Jean: No, the one that moved was a single girl with a boyfriend. My problem with her was the washer/faucet leaking thing and her cousin throwing lit cig butts onto my deck which burned a hole in my patio chair cushions. She was a doll about it though and did say she would replace it, but it was a set I bought with the cushions and you couldn't just get a replacement you would have had to replace all the cushions and the umbrella. I have always had raving success with the fantasy fudge recipe with the marshmallow cream. I make nothing else and have had it only one time not set up and that was years ago. I make milk choc fudge and can't keep it in the house. Because of the kids being gone, I kind of miss the rice krispie treats, peanut butter cookies and such I would make for them. Course, I am not going to be down to 200 by the end of the year if I start making them for T!
I lost another 2 lbs so I am on cloud nine and don't want to muck it up. Last weekend was the first weekend in a eon that I stayed OP for the whole weekend. I am planning a strategy for traveling too so I can stay within guidelines. We always would take honey roasted cashews, chips, cheetos, chocolate candy and the like to munch on in the car besides full sugar soft drinks. I am going to take some diet drinks, water, precut fruit, bananas, chex mix in individual baggies so I don't overeat then try and eat a salad at lunch and something grilled for dinner on Thur. Of course, my grandson will want whatever I am snacking on so I will have to be sure and take extra! We are looking forward to leaving.Jack has his PLC seminar today and tomorrow so he got to wear jeans and a golf shirt instead of a uniform to work today as it is as the Alan Bradley company. Bad thing is it starts later so dinner will be later. I have to adjust eating!
Today is clean the downstairs day and I will do the sheets tomorrow so they are nice and fresh when we get home. I have two sets, but the set I got with the bed in a bag are deep pocket and uncomfortable because the fitted sheet is too big. I need to buy some more, but again I want to buy a new bed in a bigger size. I know you all think I do nothing but clean as I am always seeming to say I am either cleaning, shampooing or the like. I guess I do clean a lot, but I am so paranoid someone will show up here and the house not be clean, which is ridiculous for several reasons, 1, my dd is a slob and her house is ALWaYS a total tornado mess (maybe she is rebelling against her too clean mom, what ya think???), 2 I have no friends here save one and she is clinically depressed and I rarely see her and 3 I have no other family that lives here. I mean, I stress out if the UPS or FEDEX man is going to come to the door and I might have a shoe out of place or something and they don't even come in!!!!! Dear sweet Jack after all these years just puts up with it and as I don't nag too much about putting stuff in it's place (which drives me absolutely bonkers btw) he just goes with the flow. I know it bothers him that his wife is a jack in the box though. For example, take this morning. I got up with him, came downstairs and did my daily chores (empty dishwasher, feed pets, start load laundry) I took my meds, got out dinner meat, then organized on paper everything we need to do to go to Indiana from cleaning litter box to what has to be packed in the car. I made a bag for the dog with his stuff to go to the kennel, typed a list of contact numbers for the kennel, picked up the rugs and dog toys off the floor to clean, got water and sat down with a new book. Even though the book is really GOOD, I only sat about 10 minutes and I was up doing this and planning on starting to clean. I do that every single day. If it is not cleaning, it is preparing stuff to prepare dinner, like chopping veggies and the like. I just can't sit still. In my mind, there is always something I should be doing instead of wasting time sitting. It is totally ridiculous, but I have been that way for years and years. My sister and dd complain that I can get things done because I don't work outside the home, but the truth is, when I worked, I would get up half hour earlier that anyone else and make sure the house was straigthened completely, laundry started for the day and the like. That is beside the fact, that I NEVER EVER EVER go to bed with the house cluttered. I check every room before I go to bed to make sure it is organized etc. The only room I never fool with is Jack's office and that is a promise I made him when we moved here because I used to clean it every day and throw stuff away he did't want thrown away. When I had the job down here, I would get up at 4:30 AM, straighten everything, put away dishes etc like I do now, shower and dress for work, take Jack to work, go straight to work and get there around 7:15 though I didn't start work until 8 I would start working, take my lunch hour at 2, go get Jack and he would take me back to the office, get off at 5 pm, come home and make dinner, clean it up, finish up drying the laundry, folding and putting it away (Jack would put it in the dryer for me when he got home) and before I went to bed the house would be spotless and next day do it all over again. I would spend the weekend doing the weekly cleaning and never waiver from that. I know they never believed me, but it's true. My dd comes over ever Thur with T for dinner and she says it is because we get to see Thomas that way, but the truth is I think the fact the house is clean and someone cooks for her and the only thing she does is naps on the couch is the real reason. She thinks her mom is a freak. Funny thing I don't judge anyone else by how I judge myself. I can go into her mess and though I want to pick up etc, it is because I feel sorry for her not having the time and not because I am uncomfortable. I am just weird!
Well, this is definitely not getting the downstairs done and I need to eat breakfast and get on the treadmill today
Have a great day ladies
Faye
of Clean!" I would think you would be pencil thin just because you always seem to be on the move. Me, I could sit and watch someone else clean all day long. 
This weekend I cleaned some corners that haven't had much attention during the school year and I would have been embarrassed to have anyone else see them. In visiting with others who stayed home when the kids were little then went back to work, they all seem to hit the high spots and hope for the best. There is a limit to how much one can do in the hours they are not at the workplace or sleeping. It's the same way with cooking -- I don't like to cook so anything fast and easy is ok with me. Someday I will be organized . . . probably when I retire!
from Iowa!
. Today I've got some energy! The dishwasher has run and been unloaded, the washer and dryer are going, I've bagged up the garbage, and cleaned out the litter boxes. I had to find a sub to switch days with me to work in the hospital gift shop and got that done. Next on my list is to sort through some clothes in the spare bedroom. 
Have a safe trip!
I wish I would have had my window measurements along and I would have ordered vertical blinds for all 3 bedrooms. I swore I would never have another Penneys card after my last experience but guess today's savings was worth it. This time my limit is $2000 so I must have come "up" in their requirement standards. Hah!
Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me.
in Iowa!
-- guess he got tired of teachers nagging him yesterday. He had a whole week to get caught up on assignments and didn't do a one for anybody.
It is great to cuddle that little fur ball when I am taking a break though but by then he is in a playing mode and wants me to play tug of war with his rope thingie. 
