Good Morning Everyone!

It's a wet one in Toronto. The weather we are getting is more
like early April than mid May.

My twins are home today because the teachers have gone on
strike. The only problem with this is they may be attending
school in July if this is not resolved quickly:(

Nikkic, I would love to see the stones again. I will see what
weekday the concert will be on to see if it is feasible.
When I was reading about your roof leaking I was thinking
about the tiles in our bathroom. Our autisic child broke a few
of them in a tantrum and now my bathroom wall is full of
duct tape! Looks like heck!!

Hi Aleka! How are you today?
Cheryl we haven't heard from you for a couple of days.
Take care everyone.
Anne.

Happy weekend! Sorry to post and disappear. Work was crazy, and I didn't have much time to spare.

Nikki, thanks for that Pilates info. That sounds like a tape I might be able to try. There is a fitness video review website somewhere, I will try and find it and post a link here. They are video fanatics, and it is really interesting. They even have a 100 club. I thought it was people that lost a hundred pounds - it's people that own more than a hundred fitness videos! Anyway, if I find the link, I will post it.

Aleka, I quit SB and went back to low carb. I just wasn't losing on it. I have a terrible carb addiction and it was rough to stick to, to the level that I needed to lose weight. I think I want to follow their maintenance plan, though. It was great to eat the whole grains and overall I loved the way I felt on it. Just couldn't lose on it.

Anne, I am sorry about your family issues. My neice is dating a real loser, and there is nothing we can do about it. It is hard to find the spot where we can show disappointment in her choice, and not run her off. Hopefully it will sink in for both of them! I guess love is blind...

See you all soon!

Hi all,
Jennifer, I know the website your talking about, I can't remember the address either. I went there to find out about The Firm tapes. Everyone loved, loved, loved them. So I got them and I hated them. But it was because of my physical problems that made it impossible for me. I should have known, but sometimes you just want to forget about somethings.

Anne, I recaulked around my tub on the outside yesterday and thought about you. Had to fix some of my tile too. For the last 6 months it's been leaning up against the wall that it should have been adhered too. Our bathtub is old and the water that leaks out the sides and never is wiped up finally ate a hole in the bottom of our tub. We don't want to completely redo the bathroom yet, so I bought a couple of peices of vinyl trim that you use for under kitchen cabinets and glued it on the bottom of the tub with bathroom caulking. It actually looks pretty good, better than the rusty hole anyway. DH says I must have some of his father in me too. If there is anyway to fix something really cheap, his dad is the king. Some of the things he's done:rolleyes:
DH and I did a lot in the yard yesterday. I planted some more green beans, kalrahbi, spinach and sunflower seeds. We put new timbers around our rock garden and some new rock in there where it washed away. We put together a new bench for the side of the house and I have to go get some polyurethane to seal it better today.
Hi Aleka and Cheryl :wave:
It's going to be another beautiful day here, hope your weather is good where you are. Take care, Nikki

Good Afternoon Everyone!
We are having a great day weatherwise here in Toronto. Nikkic
your garden sounds just wonderful:) I just love fresh green
beans.

I was reading an article in womens world talking about the health
benifits of Coconut oil in combating a sluggish thyroid. I am
trying to decide if I should give it a try. My normal body temperature is about 1 degree below normal consistantly.
I also have horrible problems with my nails breaking, splitting
etc. and I always wonder if my thyroid is operating as well as
it might. I know coconut oil has saturated fat but then, butter,
eggs, meat etc. all do as well.......
Nothing ventured,nothing gained......maybe I will try it.

Hi Jennifer, great hearing from you again. I find the low carb
way has worked the best for me too.

Hi Aleka & Cheryl I hope you are both having a great weekend!!

Anne.

It's beautiful here....
 

We have been having such fantastic weather these past few days. It had been a bit cool, but today it's in the high 70's. This is more like it!

ANNE, I saw that article about coconut oil too in Woman"s World magazine and thought I'd give it a try also. My temp. like you, is consistantly one degree below what it should be, and my nails are also splitting and I can't grow them beyond a certain length. I've had my thyroid tested and it has always come back as normal. But, from some of the articles I've been reading sometimes those tests aren't very accurate. I guess you would find coconut oil in a health food store. Next weekend DH & I are going to a health food supermarket and I'll check there to see if they have any. Hopefully it will work.:crossed:

nikki, your garden sounds wonderful. Once everything comes up you'll have a lot of eating to do, not to mention all the colorful flowers you'll have. Sometimes fixing things, you have to go cheap. My Dad was like that too.

Jennifer, that website sounds like a good one, so hope you find the link. I found the SB kind of complicated to understand. Which low carb plan are you doing? I feel better when I do a lower carb plan, but I do need my carbs in the morning, I have found out.

Hi Cheryl :wave:

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
Aleka