carol your soup sound good. we eat alot of soups to this time of year. we love them. and nothing like having garden fresh things to make them with. i watch the carbs to. eat the lower ones. i am starting tomorrow on my atkins again , i did so good losing on it figured hey go for it again. so i will join you and stick to it.. good luck. LaDean

Just want to say "HI!!".

It is nice to see you girls are still here. I haven't been dieting.

I am taking another course in the creative writing dept. at the university. It ends in Dec. I don't think I will take another one until summer. I don't want to drive in rain and snow. I have been doing a lot of reading.

I picked up a bit in the exercise dept. but still loathe it.

How did you house turn out Ledom? Is it all repaired?

Marley turned 13 last Sat. He is having trouble with one eye. I wish I had bought pet insurance because it has cost a fortune.

Alice are you around?

LaDean did you can or freeze all your summer produce. It has been ages since we could get Florida oranges here in BC. I miss them, mostly now the oranges come from Australia.

judi, judi, judi- So good to see you. We missed you!
That is so neat that you took the class again. Did you enjoy it as much as the one you took this summer? What are you reading? Right now I am listening on CD to Alice Randall's "Pushkin and the Ace of Spades". It is so good and so smart. I ordered the book last night so I can read it.

Yes, my garage was rebuilt and it just looks better than ever. My neighbor who was my contractor did a great job. I think they finished it in record time - in retrospect that is - while construction was going on it seemed endless.

So sorry to hear Marley is having troubles. I know you are taking good care of him.

Please don't disappear again. It is good to have you around.

Hi, yehhhhhh JUDI your back . so good to see you.. we canned it. now the last 3 days into the apples making apple sauce and i fixed some for apple pies in jars. soon they will be done.. had a special year. oh i would love some oranges love them . never even got a fresh peach this year. my favorite.. well still eating on some tomatoes i picked and put back.. there so good. love them and truly miss them when gone. oh well you will get back with it . i am hanging in there. line dance again and love that. i been walking beau couple times day. we both need that. oh writing i was so tempted to take a class. so spendy though so have not yet. i just do my thing. ha ha good luck with it glad you are. well hey have a good evening. LaDean

Alice calling alice<>>>>>>> come visit us.. miss you.

Hi

Ledom, I am reading Frank McCourt's last book "Teacher man" and I have just finished "Dry" by Augusten Burroughs (he is the fellow that wrote the book "Running with Scissors"...what an amazing title, eh?) I like this course but I think the group of people in the first course were really special.

LaDean glad to hear you and Beau are out there walking and you are still line dancing. That is great. How old is Beau now? What kind of apples do you have? It sounds like you have such a nice place.

How many cats do you have now Ledom? Since the weather has gotten colder our male cat loves sitting on the footstool in front of the fire. If anyone puts their feet on it he looks at them accusingly until they move them. Sometimes we light the fire just for the fun of seeing the cat sit before the fire.

I am glad to hear your house is back to normal.

Food wise I am really trying to be aware of when I am "full" and stop eating. The amazing thing to me is I am full after a couple of forkfuls and so then I try to stop eating. I also try to keep my fruit for the evening snack so I won't be tempted to snack. I have almost given up chocalate and have given up wine entirely

I am babysitting this week. My grandson is almost 3 and I am just amazed at the vocab. he has...are toddlers smarter now than we used to be?? It seems like it.

Hi, beau is 9 years old. we have had him a year. i thought about getting an older one and all. but he was here and we got him. oh so happy for prayers answered. i needed him so bad. never thought after tuffy there would be another one. but God knew what was best. we have 4 different kinds of apples i think. these are the best for putting back and eating. so we will do that. its a melrose i think he said. there winter apples. this year was good for it all. well its just that we bought a lot across the way and one on side of our place. so put a well in and had it piped to across the road to. so got the land and water and so share alot with friends and neighbors.. as they have no room and watering with city water is quite spendy.. we have like 8 apple trees. just small ones now. but enough for us. ha ha my flowers were even nice this year. we had the heat this summer for garden more to.. being retired gives us something to do especially hubby which stayes busy all the time. now me i help but i am retired. ha ha and i have a meaning for it...ha do when i want and what. ha ha ha hve a good day all. LaDean

Oh, LaDean, You are so funny! I only lasted on Atkins 4 days. I am not a meat person and can't have calcium so that really limits me for that kind of eating. So I'll have to try something else. Where do you live? We had such a good garden, too, and we live in WI. Maybe you said where before but I can't remember. Getting old?

Hi, oh getting old here to. ha oh i live in Oregon... love it. today its raining and my kind of day for sure. getting ready to get in front of the wood stove and finish a book. got lunch on and kitchen done. when hubby worked before we retired 4years ago. he worked nites. so our big meal was round noon. so today i started that again and lighter of evening. atkins was ok i learn to eat the meats as i am not a meat eater. and so is hard to get back with it.. i did have my treats halloween. ha ha guess the kid still in me... well hey have a good day. i think what ever plans we do works if we move forward and stick in there.. Glad you had a good garden to. we love the fresh vegies and all. have a great day all LaDean

My daughter lives in Portland. I think we have discussed this before ha! It is very lovely there but SOOOOOOOOO far away. I miss her and the family which now includes 2 little boys. The older one ran a race here in Aug even though he is only 4. So cute.

Hi, yes i remember now we h ad mentioned it. i am 100 miles from Portland. been there lots as sister and family lived across bridge there in washington. but i have not been up in while. of course when i go to reno i go to portland airport. oh how cute. there so cute when they do things. my grandbabies are 9 and 7 and still my grandbabies. they do not mind it for now being called that so suits me. ha ha oh i know its hard to leave afar from them and all. mine are just 35 miles and do not see them as often as i would like. time changes so much.. gee mine were with my folks alot. oh well I except what is given me. having a last 3 days good. i have decided to do the food groups in losing. makes sense it can be a life time plan. i loss the other 33 lbs with atkins. but i just am not a meat eater much so just cannot get back with it. this one is more sensibly.. good luck and have a good week to all.

Aleka i miss you so much.. come back soon..

GOOD MORNING... HEY WHERE IS EVERYONE. I DID NOT WANT OUR BOARD TO HIT BOTTOM HERE. HA HAHA so come back i miss all of you. i am hanging in there. gained a lb last week. so trying hard to reach my goal again this week. i need to get there before holidays again. then first of year go for my new goal... figured new year new goal goooooo. so hey come back . I miss you alice and hope to see you soon.. LaDean

LaDean - thanks for keeping us going. We're kind of dying on the vine here, huh? Is it the approaching holidays? I don't know - I have been struggling the last couple of weeks. I feel like I have already had any holiday indulgence I might have allowed myself this year. Been bad. But, I know I have to get a grip or start feeling really reallly bad about myself.

I just got back from a short road trip. A little hard to explain but I took off 4 days of work, threw in the weekend, and drove out to New Mexico. It was straight out and straight back. I took lots of pictures, that was my excuse - a working holiday - and just had tons of time while driving to think about all sorts of things. I reallly needed to recharge and it did seem to help. At least while I was gone. Got back yesterday and spent the day fighting off the blues.

So, anyway, I am back at it. Not quite at my fighting weight but ready to reclaim my purpose.

Hi, thought you might be gone or busy... glad you got away. sometimes that helps. at least you do not mind just taking off alone. i wish i was not lery of it. ha ha i am ready for a vacation again to. i have gained the last 2 weeks. just in a slump. cannot seem to get act together i guess. i am trying so guess that is worth something when we are. added some to exercise a bit. i just get to where so tired of trying and thinking of this wt. ha ha have not gained it back in 2 years so that i am thankful for. i wish i had never been told to lose more. that seem to change it all together. ha ha oh well i want to lose more so better get with it. ha ha this is my best time of year is the fall and easier for me to lose. after holidays i will get with it. have a great day. I hope to see alice, judi and carol back in here soon. miss them alot. glad we are here to keep it going. LaDean

Just thought I'd pop in to say "Hi!" and to wish you a very
Hope all of you are doing well. I haven't been doing very well in the diet dept. I'm not dieting at all. I'm eating what I want and stopping when I'm no longer hungry. It's amazing how relaxed I am around food now and I've somehow managed to lose a little weight. Also, Lacee & I walk just about everyday.

Take care and enjoy your day tomorrow.

Hi aleka, so good to see you here again.. yehhhhh. i also wish you a very nice thanksgiving. i got alot of mine done this evening. i will have 15+ people. so start nite before. i am tired and getting ready to go to bed. just want to say glad you decided to do this with eating to. i did. one day i was just thinking and was so tired of having to face the atkins plan again or any in that matter of fact. ha ha so i said ok it has to be life. and i know what i like . so eat what i want and eat less and exercise and all. so i started doing that and like you i am so relaxed more and all not dwelling on it what i can eat and what i cannot. ha ha oh good girl so happy you are doing this to.. we will do it together now. beau and i also walk daily. added another walk so do it 2x a day. that is till the storms and rain and wind have started. but i watch faithfully and when theres a break out we head. he loves them. loves to dig out in the leaves and all. so cute to watch. i know lacee is to. well hey lets all do our best tomorrow. i think with me its a age thing so tired so this is working good. have a good tomorrow all. LaDean