Hi, everyone! We've had such nice weather the last few days! Even had to mow the lawn on Saturday. Need to get out and clean out the flower beds, but just haven't had time to get on that project yet. Trying to get DS3's testing done, along with getting DS2's college scheduling done and prepare pics for his Senior Appreciation Day at church on May 1st. Still have so much of Dad's stuff sitting on the table that I need to get things organized. Finally, just had to put most of his things downstairs to go through again later-just too emotional yet to accomplish much without spending most of the day crying, so I'm just putting it off until later.

Not much else going on here. I'm definitely not doing well with my eating and now I'm paying for it with the recurring digestive problem. Must get more focused on that and quit drowning my grief in ice cream.

Well, hope you all have a good day and enjoy some nice weather. Hoping that the ashy clouds clear up for Tigz and Purple! Take care

Oh dear, I didn't realize that I haven't posted in here for such a long time; I thought I had. Have been a bit busy lately; we went out for a drive on the weekend; and on Sunday spent all afternoon at our lot. I did stuff in the our camping trailer while DH made our steps a bit more sturdy: that took him until 6 pm. We got home and ended having a late dinner.

Then we went shopping and errands on Monday; did stuff around here yesterday and today like housechores and such. Had a more restful day today and my back is all healed ... yeah! I am gonna take it easy and be more careful.

My eating is pretty good; not perfect every day, but not too bad either. Still doing my morning toning exercises and added some of Jorge Cruises' weight exercises too, but I have had to modify some of them. I had to be creative and make them easier for someone with physical challenges.

Hope you all have a good day tomorrow; they are predicting better weather for us and I sure hope they got it right as they didn't today. Take good care ladies ... Rosebud

Just stopping by to say "HI" to everyone! Looks like another nice sunny day here, but they say rain is on the way for the weekend-oh, boy....

Gonna try to get DS3's tests done today, so we can mail them off for scoring, then, we'll be just finishing out the normal school year. I'm ready for summer break already, but must keep on with their studies or we'll have to work half the summer

Rosebud-sounds like fun working out at your 'camp'! Glad you're doing so well sticking with your eating plan. I've finally gotten back on track this week and am down 3 pounds, which I'm sure is mostly water, but, pay no attention to my ticker, as I'm unfortunately, I'm still a couple pounds above that weight, but neglected to change it-shame on me

Well, better get moving here. Have a great day, everyone!

TIGZ ~ sending up some prayers for you and your daughter that you recover from that bad cough (and the flu that likely caused it) real soon ... don't need that going on and on and on ... Hope you get some better weather over there soon too!


We've been blessed with lovely for the last two days. We bought a nice lunch and went to a favorite lake and had a lovely little picnic today -- it was so nice with the sun reflecting off the water (now that the ice has finally melted). Supposed to have sunshine all weekend so will find some nice outdoorsy stuff to do ... fun, fun, fun!

HI RONNI ~ glad you are starting to lose again, but don't worry about that ticker; fix it up whenever ... I think that the gardening will help you feel better over the next while; I find gardening very therapeutic. I just love looking at all the flowers each day; and am going to do a few veggies again this year. Now if those little ***** flakes would stop falling, I will be able to plant some seed soon as we have the beds all ready. We will wait a bit and then give them another fluff just before we seed. Usually we don't seed until late May here, but if the weather gets warmer, I may start the hardies a bit sooner this year ... we'll see ...

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend ... Rosebud

This one won't be funny, so if you are needing a laugh - skip over.

SO asked to have a serious talk with me last night, about my weight and his worries about my health in relation to how heavy I am. He wasn't nasty or anything, was very calm and most of what he said is the truth. Just hard to hear. Hard to face up to. Feel like I've had my spirit knocked right out of me.

Need to try harder. Stop using food as a crutch. Didn't start crying until he mentioned the kids. My greatest fear is dying early because of the weight. The problems it would cause for them and everyone else if I was taken out of the picture are just horrendous. They would go to their dad and my parents and SO would quite probably never see them again. Losing me means they would lose us all. And that doesn't even go into the heartache I feel about not being with them. LOL crying again.

Desperate. Looking into getting a recumbent exercise bike, see if its something I can do.

Well, I've eaten well today. Hopefully I can do this for the rest of my life. Going to go now, listen to some Johnny Cash. I know I will manage to pull myself out of the gutter, God knows it won't be the first time. Just sucks when you're here.

Take care all XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Well, I decided to do the skip over becuz we had enuff stress of our own today. Although we had lovely weather today, and nice temps, life likes to through you curves now and then -- DH has been stressed becuz he has a severe memory problem and it isn't getting any better. This causes frustration and of course, some people take that out on those around them: mainly ME ... not funny!!!

Anywho, we got through all that (and he did apologize, as he always does) and managed to get some things accomplished on our lot today. It was tiring but productive day ... so now I am going to relax for the rest of it.

Hope you all have a great week coming up; take good care and enjoy every moment as much as you can ... Rosebud

Well this week has been good for us; the has returned but the temps are bit cool yet. It is supposed to warm up by Friday. We want to get some more stuff done at our lot this week as we want to get started on that floor in May. DH is very excited needless to say; and he had an important trip to the city on Monday. So glad that it all went well for him too.

Gee, sometimes it feels like I have my own blog going on here ... Time to have a wee snack (a healthy one though). Hope you all are having a great week; take good care ... Rosebud

DEAREST TIGZ ~ sorry you had a visit from DR. PHIL (I'm not a fan -- can you tell?); but I am sending some your way today.

Everyone wants to be healthy and well; focus on you first and the rest will follow! Guilt would never motivate me to anything but depression as it did you; so that's not helpful really, even if someone means well. We know you love your kids; and you can and will do your best to love yourself better one day at a time.

I used to own a recumbent (sp) bike but couldn't pedal it; wasn't right for me but everyone is different, so try it. I love my rowing machine, dancing, and walking, plus my toning exercises, handweights, and stretchie bands the most. I purposely walk back and forth from one end of our place to the other; and spread my housechores over the week in the AM's with outdoor walking 3-4 times a week, if I can do that.

THINK HEALTHY! Make it your personal motto and say it each day; post it around your home and it may help you a bit.

HAPPY MONTH OF MAY ~ everyone! We had some but the came back out this aft and brought lovely temps with it too (75+F) ... just having a relaxing weekend at home!


Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend too; and take good care ... Rosebud

Had a nice restful weekend with a mix of and ... our trees sure needed that. We went for drive this aft and visited some family just before coming home to a roast pork and veggie dinner.

TIGZ ~ glad for you that you are having such great success eating well. We had good healthy foods all week; am also trying to clean out our freezer by using up all the older stuff before buying more this month. Let us know how you like that recumbent bike; and the punching bag sounds like a lot of fun for the kiddies.

Hope you all have a good week coming up with nice weather too; and take good care of yourselves ... Rosebud

HI LADIES ~ we had a busy day today. The day started out with and we ended up coming home in a storm but about five minutes after we got home, the sun was out shining full force again ...

Anyways, we went out to our lot and did more landscaping work (well, DH did that); DH put some more rocks along the entranceway and some gravel as well. He says that it will be done pretty soon. I spent an hour cleaning down the outside of our camper with a special brush that has a very long handle. I did 3/4 of it and DH helped me with the last end as it was the worst, so it looks pretty good now. We may consider re-painting it some time in the future but it's OK for now.

We also transplanted 2 pine trees and 2 fir trees as we lost some that were too close to the ditch. Don't know what's in there or the center of our front lawn, but anything that we planted in those two places, didn't make it. So we planted these in the long green strips instead (where others are doing well). They look so lovely there, so I hope they last this time. All the ones on the north side of the lot are doing very well also.

We definitely have to get some more sand and top soil in the front yard or we won't be able to put anything there. All that we did today took a while to get done, but I like to pace ourselves and spread things out. When we got home, we had a nice leftover BBQ chicken dinner. DH is very tired and had to go for a nap.

Hope you all have a lovely week and do take good care ... Rosebud

HI THERE ~ We had a mixed bag of weather today; some and some on and off. WE went up town to get some supplies for our camper that we needed. It took two trips up there to get the right things, but I got lots of walking in today. Can't believe that and a few things around here and the day seemed to whiz by ...

Our greenery really needed the rain and it's starting to turn green out there; and more of my flowers are blooming. I see a lot of daffodils and tulips out there in people's front yards. A couple of tulips are trying to bloom in my stone garden at the lot; I imagine they will be in full bloom when I get out there again, esp with all this rain lately.

Hope you all have nice weather and a great week; take good care ... Rosebud