I think that I have finally found the places where I belong - Shorties and Golden Girls. I'm both short and rapidly approaching 70! I am extremely pleased with the IP diet; it is really working for me. This weekend was a bit of a problem - that small piece of red velvet cake with the cream cheese frosting just reached out and grabbed me;-) I will just have to put in some extra effort this week. I loved seeing some of the recipes and will be very glad in 20 or so pounds when I can actually try them!

Hi everyone welcome to our new "GG"S you will love our group. seems the weekend flew by inspite of the rain that kept my old bones achy. the dogs and us survived the trip to the vet. they are healthy and have one more set of shots. sadie weighs 35# and gizmo 2# the vets loved them. gizmo still has a soft spot on his head, never knew dogs had them but vet said to be careful till it fills in. gizmo has learned to ask to be picked up with this cute little whine and then aflying leap like catching a small furry ball. daisy is very tolerant of both. and sadie has learned down and sit and shes house broke.oh what smart puppies. we are going to visit my mil later today,poor thing shes more confused than ever and needs to see familiar faces. hoping your sunday is quiet and peaceful for all rosey

Rie....no no no....Irene is coming this way according to National Weather Service.....but in a week everything can chnage k3

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! We are finally getting very warm weather...somewhere in the 90s again today! Too hot for me but it is lovely inside the house. I think our AC even kicked on once. After church we went to Olive Garden for lunch...soup and salad (ordered dressing on side and I used very little), one bread stick and shared the apple dessert..hate to think how many calories in the dessert. I was so sleepy when I got home I took a two hour nap..just got up a few minutes ago. Need to go to my Grocery Game shopping but am feeling very lazy still. At least the diabetes med didn't upset my tummy today.

Last night I finished my first "paid for" book on my Kindle. Actually I didn't mean to buy this book for the full price. I had a GC and thought I would get to apply it but Kindle purchases go through very fast and later I read the small print and realized the GC didn't apply anyway. Oh well, it was cheaper than Costco...I know because I had checked it out there last week. It was A Stolen Life and is about the 11 year old girl who was abducted and spent 18 years and had two children with her abductor. It was pretty interesting (and sad) until the end, then to tell the truth, I got bored and skimmed the last chapter.

Wow, this thread is very active! Welcome to all the new GG, Dancer, Fitchy, Darcy and Wannabe...hope I didn't miss any one. Too many posts to catch up on so I won't really try, so only a couple personals..

Donna - Glad that Granny/Mom is dong better!

Dancer - I'm 68 1/2 so getting very close to that big 7-0 too! What is IP?

Well, it was a very good day. Met the family at Cracker Barrel and had a good lunch and lots of laughs! I did splurge and had the homestyle fried chicken-- it was the special today and 4 of us 6 had that! I can't remember the last time I had fried chicken and it was good, but not ready for it again tomorrow! And I did bring a whole chicken breast back to share with Ginger and Sissy. Tell Kai that she was pretty happy with that since she had sirloin last night!! Tim grilled that here at home and we had a salad with it... the girls love their carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes too!! Gosh, I hope we don't have to get these guys their own cell phones!!! They always look so innocent when we come back home!!

Donna,, everytime I hear you say Velcro Cat--- I get this picture in my mind and have to laugh out loud everytime!!! Have you tried going for anymore walks with him? It has been too hot here to put the girls in the stroller but it should start cooling down..hopefully!!

Again Welcome to all the new Golden Girls!! I hope you come back and post often... we look forward to getting to know you.

Have a good night everyone, I'm tired and my mind isn't working so good tonight... I didn't get to sleep until about 4:00 am this morning!! No special reason just didn't sleep!

Take care.

maryea, make sure to get on Amazon's email list for the Kindle. They periodically have huge sales on their books. Last month, I bought about 15 new ones for $0.99-$1.50 each. I'm still working through them. When I do that, I read things I wouldn't normally choose, and it has been a very good experience for me. Right now, I'm reading The Mill River Recluse. So far, so interesting, but we'll just have to see.

Back to work this a.m. It's very stressful right now. I am a municipal analyst, and my job is managing the development funds. When there's little or no development, it can be pretty frightening to think about who might be laid off in the months ahead. But I am so thankful to have a good job, so I'll soldier on.

Hope everyone is happy and well enough.

Hugs, Fitchy

Good morning GG's,

Two days down ~ one to go ~ then off ~ yippee
We have been short staffed ~ that makes for stressful days. There are people out on vacation, and it is so hard when people do work, that they don't want to come in on their days off, so they can't get people to fill in, and don't want to pay extra for agency nurses. I don't know what is worse ~ working short, or the situation like at my last work place. To ensure that there weren't too many people out at a time, they would only let ~ like one per shift per unit be off at a time. So, some people's vacation requests were denied. That caused a lot of upset ~ if you had some special thing and to be told you can't go.

That is the kind of thing that made my decision to move here easier. At holiday time, they had a rule where you had to work some part of the holiday (which was ok if your family lived in the area) and they blocked off the days before and after and you weren't allowed to ask for days off during that time. So, for people like me whose realtives were not local ~ I could never get to go spend time with them at the holidays. That was a very depressing time. DH went on without me (I didn't want him to miss out because of my stupid work) and I spent the holidays alone. So glad to be out of that situation.

Sorry I have not been able to get to personals lately. Stuff keeps coming up on my days off ~ the time flies by so fast.

On my next few days off ~ gotta get packing ~ trip for my nephew's wedding is right around the corner. It will be fun to get to see everyone. But as much as I love seeing them, I am always glad to get back home.

Ok, better get off and finish getting ready for work.

Hope you all have a nice day.

Take care

IP is the Ideal Protein diet done with medical supervision and designed for rapid weight loss. I know that my biggest challenge will be in the transition back to a "normal" diet, especially since I choose to be a vegetarian. Should be interesting.

Good Morning GG's

We are finally having such lovely weather! Cool morning and warm evenigns. I try to get all the housework done in the morning and leave my evenings free. I've even been riding my bike and walking outside. Sitting on the patio with a good book. fun things that I missed when it was so hot. Did I tell you about the book Winter Garden? Very worth reading. Thanks for all the other book recomendations. I wrote them down to look for. I was in a reading club at the library for the summer. They have it every year and the winner gets a prize. I read a lot and i'm a pretty fast reader. In the 3 months that we were reading I read 32 books. I thought that was pretty good and I had a chance of winning the prize, an E-reader. The winner said she read 92 books. I just find that so hard to believe. DH said that chosing the winner like that just encouraged to lie. I have to agee with him. But I did read a lot of good books, so not a total loss.

Welcome to all the New GG's. Look forward to getting to know you.

Karenfl, I hope the new antibiotics work well for you. Have you gotten a new Cardiologist yet?

Donna, I'm so happy that Granny/mom came through the surgery OK. Not a good patient huh? My mom is the worst! Sometimes you just have to put your foot down at how much abuse you will take. You are always there for her and she should appreciate that. I hope you take comfort in the fact that you do the best you can.

Bobbi, I hope your effort the reduce the allergens in the house works for your headaches. You've suffered for so long. My sisters son was allergic to everything (or so it seemed). She had to be really careful with dust. She washed his bedroom wall every other day. Had to get rid of the carpet and cutains. You do what you have to do. Someone said something about hanging sheets on the line. Of course they pick up all the pollen in the air. I love the smell, and I don't usually get the allergies untill the fall.

Z, You took 2 little ones shopping? I'm putting you right up there with Marie as a dare devil!!

Rosie, Your doggies tricks sound so sweet. And they must be smart to be trained so quickly. It does help to have an older dog in the house to "show" them too.

Gayle, I know all about working Holidays. Especially Christmas. We have to work either Christmas Eve or Christmas day. Makes it impossible to go anywhere not close to home.

Rie, I hear you about getting flack about your eating when family is around. I'm going to a family reunion in a couple of weeks and I know I will hear about how I must be anorexic and don't eat "enough to keep a bird alive". while they all have health issues and eat all the wrong things. i live in an area with a huge Polish commumity and have gone to lots of weddings with polish music and danced lots of polkas. fun.

Mary, it's hot again there? Phooey! I hope you get some cooler weather soon. You mentioned in a post about the wedding that your husband wore a -----shirt? Was it the traditional Phillipine shirt they were for celebrations? We have a lot of philipine nurses and they wear them some times. I love traditions.

I know I am forgetting lots of people. When you don't post for awhile there are so many you want to address. I love you all!

Freda

Quickie...It's working. Everyone keep singing "Good Night Irene Good Night!" The lastest computer models show Irene more towards the East and if we keep it up will even miss NC! k3