I had a doctor's appt. this afternoon and he said my knee is good as new and my bp is where he wants it for a change. 
Then I returned my cat chores key and had coffee and conversation with the cat mom. One of her crabby cats stuck a claw in my hand when I tried to pet her -- told her that was the hand that fed her and she best be nice to me! 
It's cold and windy again today -- snow flurries this morning and the sun is out now. Such weather! Everyone has their outside flowers covered up except us; Bob said they would survive and it was too windy for me to go out by myself."Gma" -- I've always considered Iowa as a midwestern state until we moved to Ohio and that is supposedly a midwestern state also.
To me Ohio is an eastern state and the people there think Iowa is still Indian country "outwest!" Anyhow, we are closer to Sioux City that Des Moines -- right in the center of the northwest corner of Iowa. Lots of times people assume we are the potato growing state of Idaho. I guess Iowa and Idaho must sound alike to some people. I'm glad you got your house back in order -- you are much more organized than I am. Someday I will get my act together again! 
Susan -- Thank you for sharing the 8 Secrets with us. They all make perfect sense! I know I have thin friends who fit each description perfectly. Also thank you for sharing your chicken recipe; if you have talked about it before I must not have been listening.
I'm glad that Stan is doing so well . . . a sandwich in the middle of the night yet! Good for him! 
Congrats on being in the 140s! 
Does Curves give you the diet plan or do you have to buy it?I need to dream up something for supper. Tomorrow is grocery shoppping and cleaning day. It's going to be hit the high spots and clean on Monday after everyone goes home! Have a terrific Thursday tomorrow!
Jean --
from Iowa!
Amanda is still driving back and forth to Sioux City for work; it was an hour and a half drive until her sitter quit last Friday. Now she has to take the kids to her backup sitter which adds another half hour to 45 minutes to her day. It's a long day for all of them, but she only works Mon., Wed., Fri., plus Sat. morning. They signed the papers on their old house yesterday so her plan was to look for daycare today and a new job next week. I worried about Jason driving back and forth now I have to worry about Amanda and the kids. People drive way too fast on the interstate and I hate it. 
They still had ALOT of boxes left to unpack when we were there last Sunday. I'm convinced that young couples don't keep house, cook, and clean like we did when we were young. 
I'm so thankful I could stay home with the kids when they were little. 
uke: Now chocolate bunnies are another story! 
When I had my infection the doctor prescribed 800mg of Motrin and that is what I got sick on because I didn't eat enough evidently. I flushed those down the toilet! I still stick to good old Bayer aspirin which is what I grew up with. I did take Excedrin for awhile because my MIL thought they were better . . . until she got an ulcer from taking them too often. I've also tried Aleve and didn't get any relief so threw them away too. I hope your allergies and asthma are better and the meds are working.
from Iowa!