KATHY ~ prayers going up for your friend, WARREN, and his family and friends, at this time ...

Penguin - glad you are doing so well after surgery! Listen to the doc!

Wilma Keep it up! It WILL help your PB and everything else too!

Suga - welcome back! We DID miss you! And same advice as to Wilma - get back on plan and keep moving!

Rosebud - thanks! I put zucchini on my list for the farmer's market this week! I will give it a try this weekend! It looks marvelous! Thanks for posting it!

Hi to everyone else

Another intense day at work, but the weather is glorious! I have had to scoot this week since I'm traveling so much for work, but it has been fun to be on the scooter again

Shape boxing tonight, and then a fire outside. Hope you all have a fun evening planned as well!

Laurie

Hi Gals ~

Angie is off at church teaching yoga and I am watching my Dodgers...getting beat right now

Things are going well here. My daughter came up yesterday after work and we did our 2nd annual Father Take Your Daughter On A Walk Day, she stayed for dinner....an awesome one I clipped out of Rachael Ray this month

Work is just nuts! We are on a very big high pressure job...my boss, the general contractor, tells my brother and I that if we can pull off an unrealistic completion date, we will get a large bonus...we take that with a grain of salt because we know our trade and explain to him...NO WAY! It will take longer than that unless you allow us to hire more guys....a lot more guys. Today he comes in and tells me..."Gary, pick your 7 best....the rest gotta go on Friday, don't ask...." Now, I know it is for payroll purposes but we have A LOT to do....and the guys know it....I know they were counting on another couple of months on this project...I will have to give them the bad news tomorrow...man it just sucks! Good men.

ROSEBUD ~ I am so sorry for your car trouble. My brother is going through the same thing. Thanks for the recipe...I am going to make it! Thanks for the support about the MJ thread. You know me well enough that I like to stir it up a bit on some of the other threads...but I find it fascinating some of the things that "people" thought I said. I was accused of hating him...disliking his music...wanted him to not rest in peace...accused him for indecent situations with children...and judging! I find it fascinating that people accuse me of judging when I state my opinion (claiming it to be MY opinion)...but others are not accuse of it when they state theirs...Of course I know where the judging comments come from....I wonder if sometimes I may spread more "weeds" around here than seeds!

BOOTSIE ~ OMGoodness...yikes! Funny story...lol...you sound like you are taking it well...with concern of course! I'll take a snake any day over a rat....ewww!

WILMA ~ YOU DID WHAT?!! Exercised?....oh my...the world is changing fast ...oh wait...something pops up in my head and says you had an exercise room made after the niece left...probably right next to my treadmill in my gym....with dust growing on it


KATHY ~Prayers for Warren. I hope the blood work went well

SUGA ~Get after that exercise girl!!!

PENGUIN ~ Glad to hear surgery is still going well and you can see better!

BEV ~ How ya doing girl?

TRIKERBABE ~What's going on?

HI EVERYBODY!!!

& to everyone! Feel like I've been gone forever and I'm so far behind-both here and in my home. I've been praying for you all-for Karen, inexpensive brake repair, friends with cancer, healing from surgery, and everything else mentioned. I've really missed being able to be here daily. We had a really nice vacation, but now issues with DH's family and dealing with his dad's things are causing much stress. I just don't know what demon comes into people when it's time to do this (and DH's dad is still alive-I can't imagine how much worse this is going to get-turns out DH's sister is a huge control freak). Adding to the stress, my own dad finally went to the doctor and they found a large mass just above his larynx. They are doing a ct scan of his chest Friday and a biopsy of the throat mass on Monday. This is when I really hate living so far away.

One good thing is that I didn't gain any weight from the vacation, even though I didn't even try to keep track of what I was eating. I think I've finally learned now to eat realistically, even if we're at a buffet-I chose lots of veggies and salad and lean meat. Now, back to weight loss mode and getting rid of this last 47 or so pounds.

Well, must go. You all take care and have a great Thursday!

Ronnie: I'll be praying for you. Stress is a big problem and you have your share of it right now. Good for you for making good choices.

Gary: HA HA! Yes, I do have exercise equipment in my basement and I used it. I used the bike, weights and the exercise ball. AND tonight I used my feet! DS and I went for a nice walk around the neighbourhood. HA HA!

Gary be praying that God helps you choose the right words to tell the men. Or better than that another job for them! The snake went through the hole in the floor, the reason I know this is because I put something heavy up against the cabinet and peeked in this afternoon and there it was! So at least i don't have to worry about it crawling into bed with me. Today has been a tiring day, I am really ready to hit the sack. Still praying for all of you.

Hi ladies and gent,

I am here, but my booty is draggin'. THis week so far has been very hard and stressful. I am in the building for two weeks (this one and next week) and my knees are not liking it one bit. God has shown me favor and has carried me thus far through this week. I will be off tomorrow and back in for Fri. and Sat., and then off on Sunday. Hoping DH will get to wrap my legs up for at least a day. I am taking this one day and one week at a time.

Gary, I am sorry you have to be the deliver of bad news and even though it is bad, God may have a Ram in the bush. What a blessing that would be. I would like to say in my opinion, your boss is a whimp leaving that burden on you. But that is just my opinion.

Bootsie,
A SNAKE, it could have my house, I would be gone until someone found it and sent it packin', hopefully to another country. LOL Sweet dreams.

Wilma, great job on the exercise.

Ronnie, you are in my prayers. Back on track is a beautiful thing.

Penguin, Happy your surgery was successful.

Laurie, slow down and let the intenseness fade away. Enjoy.

To everyonelse hi there and I will catch up with the rest of you later. Gotta go and lay this noggin down.

Love you all,
Aggie

Gary, praying that you will have the right words to tell the men. It is difficult to do, I know.
I followed your comments on the other thread, I just knew that someone would get bent out of shape because of them., They don't know you as well as we do. Frankly, I would like to move on to something more important. They were still all over it all day today.

Gary: I forgot to let you know yesterday that you are also in my prayers today. Having been a supervisor I do know how difficult this can be. Prayers for you.

Thanks for all the congrats and well wishes! I'm excited! I'm walking around looking at things. I went to my friend Renee's house last night and noticed things like there are flexs of a darker color in her upstairs carpet, just little funny things like that, which is interesting to see what I've been missing.I just realized I'm slouched back in my computer chair and still reading the screen. Unprecidented!

Bootsie, EEEK on the snake! I wouls hope that the snake made a break for it and went under the house again!

Gary, sorry you have been put in this difficult situation. It seems that everyone wants more work out of less people.

Gary-prayers for strength and the right words for your men. Sorry you're in such a situation. And prayers for your co-workers as well.

Bootsie-I forgot to mention that I'd have been long gone from the house upon seeing the snake, not one thought of going for implements to kill the darn thing. Hats off to you-you're one brave chickie!

Penguin-glad the surgery went well!

Wilma-thanks for the prayers-we're going to need them!

Bargoo-

Rosebud-how's the car?

Hi to everyone else, too! Wish I could do personals for everyone, but I just feel totally wiped right now-can't sleep at night with all the issues running in my head. You're all in my prayers, though. God bless!

Lauryn, Welcome and good luck !

Thank you so much O2BThin, I will definately try my hardest not to get discouraged.

For Rosebud, prayers for you and your hubby. I know about car problems and I have had miracles happen in Jesus name. I pray that the repair is not a burden on you.

Today is my first day of my vacation... yeaaahhhhhhhhhh.. just doing some laundry and cleaning up before we leave to San Antonio tomorrow for my cousin's wedding. I am so happy and excited for him. He was getting discouraged because he was reaching 40 and hadnt found anybody to share his life with. Thanks to God, he sent them a great person, just took a little longer

Pray we have a safe trip please. Will post later.

Have an awesome and blessed day!
~Suga

LAURYN ~ I know how you feel; felt the same way when I first came here. No need to be afraid of this group -- just jump right in and post away. Tell us a bit about yourself, your life, and your goals ...


GARY ~ yes, prayers have gone up for you having to tell those men bad news; but also prayed that GOD will get each of them a job to replace it as well. And I agree with AGGIE -- your boss whimped out, but lots of them do that ...

HI RONNI ~ prayers going up for you and yours; you sure do have your plate full right now, and GOD knows it right well, and HE will send you the extra strength you need to deal with all of this too. The mechanic called this AM and says that on the outside, he plans to keep it to no more than $300 bucks, so we will be able to pay it; it just takes away from other plans for this month (no holidays; and no fun stuff this year). We spent about $100 bucks last month, and I am so trying to get a fund built up, but things keep coming at me so fast, that I can't seem to get ahead. I'm sure you can relate to that right now; but we will survive, and remember all HIS Blessings and Benefits too ...

We have nice sunny and HOT weather here today; but since the car is in the garage, we decided to make the best of a bad situation and use this time to get some work done around home this week. DH put up my huge wind chimes today (will take a pic to show you later) near the front deck and I can hear them with the breeze -- they sounds just like church bells. I have another set that will go up at the cottage when it is built too.

Then he did more work cleaning out his shed while I cleaned out the back porch. Then, we tackled the spare room again; I feel the LORD gave me an idea last week how it could be arranged much better, and it worked out even better than expected. We put all the cupboards along one wall (that divides us from the neighbours, so that makes a good sound barrier too) and we have so much more space in there now that it's fabulous.

Then I put up some more books on the shelves; DH put up another smaller shelf as well, as we have lots of books. I have a few more boxes to do, but we were getting very tired and decided to call it a day at 1 pm and have some lunch. Boy, did we work up a good sweat today; I felt like I was in a sauna, but it felt good too, in a strange kinda way.

HIYA BARGOO ~ how's it going down your way? You know, we immediately prayed for MJ's children and his family, from the minute we heard of his passing. I am the exact same age as MJ, and many of my friends and I were big fans of his too, but it's time to let his family mourn him and get on with their lives, in peace....

HI AGGIE ~ prayers going up for your legs; and strength to carry you through your work days too. Is there some way that you can put your legs up on your breaks? Maybe up on a chair or a box or something like that. That helps me a lot, as does the exercises I found from a caring doctor -- rotating my feet in circles at the ankle to the right and left, and up & down; plus calf curls by lifting your heels up and down). DH says that he can notice that my legs are looking better -- I finally have a scab on that scrape on the front of my right shin too, so we're praying that it is also healing from the inside out now.

I sent DH on an errand to get the mail and to give a message to a lady we know. She told DH that a small cockapoo showed up at her house last week, and we noticed that an elderly man we know put an ad in the paper saying that he lost his dog, and it sounds just like her. So DH is doing a good deed today; and if he is the rightful owner, hopes to arrange for her to be returned to her own home ...

HI TO EVERYONE ELSE ~ BOOTSIE, WILMA, LAURIE, PENGUIN, BEV, KATHY, and all our other CE's and MIA's out there in PC land!

Well, that's all the news from here for now; do take care everyone and we hope that you have A FANTABULOUS FRIDAY!!! ROSEBUD


THANKS SUGA ~ DH just came home and the car is fixed; wasn't too bad -- the mechanic kept his word @ $275.00, so we have no extra money for this month, but we aren't in the hole either ... so PRAISE GOD and thanks for all your prayers too! Prayers for "Travel Angels" on your holiday and hope your cousin and family have a wonderful time at his wedding too ...