Good Morning Good Morning.....
Didn't have to chase the trash bin to far but did have to pick up oodles of trash up outta my front yard. My house sits just perfectly for the trash to accumulate on the SE side of my house up against the backyard fence. I even had a huge shipping box that a shotgun would fit into and a pizza box (empty) that is now taking up space in my trash bin. Had to do all that in my 45 minutes at home between jobs. Bella stood on the opposite side of the fence barking at me, don't know what she was thinking. lol Went in, thru on my CVS clothes, spruced up my make up and hair and away we went.
Stalker Update: He came in the store last night. I could tell he was particularly p*ssed at me. Didn't say a word, purposely walked past my register counter, looking at me, and checked out at Lilly's register. I was thinking, great, do that, not hurting my feelings one bit. Turned to walk out, looked at me and grinned, then left. That was about 8pm. No sign of him when I went home, no cars followed, at all. I think he got the message. Too WEIRD for me.
Out of the past 11 days, I have ate healthy and OP for 9 of them. Pretty good for me. I am down from 169 to 163.5 this morning. Only about 13 lbs to go. Just that little bit of a loss, my clothes are fitting much better. Todays breakfast...cottage cheese with tomato (out of garden, picked green) carrots with Yogurt ranch dressing, string cheese. I have worked at CVS the past 4 shifts with NO snacking. I feel better already.
Happy...yes, I know that bible story. If jesus came to my house smelling like alcohol and cigarettes as the stalker did when he came into CVS, I probably wouldn't let him in either...lol just sayin' Our leaves have almost completely turned and half on the ground. Starting to get that brown, wet, winter like look. Makes me sad. However, good news my sista friend....only 144 days til spring.
Shaddie...glad you made it to work on time to do a whole bunch of nothing. lol Sounds like you and DS got a lot accomplished yesterday, good for you. and let's face it, are there really any girls out there good enough for our sons...I think not. How old are your sons??
MELLIE....Ok, they are working you too much in that office cause you cannot post your great humor which I miss enormously. Besides that, I think you and I click in a sick minded way. lol
Laura...Way to go on the exercising yesterday and riding the bike to the train station. I don't want you riding in the dark either, so park it baby. We just had a cop get killed while riding his bicycle at dark. Not good. The trip sounds awesome. Come on May.
Hidee Ho's to Chelle and Ceejay.
Gotta get busy, I have a line at my cubicle...
Love and hugs,


As for my shot, I've gotten approx. 65% relief. The pain is not constant, and it flares up much less frequently. I occasionally still hit the max pain level. What I want to achieve is to be able to be as active as most women I know who are my age. I'm WAY TOO YOUNG to be this limited - not be able to even walk for more than 15 minutes or stand for more than 5.
Glad to hear you're enjoying your vacay!
Thanks for the mention about DST. I thought that ended this weekend. How exciting to be going to the Pacific Northwest. I used to live near Seattle with my ex.
for going to the Fitness Center!! Good for you for thinking of other exercise options you can do despite your foot pain! The top of my foot as hurting so bad yesterday that when I went to PT, I mentioned that my back pain was about a 2 or 3 (pretty low) but my foot pain was a 10. The PT examined it and suggested I get it x-rayed which is in the same building and since it's a company sponsored wellness center, is free. My PT called me last night to let me know the x-ray came back normal. Yay! So she suggested Rest Ice Compression and Elevation, which I was doing anyway. Today it feels much better. 
We’re at exact opposites on the wine spectrum, LOL. Yeh, I have a vivid memory of a tornado-force windy day years and years ago down by Navy Pier (for work) having to hang onto a pole for dear life! These past couple days weren’t like that.. As for the Pacific NW – I believe I can change the ticket dates without cost, so we’ll consider doing that. I’ll be doing my research. I would love to see Vancouver and/or Victoria, and Butchart Gardens. We have a Birk store in Wilmette at Edens Plaza, or whatever they now call that shopping area at Lake Street & I-94/Edens Expressway, so that’s not far at all.
I weighed in this morning at the same weight as a year ago. Sigh. 
Another week closer to retirement. It's pretty chilly out there this morning. Turned the furnace on to take the chill out of the house. Good sleeping weather though. I woke up about 15 minutes before the alarm, was hoping it was about 3am and I could roll over but no such luck
I OVERSLEPT FOR THE 3RD TIME!!!!!!
Working again Mon & Tues?!?! Aren't you supposed to be retired??? Don't overdo!!
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GLAD YOU AND SIS HAD A GOOD CALL AND SORRY I MISSED THE "PARTY". CONGRATULATIONS!! 
KRUG FOR $7K???OMG THAT'S MORE THAN MY BILLS ALL TOTALED!!
I SEE I LOST THE CAPS AGAIN. SWEET DREAMS EVERYONE OR GOOD MORNING AS THE CASE MAY BE!!!