THANKS VAL ~ I was here earlier but had to go make dinner and then came back and was reading and such before coming back here and posting. We had another lovely sunny day; the temps were cool, but still nice really. I don't like it to be too hot anyways, as you know.

I am feeling much better today; my flu symptoms are slowly lessening each day. I have been drinking hot lemon drinks before bed and one in the daytime if I need them to lessen the conjestion. I have been surprised by the severe symptoms and the length these two flus had this year. I usually only get one cold or flu each year; but I think my resistance was down as I just had a flu a matter of weeks before I got this one.

I took NIKO out for a walk this afternoon so we both could get some exercise. I bought some new clothes this past week and was pleased to find that my clothes are looser now; I have indeed gone down another size and maybe even two. I'll find out the next time I get some; I also got some new shoes to go walking in (a shoe-like running shoe) and just had to try them out too.

We had a very simple dinner tonight too: beans with l/f franks with coleslaw, green beans, cukes, and baby new potatoes for DH. Maybe not the most imaginative fair, but Thursday is a puzzler for me. Maybe back to the planning board for me. Tomorrow we are having steak with mushrooms and veggies and salad and tomatoes.

Some weeks I have a hard time coming up with ideas; I mean how many ways do you want to eat chicken or fish? We try to have lean pork, lean beef, fish, and chicken at least once a week. Most weeks we have fish and chicken twice, but you can get tired of that too. We all have our ups and downs, don't we?

For lunch today, I did make some homemade veggie soup and tossed in some leftovers. It's based on the old French potage: diced onion, celery, and carrots in broth with herbs, to which I added some peas and leftover roasted sweet potatoes: it was really delish.

PURPLE ~ you and yours remain in our thoughts and prayers ...

ANYWAYS, that's all for now; have a great evening ROSEBUD

Thanks for the update Purple. Our best wishes and prayers are with you during all this stress. I hope you stay well and your Dad stablizes.

Rosebud thanks for posting - we just missed eachother that day. It's great to feel clothing getting loose isnt it? I recently bought new walking shoes too... hopefully they will prevent future knee trouble for me. They arent very stylish! What brand of shoe did you end up buying?


I have spent most of the weekend sleeping. I got home from work yesterday.. ate.. and slept the evening away unitentionally.. then woke up about 11pm.. exercised and went bake to bed. The best part of my day today was being able to load nearly a hundred boxes into a trailer for my parent's move. I noticed they were struggling this morning.. so I ran outside and took over the lifting. A year ago I couldnt have done this.

Theeeen I slept more this afternoon. and I'm feeling pretty tipsy now so I think I'll lay low this evening.

take care,
Val

HELLO LADIES ~ the day started out raining but by this afternoon, we ended up with sunshine again so we got to go out for a small walk. We also went out shopping today: it's a secret for now, but I will be able to tell you about it in the next week or so and maybe I'll even take some pics too. I'm sorry for the tease, but I'll explain the reason then.

PURPLE ~ THANKS so much for coming by and giving us an update; we were very concerned for you and your Dad. WOW, that is a lot of traveling; hope you are getting some sleep in there somewheres. We will be keeping you and your family (esp your Dad) in our thoughts and prayers each day, and we hope things get sorted out for him soon, so he can get on the mend as soon as possible.

VAL ~ you remind me of my younger self; sometimes I would overdo it and then end up exhausted the next few days. Hey, don't worry about having to sleep: as DH always says to me, 'you must have needed it or else you wouldn't have slept that long'. It was nice of you to help your parents out. These flus we've had have the same effect: one of the symptoms is that you feel tired all the time, so needless to say I have been falling asleep all over the place (nodding off at the computer and on my rocking chair and so on ~ LOL!)

SHOES ~ the running shoes I bought are NEVADA'S and look like Mary Jane's in style; they are black and very comfortable too. I got them at Sears. They come in blue and beige as well; and the price was good too.

We had our version of fish & chips tonight; we had breaded fish with baked fries and coleslaw, tomatoes, cukes, and veggy. After a busy day, we wanted something that wasn't too difficult.

My flu is almost gone; just a few weak symptoms left, but I can breathe so much better, thank GOD! Gonna take it easy for the rest of the evening and likely hit the hay early too; DH already has ~ LOL! We're not big partiers these days, but I am listening to the SATURDAY NIGHT GOLDEN OLDIES on the radio while I'm on here, which is a fave of mine. Take very good care of yourselves, ladies ~ your friend ROSEBUD

HELLO CHICKIES ~ just a quick check-in tonight. We had an overcast day with cold winds, but hardly any of the predicted *** Yeah ... just a lazy day for us on Sundays; we really like to take it easy and we did.

Had a lovely roasted Chicken Dinner with roasted veggies: celery, onions, carrots, turnip, new baby potatoes, and long green beans on top. I also roasted a large Butternut Squash: it was yummy. We had our first one at Easter, so we just had to try it again; and the roasting gave it a nice sweet flavor. For dessert, we had my version of light apple crisp with a dollop of vanilla ice cream (just fresh apple slices with cinnamon and granola on top). We had the dessert later with our tea ...

VAL ~ how is your elliptical work going? Does it bother your bad knee at all? Down in the EXERCISE FORUM, a lady and her DH are using one and say that the elliptical machine they have bothers their knees. Many other people say that it is great for people with bad knees. I am just curious as I have a really bad knee myself ...

Not much else to report; hope you all have a great week. You are all in my thoughts and prayers as always, your friend ROSEBUD

HELLO CHICKIES ~ We had a lovely sunny day, albeit with cool winds, but it was nice anyways. Just did regular daily stuff today; and my flu is really on the mend: I am breathing a lot better too. NIKO is keeping us busy, but that's no surprise with a big furry puppy like him. Tomorrow, we are taking a trip to our lot; hope the weather is as nice as today was ... we are gonna take a picnic lunch to have while we are there.

A friend of mine called today who has a cyst on her ovaries. It's not cancerous, but they want to remove it as it's about 7 cm in size. I'm gonna go and put her name in some prayer groups, as she asked me to do that for her.

We had a nice dinner: lean pork steaks with leftover roasted veggies, salad and such too with brown rice. Had a good day overall. Hope you ladies had a good one too; take good care, your friend ROSEBUD

HELLO LADIES ~ we had a lovely day today; it was very sunny here, but when we went up to the lot, clouds and cold winds rolled in, but we managed to get things done. We buried our furry babies up there and made a rock garden around it today and later I will plant some permanent flowers on top as well; it looks really nice. We took a picnic lunch and didn't get home til late this afternoon.

Thank goodness, we didn't get any of that *** but I should have taken my parka with me; I did take too thinner jackets and had to put both of them on to try and stay warm. This was NIKO's first trip there and he was pretty good; although if DH gets out of sight for a minute, he gets upset; he is a man's dog for sure ...

ANYWAYS, we had a good day and just had leftovers for dinner tonight becuz we were tired and sore by the time we got home. Tomorrow is our day to go to town to pay bills and pick up fresh foods so we will be busy again.

PURPLE AND VAL ~ hope you ladies are well; you are both in our thoughts and prayers each day. Take good care and have a great week ladies, your friend ROSEBUD

Thanks for keeping us moving Rosebud! We've gone nearly a week without **** up here -- maybe it's officially spring for both of us?! Even the semi truck that spends summers in my town hauling fresh British Columbia produce here to sell has set up again.. so spring must be here

My eliptical machine has been great for my knee actually. I can even use it without my knee tensor for support.. but I have found out the hard way to keep the tensioni low. I think upping the tension on the machine is one way people with poor knees can do a number on themselves. (mine goes up to 9... and yesterday I 'let it' go up to 7... and woke up with aches this morning.. so today I kept it at 2)

I think I am having a less hectic work week. I am headed out of town.. to a nearby town. about a 2.5 hour drive away for a regional tourism meeting... so I will have to get up earlier and drive. I'll have to make a starbucks run before hitting the road!

Purple and you too Rosebud. Sounds like Niko is settling in and definitly a keeper!

NOW HEAR THIS ~ we are on the move again ...


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