Hi. Meme, I don't know how you look after those little ones everyday. I have had my granddaughter since last Thursday and I am tired. Maybe it is conditioning or something(lol). She just left and actually, the quietness is so nice. No t.v., movies or anything that makes a noise. Doing good on your diet. I have also lost 5 pounds, so am doing ok as well.

Tootie - So nice to hear from you. Sounds like you have been busy. I do hope that you enjoyed your trip to NYC. Always nice to go home. Those little kids just love unconditionally - something that we should all remember I think.

Mima - hope your holiday is going well. Sounds nice. Enjoy your granddaughter. 13 is a hard age, but then they are also delightful at that age.

Joanne and Candice - hope you are both feeling good. Candice, did you go get another shot for your arm?

Hi Ally. Unlike the rest of you, I hate loose clothing. I like things that fit. I just have to be different I guess.



I am off to the Chiro in just a little while.

Happy........I have clothes on today that "fit" and the first thing someone said was "have you lost weight?". Now I know my 2 lb weight loss isn't raising red flags, it is my form fitting size 16 pants.
But I am so used to baggy fit that I kept thinking that I must look like a cow.
Even when I was thin, I wore baggy.
Good for you if you don't.
And grandchildren? I still have teens at home so I can't comprehend little ones, but I tell people I won't have empty nest syndrome. Peace and quiet would be heaven.
Get this....my kids made an omelet in one of my sauce pans today. Burnt it good and left the pan on the stove. AND, they threw out my hard boiled eggs and said "they were so old they were hard".
School. When is school starting???

Ally, that is so funny. Boys will be boys. I am a strange one I guess, but I never cried when my kids started kindergarten or school and certainly never had emptynest syndrome. I love my kids very much, but I also know that it is a normal progression to want to live on your own. I still remember how I felt about that. I guess I am like my Mom. PLus, I don't think I have ever really had an empty nest, because they always seemed to come back home for visits (almost weekly). Probably saw more of them AFTER they moved out than I did when they were at home (lol).

I never liked loose fitting clothes because they reminded me of maternity wear. I always had a pretty good figure so I always wore clothes that fit well. I think that certainly makes a difference as to how people see you. If you are in baggy clothes they think you are hiding something and that you are just fat. I know one women who is a plus size and wears fitted clothing and she looks wonderful. I think part of the problem is an attitude. If we don't look like Barbie, then we are to fat. Shame on us. That is just so unrealistic.

Women of yesteryear were heavy and we thought to be beautiful. How times have changed.

Wasn't it nice to hear from Tootie.

Anne

Good morning. Watch out for a virus that comes in your e-mail from someone you know attached as a document. This virus goes into address books-that's why it looks innocent. My son got one and it looked like it was from his client. Delete it-do not open the attachment.Ok-went to see Dr. Doolittle yesterday and then to the mall at night. 2 hours to buy sneakers.!!!!!Sunsplash today-a water park.Overnight at Ft. Myers Beach this weekend. It's going by fast.Hardest part is when Jessica takes a shower-1 hour in the shower. No kidding.Funny story about the twins Ally.I did have empty nest syndrome but I had sold my house so that was part of it. I was fine when the 2 younger went off to school. Loved it.Nice to hear from you Happy. Have a great day.Mima It's cooler in Florida than at home but it does rain a lot.

Hurt this time and I had heat on it all night too. He gave me some Protonix for my tummy hope that helps too! All my bloodwork came back excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My bone density is even back to normal for my age! Told me I was in a good weight range(healthy) that I could lose 5 more or gain 15 and I would still be consider helathy weightwise! All this walking and gardening and eating better has really helped me!

Hey gals I wear baggy cause they are comfy..I can't stand tight cause it hurts my skin form the Fibro..don't any of you have that problem too? Would love to wear things that fit but it is not an option for me right now! I am wearing smaller things but still keep the big ones around. I like those one piece denim dresses cause they don't fit tight aroung your tummy and mine Hurts all the time.

Meme...what button for modem speed I can't find it and what is a tray? Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh. WE deleted the cookies so I had to log in here again but it seems to be runing faster..so all I have to do is slide that little thing to the left??????????? Then iIdon't have to delete the cookies? Netscape is not working right either! I use Netscape for everthing else.


Hi Toots, Joane and Miam

I'm taking a rest from gardening and you can see my elbow is wrapped!

Candice.......You look like a teenager in that pic. Isn't it nice to hear that you are in a healthy weight range? Good for you. My GP has a different weight scale. I can weigh 160 according to him and be fine and dandy. Yet, on that Metropolitan scale it is 140. ANd loose clothes? Mostly I think it IS for comfort. I do have some fitted things that I wear but can't wait to come home and peel them off and find my nice baggy sweats or pedal pushers.
But Happy....you are right. I know some plus size women who have to dress up for work and they wear form fitting suits and look just great. Other heavy women seem to buy "tents" and look even bigger.
'But those denim dresses, Candice???? I wear those instead of shorts. I hate having my shorts get all jammed in my flabby thighs and those denim dresses are so comfy.
Mima I heard about that virus at work so I am watching for it.
ANd Tootie...Did she post and I missed it????

Anybody ever heard of this. It was a post from Clouds and I thought I would pass the site along to you.

http://www.relaxin.org/FMS_1.htm

Interesting.

http://www.strevelsgraphics.f2s.com/49.html

Hope you enjoy this, I know that I did.

Never heard of that before Anne...it's interesting, thought.

What is the name of the virus??? I got THREE e-mails called e-sheep from my former pastors sons and I had never got anything from him before so I thought it was weird. I opened the first one last night and it was a little sheep that ran around the screen...but what was so weird about it was that there was a document attachment, too and it said he was sending it for me to "help" him with it. It didn't DO anything to my computer that I know of but this morning there were TWO more so I got rid of all of them and then emptied all my trash. I forwarded it to hubby at work and asked him if it made any sense to him and he opened it and looked at it and said it didn't do anything to his computer either...that was before I got the other 2!

Candice...the "tray" area is just the little strip of gray either at the bottom or down the side of your screen where all the "icons" are...like your IE and Netscape...mail...sound...start button, etc. There should be a little icon (not a button) there that you can place your cursor arrow over and the speed that your internet connection is running at should pop up on the screen. And...if the slide that I mentioned before is all the way to the left it just means that your computer will not "remember" as many pages that you have been to so it won't take up as much disc space when you are surfing the net...but it may take longer to bring up pages you go back to! Love the pic!!!

Have any of you heard anything about aspartame affecting fibromyalgia, arthritis and muscle/joint pain (along with a myriad of other symptoms)?

Went fishing with hubby tonight...can't believe I actually got a night OFF! Moved my lessons to tomorrow night and got my mother-in-law to watch Jenna (Ross was visiting a friend) and met hubby at the lake and went out on the boat until after 8...I'm pooped! I caught a wal eye and a bass. It was fun but tiring.

Good morning from a 62 year old who went on the highest slide in the waterpark.Nervous about the height!!!My son carried up my 80 lb. grandaughter{spina bifida) one landing at a time. They are the greatest parents. They do everything with her. She also went on the go-carts with him. Anyhow, we ahad a fun day but I have to walk today to keep up my metabolism.Haven't been that good nor that bad. Had pulled chicken at the rib restaurant-was it deliscious!!!!Quiet day today I hope. Meme-fishing sounds like it would be relaxing.Boy-did I luck out with the weather. It's supposed to be drier this weekend and we might stay over at Ft. Myers beach.Have a great day everyone!!!Mima

Hello
I wear loose clothes around the house esp. in the summer as they are more comfortable and cooler. I can't stand the tied up feeling when it is so hot and humid. Now going out is another story. I won't bore you. I don't really care what anyone else thinks . They have to take me as I am. The clothes are not the important factors about a person.
Memetoo- I love going fishing too. We go out in the Gulf of Mexico. It is really relaxing. My son says that is his church. When he wants to plan a special project he goes fishing. He is a Design Architect.
Mima ,sure sounds like you are having a good time.
Candice - Hope things are looking up for you, I gained 1/2 lb this week. I was a little disappointed. The leader told me because I was so active ,I had to eat more. I am in the 20 -25 pts range she said I had to add 3 pts and eat my banked points this week to jump start myself. What do you think?Advice and hints needed.
A virus got into my sons computer at work and wouldn't you know it came to me. I opened it. I was a little nervous until he told me that the tech at the office told him it was just annoying and would not hurt anything. I don't usually open any fw. messages.
Hello Ally- Happy Canuk.I did have some unhappy feelings when my kids left the area to live and start their life. But I don't want them to move back in with me. My son did that after his marriage broke up. I have said never again. It is not easy to live with adult children. I was happy as a lark when he bought his own home.
You all have a great day...Joanne

Joanne - if you are not eating enough, your body goes into a starvation mode and will keep you from losing weight. Also, if you have been more active than usual, you already know this I am sure, but muscle weighs more than fat. So perhaps you are a bit more muscular than you were. If your clothes are fitting better and you have not lost anything, then it is muscles being built.

Fishing - I don't like to do it. I am afraid of the bait and the fish if I ever caught one. I am actually very squimish around such things. My husband is not a fisherman either.

Mima - sounds like you are having a wonderful holiday. Good for your son, being so involved in his daughters life. Spina Bifida is not a nice thing to have. It is good they make her life as normal as it can be.

Candice - are you sure about your age? You look like a kid! Hope your arm is feeling better today. I could use a shot of something in the calf of my right leg. My knee was really sore last week and then the muscle in my leg started, like a deep charlie horse. Have been rubbing on an anti-inflammatory salve but so far it is not helping that much. It feels best when elevated, but can't lay around all day with my leg up in the air.

Meme - Glad you got some R&R. Way to go.

Ally - Hi. Is it still hot? We have had gloomy, rainy weather. Yesterday was the first nice day in a bit. Hope it continues. In another month, the leaves will start to change and all of a sudden you will know it is fall. Only 5 months till Christmas - now is that not depressing?

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Anne

hi ladies, It looks like I have a new server, earthlink and mindspring is the unit that took over iopener.
Iopener is a simple intenet service and so I can continue along with this equipment for a while, till I have money for a computer.
Spent too much for my trip back to NY. I went to my log house in Cooperstown and then went to visit family in NYC/Queens NYC.Went to the Metropolitain Museum of fine arts and enjoyed it, even thopugh it cost $35.00 to park.

So, after a few days entertaining some folks,I found myself at odds with an old friend who wanted to stay as long as I would have her. That would have been okay with me,but since I don't sleep, I need TV or video/movie to keep me company.
The nights were long and cold, so we needed heat for the first week. My lady friend just started to mouth off about prayer being said at the dinner table;not needing heat{?}
yet putting on the electric portable heaters in the bathroom and a new one in her room. She took the Liberty to re- arrange the furniture in"her" room
I let it go, but when I saw all the extentions she had connected I tried to get her to change something and woe to me.
I thought we would burn up.????
BUT the day afte I came back, something happened to me that I would not wish on your worst enemy>
I was feeling poorly after the long drive and the long plane ride the same day. So, I was taking it easy and DILAw asks me to watch the 2 kids while she takes number 3 to the doctor.
So I went over an dfound myself hungry and took a small piece of pecorino margianna cheese which is aged.
Well, in a matter of 2/4 minutes I ghad hives all over and feet and hands swelled and the mouth!! So I called my son and said I need to go to the Doctor/emegenct room pronto.
He assumes that I'm just panicking. Not so, I found the hives in my throat and my voice was going. I also found myself passing out.Next thing I hear is someone gasping for air and asking for someone to help her breathe!!
When I found out it was me screeming, and gasping, I got scared.and passed out.
They gave me a steroid, nore=neperheperine and benydrill.
My son said I panicked.
I came close to buying the farm, I say.
Now I need to find out what caused it?
Well maybe I'm back and I will get to know all the new ladies.
Now if this is not a local number I will go banana's when I get the bill of 30 cents a minute.
To the ladies of old, thanks for remember
ing me in your posts and for the new ladies, Ill be glad to kow you.
By the way the legs hurt real bad above the knee and from the butt, thigh and calf of the leggs. Bur now that I'm on steroids. the pain is bareable.
This is telling me something!!
Bye ladies,
tootie

Tootie...It is so good to hear from you. And I am so sorry to hear about your cheese episode. Now, I mix things up that I read but just recently in a fibro book I read that we fibros should stay away from aged cheese and I can't remember why. I remember thinking...crap and that was going to be how I increased my protein. What did the Docs think? And just like I won't /don't want to live with my adult children...I don't like sharing space for too long with adult friends either. It is no wonder I could not stay married. Into about year 4 I could NOT STAND my beloved's teeth sucking, nail clipping or bad breath.

Meme...yes...that was the virus. It says I need your help or advice and there is an attachment. I got it at work and at home.

Happy.... I still have the music from your picture playing. You find such nice things. And that new supplement. I get so darned confused...... I have cut back on carbohydrates cause of too much insulin production. And then you read that and it says it is a lot like insulin and it helps us fibro people who don't have enough.
BUT...I lost 2 more pounds.
Joanne and Mima....howdy. Yes, Joanne...I had to move back home with my kids when we were waiting for the closing on a house. My poor mother and I were stepping on each other's toes all ove rthe place.

Happy Canuk- Now I am wondering if I should cut back on my exercise until I get these last 15 lbs off. If the exercise is making me maintain instead of losing which was one of my objects anyhow as well as reducing my colesterol. The leader at WW said no but, It seems to me that by adding points ,calories, I am defeating what I am trying to do. You are right It may be going to muscle although I don't see much more than flab.HA!
Tootie it sounds to me as if you went into anaphylactic shock,which is caused bt a protein substance that you are senitive to. It can be very dangerous. I am so glad it worked out in your favor. I agree you probably did about" buy the farm."
Ally , I have always said that if I was alone I would not want to live with either my son or daughter. They are wonderful ,and I love them as much as life ,but I feel it would not be fair for them or me.
I planted a plant today and worked outside till the thunder and my husband ran me in. I ache all over. So I didn't go for my walk today. I have done this so many years that I feel guilty when I miss doing it.
You all have a great evening Joanne