No...I live about 2 1/2 hrs. from the Smokies...about half way between Nashville and Knoxville. Are you going to the wedding?

Go to http://www.yourcabin.com/ scroll to the bottom and click on the scroll box then highlight Divine Winds...it's a 5 bedroom, 6 bath cabin...nice.

Just got back from singing at a funeral. The worst day we've had all year weather wise...wouldn't you know! We got 5 inches of snow last night!!! And I had to drive and try to walk in that stuff!!! It is a really wet, heavy snow. Had to go pick up my daughter from work...she sang with me. I'm pooped. I started playing the piano at 10 to 11...then at 11 sang one song. Then they did the obituary thing, then we sang another song and he did the "sermon" thing and then we sang another one and I had to play until everyone was out of the church...took another 20 minutes for that. My muscles were cramping big time and now my arms and hands are aching plus my back and legs are aching from sitting on the piano bench for an hour!!! I'm gonna go take a nap!

Hi Everyone Sounds like life goes on in all our corners of the world. We had some snow here but it is almost gone. Guess winter forgot us this year. I've been eating low carb for a few weeks now but no change in the scale but I feel so much better. More alert.I know i have to excersise but it is a pain. I have enough challenge getting the housework done. My husband is very very suportive of me in this challenge Praise The Lord!!! do youall have plans for Valentines Day?? Hope so!!! Well off to cook dinner

We have plans to go out to eat but Brad forgot to make the reservation so I will do it today. Have to go to the gyno today -I hate my new hormones so we will talk about them. Annual checkup. That's funny that you don't have a winter in Kansas-we sure have one in the NE-MA for me. It's going to get colder than ever for 3 days but then it's over-not like last time. Had Atkins pancakes for breakfast-real good. That magnesium gives me GAS-I knew it would so I have to cut back. Don't feel any different anyways. Yell at me-I have to go swimming!!!!Candice-sometimes the anticipation is worse than the actual event. Hope you had a good nap Meme-I take my walk before lunch and then pass out for 30-60 minutes. Mima

Good morning and where are you guys. Hey-it's snowing again and we have to go sign our equity note today. Went to the gyno-he's going to give me samples of another HRT to try. Have a good day-Mima

I'm still here. I don't have anything amazing to say . Mima..You should come south. No snow ,frozen doors etc. It was in the 60's yesterday and sunshine and clear. I have sorta been in a dump lately. The scale isn't moving . I need to get my rear in gear.
Meme- You are still taking on loads of work. Take care of yourself.
Hello all. See you later..Joanne

Hi, all's going ok here. Just sick of snow. Had some more last night, not much but enough to make things slippery. Hated gyn visit yesterday but all ok. DH and I went to see "Chicago" yesterday. I loved it. He of course was disappointed. There was one movie he liked somewhere in his lifetime but I can't remember when it was.

The important thing was that we went. Sunday we went to lunch with a friend of his and yesterday he went to lunch with another friend without me. All steps towards normalcy. I'm dressed now to go to the pool. So cold out, I'm not sure it's wise but my body has been wanting to go. DH won't leave for dialysis for an hour after I leave and will make his own lunch. We've been together at the hip for so long now, it's odd for me to leave.

Joanne, I think of your grandson all the time and pray for him and for you and his parents. I know it's so hard. My DD in the DC area just called and asked me to stock up on diapers and food in case they have to leave the area. That "food" being kiddie food.

Meme, I don't know how you manage to do one quarter of what you do. How's the bathroom? And Mima, you either.

I did lose a little again this week so I've reached my goal for Valentine's Day. Am ready for a GOOD meal (translate that as Off Plan).

Off to pool.

Anagram- Thank You for your thoughts and prayers.. We are planning on meeting him(G/S) as a family when his ship pulls in to Norfolk this summer. We do know that his ship will probably be there until this problem is finished. I just hope they do it right this time and get rid of the problems. We live in very unsettled times. I just get sick when every day we hear of some more of the remains of the shuttle are found. I can't imagine how the families of the crew members are feeling. And then we hear that Korea has the capabilities of sending a bomb,missile, so to speak, to the western part of the U.S. That is just a few thousand miles from this part of the U.S.Sometimes I think too much information is put on the T.V.I would not want to live in Washington. I do live 30 miles from Tampa. It used to be central command base. I am sure that it is still a very important air base in this conflict.
It is nice to hear that you are getting sometime for yourself and that your hubby is well enough for you to go to the pool and other places.
Hello Everybody. Send me some motivation...Joanne

Well...quite frankly...I don't know how I do all I do either...but I'm fixin' to quit! (That was my Dad's favorite saying...when Mom would ask him when he was going to do whatever it was she had told him to do...he's grin and say, "I'm just fixin' to!") My Dad was mean to me when I was younger but I miss him!

The first thing I'm "fixin" to to is tomorrow!!! I'm "fixin" to get rid of my worst piano student that I dread to see coming every Thursday morning. She is a 72 yr. old woman who doesn't have a prayer of ever being able to play the piano and she tortures my poor ears and gets on the one nerve I have left every Thursday! She never wants to miss a lesson...not for ANYTHING! Even when I'm sick she gets mad when I cancel. When I told her last year that I was taking a much needed vacation (this was not long after Mom died) she had a fit. She said, I need my lessons...I'm not getting any younger you know! I though, you're not getting any BETTER either!!! I'm calling her tomorrow and - as nice as I can - tell her I'm cutting back because of my health and she HAS TO GO!!!

I'm also getting rid of a bunch of the junk that was piling up in my house...no room...plus more dusting, etc. I've sold off about $400 worth of stuff on ebay so far! It's easy, it's fun, I'm getting rid of stuff I don't need or want plus I'm getting paid! Hmmm...wonder how much I could get for HUBBY???

Hey, anagram...I'll trade you. We are getting rain starting tomorrow night all the way through to Sunday. I'd actually rather have snow. I hurt with snow to but I think with rain I hurt worse, plus...when it snows, I don't have to work!!!

My pastor sent me an email today asking me to set him up an email account for the church. Well...I did...then I sent him the password, etc. When I got to church tonight, he said he got everything but he was thinking maybe I could just get the church mail everyday and sort it out. That way, if there were any negative comments, he wouldn't even have to see them! I was speechless (for about 30 seconds!) Then I said, NO...I DON'T THINK SO! That's your account and you'll have to take care of it! It seems people just don't care what they ask me to do for them...but, I've learned a new word this year!

READ MY LIPS!

NO!

Way to go Meme-I know that was hard-hubby has slowed down a bit-I worry he will have a heart attack-talking about 1-2 months in FL next year-awesome-This winter has been just what he needed to realize this. Lost 3.5 lbs in 3 weeks-have never been able to do it on my own-got new hormones too, Going to clean frig. today. Everyone pray for this crazy world-it's nuts. We have duct tape and plastic in the house already but house is so drafty that it won't matter. But we do have a well. I have to put this in God's hands. Bye for now Mima

Meme, I suspect DH would come up as "priceless". There does come a time, Mima, when "slowdown" is a good word. I don't thin
k duct tape and plastic will help us either. That only covers one scenario. I think I will need to be more aware of having enough meds on hand, etc. though and there is a whole "emergency" booklet on prepping for a situation where dh won't be able to have dialysis. I think most of my prep will revolve around that and on having kids evacuate to here (both are in DC area). Not that I don't think we're vulnerable here but I am reminded of something my great aunt said during the Three Mile Island event. I live about 13 miles from there and when the uncontrolled emissions were going on I packed up kids/dog/cat/food etc and went north to Mom's (about 40 Miles). I had Mom pack a bag to be ready to go further north, Dad was saying he wouldn't leave at first, later he said he'd go slightly further north to a cousins. Anyway, his aunt who was quite elderly already said she was not afraid of any of it. I know she thought she was being brave but she was safe enough because she didn't have enough time left for the long term stuff that would develop. Anyway, I guess I figure if dh and I are "hit", it's ok, we've had good lives. But those kiddos - well that's another story.

Boy, I'm glum today! Not really. Dh and I are going out for a Valentine's Day luncheon. I'll cook in for him on Friday. And as for the snowy weekend, we plan to bake and defrost the freezer (well, I do anyway - he'll help with baking but not freezer).

So Happy Day Before Valentine's Day to you all.

I'm kind of glum today, too. I just feel really bad! I hope when I get all the meds changed over and my body gets used to the new ones, I'll feel better! I'm not used to being idle!

I got rid of my little old lady this morning. She complained to me for about 15 minutes over the phone!!! That's all she does is gripe gripe gripe! I'm glad it's long distance for her to call me!!!

As for being prepared...we have plastic and tape. We were just talking last night about how we have let our guard down and let a lot of our extra supplies dwindle. Hubby wanted to stop on the way home last night and get some extra water but I told him I just didn't feel like trekking through Wal Mart again!!! I had already been once yesterday to get the little kids something for Valentine's. I got them each a stuffed animal, some candy and a card that I put $5 in...with 4 it gets to be a bit expensive! But...back to being prepared...I don't think we can be prepared to survive a nuclear attack. We can try...but I think the best course of action is to make sure we're prepared to die! Like anagram said, it's the little kids I worry about and I'm sure my kids will all come here if they have time! Our house is pretty much air tight except for the garage and we can just tape off the house door and not go out there. We built it ourselves and it is insulated to the hilt! After 9/11 Hubby bought enough plastic to tape off all the doors and windows so we won't be confined to just one part of the house. But, I don't care what you do, SOME air is going to get in. Otherwise, you'd use up all your oxygen and die anyway!

How depressing we are! I need to get in a more positive mindset! OK ... here goes ... I'm POSITIVE things on earth are only going to get worse until we wind up killing each other, I'm POSITIVE I feel bad and I'm POSITIVE I need to go take a nap!

There...I feel better already!

I think the news today is making us all parinoid. I for one am not going to believe all this stuff. Not buying tape ,plastic or anything unless I want to paint something...I think we are pretty secure at least I hope so. And if we aren't well I guess it is just my time...Joanne

Well, this is a GOOD day for me. I finally got my cast off after 8 weeks. He said to just keep it around in case I feel I need it still. Also, had a cortisone shot in my upper arm and already it feels better. Hate needles, but it seemed necessary.

I think the was terrifies everyone, because we don't know HOW many loose cannons are running around out there. With the fear of missles landed on our doorsteps, or biochemical warfare being released, it is a little unsettleing all right. But, like Joanne, I will just not worry about it. It may NEVER happen and if it does, not much you can do about it anyway. We will have to come out of closed down homes eventually - unless we all plan on becoming moles. I know Duc tape is wondeful, but really, I don' t think it will help much in such events. I believe that there is a time to be born and a time to die so we don't have much control over it at all. Also, I don't think that we have been the best caretakes of this world. Man will destroy man one way or another.

Well enough gloom and doom. Today is beautiful, so I am going out and enjoy it. I have to make a trip to the chiro and that will feel really, really good after having this cast on.

Joanne - I hope your grandson will be safe and that your daughter is coming along ok.

Anagram - glad hubby is coming along so well and that you are starting to get bits and pieces of your own life back. That must feel good - firstly to know that he is getting better.

Hi Candice, Ally and Mrs. Wildrose.

Oh yes, I am gone for at least the next week. We are driving out to the westcoast. We are leaving on Wednesday. First, we have to give our son a hand with a move - he is at least moving into his new home. He is really quite excited about it, and I guess that is the way it should be. We will probably be gone a little over a week. Also, going to stop in Kelowna (the fruit belt) and visit a gal off of one of my other sites I go to, so am really looking forward to that.

Have a great Valentines Day.

So glad to hear your cast is off, Happy. And just in time. Hope you have a great trip.

Happy Valentine's Day-Brad has to go on an emergency call because someone's pipes froze-he was suppossed to go and finish the church"s heat. Never a dull moment. Next year we will be in FL.-We are going out to eat tonight. Hope Brad is in a better mood. I am so glad you have your cast off Anne. And have a good trip. Hope you feel better soon Meme. I have plastic and duct tape in the house already but I'm not sealing up anything. There are so many holes anyways and it is dangerous to seal everything uptight. I put it in God's hands and say Thy will be done. Have a good day everyone. Mima