Glynne and I wanted to surprise everyone but guess I can tell now. She and her dh were the friends we had breakfast with this morning. I've known Glynne for a long time now from this site and we had a great time chatting together. We really liked her dh too and am glad we got to know him too.

That's nice that you and Gayle were able to meet for breakfast. That's a very nice picture of both of you. Mary, I've seen many other pictures of you from when you change your picture on the forum, but sometimes they look so different from others. But always nice, though. And I remember seeing a picture of Gayle before when she got together with Karen a few years back. That was a very nice picture, too of both of them. It's always nice to see pictures of people you have posted with over the years. Sometimes you get a vision in your mind of what you think they look like. My picture is on my profile. Probably everyone has seen it by now.

I'm wondering where Lynn has been. Did she mention going away? She hasn't posted for a while. Maybe she's just busy.

Had a rough early morning with leg cramps, was glad to get out of bed. Finally heard from the clinic about my bladder infection, they are calling in a prescription for me. I do pretty well during the day now because I take the OTC med but it gets worse at night, so I'll be glad to get the antibiotic.

Yes, Glynne was telling me about visiting Karen, I didn't remember that. It is fun to meet the "invisible" people who are such a part of our lives. There are a couple others now who are talking about coming up this way, so if we aren't off traveling ourselves we may get to meet. Yes I have seen your profile. You are a nice looking later and look young to me. So does Glynne...I think she is quite a bit younger than I. I can't believe how old I am anymore! Keep thinking I'm still in my 60s..

I can't remember whether I told you all..we have a new granddaughter coming in Jan. We will certainly stay home until we get to meet her and I'm sure it will be hard to leave then but we do hope to make a big trip at some point.

We are going to a movie this afternoon, Bridge of Spies. Hope its good. Since I won the Fandango gift card we have been going to movies more, this is the third one for us and I was able to treat a friend to one she wanted to see too. So it's been a nice win. I hope to get at least one more movie out of it. I want to see the faith based movie, Woodlawn as I've heard it's really good too. So far War Room has been my favorite.

I think Lynn is visiting her daughter...I hope it's ok to say it here but I think she has mentioned it herself before.

I'm behind in my housework as I goofed off yesterday and today's the movie...so better get done what I can this morning. You all have a good day!

Mary and Gayle or Glynne What a surprise! Glad to hear you all were able to meet and visit. Sure must change how you are able to respond to one another. New granddaughter coming will certainly be worth postponing any trips.

We just received news that our "almost" son will be coming to our Son's next month so we will get to visit face to face rather than Skype. Bless his heart I've known him since he and his family came over from Korea when he was 7 and went into 2nd grade with our son. Those two bonded as brothers very quickly. He lived here with us for a while, too.

Great Bible Study today as we discussed NT James. His caution to us about how the tongue may be small but can get us in trouble if we don't guard it. Sure is true. We shared stories of our lives and had lots of laughter, as well as sympathy. Afterward 6 of us went to try a new restaurant that emphasized healthy eating. Side of veggies, squash, pumpkin, carrots, green and red peppers and red onions was a real treat. They can cook. 2 had delicious broccoli Cheese soup that was so unique. Even tho big bowl, neither gal had trouble eating it all!!! We'll go back.

I'm still waiting for the roofer to come and give me an estimate for a new roof. It had been very windy and lots of rain for the past couple of days. We are getting the remnants of the hurricane from Florida.

Mary - Yes, I am very happy with our health care plan. My GP is always available but we do have, at times, long waits to see a specialist depending on what is wrong. Also I forgot to mention that our Health Care Plan does not cover any dental work. It is up to each individual to pay as they go or purchase separate insurance for that. That is a very nice picture of you and Glynne. It must be so nice to actually meet one of us on this thread. I'm sure the antibiotic will finally help with your bladder infection.

Sandy - Dental implants are about the same price here ($1,500 each) I don't have any yet but do have dentures. I might need an implant in my lower front sometime down the road. Great that your asthma is improving.

Have a good day everyone,
Karrine

Good morning GG! It's a dark gloomy dripping day here..but it feels more like the normal NW we haven't seen for a long time. We need the rain. I heard that it is too late to make up our usual rain for the year, but any will help I guess. We liked the movie, Bridge of Spies. One of those movies that makes you think.

I got started on the antibiotic yesterday and was already feeling better as far as my bladder is concerned by bedtime. Also no leg cramps last night but I had to be careful when I did my morning stretches as they kept trying to cramp up on me.

Sandy - How nice that you get to see the "almost son" again! How right James was....my tongue has gotten me in more trouble many times! The vegetable meal sounds great. I love sauteed veggies (just use the olive oil spray, a little s/p, and splash of soy sauce), but will often not do it if it's just for me. I am going to try to do it more.

Karrine - What you said about your health plan is exactly what I've heard from other Canadians. It is the long waits for specialist I wouldn't like esp if I'm hurting, but perhaps that is taken into consideration. We don't have dental coverage either...we could get it but we don't feel it is worth it..so we just save for things we have time to do so and take from emergency savings if we have to get it done right away. So far that (the latter) has not come up. Glad you like it otherwise and most of the time the GP is able to take care of us. Hope you are able to get your roof taken care of soon with the rain starting.

ETA: Carol, glad you like my picture..the first thing I noticed was how much my belly shows!

Mary, I think because you are self conscious about your belly, you notice that first. I saw the whole picture and how pretty you both look! There were a couple of the others who mentioned meeting in person but I don't remember who they were.

When I worked I had dental insurance through my employers and noticed that I go less often now that I no longer have that coverage. The first couple years of retirement our medicare covered some dental procedures but the coverage was not a lot. Every little bit helps. Then they took that coverage out of the plan.

Tonight we turn the clocks back. Everyone is talking about getting that extra hour of sleep. My body is my alarm clock and usually wakes up at the same time every day, so I will just be waking up an hour earlier, at least for a while. Lately I have been falling back to sleep. Today I didn't get up until 9, but I woke up so many times during the night. Every time I wake up and move around it wakes up DH and he wants to cuddle. I want romance, but not in the middle of the night when I'm trying to get back to sleep! LOL Never satisfied!

Carol I agree that my body won't adjust very quickly to the change. We will be going to 8:30 AM Mass in the morning and I'm Reader so I have to be there by 8:15. My IPhone is my alarm clock, and usually it adjusts during the night, but I'm going to set extra alarm to be sure.

DH has already changed every clock in the house. I had been active today putting summer clothes in boxes and laundry. Looked at clock and at that time it showed a bit after 10:00 am and I was amazed at what I'd accomplished - till he busted my pride and told me the clocks aren't right. So much for patting my self on the back.

Dental insurance would be great, but the savings (earmarked for something else) will enable us to take the hit. I checked dental insurance, and recognize that we have had 2013 and 2015 as huge dental expences years, but perhaps the worst is over for a while.

Mary I agree with Carol, my first thought when I saw the picture with you and Gayle was "How attractive you both are!" ALSO, good to hear that your response to antibiotic is coming quickly - and cramps are leaving, hopefully for good.

Karrine Glad to hear you can get to your GP rather easily.

Really cool here, may put on flannel sheets for tonight. DH is locked in on many football games today so I'll be able to clean bedroom without interruptions.

I stayed up to watch World Series last night as the Mets won big against my choice of Kansas City Royals. Now it is KC 2, MY 1 toward necessary 4 games to be won. Years ago my Son and I or my Son-in-law would sit with me to stay up however late needed to finish games for World Series. It was fun to share my enjoyment with our men folk. Both of them are now more interested in Football so I'm by myself watching and trying not to get excited and wake up household when my team scores.

Sandy

Good morning everyone! I had a very high bs last night. I snacked too much in the evening as I often do and didn't feel like it was more than usual. Maybe I just happened to catch this one. Anyway I took 1/2 more Amaryl and drank lots of water until it came down to a more reasonable number, then went to bed so didn't get to bed until 1 am. I slept well though and slept in a bit later than usual so I'm good. BS as usual this am.

Yes I am self-conscious about my belly. Thank you for the nice comments. I guess I see all the "bad," about myself. My large abdomen makes me feel uncomfortable. Yet it's not uncomfortable enough to do what I need to do to take care of it All I can say is pray for me. It's strange as I am a fairly disciplined person in other ways.

When we looked at dental insurance...the problem was we would have to pay the premiums each month and still it didn't pay much on the things we spent the most on and the rest is easy for us to cover ourselves esp since we aren't making premiums. Unless a huge dental expense (emergency) came up all at once, I can put the money that would go into premiums into savings each month and have enough or close to enough for what we might need.

I've been decluttering....yesterday I went through my closet...clothes and shoes. Got rid of several articles of clothing and one pair of shoes plus a few other miscl things that somehow got mixed in there. Even found some bathroom spray ...now how did that get in there I had just bought some more but was still glad to find it. I plan to declutter more today since I'm in the mood. Maybe it's the change of the seasons although I am not just decluttering seasonal things. I need to find a better place for towels and sheets...but we are so crowded up right now I have no ideas. Another place I need to declutter is my books but that's a very big job. Not sure I'm up to it today.

Here we go into a new month...are you ready to start thinking about holidays? I have two gifts for Christmas but that just sorta happened. We save all year for Christmas gifts and the check will be auto deposited into another account after the first week of Nov. So I can start shopping in earnest.

By for now..

Good morning,
I couldn't adjust to the change of time overnight so I'm up extra early today. I've already had 2 coffee's and finished reading one of my books in my Lazy Boy chair. I have been reading David Baldacci's John Puller series. I like spy and suspense books. I finally got "The Chamber" by John Grisham which has been on backorder for quite awhile. It is still very dark out so looks like it will be a very long day for me. I go to 8:15 am mass on Sunday's so that will get me out of the house for a bit. We have had several days of rain since I had the water come into my bedroom with no further incidents. Maybe that was just a fluke. I still haven't heard from the roofer and I don't think I will as he sure didn't sound interested in me as he was already so booked up. If he doesn't call I think I will wait until the spring to put a new roof on as I hate to have it done in December with all the bad weather we have been having and hope for the best. This coming week is supposed to be nicer and warmer so I will do another raking of leaves (hopefully the last time).

Hope everyone has a nice Sunday,
Karrine

Karrine, I could have written the first sentence of your post. I woke up an hour early because my body has it's own automatic clock. I hate when we turn the clocks back because my body doesn't change. I also had coffee and finished a book I was reading, in my recliner. LOL I'm going to be so tired all day and might need to take a nap. Even the dog was off kilter. I let him out when I got up and he wouldn't do anything. Just stood on the deck, then came back in. About an hour later I let him back out and he did his thing. It just wasn't his time to pee yet! LOL

Mary, I agree the payment each month for dental insurance is not worth it to me because it doesn't cover enough. I'd just rather pay upfront for what I need.

I have a plan to get rid of a lot of clothes. I have 3 boxes of jeans to take to Goodwill, plus I know there will be more. I had saved up a lot of old jeans. I had big plans to make a jean quilt like Bobbi made and also some jean purses like Donna, I think it was. But I lost interest in them as I am not really into crafts and mine would never turn out as nice as theirs did. So these are jeans that I wouldn't wear, even if I lost enough weight to fit into them. Out they go! Every year I go through my "too small" clothes and ask myself if I would wear them if I lost weight. If so, I keep them, if not, they get donated. I have sworn off clothes shopping. I don't even wear half the stuff I have and don't need more. This was the first month of no bill from Kohls and Bonton where I buy most of my clothes. I really enjoyed not getting those bills. DH couldn't believe I stayed out of those stores.

I have a cardiologist appt in two weeks and I am thinking of canceling and waiting another month or so. I know my blood pressure is not where he wants it. If I could lose some weight it would go down. I don't know why I didn't do it in the past 6 months since my lasts visit. Well, I do know why. LOL

You know, Mary, when you get a high blood sugar like that, taking a little 15 min walk on your treadmill would help. You might not have wanted to do that so late in the day. For a while I was doing that every night after dinner but then got away from it.

Sandy, DH changed the house clocks before we went to bed, but the bedroom clocks, the bathroom clock, (yes, the bathroom! LOL) and my watches have not been changed. I'm wondering if the clock in our new car will change automatically, like the computer does. I think you have to have it set for daylight savings time for it to change automatically.

We only get a few kids for Halloween, 3 or 4, so we went out rather than sit here for a couple kids. We are on a busy street, plus we have lots of steps out front that they don't want to climb. We used to get a lot of kids when we moved here 33 years ago, but now all the kids are grown and gone and just the grandparents live in the neighborhood. When we first lived here we only had a small stoop out front. I would open the door to give the candy and the kids would fall off the stoop. LOL Built a bigger porch.

Carol My car clock DID NOT change. I had to be at Mass at 8:30 this morning and got up at 5:30 am just to be sure I didn't miss my turn to Read the Scriptures. Wonderful passages that were fun to proclaim.

I enjoyed seeing my Church family, several adults I had seen baptized as infants or very young children. Fantastic musician on the piano, gracious choir director that helped me with the mic, and friends I've known for decades.

DH really likes the other Catholic church for Mass better and we've agreed to go there most of the time. He doesn't have the connections with today's church that I have from teaching there for years, being on committees, etc.

Mary We decided as you all did, we can save the premiums and simply pay for dental work ourselves. Besides, I noticed the price is not same for dental insurance as it is if patient pays.

Glad to realize that high blood sugar can be lowered with a short walk.

DH and Son-inlaw left about 11:00 for fishing. DD and I are heading to the gym in a few minutes.

Want to make November the month that I REALLY try hard to control eating, increase exercise and build more strength.

Anyone want to join me?

Sandy

The change in time didn't bother me a bit...I slept til 10 (although awake often in the night and up twice). We didn't even set our clocks back until today, now some are, some not. Been too busy.

We had a fun night last night...the kids stopped by before and after their trick or treating. We laughed a lot. We had about six bags of clothes and other things out to give away, and they went through them and now we have onlyh 3 1/2. I will continue to declutter when I can so may fill more bags before we donate them. I will be taking a break for a few days but then working my way through the house...so far I've done the closet, my clothes, shoes, sheets and hats/purses plus went through a few drawers.

Halo was restless and couldn't decide where to land for a while last night but she finally settled down. I heard her awaken once again for a little while then she settled down again until 6:30 this morning when she let us know it was time to go out. So she is adjusting but still struggles a bit.

dh is calling...talk again when I can.

Mary Halo is adjusting and that is encouraging. Good for you getting clutter out to give space, even if you don't use the space, still feels successful.
I have two large bags in trunk to take to Goodwill tomorrow.

Made the mistake ad bought a beautiful sweatshirt that is way too large, didn't realize it and have no tags, no receipt, just a huge sweatshirt. This week I'll try to sew the side seams smaller and may even take off the bottom band and simply hem it. If it doesn't work I'm no worse off than it is hanging useless in the closet.

Carol Good thing we are in different areas or we would "flood" the donation spots. Glad you are determined to make November the month of even harder trying. Go. Gal.

Yesterday was so warm that I walked 3/4 miles in the neighborhood. Felt good that I could and still breathe. Asthma is under control from fall allergies sending it in wrong direction.

DH had good time fishing with our son-in-law. Those two can have a good time doing anything, or nothing. He was worried about DH's dizziness that had him extra concerned. He was afraid to leave DH alone to fish so they stayed within sight of one another without DH realizing it.

We have a huge trout to bake for tonight's dinner. Enough for left overs, I'm sure.

Sandy

I took my 3 boxes of jeans to Goodwill yesterday and now need to accumulate some more. So now I'm definitely not going to make the crafts with them. When I retired I thought I was going to have so much time to do things like that, but I can't seem to find it.

Sandy, I usually end up buying tops that are too small. If I don't feel like trying them on, I try to tell if they will fit by just looking at them and I guess I'm smaller in my mind's eye. I just keep them to see if I lose weight to wear them, or give them to my step-daughter. She is much smaller than I am, but likes her tops big and baggy.

DH's family has a cabin on a French Creek in Northern PA. When I first met him he took me there. He went out into the middle of the fast-moving creek in hip waders and I was on the shore sitting in a chaise lounge. I fell asleep and when I woke up I couldn't see him. I was so worried that he got swept downstream somehow. I had no idea where I was or how to get out of there. Then I finally saw him, he had walked way upstream. LOL