Good evening.

Joanne - It was -12C (+10F) and I had my windows opened this morning, and there was a nice breeze blowing. It felt soooo good to get some nice FRESH air in the house Nothing wrong with my head, other than my sinuses are a bit plugged!

Tammy - Is Tim at home again? Well, I don't wear undies, but under my scrubs for work, I wear a long sleeved shirt or else I freeze. Cold is all relevant to where you live.

Molly - I guess you are having the deepfreeze that Alberta was in for 3 weeks. You can have it We are having snow at the moment, but it is supposed to stop and get nice, starting tomorrow +7 40F It will be like SPRING!!

Candice - hope you get to feeling better.

Kate - wear gloves, that is the answer to keeping you hands warm

Mima - a quick trip and you will get to see everybody. Rentals and renters are a pain - how is Dennis doing?? Glad you foot is getting better.

I spent yesterday, scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and other rooms. Today, I cleaned out my linen closet as it sure got to be a mess. Got a couple of other drawers cleaned out as well. Also, got my computer cleaned up.

Here are a couple of pictures taken on Saturday at the lake near us. Now, this lake is probabley not what you are used to seeing, but it changes in the Spring


Ice fishing

Hockey game


skaters


Ice Castle, built between the hockey rink and the skating rink. The town paid $15,000 to have this built + room and board for the two fellows that built it. Tourist attraction, ya know!


Inside the castle, having a rest. Look at how healthy they look, with those rosy cheeks.

Just some houses along the beach as we were driving on the lake



Diamonds in the snow - outside my window



That's all folks!

Joanne, when Tim and I were in Georgia I was checking different places about possibilities for next winter. Not sure what I'll do. I've got some time to think about it, that's for sure.

Anne, I've had windows open on some of those cold days too. Feels good just to air things out. Tim moved home this semester. He is commuting 3 days a week to college. I'm going with him in the morning since the roads aren't the best. He said that he wasn't going to go because of the roads, and I don't want him to get started on skipping classes. It's too easy since it's an hour drive. Thanks for sharing the pictures!! Beautiful!!

Mollymom, nice to meet you! I am a Newbie and have been recently diagnosed by TWO docs that I have fibromyalgia, (along with several other ills) like my mom. I am fifty something with 3 married kids and 6 grandchildren. Was born in Canada, raised in Michigan as of age 6, lived in Colorado, Florida, Chicago, and now Oklahoma.

Oklahoma sunshine does me good. Don't think I can ever go back to Michigan, even though most of family is there (excluding son, his wife and my beautiful grandchildren in Anchorage Alaska!).

I'm on lots of meds which have caused weight gain, just getting used to the limitations of fibro, and have just ordered Nutrisystem to try and get my weight down and some normal life back. Any suggestions?

Cindy (wannabefit)

It is so cold.................DS took me to the appt, she (the doc) could not help me so referred me to a nuerologist, which is the reason I saw her, for the referral, DUH.....she said she could send me to two diff migrane clinics...way up north but we do not even know if the eye problem is migrane..so I told her no new meds and let's get another opinion! She is so young..... It will probably get labled "fibro" as all my other ailments are. That is the reason I do not go to docs.....I guess it is reasuring there are not any tumors but I already knew that. I feel fine, just can't see things at times and it only lasts about 30 min a time...weird...do any of you have that? If I am looking at a page I can see all the words but can't read them because I only see half of the word, either the left or the right. )Like "Cl he f mo in ." (I just typed "click here for more info") and that is what I see when this happens.

Mima....hope you tag your aunt so she does not get lost going back. You will have fun..but it's very cold !

Kate.....we thought we would travel more without a dog too. NOT.....and the one we have now needed a home... and all kitties were adopted but they picked us..showed up on our door steps in the country.

Joanne....hubby does not like to sleep alone either...all though I do not go in there much, he still calls it our room.....it is my room, my closet my bathroom, he just sleeps in my room at night and I where ever.....He has a room and a closet and a bathroom on the other side of the house but does not want a bed over there, tells me I can sleep there...makes no sense to me......men, they are so stubborn! The master only has a shower and a whirlpool and he wants a small tub. Warmer in his bathroom too.

Tammy..hope you got rested... so how are the pup and you doing? Nice of Tim to move home for a bit.

Happy...beautiful pics....do you really drive on the lake? I'm not sure I would feel safe or do they know how solid it is?? I guess up there it is different than here. But it is awful cold here now too. How do you stand it..I open windows all the time just for a bit of freshness) and DH yells at me.......

Hey meme, kala and Cindy all

Happy I really likethe last pic...........never did get my digital camera yet or you would be seeing all kinds of stuff!LOL

welcome new people-we know your pain. It's 60 in here and heat would not go on but we have an electric heater-it's next to me and I have a quilt on my lap.
Last we heard, Dennis had pneumonia. We will go see him when we are home. Almost have the tickets-waiting for the transfer of points.
We are going to a potluck in sanibel-no swimmimg but maybe a walk on the beach. Tomorrow we are meeting friends in Punta Gorda for lunch and tomorrow night Evan gets his yellow belt in Karate.
Brad needs to bring home some tools. Have to check them or they will get suspicious-ha!!!
Love tose pics, Anne. Our ice doesn't freeze that much but they do icefishing and bring snowmobiles on the ice. But people have drowned when it;s not safe.
Bye for now Mima

Hi Cindy! Getting your body moving any way you can will help some with the fibro. Walking is great, and water aerobics is very helpful. I know the water did me alot of good.

Candice, no I haven't had a problem like that. Hope you get things figured out soon!!! Maurice is doing great! Just had him outside a while ago. He doesn't mind the snow which is a good thing. He's hilarious jumping around in it. I planned to go with Tim this morning, but he didn't think it was necessary.

Mima, it's pretty cold up here, so have lots of warm clothes!!!

It is 6 degrees with wind, so the windchill is -10 to -15. Brrrrrrr. I have to go out later to go to the eye doctor to get my new glasses and hopefully the family doctor to get a prescription for one of my meds. For my fam. doc. you just call first thing in the morning to make an appointment for that day. Not sure I like that policy, but that's what he and a few others around here do.

Have a great day everyone!!

Beautiful pics, Anne. Thanks for the memories of past winters....which I am definitely not missing! But it does look clean and peaceful up there in snow country. Very chilly here this morning....down to 43 degrees. Another cold front coming through this afternoon which will keep our temps in the low 60's which is way below normal for this time of year. Oh well, guess we can't have it sunny and warm 24/7
Hi Cindy and welcome to the FM club! We all have some health issues that limit our mobility which I find the most frustrating. It seems I am on the go constantly and don't like it when this FM slows me down. Just try to stay active. I just ordered a new yoga dvd to do some serious stretching at home and I walk my dog about 3 miles a day. I need to get back on my elliptical too to rev up my diet program....the weight is coming off slower now.
Mima, having to bring tools back and forth to work on your rental house seems like another good reason to sell it! That must really be a hassle. Is there a way you can leave the necessary items up there in case you need to work on the house again? When we rented the Florida house, hubby built a small "owner's closet" in the garage where we kept some necessary items like tools, linens, coffee maker, etc and padlocked it so we had those items we needed when we came down to do tenant change overs. Worked out great! Well, off to walk the "Queen"...and it looks like I will be bundling up! It's suppose to stay cloudy all day today too which will make it seem even colder! Hope everyone enjoys their day and stays warm.....Kate

HELLO.....JUST A LAZY COLD DAY! Am eating a meal right now and then will watch some tv.........salad, salmon, and a Sweet pot. I really want to bake to keep warm but do not want to be tempted to test all the batches!

Brad is slowly duplicating his tools. He has a ton of them!!!
Went to sanibel and had potluck. 39 of us.We gave a ride to a lady who is 87. Yikes-you should see how beautiful she is. =her skin has hardly any wrinkles.But she is beautiful within.
We are going to meet our friends at fisherman's Village-not far. Hope my stomache survives-3 Immodium yesterday.
I got our tickets-what an answer to prayer/ Free except for $15. They also said they were sending drink tickets in the mail but we probably won't get them in time.
I already made a hairdresser appt= a massage, rheumo, and then I will make chiro. And meet Auntie for lunch. Now just watch out for storms.
Just have to rent a car.
Bye for now-Mima

last night was better than any comedy movie-Evan is taking tai kwon do and we went to see him and his fellow classmates get their yellow belts. I the middle of everything, 3 of them had to go to the bathroom and then they had to go through their moves, They even kicked a board that broke-the teacher helped that along, I am sure. Hope everyone is getting some good rest, Mima

Wow Mima..and 87 yr old with barely wrinkles...did you ask her how she kept it that way? Sounds cute watching Evan...little ones gotta tinkle!LOL Sounds like ya got your trip back home under control.

I have just been taking it easy, have had no extra energy latley, I think the cold has gotton to me. My son and his girl wanted us to go and eat out with them but I told them it was to cold for me so they picked up pizza and I made a salad. She brought my Christmas gift over (she lives out of town) and it was a WW cookbook, can't wait to try some of the recipes, lots of 5 pts or under. It took me two weeks to show my 1rst pound gone but that is about right for me. Need to get back on the Treadmill but now both feet are hurting, gotta go Monday and get orthoics adjusted.

Now that the last gift has been exchanged I can take down my holiday stuff inside. I wanted her to see it cause it makes the house looked lived in and homey even though there is no furniture. WE are having an ice buil up on the windows along the ledge and when it melts it leaks in. Don't know if this is normal or if it is a problem. I had to take my candles out of the windows that were battery operated since they were wet. Been a wild winter here.

I don't think that it is normal for the ice to leak in but what do I know-we used to have a terrible time with ice but the roof leaked. One time we went home and we couldn't get in the front door. Was not fun.
I guess we are pretty well set. We are going to a concert at church tonight-Annie Moses.Lots of great vilin playing-it reminds you of celtic.
I don't have to pack any clothes because all our winter stuff is at home. I have lots of coats and jackets.Next sat I am going shopping witheveryone-now I remebered that I posted that.
Candice-you probably need foot stretching exercises-did the doc tell you that? I do them every morning. Along with my back exercises.
We wayched The Note dvd-a Hallmark movie-it was great. Course it started with a plane crash but that was not the focus.
Bye for now Mima

Goodmorning all. Sure will be great to get some of this warm weather back again!! Suppose to warm up next few days. Like some of you, the cold wrecks havoc with my FM and have been extra sore and stiff lately. Makes it difficult to feel ambitious, huh? Candice, that ledge issue is definitely not normal. Sounds like the windows were either installed improperly or were sized wrong. It might be an issue that can be dealt with from the exterior of the house. Did you have the house built or did you purchase it from previous residents? Mima, travelling is so much easier when you don't have to haul all that luggage around, isn't it? The advantage of having your own home in both locations! I'm gearing up for the big enslaught of company. I still need to get the living room rug shampooed but I keep putting it off because I haven't been able to open the doors and windows. Hopefully it will warm up enough tomorrow to get it done. All those little things I want to do before company gets here and the pressure is on.... Got my new yoga dvds the other day and I am anxious to check them out. While I'm not a huge fan of yoga, I do need serious stretching to get rid of some of these aches and pains. I'll let you know how it goes.. Enjoy the day everyone.