Yes, I noticed that it did not cool down and that we are almost at the point of meeting the 1980 record. It was hot in west Texas too, of course, but I actually saw a rain cloud! :lol:

I'm happy that I didn't gain any weight. We ate Mexican food and each had TWO margaritas the night after the court hearing. But, we were at a hotel with a gym and a pool. We swam every night and I used the elliptical and weights once. I went to the gym today too.

Today, I thought that I am getting used to the heat. That is sicko!

Tejas I'm so glad everything went well for your niece at the hearing. What a horrible, uncertain and worrying time it must have been for her.

Pam Thugs, muggers and other degenerates hijacked the fact that the police shot and killed a black youth. He was armed by the way. His family have dissociated themselves with the riots. The courts sat all night on Tuesday and the rioters were scooped up and processed in record time. Our Prime Minister has said that it is no good hiding behind the 'civil rights' banner. If they are old enough to do the crime they will do the time. As far as I know it was quieter last night. The youngest looter arrested is aged 14. Did you see on your news, the poor youngster who was mugged and the looter pretended to help and stole from him?
Three young men, trying to protect their street were mown down by a car and killed. An arrest has been made.
The cops are going through CCTV and mobile phone pictures and have made many arrests already. The message from them is 'We know who you are and we are coming to get you' Yesterday, after the pictures were shown on TV, several handed themselves in. There is no data protection at all over these people.They are being named and shamed as soon as they are found.

Troubled times, for sure, Jojo.

I didn't gain while away, but I have gained a few pounds lately. I'm changing my ticker and jumping on the 20 pounds by Christmas bandwagon.

I see that the Iowa State Fair is all excited about fried butter. Been there, done that! That was Texas' State Fair feature last year. :lol:

morning.

I am liking the scale lately. I am down 3 lbs from last week and 2 lbs from this past monday. I have cut out the mindless snacking and have been getting on the treadmill everyday. I have 2 more lbs to lose to get back to the weight I was, but still need to lose another 15 after that.

Rhonda, welcome aboard. I think all of us are doing the challenge now. We are going to do great.

Hubby went to his parents for a day or two, so I'm home alone. Daughter is using my car, they have theirs in shop getting fixed, so I'm without a vehicle.

I just looked at my desktop and see it's only 67 here. That is the coolest it's been in a long time.

Good Morning Ladies:)

Going to make is post short as I got to get to the supermarket for staples that I forget to buy the other day. Crowds for the Road Race are going up into the thousands. Not going out this weekend at all expect for early morning church going.My friends are going to do the same thing. Don't really mind the traffic on the roads but the attitude of people in the supermarkets or out door activities,where tourist believe that they are owed the right to be nasty.

PAM-The morning are cool so if I go down to the beach I go then.My GC twin girls are 11 next girl is 10 and the boy is 8. The GS is the worst as he is the only boy in the family and he is spoiled. Girls weren't allowed to get away with he does. My DD if she doesn't nip it in the butt is heading for big time troubles. Oh I don't what those are either ,but I going to ask my doctor again what he thinks. Congrats on your weight loss you doing great. I'm back from my 3 lb vacation weight I down to 165.5 this morning,and if I make it to Christmas I will be 145.5. Going to work hard for that.

SANDRA=At our DQ if you buy a blizzard they send money to MD.but of cause I love DD Frozen Hot chocolate drink better.


JOJO-Stay safe, the riots are terrible but I heard they they are just going after the store owners.


Have to go,and get out.see you guys tomorrow.

We should post the recipe since the fried frito pie recipe went over so well last year :rofl:

Oh yes, Nancy....we should. You would have thought that we were real renegades last year. So, maybe the fried butter at the Texas fair was in 2009!?

Sandra, would you find that recipe for fried butter and put it in the Core recipe thread :lol3:

Yeah, right, Rhonda. I'd love to post the recipe for fried butter. I haven't been attacked in a long time and need to be reminded what it feels like. (Actually, I'm tempted to hunt and post it!!)

I hear ya on getting used to the heat. I don't want to be thinking "This isn't so bad" when the temps are still around 105*. That's not right at all. :lol:

JoJo, it's good you don't live near the riots. Stay safe! And thank you again for starting this challenge.

Pam, being alone a couple of days should work to your benefit for getting back on track. Kudos on your losses! You're on your "weigh."

Nancy, you and Rhonda are hoots!! :lol: I think it's your turn to post the recipe. Maybe you could find "fried Twinkies", too.

Those of you with cooler temps--I love you anyway. Our day will come. (I hope.)

My eating's been good all week so far. Life is good. Now I need to hop in the water in the AM and shake my bootie.

I am soooo disappointed. We were just a few days away from meeting the 1980 record number of consecutive days with three digit temperatures. But, today, we got clouds AND rain. Not much of either, but enough to cool us off a bit, below 100F.

I had a great upper body workout today with my trainer, followed by swimming with my niece. I did 1 1/2 hours of exercise. I hit the wall :lol:

Another sad note--we got to 100* today where I live, but it doesn't count since it's not DFW. Doesn't seem fair that we didn't get any cool air or drops of rain. We have 2 sprinklers going right now. The birds think it's raining.

I had 2 corndogs for dinner. Counted the points for them so I'm still OP. I don't have very many WPA's left, though.

Rhonda, kudos, Cuz!! You're an exercising phenom.

Oh Lordy, yes I remember the hoo ha over that recipe. I never vebture off this thread because some of those other posters are quite vicious not to mention blxxdy rude.

I feel so sorry for you girls in this heatwave I would have dropped dead around mid July for sure.

Riots seem to be dwindling. The police are rounding them up in huge numbers, the courts are sitting through the night and the prison vans taking them to court have their lights full on so we can all see who they are. They are not so brave now.

The saddest sight I have seen, except for that young Malay boy, was a rioter aged 12 in court completely alone because his mum couldn't be bothered to come. No wonder he is a little feral monster is it?

Some parents have seen their kids on TV and marched them down to the cop shop!

It has surprised us all that many of the looters were from middle class families

Morning chick-a-doodles. Beautiful morning here. 60 degrees, what a refreshing change. I'm home alone and drinking my coffee. I made a crockpot of steel cut oats last night and added a diced apple. Weight is still holding in check. I didn't get on the treadmill yesterday, but plan to do so today.

Good to hear you Texans are getting some relief. I know it's still unbearably hot for you all.

Maryann, your grandson is the baby of the family. They always get spoiled. I know my first grandson was a terror. I refused to babysit him until he was around 3, he was that bad. Turned out ok.

jojo, the riots are scary. Sad about the boy. Don't quite understand how parents can have children and then don't really care about them.

A corndog sounds good. Haven't had one in years and years. I love the ff ball park franks, but they don't carry them in the store anymore.

Have a good day.

Good Morning Ladies:)

Another sunny day with the humidity down and I will be able to open the windows to get some fresh air in. I forgot that my church is going to have a white elephant sale today and tomorrow just before our famous road race.Think I'm going down there and see what on sale.

OK, HOW DO YOU FRY BUTTER WON'T IT MELT??????

SANDRA-Sorry about you high temps,wish I could bottled it up and send it your way.

JOJO-TG the riots are dwindling,These are people that don't have a life that's productive. We have them over here also. The people that have jobs to go to don't riot over the ones that on the dole. Happy to hear that the law won.

Have to go,have a wonderful day

Good Morning Chicks! I'm here...hanging on. That's all I can say.