Afternoon, Ladies
I tried, and failed to get in here on Friday---I got up early enough to post a nice long note, but the computer wouldn't boot up for me---I discovered the problem though, and Jeff fixed it when he got home Friday night; there was an empty glass of Sprite on the workstation, and the Sprite had magically emptied itself into the keyboard. I say magically, because when I mentioned it to the other three occupants of the house, all I got was
I guess it just leaped off the workstation and spilled. Oh well, fortunately we had a spare one.
How's everyone doing? The girls are on spring break this week, so I took today off, since they both had dental appointments. Then I'm off Friday also, so I like these three day work weeks! I've still not weighed--I need to, it's been two weeks now....I'm almost afraid to now! Maybe it won't be too bad.
JoJo, I want a new ring! You lucky thing--70% off! I would like an anniversary ring sometime--maybe for our fifth I'll get one, if I'm really, really good My engagement ring is just a "chip" and I want a big headlight. I don't really mind, though; I had to buy my own ring when I was married to Goofus...at least Jeff bought me a wedding set.
Jen, hope your tests come out okay; Raynaud's is where you have cold extremities, isn't it? I had a boss whose daughter has that...she doesn't have much trouble with symptoms unless it's really cold weather. Hope you're feeling better.
Mama, you're busy with another house project, aren't you? I wish I had time to do stuff---I can barely clear a path thru the house sometimes. We did get it all cleaned up this weekend, though. It's starting to revert back to its old self by today, I notice. Well, one day the kids will be gone and we can retire and I can have it like I want. Who am I kidding? The girls are never going to leave us---they have it too good! My mom spoiled us rotten, especially me, since I was the baby; I got breakfast in bed every morning until the day I left to get married. Wonder what possessed me to leave home and get married?? Especially to HIM. Oh, speaking of HIM, my attorney went to court today and is supposed to set my case for trial---maybe we'll get all settled in the next month or so.
Skeeter, how're the animals going? I saw a little teacup Chihuahua puppy at the park yesterday--little fellow looked like a rat on a string! My Maltese was with us, and he was all excited--he'd found somebody smaller than him! His 6 1/2 pounds looked huge next to that little guy....he was a cutie.
Hey Teresa--glad you're back in with us; I've been a lately and I bet I've gained back some too, but I'm going to weigh in the morning and face the music.
Dush, welcome! Glad you're here, and hope you get to post often.
Love to everyone, and I'll try and get back in here tomorrow, but you know how I am---Murphy's Law of Computing in action!
Love,
Sally

Good Morning~~I'm pooped again this morning and right now my eyes are only half open. I stayed up and watched OU girls play basketball last night. GO OU!!!! Both our guys and gals are in the final 4. I thank it would just be great if they both won it all. I've got to go to Tahlequah today and take the RV to the transmission shop. It's leaking a drop of fluid every 6 months and thats just too much for hubby. I bet he's going to spring it on me about Wed. evening that we are taking off on Thursday Morning and I don't have a darn thing in stocked in the RV. There's an old saying around here and it fits me perfect. "I have too many pokers in the fire."

Jo Jo~~OH dear God please keep that ice up there. You was talking about memory for your puter. I worry about my memory all the time. Both mine and my puters. I know there is a place for more in my tower. Can you put it in yourself???? THAT IS A QUESTION!!! I have seen those memory things for free at Staples. Of course you put the money up front and get it back in rebates. That reminds me I haven't sent off the rebate things to get my money back on the battery back up serge protector that is costing me 10.00. SEE...TOO MANY POKERS IN THE FIRE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. Boy I hope you don't have to take the ring back.

Sally~~I only have one of those people around here that doesn't know how things got to where they are. Boy but he's enough to make up for your two extras. I'll tell you how the old boy handles things. Us say we are going fishing and I ask him if he has put something in the boat and he always says, "Not yet."
Even if we were going down the road and I ask if he put the rods in he would say with a straight face, "Not yet." He's a pretty good guy though. I've had him for 40 years, so I guess I'll keep him. If my house stays clean all the time I have to stay in gear and pick up things when I see them. It's a good thing you wasn't my baby, I didn't serve breakfast in bed. YOU WAS SPOILED!

Teresa~~Oh "Friend or Foe" that is the question about food for us. At the time we are deeply into it, it seems as if it is a friend, but in the end it is not. I have to be honest about it, there has been times, only a few, that if it was not for food I might have lost my mind, because I couldn't deal with life the way it was coming at me. Of course I'm paying a high price for that way of handling my life. Now it's an addiction. And it is the # 1 addiction. The hardest one to break. Why??? Because we have to use our substance to live. No other addiction has that need. People who don't have a food addiction doesn't understand why we just don't push away from the table. Take my hubby, who has lost 20 or 25 pounds in the last 3 months. He don't eat sweets anymore, not even a pepsi. He walks everyday. But he doesn't depend on food to settle his mind down. He doesn't use food to get through a hard time. He doesn't use food to feel good, so there fore he doesn't abuse it either. The reason he gained weight is because of age and eating the wrong foods. Not to mention he has a wife who is a good cook. Your house is normal, most houses are out of wack. Works well for me, because my building s out of wack too. Hope you made it back on plan.

Speaking of building. I'm attaching a picture of the cabinet I built for Hubbys room. I set the junk on it to make it look better. I'm going to put a large green plant on the shelf below the TV. Boy not much of the border I worked so hard on showing after the cabinet was put in. By the way I like 2 trim pieces on the top having it finished. I screwed them up and will have to buy more boards. Ladies, this thing was hard to build, it is built on a 45 degree angle, and that was hard for me.

Hi Everyone

What a long day. Spent 3 hours at the Dr's office with dh. He is starting with a new primary Dr because he is now on my insurance and it doesn't cover the Dr he used to have. Anyway, it felt like we waited forever for the Dr to come in but he spent almost an hour with us so that made me feel a little better. DH seems like really like him to because he listened to him. Dh was fed up with his other Dr but it was just easier to keep going to him than switching. At least now I understand more about low blood sugar and some of the stuff thats going on with dh for years now. First his old dr decided it was migraine variance and then once they did the real long glucose test and found out he had low blood sugar. He had really severe symptoms, passing out, seziure type symptoms and it kept up and and kept up and then once they put him in the hospital and had a psychiatrist come in and she decided it was an anxiety disorder that was causing those spells. When I had my hysterectomy, dh's former Dr saw I was there and stopped in and he told me he thought this was all in dh's head. Exactly his words. I didn't even speak to him, he just told me that. I was so p-o'd at him for it. Anyway, dh told the dr at times at work he will start sweating really bad, have spells where its like he blacks out but is concious, if that makes any sence and gets really fatigued. The Dh drew out a small chart of hours and how our blood sugar raises when you eat and then starts going down, and how insulin figures in with low blood sugar and told dh that he has to start eatting a small snack between breakfast and lunch and in the afternoon and evening. I've been telling dh for years he needs to do this and he just doesn't see how he can eat all that. Well now it makes sence to him. And I feel like crying because it makes sence to me now to and for awhile I felt that maybe some of this was all in his head. I feel bad for that. But I feel better to. This has gone on for so many years and no-one has really sat down to explain it like the dr did today. And I feel like dh actually listened to him about the food. So we will see.

We woke up to some snow this morning. At first they were saying 3-5 inches and then 2-4 but I don't think we got much more than an inch. Looks like its supposed to start warming up again. The last 3 days have been crappy between the ice and snow. I stepped outside with the dog last night and it was so weird hearing the crackling noises the trees made when the wind was blowing cause they were covered in ice. Even the dog was a little freaked out by it. Made me think of the ice storm we had Easter, 78. It was really bad and went down in the history books as one of the worst winter storms ever in IL.

Marlana, I love that cabinet you built. It looks like something you'd buy in a furniture store. I'm serious. You do really nice work. I wish they sold people memory like they do puter memory, I'd be buying it all the time tho. Yes, you can install the memory yourself. My brother put the last one in for me and I think if I study it enuff, I could figure out how to do it myself. You just have to be able to get the cover off the puter. I'm going to have to start watching Staples add a little closer for the free memory.

Sally, I got my first diamond wedding set after 8 years and then I traded it in 3 years ago on the set I have now. I love the princess cut and baguette diamonds and thats what I have now for my set. The new ring is small round diamonds in a cluster. It is so pretty but man, I sure feel guilty about buying it. I've still not told dh about it tho. Yikes. Its still in the back of my mind to tell him its a cz ring I got off the shopping channel. I know I wont do that but its tempting.

Hello to everyone else.

I've got to get off here now and get out of these clothes. Take care everyone.

Hi Ladies, I thought I better come in and write today although only Jo Jo wrote yesterday. I'm not going to be in for a couple of days because I'm going fishing. The weather is suppose to be great Thursday and Friday. It might rain over the week end. Always rains on Easter. Can't hardly wait to get on the water and wet a hook. I hope all of you have a great Easter week end.

Jo Jo.....I don't even want to thank about Doctors. We've paid out over a 1000.00 on doctor bills since Jan. grrrrrrrrrrr and the sad news is he still thanks something else is wrong. Bless his heart he has lost some weight though. Makes me feel really bad about myself. Why can't we do it the way he can. He just does it! I am so unhappy with myself. I hear you about getting it in your head thing. My dh thanks he has to have a pill for everything. Me I don't take a pill unless I have to. I know how to get the cover off of my puter. I've had it off a few times. I found the fan that was out here while back. I also blow out the dust.
I better go...I've got to go to town and check on the RV and buy food to fill it.

Hey everyone

I sure hope that y'all have been having as good a time as I have. We had a wonderful time at Silver Springs on Monday and saw the other half of the park. Of course we also rode a couple of the glass bottom boat rides again. I don't think that I would ever tire of that. Then another wonderful day on Tuesday with the fishing guide on this river. We must have seen at least 40 gators along a 5 mile stretch of the river. The biggest number in a group seemed to be gathered in the same area where I go to fish from the house. I knew there were gators around me but never had any idea that there were so many. We all caught a few bass and threw them back. I got a very mean sunburn too. Yesterday I got my fish tanks cleaned and the dogs bathed and brushed and attended the last night of our church revival. Now I am working around the house and going to relax this evening and watch Survivor.

Marlana~I just love that border and cabinet that you made. You sure are a talented lady!!!!! It is also my favorite color. I sure hope that you have a good time fishing with your husband. You both need some time off to enjoy yourselves. I am just crazy about being on the water here. I love watching things in the water even if I don't catch any fish. There is so much to see on this river that I never get bored. We watched a large great blue heron catch a snake yesterday and take it up the bank to eat. I enjoy watching things like that.

JoJo~It's hard to imagine your cold weather when we have been in the 80's for so long now. I love this time of year when it is possible to cool off by finding some shade. In a couple of months that won't even help. It sounds like your husband has found a really good doctor. It is terrible to have to try to find a new one and expensive too. So far, I have tried a dentist that was a jerk and a doctor too. I have seen a new doctor that I think I am going to like but she is very busy. I've been sick twice now and couldn't get in to see her. I still haven't started a search for a new dentist.

Sally~I guess you need spare parts for a computer with kids using them too. I'm glad that no one else uses mine because I have enough problems by myself. Hope you have a good day off on Friday with the kids.

Teresa~I am so sorry to hear that you lost some of your clients. I don't know if I could handle dealing with that on a regular basis. Come back and let us know how you are doing as often as you can.

I need to get a few more chores finished before dinner time. Y'all have a great day.

Hi Ladies,
Just got a second--headed to Walmart for some shopping; just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter! See you Monday.
Love, Sally

Hellooooooooooo!!! Come out, come out wherever you are. Yooohoooo!!!!

Its Friday. I'm in a good mood, if you couldn't tell. The day went by fairly fast for a change. Usually Friday's are long.

Sally, I hope you have a great Easter to.

Skeeter, sounds like you've had lots of fun at Silver Springs. I wish I could see it again. Maybe someday. Do they have what they call Monkey Island there? I just remember that from somewhere and I think it was Silver Springs from the tour in the boat. Its a cool place. I would of loved to have seen a manatee. Looks like its going to start warming up now. Hopefully we don't get anymore of the cold stuff. I want to see green again. I miss the leaves and flowering trees really bad. I have to find a dentist to. Its been so long since I've had my teeth cleaned.

Marlana, I feel so much better since dh is on my insurance now. His former insurance was so crappy and we owe so much. There is no way we can just pay these bills off all at once. I hate even thinking about it cause its depressing. It is very aggrivating how men can lose weight so much easier than women. I know if dh really stuck his mind to it, he'd lose like crazy and I'd still be where I am or just a couple pounds off. Its not fair that men get the best metabolism. Its just not fair. I hope you are having a good time fishing.

Well, I'd better get going. I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter. Dont eat to many jelly beans.

Hello~~I'm setting here doing nothing so decided to come in and write a word or two. I've had kids since yesterday evening. I took them home about a couple of hours ago. I had 4 of them, my own grand kids. I enjoyed them but it was wearing down a bit when I took them home. Fishing hasn't been worth a darn. Other then that nothing going one here. OU men just lost the ballgame darn it. But the women have a shot at it tomorrow, it'll be tough but not impossible.

Skeeter~~You are one busy gal. I don't want anything to do with gators. The closest I get to a gator is a alligator gar. I don't even want to catch one of them, we do catch one once in a while. They have a mouth full of teeth. I tell you I'm having a heck of a time figuring out Survivor this time. They all turned on gab the other night. Of course he was a little bit nuts. But I want them to get Sean, the black guy he is one smart butt. I wish all the ones on the other team would make it to the merge. We have Blue Heron's here too. Up on the Ill. river where we go they are always nesting and they just make the loudest noise's over the nesting sticks.

Sally~~ Hope you have a nice Easter too!

Jo Jo~~It's Sat. and I've felt bad all day today. I went in to go to bed at 5:00 and then had to get back up. I don't know what my problem is, just in a hohum mood. You had to bring up bills again and I just got through doing my check book and bank statement. Found a bill from the hospital I hadn't paid, 380.00.grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I hope the heck thats all of them. I can't keep up with them and he won't bring home a receipt so that don't help any.

Girls...what the heck are we going to do to get ourselves to losing some of this blubber??? I'm sick of myself. Thank I will call it a day now. Have a nice holiday everyone.

Happy Easter Everyone

I thought that I would get on this thing while I am waiting to go back to church for morning services. We went to the sunrise service this morning and then cooked breakfast in the fellowship hall for everyone that stayed. There sure was some good sausage gravy and biscuits. I'm never going to lose any weight that way.

Marlana~I hope that you are getting some rest after having those grandkids. I was hoping that some of mine would decide to visit this weekend but haven't heard from them. They keep promising to come see us but haven't yet. We caught some of those gar on our fishing trip along with pickerel and mud fish. It seemed that everything was biting that day. I didn't really care what I caught as long as it put up a struggle. It is just so much fun to catch them but I didn't waant to clean any. Well, Gabe was one of my early choices for winner on Survivor but that's not going to happen. At this point, my other choice would be Gina. I hope she will make the merge along with her other new teammates. I don't care for John and blame him for the fiasco in that last episode. I only hope that they are smart enough to get rid of Sean and Rob before the jury starts forming. Those two would not be good candidates for the jury.

JoJo~I was telling my husband about the monkey island that they used to have at Silver Springs. They have a "monkey island" now that is nothing like the one that they used to take you to and the captain would be feeding them. Now the boat just goes by an area that has a few pairs of different kinds of monkeys but no rhesus monkeys at all. I was a little disappointed with that. There also is no big catfish like they used to have. I remember seeing such large ones on the glass bottom boat rides. I talked with one of the captains that has been there for 33 years and he said the last big catfish died about 5 years ago.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter weekend. Don't eat too much candy or boiled eggs.

Hi lo.

I hope everyone has had a nice Easter. I'm just glad to be back home to peace and quiet again. DH's family is very loud. And way to much food. I didn't do to bad but I didn't do that good either. I always try to justify it as its a holiday and only comes once a year.

Skeeter, we were at Silver Springs in 82 so its hard to remember if the captain fed the monkeys or not. I just like places like that. You know my favorite place is Sea World. I love it. Love the penguin encounter. We went there several times when we lived in California but I hear its very expensive to get into now. The closest one to us now is in Ohio and thats not close.

Marlana, I will try to not bring up that B word again, ok? I know, I hate them to. If I was a man, I sure wouldn't want to be named Bill since its such an unpleasant word. You must of had your hands full with 4 grand kids. I bet you are worn out. I'm sure fishing will pick up soon. Dh has been talking about getting his fishing license this year. You know, I honestly don't know how much we owe in medical bills. They stress me out to much to keep track of them to closely.

Sally, Hope you had a great Easter. You to, Tobey, Jen, Teresa and anyone else I've missed. I missed seeing you guys in here.

Take care everyone. Ugggghhhhh, its back to work tomorrow.

Good Morning~~OH boy hubby has gone back to work and I get a day alone for a change. We fished our hearts out but for very little. It was nice to get outside and on the water. I've got so much work to do I don't hardly know where to start. Well I do to, on this messy house. I'm making an all out try at getting out of food today. Boy I've been on a non stop binge for so long now. I try to give up food but before my days are over I'm eating big time. Yesterday when we come off the river, the first thing we done was go to Burger King, the Whoppers really was talking to me, and it worked. OH well today if another day. I know I can get out of food, I just have to get my mind where it should be, that is the hard part though. Right now I'm listening to IN-U....thats the way it pronounced but not spelled. Ever heard his...her's...theirs...who ever's music. It is so relaxing, I can just lay back and close my eyes and float away. My brother in law has a burner on his puter and he made me 3 CD's, I've been going to sleep with them the last two nights. I wish I could learn how to get them on my puter and I would send them to you.

Jo Jo~~And the bills roll on, I wrote another check for 334.00 to the hospital yesterday. I thank that is all of them, it better be, I'm going to blow a gasket. 4 kids does wear me out. Well really it wasn't all of them, it was the 4 year old that wears me out. The older ones...15...12 and 9 is really easy to keep, but Brett never gets still and never shuts up. I am blessed with them all though. We like to take the older ones fishing a couple of times a year and they love to go. This year I don't thank we are going to take them I thank they have to have fishing license now past 12. Jillie is only 9 so she will get to go, and she's the one who loves it so much.

Skeeter~~We are just going to have to learn how to say no to gravy and biscuits and Whoppers if we are ever going to lose any of this fat. I'm started today and making my health the center of my life. I'm going to write down everything I eat...I'm going to go out and walk on the treadmill just as soon as I'm through writing here. I've got to where I hurts me just to walk to the mailbox. I'm tired of living this way. I know I'm getting older but I bet I would feel like a 35 year old if I lost a 100 pounds. This is the first of April so I've got I've got almost 8 months before my next birthday and GET READY FOR THIS.......I'm going to try and lose 80 pounds by my birthday. One day at a time I can do it. I've done it before I can do it again. This weight is not going to come off unless I change the way I'm thanking and eating. Do I want to live the rest of my life like I've been living...NO...so I have to change the way I eat. And I have to start getting some exercise everyday. Hubby started walking about two months ago and he is in so much better shape now, he almost runs on the treadmill, and don't get winded like he did. I can do it too. I just have to start off slower. Just thank how much easier thing would be to do. EVERYTHING I MEAN EVERYTHING WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER. I'm going to do it, starting right now!!!
Hi to everyone else reading this, I'm on my way down, and right now I'm on my way out to walk. Bye Bye for now. If I get started it will make the rest of you want to get on the wagon too, come on now us get the ball rolling and get healthier. Boy girls, you got to get this music it's got me all worked up. This is post # 25...I'll see if I can start a new thread with a new logo. The attachment is a picture of one of the rivers we fished in..this one is Grand river....it's almost the lake at this point....The lake I live close to.