Another sunny and pleasant day around here and I spent most of it out and about. Happy to say I resisted all the off-plan goodies that were calling my name, including those darned chocolate bunnies that are sneaking into all the stores right now.

Now that Zachary and I are doing better my other two guys have taken ill. My poor hubby came home from work yesterday. He NEVER leaves work but his fever was so high and he was so out of it he had to come home and go to bed. On top of that my mama is in the hospital. Hopefully they'll get to the root of her problems and get her back home.

Meowee...you are doing such a good job. I'm so excited for you that your numbers are coming down. Praying that you will continue to do well.

Solly....have you been able to get outside? The weather last week was beautiful. I hate that I didn't get to take advantage of it. After this upcoming cold snap I'm hoping to get out there and get moving.

Candoit...((hugzz)) I hope and pray that you won't have to have another surgery that they will be able to give you other viable options. Praying God will touch your shoulder.

Toni....how are you?

Ellen...Sure miss hearing from you.

Tech...I hope you and Shelly are having a good week so far.

Bob...do you ever sneak in and take a peek? If so ((((HUGZZ)))) You are also missed.

Talitha..how are you and your precious babies?

((Everybody))

God bless,
Crystle

Still hanging in there gang but I'm having a 'hungry day' today. So far I'm resisting. Might be weather -- it was nice first thing this morning but is now heavily overcast and there's more wet snow in the forecast.

Hope everybody, including your Mother, gets to feeling lots better really soon, CRYSTLE . . .

Good afternoon. Waiting for the snow to come in. Hope it passes us by theres a good chance it will. Not much going on here so I'm rather boring. Eating is not good. Can't wait to grocery shop and get some healthy things in here to eat. Maybe that will help.

Ellen- sounds like this new doctor is good for you. Hope you keep seeing good results.

meowee- Stay away from those chocolate bunnies they're danger, danger....

Crystle- Hey gal.... Saying a little prayer for your family that they get well...

Solly- I'm trying to send you some snow.... LOL Hope you're doing okay....

Candoit- I hope things are going better for you.. Good thoughts.....

Well off I go.

Toni, now you just keep that snow your way. They said it will miss us also. Maybe a dusting on the grass. So far it is not doing anything here. I am totally out of all food in my house. Saturday will definately be shopping day for me.

Ellen, I'm glad you are seeing results from the new doc. The surgeon who did my breast reconstruction had a horrible bedside manner, but he was the best there was and that was all that was important. I wasn't going to live with him.

Meowee, I have those hungry days every day. Hope you do better than me.

Crystle, I hope you all don't pass that nasty bug to everyonme in the family. Hope your mama comes home soon. I got to walk 2 nights this week and now it is cold again. Plus I have plantar fascitis in my heel and I can hardly walk around.

Got to run, my legs are driving me crazy and I can't sit here any longer. Have a great evening

Okay...so, Shelley is off to school today with barely any hyperventilating at all this morning. She's been to school every day this week, but every morning, she's a total wreck and I have to really force myself to get her there and then the nurse takes over and takes her to class where she has learned to control herself and ends up having a good day. Today was the first day where she went in and didn't have to have me hold her up due to her week knees. Yesterday she had me up at 4am with her breathing and help her calm down, which she never did calm down, and then I had to take her in like that and leave her. I tell you...i was in tears every day this week once I got her into school and was on my way home. I hate leaving her there like that, but today was a total triumph. I couldn't be more pleased with her progress.

I got the Lucinda Bassett set from a friend yesterday. Everyone I've talked to that has Shelley's exact problem says this system really changed their lives...but its upwards towards $600 bucks...so I'm going to sit down today and take a peek at it and see how it all goes for me/Shelley. As for me, I'm just exhausted and need a nap desperately.

Okay...TTFN...happy Friday the 13th!!

Busy, busy day for me yesterday and that will be offset by a day of hibernation today -- not, of course, because I'm superstitious of course.

It is the second day of nice sunshine -- but unfortunately very cold and windy -- definitely still Winter around here.

On the good side, I'm proud to say I'm still holding in there on the OP eating.

See you later . . .

Good morning ladies,

Friday at last and Friday the 13th at that! watch out for black cats!

Didn't sleep much last night. I has sick at my stomach all evening and when I went to bed I could not go to sleep. I got up at 12;30 and took a sleeping pill and read for 30 minutes and then went back to bed. So I didn't get up and go to the gym today. But I was still nauses and didn't t hink I should push it. Feeling some better after 2 cups of cinnamon tea. No plans for the weekned other than getting my driver's license renewed.

Tech, I'm so glad Shelley did better this week. I think you are right in making her go. I wish you could get to the root of her problem for her sake. I have never heard of Lucinda Bassett. I assume it is for anxiety. Good luck to her.

Meowee, great job staying OP all week. Keep up the good work.

Toni, Could you beleive the Biggest Loser this week? That would be so me going way off plan like they did. Boy did they get yelled at. I thought sure the blue team would win.

Crystle, hope all of you are feeling back on top by now. Have a great weekend.

Ellen, how's that new grandbaby doing?

Got to run. Have a great weekend everyone

More thoughts on Shelley...The prozac is giving her really vivid dreams, so she's not sleeping well at night, which doesn't help. Lucinda Bassetts tapes are for anxiety/agoraphobia. I'm pushing her because what I've learned about agoraphobia tells me that it is a gradual thing and if not nipped in the bud as soon as possible, eventually, Shelley won't even want to leave the house to go to the mall or to walk near the river or anything. It's a gradual process. It started for Shelley in about 7th grade when she's sweat profusely from her armpits practically to her waistline. Then she started having shortness of breath and irregular heartbeats. Then the 'mondayitis' started to kick in in the form of crying herself to sleep on Sunday nights because she didn't want to go to school the next day. The pediatrician started to put things together as we took her in for each symptom and sent her to the psychologist and she was diagnosed with this phobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of being away from home and also the fear of crowded places. If you have ever been to Cape Vincent, it would be hard to think someone could be afraid of crowded places around here because its hard to just get three people even on the street at the same time, much less find a crowd! But! The other day I took Shelley to school to meet with a tutor and we ended up in the hallway where it was shoulder-to-shoulder packed with rude teenagers trying to get to class. And where is Shelley afraid to be? School. It all is starting to fall into place now and make sense. Derek still wants me to homeschool Shelley, but from what I've been told by the school nurse, letting her escape from this fear will only make it worse. The school nurse had Agoraphobia to the point that she didn't leave her house for a very long time for her fears. She knows what she's talking about. If anything, shelley NEEDS school as a tool to get passed what she's afraid of there. Otherwise, she'll never be able to go to college or get a job or be successful of anything if we allow this fear to take over.

Anyhow...its my day off and I'm supposed to be cleaning and here I sit at the 'puter gabbing away.

TTFN!! Will be back later once I feel like I've accomplished something...

OMG...I just took a self-assessment test from the Lucinda Bassett website and this is what they said about me. Uncanny how accurate it is...especially the crying part:

Every sentence in here is accurate. Maybe I'll even get some use out of these CDs!!

Good afternoon ya'll. We are all feeling SO much better. Thank you for your prayers. It is wet and cold here so no new planting until next week.

Solly...I hope your tummy feels better soon. Do you have the heel problem always or just from time to time?

Tech...I hope that Shelly continues to win her battle with anxiety.

Toni...hang in there with the eating. You'll get back on track. Winter is hard for everybody I think. A lot of the foods that are tasty when it is warm are not pleasant in winter. I love a good salad but when it's freezing I don't want lettuce I want things that warm my tummy.

Meowee..WTG eating OP.

((Everybody)) Stay strong this weekend...you are worth it.

God bless,
Crystle

Were is everyone today,,,,,,Happy Saturday

Well, my rotator cuff is torn 60% through Due to my age, the DR recommends surgery. He said therapy would not work, and remainder of piece will eventually pull apart. Dr gave me a cortizone shot, and that has helped the pain, and I can lift my arm better. I just have to be careful I don't use it too much and tear the remainder out.

I go back to work on Monday, and have to tell them I again need another surgery, and will be off 8 weeks.... this is my 5 operation in 12 years of working my job.

Crystle = glad everyone is better How is you Mom doing? Have a great Sunday.....

Meowee = you are doing great, eating OP. Keep up the good work. Glad it is sunny eventhough still cold.

Tech = hope Shelly is coming along and you can get some answers for her. Is that really you ? I will have to try that sight, sounds almost like me. Keep the faith, as my Aunt Grace always said.

Toni = hope you are doing and feeling better. Keep your chin up, sometimes it is just hard to stay focused......Blessings

Ellen = so glad thing went well with your new MD. Medicine can really affect how you feel and act. Hoping this is the start of an upward trend. Take Care.

Solly = Are you doing better? Sleepy better? Sure hope so.

Blessings and Happy Sunday to All

Good evening; Made a really good homemad pizza for dinner. Used candian bacon, mushrooms, onions and cheese for the topping. Also made Steve some cream cheese rollups that he loves. I'm still tired today from yesterdays shopping trip. But tomorrow I have no excuse for not doing the laundry. Hope everyone is having a good week end.

Hi there . . .

Wow, I'm still eating well. The carbs did sneak up a bit too high for a couple of days, but the calories have remained 'in range'. Sometimes I amaze myself. Haven't seen any further scale movement in the past couple of days though -- might be connected to the carb overages.

BUT . . . I have faith . . . in fact, I have faith in us all. We can do this so long as we just continue to do our best as much as possible, Chickies.

I also have faith in Mother Nature -- we are having another mostly sunny day and the temperature is expected to sneak up to slightly above freezing. Not exactly Spring-like yet, but eventually it will show up.

Have a great rest of the weekend, gang . . .