Still feeling kinda "out of it"...but wanted to say hello.

My treatments were moved up to 6 wks apart....maybe this will be better. My medicare ain't gonna like that!! The cost is between $2300-$3000 a treatment! Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm gonna have all the kids & grands here for the holiday weekend. Maybe I'll be stronger by then! It's a rare occasion to have them with us all at once. Just wish I had a house for those out of town to stay at......maybe some day.

Willow...try not to worry...I know, I do the same thing. The last MRI I got (& I've had a lot) was suppose to take 30 minutes. I lay on that table in the machine for 2 hrs! That folder I took to my dr was almost too thick & heavy for me to carry! Talk about me worrying....I had myself dead & buried, by the time I got my results! Not a thing, did they find! Hope that's how yours turns out.

Sheila & Fatpuss....hello....hope all is well. I'm not gonna stay online long tonight...will say more next time. Saw more weight's been lost!

Everyone have a good evening.

I've been busy today. I had to fax some things to my Dr because work has decided that after 3+ years of going for these appts with no problems, I and my DR. are now required to fill out a FMLA form once a year.
When the cancer was first discovered, My DR wrote a letter to my employer telling them what was up and that I would need to be coming back there for years for treatment. I don't know why all of a sudden they are changing horses mid-stream, but I had to do all that crap.
I always have taken my appointment itinerary in for them to make a copy of it, so it's not like I'm lying about it.

Then my grandson rode his bike up here to visit me. We went out looking at ceiling tiles and grid work for the ceiling downstairs, and looked at whirlpool tubs and pedestal sinks.
I'm going to put the ceiling in myself.
Lots of money by the time I'll be done with what I want to do.

He also wanted a Dairy Queen slurpee or whatever they're called, so we stopped there and of course I had to get a Reeses blizzard.

A woman I work with asked me to join Weight Watchers with her tomorrow. I'm thinking on it. I want to make sure it's what I want to do before I jump into it.

I'm off work for 6 days now. Yippee!! I need to get some house work done in the morning, then I have a dental appt. in the afternoon for a cleaning.

It's suppose to be in the 70's here tomorrow. Hopefully the forecast will be wrong and it won't rain till after dark so I can go for a bike ride.

I'll check in again in the morning.
Have a good night all.

Oh my gosh! I just saw that Charlotte posted while I was posting!
Good to hear from you! I'm happy your treatments have been brought closer together. To heck with medicare. They pay for drug addicts and people who don't want to work, so they can darn well pay for a necessary treatment!

I bet your family will have you feeling happy as can be by the end of the weekend. Just don't overdo it. Let them help you.

Sheila, is there any medicine you can take short-term that would help the pain but not knock you out so you could enjoy a trip to Europe?

You're sure going to town on the painting! So, does your hubby get to do the top half of the house?
Actually, I like doing stuff like that.

Puss, well, ... what can I say? ... I'm glad your lump was fatty tissue??? Just doesn't sound right to be saying. But, isn't it a bummer what we women have to go through? Breasts, uterus, ovaries, ....... plus the darned hot flashes, etc.

Well, this time I'm really going. see ya all later! NIGHT!!

I'm all done with appointments for a week. Yippee!!
I changed dentists because my old one was getting to be a real puke! Just an arrogant *******!
This new one seems to be a very nice person, and one of the handsomest men I've ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on. Mmmm , Mmmm , Mmm! And I liked the hygienist too.
Don't have to go back till March.

I also went with Rita and joined Weight Watchers. I bought 4 of the journal books. Enough to last for a year. Being an optimist here!
It isn't all that different, really. Instead of getting a range of points, like from 21 to 26, you get a target number of points, like halfway between what the range used to be, and then you are given 35 points a week to use for those "special occasions" or however you want to use them. I don't think it's all that different from banking points.
But, ... they now have exercise pamphlets that you get on weeks 5 and 9, and .... each week there is something new handed out and that part of it seems to be really interesting. I think better than what they had before.

It was so icky here today. The weather reports yesterday said it was going to be in the mid 70's and much less humid today and tomorrow. Well, it was already 85 at noon and as humid as can be, and it just rained, POURED for about 20 minutes after I left WW and now you can hardly breathe outside. I'm glad I'm on vacation till next wed. I would hate to be out and about in this yuk every day.

Other than that, I had an uneventful day. ........ I lead such a boring life!

Have a good evening all!

Hey, Willow--we're fellow WW now! Or make that sister WW! I haven't been for a couple of weeks because of vacation so I'm getting the new stuff tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what it's all about. People on other forums have mentioned they like the "new" plan. Meetings and a great leader have really helped me. I make it a point to talk at each meeting, and being a shy person, it can be difficult, but I find it's another thing that has helped me in my quest to drop 100 lbs.

Charlotte, how are you doing? Hopefully feeling better.

Puss, how is your kitty doing now? And that's pretty smart of you to call your mom when her favorite programs are on. I wonder if that's why my kids always seem to call me during ER??

My DH got back from Norway today. He went to the Oslo Sweater Shop and bought sweaters for Christmas for me, my DIL, my daughter, my stepdaughter, and the cutest sweater for my little granddaughter. He said he spent 1500 kroner, which sounded like a lot, but turned out to be $350, then he got $85 in taxes back after filling out a form. I say that's a great price for five Norwegian sweaters! It turns out that there will be meetings in Venice, Edinburgh and some other place in addition to Cannes. He probably will only get to go to two, and my body can probably only go to one. I'd kind of like to go to Scotland because then I could go to Ireland, which is on my "things to do" list, and England, too. But it all depends on where the company wants to send him.

Well, we're letting my son come and live with us. He tried to get into school, but that got all screwed up, and he was living out of his car. So he's going to live in the room my daughter vacated on July 1. Like my daughter, he needs to get away from some bad friends in Boise, and make a fresh start. On the plus side, he can stay with my dad and pets so my DH and I can get away occasionally. I always need to think positively about these things or I'd start to cry! We laid down some groundrules that evolved from all the things my daughter was doing while she lived with us that bugged the heck out of me. She and I have a much better relationship when we aren't living together.

Tomorrow's Friday, which is weigh-in day for me, followed by my non-fat decaf no whip mocha. I allow myself one a week. They are talking about putting a 10 cent tax on espresso drinks where I live (the coffee capital of the U.S.), which has created a furor. The tax will go for stuff for children. Since I only drink one espresso drink a week, I don't have a problem with it, but the people who drink a lot of espressos sure do. I was watching a financial show where one woman who made $100,000 never had any money. She was spending $500 a month on espresso drinks at Starbucks. Wow!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!

Hi ladies...early morning here. Having kids & grands for the weekend....so thought I better get online now!

Willow...you've been a great encouragement to me, as well as the others. Thank you so much. I'm doing much better....meds kicking in!!

Somehow, I missed you'd had cancer. I really hope everything is ok with all those tests. You are so active & watch your diet so closely...I'm optimistic! Hope you are too. Your little cheerleader just brain-washes me, I guess. I get to thinking that's you!

Sheila...Hope all goes well with your son moving back home. These decisions are tough sometimes. Hopefully, it will all work out. Like you said, maybe he'll be a big help to you! Maybe he can help with the painting!

Hello to Sue & Fatpuss!

Sorry no post yesterday - I did a huge one before I went to work and even though I knew i was running late doing it, I wanted to. Then,...when I pressed the submit reply button my computer had timed out and the whole lot was lost. I was so mad...I will try to recap what I put; Sheila, anchovies?? Triple yuk with knobs on! Well done for losing another 1lb and for all the painting. Angel, so glad the treatment is six weekly now, hopefully you will get more respite from the pain. I hope you have a wonderful time with the family and I am sure they don't care that you can't accommodate them, they come to see you. Willow, you are a mad woman - you be careful putting ceilings in. Does nothing put you off a project, lady?? Do let us know if WW works for you. I have never been but their points system cookbook does my head in trying to work it out but it seems to have done the trick for Sheila. I did SLimming World a few years ago but all our group did was a weigh in and a five minute talk by the leader telling me what I already knew. I know it's the group therapy bit but I felt like I was paying someone for me to do the work. I've done far better being picked up on this site by Willow that SUnday morning and support from the rest of you. Sheila, your hubby certainly got bargains in Norway, I always thought it was the dearest place on earth to buy anything (apart from Austria). Maybe if you can get your DH to liaise with my DH we can all meet in Venice cos he has to go there again too. I hope it works out having your son home - when all's said and done we love them but it can be so painful too. I am lucky with my two but I have run-ins with the lad who is more like me, I suppose. Things I could say to my daughter I have to wrap in cotton wool to my son or the chin juts out and the old testosterone comes to the fore ha ha. Maybe it's because he's a bloke. He is coming home tonight for the weekend and to get his laundry done ha ha. I always tell him to bring it because his standards of washing and ironing leave much to be desired and I like ironing. I haven't told him about the cat yet but he will see for himself that his front paws still haven't grown back all the fur from the drip and blood taking. He is so soft with the cat - it was him who spotted him on the bridge in Singapore and wanted to bring him home - he will be gutted, I know. Sheila, if we didn't know his diagnosis we wouldn't be any the wiser because he is still eating fish but forgets to drink enough. Whether it's these tablets designed originally for dogs with heart failure or just his relative young age and fitness or whether it was detected early I don't know but two weeks on and he seems a long way from the deathly diagnosis we were given. He still 'ambushes' me from behind the settee to make me laugh so he can't be feeling too ill and still does 'kiss kiss' through the bannisters of the stairs in the morning. I have just bought two cookbooks from the Australian Women's Weekly series. They do a massive range but these two "Saucery" (range of sweet and savoury sauces, butters, creams, relishes, gravies, custards etc) and The Great Chicken Cookbook seem so good that two colleagues in work nipped out and bought them too after going through the ones i got. I will pass on any lowish fat ones to you all. Sue, hope you are ok, you haven't got yourself all tangled up in those bands, I hope. Have a lovely weekend everyone. xx

Hello to all. I have about 5 minutes to myself before anyone else get home. Our daughter is here to visit for three weeks, and it is hard to find time to sit at the computer. This will be quick and short. I did manage to lose 3/4 of a pound even while on vacation. Hope I didn't cancel it out with the cheesecake last night. Not too bad, because DD and I split one piece. Its funny when you have company, all we seem to do is eat and eat and eat some more. Garage door opener just turned on, so my solitude was not as long as I thought. I will try and post often, even if it is just to say Hello. Sue
P.S. Took a picture of Mars last night with digital camera. I have a black square, with one bright spot on it. Kind of neat.

Looks like we all are still around!

Sheila, I think you're going to like the new Flex points program. Actually, so far I don't think it's much different than before, but, it looks like there are some interesting things coming up. They also give you and anyone you can get to join a folding picture frame with room for 6 photos. Rita and I each got one because she said she talked me into joining with her. I'm going to use mine for photos every 6 months along my journey.

The leader last night informed us that due to scheduling conflicts, (she's a teacher at school also) she had to quit as a leader. When she told us who would be there in her place, the members all seemed pretty disappointed. I heard a lot of them saying that they were going to change the day and/or time they were going to attend meetings. Sooo, I might change too eventually if this person is as boring as they said last night. The leader at last nights meeting was really upbeat. I liked her.

Lucky you with the sweater deal. Sounds awesome! I hope you get to go with him when he goes. Wouldn't that be fantastic if you and Puss could meet in person???

Your son will probably be so happy to have a roof over his head that he'll really watch his p's and q's.

Charlotte, I bet you're just looking forward to those grand babies sooo much! I know that mine never come here but what they don't leave good memories behind.
I sent birthday cards last week to my DIL and their little 8-yr old. Their birthdays are only 2 days apart. Anyway, I got an e-mail from my DIL saying that my granddaughter had to show her card and check to the neiborhood kids. The card played the Happy Birthday tune when you opened it, and my granddaughter said, "Oh, I just love that song!" I suppose it reminds her that she's going to be getting gifts. Little Turkey!

I'm so glad that you're feeling better. You're much more stoic than I, I'm afraid. I hope it helps prevent you getting sick by bringing the treatments to 6 weeks apart.

Puss, isn't that a bummer when you've worked so hard and so long to type up a message only to lose it? Gads! That is sooo frustrating!

I won't be doing the whole ceiling at once. I'm going to start buying the gridwork first, a little each week, and put it up as I get it. Actually, I enjoy doing that kind of stuff. I put suspended ceiling in 3 rooms years ago, and I did it all by myself too. I also closed in a big double doorway and made it a single door. My Dad was living then, and laughed when I told him what I was going to do. He came down to my house the next afternoon and I already had it framed up and was installing a pre-hung door. He just shook his head and laughed and said, "Well I'll be a s-o-b!"
But, .... I think this is going to be harder to do because there is duct work to contend with downstairs, so it will be more difficult centering the gridwork.
I'll also have to put furring strips up on 3 of the walls in the outer part of the basement, and I've never done that before. Don't know which would be harder to do, the gun or cement screws.

I'm glad to hear that your kitty is still doing well. Maybe the vet was mistaken. Or, maybe kitty will be ok as long as you keep on him with the water.
I've always said that I wanted to get another dog when I retire, but, when I hear things like what's going on with your poor kitty, I wonder if I want to put myself through that. If only they would outlive us!

Hey Sue! How cool is that??? You go on vacation and lose weight! Great job! I'm proud of ya!
Our family is the same way when we get together. There seems to be food being eaten or cooked at all times. I guess it's something handed down from generation to generation. We would rather be caught dead than to not have enough food made up to offer.

Would you believe, I haven't seen Mars yet?? I keep forgetting about it!

Everybody have a wonderful evening! See ya later!

Good morning, all!

I'm not staying on long, but just wanted to bring this thread back to the first page! We will NOT be hidden on the second page.

My holiday weekend involved. . .da da--painting!

Also a trip to the Farmer's Market. I just can't find any good tomatoes in the store.

Hi all, I thought I better check in for a few minutes.
Had a pretty uneventful day.
I went out to check my mail this afternoon and a small piece of paper fluttered from the door down to the floor of the porch. It was a note from my Brother and Sister-in-law from Oregon! They're here in town! I live in the midwest. They said they'll see me tomorrow. I didn't even know they were coming to town.
They must have been here when I was in the shower.

Some College students who live across the street from me are having a party again tonight and I hope they stay in their own yard. Their "guests" come over here and urinate in my yard and throw plastic cups and all kinds of trash in my yard.
Last year I made them come and pick up beer bottles and 12-pack cartons etc from the boulevard in front of my house.
If they get too rowdy I'll call the police and they'll get charged with having a loud party, then their landlord will have a mark against him.
I wouldn't do that though unless it got really bad.

Sheila, I'm finding it harder and harder to find good strawberries. There is one store in town that seems to have really nice ones, YEAR ROUND! and I don't know where they get then from, but they have really good flavor.
Mmmmm, tomatoes! I love 'em! Red or green, I love 'em both. I like them fresh, grilled, fried, ... however!

Did you get your painting all done yet? I hope the weather cooperates with you.

Sue, Puss, Charlotte, hope you're all having a safe and happy holiday. Take care and see ya later!

Thought this was cute, ....



The following are different answers given by school-age children to the
given question:


Why did God make mothers?
1.-She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2.-Think about it, it was the best way to get more people.
3.-Mostly to clean the house.
4.-To help us out of there when we were getting born.


How did God make mothers?
1.- He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2.- Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3.- God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger
parts.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1.- We're related.
2.- God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me


What ingredients are mothers made of?
1- God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice
in the world and one dab of mean.
2.-They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use
string. I think.


What kind of little girl was your mom?
1.- My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2.- I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty
bossy.
3.- They say she used to be nice.


How did your mom meet your dad?
1.- Mom was working in a store and dad was shoplifting.


What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1.- His last name.
2.- She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get
drunk on beer? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugsdrunk on beer? Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs
and YES to chores.


Why did your mom marry your dad?
1.- My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a
lot.
2.- She got too old to do anything else with him.
3.- My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.


What makes a real woman?
1.- It means you have to be really bossy without looking bossy.


Who's the boss at your house?
1.- Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dads such a
goofball.
2.- Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the
bed.
3.- I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.


What's the difference between moms and dads?
1.- Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just got to work at
work.
2.- Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3.- Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power
'cause
that's who you gotta ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.


What does your mom do in her spare time?
1.- Mothers don't do spare time.
2.-To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.


What's the difference between moms and grandmas?
1.- About 30 years.
2.- You can always count on grandmothers for candy. Sometimes moms
don't even have bread on them!


Describe the world's greatest mom?
1.- She would make broccoli taste like ice cream!
2.- The greatest mom in the world wouldn't make me kiss my fat aunts!
3.- She'd always be smiling and keep her opinions to herself.

Is anything about your mom perfect?
1.- Her teeth are perfect, but she bought them from the dentist.
2.- Her casserole recipes. But we hate them.
3.- Just her children


What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1.- On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of
plastic surgery.
2.- Diet. You know, her hair. I'd dye-it, maybe blue.


If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1.- She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get
rid of that.



And now you know all about Moms!! Have a good one!

Anybody want to know how to calculate your Body Mass Index?
It's a much more reliable indication of how much body weight is fat and how much is made up of bone, muscle, etc. A scale can't tell you that.

First, take your height in inches and square it.
For instance, I'm 63 inches tall. So, 63 squared, or, times itself, 63 times 63, is 3969.

Second step is to divide your weight in pounds BY the answer in the first step.
For me, that would be 242 divided by 3969. Answer is 0.0609725

The third step is to use that last figure, 0.060, and multiply it by 703. Mine is 42.86 or, rounded off, it is 43. AWFUL!!

A normal BMI lies between 19 and 25.

So, I have another adult person, in the form of fat, that I'm
carrying around all day, every day.

Is it any wonder that my hip, knees and feet hurt so much????

No wonder I'm tired all the time and have no energy!!!

No wonder I can't rest at night! I'm trying to get two people
situated into a comfortable position in a space for one person. I wake up aching from the weight pressing on my lungs and back when I lie on my back.

I'm trying to breathe in enough oxygen for a mass the size of two people with only the lungs of one person!
All this fat is taking the oxygen away from my brain too, and that's probably why I'm so forgetful sometimes!


Now, ....... does anybody know how I could write up something, then put it on my desk top beside the icons? Like this BMI thing, for instance. Or any inspirational thing?
I don't even know if it's possible, but, I'd like to do it many times with different things I think of or things I find on the 'net.
Let me know if you know how it could be done. I mean, so the writing would be there when I open my screen, not as an icon to click on.


My Daughter-in law called me at 7:15 this morning to tell me that a friend of ours passed away at 7 o'clock this morning.
She and my DIL went through school together, then all 3 of us worked at the same place for almost 20 years. This woman was only 39 years old, would have been 40 on the 25th of September.

She was bothered with back aches for the last 5 years, and the Drs told her it was from tension. She was also very overweight. And, she didn't go for her yearly pap tests etc. like she should have. But, as it turns out, she would have needed to have an ultra sound done to detect the uterine cancer.
The backaches got unbeareable a couple of months ago and then they ran tests and within one day, she was told she didn't have long to live. The cancer was already in her bones. She lived 9 weeks, and it wasn't a good 9 weeks either.

So, once again, I say, if you have any discomfort, or lump as I did on my arm, insist on more and more tests until you are satisfied that you don't have cancer or something disastrous. I was told for 4 years, by 4 different Drs that I had a cyst in my arm, when it actually was a cancer. I should have insisted on having it removed when it first developed, but took the DRs word that it could be left alone. Finally, the 5th Dr did something about it.

Such a bummer of a post for an early Sunday morning, but, I need to get this out somehow, and seeing as I'm here alone, I guess the next best thing is to type it out.

I think I need to go pedal my bike as hard as I can for a while. It's only 70 degrees out right now. getting overcast though.
See you all later.

Everybody have a good day.

Good Morning All! Hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day Weekend. I will be glad when the three days are over so I can stop eating. YIKES. Why do we do this? Actually, it has not been too bad. Just seems continuous. I think today's dinner will be a salad.

Yes, Willow, I have figured out my body mass index too. I think I had mentioned before that I had never thought of myself as obese, but there it was in black and white.

DH and I plan on going shopping this morning while DD goes visiting old friends. Today is the last day of "tax free" on clothes and shoes. I have a wedding to go to in a few weeks and need new shoes. Don't we all?

We went to the horse races on Saturday and had a great time. I picked an Exacta and won $82. Not bad for a first timer. We came home with more than we left with. That's always good. I couldn't do it every day, but once in a while is fun.

Hello Puss, Sheila and Angel, hop you are all doing well. Catch you later! Sue

Happy Labor Day! My DH and I are laboring all right--working on painting the house. It's a never ending job! He's worried it will start to rain soon so we need to get as much of the stuff that's not undercover done soon.

BMI--I hate it. Until I hit 194, I'm in the obese category, then after that's it's overweight until 169 when it becomes in the "normal range." I remember reading about a woman who was was shorter than me, and weighed 168 lbs. and was all muscle. I imagine the BMI would say she's overweight, but she looked so good. Her body fat percentage was very low.

So, Sue, why the last day of "tax free"? Did you not have sales tax previously and it goes into effect tomorrow or did the state just declare a tax free weekend? Congrats on winning the Exacta! I like horse racing, but I've only bet in my mind.

Willow, I'm sorry about your friend. She was so young. You give some sound advice. Sometimes doctors just don't take women seriously, and we really have to fight to get good healthcare. So how did the party go across the street--cops or no cops?

My son, the boomerang child, comes in tonight from Idaho. He has to start looking for a job tomorrow, which will be hard since Washington has the second highest unemployment rate in the U.S., I believe. Cross your fingers for him!

Hope everyone is having a great day, especially those of us who have it off. I'm going to fire up the barbecue in a couple of hours and try a new steak marinade recipe.

Hi everybody....seems like I'm always in a hurry lately. Sorry, maybe things will slow down soon.

Had a great weekend with family. A lot of building got done on the house! We grilled & played with the grands. Made a lot of memories. I sat in the room we call "kitchen" at the moment, & monitored the food...with little ones around....red mud...etc...LOL! Anyway...each of the grands came in through the day & talked with me. I knew they were smart....but I really didn't realize...until I had a deep conversation with a couple of 4 yr olds. Two 6yr olds, etc. They were very interested in how the housefire started. When I explained that a new stove (computerized) started the fire....they all, individually, told me that the people that made the stove should have to pay to rebuild the house! They already figured out what our lawyer is trying to convince Maytag of!!

They want to help paint the house...want to put flowers & such on it! So, I came up with an idea. We're going to have a walk-in closet from the master bath. I said that would be the "grand" room...they would each paint what they wanted & we would paint around (not over) their painting! What excitement...they all went to jumping up & down & running out to tell their parents!

Today, though, my daughter got an email from her husband, Chris. He's in Irag. The truck he was in Saturday was blown up & he & another soldier were thrown several feet. Not hurt bad....scratched & bruised...had 2 buddies killed. Please help us pray for Chris & all the soldiers! Gina & Chris have a little boy & a little girl.

I'll have to catch up more, later, as usual. Sorry...I stay behind all the time, now. Take care.

Well, I guess I nearly ate myself into oblivion these past 3 days. It's not gonna look good on that scales when Thursday rolls around and I go to WW.
I have no excuses either. I was just plain lazy.

I got stir crazy yesterday and went shopping at a book store.
I haven't done that in a long time.
I got the hard cover copy of the Curves book, a hard cover of SIMPLE ABUNDANCE,(HIGHLY recommend it!) no woman should be without it, and the latest book by Jean M. Auel, the author of the CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR series. I got the hard cover copy for $8.00 because it has a little ding or "hurt" as they call it, on the bottom edge of the cover. THE SHELTERS OF STONE.

I put a couple of things on my desktop, just for a little reminder each day.
The BMI thing, and a list of 10 'toxic weight' prevention tips, also an exercise routine for each day of the week so I keep it varied and hopefully avoid burn-out.

Visitation for Dawn is tonight and the funeral is tomorrow. Not looking forward to that.

I slept in this morning, so I'm behind schedule and I better get a move on.

Sue, congratulations on your win at the track! I went gambling a few months ago and had fun all day, winning then losing, but I pretty much broke even by the end of the day. It's fun once in a while, but I work with some people who go several times a week. I don't think I could get into it that much. They always tell that they won, but never tell how much they spend to win that much.

Sheila, did you get your painting done? I should have forced myself out into the yard and done some work out there this weekend, but, I was just sooo lazy. No gumption at all. That rose bush is still calling my name, and I dread getting started on it.

The party was just a normal, loud, college students party. No harm done. And after I go to bed, the sounds kind of get muffled by the hum of my CPAP machine. If they wake me up though, then I get on the phone to the cops. I remember what it was like to be young, and I sure did my share of partying, but they need to respect other peoples right to rest too.

I'm hoping for good luck to your son on finding a job.

How did the steaks turn out?
I was on a sugar binge all day yesterday.

Isn't it funny how when we've been out of control for a few days, we are actually glad to get back to healthy eating? I always have said that it feels like I've been poisoning myself.

Charlotte, I'm glad you had such a good time with the little ones. Aren't they just the greatest though?

And cool that you got a lot of work done on the house! Maybe you'll be "liveable" before winter after all. I sure hope so.

Oh gosh! That's so scarey about your son-in-law! I pray he and every one of our men and women over there and around the world come home safely. This is so awful, as all wars are. But, it's a new kind of war, and not easy to fight.

Well I need to get moving here.

Puss, I hope all is well with you.

Take care all! Later!