morning, royal ones. have to get ready for my yearly mammagram. fortunately, it is pretty near my home. getting out in this heat is not my idea of a good time. my feet are so swollen from this heat, i couldn't get in to my regular shoes this morning. my poor feet look like stuffed sausages. ah well. the joys of living in a very humid land. hope everyone has a good day. anagram-so good to see you! amarantha-glad you are recently back in the kingdom also. my timing was obviously good. arabella-glad you are feeling better and taking care of yourself. hi kaylets, ceara, kat, and to all our lovely queens. take care, one and all.

So glad you're mending, Arabella. A nasty price to pay for the gift but you're right, 'twas a gift as long as you TOOK the gift and you did. I'm trying to piggyback on your enthusiasm. I do feel more motivated than in a long time. I (chicken) have not previously stated my goal but I thin it's time - now that I've thought about it long enough.

In less than six weeks, I will turn 70. I want my birthday gift to me to be a permanent excursion back to onederland. I've been hovering within a few pounds of that (and once actually made it for a brief moment) for more than two years. Today I was 3.4 lbs away, sometimes it's been 2.2, sometimes 5 or 6 lbs. To be sure, I'd like to lose 5 lbs or so and that is probably doable even for me. At least I want to give it a try.

I will do more carefully the usual. But this time be more of a calorie counter. I've been sleeping well so that's always a good start. It's a good time for me to be most careful because hay fever season is coming up too and I find I fare better then if I am most careful of all the other health things.

No sun yet today but that's good since it gives me a coolish opportunity (if I hasten) to do a little weed action. Laundry in first though. New Target opened near here last week so that's going to be my "fun" for the day - gotta checkit out.

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Hello All!

WSW! How did your jaunt go today? Yes, I can relate to swollen feet.
Mine have been aching too. I saw an tip of rubbing a tennis ball with your foot while sitting.... they said even on a plane. To press as hard as you could bear where it hurt the most. Take a little break, and do it again, this time even harder.... accupressure in a sense. And then I was dreaming of sleeping with my legs propped on royal pillows.... the old feet higher than your head trick of getting the fluid moving....

Anagram! What a great goal you have set for yourself! My mom just celebrated 75 yrs. I sent her 14K earrings with just a touch of dangle.... why not? per the note I wrote " Every girl deserves some 14K Sparkle!"
I am with you on your mission! I'm sure we're all with you Anagram! In fact, I'm SOOOO Glad you reminded me of Fresh Start .... I was thinking of Fresh Start Cards, I guess in my dreams again .....

Still very humid here, we have had a few small storms but nothing with cooler air behind them. Its just plain miserable.

Ceara! Update please!

WoodNymph.... GOOD FOR YOU, hearing the "That will be enough" voice....
and listening too!

Empress... Streaking... now I remember when that created quite the commotion....

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Katrina... chin up, you are loved and even though they may be too distracted to tell you, your family is very grateful for all your efforts.
We are here for you.


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Mornings are too crazed lately for me so here's the thought for the morning....



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Thought of the day:

"I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something that I can do. "
Helen Keller


Question of the day :

"Do you have a rag bag ? If you do not, do you know what a rag bag is?"

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Time to hit the showers!!

Day 1 - good effort.

To be so HOT today. Oppressive humidity. I know, wsw, you have it almost all the time but it's certainly very southern here this week. I've vacuumed b first and second floors already, will do kitchen and stairs after I water the flowers. Then maybe off birthday shopping for Seven. Then THAT'S IT - reading, napping, drinking water will be it for the afternoon. If I do any work later today, it will be in the basement where it's a mite better. Understand I do have a/c but when it's this humid, it seems to penetrate my bones

Determined to have a ly day and hang in for Day 2 of my "streak".

G'morning Queenlies! Flu has progressed to sinus infection. Plus I'm zonked -- wanted to go to bed at 3 yesterday aft. (Did I? No. Did I accomplish anything as a result of staying up? No.) A friend of mine who had this said hers went through all the same stages and took a surprisingly long time to go away. So that makes me feel a bit better, anyway. I'm sure it'll go eventually!

Managed a walk the last few days, at least. And will try to take it easyish for the most part.

Amarantha, kudos on the 1.9 fluffies gone! (it's really two, of course)

WSW, I remember one time years ago going to have dinner at my sister's place on a hot summer evening. Took my shoes off when I went in, had a lovely evening and then when I went to go home I couldn't get my shoes on and had to walk home barefoot.

Kaylets, you're so sweet! Bet your mom was thrilled.

Anagram, that sounds like plenty for the day. Then you can just rest and bask in the glow of your accomplishments. Plus basking is so much nicer when everything's tidy. Hope your heat's not too savage. We've gone from so hot that we had to close all the windows (unusual here) to so cool that we almost have to keep them shut for the other reason What are ya gonna do.

K, I'm off to an eye appointment. Let's make this a good one!

That IS exciting, Arabella. Any lesser number is always a Non Scale Victory.

Having a sleepless night again. Hate when that happens. Second in a row. Second day of streak went ok too. This is the day I really need to hang in and hold on and lack of sleep won't help. Fortunately I've had a good streak of GOOD sleep nights and I still have time to fall back to sleep (after I read a while). And had a really good day yesterday overall so maybe I won't need to be up and at 'em today - maybe.

Hope all s are enjoying lots of ZZZZZZZZs.

So many congrats for being so on track!!!! And it's a nice reward for your unpleasant days. Thinking is another good benefit of being forced to slow down.

The slacks story is so funny - and I'm taking it as justification for my slow pace of parting w/DHs clothes. I've run through more people who have taken a few things that worked for them but now have reached the end of people I know. I've also made at least 5 or 6 trips to Volunteers of someplace. He had more stuff than I realized but am going to have to bite bullet soon and make an end of it. I'm afraid as soon as iIdo, there will be someone who could use a pair of never worn shorts or sneaks or a little worn sportshirt, etc. But I'm dragging on too long even for me. Good luck on the jacket hunt - yes, you must go!

Kaylets, re your ragbag QOD, sure I know and yes, I do but it's more a rag basket and mostly old towels, etc. not old clothes as in yore. My grandma made rag carpets from hers. I just use for cleaning, painting, etc and not much of that so periodically I just throw them all the way out. Sense a pattern here?

Hot, humid again. Yes, I did get a little more off and on sleep in the recliner. Enough once I get fully up and about which is painfully slow this a.m. Going to try to run an errand or two in late morning before the worst of the day again. Had a lot of storms overnight too so at least had rain but it's very steamy/foggy out right now.

Well, day three awaits me on my streak. We'll see. See dr. tomorrow so that's an additional incentive. Recall my last wt in there was decent - don't want it to be up Like I fool them at all!

Just came across this and really like it. The motto for my procession -

"To exist is to change, to change is to mature,
to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." Henri Bergson

ceara, good for you on hearing the little voice. I don't think I ever had unless I was totally stuffed to the gills.