DD is going in 2 days so I ate off plan and hade 3 small slices of toast with breakfast and an icecream sunday (small) today for a good by treat with the kids!!

not much else I bought an Amish cook book to send as well as 2 large boxes of bisquick (Anette loved that). Did get my kitchen clean and not much else started to clean the house with the kithcen not looking to bad but more to get done. Must clean more here before I am happy!!!

HI everyone!! I am back from my almost 3 weeks at the beach!! what a great vacation we had!! I have a ton of catching up to do hope everyone is well!!!!

Hey, Scooby! Welcome back. I deleted all the obscene stuff so don't go looking. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cloudy with occasional showers here today but still quite warm. Everything looks so lush and green and the flower gardens are looking terrific. Only I seem to be concerned about all the weeds lurking beneath the flowers.
I finished making jam and sliced frozen berries out of the two flats of strawberries I bought on Friday. Lots of strawberry jam and I hope it lasts dh at least 3 years.
I have a loaf of bread baking in the bread machine. Usually, I just get the machine to make the dough and then divide it into two small loaves and bake in my oven but it's a bit warm today, even with the rain, to turn on the oven.
I washed all my washable floors and cleaned the main bathroom but I really must tackle my ensuite bathroom. I'm the only one who uses it but it's always messier than the main bathroom. Hmmmm, I wonder why. :o
I have NOT been OP, which I've confessed before, but I still have hopes of getting back on. I'm going back on SBD with Ruth on Wednesday...after daughter's birthday tomorrow and Canada Day on Tuesday. I got on the scale this morning and the damage hasn't been as bad as I'd feared considering all the junk I've been gobbling up. Still, I did gain 4 lb and that's not the direction I want to be going. I really, really want to beat this cursed weight problem once and for all but it's so hard to stay motivated when I lose so slowly. :?: Thank goodness for the Chicks and all your support. I don't know what the heck I'd do without you all.

just stopping back to say hi-

we worked at the house painting and cleaning more in the basement. DH really came thru, and pulled out all this old lumber(some 50 year old shelving) and painted a big closet. We also took down a wrought iron railing inside that was ugly. It feels so much better all in all. Tomorrow a contractor coming to combine 2 closets into one large one in a room that will be an office. can't wait!

supermarket shrimp cocktail and leftover steak. the no-cook dinner- I am too sweaty to go out!

hope you all are having fun. this is my second day OP, I remember this, it feels good!

dottie