Good Morning! It is cold here! I am just now getting around and having some breakfast and then going to jump on the Wii---if nothing else it will warm me up!!!

Be back later!!

Just a really quicky...but have to tell some one....Dh has to eat what i eat or go hungry(except for his cheats when I'm at bridge). Anyway his BS past 3 morning have been 125, 115 and 84 this morning....TA DA! South Beach does it...k3

Good Morning Golden Girls,

I'm still feeling pretty good, except this annoying cough that just lingers! Just heard from my brother and and he just got a call to take his little one home. There is a big difference in ages here. He is younger than my son. Anyway, hubby came home this morning saying he isn't feeling great either. OH NO! Don't know if I would rather be sick myself or have a sick man in the house. When I'm sick, just leave me alone. He wants to be pampered and waited on.

Gayle, Love your bike and don't look like there is any reason for it to not be comfortable. Big wide seat and you could even put a cushion on that. Now you can go for bike rides with the kiddies.

finscher, When your wife comes she will be welcomed. Hope to see her soon. And we have had men from time to time also.

Lynn, Hope you ace that stress test.

NCNancy, snickers are my favorite too. I still have them often. I buy the fun size and that is enough to fix my cravings for chocolate. Not much for the fruity things either. Glad the little kitty is doing ok. I've read all the Aunt Diminity series and think they are good. I know I can ask my library and they will get the books for me. If you read them, start with the first of the series.

Karen31, If you like to ride I bet you would love a bike like Gayles. It would be a break and something different from the WIi and fun. I bike ride with the kids all summer. Lots of bike trails around here.

Z, like you, I was thinking that where I lived was pretty uninteresting. But i'm in suburb of Detroit and lots of things are going on here. Just have to think about it from someone elses perspective I guess.

Mary, I hope that you feel better soon. Horrible being in pain all the time.

Tea Granny, I didn't get a wedding picture. I'm glad you are finally getting to get yours.

Bobbi, We are getting worried about you. Please check in.

Karen3, I can see where the South Beach diet would be good for diabetics, since they have to really watch the carbs.

Freda

Hello GG's,

Another one of those not so good nights of sleep. Up at 3 am and layed there for an hour. Got up then and got on here. Guess that was good ~ got to get caught up on the posts Started feeling sleepy at 5 am, so back to bed then (like the other night) ~ not a nap really ~ I guess it was more like finishing my night of sleep.

Scale went the right direction at the weigh in. Creeping downward. Slow progress, but I'll take it. My head seems to be in the right place right now and I am determined to do this.

When I start to think about cookies or candy or what ever, I try to think of this losing weight like a car trip. I like going on the trip, but after while, I am ready to be done ~ I've had enough of the trip ~ tired of riding in the car and just want to arrive at my destination so I can get out and be done. So, that cookie or what ever is like a detour that might add hours to my trip when I am tired and wanting to be done. So far, that analogy has helped me. I know that I can't really be done with this trip ~ it is a lifestyle change that I need to keep up with from now on. So, maybe the being able to get out of the car is like a maintainence phase. Not being done, but taking a break on the trip.

Guess you have to do/think what ever works to keep you going.

Gotta go throw in some laundry and other stuff. I'll check back later.

Hope you all are having a good day.

Take care

Good Morning girls!
Freda...I'm still here and have been lurking. I'm always on the go with toooooooo many trips into town. I have those pesty chiropractor appointments 3 times a week. That takes up the whole mornings when I usually play on the computer. My DH has a brain that never, ever turns off. I signed us up for a month of meditation classes, hopefully so he can learn to relax. I'm not fond of meditation but if it helps him, then I'll do it. We have to meditate everyday for a least 15 minutes and work up to 30 minutes a day. Booooooooooring
Right now I have a zillion bills to pay and my computer desk is a mess. I can't stand when that happens so off I go.
P.S. Yesterday after I got home from the doc's, DH said the Visa rep called and stopped payment on a hotel reservation in Finland. He wanted to know if we charged this. Geeeeez, some weirdo got our credit card number which didn't surprise me since we ordered so many gifts online for Christmas. Scarry, so glad they canceled our card. We'll get a new card and number in 5 days so I'll have to pay cash for anything until those cards come in the mail.
Oh, KarenFla...I forgot to tell you about the tv channel magazine arrived. I wasn't impressed, probably because I'm not a fancy cook like you. I canceled it and order the light cooking magazine instead, Hope I like that one better.
Now I really do have to go.
Lynn...I'm going to answer your question about where we live eventually. I thought I'd take pictures of our place, especially the forlorn snow covered corn fields across from our house. You'll see how interesting our view is........NOT!

Good morning Goldens!! A quick read and post before I go to work. Quarterly report time, aaaghhhh. Spare time will be gone for a week or too. Oh well, still reading to keep up.

Stay safe. Oh, and the temperature just rose above freezing here..but last night we had a foot of snow. Is it spring yet?

Good Morning Everyone,
Stress test went well – am all settled in my condo waiting for tonight’s snow. I hope it is not too much – my first photo class is tomorrow morning.
I REALLY enjoyed my volunteering yesterday. Beginning next week, I will be helping them out 2 days/week. I think this will be VERY good for me. Will DEFINITELY cut into my hours on the computer playing solitaire.
Lynn

Hi Karen,
I had not realized that the Civil War was fought as far west as MO. One of my ancestors from NY died in Raleigh, NC. He had been with General Sherman & died from dysentery JUST before the war ended.
Carthage was founded in 1883. The town I live in was founded in 1682. My DD’s B&B (about 10 minutes from me) was built before 1790.

Hi Karen,
See my response to your namesake above.

Hi Donna,
I’m with you. Just a couple of bites of sugar & I start bingeing (SP?).

Hi Bunti,
I will download one of Atherton’s books. Thank you for the tip.
I cannot imagine living in a place that I could get out of only by boat or plane. Does this mean that people mostly stay in the same city all the time?

Hi Karen,
I am impressed that you are running for 10 minutes. I can just about make 1 minute.
Yes – I watched the video – thank you for posting the link. I don’t know why I couldn’t find it.

Hi Mary,
Glad your DH’s knee is better – sorry to hear about your back.
I have been having a LOT of difficulty with carbs lately. I keep drifting upwards regarding carbs and downwards regarding protein.
I think I must get serious about becoming vegetarian – focusing on beans instead of meat. For whatever reason, meat is just NOT appealing to me anymore.

Hi Karen,
This summer, my sister and I went to Williamsburg & while there, we visited Jamestown. For Christmas, I got my sister a novel about Jamestown written by one of the archeologists who worked on excavating Jamestown.
Thank you for all the authors’ names. I will absolutely go on a spending spree at B&N online when I get off this site! BTW – after REALLY loving the Brad Meltzer book, I HATED the ending. Felt like he just got tired & wrote “The End.”

Hi Freda,
I am glad you are feeling better. See another picture of PROUD daughter below.

Hi Gayle,
ENJOY your new bike!!!!

Hi Tea,
Sorry you had a bad day. Are you planning to venture out of the country?

Hi Karen,
I tried. Watched it for about a half hour & gave up. Just not interesting to me without Simon.

Hi Zoe,
I kind of figured your CRAZY drive in the blizzard was something like that. OK – you now know you CAN do it – from now on we respectfully suggest that you CHOOSE to NOT do it!
I don’t know, your town sounds LOVELY to me.
Yes – my DD looks a LOT like I did at her age.

Hi Mary,
ENJOY it while you can – my favorite motto.

Hi Nancy,
Probably more likely to find her books on the internet than in thrift stores. Have you ever tried www.thriftbooks.com ?

Hi Karen,
I REALLY need to get back to reducing my carbs. Only problem with South Beach is the amount of meat/fish. I’ve got to figure out a way to reduce carbs and increase protein without meat/fish.

Hi Freda,
Hope you get rid of that cough soon. I did GREAT with the stress test – my cardiologist said everything is “perfect.”

Hi Gayle,
I have always found it interesting that folks generally use travel analogies when they are dieting. Stay on/fall off the wagon; weightloss journey; one step at a time;…
For me, I see it as financing. Calories are like my cash on hand & exercise is like my income that enables me to “spend” more of my calories & my daily calorie/exercise goals are like my budget.

Hi Bobbi,
My DD had her credit card stolen right before Christmas. Even after AmEx had cancelled the card, things kept being charged. Thieves travelled from Philadelphia where it was stolen to MA where they finally stopped charging. Before they stopped, they visited computer stores and bought over $6,000 worth of computers.

I'm making a list of the books, authors you all mention. I am needing to find some new ones to enjoy ~ a couple of my favorites aren't writing anymore new books.

Here are a few of my favorites:

The Cat Who......series by Lilian Jackson Braun. I think this would be one of the cozy mystery types. Start with the first one and read them in order. She is really elderly now (I think like in her 90's) and I don't think writing anymore. The web sites list a last book that was to be published, but then they decided not to. One of the websites had a message board that speculated (a couple years back) that maybe the last few books were written by someone else because they didn't seem as good as her first ones.

NCNancy ~ Lilian Jackson Braun lives in NC ~ west of Charlotte ~ right on the border of SC ~ I think the town was called Tryon ~ when I lived in NC, I kept wishing I could go there and visit her town.

The southern sisters series by Anne George. Another of the cozy mystery types. First one ~ Murder on a Girls' Night Out. About two sisters (golden girl aged). There are only eight of these ~ again ~ start with the first one. Sadly the author passed away and so there will be no more of these.

Then there were the Sadie Shapiro stories by Robert Kimmel Smith. Again start with the first one. There are only three of these. Wish there had been more ~ I loved Sadie (a senior citizen). They were funny and heart warming.

Take care all

Just me being quick again....Lynnn...lower protein by using beans...Feeding Dh about 3-4 oz of meat/fish aday, but lots of beans k3

Hi Karen,

About 2 minutes before I read this, I got out my bean recipe book. I'll let you know if something turns out really good.

Lynn

I think it was Karen MO.

Lynn