Good morning-our company is here and it is working out very nicely-lunch at noon after church and potluck tonight and they have to leave at 6 am. Glad you didn't get hit joanne. Mike took a ride to Ft Lauderdale to go in the air-conditioned van and get something to eat. Problem is no electricity now. And he can't work and it's hot. Hope the other one stays far away. Alison;s school lost their gymnasium. Brad was thinking of going down to help but not sure. he is busy here and he figures there will still be things to do when we get there. I can't even hear any rain here. Mima

So glad you and your families are ok......On our news they said Charlie had lost its power and would not do much damage then I saw the news the next day! Mother nature was not kind at all this time, hope the next one fizzels out before it gets too close! Again, glad you are all ok.

Made a new recipe...I WW trail mix for 3 pts a serving, yumm..but ate too much!

Things are disapearing around here and not just food! I know I left my watch on Dh's placemat to take for a battery and he says he does not have it! Then my magnifying glass disappeared......sometimes I wonder if I am in the early stages of alzheimers, since it hit my dad early............scarey thought!

Hmm, Candice, maybe whoever is eating your food, is taking your stuff. You got racoons around Seriously, if you don't sleep all night, how can you be sleep eating pray tell

Joanne - thank foodness that storm missed you. What a terrible thing is was. Sure let's you no who the boss it, that is for sure.

Mima - hope you have enjoyed the missionaries. We have billeted many Danish dancers or musicians, and I love that. It is so nice to have people come stay. You do build up a fast friendship with lots of them, that seems to last.

Meme - hope you are doing ok. Your website looks good. How's the spider bite doing?

Anagram - STILL no cookies? I told hubby today, that I am going shopping for groceries everyday and will only buy exactly what we need for the day. Nothing left to nosh on I don't think he was very impressed with my idea. What better way to keep food out of the house, than never bringing it it!

Last night I watched a Canadian documentary on diets. None of them work. Maintaining is the hardest and people who do that become obsessed with it. Meme has found the answer. I am trying to follow her example. It is the only way. Some of these diets are downright dangerous to your health.

Oh me or my ... you guy are sooo good for me. I was feeling down until I came in here ... you make me laugh!!! I'm really hurting. I needed to laugh!

Glad no one was hurt from Charlie! Hope the next one passes you by as well!

Missing food, missing watch and missing magnifying glass. Hmmm ... I don't know for sure Sherlock, but maybe that's not all that's missing!

Hey, Anne, are you thinking about food so much now that you've started saying thank foodness instead of thank goodness?

I had to go get Jenna from Kindergarten at 11:30 every day last week and keep her until 5:30 or 6. She is a real pain!!! In my face ... like GLUE! Not a minutes peace with that child. I do love her so but I got no rest all week and then had to clean my house AND the church yesterday and had another full day today. Except for teaching and taking care of the trailer business, I'm taking this week OFF! No house work except for just what HAS to be done and not much cooking is going to be going on either. I have a big pot of cabbage beef soup planned that should last for a couple of nights and a chicken cassarole and we're eating out Wed. and Fri. I'm staying in bed and on the couch most of the week! I really feel bad! I weighed 4 pounds more than usual this morning ... you should see my feet, ankles and knuckles ... they are huge! (Well, they are never really huge because they are so bony to start with ... but they're swollen.) The inside of my mouth even feels swollen!!! I have three books and went to Block Buster's and got some movies so I'm down and out 'till at least Friday!

I thought the spider bite was getting better, then Friday it broke out all around the bite in tiny little blisters. Had to go to Wal Mart an get some Benadryl to put on it. Weird. It still itches like crazy sometimes and it's still a little swollen, too. Must of been some spider ... they killed one in the back of the church this morning and somebody said they got the spider that bit you back there. Hubby laughed and said, "No ... couldn't be the one that got her, it died right after it bit her." He's so mean! When we cleaned I made him do the plants ... told him I wasn't sticking my hands in no more plants! I noticed he used sissors to get the dead leaves out!

Good morning-it has been awesome having Dennis and Lynette here and their son John last night. They are taking him to the airport and will come back to gather up their things. We had a potluck at church last night and saw a video about the orphanage in South Africa for the children of parents who died form Aida. It's an epidemic there-mostly because of immorality. You should have heard Dennis preaxch yesterday-he is aewsome. And they are so down to earth. And we sokd the condo. That guy that wanted it before called a realto and wanted to see it again. He also called last week. Hew wouldn't have paid the $148,000 that we got but now we have to pay the reqltor. We don't really care. It's only money. He was troo difficult to deal with and it wasn'y going to get any better. I have been awake since 3:30. Mima

Meme - I must have had food on the brain, or should I say fingers

Mima - glad you enjoyed your visitors. As I said before, it can be a great experience, billeting people. Hey, glad you sold your condo. That man is an idiot to pay for more for the same thing. Oh well! it's his buck, I guess. Let the realtor earn his money by dealing with him.

I got the results of my x-ray on my hip and it does show o/a. It is what the Dr. expected. It didn't show up 4 years ago. On the upside, I also got the results of my mammogram. I have had to go every 6 months for the past while, because they saw something. This time, I don't have to go back for 1-2 years. My Dr. sends me every year anyway. The radiologist thought what he saw was a bunch of little cysts. I stopped using Estrogen a few months ago, and perhaps that is why they have gone away(that is what the tech said who did the mammogram). I still get a very few night sweats, but it isn't too bad now. I think I am making it to the otherside

Everybody have a good day.

So glad Charlie was kind. Meme, hope that bite soon clears up. Nope, Anne, no cookies yet. I was thinking I'd make them when the granddaughters are here this week but they're probably only going to be here overnight (on their way to Nana's) so probably won't be enough time.

Fresh start again this a.m. Had a good day yesterday and a really good night's sleep last night. Am off to pool, dh to golf. I'm so glad to see him golfing again though he pushes himself and is tired afterwards. He should have gone for bloodwork today but he's a grown man and I can only remind him.

I'm adjusting to most of the results of the Plavix but I think I'll have to see dr. about my stomach - feeling hungry every three hours or so. I was this way before he put me on Protonix and suspect this is one reason I gained so much weight. Now I'm trying to space out parts of my meals so it doesn't bother me so much but I can get really nauseous in the mornings after so long without food. And no, not at 66!

Attacked a bush or two yesterday, have one corner of the garage cleaned out, have several more bags of papers to be shredded - they're going to be doing it at a local shopping mall in a couple of weeks. DH had done about six hours worth on our little shredder the last few weeks. I'm actually having fun doing this stuff in a haphazard way. It's still getting SOMETHING done but as I feel in the mood rather than finishing one thing before I start another. Lots of rest in between!

Hope everyone enjoys these last few weeks of summer!

Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going....... going.......... gone!

Good morning-that man that drove us crazy did NOT get the condo-some nice single lady did-best scenario for the other people who live there-That man said to call him if deal fell through. Oh , you should see how thin Lynette is-she cannot eat any grains at all so she only eats meat and vegetables-isn't that the Atkins diet. I feel bad for her-she gets aches and pains and that means anything with corn syrup etc-I thought I was bad!!!!!We signed the purchase and sale agreement yesterday-the realtor came to our house. Now I have to start working on the church fair. Brad's uncle is nonresponsive in the nursing home so we have a funeral in our future. Near future. I was so tired yesterday, I got mad at Brad but I had a good reason. But I don't usually get mad at him. Bye for now., Mima

Things are not going so good with my sister and I am very worried.. More tests and then she will be moved to another hospital for a pcer and the same thing Cheney has.. I am heading to hospital now so back later...Joanne