It is a nice cool day here in the heartland. The clouds look like we just might get some snow this night. Out to eat with a group from church and I did make good choices. Ate my salad sans dressing but used mandarin oranges on it to moisten it. Anyway I think I will give myself a gold star for exhibiting good eating behavior.
Poor Will is in the coughing stage so that means it is all breaking up and he is using massive amounts of tissues. He did get throgh his morning class and sermon without too many interruptions. He is taking his cold medicine regularly which is a first. Thanks for all your well wishes on his behalf. He is certainly a keeper.
SUSAN Your gain will be ****POOFED**** away this week because you have the determinition to stick to your program. I love TJ's but we don't have one here nor do we have Curves. I did do some shopping at TJ's when we lived on the left coast though and loved their products. I am going to check our product table this coming Monday at weigh in for that book you metioned. Yep, I do love cookbooks and between us I bet we have quite a collection.
GAIL Girlfriend I am sure you will enjoy going through your mothers books. Old treasures like those are fun to have. Time does heal but you know that and I am just repeating it. I am currently building a white house with a blue roof and a little fence around part of the upstairs. I made one before and it turned out very pretty and I sold it. Think I want to have one for myself.
I am thinking building myself a whole village like the one I entered in the fair and then sold.BUTTERCUP Good to clear the air and when you bring it out in the open then you can analyze it and work on it. Get the enemy out of the house and find suitable substitutions for it with lower points that are satisfying. I absolutely love Cheetoes and don't allow them to come in the house so I don't even think of them now. I did have withdrawals at first but now knowing I have found I don't even need chips with a sandwich is great. I eat little carrots and celery sticks that have the crunch I need. I am not a sweets person so can have those 1 point candies in my desk drawer for ages but they are not a red light food. If they were the enemy they would not be here so close.
You will find what works best for your red light foods, what to eat instead of them and if they still call your name have a little not a lot. It really does work. I wish you good success on your road to thin. Come walk along with us here and be a Steel Magnolia. 
JEAN hose kids calendars are so neat and keepers for sure. Yep! Sears has the tools. We don't have the big Sears store here and I think it is mostly apliances and of course - tools. I understand about the SE kids now. Thanks for the x-plan-ation.
DONNA Fun at the dinner with your loved ones, that is a good thing for sure. Thomas is sure learning good eating habits for one his age that will stay with him as he ages. Is your new car still dissing you? Glad our Jeep doesn't talk back or even utter a word.
DELA Your are
to come join us for sure we would love to have you walk this road to thin along with us. It is good that you found a plan that works for you. Well folks I about typed out. Time to go get a nice big glass of ice water with a squeeze of lemon. Type at y'all later. PS my main squeeze just came in from getting some night meds and ~ a couple bags of those nifty little Whitman's WW 1 point candies.
He doesn't eat them so guess where they are going. I hold the Ladies Bible class here on Tuesday evenings and I set them out on a pretty dish and they dissapear nicely. Those and low point popcorn make a good snack.
Type at y'all later.
She has done the calendars since the last two were babies; it is cheaper to do them from March to February rather than January to December.
Good for you! We have to read any test or assignment for any special ed. student who has it written in their IEP (Iowa Education Plan) to do so. There are many accommodations for special ed. students and not all students will have the same ones. Some have to sit in the front of the room for hearing and seeing the board. Some can have extended time to take their tests with a special ed. teacher. Some can have extra help by the material being read out loud. Our group, for the ITED testing was sophomores, and they are to have the tests read. However, that doesn't mean that they follow along and stay with whoever is reading the test out loud. 
I still miss my mom and she's been gone almost 15 years. She loved cats and I always think of her whenever there is an article or picture that I know she would enjoy. I know how much she would have enjoyed my grandchildren and all the special times we get together. My dad and I were closer after my mom was gone and I miss him a lot too. 
Ernie has a different kind of fur than "Mom" did. She would shed just walking across the room and every piece of furniture that she sat on would need to be defurred before anyone else could sit there. Ernie sheds a little but his fur is a finer texture; I'm not sure if that is the right description, but he isn't crazy about being brushed. "Mom" loved it and all I had to do was show her the brush and she'd come running. 
Have a super Sunday tomorrow!
in Iowa!