & I had just been in for my DRs exam in APril & it was not found then. So it may have eneded up being a year till it was found, which she admits most likely would have been too late. Given the fact that it was growing int he lymph nodes, as soon as it spread out of the tumor, it would have carried to other areas. Ok so if you need a little extra push to keep you motivated maybe that will be it! OK I am done now & I promise not to do this again! :tape:

Ok my little ones started school Monday. Alli the Kindergartner loves it! Can't wait to get on that bus every morning! Zach in second grade gave me a scare though yesterday. DH gets home only about 5 minutes before he does to meet him. So I call at what should have been a time when he was home for about 20 minutes. DH says he isn't home yet, I ask if he checked with the neighbor to see if her daughter was home, or maybe the bus beat him there so he went over to their house. So he calls, Micaylyn is home...Zach is not yet. So they call the school, no nothing wrong with the bus, & Zach did get on. OK panic is setting in. I tell him to go outside & see if he sees his backpack laying in the yard or any sign that he was there & call me right back! OK phone rings 2 minutes later, it is the school, Zach feel asleep on the bus & the driver did not realize it till she dropped off the last kid who told her he was still on, so they are on the way back. I of course was instantly relieved, & then could laugh a bit. When I got home, poor little guy was very embarrassed, so we didn't say much about it, but I am sure when he is 16 we will relish telling the story over & over!

Well I need to get started on some work here! Take care everyone! And I will be back soon!

Ellis, I was going to post for you on Nurturing, but it's gone! So here I am again! Take care & I hope that you are feeling better soon! Let us know if there is anything we can do, besides sending you good wishes, thoughts, prayers & hugs!

Ummmm:o I started a new thread for our mother henning today.

You guys ever hear that you shouldn't use anti-persperent if you shave your underarms?? You should use deoderant, because there is some link to the stuff getting direct access to your lymph glands...

Out the the entire wall of main stream deorderant/anti-persperant in the store, only 1 brand is deoderant only...

I feel less overwhelmed and am quickly counting my blessings, sending both Christina and ellis good healing energy.

:)

Lois

Oh! And sending Flower some good moving energy! (So glad it's not me)!

L

Happy Friday-eve!

Terrigrrrl - Yes, the sunrise clock can be used for SAD (also jetlag and shift work, etc.). Last year was a particulary bad winter here and I started to think I was honestly going mad. I was either crying, just finished crying or was about to cry - add to that the fact that I started having wildly violent daydreams... well, I was about to commit myself before I hurt someone or myself. So, I'm going to try the clock first, if that doesn't work then I'll have to either try a light box or meds. A light box is different in that they're much more expensive (around $200-400) and that you just sit in front of them. The sunrise close simulates a sunrise to wake you up instead of an alarm and can simulate a sunset when it's time to sleep. I'm up at 5am and usually head to bed around 8:30'ish I think it's a good place to start.
Ok, Mt. Hood. How you get there is go to my house and look north - there it is!!!! No, seriously, from my house I can see Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, the Three Sisters, Broken Top, Mt. Washington, Mt. Bachelor and Three Fingered Jack. Wanna come n' ski??

Lamorgan - Yea I've heard of it - the deoderant/breast cancer thing is an urban legend. There's no medical proof that use of one causes the other. Although, it seems like everything causes cancer nowadays... :rolleyes:

Chris - Thank you for the preaching... there are times I for one need to hear of a solid reason WHY we're doing this whole weight loss thing other than just to fit into a certain pair of pants.
I had a similar "preach" regarding skin cancer. I'm a fair skinned, freckled red head and I avoided the dermatologist like the plague while I was really heavy. When I got to goal years ago I finally went in and ended up having 3 moles removed - *thankfully* they were all ok, but I also had 2 pre-cancerous lesions frozen off my hand and lip. Had I not gone because of my weight I shudder to think how it would've turned out. Thank you for the reminder!

Had my cholesterol test done this morning. 10 years ago it was 123, what they called genetically low - so after loosing weight, gaining weight and loosing some again it'll be interesting to see what they say...

Terri :moo:

well, yesterday my pantry shelf fell down #1 and today .....

#2. I put a very hot tray on my kitchen counter and realized I had burned a hole in the surface. It had been put on a hot burner by mistake!

#3. This afternoon as I poured hot salsa into jars, the jars (3) shattered into crackles. The oven knob was on the wrong way (Grr and selective cursing was heard by close neighbours) and the hot jars were very very hot.

So that's it. I am going to go to bed for a nap now!

There have been two deaths in the Village this week so I'll rest up for the third one.

Anybody else find stuff comes in threes?

Ruth, you're killin' me. :lol: I'm sorry. snicker. You are just friggin' killing me.
Only because it all sounds so very familiar. When stuff like that happens, I just want to light a match to the house and start afresh.
You might have to kill the third person yourself, thus ensuring that the third person isn't YOU.
Hope the rest of the day goes better for you, sweetie...
xo

Ummmm, Ruth maybe I should be calling you Suzy Home Wrecker instead:lol:

Actually, I did say to Harry "I'm gonna kill myself right after I finish processing these jars!" but I changed my mind because I might miss something.

Oh! Hello darlings. (disoriented)

Den, congrats on the new car! What did you buy?
Yup, we've got to exercise, girl... the kids are starting school next Tuesday, and I'm joining the Y on Thursday.
I feel ill. I just ate a large bag of Doritos and a bag of bridge mixture. And then fell asleep. While reading one of my old children's books. An Enid Blyton. Famous Five. When I woke up, it was to the taste of reflux (if you know what I mean) and the smell of hot tar. Some ding dong neighbour is getting their roof tarred. BLAH!!! My entire house REEKS of it!!
My darling DH has just come home from work and has taken the kids to see a baseball game to give me some blessed time ALONE!! (I think he's afraid I'm going to become a mass murderer)
Love you too!!

Terri, I'm really sorry that you have a hard time with depression too. I hope that the clock works for you. I'm surprised you didn't kill those guys that sent you an empty box. :rolleyes:
How was the cholesterol count?

Lois, thanks for the good healing energy. :) I think I can feel it coming...
Oh geepers... you just reminded me that our health cards expired last winter... must go and get them renewed...

Christina, I'm so glad that you're positive about your light little lump. The worrying is really the worst, isn't it? Everything is going to be fine, and your life is going to be better than ever.
And yes, thank you indeed for the preaching! We need it, and we're very grateful!
Your poor little Zach! You must have been scared out of your wits!
Thanks for the prayers and hugs, sweetie! :)

Happy Birthday Wanttolosealot!!!
:hat: :gift: :flow2: :flow1: :hb:
What lovely friends you have!

Mauvais, have fun at the restaurant! Don't eat too much you skinny babe, you. ;)

Ruth, have fun at the Bingo. :lol:

Hi everyone else... love and hugs...

Hi there, it's Terri, the human pin cushion!!

I got my depo shot this morning then my blood drawn for my cholesterol... I've been hungry and headachy all day from going 13 hours without food! Grrrrr..... BUT I did NOT get the donuts I'd 1/2 planned! I ate my Pria bar and banana with my bottle of water on the way back to work - bravo, take a bow... :cp:
I should get the results back next week.

I got my sunrise clock today! And it was actually *in* the box!!! WoooHoooo!!! :rolleyes: First thing I did was plug it in and put it through it's demo mode - works beeeeautifully! Can't wait to awaken to light tomarrow instead of being jarred awake by my alarm!
Ellis - I was about to reach through the phone and choke the guy. I almost said "ya know, these are sold to KEEP people from being sad, depressed and violent - are you tryin' to set me off bucko?!" Thankfully, I bit my tongue and waited for box #2 WITH product this time, thankyouverymuch!
Are you another sufferer? I've never had the pleasure of talking with another admitted sufferer of depression. Almost everyone close to me looks at me strange when I've said I've been treated for depression - they look at your life like you've got nothing to be depressed about - totally clueless that that's got *nothing* to do with it...

Dent - Whatcha' get?? I get shotgun!!

Ruth - Maybe it's best that you just go sit down and not touch anything for awhile... wait for whatEVER it is to pass!

Wanttoloose - Wow!!! What awsome friends! Happy birthday to youuuuu....:hat:

Almost time to go home - I'll report back about how my first faux sunrise morning goes tomarrow!

Terri
(I'm staaaarving!)

Hi Ladies!

Ruth, if things come in 3's I will not be letting DH near me ever again! (we have 2 kids:lol: :lol: ) Get home from work after yet another frantic day! Find DH & DS screaming at each other! I give DD a hug & think I came home for this! OK I ask what the problem is. Seems DS did not put soccer stuff as he is told after every practice & he can not find his 1 shin guard. So they are ripping the room apart, 10 minutes later it is time to leave. DH says he can't go, he has to stay home & get his room in order. DS is crying! Soccer is his life right now. Oh well I am staying out of this. Go in DS's room 5 minutes later to tell him to get homework done...hmm right there in the middle of the floor in plain site is both shin guards! So now I am the bad Mom because I refuse to run him to practice now! I think if we had 3, someone here would have to die! If you have any Salsa though that isn't in a broken jar, send it my way! I LOVE salsa!

PSeed, you clock sounds wonderful! I hate that jarring awake from the alarm! I will admit, I have never actually been treated, but am convinced I suffer, mildly, from the seasonal thing! It isn't so bad now that I recognize it & can do things to make it better, but for 3 years every fall I would get very weepy, depressed & felt like nothing in my life was right & that I just wanted to run from everyone & everything! Suddenly one year as I am crying to a girlfriend & can't tell her why, I just blurt out I am like this every fall, maybe it is just because of my birthday & turning another year older. Then I realized it is always around the time we turn the clocks back! It is very mild, but now I know that I have to make a point of going out at lunch to get some sunlight & I do keep brighter light bulbs in the lights now. I know how bad I feel when I just want to cry in bed all day & it lasts a very short time, I can't imagine how hard it would be to feel that way for weeks even months at a time!

The waiting to hear was by far the worst part. What you imagine is always worst than the reality! Actually now I don't know how to tell anyone. I know that I have to tell my Dad, but I don't know how. I know that he will worry. RIght now he only has my step mother & me left, all his other family has passed on. That is a very frightening thought to me! I am an only child, so when my Father passes, all that I will have is my husband & kids. So knowing how alone that will make me feel, I don't want him to feel that way. Anyway, I have to be positive about it all, I think that may be half the battle, if I let it get me down, it wins! THe other part that bothers me more than anything is the fear that I have passed this on to my daughter! I know that is so irrational, she is only 6 & it isn't something that I can help, but I look at her & just want to tell her I am sorry that she may have to go through all of this too! Then I think that she is too young to have this frighten her to keep her checking & proactive in her exams, so I have to start drilling it into her at puberty! They do a huge "race for the cure" here every spring. Particpants get colored tshirts symboloizing if they are running as a survivor, future survivor, in honor of someone, or memory of someone. It is a 5K fun race, I am doing it this year with my friends partner that is in her 2nd year since she started treatment. Hopefully doing those sort of things will get Alli educated as she grows up so it will be second nature for her!

Well I need to get to bed. It has been a long 2 weeks with little sleep & it is cathching up with me! We are going camping htis weekend, hopefully I can catch up some & relax for the 3 days!

Take care to everyone I missed & especially to those needing a little extra love right now!

HI TO EVERYONE!!

Well, we went out and bought a Hyundai Elantra. We went to test drive an Accent, and wound up getting the Elantra for about the price of the Accent!! I couldn't believe it!! THAT is why we went ahead. We weren't planning on buying until DH started getting checks again, so things will now be even tighter, but it is all pretty exciting. There is more crap on this car than I have EVER had!! DH is even happier than I am, since he no longer has to drive the '86 Corolla which is constantly breaking down!!

Christina-I am really sorry that the tumor is cancerous. Having said that, it sounds like under the circumstances it could have been a LOT worse!! You are right about attitude, and your good attitude is going to help you get through this. Let us know when you need some support!! :goodvibes :chockiss: :grouphug:

Punkin-I'm another one!! Been taking meds for depression for about 6 years, and should have gone in before that!! Knowing tht you aren't alone really does help. I know what you mean about strange looks, I used to get that too!! I used to say, "I love my life, it's just myself I hate!" Now I like myself too....although I'd sure like to have less of me to love!!!:lol:

Ellis-DO IT!! Sign up as soon as you can, I know it will help you feel better. I loved it when I took Karate. Wish I hadn't stopped!! Sometimes the young guys would sneer at me...until we started sparring!! After that they were always VERY respectful!! Remember, anyone who would treat you rudely has more work to do than can be done at a gym!!

Ruth-Sorry about the disasters!! Reminds me of the time I made homemade pasta (I was in high school) and had it drying on the dining room table. The dog ate ALL of it!! Talk about frustrating! Have a wee dram of scotch and relax a while..........

Lamorgan-I don't shave because i get ingrown hairs...OUCH!! Also, I just use deoderant now because my pores get clogged when I use anti-perspirant. I guess my pits are "delicate" even if the rest of me isn't!!

Wanttolosealot-HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!:hb: :gift: :hat: :dance: HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD ONE!!! The party sounds like it was a lot of fun!!

Mauvaisroux-HAVE FUN TONIGHT!! We need chopstick smilies!!!

Den - My baby, Gordie, is a Hyundai Elantra. I got him in November, brand new, and I love him! They are great little cars. What color?

Christina - Have a fun, relaxing camping trip - you need it! :)

Teri - How was the wake up this morning? A clock that just wakes you up by light would never work for me, I would just pull the covers over my head and go right back to sleep. When I was in college my favorite nap time was about 5pm during the spring when the warm sun was on my bed. hmm.... a nap sounds wonderful..... ;)

Ellis - I hope you had a wonderful night alone! Sending you happy vibes :goodvibes:

Ruthxxx - Hopefully today will be a much better day! But I like Ellis's ide a- just burn the house down and start over. :lol:

Good luck for the new school year all of you chicks with kiddos!

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A quickie post.
Banking and laundry and working on dog fur on the agenda. I am NOT doing any more preserving for a while. :D
Gorgeous day! May hack away at more weeds.
Have a great long weekend, Girlies.