Hi everyone. a quiet day,if 5 dogs and 3 cats quiet actually it is going better than i imagined. i can hardly wait till the snow is gone in the fenced yd so i can let them out without a tie out. deelee i had a real problem when my girls moved out. i was depressed for 1/2 yr or more. my gf told me id get so i love it but it took awhile for me to realize it. i know how you feel now i love having them visit,and babysitting the grands when they were little, and glad to get back to my routine when they leave. nothing much going on. hope you have plesant dreams rosey

breakfast
coffee
greek yogurt

lunch
1 egg
1/2 c hashbrowns
1 sm piece moose sausage

snack
coffee mocha
27 spK snack chips(110 cal)
handful of grapes

dinner
grilled pork chop
fresh steamed aspargus
tomatoe cuke salad

I am living through some of the worst days of my life. I need to ask all of you to pray for me and my family. We have found out some horrible news. My son has been hurt by another child. This child has been abused in every way you can think of by his biological Dad. This child coerced my son (who has autism) to do things that just breaks my heart. Now we have to report and live through the trauma of these horrible, terrible events. My son does not understand the scope of what has happened. I am living in world of pain, lack of sleep, lack of food, can't hardly breath place. I cannot even express the grief I am feeling.

Please, please pray for us.

Good morning GG's,

One day down two to go. Weighed this am. I was down a couple pounds last week, but back up a little again this week. Stupid head games. Last week, I lost without being perfect, so I wasn't as careful this week, and it showed on the scale. Keeping plodding along

Oh my gosh Donna so sorry for your pain and the hurt to your son, and the hurt that other child has had to endure also. Will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.

Good Morning GG's

Woke this morning to the sound of rain. Usually helps me sleep, but I guess I was ready to get up anyway. Not much going on here, lazy day.

Isabella, Your cake looks soo good. I'd rather have a small piece of something really good than eat something not great. I save up for my indulgencies.

Karen3, I love those old cookbooks. I learned to cook from one. I made a really great rolled cake with I was really young. I didn't know that they were hard to make at the time, so I wasn't intimidated. I don't know what happened to that book. It was old and ragged so my mo probably threw it away.



Gayle, I hated going to therapy. It just took too much time. But I learned to do the exercises and I still do them at home too. It does help with the pain.

Mary, I finally found the "Mirror". it was really hard to find, but my local library found it for me. Look forward to reading it.

Debbie, I hope your Dr. has good news about the CA. I had a couple of scares and I thought i was doing OK with the news. Once instance I went back after a biopsy and the Dr. said it wasn't CA, and I cried for hours. I think I was just so tense and had been holding the feeling in. I thought I was handling it well.

Bobbi, I try to include what I already have at home when I plan my menu's for the week. eating out of the pantry is just what we do. Takes a little planning, but otherwise you can waste a lot of money throwing things away. Totally agree about being with DH 24/7. Makes me crazy sometimes.

Rie, good to see you back. Look forward to hearing about your trip.

Marie, Just saw a picture of the quilt my sister made and now I'm wanting to start quilting. The new baby is so adorable!

Lynn, I hadn't exercised in awhile and I found that I had lost a lot of strength too. I had to start all over again! I am finding that gaining my strength back isn't quite as easy this time. But I will get there. It just takes time.

Dee, Grands are the best! My son married when he was older and I was an older grandma, so I was so ready! It's worth the wait.

Donna, caught that cleaning bug? Kind of a good bug to catch occasionally. If I didn't, I don't know if the house would ever get a really good cleaning.

Brenda, I love Hungry Girl too. Do you watch her TV show? I love the cooking shows. Most of the recipes are for things I can't eat, but I can get ideas. Now Trisha Yearwood has a cooking show. I saw one show and it was very interesting.

Z, Miss you.

Donna, So sorry to hear about your troubles. Prayers.

Freda

Anyone have a good turkey breast recipe?
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Donna (Change) I am so sorry to hear that you and the family are going through these terrible times. And your son is probably so confused. I wanted to let you know that there are two other threads here that will also offer lots of support, Christian Encouragers and Prayers Warriors. They have helped me in so many times and I also hope I have helped some there in return. Sending out lots of prayers for you and yours.

Morning all...

Donna2..I was in tears reading your note. Sometimes all we can do for one another is offer prayers and loving support for you and your family. Wish we had the answers and pray that you all get thru this stronger. Karen3

I agree with all here who say that my healing is taking too long. Although the holes are getting really small, other problems have appeared. On Saturday morning when I got up, I was heading for the bathroom and I casually placed my hand on my upper abdomen and felt a lump, or swelling about the size of the palm of my hand. "What is this?" I asked myself! It's not hard...it's soft and mushy. I don't know how long it's been there. You can't see it, just feel it, and only when I'm standing up. If I'm sitting or lying down I can't feel it. That's probably why the DR never noticed it, because I'm always lying down when he examines me. I called it to the attention of the weekend nurse and she also can feel it, but doesn't know or isn't saying what she thinks it might be. I will also show it to the weekday nurse on Monday. DH thinks it's my abdominal muscle, which they had to cut through when they did my surgery, but he's not a doctor. I don't go to the surgeon for another 2 months and I don't want to wait that long to find out what it is. If it's the muscle or an accumulation of fat I don't care, but at worst it could be a tumor or something else serious. I don't want to go through another surgery. I've really had enough of this! I will keep you updated.

Donna2 - I will definately keep you and your sweet son in my prayers. It breaks my heart to think about this. I hope he gets through it well.

Marie - I tried to embrace my endorphins and they slapped me silly! They thought I was getting too fresh! LOL

Lucinda - How dare you post that picture of that yummy tomato bread and then tell us it's not diet friendly! A recipe doesn't usually bother me, but a picture...in living color!!!!!

Donna - I want to hear more about the fresh egg casserole.

Good rainy morning, Lazy day here.

Donna i am so sorry about the problems your having.My prayers are going up for you right now. Hang in there.we are all keeping you in our thoughts.

havent seen the Trisha Yearwood show yet, will have to check it out.
Love hungry girl .

Lynn enjoy Your trip to NYC

Rie your Grape Iris sound so good.Might wanna eat them lol..

Lots of storms in the middle of the country Hope everyone is fairing ok with that... until later,Brenda

Hi everyone. kinda dreary today,no sun. nothing exciting going on. hope your weekends been good.Donna i am so sry that your son was a victim. that kind of abuse knows no bounderies. it happened to my child and i know your pain. take one day at a time,hug your child,cry when you need to,beat apillow, and know there is a sp place in **** for folks that do perpetuate this. what goes around comes around. rosey