Oh Vickie. :hug:

Angela

Good Morning Chicks! I went to bed crying last night and woke up the same way this morning. Jim and Cassie and I are going to take it easy today. I think we'll snuggle and talk about all the funny and sweet Cameo stories. Well, Jim and I will talk....Cassie will just listen! I'll be going to PAWS later this week to bring them all of Cameo's great canned food that I bought for her, along with a box or two of unopened litter that I bought and 5 bags of treats. I know all those little rescued kitties will enjoy the stuff.

Does anyone know where I can buy a little sturdy box to make as a memory box for Cameo? It would need to be large enough to fit her little brush with the last of her hair in it, her collar and tag, the angel pin from the Vet which looks exactly like her, and a couple of the twinkle ball toys she loved so much. I know it sounds crazy but I want to do it anyway. The Great Nieces and Nephews can call me looney when they throw all that stuff away when I'm gone! Maybe Michael's or some kind of craft store?

Anyhow....I don't feel much like chatting today. I need to get back on program and I will.

Vickie, here are a few options:

Bombay Company

Brylane Home

Orvis Pet Memory Box

Pawprint Memory Box at Chimpfeet

More pet memory items from Chimpfeet

It will get easier with time, I'm sure you know, but that doesn't make it easier right now. You'll always miss her just like you miss MacDuff, but the painful worrying in the recent days is what's wearing you down right now. :hug: Just take it easy.

Hello all. Just got back from WI - lost 2.2:carrot: I'm thrilled. and I've updated my ticker. I'm now back under 180 on the WW scale. WOO HOO.


Vickie, I'm so sorry about Cameo. Our pets are our babies. I hope you are doing better today.

Frouf, I guess your next cruise will work its self out. You never know what kind of deal you'll find between now and next year. Did you really already book a couple more? Where to and when? All this cruise talk makes me want to look into it myself. I'm not big on flying, so there are a few opitons that leave from Boston or NY. Who knows. Sorry to hear about your Ex, its good of you to help him though. The surgery sounds painful. Let us know how he makes out. Does DH mind you helping him? Just courious.....

Well, back to work.

Sandra, just noticed your ticker -- 170! Fantastic. Almost into a new decade! Look at today as a new day, I know the past few weeks were difficult, I hope you are both doing better.

Take care.

i typed a long post but i guess it's floating in cyberspace. this will have to be short. my sil is coming in a minute. she wants get her hair styled like mine. now is that a good compliment or what?

i'll be back tomorrow. i hope everyone has a good evening.

Hi All:

I'm just saying "hi." It was a loonngg day at work today. I am helping people with some serious career-threatening grievances at work. It distresses me that people who are so smart can be so mean to one another at times.

It's nice to see the supportive words to everyone here.

Rhonda

I need love ... can't even talk about it right now. All I can say is that I'm having a bad time and am very tired of crying and worrying and being in pain.

I'll be back Sunday afternoon. Everybody take care. :hug:

Oh Kathy!! :hug: :hug: :hug:
I hope that you're okay. Be safe and I hope that it's a great weekend.

kathy, i'm sending you :hug: :hug: :hug: i hope everything gets better. have a good weekend.

rhonda, i hope your day is better, too. don't let things get you stressed.

melissa, it's good to see you here. how's your halloween goal going, podna?

vickie, i'm glad you have your sister's birthday to focus on. you need family around to help you smile and feel better.

paula, thank you for noticing my tracker. i'll probably have to make an adjustment on it today after i get home from the doctor. i don't want to step on his scales but i'll have to do it. i may wear jeans so i can blame part of my problem on them.

last night i ate a big plate of cheese nachos. other than that, i did very well opwise yesterday. we had a huge meal spread before us after the service. i probably had about 300 calories. now why did i eat those nachos? was it reward? was it habit? was it stupidity what with going to the doctor for my monthly wi with him? it was probably all 3.

frouf, everybody loves my hair but curtis. he keeps telling everyone he likes it 3 or 4 days after i get it cut. i guess it should make me happy that he likes it better when i comb it. men!

my sil got hers styled almost the same as mine. she looks younger and perkier. she was in a bit of a depression and needed a lift. we had a good time at the salon last night. it was just my friend who does my hair, my 2 sil's and me. we told my friend that this was the first time we'd ever called anyone to make a hair appointment from a funeral. actually, we called from the funeral home right after we finished the reception after the service. last night was the first time we 3 sil's had ever gone anywhere and done anything together with just the 3 of us. it was a good bonding experience. we live in 3 different states so we don't all get together much.

it's about 10 minutes till time to start getting ready to go to the doctor. i've been awake 3 hours already. our nephew/niece are flying out early afternoon. i'm going to head back to w a today. i need it desperately.

wish me luck at the doctor's. i hope he can whip me back into shape with my losing. i'm not ready to stop. i want to lose at least 20 more pounds.

Sandra - hang in there - one plate of cheese nachos does not end the battle! You are doing so well - you will bounce right back - remember you are living thru a very stressful situation right now!

Kathy - I hope you are feeling better today? And that you can relax and enjoy the weekend! Sending frouf hugs your way :hug: :hug: - try and have good time!

Vickie - how are you and Jim doing? I know you have some very fond memories of Cameo to see you thru - I think the memory box is a great idea!

Rhonda - you sound like you are very supportive too - glad you can be of help to your friends in need!

Paula - congrats on your fabulous loss - way to go!:carrot: :carrot: Bet you are feeling great!

Dh and I went out for dinner last night and I sure overindulged - and paid for it all night! I woke up around 4:30 am - of course started worrying and thinking about things and could not fall back asleep - until around 7:30 of course which was the time to get up! Managed to get to work tho for 9 am meeting but it was close!

Awaiting call from hospital/ex-husband for pickup after surgery. I believe the surgery went well (yesterday morning) but he can't seem to be able to pee (not good!). So not sure if he is getting out as scheduled (10:30 am today?). Will call hospital soon if I don't hear from him. His sister and brother and driving in from Montreal and leaving shortly - she will be spending a couple of nights with him.

It was VERY WEIRD calling her and speaking with her after no contact for almost 12 years!! When she was my sil we were fairly close and we had a good relationship. I have seen my bil since then - altho we are not close. I think I am actually stressed out about actully seeing her in person (when I drop dh off at his apt - they should be there!). I am much fatter and older than she can possibly remember and feel bad about that! Wonder what she looks like now! (probably had a face lift and tummy tuck? altho she was never heavy). The worse is I have FORGOTTEN the names of the kids (my 'former' nephews and niece - I remember Joseph (the eldest) and Laura (the only girl) but 2 more boys and for the life of me their names escape me! Oh well - I'll fake it! (e.g. so how are the boys?)

Computers down at work so very little to be done! Ya - I should have stayed in bed and slept some more!

Frouf

Good Morning Chicks. I'm off to a day of Doctor appointments and errands. I'll try to be back later.

Hello! Where is everyone? I guess its another quiet day. I've been swamped at work today. I did have lunch with a couple of friends, got antipasto from Bertruccis - very yummy, mostly grilled veggies, a few motzerella balls and proscuto (ok, I know I just spelled alot wrong:D ). I did have one roll. It was a nice break to the day and good to get caught up with the office gossip.

Frouf, how did you make out with your ex and his family? Did you remember the boys' names??

Sandra, how are you doing today? I hope the time with your sil's lifted your spirits a bit. MMMM cheese nachos. OK, back on the wagon you! How did you make out at the dr? I hope things are going well. Are you still on diet pills?

Kathy, I hope you have a good weekend and things go well for Shaun. Sorry you are down, check in when you can.

Vickie, how are you doing? Did you get your memory box?

Melissa, Rhonda and Angela -- HELLO!

Gotta run.

hi, girls. we're home from the airport. our nephew/wife are on their way back to texas. we enjoyed our company but are glad to have things back to normal. know what i mean?

the doctor's visit went better than expected. i weighed 171.0 on his scales. that meant i lost 2 lbs this month. that's better than gaining. the only thing he was not happy about was that i only went to ww once. he told me to go every week even when we're down south. he said, "that's part of the contract." so guess i'd best go to meetings.

it is quiet here today. i hope everyone's okay. does it feel like friday to any of you? it does to me. i guess i'm "off kilter."

frouf, i commend you for helping your ex. you're a better woman than i. don't worry about your one meal. tell yourself the same thing you told me about my nachos. you're in a stressful situation, too, what with ex-dh needing help and present dh probably not really understanding. if that's not the case, then just remember that life in general is stressful. guess that is what keeps us going.

paula, i'm on the wagon waving my hand off. it feels so good, too. i just had 2 skinny cows. that's my treat for today. i'll go to w a a bit later. that'll be another treat. lunch out with friends sounds good to me. i did enjoy the sil's last night. i hope we can get together again like that soon. my other sil (curtis' sister) didn't go with us but she told me today that she's going to make an appointment and change to the same stylist. now do i have a good stylist or what? i wish i could take her with us to tx. i won't be back here to her till either late dec or early jan.

So here I am eating chocolate after a McDonald's lunch - can we say STRESSED OUT FROUFIE??? Geesh - running behind the wagon (hey I see Sandra up there waving!) - trying to leap on!

Paula - sounds like you did okay for lunch - and it does sound super yummy.

Kathy - hope you are feeling better today wherever you are!

Vickie - how are you doing today?

So I did my good deeds for the day. Ex-dh was released and picked him up around 10:30 am - he had a dr appt w/pain dr downtown at 11:40 - took him to Subway and bought him some breakfast - he was starving - no food really provided at hospital - very pathetic how little care/service is provided these days. Then off to the dr appt - luckily I had my library book with me. Then to the pharmacy where I PAID FOR his $200 worth of meds (yes he will pay me back!)....then finally drove him home for 1 pm!

As for his family - I did help him upstairs and carried his backpack for him - he has a 6 inch incision in his hip so his walking is slow and he is wearing a surgical collar on his neck (supposedly for the next 4 weeks!). His sister was THRILLED to see me - gave me the hugest hug - had tears in her eyes - and kept thanking me for helping him out!

His brother was waving down the hall when he saw me too - kisses and hugs - but as mentioned we have seen each other over the years (dd's bat mitzvah etc). His sister was thrilled with his current 'state' so I guess she thought he would look worse off than he was - kept telling him he was a 'fighter' and a 'trooper' - wow I'm thinking - guess I forgot about her 'positive attitude" - nice to be around! Also she is a former nurse (like 25 years ago) so a good person to be there for the next couple of days (leaving sat morning).

So no talk of the family or boys - I made a phone call home, then left moments later - back to work! I guess I didn't realize how stressed out this whole situation has made me feel. As for my dh - of course he is not that supportive of me helping him out - but frankly my ex has no one else - he is the father of my children - and I have known him ever since I was 17 yrs old so there is some history there? (dated for 5 years - married for 14) The big joke was of course if we ever get divorced he expects the same level of kindness and service from me - ha ha ha!

I am so tired now - I just want to go home and go to bed - but dd dances yet again - so I shall be chauffeuring her around. Dh supposedly going to his mom's place to fix the remote/cable for her tv - no they have not completely made up since the thanksgiving seating fiasco - I understand 'words' were exchanged today and she hung up on him - so not sure how this will work out?

Later chickies!

Frouf

I'll be back in the morning chicks to catch up. I'm still feeling very sad. I got my errands done but there was no time to go look for the memory box.

Hi All:

I'm just checking in to read the posts....whew, what a lot of news and emotions.

I'm dog tired and going to bed even though it's barely after 9PM. I did just fine with eating fewer than 1000 calories today. I ate lots of fruit and drank lots of water. But, I really wanted to graze tonight so I had a bit of popcorn to satisfy the munchies.

Til tomorrow...

Rhonda

I'm sorry that I'm not a very supportive friend lately. I hope that all of you are doing great. I'll be catching up over the weekend (I'm saying this a lot lately!).
I'm actually sort of looking forward to "work" tomorrow--it's staff appreciation day and we are going to Keeneland (horse races) for the afternoon. Well, I'll probably go for lunch and walk around a bit and then come home. But it will be a nice break from the usual crap at the office. And no, things aren't better, they're probably worse. I'm just :crossed: for a change.
Sandra, I have no idea how my goal is going. I haven't weighed myself in weeks. A bad sign? Yes!! I have been trying to control how MUCH I eat during the day but I haven't made the healthiest choices. I'll try to remember to get on the scale tomorrow morning.
Well I'm off to bed. I have a cough that is making my chest hurt very badly. I have a ton that I should be doing but I'm just too tired.
Love to you all! :hug:

WHOA! What's going on? No one has posted since me?!?!
I hope that you're all okay! :cheer2:

So you get the prize - yay - yippee!!!

And yes there are some days I dare not get on the scale - too scary!

Rhonda - are you starving? I would be!!

Vickie - hope you are doing okay - it's understandable to be sad for awhile!

A gloomy rainy dark and cold day here. Just want to go home! (altho I did sleep thru the night). Had a meeting w/my boss this am - supposed to be a 1 hr update meeting - got in at 9:30 and was in there till noon - seems she wanted feedback on her managerial skills - and wondered if I was planning to leave? How motivated I was feeling, etc - very interesting chat as we have no $$ right now to do anything with - and there are rumours of restructuring/reorg going on which does not bode well for our little group.

Told her I am watching the atmosphere - don't want to jump ship yet - altho it does seem to be sinking a bit? ONly time will tell?

Good news for dh's job situation - the company he is 'designing' for has agreed to provide a 'subsistence' payment for his work ($2500US month!!) until such time as profits appear - THIS IS A VERY VERY VERY GOOD THING - as it relieves some of the financial pressure felt by wage earning froufs! Sure hope this works out - keeping fingers and toes crossed! (ya okay so I also bought a couple of lottery tickets - so shoot me!)

Tomorrow is 'me' day - manicure scheduled for 11 am - hair appt at 2 pm. Need to drop dd off at dad's as she is the designated 'weekend nurse'. Have to pick big ds up at airport 10 am tomorrow - flying home from Toronto. Other than that the usual stuff - groceries, errands, etc. Getting ready for my big gala dinner event monday night - must check sequined black blazer to make sure it is okay (and get dh to iron it for me???:D)

So what is everyone else up to this weekend?

Frouf

Hi:

It's quiet out here! I thought I might be the only one too tired to even write, but, nooooo.

Yes, I was hungry on less than 1000 calories on Thursday and today it showed!! Oh well, I'll pretend I'm doing the Wendie plan ;)

We were supposed to have a private dance class tonight and our teacher stood us up! I reached her by phone and she was so embarrassed; she had completely forgotten us. Oh well, that happens. Yesterday, I forgot a meeting with a student also, so I guess it's a variant of what goes around, comes around!

I am looking forward to a weekend of decluttering this house. I can already feel the Winter cabin fever building and I've just got to get stuff out. Anybody else have this clutter problem?

Hi Melissa...we've noticed your absence...welcome back. Froufy, so good about the $$$$...congratulations to your husband and I hope you enjoyed your "me" day. I need one of those! But the big ME day is only 5 weeks away...opps, guess it's really a WE day :lol:

Rhonda

hi there. you'll never guess what i did today. i got on my hands and knees for over 5 hours scrubbing the kitchen floor. i think it's vickie clean. hope it lasts.

earlier this am i went to ww. i was down .2 from when i was last there 2 weeks ago. our meeting was about fruit/veggies. our leader talked about core a lot. one thing she said (and we all know this) is that core foods make you feel more full than non core ones cuz of the fiber. just thought i'd share that with you.

last night we had inlaws over. tomorrow evening we're getting the grands. curtis is conducting an archery seminar at the local pro shop while the girls and i go to the mall. sounds like a fair trade to me.

melissa, it's good to see you here. i miss you. i haven't been weighing every day lately either. nothing wrong with that.

frouf, chocolate after mickey d's sounds sort of sinful. (but fun)

rhonda, did you and doyle get to dance anyway?

we're getting the house and everything else ready so we can leave later next week. i'm getting excited. it's been almost 2 years since we've been down. looks like we'll be down there till the middle of december. i am sooooo excited!!

well, guess we'll see if i'm first here tomorrow. i doubt i will be cuz we're running errands in the am. have a good evening, chickies. i'll catch you later.

well, who'da thunk it? i get the prize.

i am so sore from all the crawling around in the kitchen yesterday. guess that's what woke me so early. i'm surfing for ww meeting times in the dfw area. my doctor wouldn't accept any excuses from me about not being able to attend classes the next 7 weeks. let's me know how important he thinks going to them is.

have a great op!! day, everyone.

Good Morning Chicks. I feel a little less sad this morning. At least I didn't wake up crying like every day since Tuesday.

Jim's eye specialist appointment on Thursday had great results. His eye are in wonderful condition with no damage from his diabetes. His A1C test is at 5.8 and it is great if it is below 6.0. So we are quite happy about his health at the moment.

I was very busy yesterday, wrapping presents and making WW eclair cake to bring with for the birtday parties tonight. Both my Sister and BIL are celebrating their birthdays tonight and they both love the cake. I also cooked Core chicken cacciatore last night which was wonderful; Jim's favorite Core meal.

I continue to be very tired and achey which I think is from the letdown from all the stress. I'll be leaving at 2:00 today to go to the parties and probably won't be home until around 9:00. Cassie will have a visit from the pet sitters since she can't go that many hours without going outside.

I pretty ate Core yesterday at breakfast and dinner. At lunch I ate two tiny open face peanut butter and jealy sandwhiches. They were much healthier than the old days. I had about 2 Tablespoons of chunky smart balance peanut butter (it's the new stuff and it's great!), with 2T chunky Polaner simply fruit black cherry jelly on multigrain bread. It was the Corest and healthiest that I could be. I also had a couple of WW mint patties. I will likely have a gain on Monday but will go to my meeting and weigh in. Like Sandra, I believe the meetings and weigh ins are important for me.

I'll try to be good at the party today. My Niece is making Core pasta salad for me. I'm bringing a can of bumble bee gold tuna in water and 2 hardboiled eggs. I'll have that and a piece of the eclair cake and call it a day.

Tomorrow I desperately need to start cleaning my house even though my ankle is no where near recovered. I cannot afford a cleaning lady with all the Vet bills. Especially since I must start taking Cassie back to finish getting her diagnosis.

I hope you are all well. I'm going to go check up on all of you now.

Sandra, you've been struggling a bit and still managing to lose some weight! Good for you. You're a great role model for me. Did you lose the .2 while wearing jeans? That would be amazing. So will we still hear from you while you're in Texas? I didn't know you'd be gone for 7 weeks. That's a long time. Where will you be staying? I'm just full of questions, aren't I? Another question! I haven't scrubbed my floor on my knees in a long time. Jim has been using the Hoover floor mate. I just do the corners or along the baseboard where he can't reach. I don't think that my knees could take it at this weight.

Frouf, what's up with you GF? :hug: What do you think is making you eat non-Core? You are a wonderful woman to help out your Ex. Not many would do so but I certainly understand. He does seem to be somewhat helpful and reliable for you. I'm glad that the meeting with your ex-SIL was positive. I didn't know that your work situation was tenuous. No wonder your blood pressure is up. I'm sure you'll find something spectacular. It seems like you are VERY good at what you do. I'm guessing that someone will snap you up! It's REALLY great that DH has this project which will pay him money each month. An extra $2500 a month is nothing to sneeze at! I hope you are at this very moment enjoying your manicure and looking forward to your hair appointment. Monday night is going to be alot of fun for you. Do you know yet whether or not your program won?

Melissa, I hope that cough doesn't turn into something serious! You better watch it. We do miss you and look forward to hearing what's going on with you when you have time. Did you win at the races?

Rhonda, you sound like you are doing very well. I'm guessing you are going to have another fabulous this week. BTW, I HATE clutter and it freaks me out when stuff starts to pile up around me. I really need to do some serious cleaning/decluttering. I haven't been up to it but I'm trying and Jim is helping. Only 5 weeks until the wedding. How exciting! Mine was the best day of my life.

Paula, what's up with you? You didn't say much the other day. Got any good new recipes for me?!!! :D

Kathy, I hope you're enjoying your trip to Chicago. It's been very cold here and kind of dreary. I'm sure you thought it was freezing! I hope you're feeling better by now. :hug:

Well, I need to go eat breakfast. Yes....it's 10:30 already. I think a late lunch right before I leave for the party is in order. Maybe just some FF cottage cheese and pineapple. I'll go start the menu thread.

Hi All:

I have spent the whole morning cleaning, dusting, washing, wiping, sorting, throwing...but not on my hands and knees scrubbing anything.

Glad to hear that you aren't so sad, Vickie. You gave me an idea for my friend's gathering...why don't I make something core and take it over?? At least I'll have something to eat and won't be dependent on the others.

No, Sandra, we didn't dance but we have a group lesson tomorrow night and we're going to a Halloween dance on the 27th. I haven't been to a dance in about a decade I believe and I'm really excited : dance: It's costume and we'll go as vampires...we can chew each other's necks and stay in role that way :yikes:

I hope everyone does well today.

Rhonda

hi, chickies. we are home from training. i am getting pretty accurate with the longbow--and i am loving shooting it. we ate a non-core meal today. i have to tell you, though, that i put myself back on core most of the time but am counting pts. today's a high point day. i've already had 19. i'm taking the grands shopping tonight and will take them out to dinner. grandpa will be presenting an archery seminar on building strings. (i'm glad i don't have to go to that one.)

vickie, my floor was embarassingly dirty. it needed a major scrubbing. i'll never buy another one that has grooves. give me flat surfaces any time. i am very very sore today. i think that's why i woke up early.

i thought about wearing jeans to ww yesterday so i could blame any gain on them, but i decided to dress "light." i had 2 or 3 meltdowns in the 2 weeks prior to wi, but managed to stay in some form of control most of the time. i was really worried about not getting to w a much what with all that's been going on around here. plus, i have been known to gain 11 lbs in 2 weeks. (did that back in the spring) i knew i hadn't done that this time but was afraid i'd gained some.

our ww leader touched on dieting without exercise. she whispered to us that it can be done, but that losing would be much slower. she said we'd probably maintain or lose about .2 lb. this rang a bell with me.

i won't be able to be online while in transit. i used to have cellphone connection for my laptop to hook onto the internet. i don't have that any more since we changed from cingular to verizon. those cellphones cost over $300. we couldn't afford to spend that on another cellphone. however, i will be able to get online if we stay at the rv ranch. they not only have wireless net but also provide free landline phones. i'll just plug my laptop into their phone system and will be good to go. that reminds me. i need to find out the local phone number for outdoors.net.

the rv ranch is just south of fort worth. my son/family live about 15 miles south of there and my bro/family live about 15 miles north. a lot of my texas friends live within 10 miles. there are ww meetings all around. we will be just a few miles from kathy. kathy, we need to connect. i'll call you when we get there.

we have gone south and stayed long periods during winters since 99. we didn't go last year. normally i gain around 10 lbs while down there. almost everyone we visit wants to congregate around food--and a lot of times in restaurants. this year we're down there during the holiday season. talk about panicking! my doctor is helping me. i'm taking diet pills till after the first of the year. i go back to see him (i think jan 5) shortly after we get home. i'm again to show him my ww card as proof i was attending classes. he was upset with me for only going once last month. i promised him i'd do better. i am not going to take any more diet pills. my jan 5 visit should just be a final check in on my weightloss. i'm hoping to lose 10 lbs this trip instead of gaining it. i know it's lame to take diet pills, but i need that crutch right now.

we have plans to shoot about 7+ archery tournaments while down south. texas has an ongoing tournament called "shoot your way across texas" (sywat--pronounced "sie watt") folks competing must shoot at least 3 tournaments out of many many that are taking place all over the state in archery shops from november - march. overall winners (scores of top 3 tourneys plus day 1 at the state championship) receive really nice awards.

i won't be elligible for that cuz we'll be in montana during the state championship. however, i should be able to qualify for a trophy that will indicate which tournaments i've won. up until this year curtis' physical condition has kept him from being very competitive. we're hoping his shoulders hold up for him this year and he can shoot some higher scores. we love our texas archery family. it's going to be good to be with them again.

have fun at the birthday party. i haven't made the eclair cake in a long long time. wish i had a piece.

i'm writing a book here, aren't i?

rhonda, what fun!!!! i would love to see photos of countess rhondula and count doylula. i like the idea of taking core foods to gatherings. did you know you can make core dip by just stirring dry ranch seasoning into ff sour cream? it's better if made a day ahead.

dancing makes me think of my taryn rose shoes i got off ebay. did i tell ya'll they came yesterday--and i love them!!! talk about comfortable!! i wear size 8 medium. i got size 39M brown sandal heels. now i have 2 pairs of shoes that go great with my brown/black dress. rhonda, this is the dress i'm wearing to your wedding. i'll probably wear the black shoes and save the brown sandal heels for spring. they came to me in the box with the shoes inside a velvet bag. the $310 price tag was still on the box. i got them for around $50. i have a bid on some black loafers now but don't think i'll get them. i'm not going to bid again. bidding is up on them about the time we head south. i think someone will outbid me. if they don't, i'll have to contact the seller and send payment from texas when we get there.

i'm talking too much here. sorry. curtis and i are both wound up today. guess we're getting our adrenaline flowing with excitement about heading south. we're soooooo ready to get out of town.

my tail, legs, hands, and arms are sore. i am not in shape to scrub floors. glad i'm through for awhile. the travel trailer is a cinch to keep clean. (remind me later that i said that.)

kathy, i hope you're having a good time in chicago with sean. let us know if you find trader joe's. also, i'll be giving you a buzz on the phone soon. it's going to be soooo good to finally meet in person.

melissa, are you getting caught up on reading here? i hope you're having a good weekend. i'm sorry work is still the pits.

frouf, i'm ready to read another of your adventures.

got to go. i need to post today's menu. i'll be back tomorrow. have a good evening, chickies.

Rhonda, I'm glad what I said clicked for you. I almost always take stuff with me to parties. It makes it easier for me and takes the pressure off of me and the hostess. Today was hard for me. Everyone else was eating these great coldcuts on wonderful looking bread. I survived but I feel a bit deprived. I need to guard against eating badly tomorrow. Sometimes that happens to me after parties.

Sandra, I will hate it while you're gone if we don't hear from you. You're lucky that you get diet pills. I'm jealous. My Internist absolutely won't even consider it for me.

We had a nice time at the party. I just got on so that I could check my email. I'm really tired. The four great nieces and 2 great nephews were all wound up today so I'm worn out.

I'll be back tomorrow.