I finally got on. I have tried every direction I could for a few days with no luck..
Our son completed the physical exam with flying colors. Out swiming many of the younger guys. It consisted of swiming,jumping up a certain distanceI think 14 inches ,running,pushups etc. Now all he has to do is get through the interview and the academy.. We are praying for him to have no problems. Law enforcement is a long stretch from architect.. He is hoping to get water and wildlife. He sure knows these waters after living on them all his life.This jod has retirement and benefits that architecture didn't have.Maybe he should have done this years ago. What is it they say about hindsight?
The family wants me to cook the turkey again this year. So I got busy and assigned all of them to bring something. Usually I have done it all. I just can't anymore.We will have it at the sons house as there will be 15-18 people and I don't have that much room.
I for one will be glad when the Holidays are over..
Have a good weekend everybody and hope I can get on here again.. Joanne

Congratulations to your son! That is great! Tim graduates in May, and I believe he will start the police academy in July. I'm glad that you assigned things for everyone to bring for Thanksgiving. We have always done that.

I was surprised when I got on here again tonight. I'm like you Joanne, I'm not really looking forward to the holidays. I'm doing better than last year though, so that is an improvement. I even plan to put up a tree this year. Still not sure about sending cards, but I probably will send a few.

I also couldn't get on. My computer has been crazy-found out my virus scan was going on 3 times a day instead of once a week.I shut it off. I will have to start it manually.
Future dil was down here and we met at the beach and looked for a good spot for the wedding. We did find one.
That's good about your son, Joanne, That's quite a different job than before. My son will be starting a new job in January where he has to do some travelling. He will be the only person doing controls for big systems.That's the boy that quit high school. I guess we can all be proud of our sons-daughters too.
I have really been doing well walking.
I have an appt Tues with an eye doc and hope to have my cataracts removed so I can read signs and see at night to drive,
Tammy-that's so nice that you do that Emmaus walk. You never know about what the results are.
Bye for now. Mima

Hello Everybody.. Everyone is quiet here.. I guess we are all getting ready for the Holidays..
I am sending out another request for prayers for Gregory ,my son. that he gets into the academy and has a good interview in a couple weeks..
Also please pray for my sister Eleni that is not feeling well right now. She has severe heart problems.
The weather here is nice but as I am always saying we need rain..
I walked 3 miles+ yesterday and hope to keep up to that level. WW says I should lose 18 lbs. I may not get that low. It depends on how I feel and look.
Back later.. Joanne

Mima, nice that you found a good spot at the beach. Hope you'll post pictures when you have them. The Emmaus Walk is a very special time. I have made so many good friends over the years.

Joanne, praying for Gregory! I knew on Facebook one day Eleni said she wasn't feeling the best. I'm keeping her in the prayers also. I haven't seen you for a couple of years, but I don't think you need to lose 18 pounds. So there!

Finally got on again. Joanne, did you go to WW? They set my goal toolow but since I am still a little fat, I may go to it, Nice to have Waist Watchers in the park. Nice ladies and only a dollar a week.
Suzanne was very upset because she thought I was flying up for her shower and I didn't plan on that. She cn't take her meds and she is off the wall sometimes.So know I am flyng up-I really want to be there.
I may go to Joannes for material today and a dress for the wedding.
Went for my eye appt-have to go back for more tests-he's more concerned for my droopy eye and a red spot on my lid. He said my cataracts were small and we would deal with them later,My eye doc back home does not worry about anything. Not even the fact that I cannot see signs. I had to give 4 vials of blood.
My Norton virus protection has been running in the background constantly-I will call them if it still does it.
Bye for now Mima

Mima- Yes got on but now not recieving email from 3 FC. I have to find it again.1$ a meeting! The best they would do for me is a senior price of 10$
I think they(WW) set my goal too low too. Only a Dr. order will change that. Flying has got realy expensive.
Tammy- Eleni won't tell me anything unless I put it to her . I guess she thinks I worry too much. I am very concerned about her.. I know her health is getting worse. But I give her credit to keeping on doing things that she can. I think 18 # is a lot too. But you know they want to keep you coming as long as they can. It is called money..
Kate,Happy,Mima- We haven't heard from you in a while.. Hope all is well with you.

If anyone knowshow to send a message to 3 Fat Chicks that I am not getting email from them ,Please let me know . I have tried to find a way. Can't.
Joanne

Hi-I have been having a lot of trouble with my computer-I deleted Norton 2x but not sure if it's ok. Live update keeps running and I did a big virus scan yesterday and nothing was wrong. It seems a bit better .
My daughter is suffering from tremendous fear and anxiety and she 's dealing with it by being angry. She's not happy I am down here . And won't come home right away after the baby is born. I am planning on flying up for the shower and the birth and staying to help her out. But she lives far from me and I wouldn't be driving there all the time anyways. I am worn out from her outbursts -it reminds me of my mother -she also had that same fear and anxiety. I won't be the scapegoat. It's taken away from my joy about the shower and making and buying things, It would be better if she could take her meds. Thank God for my friend Sandy-I heir new goal. ave had to call her 3 times this week. And she had to call me once about her daughter. We both went to Al-anon together for years.
I didn't know you could get WW for $10 if you were a senior. It does work but a person told me she just didn't accept their new goal. Mima

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Good afternoon everyone! I know it has been awhile since I've posted and thanks for asking for me....makes me feel loved!! Have been very busy and like Joanne, it's been doctors appointments, physical therapy sessions, more dentist appointments and on and on. It never seems to end! My final crown will be put on Monday morning, I had a fitting for a new night guard for my bruxism and my doctor "froze" off a few skin tags at my visit on Wed. I haven't lost any weight in 2 months, my BP was a bit high....140/88, and I don't think he "got" my skin tags because they are not turning color and falling off! I'm just not getting it together lately!! I have to get motivated and get back to phase 1 of SB.....no more excuses!!
Last time I e-mailed on of the administrators regarding a moderator for this forum, I never received a reply so now I am thinking my e-mail didn't get through either. I only had trouble once when I tried to get on this website.....(I have it bookmarked on my "favorites bar") and the page came up as an error. Every other time has been okay.
My virus/spyware protection runs in the background all the time....Windows Live Onecare....but they just sent me a notice that they are phasing out the program within the next 6 months. They gave me 6 more months of my yearly subscription for free so I could have time to find a new program. I work with a great computer company here called Computer Healthcare and they have suggested a program called Trend Micro Internet Security......I've checked it out online and decided it was just what I needed and will have it downloaded in a couple of months.
Mima, I think Lillian Elizabeth is a very pretty name.....why would her MIL think those two names didn't go together??? Maybe because Suzanne didn't use hers? MIL needs to get over it!
Joanne, great to hear your WW and walking program are going well for you! I need some of your motivation!!! I have been trying to walk further with Queenie but she is so darn slow.....it takes about an hour to walk 1 1/2 miles! My last PT appointment is Tuesday and I will be discharged....my shoulder is doing really well but I still need to keep up with strength training. For $40 dollars a month, I can have access to the rehab center's equipment and go as often as I like. I just may add a month of this to my routine....the therapists will be there to make sure I do the exercises correctly. Then I can move on to the local gym if I want which is $30 a month. We'll see.....hopefully I won't have anymore "expenses" with Drs and dentists so I can do it! I can also start using my elliptical again. I just wish I had the motivation!!!!
One of our neighbor's...a couple that hubby and I get together with once in awhile and that I walk dogs with.....has planned a big neighborhood gathering for tomorrow night. I've been helping her get everything together, shopping, printing out flyers for the guests, cooking, etc.....so I finally have finished up today after making 8 quarts of potato salad and 2 dozen deviled eggs. I'm not much for hanging out with a bunch of people and partying anymore but hubby and I will go tomorrow night for a few hours. Most of the neighbors I see everyday while walking will be there so I guess it's good to catch up on everything that is going on. Hubby works so much that he hardly knows any of the other neighbors so this might be good for him to get to know some of them better!
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day......I'm going to try and get a nap in this afternoon. I haven't been sleeping well at all for the past couple of weeks. I need to get going on my diet and exercise program and stop dilly-dallying around! Bye for now.

Just lost my post-bottom line is that I have been trying to fix my computer for the last 2 days-Maybe????
Hi Kate-you sure have been busy.Glad things are ok.Hi everyone else. Mima

Good morning all. The get together last night was awful!!! The couple that had the party have a dog that we walk with....Brandy....and she went into the cooler and ate the deviled eggs off the potato salad!! Stuck her head in there, pushed the saran wrap aside and ate the darn eggs!! I was so p.o.'d I could have killed her. She was such a pain in the a** that they had to shut her up in the back bedroom. Then another couple (who are our next door neighbors) showed up with their grand children whose parents came about an hour later. "Gramps" was 3 sheets to the wind (which isn't unusal for him on the weekends) and "Grams" (who is always babysitting) was trying to help us out in the kitchen. She was walking out to the grill area with some cheese for the burgers (which my hubby and another neighbor ended up cooking because the host was busy with his friends) and she took a terrible fall in the doorway of the patio hitting her face on the door jamb and wrenching her knee pretty bad. Thank God one of our new neighbors is a nurse (formerly a trauma one) at the local hospital. "Grams" decided she was okay and didn't need to go to the emergency room but had a terrible cut over her eye, one on her finger, and couldn't walk because her knee was banged up. She iced everything and appears to be okay this morning.....we all checked on her. Our hostess now realizes what is involved when inviting 30+ people to your home!! She kept complaining all night she didn't have time to have fun and chat with everybody. Hey, I tried to tell her when she started planning all this what to expect and I helped as much as possible but I think she thought it would be easier than it was. Don't think she will be doing that again anytime soon!
So, now on to more festive things like cooking a T-Giving dinner for just me and hubby!! Tradition and we do love our turkey! I'm making a whole wheat stuffing with dried cranberries for the bird, my hubby's father's Polish stuffing, sweet potato casserole with Splenda, brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes with fat free milk and "fake" butter.....and yes, we will have some gravy. I'm going to attempt a pumpkin pie made with the brown sugar Splenda but am not too hopeful it will taste good. We'll see. Hope everyone has a great day. It's cloudy and humid here in Florida (80 degrees) and we still have our A/C on for the time being. We only got to turn it off for a couple of days before it got hot again. And......we sure do need some rain!!! Bye for now.

Hello Everybody-
Kate - That was a disaster of a party.. I would have to give it a lot of thought to go to another one..
We went to the church Thanksgiving dinner last night. So much food and so many choises. I had a difficult time not over eating. I think I did ok.
We are having our Thanksgiving at my son's house. Ofcourse Mama has to cook the turkey. I will have a lot of help this year for the first time. my brother and his wife will help me on wednesday with the dressing and pies and our daughter will be here wednesday night and help me thursday. There will be 16-18 family and a neighbor and her daughter there. She is 94 and is as alert as a fifty year old. Her only problem seems to be walking.She has a fancy walker for that. She drives her car and takes care of herself. The daughter lives in Tampa.
Weight Watchers in the morning..
I will be glad when the Holidays are over. Our son is waiting to hear about his interview. Pray for him that he gets into the academy.. It is really hard for him to be starting over at 51 years old.
Have a Good week. Joanne

Mima, flying isn't cheap. Hope you will be able to get a good price on a flight. We have flown Airtran, and it has some pretty good prices at times.

Joanne, have you talked to Eleni to see how she is doing? When will he hear about the interview? Hope soon and hope it's good news!!!

Kate, I need to ask my doctor about my skin tags when I go. Hope you are feeling better each day. I still have trouble doing the elliptical. Your neighbor's get-together sounds like a total disaster! All that work and the dog gets into stuff! I wouldn't have been a happy camper. I have used the brown sugar splenda for several things, and they always turn out pretty yummy. Hope your pie turns out ok.

Before I went to Disney, I had been to my doctor and talked to him about going off of the Prozac. My main reason was because I think it has hampered my weight loss. He agreed to wean me off of it, and I've been totally off of it for about 2 weeks. About 1 1/2 weeks ago, I started hurting, and it hasn't gotten any better. Sometimes I can barely move. Tim told me that this is exactly how I was before I was diagnosed with fibro. I talked to my cousin, a nurse, who also has problems with pain, and she told me that she figures the Prozac was helping with the fibro pain as well as my other meds. I'm going to call the doctor in the morning, and hopefully get in to see him tomorrow. I can't get in to see the rheumatologist until Jan. 19! I can't keep going like this. I have still tried to go to my one class in the morning, but I sit for part of it, and I am using very light weights. I'm afraid that if I don't keep going, I'll just end up crawling into bed and staying there. I did that for a while after Bob died, and I don't want that again.

Hope to hear from everyone else! Have a great week!