Tammy- That is the key. Start small..20min. is for your heart,30 min will maintain,40min. and you will start to lose and 1 hour to me means you are on the road to success. It sounds like you have already done well with 45 lbs lost. Good for you ,now work on the rest. Good for you giving away the big clothes. Tell yourself you are never going to need them again..
Candice- You are probably more crafty than you know.Look at all the baking you do. I can't do as well. Ofcourse,I never took the interest.
Anagram- What part of Fl. are you coming to? I will be in Daytona for Tops SRD the end of April..My hubby used to bring home Christmas ornaments his students made. I still hang them on the tree every year.
Mima- Eleni will come home this P.M. She says she feels better and is breathing so much better. Her heart isn't flopping around and that is a big plus.I thought I was through shopping. My HUBBY thought of another 2 gifts. He thinks we should buy for my sons girl friends kids..They are engaged. I met the Boy(18) but have never met the girl(21).So I guess I will go out and get a couple gift certificates.I wonder if they will make the effort to get to know us. Young people are not what they used to be..
Hey Meme,Happy...We were down to 39 this am. That is cool for us..
Joanne

Poor Mima and Joanne - freezing (almost) in Florida!!! It went to 10F here last night

Mima - I hope your house deal goes through. Then you can leave the trailer at home. Glad you are getting the chance to enjoy the baby and your gdaughter.

Joanne - glad your sister is coming home and feeling so much better. It is a horrible feeling when the heart just does what it wants and you have no control over it. Breathing is hard, when the heart is beating like that. I hope that the girlfriends kids make an effort to get to know you, but you never know with kids.

Meme - sounds like you are on one big eating frenzy How nice that the weight is just falling off. However, if your are not taking a med that are decreasing the appetite, then perhaps you should be telling your Dr. Have you been tested for diabetes?

Candice - how is the cookie monster doing Have you tamed it yet? I have to get started. I need to bake some cookies. The orders are now in for Christmas I better get busy. I am finished all my Christmas shopping, and mailed away the cards. We are going out on Sunday for a Christmas get together and will have dinner and a good visit. Also, have to have a few people over - perhaps Saturday night.

Tammy - don't read Meme's posts if they make you hungry

Anagram - Are you not going to Florida this year? I know you couldn't go last year. You sound like you are taking the time to enjoy the season - good on you! I was in Edmonton last weekend looking after our gdaughter while our daughter and SIL went to her Christmas party.

Well, everybody enjoy the day.

Happy- The weather n=man said tonight north Florida may/could get snow next week!!! We could be close to freezing then.. It has been a long time since we have had any real cold weather..
I walked 53 min. which was 2 3/4 miles on my T/M.. I am trying ,trying to get back to my routine.. I started a calender again today.. Just 5 lbs more..How fast it creeps up..
Bye for now..Joanne

Nope ... not so. Not on an eating frenzy at all. I'm still just eating what I want when I want and not eating when I don't want. For example, I didn't eat at all today until after church tonight because today I wasn't hungry. I drank a Boost this morning, though and I'm taking vitamins (well ... 'chewing' vitamins because I can't acutally 'take' vitamins). Some days I'm hungry and I eat and some days I'm not so I don't ... just depends on the day. I just try not to think about food unless I feel hungry. Tonight we went to Cracker Barrel and I got what I wanted to eat (I won't say what Tammy ). Then hubby got a peach cobbler (sorry Tammy) and wanted me to eat half of it but I was full so I just said no ... I couldn't eat any ... and I mean that ... I really couldn't - I was stuffed! So, see, Anne - I've only had a Boost and one meal today. Not on an eating frenzy.

Boy is it ever cold!!! I SO DON'T like cold! Was out shopping in the cold today. Got a couple of more presents ... but mostly ran errands and paid bills - just HATE doing that stuff. Just a few more presents to go. All the decorating done. Now, if I just had my gifts wrapped!

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered what in the world you are DOING??? And WHY you are doing it!!! Been doing a lot of that this week! Guess it's all relative ... and most FOR relatives!
I HURT!

Good morning!! WEnt to church and had such a great meal for $5. Then, after singing, an army chaplain spoke about Iraq-it was nice. Called the house owner and he doesn't have the papers yet but will call us. He bent over backwards to explain everything so it looks good-hope and pray it's the right decision. I know it's the right decision to get a bigger place. I did get most of my cards out yesterday. Can't bake-don't know how to light the oven. Starting to hurt a little less-it's tight muscles. I want a back massager for Christmas but not sure which one. Anyone have one? Walmart has some Homemedics. Next week, my daughter and I will go to the mall . It's going to be warmer today-at least Brad can work outside-way too windy yesterday. I know Anne-poor us with the weather. Mima

Mima...we have a homemedics and it makes me hurt more, it even has heat..the neck part makes me nauseous so just turn the lower part on.

Trying to get stuff tired on and out of my sons room by SAt. gotts get packed but have to rtry every thing on since the room in the car is limited. Still have gifts to take but mailed a bunch already.

Anna that sounds good but a lot of work! thanks for explaining it to me....

Tammy I have things all over my house my kids made in school. They were so pleased when they gave them to me!

Happy...your back, missed ya! Sounds like your gonna be a bakin'! One hot mama!


Meme..why does your blue ornament say Sarah???????? Wish I could eat anything I wanted! So cold I can't stand it...made fudge, isn't getting hard though..new recipe and it was a no fail one..ha..so why did mine fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mima ... I have a Pro full body Massager. My daugter got it for me for Christmas last year and I'm not too impressed with it. It doesn't really get where I need it to. I need it up on TOP of my shoulders and in my neck area and it just won't get in there ... the head part doesn't even massage. Also, the heat isn't very warm. But, in it's defence, I'm tall and it is very long, it has a lot of different features ... like the remote has a lot of different pulses and intensities and it has a very strong pulse, too, plus you can program it to do what ever you want. I don't know where she got it. I've looked at that HoMedics one that WalMarts has for $49 and wished I had one ... I'd love to just lay down on the couch with one of those!!!

Candice ... I don't know why my blue ornament says Sarah ... I didn't make it. Guess it needed a name and they just put a little girl name on it ...

Hi. I have a full body Homedics massager and it is kind of useless. It is good if you just want to relax and not want a real massage. My massager on the other hand is wonderful. It has attachments for your feet, your head, your face and your shoulder area, as well as a General massager. This one cost me $200.00. My Dr. Ho is still the best thing I own and it was 100.00. It actually picks the muscle up and lets it drop, so you really know you have had a massage.

I have mailed my cards out, but have NOT done any baking yet. I did manage to get my house decorated and my gifts bought. Tomorrow, I will wrap them, and start baking.

I have lost my taste for sweets!!!! For about a month now. Have eaten very little and my calorie intake is about 1/3 of what it was - and guess what!!!! NOT 1 pound have I lost. I will just keep at it, but it is very frustrating. I also have that darn yeast infection back again, and until that clears up, the weight is not going anywhere!!! Yeast holds fluid. Had to stop taking the water pill, as it was making me so tired, I was sleeping the whole afternoon away, and then going to bed at my normal bedtime.

Joanne, I am glad that your sister is feeling better. I hope this works out for her.

Candice - you should lose a pound trying on all those clothes.

Meme - I was only teasing you. I am sure you are doing whatever it is you do. Just don't make yourself sick.

Well, that's about it for tonight. Hope you all have a good night.

I know you were ... I take teasing well!

Almost finished with my shopping. Only one more more gift to buy and hubby's (and I know what I'm getting him just have to get out and get it) and I'm done!!! What a relief! I'm pooped!!! Was in Wal Mart for 2 hrs. plus went to Sears and Penney's. Got my boys some clothes and got my big boys tools and my big girls foot massagers (plus will give them money). In-laws warming blankets for their new twin beds. I said I can't believe they are nearly ninety and just getting twin beds. Have slept together all these years and have decided that now they will sleep apart! He gets too cold and she gets too hot!

Baked a panof thumb prints tonight..it was a new recipe instead of cookies you put italin a jelloyroll pan....hurt my arm pushing all the dough out now I got to ice them....

Happy..I may have forgotton toadd extra psotage to your card...It hink it takes 60cents..sorry if I did, it might come back to me and then you wil get it late. (or you might have to pay the extra!)

Can't find anyting I like that is comfy enough to wear..I like to dress up on Christmas instead of jeans ( a jean skirt or dress ) like all the others do and I like to wear red cause it shows up better in pictures....not sure we will be taking any with mom so bad. All my tops are looking big in the shoulders cause I am losing so much muscle even though I am trying to strenghten my arms.....I have way too much pain in my upper body to really work out athat area other than stetching.

Walked the tredmill tonight too.......

Candice, I got your card today. Nice picture of the boys and thanks for the recipes. Hope you find something to wear. I hate when clothes don't fit right anymore.

Well it is now almost 3:00 alm. and I had better go to bed.

Good morning!! I think I have an UTI. I went to the Health Park yesterday and my insurance, Blue Choice, was not accepted so I had to leave, So we are going to Urgent Care this am. Good news is that they are moving to this area in Feb. But we wil have to travel a bit today. Tomorrow, we should hear about park model. It would be so nice if we could get in there next week. With 3 kids coming. We have cash in our savings from selling the condo so that should expedite things. Cookies, my favorite, Funny about the twin beds, Meme, the new house only has a double bed but we are small. I have a sign on my fridge that says-travel 1600 miles with lots of stopping, Fixed the toilet , lights, cable and other things. Wrapping Christmas presents outside-PRICELESS!!! Mima

For UTI ... drink lots of AlkaSeltzers ... it works!

Gotta go ... have lots and lots of stuff to do today - all around here. I really hate doing house stuff. Kids coming to spend the evening with Meme and Papa. Have to get on the ball and get my 'stuff' done before they get here. Speaking of 'stuff' I have a 20 pound turkey I have to stuff tonight and put in the frig. It will have to go in the oven first thing in the morning for our Christmas dinner tomorrow afternoon at church. I have a lot of fixin' to do for that this afternoon, too. busybusybusy

I feel like I've been missing in action here! Everyone is so busy. The last week of school before break is always a little crazy. Today was our last day until January 3. I'm ready for a break.

I have ornaments on the tree that my son made years ago in elementary school. I know the parents will love what the kids made for them, but it was just too funny with the two of us trying to show them how to do things. In fact, the other woman had the kids putting something upside down on theirs! We didn't realize it until we were all finished. We did 2 different crafts.

Anagram, the vegie lasagna has not been a hit in this house. I like it, but the guys don't. My son would love to meet your drum and bugle corps neighbors! He's a drummer in the high school band. He'd like to continue after high school. His college choice will have to have a marching band, that's for sure!

Candice, I have my cards mailed too!!! (as of 4:00 today) Haven't started any baking yet.

Joanne, just keep reminding me to start small. I have a short memory! lol

OK Meme. You mentioned Cracker Barrel and peach cobbler. I haven't been to CB for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince the family that we NEED to go there tomorrow.

Mima, I've thought about a back massager too. I want one that will do the job. maybe a good looking guy? lol

Hmmmm... I don't quite think that's what Mima had in mind for Christmas ... does sound enticing, though! Wonder if you can buy those at Wal Mart?

Going to Cracker Barrel ... I've created a monster!!!

Ross and Jenna are gone, the desserts are made and the turkey is stuffed for tomorrow. Ross was great but Jenna was WILD. Never stopped talking once. I can't believe she will be 6 in March. I'll try to take lots of pictures when they are all here Christmas and show you how they have grown. Kaylyn has so many teeth missing it's hard to get her to smile! They are all in a play at their church Sunday night ... guess where I'm going to be come 6 p.m. Sunday??? Ross is SINGING!!! I wouldn't miss that for anything!!! I can't believe he agreed to do that! The girls, yes, but not my Ross! Jenna is our resident singer, not her brother. Actually, they can ALL sing pretty good ... it's just getting them to do it.

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