Good morning to you all! Another icky, sticky, high pollen day with more rain in the forecast. I need some darn sun! It is so depressing to be in this kind of weather for a whole week. I don't know how people that live in Seattle stand it. Jack says it is almost always cloudy there and rains a good portion of the time.

Jean: Ok, this is what I heard works well, you wear plastic throw away type gloves AND you butter the gloves. The glove help protect your hands from the hot mixture and the butter helps keep all the goo from sticking to either your hands or your gloves. I don't remember who told me that but she swears it works.

Maggie: We couldn't find a panasonic here in town and I didn't want to pay the big shipping cost then wait for two weeks so we went with a GE. I found a beautiful 2.0 1200 for $159 at Lowes and it is great.

The commissary was like being in Freddie Krueger's house yesterday. After all that remodeling they did that took severel months, then after that they rearranged the whole store and I just got use to that and made my grocery list according to which aisle had what, we went in yesterday and except for the produce and the glass freezer, milk and meat cases, the shelves aisles were completely redone again. One of the dumb things they did was they now have the snacks like chips on a separate aisle from the soda. The soda now sits across from the depends and baby diapers. Makes sense to me! On top of that, they were having a case sale and you would have thought we had been warned of an impending 6 foot snow storm. There were no carts, we had to stand an wait until the next person checked out, the people were totally rude, and everyone was miffed because the store was rearranged. We had to stand in line for at least 20 minutes to check out. I just went to the car and let Jack do it. He gets all prissy about how the groceries are put into the basket so he gets all prissy about how to unload them so that job became his a long time ago. Jean, you would love Jack's organization! He has produce in a section, meat in another, boxed food in another, can goods in a another, dairy another section, non foods like cleaning stuff underneath, etc. Boy does he get grumpy if I put something in the basket out of place so I just dump it on the seat on top of my purse and make him put it where he wants it.

I am going to try and get the downstairs cleaned today as I have clinic tomorrow, but we came home from lunch yesterday and all of a sudden I felt like vomiting. Up came my whole lunch and I pulled the muscles around my rib cage and down on lower stomach. I am pretty sore today so I don't know if that is going to get done or not.

You all have a great day today and enjoy sunshine if you have it!
Faye

Good morning all! It was another icky day yesterday and I wanted to get out so we drove over to Corinth, TN to the battle of Shiloh. We had wanted to check it out since we went to Vicksburg. Well, it rained heavy all the way there until about 10 miles from it then stopped. It started sprinkling just as we finished up. We got some great video of a deer walking around the road and later on we saw two does and a little fawn walking right next to the road in another part. We also saw a wild turkey. I told Jack it was no wonder some of the pilgrims starved, those wild turkeys looked like there was about 3 lbs of meat on them! In the park visitor center they had lots of things to look and we found out that Henry Stanley, from the African Stanley and Livingtone fame fought at Shiloh as did Lou Wallace, who would later become governor of New Mexico during the cattle land war there. They had a union and a confederate uniform hanging and you could touch and even put it on. I felt the wool of the union uniform and it was very lightweight, the confederate however was a very heavy wool and lined too. I found it comical that the northerners had the light clothing and the southerners the heavy.

Jean: It was one of the worst trips to the commissary I have ever been on. It was totally nuts there. It didn't help that we did that favor for Jack's boss first so we got to the commissary about 2 hours after it opened and usually are there right after it opens. How the heck is all this rain missing you? It has rained here everyday for a week and a half and it is supposed to rain the remainder of the week. Everything is soaked and flooded and awful.

Maggie: I think the woman that told me about the buttered gloves was burning her hands with the hot candy part of the popcorn mix and found gloves helped it a bit, though not completely. I always hate getting meatloaf mix under my nails also and keep a nail brush at the sink for just that purpose. If we owned a fancy house, I think I would have one of those faucets that came on when you put your hands underneath so you would never get meat goo on the knobs. I end up having to take clorox sheets to it all anyway.

I have clinic today so I guess I better get going on my morning chores. I guess since we were gone all day yesterday the house will have to wait til tomorrow, but with all the rain there isn't much else to do but that and knit so it will still be here for me to do.

Have a great start to your week. Faye

Good morning, ladies! A very nice day in the low 70s.

I had a nice weekend. Saturday Glory and I went to a quilt show in Gloucester, VA. Its and old town and the quilts are hung in historic buildings on the town square. We had lunch at Sweet Madelin's (a very nice tea room). Yesterday I went to church and did some grocery shopping. Tonight is the first night of Bible study. I'm really looking forward to this.

Faye, your shopping didn't sound like fun to me. I hate it when they rearrange stores, even if it is a good marketing tactic. My dad took me to Shiloh when I was 10 years old. Back then, they dyed the creek that flows through it red because they say after the battle it ran red from all the blood.

Jean, the clergy sure know how to get people to do stuff.

Maggie, keep Will. I could give my dh a list and he would go to the grocery store and come home with 2 or 3 bags but nothing that was on the list.

Have a great day.

Good morning to you all! Jack came home last night and told me that the receptionist at his job lost her 3 month old grandbaby yesterday. The baby was perfectly healthy and was found dead bleeding from the nose and mouth. I am under the impression it is hinky circumstances and the little thing has been sent for autopsy. She is such a nice woman, always so kind to me when I call to have Jack paged. I bought a sympathy card for Jack to give to her, but sure isn't much when you lose a grandchild. My heart goes out to her.

Maggie: Good for you! Congrats on you loss! Since I have started doing the WW religiously, I have adjusted everything not to have one bit of leftovers so I don't have much of the hidden container syndrome any more. I occasionally have a container with left over chopped onion or some mushrooms from a can that I didn't use all of, but that's about all with that.

Jean: It is pouring down rain here again this morning. I am so sick of rain I can't believe it. Everything is muddy and yucky and just depressing. I guess people tend to go to the people that get things done for them and no one wants to head up committees that ask for money that's for sure.

Susan: Sounds like you had a good time this weekend. According to the info at the welcome center, over 23,000 soldiers lost their lives in that two day battle. What we continue to do to each other is amazing.

Well gals, I have to hit the bricks. I have work to do today and it must get done. Have a good one!
Faye

Good evening, ladies! Another warm day today.

I really enjoyed seeing everyone at Bible study last night and getting an overview of what we will be doing this year. I had a doctor's appointment after work and that was the highlight of my day. At least NCIS starts the new season tonight and the new NCIS LA is on afterwards. I can catch up with The Biggest Loser on the Fine Living channel Friday or Saturday night.

Maggie, on the weight loss. Perservance pays off. I've been having a terrible time lately and need to get back on track pronto.

Jean, I haven't needed a jacket yet, but it sure is cool at night.

Faye, that is so sad about the baby. I wonder what happened.

Well, that's it for today. Have a good evening.

Good morning to you all! I have had several crappy food days. Not that I have been eating a bunch of junk food, but seem to be hungry all the time. Last night was the last straw though, I sat and ate crap I think it was just a WW dessert or something but I didn't even want it. So, this morning I set out my menu and pts for the day and that is that. It hasn't helped that I have felt unwell, not I think I am going to die sick, just not well and it is tied to my intestinal stuff. So, I gave myself a sharp talking to about needing to eat properly and getting regular exercise and such. I do feel that I heard me too....

Susan: I always seem to miss NCIS on Wednesday because I rarely turn on network tv. I love the show and the format and the actors. Did you know that Pauley Perrette who plays Abby really has a masters degree in criminology? I guess her parents shuffled her around a lot when she was a kid and she was one of those bright ones that just loved school. I think Mark Harmon is spot on his portrayal of a Marine. I should know, not only because I came in contact with so many with Jack in the Navy, but my bil, who is Jack's best friend is a an E-8 First Sergeant retired. I also adore David McCallum, partially because I was in love with him when I was in jr high and he was in "The Man From Uncle." Back then, I had a thing for blond men! Good thing in my later years I became more open minded or Jack wouldn't have had a chance!

Jean: Oooh, speaking of soup weather, I think I will make us a nice pot of chili and corn bread for dinner. I was going to do something else, but it is still rainy and ugly here even though the temp is not cold. I love my chili with lots of good fiber beans. Jack is a purist and only eats chili with meat in it, but I only put half lb of gr sirloin in my chili so you get a lot of soup and not tons of meat. He does love onions so I put a lot of onions in it.

Well, though I repeat myself, I have to get work done today. I sat around and felt sorry for myself yesterday. I didn't feel great so gave myself an excuse, but I need to get up and moving today.

Have a great day all!
Faye

Good Morning, Flowers! The sun is playing hide 'n seek behind the clouds. It promises to be another cool day in NW Iowa. I have to take our rings in to have the stones checked. I usually do that right before school starts and just didn't do it this time. Other than that I have one more box in the garage and then need to figure out how to pack away the pictures and few glass treasures that belonged to my grandma.

Susan -- I'm glad your Bible study group is off to a good start. I watched Dancing with the Starts last night and intended to watch the program that followed. Alas, I missed the whole thing ; Bob said it was a good show.

"Gma" -- I hope you are feeling much better today! They say it's ok to talk to yourself but you are in trouble when you start answering yourself. I find myself thinking "do I REALLY need that?" to myself at the grocery store. Chili sounds good, beans and all!

By the time I put my shoes on and make it downtown the jewelry store should be open. Have a wonderful Wednesday and remember to !

Jean -- and from Iowa!

Good morning to you all. It rained again last night but we just might get some sunshine today. I sure do hope so. This constant rain stuff is for the birds.

Jean: We watched some of the Cubs game then I went upstairs and put xm radio on the tv and went to sleep. I am waiting for the fall season programming to start. I love "Burn Notice" but it doesn't come back on until winter. It used to be you could look forward to the new season the middle of Sept, right after school started. Slowly but surely the number of episodes got shorter and they waited longer to air them. Now, they film like 6-8 episodes then they all go on hiatus for 3-4 months then they film again. I end up watching reruns and hopefully catch what I didn't get to see the first time around. I noticed you always talking about putting on your shoes when you go out. I don't ever wear shoes in the house, though I wear socks or slipper socks as my feet get cold otherwise. When I was a kid, we always wore shoes in the house all the time. I don't remember walking around without shoes on. Funny how time changes things.

Gonna get the upstairs bathroom and dusting done today then drag the vacuum upstairs tomorrow and finish up for the week. At least I was able to get the downstairs cleaned yesterday.

I guess I better go and get me a bowl of cereal for breakfast. It is time to eat! Have a great day all!
Faye

Good morning, ladies - another day in the high 80s.

Did any of you watch "Mercy" last night? It's a new show about 3 nurses. At least it's something to watch on Wednesday night. I really enjoyed both NCIS on Tuesday night. And tonight is Grey's Anatomy. Looks like Izzy survived but George died.

Tomorrow I'm taking my car in for State Inspection, oil change, new battery, detailing and what ever else it needs. I hope it doesn't take all day.

Faye, I seldom wear shoes in the house - only if I come in from one errand and have to go on another one in a short time. I'm barefooted in the summer and slippered in the winter.

Jean, I've never had my rings checked - but then I've never had them off since the day I got married.

Have a great day!