LaDean ... you are doing so GOOOOOD!!! on your food plan. It is so encouraging to hear that. It inspires me to try harder. Your garden sounds so very nice. It is good your hubby likes gardening, it must be great to have someone to garden with. How is Tuffy???? (A couple of years ago I had to put my wonderful little dog Parasha down, but sad as it was it was a good experience, I held her in my arms the whole time. It was a good thing to be with her as she took her last breath, it was just like she fell asleep. I still miss her but she left us with lots of great memories.) My D.'s dog is a Boston, he had allergies quite bad but now they seem under control. He is so cute, he really loves me....she says it is only when I come over he wiggles and squeals. Bostons are such adorable dogs.
Ledom, can you post your pictures from the show online? Yes, I found out that this is our long weekend too...Labour day as well. Did you all grow up with "No wearing white shoes after the Labour Day weekend"? That used to be popular fashion wisdom when I was a girl.
Alice, these hormones I am taking are mass produced I think. Marley lost his fur in spots once when he got too hot. It was when we went down to Ft. Worth last year in August. I hope you find out what is causing it. That must be worrisome...poor little thing.
Today I went to visit my D. and my the baby. We went for a walk and out to an outside cafe. It was a nice day but it is starting to feel like fall. I am going to babysit every Friday, my D. is going to the university on Tues, Thurs, & Fri. so I opted for babysitting Friday
Thanks judi, i am so glad i found a plan that works for me. as long as i lose i figured it is the one. i feel good. got alot of energy. so get lots done. your doing good to.
LaDean, congratulations on the lower number on your scales! When you reach your goal you should do something nice for yourself. How is Tuffy? Hope he's feeling much better.
judi, I grew up with not wearing white after Labor Day. I guess it's sort of ingrained in me because it's till a habit. The only white I wear after Labor Day are my sneakers.
ledom, how was the show earlier in the week? Hope it was a big success and that you get a much needed rest.
Hope you all have a wonderful long holiday weekend. We'll be glued to the TV watching the path of Frances.
Well, I wore my white linen pants yesterday and they felt so comfortable. I guess I need to think of giving them up after Monday. Maybe I'll wear them again today!
The show was stunning. It all came together at the last minute (they always wait until the last minute.) If I do say so myself, our faculty rocks. The show is so strong and it was well attended. Now all the local public school and college art classes in the area are making field trips to our gallery. I am very satisfied with how everything turned out. I showed my albumen prints that I worked on this summer.
But on the other hand. I had, what in BFL terminology is, a free week. I didn't exercise, I didn't eat like I was supposed to. I didn't really bring any junk into the house, I just scoured the house for every morsel of food I could find. Unfortunately I also went through a few drive thru windows. Bad bad ledom!
So here's the plan. I have a 4 day weekend. I am cooking up enough food to last a while, going to go ahead and box it up for lunches and snacks at school. And I am going to exercise everyday. Try to get my groove back with this little breather.
I have been working in my flower beds this morning. I planted a pkg. of Mixed Italian Chard. I hope it grows!
Aleka, tuffy is lots better. we got to thinking maybe he had arthritis in his back part. well started giving him a hafe aspirn. its working i think hes getting around some better. so happy about that. has his days though. thanks for your concern. Yes i am going to do something special for sure. going to Reno in October so that is my vacation. my sister in law and i go yearly. so sure looking forward to that. so hope to have my goal reached by september 18th. our tops rally days. so trying. its going slow now. but i am going to lower carbs back these next weeks. i just feel so good and have alot of energy. helped hubby get corn in this morning and also we got row of potatoes done. so i am so happy i feel like helping. was cool to or i cannot be out there. ha I loss another .50 lbs at tops today. have not gained in 10 weeks now. got 16.50 inches off to.. hey hope lacee is ok. hope things are going good with the moving and all.
Ledom. hey you will do it. we all need a rest. so take it and get back with it always is the right foot forward. just so we do not give up and do nothing. good for you working in flower beds good exercise. i been out in garden. the bending up and down helps me i need it in that area... my worse with wt and all.
judi... have a great day ,,,, enjoy that grandson. i just want to see mine has been awhile. so each week end hope this is the one. ha but school time and bussyyyyy., so i understand.
I WISH ALL OF YOU A GREAT WEEKEND. DO OUR BEST. IS ALL WE CAN DO. TRYING IS THE MAIN THING... THANKS FOR BEING THERE. LaDean
We have been watching hurricane Frances all day like probably you all. I hope it is no where near your new house Alice.
I lost 2 pounds this past week so now I have finally made it back to where I was when I was on South Beach way back when, it was a 15 pound total weight loss now for WW. ( I had been losing and gaining for the past few months.) So now this week I am into the "new" fat, I went for a good hike that included a beach and a hill today and I am drinking lots of water. I want to go down on Wed weigh day.
Hope Tuffy is feeling better LaDean.
That is so to hear about your show's success. That is wonderful Ledom!!
I have a pair of white linen pants and a pair of red linen capris and didn't get around to wear them at all this summer...I guess it is too late now. Red linen capris sound pretty awful don't they...actually they are not that bad
Judi, tuffy is lots better. we are so thankful. i am just not ready to let him go. God knows this to. i need him lots more.. so thankful for prayers answered. I loss another .50 lbs. so 10 weeks now. so happy with me. hey those pants sound neat. i love it to get into clothes looser. all my dresses are now. got one on for church this morning and made me feel so good. going to cut down on carbs again these next few weeks so i can reach my goal...
Oh aleka hope the hurricane is not where your home is and all. i sure feel for all those people./ i know when my daughter went to hawaii for couple years they ahd that one tehre and i prayed so hard and cryed. so far away and knew with her job she would be sleeping. but someone knew and the kids all were young and lived there. so they went to her place with her boss and they got her to go to higher ground. so thankful it never hit her island the one heading for... prayers ans for sure. so i am praying for all these people. its so sad to have to lose everything.
i wish you all a nice LABOR DAY..... we just stay home and off roads. canning tomatoe juice this morning. then its pick cukes later and cut corn. wanting to get lots done before another rain. we do it together and make it fun. still work though. ha but i am doing so good with all my new energy and all. we love that. ha ha have a good day all. LaDean woof from tuffy thanking you all for your prayers...
LaDean, your garden sounds so nice. I just have a flower garden but it is the nicest that it has been this year. It is about 8-9 years old now and the plants are established. This year because we were home it had more work done on it too, which always helps.
Hi Ledom and Alice...hope you both are having a long weekend.
We are having some good sales here. I bought a few things for my D. Now that she is a mommy she spends everything on the baby and doesn't buy for herself (like most moms, right?). She is going back to university this week so I thought I would get her something for a treat. How is your D. Ledom? Is she living on campus again this year?
Not much happening...I have been trying out some new recipes, bread ones mostly. It has been kind of fun.
Judi, yes our garden and flowers are better this year. a good year. cukes are almost gone. got to cut rest of corn in morning.he got last of potatoes dug today. got some apples i have to do. yes we enjoy it. gives us retirers something to do. ha our grandbabies start school tomorrow. there so excited. grandaughter in 1st grade and grandon in kindergarden.. I bet your little one is sure growing to. they grow up to fast. that is sweet of you to get your d something special. know she appreciates it. i am not much of a shopper and my d loves to go. shes always bringing me something home. the closet is full. i love it. ha
aleka, hope all is going good with you and lacee. hope the storm is not doing damage to your place and all.
Ledom. your doing good keep it up.
to all of you a NICE LABOR DAY.... the rest of it anyhows. lol
My weekend was ok, unfortunately I was very lazy. Lots of TV watching, I think I might have gotten my fill yesterday. I believe I'll try to limit TV for a while because I left so many things I'd planned to do undone.
I am really working to get some momentum going again on diet and exercise. Letting it go is never a good idea, it has been a struggle to get back to where I was a couple weeks ago. I got cooking done for the week and back down to the basement for a good workout yesterday. Got another successful day planned. I am logging calories in fitday for a few days to get myself to focus.
judi, glad to hear DD is taking classes. It sounds as if motherhood is agreeing with her. What kind of sale stuff are you finding? You ladies know me, I LOVE to shop. Back mid-summer I walked into the first day of a sale at my favorite store. I stocked up then and really need NOT to shop for a while. I do enjoy clothes though.
Alice, I hope we hear from you soon. Hope all is well with your Florida property. The thing is, after this horrible hurricane season, surely it won't repeat itself for a long while.
Hope you all had a great weekend. Since we'll be moving 2 weeks from today, we started up our packing again after a week or so of relaxing. I cleaned out my hutch, which was a catch-all, and that was a 2 day job, and I cleaned out the desk I inherited from my parents.
We have no idea what impact Frances had on our house in FL. We were glued to the WC most of Saturday and Sunday, and it looked like they got an awful lot of rain. We haven't heard from anyone yet, but if we don't hear anything by tomorrow we'll give them a call. Thankfully the previous owners are still in the house. We told them to take their time moving out because we're not going to be there that soon. Now we're watching to see what Ivan is going to do. I do think this is a bad year to think of moving to FL, and it could only happen to us!
Saturday night we went out to dinner with some friends. As usual I ate too much and felt very uncomfortable. My girlfriend is extremely upset that I am moving.
LaDean, you garden sounds great. When DH & I moved to NH we tried to grow corn. The ears were about as big as my little finger. That was the first and last time we ever planted corn. We used to plant cukes, tomatoes, and radishes.
judi, congratulations on your weight loss. Are you doing the new CORE plan? What kind of sales did you find? I love to shop! A friend and I love to go to a store in the mall, The Bon-Ton, that has terriffic sales, especially around the holidays. Glad that your D will be going back to university. I'm sure she'll miss the baby. How did your bread turn out?
ledom, glad that you had a nice relaxing weekend. How is EFL coming along?
Aleka, i bet you will be glad its done and all over the moving. I hope all is ok with the house. i know thats the way our luck usually goes. ha i hope when your all settled you all will like the change and all. our corn done pretty good but should have been more in sun we think. i am finishing it up today. giving most of it away. as its lower carbs for me starting this week again. i had added a few but now back to less till i reach this goal. its always hard to pack and move. especially to different state and all i would imagine
I am finding sweaters...I got a couple of really nice heavy Nautica ones and then a long sleeve Tommy H. one. I was surprised they were one sale too because they are heavy and for fall. I am not complaining. One of the Nautica ones is really beautiful .. a heavy pink cable knit in pure wool.
Breadmaking is going a little TOO good, I have been making 2 french loaves everyday and they are gone in 24 hrs. Last night I made a 100% whole wheat, it is good but I am not as crazy about it as french bread. It was time to put the bread brakes on. Though I am going to make 2 French loaves later tonight ...for the freezer ... honest. I making a huge pot of Borscht today, it smells good...lots of dill.
Have you heard about your house yet, Alice?
LaDean I bet the little ones are excited about starting school. I hope they love it and have a wonderful experience.
Do you still kayak in the fall, Ledom?
I have been walking with Mr. Marley. Speaking of him, I have to go wash him now and save myself 45 bucks. That is what I usually pay, but I am on a new austerity regime so I am going to wash him myself...how hard can it be to wash and blow dry a dog? Usually I send him just to have a day free for myself
Judi. Oh there so excited they love school. as durning summer its like a school. but a baby sitting program at the community collage. so the kids are with them most weekends doing things. i am so glad to. Your sweaters sound so pretty. i love them but just get to warm and hot to wear them.. I bet your dog would love to have you bath him. we take ours to get nails trimmed. told hubby i bet we could do it now. hes older and is not so fisty and cannot see or hear. so going to give it a try. they grow so fast. Hey Aleka does lacees nails grow fast/??? boy tuffys does. Hope your place is ok and all. are you getting more excited now time is here and all? I have been so busy today. peeled apples and tomatoes. then watered flowers this evening. then cleaned kitchen stove and all. now that is a job. ha but nice when done. then got a load of wash in. we did 2 batches of tomatoe juice today. there sure coming on now.. i love staying busy just happy wt is off and i have the energy to do it and all. well good luck to all. have a great tomorrow to all of you. thanks for being here to share with. i missed it for awhile when no one was here. glad were all back now. LaDean
We're having a lot of rain from remnants of Frances. We're supposed to have the rain into tomorrow. At least it will be good for our well.
Yesterday morning DH & I went out for breakfast to our favorite place about an hour's drive north of where we live. They have the best pancakes and they're only open from spring thru fall. We wanted to get one more feed of pancakes before we move. We also bought some bags of their pancake mix to bring with us.
LaDean, you really are busy canning and cleaning. You will have some great canned goods come winter. Right now my house is a total mess with boxes, packing material, etc. The mess is starting to get to me though. Lacee's nails do seem to grow quickly. I cut them myself and she's not very cooperative when I do. After it's all done she expects her "cookie" (dog biscuit), but I keep telling her that only good dogs get their cookie, and that she wasn't very good while I was cutting her nails. But, as usual, she always gets her cookie in the end. Ya, I'm a softie when it comes to Lacee.
judi, your sweaters sound lovely. Enjoy wearing them! Quite a few months ago my girlfriend and I went to a Liz Claiborn store in our local outlet mall. They had these gorgeous heavy sweaters that zipped up, which would be great to wear as a winter coat if it ever gets chilly in FL this winter. My girlfriend bought one, but I thought it was quite expensive, so I passed. A few months later we went into the store again and they still had the sweaters, but they were half off. So I bought one and my girlfriend was so mad because she didn't wait. But, she ended up buying another one in a different color. How did Mr. Marley's bath turn out? No, we haven't heard anything about the house. DH called down there, as the previous owners are still living there, and nobody has gotten back to us yet. Now we're watching Ivan very closely.
Tues. evening
It is so encouraging to hear that. It inspires me to try harder. Your garden sounds so very nice. It is good your hubby likes gardening, it must be great to have someone to garden with. How is Tuffy???? (A couple of years ago I had to put my wonderful little dog Parasha down, but sad as it was it was a good experience, I held her in my arms the whole time. It was a good thing to be with her as she took her last breath, it was just like she fell asleep. I still miss her but she left us with lots of great memories.) My D.'s dog is a Boston, he had allergies quite bad but now they seem under control. He is so cute, he really loves me....she says it is only when I come over he wiggles and squeals. Bostons are such adorable dogs.
a good night one and all
to hear about your show's success. That is wonderful Ledom!!
Are you doing the new CORE plan? What kind of sales did you find? I love to shop! A friend and I love to go to a store in the mall, The Bon-Ton, that has terriffic sales, especially around the holidays. Glad that your D will be going back to university. I'm sure she'll miss the baby. How did your bread turn out? 
