Welcome JessD!

I too am a walking fool at work and do a morning and afternoon walk outside and walk on a treadmill during lunch (although we don't have your beautiful weather). We also have a lot of "treats" show up at work and you're right to not take that first bite. Good luck!

We had a very good weekend with all my kids home from college. Served a beautiful glazed salmon dinner Saturday night with lots of compliments. :-)

Hello to everyone, and prayers to Marie for your surgery.

Andi

welcome JessD ~ monday is here already? wow...Its so cold this morning i have 9 degrees.. where is spring?
Off to the pool this morning. going to try and make this week a good weight loss week. Its going slow but at least its going

Hi Everyone,

Today is a stay-at-home and catch up on housework stuff. Pretty cold here. I went to the pool this morning but the woman leading the exercises was not very good. I will try again on Wednesday.

Lynn

Hi Zoe,

My DD & SIL LOVE Alaska in the winter. Furondy, Iditarod, ice sculptures, aurora borealis, and snow, snow, snow.

Your trip to the ocean & dinner sounds WONDERFUL. I LOVE the ocean in the winter.

Hi Brenda,

WELCOME! So happy you came to join us.

Hi Jess,

WELCOME! You have found the right place to post. We are a bunch of tough old gals. You will fit right in.

Hi Rosey,

Did I ever tell you that all those “bladder infections” I was getting were actually reactions to cholesterol meds? I cut back from 2/day to 1/day and the bladder problems disappeared.

CONGRATULATIONS on Tim’s achievement.

Hi Donna,

I DEFINITELY am nominating you for the Golden Girls’ Queen of Hospitality! Thank you.

Hi Lucinda,

CONGRATULATIONS on a good weekend. Funny, since I am retired, one day is the same as another. No more weekend issues with eating.

Hi Carol Sue,

I will download that book right now. I am currently reading a book as part of my Discussion group that I do NOT like. It will be good to have something interesting to switch off to.

Hi Andi,

I WAS a walking fool – now just a plain fool. Over the holidays, I got out of the habit of doing any REAL exercise and am paying for it on the scale. I need some kind of a challenge to get back to it. When I was training for the ˝ marathon, I was doing GREAT!

Hi everyone. just a quick post as im using my laptop which decided to work but not knowing for how long. wanted to say Marie i wish you a safe surg. and a speedy recovery. we will be thinking about you.(((hugs))) for all and hope your mondays great rosey

breakfast
coffee
atkins protein bar

lunch
omelet
1 slice toast

snack
coffee mocha
cantalope

dinner
small cubed steak
sweet potatoe
green salad

Marie, sending good thoughts your way. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Marie...

my love is with you Marie.. May G-d bring you a full recovery.

Evening all......Marie you know we are all here waiting for the better Marie to show up painfree and bopping to loud joyful music.

Okay had good intentions to do personals since i have been lazy, but ain't gonna cause i wanna gloat. I made the World's Bestest ever Dessert. It is beyond good. I'd mail you all a bowl but homeland security would steal it. It was strawberry rhubarb pie without a crust..........As close as fitday can figure about 30 cals per bowl. Sweet and tart and pretty and tasty....and did I mention easy to make.... stewed the rhubarb in small chunks (2cups), in couple cups of water, when tender add alot of Splenda and then sliced strawberries. Brought back to a boil and thickened with corn starch. When reboiling take off heat and cool. Put in bowl and chill.......It is every Spring I can ever remember as a kid......Dh is grinning and took a pie with filling to friends who had never even heard of rhubarb , think am getting orders for more. Few calories in the berries...cornstarch is biggest baddy.....

Home most of tomorrow and will do personals then....welcome newbies. Pull up a chair, pour of cuppa and join in the coffee klatch....some one is always peeking in if you need some support or just a shoulder. We do have a posse that will inflict lumps with the always handy rolling pin on anyone who isn't nice/good to our golden chicks.

back tomorrow hugs k3

I'm back....Zoe, I didn't know you were eating one meal a day. How's that working for you? What happened to your healthy breakfast? As to my mom's chair, I liked it much better with the floral pattern on it. I actually hate the brown velvet-like material I purchased for it. I had to find material to match my new chair and our only choice was a solid...boring! Brenda...I'm really jealous of your 5'10" height, lucky you.

JessD...I can't remember if I welcomed you, welcome. You certainly have been thru a bad season or two. Congrats on the 45 pounds and isn't it fun buying new clothes!Carol Sue, thanks for the suggestion on Linwood Barclay books, don't think I've read him before. As for your sleepless nights, you might have spoiled your grandkid, Yup. What's better than snuggling up to a warm granny!
Mary...what kind of lights did Joe put up? Ceiling lights, wall lights, lights on both sides of a mirror? You'll have to show us pictures. We have an old fashion medicine cabinet in one of our bathrooms and it HAS TO GO!I copied some of this information unto word and forgot who mentioned Faye Kellerman books. Was that you Mary since it was under the information about Joe's lighting.ladysheets...I saw where someone asked your name and I can't remember so this is for you...I'm appreciating our wild game meat more and more nowadays. With all the junk they pump into beef and pork, makes you wonder what you're eating. Game meat is still untainted and we love it. My dd hasn't been moose hunting before but we've eaten lots of antelope, elk and venison over the years.
Donna...you mentioned cooking in the crock pot like it was a faux pas: I use a crock pot at least once, sometimes twice a week. Today I made corned beef and cabbage in it, no brainer. Have you ever tried a whole chicken? They are delicious in a crock pot, ya gotta try it. You get really yummy broth that you can make chicken soup with after you've had a couple meals of chicken as the main entree. We've been watching ads on tv lately about Reuben sandwiches, that' why I purchased the corn beef. Tomorrow we'll have the Reubens, yum!
Isabella...where's your pictures of the new kitchen and orange cabinets. I have to see pictures to believe it.
Rosey...I added Wilbur smith to my list of books to look for. You gals are the best source of good reading material. I've not seen his name before but I'm pretty selective in my books since I get all large print. Many of these authors don't publish in the large print.
Lynn...how did your daughters run go in Alaska? Too bad you couldn't go up and cheer her on. When are you going to retire completely?
Glynne...same for my hubby, he isn't picky at all. We actually enjoy leftovers better than when freshly cooked, the flavors all mingle together. Now you have me wondering who had the picky hubby that wouldn't eat leftovers. I'll have to go back and check.
Freda...see note to Zoe. Ugly chocolate brown. I like color and brown doesn't suit me but it goes well with the rest of our furniture. I did make a pillow for it with some of the pattern in the couch to spruce it up. The original material was still on this chair when I recovered it for mom many years ago. It was a very rich dark burgundy in a velvet material but worn bare in many spots. That's why I choose another velvety type material this time around. Hi KarenMo...I know you're busy packing and I hope this move will be permanent for you and Tim. Isn't it nice that we can buy what we want in our older age. I remember many years ago when we purchased our country home, we couldn't afford it. That's when I quit using the dryer and hung all clothes up on the lines outside. It really cut down on our electricity bill back then. It seems like our kids have it harder than we did but I think they have to have everything now and pay for it later.
Karenfla...I'll have to get my camera out in a couple of weeks and show you what I have growing on my meyer lemon tree. Yeah, LEMONS! I didn't know I'd get them this early, the baby tree is only about 1.5 feet high. I counted at least 16 little bitty globes.
This is driving me crazy wondering about the food poisoning hubby, be back after I back up a couple of pages.

Just wanted to say "prayers for you Marie". By now you should be out of surgery, if you went in on time. Speedy recovery. Got to get home quick, the babies are missing you. But be sure to listen to the Dr. about how long to stay in the hospital. Believe me, they won't keep you any longer than necessary.

Hi Everyone,

First, I am thinking about you, Marie, and hoping all goes well today.

Bobbi, you made me laugh. I really think of myself as "completely retired." My online teaching is my love/passion. I won't stop that unless/until I can no longer do it. I probably don't think of it as "working" because the pay is so low. My DD once figured out that given the number of hours I put in, I'm making about $2/hour.

Rie, this is the problem - I do not really have an "exercise agenda" now. I know I do not want to do another 1/2 - too physically stressful for me. But I really should do a 5k or 10k just to keep myself in shape. Want to meet someplace for a 5 or 10k?

Isabella, I made a version of your ww pasta w cheese & tomato sauce. It was GREAT! I used lo-fat ricotta mixed with part-skim mozzarella. Layered the pasta w the cheese and the sauce and baked it with some mozzarella on top.

Today, I am going to the college where I used to work & meeting some old friends and advising the person who now has my old job about starting an Alumni Association. We had one meeting with about 10 alums, but no real association building.

I will check back later this evening.

Lynn