Lisaluvhearts, I am so sorry for your pain and guilt. I can only imagine how it feels to lose someone so dear to you. Please don't give up hope. Your little one is probably just a little shocked, and he may find his way home to you. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers today.

Oh our poor Lisa!! You must be feeling so awful. I can't offer any wise words...sometimes sucky things happen and we can't get around it.

Maybe, maybe Buggy is being cared for by someone who found him and is loving him

OH my gosh that is cute (from someone whose sleep isn't being interrupted by it )

Lisa: Please, oh please, don't be so hard on yourself about the house fire! You certainly did NOT mean to start it and NEVER would have intended any harm on any of your animals. We all know that. And I agree that Buggy may just be spooked and still show up at some point or that someone else found him and took him in. Beating yourself up about it will not accomplish anything and you already have enough on your plate. It just breaks my heart to think of you crying your eyes out and blaming yourself so much. I am praying with all my might that Buggy is okay and will show up soon to comfort your aching heart! In the meantime, great big hugs to you, my friend!

Anitanita: to the group! We are happy to have you here with us!

Coop: I'm so sorry that everyone in your family except for your sister forgot your birthday. That just sucks! I hope you were able to make the best of the day anyway. Have you tried the hypnotherapy yet?

Holly: I can't believe your summer job is already coming to a close. Where did this summer go?!? It flew by WAY too quickly for me! Good for you for getting back into your workouts! Things are pretty much the same with my son, but perhaps a smidge better lately. I am staying on him about following through with plans to participate in DBT therapy at our local university. It was highly recommended by his psychiatrist and sounds perfect for him, but he has been dragging his feet on signing up. His cell phone has been broken, which hasn't helped matters, but he just got a new phone today, so no more excuses. He has at least made some phone calls about it recently and is coming around us more often, which is a good sign. I'll take ANY progress at this point! My health is okay regarding my oncology follow-up appointments. But I need to get my butt in gear with working out again ~ to keep cancer away in addition to the other physical and emotional benefits. I have been such a stagnant slug lately and I hate it! The days just fly by unless I MAKE time for working out. I have to adopt the old Nike slogan and "Just Do It!"

JesikaBeth: I'm happy to hear that you are feeling at least somewhat better. Glad your mom is okay, too, but sorry about her poor emotional state. Hope things improve for her soon on that front! Keep up the great work of taking good care of yourself! Losing 100 pounds is no small feat. You should feel SO proud of yourself!!!

Monica: How is life in your little corner of the world? I hope all is well with you!

I found Buggy!!!!!!!



He was in the house this whole time. He's been hiding for 2 weeks. He was in the ceiling panels of the living room.


I heard him meowing today, very faint. I got a ladder, started tearing out ceiling panels until I saw him.


I almost killed myself getting him down.


Here he is hiding in the bathroom.



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Lisa, I'm so glad you found Buggy!! It's such a cat thing to do, they just hide and don't come out til they reckon it's safe, and he'll have decided today was safe (or he got hungry enough). I hope you guys are having some extra close cuddles tonight.

P.s. I'm sorry to not respond to others tonight, it's late here, but I had to respond to Lisa. I'll check in properly tomorrow.

Oh huzzah, huzzah Lisaluvshearts! ...and what a cutie. I'm sure he's probably just happy to have found you safe as well. And good luck on your new program!

OMG isn' that the best news ever!!!! Lisa we are soooooo happy to hear Buggy is with you!!!

wow. what a little tough guy!! and YOU are a here to getting up the ladder, tearing the ceiling apart, getting to him and getting him and you down the ladder!!! oh you must be feeling so happy. Yes now you must feel like anything is possible and fine, as long as your fur babies are all safe

this is the best thing to hear

Okay, good morning ladies. I went to Ross's department store to buy my daughter bed linens for her new grown up bed, caught a vision of myself in a full length mirror, and felt so bad that my kid is almost three and I still haven't lost the pregnancy weight that I decided to buy myself some shoes (which I needed) and a pint of ice cream and cookies (which I didn't). Unconscious self loathing is hard, and uncontrollable waves of self disgust seems unbearable. I've avoided full length mirrors for this very reason; I just forgot yesterday and looked. I want so badly to fit back into my pre pregnancy clothes, and every day it seems farther away.

But here we are today, and I'm trying to envision spaciousness around my critical thoughts, rather than imagining them choking me. Someone below wrote something about choosing your hard - I'm paraphrasing - the difficulty of getting fit or the difficulties that come with not doing so? So that's where I'm at today. May I not be sitting in my chair writing this same thing to you all in March 2017.

Thanks for listening.

Lisa, I am so happy for you and Buggy! The poor thing must have been petrified! He looks great in his latest photo. Now that you have found the little cutie, everything else will go well for you. Please let us know how the weight-loss program goes.

Holly, I hope you have had a great, long summer. I just noticed that I spent more on electricity - basically central air - in September than I did in any other month this year! The humidity made me miserable. It isn't usually that bad here on the Cape. When I built this house 27 years ago, I put in the biggest AC system available because of how I am so miserable in the heat and humidity. How has the rat b*stard boss been? Are you still putting in a few hours here and there?

Kathleen, my biggest news is I was in NYC over the weekend, and I was actually on the street where the bomb went off about 30-40 minutes before it went off. We zigzagged our way through Manhattan to leave. There were many streets closed because of the U.N. assembly and a parade. We ended up in Chelsea.....still keeps going through my head! How is your son doing? Were you able to get reimbursed for his tuition, etc.?

Hello to everyone else.

Good morning, all

Wow, what a time I've had! I ended up getting super sick, first with a sinus infection that turned into an upper respiratory infection and wound up with tracheobronchitis. I went back to the doctor and he prescribed nebulizer treatments, a corticosteroid inhaler, prescription cough suppressant, and a stronger antibiotic. Finally, nearly a month after first getting sick I'm on the up and up!

With that said, I haven't been motivated or had the energy to do much at all. No exercise, eating has been wonky

Hopefully this is the start of doing better, though!

AND, my wife and I decided this was it... it's time to quit smoking

I've been a regular pack a day smoker since I was 17 years old. I'm now 36
I've quit dozens of times, always ending up starting again. So wish me/us luck!!! Our quit date is 09/26 (which actually happens to be our 1 year anniversary as well!)

We are going out of town for our 1 year anniversary on the 24th/25th because I have a late day at work on our actual anniversary.

So that's about what's up with me. I hope everyone has a fantastic day