Awwwww, CaddyK!!!!! I am so, so happy for you! Now, promise me, please....not another move...at least not for...let's say, two years, okay? Oh, counting down to my retirement....ahuh....kinda scared, to tell you the truth, but counting all the same. I have an appointment at the Social Security office next Wednesday afternoon to complete my application for Social Security benefits. Yikes! I have given in to my "partner in crime", Jack - and agreed not to give my notice at work until April 30th. Which means I will work through May. THEN I'm planning to be finished there, although he will stay on as a consultant. He is, of course, the same one I'm working on the Vermont job with, so we'll still be working together.
To tell you the truth, I don't recall when people said they might want to get together for a "Golden Girls" getaway, but my recollection is that sometime in the summer works best for most. I've promised my sister to spend two weeks traveling around the south with her in early June, and then two weeks with my kids and grandkids at the beach in Rhode Island. After that, I don't really know, except that I will be doing maybe 16 hours a week (mostly from home) on the Vermont job. So, my calendar, for a three-day getaway (if that's what everybody wants to plan) is fairly open at this point. Dh is hinting at a trip to Greece, and I have to say, that sounds like a nice thought...and then there's finding another house before the market skyrockets up again.....Lord....is that "retirement" that I'm describing? Sounds awfully busy to me...
Lynn, I am sorely tempted to join the walking group. I certainly need to do something. But I know for sure that I won't make it as far as you veteran walkers.....are you planning some way that we neophytes (AKA: lazybones) might be able to join in without always lagging far behind everybody else? I believe that I could provide a perfectly lovely description of the park around the corner from our house!
Isabella! I just looked up the recipe for mazidra!!!! OMG, it sounds fabulous! I will be making it for sure! Anything with tomatoes and cukes and avocado has got to be great! Thanks!
Auto....nice to have some company on my one-meal-a-day regimen, but I have to tell you if I ate when I was hungry, I'd be eating all the time, not once a day!
Oh, PT/Donna...you know me. Things only work well for me for a limited length of time, so I sincerely doubt that I'll do myself any damage by eating a little less for a while. Besides, I've been reading articles that say the less you eat, the longer you'll live. Some ancient tribesmen up in extremely remote areas of the world survive on a handful of something or other and a cup of yak milk a day, and live to be something like a hundred zillion years old. So, I'm figuring I can make it on bean patties and avocados and such. For a while, anyway, until I lose my enthusiasm. And, as for the scale....dunno. I think I'll weigh in NEXT weekend. Tomorrow I head back up to Vermont for two days. So, if I'm not around when Marie gets back, give her my love, will you?
Good grief, Rosey, you REALLY don't eat much at all, do you? Those menus of yours are pretty sparse-looking to me. But, I guess it's sure enough working, so carry on, m'dear...LOL
Bobbi....exactly....if I stay busy through the day, I don't even think about eating until it's time for supper. You going to post pictures of your dd's kitchen? She's a lucky girl to have such handy parents!
Hi Rie, luv....I was going to post a comment on the Republican caucus but thought better of it. Oh, and Freda! You guys need to check out The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and see his little piece on that Limbaugh character! Too funny!
Gayle...fat head, eh? No matter what symptoms I used to present with, my (old) doctor would say, "Well, you COULD stand to lose a few pounds..." (Note that was my OLD doctor. My new one is much more respectful. )
Carol Sue....eating out is not a bad thing...I could certainly adjust to it quite nicely, I think.
Congrats on all your winnings, Mary...no wonder you're so busy these days with all your contests!
Okay, hiya to everybody I've missed...you know I don't mean it, I'm just old, and things slip my mind easily. I'll catch you on the upswing!
Z