It's Saturday!!!
 

I don't have too much planned for today. I'll do a little cleaning and baking. I go get my hair cut this afternoon and I'm so looking forward to that.
Other than that not too much is happening around here.

mavnan: How awful for that to happen right now as you're trying to sell your house. Did they figure out what the cause is? I sure hope it gets cleaned up quickly so you can get on with things. My prayers are with you.

crk: Six schools?! Wow! That's amazing that you have such choice. How did your presentation go? How long will it take you to write your thesis?

Sad about your mom. It's such a pain not to be able to use your hand. Did she break the one she uses the most?

Beth: We're joining the party when you reach that 200 milestone. Keep us posted.

Sprout: That's a terrible way to be treated by a Doctor. I wish they would realize how vulnerable you feel lying there and maybe realize how scary it is too.

Great job on the weight loss. Keep us posted with that!!

dance: I would love to go on a cruise. I hope you have a great time.

doitforme: Nice to see you. How are YOU doing?

Jackay: Great to see you back. Keep posting!!

Gary: Where are you? Have you joined Angie while she's out running?

I've been thinking about Sunny and Michele a lot lately. Hope things are going well for you. Please post!

Have a great day!

Thank for the great post, Wilma. This is my very first cruise so I am looking forward to it! Except I DON'T want to pig out and blow it with all that "free" (i.e. paid for already) food floating around! I plan to be up early on the promenade deck with the joggers and walkers though!

Saturday
 

HI GALS~:wave:

It is a rainy :rain: day here, we have had hail 3 times in less than 24 hrs. which is very unusual for us. The snow is pretty low on the mountains, that I can see off in the distance, too which is rare.

Angie headed off to her sister's this week-end for our neice's debutante ball, lucky me got out of it ~~ something about me and tux's ~~ just doesn't work! :fr:

My son and his buddies, brother and sil, ex-wife and her folks and I are going to Fish Club Oden tonight for the dinner and "show".

Not much on the menu here the last few days, last night Angie made pasta with the leftover meatballs i made awhile back, Thursday night I made burritos and Wednesday night we had chicken and potatoes and veggies at church before Lent service.

:dance:4-JOY~ Starting to look like Seattle here with the rain we have had the last couple of days. Alaska sounds cool! I was supposed to go with AUNT SUElast year but she forgot to stop by and pick me up ;)

AUNT SUE~ What the heck is mud season? Sorry to hear about Frankie, but it sounds like it was for the best (?). I am sure you will do a great job getting the memorial together. I don't want to sound bad, but this will probably take some of the burden off you and free up some time to rest every now and then! At home this week-end?

WILMA~ Hope the haircut was all you wanted it to be! No, I haven't been out training with Angie but I sure should be. Her and the dogs are looking mighty fit! Glad to see your son got a new job and feeling better about things.

MARILYN~Thanks for keeping this thread going!! :cp: So sorry to hear about the car trouble. I hope it works out for you in one of the duplexes near you, they just have to take Koko right? ;) Sounds like the house is really coming together.

CHARISTINA~ Prayers that you end up at the school our Lord wants you to be at!

BETH~I hope your dd finds the right choice in colleges. My daughter did her first year at the University of California at Santa Barbara, she had a full ride schlorship for marine biology, she even was invited on the tennis team after the coach saw her playing with a dorm friend ~~ However, it was just too liberal and "partying" for her...she left there after a year and finished her last 3 years at a Christian college in San Diego where she also played tennis, we did have to pay some but she did receive some schlorship money. The bummer was that she also had a full ride at another christian college in San Diego that she didn't take out of high school. When she left UCSB she applied back there but they told her that they would have taken her, as a freshman full ride, but that now they wouldn't take her until her junior year with a full schlorship for the final two years, nothing for the sophomore year...anyway, she had a great time at the college she went to, but to be honest, I don't think she got near the quality from her advisors there that she was getting at UCSB. Luckily she graduated magna cum laude with honors so she had the ability to research a lot on her own.

MAVNAN~Too bad I am not heading to Florida anytime soon, I could do your patching since I have been doing drywall for 35 looooooong years! :dizzy:

Well I have to get ready for the Fish Club ~~ jeans and T-shirt...oh and a sweatshirt for the rain!!

GET OUT AND WORSHIP!!! ~~~~ GARY

Hi Gary

Well LOL it is NOT looking like Seattle much up here as it has been so COLD which is unusual for us esp. in March. Of course LOL what WE think of as cold and what others think of as cold is not in the same ballpark... we are wimps at that.

And LOLOL about mud season... I know I know... I grew up in Missouri!! :)

Hi everyone! :wave:

Wilma ~ To answer your questions, the presentation went GREAT. It started a little rough because five minutes before I started I spilled soda down my WHITE shirt :eek: and then I choked on one of the first (easy) questions :?: my committee asked me. But after that it was smooth sailing and I passed with no problem. :cheer: My next presentation is in a few weeks, and then I work towards the dissertation defense, which will be late June/early July. So three months to put together my thesis. I have all the data and information, it's just a matter of putting it all together in a nice, neat package. :write: :write: :write:

And my mom broke her right (dominant) hand...

As for the law schools, I'm now between two places pretty much: Duke with $45K scholarship and Wash U (St. Louis) with $60K scholarship. I will be visiting both schools in the next few weeks so that should help me discern which is better for me. I am so excited to make these visits!

Sue ~ I'm a bit late in catching up, but I am so sorry to hear about Frankie. I will keep Frankie's family and friends in my prayers as they mourn his passing. No doubt he is safe with God now.

Dance4Joy ~ That is so great that you're going on a cruise! They are so relaxing, although one does have to look out for that floating food! :hungry: :lol: I know you'll have a wonderful time.

Gary ~ Hi! Thanks for the prayers. I hope you had fun at the Fish Club tonight!

I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend! You all are in my prayers as always!

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Have been missing in action
 

Good Sunday Morning!
 

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Look what I did! I'm still getting used to it. It sure is easy to take care of in the morning. I didn't mean to look so depressed in the pic. DS just caught me at the wrong moment!!

How's everyone's morning going so far? I woke up too early so I just got up. I've done my devotions, read the paper and had my cup of flavoured coffee. It's been kind of nice. The kids are coming for lunch. We're just having tacos and I'm going to see if I can talk them into watching Walk the Line with me.

I actually got up the energy and walked 2 miles yesterday. It felt great! I plan to make a habit of this!

dance4joy: All that food can be tempting. I know that I would find it really difficult to avoid them. Just make sure to balance out the food with exercise and you should be able to enjoy it. IT IS A HOLIDAY AFTERALL!!:D

Gary: Come on! I bet you look great in a tux. You should give it a try!!

crk: Wow! Those are big scholarships. What an accomplishment for you to be able to choose. Great job!

Sprout: Glad to hear you have your van back. And your tax refund already? we haven't even gone to get ours done yet. Because my DH drives for a living it's a bit more complicated to do. I'm looking forward to that chequed too.

What colours are you painting? It might be hard for you to sell it after all the work you're doing? You might want to stay!!

It's off to church for me now. Have a great day!

Thanks Wilma... I do plan to "splurge" just a little bit... however, that is "down" from my plan of a month or so ago to totally pig out on the cruise! :rofl: Now I wouldn't even THINK of it and ruin all the hard work LOL.

My niece is going with me and she also plans to pig out... but she is really heavy too and trying to lose weight. I hope I don't ruin her fun but she sure can chow down without ME doing it!!! To me it's just not worth it! And fortunately now that I am eating right, all that junk is not so appealing!

And a lot of the time we will be in port so out walking around and doing stuff! That will help! And I plan to be one of the early morning folks out on the promenade deck walking!!

Quick Hello
 

Hello everyone. Hope you are all doing well, OK, better.....

Dance4joy I say live it up on the cruise. Pamper yourself, enjoy the sights, take in all the beautiful scenery, take lots of pictures and shop, shop, shop. When it comes to eating, you will make the right choices. Have fun girl.

Wilma Great job at the walking 2 miles. I am trying to work my way up during lunch breaks to 2 miles at the park track. Part of it is time and the other part is my calves/shins. I wonder if it is my tennis shoes.

Marilyn Hope you are feeling better. My DS had a bout with stomach problems this past weekend and my DH had it in the middle of the week last week. Glad to hear you got your taxes back. That is always a nice thing to get. The best part is the timing I am sure. Now you have the money for your van.

Christina Way to go on your presentation. and .... way to go on your scholarships. Send some of the good vibes over here to Texas. My DD is applying for scholarships too. She still has the rest of her junior year to go, but thought we would get a jump on things.

Gary My DD wants to go to a small Christian college for the exact same reasons. She wants to be (at this time) a youth minister. We will see if she continues along that path. She also wants to do a little web designing too. Maybe both.

Manvan So sorry to hear about your misfortune. We have had to go through similar problems with our bathroom. Lucky for us, it was confined to one small area. Our house has so much work needed. I can't imagine having to do all of it at once to sell. We are going to do a little at a time over the next 2 to 3 years, so it won't be such a daunting task.

Will close for now. Guess it wasn't that quick of a hello. Take care and God bless.

Hi everyone!

I don't know about you but I have a severe case of The Mondays today! It is beautiful out, my campus is on spring break, but I'm stuck in the lab working :( :( :( At least I get out pretty soon, and I'm going to go home and make some yummy flank steak for dinner! :hungry: I also got one more law school acceptance today, so I'm 7/7. Still waiting on two more schools.

Sprout ~ I'm glad you got the van back and that it's working for you! As for finishing up with work, I wouldn't be counting the days either...:lol: :lol:

Wilma ~ Walk The Line, I still haven't seen that one. Thrilled that Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar though! She is one of my favorite actresses!

Beth ~ Lots of good vibes :goodvibes: for your DD! It's good that she is starting early with thinking about colleges. She should get a lot of good opportunities that way.

Everyone else, I hope you're having a good week! You're in my prayers!

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Hi Beth... great advice! I DO plan to have fun on the cruise... I just don't plan to totally pig out and mess up all my progress... I can... and HAVE... gain 20 pounds in a week! But I'll be getting lots of exercise too!

Hello, hello, ello, lo............echo, echo - anybody out there?
 

:?: Where is everybody:?: Communication has been sparse. Come back everybody.

Hi Dance4joy and Christina - how are you?

I am fine. Just finished a 2 1/2 hour safety meeting at my job. We had to sit through 3 videos, a powerpoint presentation, and a bunch of talk and signing things. It was freezing in the training room too. My nose is still cold and that is after a hot chocolate.

Hope everyone is doing well. Take care and God bless.:)

Hi Beth... wow sounds like quite a meeting!

I find this section to be pretty intermittent too LOL.

Well, I did it. Stepped on the scale again. Waah!! I thought I'd gained, and I did. Up to 226. I haven't weighed that much for almost twenty years! In the last year, I've gone from 209 to 226. Why? I don't know. My goal weight is 140, which still would be more than my less than 5'3" frame should probably have on it. So I'm about 90 lbs. overweight, and what do I feel like doing? Yup - you guessed it - eating!! Help!

Hi Fitchick!!

First of all, don't EAT :) I know exactly what you mean... I was my highest weight ever when I got brave enough to get on the scale recently too... so I bopped my butt right back in here to 3FC and got busy again! It IS frustrating when we mess up... but we can't GIVE up!! I am so encouraged when I read of others here who have done it and are successful, and it makes me know I can too. THEIR journey was not easy either!!! Hang in there... perhaps you could join some of our challenges... they do help motivate.