I'm trying Happy but I had a few bad days where I didn't go above 5000. Gets discourageing on the exercise front!...Mowed today....................got a new cookie recipe to try too!
I am making cookies for the bd party tomorrow and lemon squares for the dinner tonight that we are invited too. That drinking guy didn't show up again and the roofers were having a beer or 2 after so I said anymore than 2 I would take their keys away and they left,It seemeds like it was a good way to tell them. They are great workers!!!I took Jeff's daughter over to church with me to help mark items for the fair. The day before she was caught after she ran away with this real bum who is now in jail. Her grandparents go to my church, Someone asked her to sign up to help and she did. Kids!!!!!!Maybe some redirection. Anyhow, I don't see her all the time but it was good. Bye for now Mima-hope things are ok Joanne.
Hello Everybody...Everything is in a holding pattern here. Eleni is staying home taking care of herself. We all check in with her most every day. She probably wishes we would bug off. I will probably get the new DIL in April. That will be a busy month..We seem to have another storm coming our way.. I hope this one will turn off and go back to sea. There are many homes across Fl. in need of help.We do need rain in my yard. The rain just goes around me.. I couldn't make any sence out of that new WW eating plan. I am supposed to be a lifetime member. I got a letter telling me that I could go to the meetings for ONLY 8.50 a week. What happened to the free for lifetime members??? I will stick to TOPS. It is 5.oo a month and 20.00 a year...I like the members there better too. The seem to really want to support you..
Have a Great Weekend...Joanne
Joanne..I never knew how the lifetime membership worked since I didn't go to any meetings. Tops sounds like a good deal!
Well I mowed yesterday and now my pelvci pain is back with low back pain, can't hardley sit, feels like I have been hit with a basball bat in my privates! Ouch!!!!!!!!!!! did walk on the tedmill today so I am at 13000 steps.
Candice-get your hubby to mow!!!!!!!!!My legs are hurting because I was helping pick up the trash from the roof. Joanne, we are still praying-one day at a time. I think WW means 8.50 if you are over goal. It should be free if you are within 2 lbs of goal. We went to dinner last night at a couple from Brad's church's house-couldn't figure out how to say that-she is such a great cook-how can I reciprocate-they may drive my car down and back. That would be fun to socialize with them. Hope that hurricane doesn't hit-Mike has been spending every day cutting down his 20 trees but that's nothing compared to other people. Going to a birthday today. 80 people invited. Mima
Candice, mowing the grass is hard work. Do it when you feel well, but otherwise, let hubby do it. If that happened to me, my hubby would never let me do it!!! Hope you are feeling better today.
Mima - So your getting a new roof. Well, that will be nice. It sounds like you have just about renovated the whole house. It is hard to live with that, but nice in the end.
Meme - Hope you are doing better.
Joanne - Glad your sister is home. Hope she is feeling better. I know you are worried about her. Keep your spirits up.
Anagram - hope you are doing ok, and are out and about.
Ally - Hi, if you check in. Hope your life is going well.
I went to the Dr. today. My col. and trig. are too high. I have been taking red yeast rice for 8 months and it has not done a thing!!I haven't been faithful to my exercise and I don't think the SBD has helped. Too much meat.etc.. So I will try something else..Back to the points more faithfully and my walking...He didn't suggest medication and I didn't ask. I don't want to take it anyhow.. My hubby is having a fit.My sugar was high and I don't understand that as I have been watching the carbs.. ?????? and few answers.
I will be worried about my sister until she gets the pacer etc. She has her good days, I am sure. as well as the bad...
I am below goal most days. I will stick with Tops as I really feel comfortable there. The group supports everyone together. It makes me feel that they really care.
Hello Everybody...Joanne
Hi all!!When my triglycerides were high , I cut out sugar for 3 weeks and they went back to normal so I can't understand why yours were high. I think a balanced diet is the answer. ps-I don't dare get on the scale-I have not been walking. Sda news-they are taking the triplets to a foster home and someone in their family stepped fourth to take them-Amy thinks they will split them up. I got to hold them on Sunday and feed them. They are adorable-Amy is so upset-they were supposed to be pre=approved for adopttion. That's the second time she has gotten disappointed. The small lower roof isn't done yet but that is only over the porch. Now we won't have to worry about ice in the living room. We had to replace 4 windows in the condo after the home inspection but so what. We are getting a good chunk of money. We had to pay off a loan that Brad co-signed for. His old girlfriend's son-that was a hard pill to swallow. Never again-if you cosign, be prepared to pay it if you have to. I guess people are concerned about Frances now-we will see where she goes. Bye for now Mima
Cosigning is always a worry ... we cosigned a note for the church and property ... over $200,000 worth. I'll be glad when that is paid off. Of course, when it is we'll begin building our main building so it will mean another loan. It's always something, I guess.
I think my ankle is finally beginning to show a tiny bit of progress. At least it isn't getting worse. I measured it a few weeks ago and it is the tiniest bit smaller so I'm encouraged. Just have to continue to pray and stay off my feet. I'm being a couch potato. Catching up on my reading. I read the best book I've ever read (except for Gone With The Wind of course.) All of you that read fiction and especially those of you who enjoy reading Christian fiction and stretching the imaginings of your mind MUST read this book ... BLINK by Ted Dekker. You won't be sorry you invested the time and money in it. It will certainly make you think (and blink.) I couldn't put it down. I read it in 2 days (or I should say 3 nights.) I started it Fri. night and finished it Sun. night and I was gone all day Saturday and most of the day Sunday. That's the 3rd book of Ted Dekker's I've read in 2 weeks and I've just started another.
Hope you are all feeling better ... maybe you should just do like me ... get a few books, make yourself a nice cup of tea, pile up your pillows and go to bed and wait for summer to be over!
Meme- How I wish sometimes I could just go to bed and let time pass on by. Today has been really busy.. I helped put some trash on the road for pick up. Walked 45 min on t/m , went to vote , and did all the regular things we do in a day.. I always look forward to when supper is over and I get a shower. We may watch some of the convention tonight. My hubby wants to hear what Arnold has to say...Me I will be in my book as usual. I am not much of a TV watcher. I glance up at it now and then..
Hello Everybody...Joanne
Well Monday I had my yearly female exam, all ok but still pelvic pain and she thinks it is interstitial cystitis, related to "summer eating" (too many acidic foods). She did not run a urine culture, she was running behind and we forgot so off to my family doc today for that and too check out this hip pain. I shopped after my appt. and did over 23,000 steps! Today I did the TM and my Body Electric workout dispite my having to pee all the time and my pain. I'm at 12,000 steps now.
Hubby has a bad back so he can't mow either............we are too old and decrept to keep this place up! Gotta go hurts to sit!!!!!!!!!!
Time to buy a condo, Candice-Then you will have to plant your garden on the patio. I am going to the condo today to get the inspection for the smoke alarm, bring it to the lawyer, go to the dentist, go to auntie's for a short walk and lunch, come home, take a nap, cook dinner, and go to a Fair meeting at church. I am taking meme's place while she rests. Sent our money to Fl for the payment on rented slab for the camper for Dec 1 -April 1-that's when I rest. And see Evan and Al!!!!!!I want to read that book. That's a lot of steps Candice. I only did 2500 yesterday and I was so busy !!!My Fair projects are coming along nicely-2 quilts-love to make them-now going to work on adult bibs-saw them at a craft fair in FL-really a joke but I hear they use them in the nursing homes. I put a towel on me at lunch. I have someone to help me. I am trying to organize my den. It's an extra bedroom, computer room, sewing room, Brad's clothes room, storage for office supplies, filing cabinet. Wow!!!!!Brad is going to rebulid apartment downstairs-That should be a good spot for all this. Oh yeah, and ny ironing board. But the weird thing is that it works!!!!!!!!!Bye for now, Mima
The doc has me on a trial of Mobic (anti-infamatory drug) but the first one I took caused gastrointestinal symptoms, headache and anxiousiousness, the up side is that it did help with my pain a little. I just cannot tolorate many meds.......so I only got 7,000 steps done and nothing extra in the workout department. Not sure if I want to take another Mobic or not........Blood work and bone denstiy scan next week. I have not been to my family doc in 2 years.....I have not been sick at all just lots of pain! Two years ago I was 10 pounds lighter but the doc told me to gain a few back...that I did with no effort! Ha!
Mima..I bet you did more steps than that..when you take tiny steps like browsing in a sotre it doesn
seem to count it. My Dh does not like me organizing his stuff, says he can't find anything after I do.
Candice, I've been on Mobic the last 3 plus years and it's been very good inflammation wise. When dr. prescribed that for me he prescribed Protonix right along with it and that has helped keep stomach stuff under control until recent addition of Plavix. I think that was just too much for tummy.
But recently he had switched me to another platelet drug which did seem to ease up on the GI stuff a bit but four days later I had another of the severe headaches. So I'm back on the Plavix and trying to keep stomach under control by giving up a lot more foods and eating every few hours. It's better by a bit but still a problem. I go back next week.
I think one reason I put on so much wt. over the years is that I've been on NSAIDs more than 20 years and had just enough stomach upset that I thought I was hungry all the time. Took me years to realize it was the medicines as food always took care of the problem. In fact, I suspect it would now too if I felt like I wanted to overeat all the rest of my life. Of course, I'm not losing any wt right now.
I go back this month for the redo of the redo of the mammo on my right breast. Saw four tiny calcium spots last spring. I'm hoping the cyst I had removed from same breast earlier in the summer takes care of that (?). Of course, you see different doctors for all this........I had my first "something'" removed from that breast 35 years ago and have had cysts removed from about the same area 7 or 8 times through the years. Sometimes it was in between mammos and recalls and took care of the problem. Not sure if it will this time though but hoping.
Other than all that, things are going ok. Dh almost back to where he was before July bleed. I've started digging into backlog of work, hay fever isn't as bad as some years (the storms, I guess, have knocked down some pollen early), daughter's family coming up this weekend, son the following (I know, I have a lot of difficulty getting things to work out at the same time, sheesh, but in some ways it's good to have individual time with them. Plus, dh and I have been concentrating on getting some "fun" time in. Went to summer theater yesterday, he's golfing today, I'm going out to dinner with friend this evening. Really need to get lots more relaxing time and fun time in. And must get back to keeping in touch w/friends. Of course, more vice versa too but I guess I should let them know I'm available. Going to sister's for cookout on Sunday.
My doc gave me Impramine to take 2 hours before bedtime and that helps the pain-I guess it keeps yor muscles calmer. I could not tolerate Plaquenil-neither could Brad-stomache pains. Today I have wicked sinus-course I ate wrong and pollen is out there-but I will recover. Going strong on the Craft Booth. Now we are going to make some adult bibs out of towels-I saw them in FL at a Craft Fair. You can give them as a joke!!!But they also use them in Nursing Homes. Another hurricane. I am going to have to talk to my son today. Bye for now. Mima Oh yeh-go Red Sox!!!!!!!!
I couldn't put it down. I read it in 2 days (or I should say 3 nights.) I started it Fri. night and finished it Sun. night and I was gone all day Saturday and most of the day Sunday. That's the 3rd book of Ted Dekker's I've read in 2 weeks and I've just started another.
