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It finally warmed up a little. I was able to get Christies bath done.. I guess it is going to cool down again this week. It is time for her shots etc. I didn't want to take her until she was bathed.. She doesn't get real dirty but I can't wash her after I put on her flea med..
I am a warm weather person. Not hot just in between.. I don't like to be cold.. It is hard for me to relate to the snow that some of you are used to.. The pictures Happy sent are a marvel to me. It is something I probably will never see any other way..
My bones ache in the cold and damp. My ancestors who passed this arthritis to me can take it back anytime..
Christie and I are out walking several blocks every day.. Thank the Good Lord I can still do that.. This coming week I hope to get to Sams. I am running out of some things.. I do a good bit of bulk shopping there. It is cheaper in the long run.. I buy most of my meats and some can goods there along with other household items..
Hope everyone is well...Joanne

Mima, you sound like you are keeping busy. I'm sure it was nice seeing Evan and his tai kwan do. Wonder if "The Note" was based on the book by Angela Hunt. It sure sounds like it could be with the plane crash. I enjoy her books.

Candice, I can relate to no energy especially this weekend. My temp has been up over 100 most of the weekend, I've felt queasy, and just want to sleep. So I have! I'm sure that WW cookbook will be great! You'll have to let us know if you run across any super recipes. I am also slow at losing. I just started a Bible Based weight loss plan 1 1 /2 weeks ago. Our first weigh in was supposed to be last Wednesday, but it was cancelled because of the nasty weather. So this Wed. will be the first one. Maybe not eating this weekend will give me a boost. The ice on the windows was something that we had problems with in one of our homes. We never checked into having it fixed, we just put towels in the window ledges during the winter. Not a real good solution, I know.

Kate, let me know about your yoga dvd's. I took a yoga class at the Y, and I enjoyed it. I'm signed up for the one this session, but I haven't been there yet. There was a break week, then we were in Georgia for a couple weeks, then I had something else going on, and last week the teacher cancelled. I hope to be able to make it there tomorrow. I know it is good for me.

Joanne, I know several people who shop at Sams. I've never been there.

Hello to everyone!

We go to BJ's but I like Sam's better but there is none near us back home-just BJ's.
It has actually warmed up a bit back home.Not that it would be warm enough for us.
We ent to see the Annie Moses Band at church-wow. 3 of them play the violin and I mean play!! 8 of them from the same family.
Well, packing the one suitcase. Got another headache.Think it's sinus and it goes away. I have been eating Activia=daughter says it's the best thing for ibs. Of course it's a milk product.
One more day of computer and tv, Direct tv won't put the tv on for a week
Bye for now Mima.

Good morning all. Weather here in Florida is cloudy and getting cooler by the minute. Expecting some rain too. We're suppose to have record low temps next two nights...frost warnings in effect even! I know, I know....nothing like some of you in snow country but cold to us thin-blooded Florida folks anyway!:shocksn:

Tammy, tried my first session of the yoga dvd this morning before walking Queenie. I was hoping it would "loosen" things up so my walk would be more comfortable. Wow! :fr:is all I can say. I had forgotten how flexible one has to be to perform some of those moves! I even had trouble getting my legs to cross and lay flat sideways while in the sitting pose! The dvds are "Kundalini Yoga" with Ravi Singh and Ana Brett. It really focuses on stretching, breathing and alignment. My low back actually feels pretty good after this try and I didn't even get to finish all the warm-ups. I think if I keep at it, I will eventually be able to get through the whole thing. :yoga: I just need to be alone and in a quiet environment and early morning seems to be the best time. Hopefully my soon-to-be-guest house won't interfere....we'll see.

Mima, good luck with your trip back home...I hope everything works out to your advantage, including the weather!;)
Putting off shampooing the living room rug again today...weather is not going to cooperate so the heck with it for now. Hope everyone enjoys their day and stays warm!!

Good morning (it still is here, anyway)

JoAnne - glad that you can get out walking. I agree, my anscestors can have this OA back anytime they want. I think my grandmother had FM as well, as she hurt everywhere, but they called it Rheumatism. All she had was asprin based meds to take for the pain, and something like Absorbine Jr.(could have been that for all I know). She was a short little lady, was born with Perth's Disease(dry hip socket) that was never fixed, so she had to wear a built up shoe as her one leg was a LOT shorter than the other. She would live with us off and on while I was growing up. She lived to be 96 yrs old and I NEVER heard her complain much. You could just look at her and know she was having lots of pain. Getting out of a chair was brutal for her.

I really do like winter. We have to get out in the snow and do things, as it is here for several months. However, the mid US has a LOT more snow than we do, and since it has been up in the high 40's the past couple of days, it is MELTING. It is what we call the January Thaw here. Kids have a great time in the winter.

Kate - hope you get your carpets cleaned. Is your company due THIS week? When we were in Florida last Feb., the first day we were there, it was something like 85F. Got dressed in my summer duds, stood outside for a little while, got a nice burn, because I hadn't got to the store to buy sunscreen YET. I was anticipating nice warm weather, but that afternoon, it rained soooo hard,and then the temps dropped like a rock, and it was COLD, and I started to hurt from the dampness. We made our way up the coast from Ft. Lauderdale - loved the orlando area, and then went into Georgia (we were driving back home). After 10 days, we were almost back home, and here is the funniest part - Alberta was the WARMEST of all the places we had been!!! It was now the 8 of March. Had to laugh at that one!

Good luck with the yoga. Used to do that a lot, but now it is downright impossible.

Candice - It sounds like your windows aren't sealed right. I can't believe that an inspector would have missed all this stuff (that is, if you had it inspected). That is there job, to find these kinds of things. Share some good recipes with us, please. I always find when I go to cook a ww recipe I never have what they ask for and in some cases have never even heard of some of the stuff they ask for.

Tammy - I hope you feel better today. There is some nasty stuff going around out there. The last time I had the stomach flu, I was sick for 3 days, and then had to to to the ER on the 3 night. My heart started into Atrial Fibrillation, because I could not keep my meds down. I had lost 6 pounds; got to the hospital, they hooked me up to an IV, and I spent the night, until my heart got under control again. They let me go home in the morning, and I decided to get on the scale, and I had gained back 6 pounds. It doesn't seem fair. I lose weight so slowly, it will take me 2 years to get rid of these 40-50 pounds I want to shed. I am down just over 10, but it is slow going.

Mima - Have a safe trip. I am sure your time back home will go fast, because you will be busy. Hope you don't have any major storms while you are there. I think you should sell the house and buy a condo, so that while you are gone, you shouldn't have many worries. We don't have a Sam's club here, but we have Costco, so that is where I go.


Well, since the sun is shining and it is warming up nicely (we are having a Chinook here) I need to get ready and go outside for a bit. My foot is still sore (inflammation in the metatorsil bone of my toe) so I can't walk too far, but I will get out. Have a nice day.

Sounds like several of you are having some foot pain ... I can sympathize. I'm also having trouble walking today. And speaking of bad weather ... we are having a really cold snow here so that's not helping the fibro/arthritis situation either. Complain, complain, complain! :p Oh well, thank God for heating pads, darvocet and other pain helps, huh? I keep telling myself I could be in a shelter or out on the street in a cardboard box freezing to death. I'm really quite lucky to be where I am ... very blessed. I guess everything is relative to where you are ... mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter! ;)

I had FIVE whole pages to read to catch up. I didn't realize I had been away that long. I've gotta start checking in more often. It's been a busy week. One thing I remember reading was about the folic acid tabs. Someone said (can't remember who ... sorry) that they thought they only came in 400mcg strength ... they come in 1MG though because I take those, have been for years. 1MG= 1000mcg. Mine are prescription so you may want to ask you doctor about that. They're really cheap that way.

Not much going on here ... just the snow. A guy called and said he was bringing a friend down to see a trailer but never did show up (thank goodness) and with the weather like it is, I hope he doesn't! I'm waiting on the cable man now. (if HE shows up!) My internet service goes off almost every night about 10 or 11. Weird.

I think I told you our pastor left so we are now trying to find a new one. Well, most of you know I was choir director a couple of years ago and then gave it to our pastor's wife ... when they left the church asked me to take it back. I did yesterday ... we met for the first time. I had over 20 people join. She had to stop having a choir because she couldn't get anyone to participate. I really liked her ... I found that so odd. Everyone was so excited last night at practice. I had about 5 or 6 people either call or send word by someone else that they wanted to be in choir but couldn't make it to practice last night so there will be more. I was really surprised. I just can't figure all that out. Also, our Director of Education is leaving (or already left, not sure which) and the Elder board has asked me to take that position back, too. That's a really hard one for me. That is a lot of work ... I mean a LOT of work. I don't always feel like doing all that on Sun. morning. Mornings are hard for me. I struggled with that. I talked with a good friend of mine at church who is a retired teacher. While she won't do it herself she said she would help me with it. I finally told them I would with her backing me up. It's going to be a rough year for me. Just pray God will send us a pastor who has a wife with some background in some of these areas and can take up some of the slack. We have lost three families who were very valuable to our church. We even lost our youth director and as Director of Education I'll have to be working closely with the older youth quite a bit now, too. Not only did the Youth Diector leave but so did the woman who did the youth programs and special events like the Easter Egg hunts, plays and skits, etc. AND, although she didn't leave, the lady who was doing the lessons for children's church quit. So now that will all fall back on me. One of our piano players got upset about something (doesn't take much to upset her) and I'm pretty sure she is leaving so that will put me on the praise team every Sunday now. Like I said, it's going to be a rough year!!!

On the plus side (which in situations like this I HAVE to look at) we are being blessed with new people almost every Sunday. It is thrilling me to death! Even without a pastor and in all this chaos, our church is growing. GOD IS GOOD!

Mima, glad you enjoyed the concert. I tried Activia, and the taste didn't agree with me, so I quit eating it.

Kate, good for you for giving the dvd a try! I went to class today, and I forgot how much better I felt after being there. A few of us were talking after class about how much better we feel and how less sore we are than when we started back in October for the first time. I have a dvd, Just My Size Yoga with Megan Garcia. It is for everyone, but it is geared to larger women. She gives lots of alternative postions for when you are getting started.

Anne, I felt better last night. Even ate some pizza, so I knew I was better. Today I went to my aerobics class, lunch with some other retired teachers, and the yoga class this afternoon. I agree that it doesn't seem fair that you had gained that 6 pounds! Tim's wedding is scheduled for May 2010, so I now have real incentive to try to lose some weight. My goal overall is 50, and I know I'll feel better even if I lose 1/2 that. Hope you were able to get in some walking with your foot pain.

Meme, you know it's funny that you mentioned being blessed. Tim and I were just talking about that earlier this evening. Very weird about your internet going out like that. Will keep you and your church in prayers that things work out for the best for His will. Your church is growing, so that is awesome!!

Had to shovel again but I enjoy it..like the exercise but it was to bright today got a headache. :(

Got the car out and to the doc but our subdivision roads are a mess and the new car DH got me is not good on snow....WEll....the doc trimmed my orthotics to fit better and I am trying a new anti-inflammatory cream (voltaren gel) since I can't take anything oral in that category. The cortisone injection is the next step but will be in a boot for two weeks so did not opt for that at this time. The other foot I had dropped an oak drawer front on and damaged the nail a while back and it was causing a lot of pain when wearing enclosed shoes so he removed it and now I am a lot more pain! LOL It should only last a few days but gotta stay off of it so no shoveling or treadmill for a few days. ...but I did come home and do more scooping and up and down a ladder to put x-mas away and then the numbness wore off....I am getting by with just Tylenol if I keep it elevated. He is not sure the nail will grow right with the bed damage. Always injuring myself.

Stay warm gals :wave:

Meme-be careful about overcommitting-I know you have gifts . pray how God wants you to use them.
Boy-we are a mess but a good mess. My aunt thinks my grandmother had fibro-my cousin has it.
Went for a long walk last night-wanted to sleep well but didn't.
What a historic day this is!!I didn't vote for Obama but we pray he does a good job.
It has warmed up a bit back home. Every one wants us to visit, but I don't want to overdo it.
Bye for now-see you next week. mima

Goodmorning ladies! A very brisk and windy day here but the sun is shining! I finally managed to get that rug shampooed yesterday. Boy, are my arms feeling it today! My shampoo machine isn't that difficult to use but the repetitive movements really kicked me in the butt! At least it is done....Then I cooked a great roast chicken dinner and had some neighbors join us. Finally walked Queenie at 10 pm and went to bed. It was a very busy day yesterday and I am feeling the results of it today.
Anne, does "having a chinook" mean a cold spell? I have never heard that term before. And Tammy, I did see a dvd for women of size and thought about purchasing it but bought the other ones instead. I think perhaps after yesterday's try, I should take another look at the "Just My Size" one. I definitely need some alternantive positions for some of these poses. I use Amazon.com for these purchases because they have a secure site for payments.
Off to the store to pick up some supplies. Making "Bolivian Pork Chops" tonight from SB cookbook. Hubby has been switched back to nights at work which is going to be tough to get used to again.... but at least he is working which is more than some around here right now! Enjoy your day, ladies!

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Mima - Will you be gone a week? I think you will be very busy while you are home and will need a BIG rest when you get back to Florida.

Meme - Mima is right - pick and choose what you want to do, but for heaven sakes, don't try to do it all!! God put other people on earth as well, and they can help! Didn't know your pastor had left, hope you find a good replacement.

Tammy - good for you doing two classes in one day. I didn't get out for that walk, as my foot is still sore.

Candice - I think I need to get some Voltaren cream. I used to use that years ago, and it helped a bit. Perhaps that is what my foot needs. I see that you can buy it without a precription now, but it hasn't arrived in Canada as of yet.

Kate - A CHINOOK is a warm, westerly wind and it blows in nice warm air. It has to do with the mountains. We are 100 miles from Calgary, but we always get the tail end of one.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind

Well, like Mima says, today is history. I hope Obama will be able to do something, but I won't hold my breath waiting for it. I think expectations for this man are HUGE and I hope he can deliver even apart of it.

Have a good day.

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I too hope Obama can do something to help our nation back to something stable..I missed his speech today. Had to take Christie to vet for her annual check up and shots.I didn't vote for him and I still have doubts about him.
Two weeks ago my son lost his job.. Something we/he never expected to happen . He is a Design Architect. Outside of the fact that there isn't much work right now and the new boss of the company was a complete nut in the middle of his wife leaving him , he decided to get rid of the ones who were making the most money .The stress level in that office was over the top. I hope and pray my son will find something soon. Thank God his wife still has her job..She makes good but as always it takes the two of them to be comfortable.His wife said that God must have wanted him out of that office..
My hubby has the bug going around.. Bad cold and conjestion.. So I am playing nurse.. I hope I don't get it.. Everything goes right to my lungs. They aren't very strong .
Meme..Delagate... Don't take on more than you can handle.. You will just make yourself sick..
**** Everybody....Stay Warm...Joanne

Candice, ouch to the foot problems!

Mima, we are also praying for the new president and our country.

Kate, yum to the chicken. That sounds good right now, I'm hungry, but too late to eat. I use Amazon all the time. Always have good luck with them.

Anne, maybe that cream/gel would help your foot. Hope you get some relief.

Joanne, so sorry to hear about your son's job. Try to stay healthy!!

Hello to all!

Happy..the cream I have is prescription, just hope it works so I do not need the shot although Mima says it helps. Cute birdie:)

Stayed off my foot all day and then had to remove the bandage and soak for the 1rst time, that was painful but it feels a bit better now, not throbbing. Don't know when I can get a tie shoe on again and I need that to walk on the treadmill. Those surgical shoes throw your body off.

Kate...what kind of pork is that? HOpe you can adjust to the shift change.

Tammy...hey....yes the president has alot on his shoulders. NOt only large women need modified positions but us Fibromites do too.

Joanne..hope DH gets better soon, nothing like a sick man!

I ordered some of that cream ... hope it helps!

Candice ... foot/toe sounds painful! Stay off it and stay down off ladders. The tredmill can wait awhile.

I think we all need modified versions of normal people's exercises; no matter our size! I know I do ... with surgery on both knees it's hard for me to get in most of those positions. Even the ones for OLD people! (which I'm not, of course) :p

All talk about the nation, the president and the economy depresses me ... so I don't talk about it! I hear enough about it on the news. I think that's a lot of our problem, they talk about it too much!

Joanne, hate to hear about your son losing his job. They are hard to come by now. But who knows, maybe he'll find an even better one. Sometimes God has to move us out of where we are to move us up to where He wants us! Hope you don't get your hubby's bug. You're a lot like me ... catch everything everyone else has and then can't get rid of it!

Has snowed here off and on all day and boy is it ever cold ... feelin' it, too.
I bet Mima is feeling the cold right about now! :p

Well, I'm having another sleepless night in TN. I'm going to try to lay down and get warm ... maybe I'll go to sleep.