Good evening GG's,

It's been a long day. I woke up at 4:30 this am and could not go back to sleep. Things on my mind. I wanted to get my thoughts down in a document ~ gathered all together in one place. The day just seemed to disappear.

Got to talk to my mom today ~ we had a nice fun little visit. When I can catch up with her in her room, we get to visit a little longer. Now that she is in the nursing home, I don't get to talk to her as much as I used to ~ I am kind of lost without her. I always joked that she was my therapist. She was a great listener. Didn't try to "fix" it, just listened. I try to call every day, but with the time difference (she is EST) and having to work around meal times there ~ and fit it in with what is going on here, it doesn't always work out for every day.

K3 ~ hope the weather warms up for you. I might try your sleep advise sometime when sleep just eludes me. Did you have good Bridge scores?

Mary ~ glad you felt stronger today. You are doing great at the gym. Hope Joe doesn't have any more bleeding.

Cajun ~ keep up the good work with eating better. Your trampoline jogging sounds kinda fun.

Lynn ~ your butternut squash soup sounds yummy ~ thank you for sharing the recipe.

Welcome Liana ~ glad to have you join us.

Bobbi ~ you are so creative. When you were describing those mesh washcloths, I was wondering if you could do anything with those mesh bags that oranges come in? Thanks for posting pictures of your project ~ it is fun to see what others are working on.

Robin ~ glad the roads were better by you, so you and Nellie Bell could team up again.

Rosey ~ sending good thoughts for your daughter and her surgery.

Hope you all are having a nice evening.

Take care

Hi everyone. I'm like a kid with days and nights turned around the last 2 evenings my dd's have called and woke me up and I wasn't sure if it was morning or night as it was dark out. when we got bck from town today I sat down to watch dr phil and the next thing I knew the phone woke me.. dr phil comes on at 3pm and my kids call around 7pm.. sheeesh im not that old. how ever becuz of the naps im up late.. and so the next day I need a nap omg I am that old lady how'd that happen. we went to wallmart and got our ins cards and meds changed over to wall mart pharmacy. had steve's new rx filled and it was so much cheaper 1.60 for 80 tramadol pain meds.. I like that I did my usual cruising wall mart love that store. I got a new waste basket for the bathroom that has alid to it with a swinging door on it,as Pepper LOVES bathroom trash and scatters it everywhere. and no matter how many times shes scolded for it she just wont leave it alone and its really embarrassing when she comes out of the bathrm when we have guest,and she so proud of the item she has in her mouth yikes ). so I removed the temptation.Hoping you all had agreat day too. rosey

breakfast
coffee

late lunch
popcorn shrimp (wall mart)
macaroni salad 1/2 c
grapes
iced tea

dinner
peanut butter on 1 piece toast (daves power bread)
coffee mocha

Not much hirer except my daughter and family back from South Africa from over break so the dogs are gone and my little Border Terrier is very happy to have her quiet home back! And so am I as much as I like the dogs, and love my daughter the pup is a piece of work...at 55 # she can literally be a handful! I needed to post just to see that ONE POUND LOSS if only for a day!. Thanks, warmer here, 79 by Saturday!

I'm finally getting over to JoAnn's fabric shop this morning, it's in a town 20 miles from our town. I hate going out of town in the winter so I procrastinate.

Dee...where do you live that it's 79 degrees?

I posted the recipe for kale because it was on my cp this morning. On yesterday's menu I had the kale you toss in olive oil and sea salt and bake til crispy, I didn't think it was anything special. I'd rather eat it in a salad like the recipe below. Kale is one of those dark, leafy veggie that Dr. Oz recommends and it's very low calorie. Just don't make the mistake of not cutting out the ribs/spine. Those are nasty!

K3...I had to go back and look at the pictures I posted of the mesh bag to see if they looked like DH's undershorts, they do!

I was only going to post my menu and run...then I forgot to post it.

Hi Everyone,

Another unsuccessful night. By 2:30, I gave up & took a sleeping pill. Maybe too much to go from 1.5 pain pills + 3 sleeping pills to nothing. I am going to try 1/2 pain pill & 1 sleeping pill tonight & see if that works.

Today's veggies - broccoli, butternut squash, leeks
Today's fruit - pear, raisins, clementine

I just got notice that I teach a class beginning next Tuesday. I REALLY hope that the new system works better this time than it did last time.

Have a great day,

Lynn

It's a quiet day in our neighborhood. I sound like like Mr Rogers! Dh seems ok and I think I'm a little better too. He wants to only go to the gym every other day now so I'm doing that too for now. Our little gs got very sick yesterday..they took him to UC and he had flu with cough, coughed so hard he pulled a muscle, and congestion plus asthma. The congestion caused him to feel dizzy. He's small for his age and he loses even more weight when he's sick so it is a worry for his parents. They texted us to pray. Then our dd called this morning, and she is exhausted, she had to run around to two stores to get his medicine plus the UC and all the stress I'm sure, and then he was so exhausted he fell asleep and has no symptoms at all this morning! He hasn't need one bit of the medicine! PTL

My gastro surgeon called yesterday and said I no longer have diverticulitis, just have the diverticulosis. So he was right and I'm so glad!! I've been adding in a little more fiber each day and now I'm looking forward to eating raw apples and carrots and all kinds of good healthy stuff. This doctor is so funny...he said (in the voicemail) that the diverticula are nicely laid out and he'd love to get his hands on it (that segment of my colon) but he figured I probably wanted to keep it. I had to laugh and thought...Yeah,... keep your hands off my colon!!

Well, I have things to do today and as usual I'm off to a late start. Hope you all have a good day!

Hello gg's. It's finally warming up outside today. There is 80 percent chance of rain tomorrow night. Hopefully not to bad when I leave for the camp. I'm packing again. Dh asked me if I was staying home this weekend because he said I looked tired. I'm going to go and just have some relaxing time. I may not even hunt. I spent a week and a half at the camp with both sons there and lots of company in and out. Just wore me out. Not to mention I'm a lil crabby. I'm having eating junk withdrawals. I'm thinking by this weekend the craving will subside.

Lynn don't give up. Keep trying. I think cutting back little at a time is better than cutting out too much at one time.

Bobbi are you finished with all the house projects?

Deelou a lb is a lb. Great. Keep it up!

Rosey lol that was quiet a nap!! I can never fall asleep with the tv on and nap during the day. In order for me to sleep the house has to be quiet. I can't even sleep until dh comes to bed. That's a bad habit I have and can't break it.

Gayle the trampoline jogging is a way for me to get cardio exercise indoors. It sheds the inches in my legs and hips. Easy on the knees too.
I read often of you and your moms daily talks and I see myself in your shoes lately. My mom keeps forgetting everything we tell her. The last year it's been getting worse. We still have good talks. She just forgets simple things we tell her.

K3 I'm being a good girl!!!!!

Mary sending prayers your way for dh. Hopefully y'all get answers soon.

Canada welcome!! Would love to hear about your travels.

Robin driving on ice is something I've never done. Here in south louisiana we don't get much ice. My cousin and her husband went to their hunting lease in Arkansas a few weeks back and were stranded up in the mountains with deep snow. They couldn't leave for 5 or 6 days.

Gotta run. Be back tomorrow.
Hugs
Cajun

Hi Donna,

No. I never heard of this. I LOVE oatmeal. OK if I put yogurt on it? Any idea why this would promote sleep?

Lynn

Lynn ~ from the sleep stand point, I don't know if the yogurt would hamper that. From the diabetes stand point, the diabetes educator said to put some yogurt in the oatmeal and it will help so that the oatmeal alone doesn't make your blood sugar spike up.

Hi everyone.. well seems I have sleep troubles too. I was up all nite becuz of that nap so today I didn't take a nap and let me say my tail is dragging. I take a 25mg Benadryl and advil every nite. the advil for arthritis and the benedryl makes me sleepy and helps with my allergies. Maybe that and the oatmeal would work for you Lynn. Managed to do some house work today,did the dishes and cleaned the rerig and stove. felt good to do something constructive, hope your day was great too rosey

breakfast
coffee

lunch
diet chix pizza
iced tea

dinner
2 fried eggs
1 slice toast ( daves power bread
mandarin orange

snack
1 sm scoop of apple pie ice cream yummy

Good morning ladies. Packing for the camp once again. I'm not sure if I'll hunt or not. Thinking about just sitting by the fire with a good book. A few of the camps around us had broken water pipes from the freeze. We turned water off so dh went early to check that out.
I was going to the store last night and had grabbed my keys and put them in my pocket. Went into the laundry room to talk to dh. All if a sudden the house alarm went off. Confused I went up the keypad and disarmed it. Couldn't understand what door or window was open. It usually tells me which one. It said something I totally didn't understand. Finally got it disarmed and my phone rang. It was the alarm company saying that they were responding to a panic signal. Somehow the keypad got pressed in my pocket. I remember my hands in my pocket holding my keys. Then she needed my password. I was fumbling trying to remember it. Gave a couple guesses until finally getting it right. She then told me she would cancel the cops. I've been having this alarm since October and had never made the alarm go off. Felt pretty stupid.
Just cooked 5 lbs of fresh green beans to bring to the camp. Dh is cooking tonight for our camping buddies. I made a apple caramel cream cheese pie. Oh gosh help me. The supper is at my camp but I plan on sending the leftovers to our friends camp. Or maybe they will eat it all.

Out of time today. Hi to all!! Have a good weekend!
Hugs
Cajun