Good morning ladies! It is under 80 this morning and nice and cool! Whoohoo! It is 77 in the house, which is the coolest it has been in a long time. It is lovely outside this morning too. Of course, it is going to get into the 90's today, but I am going to revel in the cool the few hours I have it.

My clothing and swimsuit come today and I am excited to get them and see if they fit properly. This company makes the clothes to certain specifications and my problem is my waist is so much smaller than my big tuchus! Swimsuits are another issue because to get to fit over the afforementioned body part, then the upper part flops around because it is too big.

Susan: Ok, I know you have told me a bazillion times since we have posted here together, but are you short? I wondered about the 140 lbs unless you are an itty bitty gal. Sounds like the silver sneakers program is doing well for you. I need to start strength training again. I have the weights and the resistance rope and such and can get a program going for that while it is hot. I am sitting here trying to concentrate on what I am talking to you about with "The Nanny" on and that show cracks me up and I get distracted. Her mother just said she was trying to spice up her marriage by "appearing naked at the front door when daddy comes home, meanwhile, you will never see another Jehovah's Witness at my door again." lololololol I remember the old 70's marriage book saying you should wrap yourself naked in Saran Wrap and meet him at the door. Oy, the amount of plastic wrap for me!

Maggie: I make the little wienies or sausages in a crockpot with a jar of grape jelly and a jar of chili sauce. They always go over gangbusters with the family as it makes a great sweet and sour sauce.

Jean: Have you heard from your long lost hubby since he left the country? I wondered how the fish were biting since the weather has been so nuts all over the country. I like the chores in the box idea, but then you have to go drawn one out and do it. Me, I would put the box up in the cabinet and forget it! I did get the bathrooms clean yesterday but boy it was hot up there. I am going to get upstairs and dust and vacuum this morning before the house heats up so it will be done. Other than that nothing on the horizon. I have been playing hidden objects games, which I enjoy, especially the puzzle parts. It keeps my sluggish brain a little sharper. Did you read the story about the woman who back in 1993 had a motorcycle and then a few months later a car accident and it caused such brain damage that she remembers nothing past 1994? She keeps dozens of post it notes on her fridge to remind her what to do. She only remembers her husband because she met him before 94, but she forgets her wedding everyday. She has gotten so bad that she sits down and reads a book and forgets the previous pages and has to go back to the beginning over and over again or just give it up. I think that would have to be so depressing.

I guess I should get out of here and do the points for dinner. We are having baked steak with potatos and green beans.

Have a good day! Faye

Good Morning, Flowers! It's cool and has started to rain in my corner of the world. I noticed cracks in the yard yesterday so know we are dry. I have to sub in the gift shop this afternoon, so want to do some ironing this morning while it is cool.

Bob got home last night. The weather was cold (40s), windy, and rainy . . . crappy both days of fishing. They caught their limit and quit early on the 2nd day. Where they cross the border, closes at 8 PM, and doesn't open until 8 AM, so they had to stay put rather than come home early. They have TV, and were tired, so didn't suffer any.

"Gma" -- I didn't see your post yesterday since I was a few minutes behind you and it didn't show right away. on the 3.5# loss! Whenever Bob runs water at the kitchen sink it looks like he took a shower with water on the floor, down the cupboard doors, on the counter, etc. He is pretty neat in his bathroom though. I'm sorry you have had to rearrange you vacation plans again. The dolphin cruise sounds like fun; we did a sunset cruise on our first trip to Maui and saw more whales than when we went out on the whale watching boat. I watch the Nanny show once in awhile and can't believe that parents let their children get so out of control. Sometimes I think their mind set is that it is easier to sit in the chair and yell rather than get up to correct the behavior. I did see the program about the gal with the memory loss on the Today Show yesterday. She couldn't remember Matt's name even. That would be frustrating -- I saw her sticky not to feed the cat.

Maggie -- It's nice you have a glass project to work on again. I haven't seen you posting about that lately. Thanks for sharing the recipe! That combiniation is not something I would think to put together, but will give it a try sometime.

Susan -- Every time I have my height measured, I get a different #! I used to be 5' 4 1/2", but the last few years have ranged from 5' 3" to 5' 3 3/4". Guess I should have Bob do it and see what he finds. My previous doctor gave me a WW goal of 150#s; I know I would really see a big change in appearance at that weight. I'm thinking the WW goal is around 130, but I could be wrong. It seems like when older people lose a lot of weight, their skin gets more saggy and more wrinkled which makes them look older. I don't want to look any older than I do now!!! I'd have about 25#s to go to 150 so that is doable . . . 130 I'm not so sure about.

My washer is working on fish clothes so will move on to the next load. Have a terrific Tuesday!

Jean -- from Iowa!

Jean: I was watching the old rerun of the sitcom "The Nanny" with Fran Drescher. I don't watch the reality ones because I can't believe how out of control the kids are either. Sorry I mixed you up. I am sure you wondered why I thought the show was so funny.

Good evening, ladies! Hot and humid today.

I had work today and then went to the Y for my strength training workout. I'm having broiled catfish, baked potato and green beans for supper. One of our former long-time tenants passed away and the memorial service is tomorrow so I'll go to that with my boss in the morning. She was 82, had lung cancer and it spread to her brain.

Faye, I like those Nanny reruns, too. Did you watch Pawn Stars last night. That gamblers case was something! I was 5'6 but the osteoporosis has shrunk me to 5'4-1/2". I hope I don't lose anymore bone - one of the reasons I'm doing the Y is to hopefully at least keep the bone I have if not build more. I also have small bones. When I was at my heaviest, I was sure I had large bones. LOL

Jean, The goal weight for WW for
5'3" is 118 - 141
5'4" is 122 - 146
5'5" is 125 - 150
so it seems my doctor is not too out of line. So far and I don't have anymore wrinkles or loose skin. I'm glad Bob got his limit of fish. We'll all be over for a fish fry. What kind did he catch? I hope you time in the gift shop today was better than Saturday. We need rain, too.

Maggie, I hope you are having a good day. You are taller than me and Jean!

Ladies, do keep up with your bone scans. It's important not to get osteo! Have a great evening.

Good morning gals. Just a short one this morning as my doggie is sick and it seems the only time he is calm is sitting in my lap today. If he isn't better by this afternoon we will be taking him to the vet. He must have gotten into something in the backyard again as he is vomiting and loose stools. I gave him some of his medication that the doctor gave me for what he called "doggie colitis" but is hasn't helped so far. He can't take another dose until tonight and I feel so bad for him.

My stuff came last night and UGH! The swimsuit was made of a very thin rayon that stretched all out of shape and was see through so back it goes. I am very mad about it as they charge a 10% restocking fee for refunds and before I ordered it I emailed them and asked them about swimming in the suit and was it durable fabric and such and they outright lied to me. On top of that, the capris I am keeping but the cotton fabric in them is pretty thin too. The tshirts are going back because they don't fit, but since they were on sale all I can get is store credit so this was a total bust. I found a suit at Junonia so will buy it, I was just trying to keep from having to buy a 100$ swimsuit this late in the season and one I am hoping will be huge on me next year.

No personals today. I need to get back to Fortune. Have a good hump day all! Faye

Good afternoon, ladies! Raining today and only 85 so far.

I went to the memorial service this morning. This afternoon I'm going to the Y to walk on the treadmill and do the arm cycle. Tonight is quilting bee so I have a busy day going. I like being busy.

Faye, poor Fortune! and poor you having to clean up after him. I was really leery of buying a swimsuit site unseen, but I did get lucky. I keep forgetting to tell you, if you go to www.ymcamemphis.org you can see the classes and all the information about the various Y branches near you. Also, I don't know if it is just here but probably national, if you are over 55 you don't have to pay the joining fee. The fees that are listed are for those earning $60k a year or more as shown on you 1040 for the adjusted gross income. We only have one Y in the county so it is what it is. You have many to chose from and it looks like the rates per month vary so it's probably based on size, location, and what they have to offer.

Jean, the gift shop will be a lot more fun for you when you actually have people coming in. Bathing suits are all gone in the stores - until January. The sales were at the end of June and early July around here. How dumb that is.

Maggie, I take Fosamax every Friday. Thanks for the recipes; I'll be trying them.

Have a great day!

Good morning girls! It has been several days of cooling off overnight and it has been wonderful. It gets down into the upper 70's and the swelling in my feet has gone down so now I know it is heat related.

Fortune is better I am hoping. He had quit the vomiting and stuff by yesterday midday and last evening I gave him 2 scrambled eggs. He was ok overnight so I fed him one of those small dog foods in the little cartons so we shall see if that stays down and in so to speak. So far so good. I have to tell you that Pepto Bismal works better than prescription meds. Years and years ago Kelly had a beagle that got sick as a puppy. We took him to an emergency clinic here in Memphis (we were stationed here at the time) and the vet said you could give tiny amounts to dogs for sick tummies. I gave Fortune a dose on Tuesday night and his antibiotic med that I keep here. The meds did nothing, but I gave him a second dose of pepto Wed morning and he has been ok since. I give him about 1/4 tsp of the stuff in one of those little paper drinking cup because it makes far less mess trying to get it down him than on a spoon. Keeping my fingers crossed he is back to normal now.

Jean: You crack me up. I guess I really messed with your head. I WAS watching tv, but it was the comedy tv show "The Nanny." It runs on Nick at Night a lot. She is an updated version of "I Love Lucy" basically and so you know I would love it. In fact, Fran Drescher's favorite actress is Lucille Ball and she says she emulates her in her comedy. I did find a suit at a site called Junonia. It is plain purple with black staps and is a tank suit. They lean towards exercise clothing and such so the suit is more like one for serious swimmers and not your average sit at the pool thing. The problem is that the larger sizes in suits are sold out everywhere online and there is nothing in the stores now as Susan said. Sad thing really, but the fact is the obesity rate has run amok so everyone needs the upper sizes. I have found that anything above a 2x size sells out quicker than large, xl and 2x, which would be 18,20,22. Anyway, I ordered it so it should be here the end of next week and I hope it fits.

Susan: The 2 y's I would use, one of which is about 5 miles from my house, has a 60 yr old senior limit, but I wonder if Jack did the application for family instead would we have to pay for me too? The family is $75 to join and $75 a month at the two Y's we would use but no membership fee for Jack. We did belong, but let our membership lapse. I would like to go back though in the future. We shall see what happens. Have you ever seen that show "Holmes on Holmes" on HDTV? I love it and I think he is such a wonderful man to do the things he does for people.

Maggie: You are welcome for the recipe. Super simple, in a crockpot, put a large jar of any grape jelly even the cheap stuff, a whole bottle of chili sauce and mix it up, dump in a package of those cocktail wienies or sausages and just let them "stew." It would be a nice thing to take to a potluck as you just dump it in the crockpot and leave it. I have never had to take any of the stuff home as kids as well as adults seem to love them.

Have you all tried the new little mini cheeseburgers that WW has? They are 4 pts apiece and are "slider" size, but they are really pretty good. I am partial to those, the baked ziti and their breakfast sandwiches. I also like their ice cream treats. For the most part, I buy Lean Cuisine in frozen meals because they have the best taste. I like their pizzas. I buy the cheese pizzas and put some mushrooms on top and it is like having a real treat. Keeps you away from the Dominoes that's for sure! lol

I think we have finally decided to forego the cruise for another time for a couple reasons. I want to be down to goal weight to really enjoy being able to walk a lot on excursions and such and though I will be a huge amount better by next year I will still have a ways to go so want to hold off. I also am getting tons of cheap hotel prices for Vegas and you know Vegas and me. Our favorite hotel is offering $30 a night rooms so we feel we can't pass that up. We still have a year until we take a big vacation again, but I can book for next August now and get the cheaper price. On top of that you can get up to 40% off some of the shows. Those can't be booked until next year, but truthfully I am afraid Las Vegas is still going to be in a real economic mess come next year. The hotel we stay at has graveyard breafast specials too. Of course you have to get up early it ends at 6 am, but we usually do and then go back to bed for a couple hours! lol I mean, you can get ham steak and eggs with potatoes and toast or a steak and eggs with potatoes and toast for $4. Eggs, potatoes and either saus or bacon is $3. You can get a couple pancakes for the same thing or biscuits and gravy. We have this routine, up early for breakfast, go back to bed then up and out by 10 to sightsee, lunch somewhere then back to the hotel around 1 or so, then out to the pool for an hour to swim and people watch, sometimes we get lunch at the Subway or Fuddruckers in the hotel and bring it out to thepool and eat, but then back inside and fool around then out around 4 for more sightseeing, shows in the evening and nice dinners. We do the cheap breakfast and cheap lunches and then do nicer dinners. I always look forward to the Bellagio buffet because I can try stuff I have never had. I had a couple things there last time I hadn't had, lamb, quail, ossobucco, and stuff like that. I found I didn't like the quail much, but the lamb they had was delicious and I liked the ossobucco which was beef of course, but I had never had it before. I plan on trying alligator in Florida. A lot of the restaurants have alligator on their appetizer list so I want to try it.
We shall see if I am brave enough. I want to really stick with WW while on vacation so will probably do a lot of seafood for the most part.

Well I have blabbed enough. I guess I should get out in the kitchen and get myself my breakfast. WW is going really well for us again, which pleases me, in fact, Jack now does not have to buy anymore shorts for vacation as the ones that were too tight now fit him.

Have a great Thursday it is BURN NOTICE night for me and there are only two episodes left. Oh, has anyone watched the show "Memphis Beat?" It is actually pretty good, a little too syrupy with the southern stuff as most people aren't like that except the jr women's club crowd or the sorority ladies groups, but the show is good and has some real humor to it. Faye

Good evening, ladies! Raining and 80 degrees this day.

Had work today and then went to the Y and did strength training for 30 minutes and the treadmill 15 minutes.

Faye, I wondered how long you could stay away from Las Vegas with all the great deals! I've watched Holmes on Holmes in frequently. It usually comes on when one of the other programs I watch is on. I am really looking forward the the new shows beginning next month.

Jean, I hope the lady who broke her hip recovers nicely. I wear medium shirts and 14 pants so I can usually find something on sale. It's getting harder to find them among all the larger sizes. When I was so overweight the only place I could get clothes was Lane Bryant. I was sure glad to get back to regular sizes.

Time for my dinner. Y'all have a good evening!

Maggie, I'll bet that roast is delicious.