Good morning GG's,

A nice sunny day here today. Love that sunshine.

Got my kitchen table cleaned off ~ again. It is the spot where stuff gets set ~ until there is time to deal with it ~ and the stack builds up and builds up. Oh well. It is cleaned off for now.

K3 ~ these helpful hubbys

Isabella ~ glad you stopped in for a visit ~ even if you don't have anything much to post about it is good to hear from you and know that you are ok.

Bobbi ~ glad Bruce is ok and back home safe and sound.

Carbie ~ I think you still can do anything you want to ~ maybe you just need to slow it down a little ~ take some breaks. Take good care of you.

Deelee ~ {{{{{hugs}}}}} Take care of you.

Off to do more stuff. Will check back later.

Hope you all are having a nice weekend.

Hey Golden Chicks -

I'm starting to feel better. All my venting on here to people who understand helped me so much as did your comments on how I'm doing the right thing and that the DPs will adjust - and so did the hugs! I don't know how I would have gotten through it.

Bobbi - Kind of amazing that your DH got a sore throat, ran out of fuel and listened to you! Seriously, I'm so glad your DH avoided all that trouble.

My shoulder is feeling a lot better so I'm going to start doing a little recumbent biking at HC. I haven't been their since before my surgery. The shoulder hurt for so long that I didn't even want to do lower body because any movement caused it to hurt. I seemed to have turned the corner with that.
Ah, I read the schedule wrong. The Bears are on now. I thought they were playing at 3 p.m. No cursing coming from family room. They must be winning. Funny how when important life changes are going on some things lose their importance to me. Not DH though!

Thanks to every one! Hugs! TTYL.

Good afternoon...Back in the 80's and sun is so bright am typing with sun glasses on. BUT look out there is a Nor'easter heading for the area that Sandy hurt so bad last week and is due Wednesday. OMG I thought when we had 2 back to back hurricanes that was a 1 in 100 possiblity. Can't imagine how hard this will be on folks.

Isabella....You my dear are good...you have a habit of just returning before we send Donna searching.

Rie...I heard that DGS hugs actually allievete all symptoms of lupus. Rx dozens of daily hugs.

Gayle...., Be nice to DS remember some day he will be picking out the nursing home for you!

Carbie....Cleaning a shed? He// come clean my kitchen!

Rosey...I love love the boots!

Bobbi....How did you get him to listen? I'll pay good money for that secret,

Carol Sue...Since I have a bovine valve I really understand what you are saying. I chose bovine instead of mechanical because I didn't want to stay on counadin/tests forever. Love saying watch out because I'm tough and have the heart of a Bull! snort snort

Must admit I am a news junkie and following the election news on 10 sites and the hurricane on another half doz.....Won't inflict my politics on anyone and glad we keep this site free. BUt don't disturb me Tuesday night.

Say a prayer for the people in the midAtlantic area and that the 2nd storm fizzles,,,,k3

I don't ever post here so I don't know you guys. But I knew exactly who and what Karen3 was talking about when I saw her argggh - you are hilarious Karen3!

K3 - My step son got a mechanic valve but he was only 43 and they gave him no choice. They say that the coumadin will be replaced with something better one of these days. We'll see.

I ended up in the ER overnight. When I went to bed, my heart started continuous fluttering. This went on for 1/2 hour. When DH came to bed, I got up and checked my BP and it was 220/79 and I felt nauseated. I told him to call the ambulance. By the time I got to the hosp, the fluttering had greatly slowed down, but the BP was still too high. We waited 2 hours for the results of bloodwork and Xrays and by that time the BP was back to normal. They found nothing, except my thyroid is high, which probably didn't have anything to do with the fluttering. They sent me home and told me to tell the cardiologist about what happened so he knows before he orders the monitor. When I got home at 3 AM I went back to bed, and the fluttering started all over again. I propped another pillow behind me and it stopped. At the hospital, they had the head of the bed raised, so that's why it stopped at the hospital. So now I know it's when I lie down flat on either my back or side. I remember before my mother passed away, she used to sleep in her recliner. I thought she had acid reflux, but maybe she got fluttering, too.

And life goes on.

Good morning goldens
We had a wonderful time for ds's party. He was giving everyone a bear hug. Saturday morning we got up and went to the camp. He hunted all weekend and had a blast. Saturday afternoon I finally relaxed. No more stress. He goes back to work tomorrow. Thank y'all for all the hugs and prayers. I told him about y'all and all the hugs I was giving him were from y'all. He said yea right mom. Lol. I hugged every chance I got. When he saw his brother the first time they hugged and it brought tears to my eyes. Them 2 boys are very close. They hunted together all weekend.
On another note I must have had a really good time this weekend. I got on the scale and gained 8 lbs. I think it's excessive amount for the weekend but it is what the scale said. Maybe some fluid and it is my monthly cyle time. I don't want to go back so today I'm putting the brakes on my eating. Even though we are camping. I'll have to do better. Pray that I can get back on tract.
I have lots to pick up in the house after the party Friday and we left it to go to the camp. We got back at dark last night and I'm facing that this morning. So I'll have to get busy. Personals will have to come later.

Hugs
Cajun

Good evening GGs. I'm going to ramble, so feel free to skip over this post, lol.

This morning I woke up on the couch...again...I can't seem to get to bed and have gotten into the awful habit of watching tv late at night while lying on the couch. I blame it all on DH who goes to bed soon after my day starts, lol. He's up quite early (before the crack of dawn now that it's almost winter) and goes to bed early. I, on the other hand, get a second wind around 9 pm and can actually start doing a little house cleaning or some little project that needs done. Then I sit down to relax before going to bed. I watch tv and fall asleep. Sometimes I wake up around 2 or 3 am and drag my body into the bed. I'm just in a wonderful dream or some kind of deep sleep when he wakes up and may even start to chat. He gets up, clunks around the bedroom and bathroom and and then gets his breakfast. I fall asleep again and he goes to work. Years ago I used to read in bed before I fell asleep but it's been years as DH is asleep so early. I feel as if I don't have a bedroom...and then we only have a double bed and I'm clinging on to edge until he gets up in the morning. I've put an end to that problem this morning. I ordered a new queen size bed set. DH doesn't know about that yet. I'll just surprise him when it arrives.

I actually woke up this morning feeling as if I had no purpose in life (today) and that I might as well roll over and go back to sleep. (It's the calm after the busy time last week--slug mode.) But I fought that feeling and got out of bed, looked on Sears website and ordered the bed set. Then I got dressed and went shopping--all by myself--with no one trailing after me and no one to look after. I had a wonderful day buying new sheets and a lovely blanket for the new bed. I also had a very unsuccessful hunt for vanilla bean paste that was supposed to be on sale at one of the grocery stores. I must have had half a dozen people scurrying around the store looking for it. One of the girls even said if it came in she'd put a bottle of it away for me. It was disappointing not getting the paste but rather gratifying to have that much positive attention from store staff. I must email the company and give the staff a pat on the back and blast the company for not having the paste in stock, lol.

I bought some junky stuff for my DGS. Ha, ha. It's for his Christmas bag which is actually my way of giving him a Christmas stocking without competing with his parents. If it's in a bag, it's not a stocking. It's just stuff he can play with and then his parents can throw it out as it will break or wear out soon after using--a dinosaur egg that hatches in a glass of water, a knock-off chia pet that grows grass seed, a Christmas Santa apron, a reindeer (not a real one!!!) on which I will glue a little red pom-pom to its nose, and other stuff to amuse a 3 1/2 year old for a few minutes. You know at that age they only play with things for a minute or two and then go back to their old favorites. Of course, we'll give him a real gift also (something substantial that won't break).

I was going to buy myself a new scarf but forgot and by the time I remembered I was tired and didn't want to retrace my steps down the mall. I'm assuming I won't find anything I like now that I'm looking so it's just as well I didn't go back to look. Next time I see something I like I'll just buy it instead of saying I'll get it later.

I'm eating way too much food. I have to start by not eating at night. So tonight I'm going to try and stay away from the kitchen cupboards and frig. I should actually tidy up the kitchen but may just leave it until the morning. I have no problem overeating in the morning. I eat breakfast and am fine until dinner (lunch). Maybe, I'll just quickly close the dishwasher and hang up a couple of dishtowels.

Now, a few personals from memory, (rolls eyes--what memory?)

Bobbi, glad you DH was not hurt or his truck vandalized. I imagine he's just thawing out by now. I've had a few freezing camping trips like that--too cold to get up and too cold to stay in the sleeping bag.

Karen3, I like Donna but I certainly don't want her to come after me and give me a good shaking.

Donna, read the above note to Karen. I like seeing your lovely face, too, but it's been replaced by a cute little "harlot" grub.

Gayle, I hear you on the table. I think I have a full room like that. My mother's old room has now become the catch-all place...sigh...got to get that cleaned out...again.

Rosey, love those pink boots. I'd buy them if I saw them and they felt good on my delicate feet.

Have a lovely evening lovely ladies.

Hi. I'm still crazy busy. My p.t,. my mother - foot doctor, and DH and I are goigt to be election judges tomorrow! Our first time. there is a lot to know. we took online course and test then In person 3 hour class. I've been studying tonight. We have to be at the poll by 5:15a.m.
at the latest and we will be there until everything's packed up. I hope to be out of there by 8 p.m. I feel good about it. It's a small but important part of the process to make sure that everyone can vote. Learning all the minutia, put form c into yellow envelope 4 in the red file...Hope I don't mess up. I'll be thinking of you all tomorrow. Than I have to get my house in order to hostes 16 women for Bunko. Like to have the house immaculate but don't think I'll have the energy for that. Might just be one of those throw all the junk in bin and hide in closet or under beds! And while my cohostess will be bringing the major snacks, I have to provide the table snacks. They all want chocolate covered somethings. I'm going to have celery sticks, baby carrots, slice red and green pepper. snow peapods, any suggestions?
Donna - I don't have a new computer, just an old brain. It seems like every once in a while everything just gets gunked up, moving slow and stops doing what it was that I want it to do,
Isabella - you must have a very comfy couch. DH and I have different internal clocks. I'm more early to bed, sort of early to rise. He's like you. can pick up a project and keep on working on it for hours. I was asking for different rooms. We had a queensize bed. Friend said get the king, it makes a difference, We did and it does. We also discuss things like, no shuffling. pick up you darn feet. And if i woke you up when I got up don't wait until I'm almost back to sleep before the prostate shuffle starts. You can work things out usually. I'd start with the kingsize bed. And then with my shoulder surgery I couldn"t hold a book to read in bed so I had to turn the tv on. Steve got some ear plugs. Compromise.

Hi everyone,another lazy day,i didnt do doodely ive been dragging and when i read your posts about diff sleep habits i had to laugh as my dh and i are so opposite. since my disability i sleep in the living room in my lift chair so i can get up and down by myself and not have to wake him for help. since his surg he has a habit of getting up at all hrs and hes not quiet,hes more like a bull in a china shop and i dont think he cares if i get woke up. hes loud,turns the tv up,talks to me like im awake,snacks, riles up the dogs,goes out on the deck for a smoke, and crunches ice right next to me crunch crunch crunch in my ear. he says he cant help it and when i get woke up from a sound sleep im not nice,in fact im rattle snake mean. makes for some lively dialog till we both smooth out the ruffeled feathers. i must remember he brings me flowers as my butt is dragging the next day and i need a toothpick to keep my peepers open. maybe my new pink boot would suit me better up his hiney im so proud of me, as this month is 2 yrs since my bariatric surg and ive kept my wgt off and no gains . i still need to loose so im under 200 #befor i get my tummy tuck. so im trying to do better. hoping your evenings great for all rosey

Good evening GG’s,

One day down ~ none to go yippee. Have 10 days off and I’m not gonna miss work at all. Miss my coworkers yes, but the place ~ no.

Rosey ~ you made me smile ~ your pink boots up Steve’s hiney. LOL. Save your beautiful pink boots for kicking up your heels and dancing ~ use some scruffy old pair for up the hiney. Your DH sounds like my dad. When I go to visit there ~ I sleep on an air mattress in the living room (sadly ~ no space anywhere else to sleep). Dad stays up half the night watching TV (in the living room) and is up again at the crack of dawn. Not very restful. I feel bad ~ I want to visit them, but the lack of rest when I go there ~ makes me sort of dread it. Congratulations on your two year milestone. You’re doing awesome.

Deelee, Isabella & Rosey ~ we have different sleep habits here at our house too. Have had different rooms for a long time now ~ started out of necessity ~ I worked nights ~ he worked days. Got used to not having another person in the same bed. I roll around too much and fear I would keep him awake. Now, I have such trouble sleeping ~ I wake up enough on my own ~ I don’t want to wake up when someone else wakes up also. You do what you gotta do I guess.

Donna ~ sounds lovely where you are. Glad you are having such a nice enjoyable fall.

I’m sorry ~ I’m almost out of steam again. Keep hoping I will get the personals done ~ get a few each time, but then run out of steam and don’t get it finished. Maybe tomorrow ~ in between other stuff I can take breaks and get caught up.

Hope you all rest well tonight.

Take care

Hi to all my Golden Girls, I love you all! I'm so glad to know all of you! I have been thinking all day of my many blessings...truly God has been good to me. My little problems are just that...little compared to the blessings, I have so much for which to be thankful. We babysit Sat after to late last night. I keep seeing the gc's little faces today...love them so much...they can be a handful but they allow me to see my growth in love, grace and patience. Too bad I wasn't that far along when I had my own children but I'm thankful for forgiveness and grace. I wonder now why I made such a big deal about so many things... I think perhaps it's because we are so scared of making a mistake and feel inadequate for the huge job of raising children, so we either are often too harsh or too lenient...can go either way. Played Sorry with my gs (6) and he beat me twice!! He was so happy and proud!

It's been a great day...got a lot done and yet didn't get much done...LOL depends on where you look I guess. Yesterday I had UTI symptoms again...waited all day, drinking water but then finally decided to go ahead and treat as I have the med on hand, both the OTC Pryidium and antibiotic. I didn't have cranberry juice on hand but it doesn't seem to help me once the burning starts, and I do take a cranberry supplement my doc recommended. Maybe you have to drink the juice every day but that would take at least one of my precious carbs and I can't get myself to do it. Even the sugar-free (Splenda) takes some and I'm not so sure it's that good for me or helpful anyway. Got up this morning with no burning but I can tell it's there a little bit. Still I felt good enough to go the gym so I did and I did fine...so thankful for that too.... followed the gym up with my PT appt. They added another exercise to my "homework." I think my back is looking a little straighter and maybe a wee bit more flexible and I had NO back pain today except this evening it feels a little strained due to the exercises. They started me on a machine that works my shoulders and back ...like a bike but works with the hands rather than the feet. I think there is one at my gym so tomorrow I'm going to look for it. I have a lot of "homework" now (they have 1-3 new exercises for me every time I go in) but I am still highly motivated and so far am getting them done. I love the great messages though and will miss the pampering when it's over. I want one of those large heating pads and cold packs now. I made a little larger (and softer) one with 2 parts water to 1 part alcohol and am hoping it will be easier to use as the little packs I was using were so hard. After the gym I went to the post office to get more shipping envelopes for the pics I'm sending to our grandchildren. We got the wrong kind last time and thankfully they let me return them. As soon as I got home it was time to start the Adobo for dinner, so it's been a busy day. Not much housework done again. I'm going to have to hire a maid at this rate!

Deelee - That voting job sounds interesting. Could you cover the celery in chocolate? How about the healthy stuff with just a little of the sweet and salty type goodies? Had to smile about the bed stuff...in our case, we are both up at least a couple times a night usually, sometimes more. We have a wonderful queen-size bed...very comfy and we rarely feel when the other rises, but actually dh likes to sleep close no matter the size of the bed...I don't mind except when I get a hot flash, then I scoot so far to the edge I almost fall off! LOL I often dangle my legs over the edge in fact.

Retiredone - I have been eating too much too...like you it's my night eating mainly. I have to get back on track...not only for my weight but also my bs. I was doing so well until the little trip to the beach. It seems when I get away from my usual schedule I start messing up and I have been very off my usual schedule for a couple weeks now! I have now gained back 3#! I have to get to the point where no matter what I eat right.

Well I started this quite a while ago then dh called me to watch TV with him...so guess it's time to end it. I hope you are all snug in bed having good dreams! I still have to clean up the kitchen before heading to bed.

I am going to jump on the over-eating bandwagon with Isabella and Maryea. I am not going to show a loss this week, I just hope it's not a gain.

I slept most of the afternoon yesterday. I was so tired from being up half the night at the ER. Around lunch time DH came in with a bowl and said "Do you want some of this?" I looked in the bowl and it was cauliflower, broccoli and brussel sprouts. He never eats this stuff, unless I have it in cheese sauce or something. He was eating it plain....no butter, no salt. I was so amazed! Normally, the only veggies he eats are peas and corn. I think I might be rubbing off on him. I did eat a bit of it, but I was just tired. When I finally got up, early evening, I only ate comfort food, nothing healthy. I am getting my heart monitor on Friday.

Gayle - My table is like yours. Everything gets piled on it. Things we buy at the store, the mail. I don't allow DH to open the mail. He doesn't know what's important and what's junk mail. So he sets it on the table until I get to it. I can pick out the important envelopes on sight, and sometimes let the rest sit until I can go through it and decide what needs to be shredded. They send you junk mail with your name all over it. I won't throw anything with my name or address on it in the trash. One day after the garbage man came I found my neighbors W2 in my driveway. I wanted to give it to her and warn her about putting that stuff in the trash, but then she would know that I saw her SS number and how much she made. I didn't want it to be an issue so I put it through my shredder.

This is the week I am trying to declutter my house before all my company comes for Thanksgiving. I would like to throw a lot of things away and have a nice neat uncluttered house like they show in magazines. That's a dream! I just downloaded 50 Shades Darker, so I hope I can stay away from it long enough to get some work done. The next ebook I have on request from the library is Gone Girl, that was recommended by someone here, Donna, or Freda, I think. My house was cleaner when I worked. I think I knew I had to get it done on a certain day, but now I have so much free time I think I can keep putting it off. DH does the vacuuming and mops the floors, and some of the laundry. I am very lucky he does that.

I go to bed earlier than DH most of the time, but I put on the TV and most of the time I fall asleep by the time he comes in. Then I get up sooo early, out of habit, and he sleeps in. But it works for us because it gives me a little computer time before he gets up. We have a queen size Sleep Number bed. I would love to get a king size but it won't fit in our bedroom. Well, it would fit, but then nothing else would. We don't really have a problem with the size of the bed, but with the top sheets. I buy king size flat sheets and still DH rolls himself up in it like a mummy and I only have a little piece to fit over me. He would NEVER go for separate beds. Sometimes when I'm sick I will come out and sleep in my recliner, but he keeps coming out and telling me to come back to bed.

Carbie - I'm surprised that your sister actually told her children that she would have to go into a nursing home. Most people are reluctant to go, even when they need it. They want to stay in their own home, even though that makes it very tough on those who have to care for them. You hear about so many nursing homes where they don't take good care of the patients. My friend's mother was in one that had a very bad reputation, but she said her mother was always well cared for. Maybe that's because my friend went to see her mother every day, sometimes twice a day, and they knew it, so they took good care of her. Some of those poor people don't have anyone to come to visit them. That's so sad.

Kris - Welcome! And yes, Karen 3 is our resident entertainer. And we love her for it!

Well have a good day everyone. DH just got up so it's time to get off the PC and do something.

I came, I read, I'm leaving.
Good to hear about everyone's day. Time is short this morning, just wanted to comment on the Queen, King beds. It sounds like we all have opposite sleeping habits. I darn near divorced DH when we had been married 7 years. I'm a thrasher at night and DH wakes up in the same position he falls asleep in. He couldn't stand when I even wiggled a toe. And did we fight? Geeeeeeeezz.
I purchased twin beds and that didn't work either. I finally took my bed and moved into the spare bedroom. Our love life improved, our marriage improved, we quit fighting.....we were in love all over again. I decided to keep him and it's was our 47th anniversary Sept 12. Check out the guy playing Whispering Hope on a leaf.



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