I hope you all have a warm and festive day. Don't work too hard and don't eat too much!

Alice - it's so good to hear from you. You sound great.

to all of you i wish a good day... i am up early and got turkey in oven. right on schedule. ha ha LaDean

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU... WHERE IS EVERYONE.. COME BACK I MISS YOU LOTS... i am finally on a losing streak again. its about time believe me. Hey aleka i am just eating what i want and counting those calories.. are you still at that. I am just a lb from goal again. then new year i plan to head for a new goal . I WISH YOU ALL A :COME BACK SOON LaDean

Hi LaDean - sorry to have abandoned you here. It has be quiet. I am struggling right now - never as much fun to post when that is the case. But I am not out, just taking a little break. I am gearing up to get right back with it.

I thought of you guys this week when I had 4 raised beds built in my back yard for a little garden. I have 4 4 foot square plots. I am really excited by the possibilities. When I had the fire this summer I lost 5 big trees in my back yard, up til then I never had a sunny spot to garden in before.

Take care and Merry Christmas. I'll start us a new Winter thread at the end of this week.

Hi La Dean & ledom,

Sorry I've been MIA, but I just didn't feel very much like posting. I am struggling a little with my eating. I am still learning to listen to my body and some days are better than others. I want to start walking again. Lacee & I were doing so good there for a while, but it got humid again, I stopped going, and am having a hard time getting back into the swing of things.

La Dean, when I heard of the storms out in Oregon I thought of you. I was wondering if you got anything and if you did that you were ok and didn't lose your electricity. Glad you've started losing weight again. Keep it up. Yes, I'm eating what I want and stopping when satisfied, but I'm not counting calories or anything.

ledom, it sounds like you've been busy creating a nice garden for yourself. Have you decided what you're going to plant? Are you having a mild winter too? Up in NH the temps have been in the 40's & 50's. We did have a cool spell down here a few weeks ago. One day it only got to 64° and was quite breezy. We had wind chill!

Enjoy your day!

Hi, oh no damage to us. but very high winds and loss electicity for couple times during the nite. so got a chance to burn candles i have gotten.. i love them. and of course we have wood heat so stayed warm. but i do not like winds like that. lasted till after 10. alot of people still no lites and all in a few areas around. we were lucky. oh come on back girls. i have the same time struggling. but we will do it together. i have days to.. i have been at a standstill of gaining for 2 months now. yes ledom a new thread would be nice for new year. we are having cold frosty nites now. i try to take beau for a daily walk. but this am so frosty he got hafe way and was ready to come back. little paws cold. he loves his walks and does not mind the rain. has his jacket. but he does not like the winds.. scare him. but last nite inside he was so comfy was not nervous at all. well girls have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. I am all ready. my family just want gift certificates. there shoppers so love to go after christmas.. so easy for me and i love it. have dinner at my son's and family so i just eat and relax. at my age i am going to enjoy each holiday. haha have a good sunday. LaDean

Just wanted to pop in to wish everyone of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
TO ALL OF YOU. This has been a fun year on the board sharing with all of you. it helps me so much. i am really getting with it starting first of year. so join me and lets all do it this year together. now that is just try and do our best that is all we can do. we are only human. i guess its a age thing with me. ha haha but i do plan to enjoy my christmas and all. so lets do it and have a good one. LaDean

Hey Alice - you okay? Did the tornado miss you?

Hey ledom,
Yes, I'm ok and thankfully the tornado did miss us. All the nastier weather was north of us. We did get a thunder storm around 1pm and fortunately it wasn't a very bad one, just a lot of rain.

Hi all, Haven't been here for awhile but thought I'd say hi. I pretty much stick with the IE thread but thought of you and wondered if there was a winter thread yet. Guess winter is sort of missing us this year in WI and maybe lots of other places. I had a really good Christmas day dinner. Hardly ate much after preparing food for 14. Felt energetic for the first time in a long time. Today I am babysitting 3 of my grandkids ages 9,6, and 1. Now that is wearing me out. ha!

Carol that babysitting sounds like the ultimate workout. I'll start us a winter thread.