Hey, just checking in. Its been a busy week for me. Ive been real good staying O/P. I even went to a birthday party today and didnt eat the hot dogs and chips or the cake/ice cream!! yeah for me. But honestly i was only good because i am planning to come off plan tonight. Hubby has to work next week on valentines day so were going out to eat tonight. Chinese and crablegs!! I have made a commitment thought that it is only for this one meal. Not for the day or the weekend. Just one meal. So im ok with this.
Well, i hope all is well with everyone and have a great Saturday!!!!!!!
Gator: I have repetitive motion nerve damage in my right hand, arm and shoulder, which caused a pain syndrome that is sustained in my nervous system. From what the physical therapists tell me, the closest type of pain syndrome to mine would be fibromyalgia. Any how, I'm a work comp case and with no end insight. The pain had spread to my neck, back and legs. Going from a 100% career mom, to 100% home bound mom has been quite a change and I haven't quite been able to identify who I am since I've been off work or how to find a way to be disciplined. Instead of dealing with it and learning how to adapt to a different kind of "normal" life, I have just been in exsistence. I had a type of awakening a couple weeks ago and I am trying to figure out how to find my way, one goal at a time. The hardest part has been not finding support from other women. (My DH has actually been pretty terrific!) That's why I came back here when I restarted SB. When I lost my weight several years ago I was surrounded by all of you and learned so much just about how we all live our day to day lives and how each of us deals with things. Just reading the posts was helpful. I didn't expect to share all of this, but here it all is....Thanks for letting me share.
If some of you are wandering around in cyberspace and happen to see something float by with my name, read it! It was a beautiful post I just lost! Since no one will ever know I can say it was marvelous, a thing of wisdom, interest and fun!
Yesterday I spent shopping. First I got my hair cut and then went to Sam's, WD and Sav-A-Center. Was pooped!!!
Terrible ending for the family in FL whose dtr was abducted. My heart goes out to them.
DEB: I'm with you 100% on what a mess the world is in. We have a case here that just broke of a teenage boy who raped several youngsters (male and female) of his extended family. When one of the children told the grandparents they ignored it. Now the boy is in jail and the grandparents are up for endangerment or some such charge. You tell kids to talk to a trusted adult and then they are not believed or ignored! Pitiful!! The world just accepts base things and then wonder how at how the JJ thing could have happened. Hope your mom and sister are better. YOU WILL NOT TO GET SICK!!!!!! You need to be healthy for your trip. According to Map Quest you have about a 16 hour on the road to make it!
TEENSY/TRISH: Have you or anyone else here made White Chili? It apparently is made with chicken and white navy beans. I love chili and wonder if it's good. My MIL had the saying that it's all good ingredients so should be fine!
PANCHO: When my son joined the Army it was the first he had been on his own. After about a year, during a phone conversation from Korea, he told us he was glad we were strict and taught him as we did. Of course, we never heard that from ourDD. But they both had spiritual and material foundation learning. Someday your kids will realize your wisdom.
LDBLOND: Isn't there nice satisfaction when we find out we have met our goals? Congratulations. You have a much more positive attitude now and will be a part of things again. There are many "mind" things you can do. That's one of the reasons I like trivia, word games and puzzles. Helps to keep the mind active and you can learn things as well. Jigzaw puzzles are good too, they take color and shape recognition, both gross and fine motor control, staregy and planning are involved too. I have to learn to do things differetnly or learn new things to do. The arthritis, neuropathy and the beginnings of carpal tunnel to mention major changes in my abilities. When I'm able to I work through the pain and clumsiness, when not I hold a pity party!!! Then like the song you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again! Good luck.
BOB: Unfortunately the guy will probably get off with a slap on the wrist. Wasn't that why he was where he was in the first place? These criminals are jailed, supposedly rehabed and then turned loose to do it all again.
GATOR: Now, now. Young people take pills too! There are TV ads for them too! If the number of pills make you old, I've been old sine I was 30!! You can vent all you want, and if want to think you're old go ahead. But I don't think so! Glad your diet has ne upgraded. Hope you're feeling better. Just watch for ther rainbow! I agree with your statement on the state of our morals. It seems the people of morals have given in to baseness. I think it's time for the pendulum to swing the other way and for people with higher values to take a stand.
CHERYL: Amen!!!
Because I shopped yesterday and only did wash, I cleaned house today. Did watch the ice skating, vacuuming during commercials! Have just about finished here, so think I will stitch awhile. It kills me that I can't do the stitching as much as I used to, my projects take longer now. But I enjoy it so much that as long as I can manage to hold a needle I'll keep on.
DS has been in Puerto Rico and id due home tonight. Put a chuck roast in the crockpot. One of our fav meals.
FFs: We need a smile!
Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
Why is it that, no matter what color of bubble bath you use, the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day when mattresses are NOT on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with the hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message 'one slice'? How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give their vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first try?
How do those dead bugs get into closed light fixtures?
Why do we wash BATH towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? If not then what was the purpose of the bath?
Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
Why is it that when you're walking up the stairs and you get to the top you always think there's still one more step?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
Why do women always ask questions that have no right answers?
Why do old men wear their pants higher than younger men?
Why is it that inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened?
If diamonds are a girl's best friend and a dog is man's best friend, who really is the dumber sex?
Why are the needy only thought of during the holidays? Aren't they just as needy throughout the rest of the year?
Why is it that men can react to broken bones as 'just a sprain' and deep wounds as 'just a scratch', but when they get the sniffles they are deathly ill 'with the flu' and have to be bedridden for weeks?
How come we never hear any father-in-law jokes?
Why do men forget everything and women remember everything?
Do Chinese people get hungry an hour after they eat American food?
Shouldn't all married men forget their mistakes? After all there's no sense in two people remembering the same things right?
Is the real reason women live longer then men because they don't have to live with women?
If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing it like
your wife told you to?
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I cross ocean, poor and broke,
* Take bus, see employment folk.
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* Nice man treat me good in there,
* Say I need to see welfare.
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* Welfare say, "You come no more,
* We send cash right to your door."
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* Welfare checks, they make you wealthy,
* Medicaid it keep you healthy!
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* By and by, I got plenty money,
* Thanks to you, American dummy.
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Write to friends in motherland,
* Tell them 'come fast as you can.'
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* They come in turbans and Ford trucks,
* I buy big house with welfare bucks
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* They come here, we live together,
* More welfare checks, it gets better!
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* Fourteen families, they moving in,
* But neighbor's patience wearing thin.
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* Finally, white guy moves away,
* Now I buy his house, and then I say,
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* "Find more aliens for house to rent."
* And in the yard I put a tent.
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* Send for family they just trash,
* But they, too, draw the welfare cash!
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* Everything is very good,
* And soon we own the neighborhood.
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* We have hobby -- it's called breeding,
* Welfare pay for baby feeding.
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* Kids need dentist? Wife need pills?
* We get free! We got no bills!
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* American crazy! He pay all year,
* To keep welfare running here.
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* We think America darn good place!
* Too darn good for the white man race.
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* If they no like us, they can scram,
* Got lots of room in Pakistan.
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News anchor Dan Rather, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, NPR reporter Cokie Roberts, and an American Marine were hiking through the jungle one day*when they were captured by cannibals.
*They were tied up, led to the village and brought before the chief. The*chief said, "I am familiar with your Western custom of granting the condemned a last wish. Before we kill and eat you, do you have any last*requests?"
*Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot,*spicy chili." The chief nodded to an underling, who left and returned with*the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."
*Jesse Jackson said, "You know, the thing in this life I am proudest of is my work on behalf of the poor and oppressed. So before I go, I want to sing "We Shall Overcome" one last time." The chief said, "Go right ! ahead, we're listening." Jackson sang the song, and then said, "Now I can die in peace."
*Cokie Roberts said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job til the end." The chief directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder, and Roberts dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy."
*The chief turned and said, "And now, Mr. Marine, what is your final wish?"
*"Kick me in the ***," said the Marine.
*"What?" said the chief. "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
*"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ***," insisted the *Marine.
*So the chief shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ***. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from his waistband, and shot the chief dead. In the resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine, and sprayed the cannibals with gunfire. In a flash, the cannibals were dead or fleeing for their lives.
*As the Marine was untying the others, they asked him, "Why didn't you just*shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ***?"
*"What!?" said the Marine, "And have you jerks call ME the aggressor?!"
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For any women who might have wondered, "What is marketing?"the following analogies will help clear it up.
You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, "I'm fantastic in bed." - That's direct marketing.
You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your friends goes up to him and, pointing at you, says, "She's fantastic in bed." - That's advertising.
You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and get his telephone number. The next day, you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed." - That's telemarketing.
You're at a party and see a handsome guy. You get up and straighten your dress. You walk up to him and pour him a drink. You say, "May I?" and reach up to straighten his tie, brushing your breast lightly against his arm and then say, "By the way, I'm fantastic in bed." - That's public relations.
You're at a party and see a handsome guy. He walks up to you and says, "I hear you're fantastic in bed." - That's brand recognition.
You're at a party and see a handsome guy. You talk him into going home with your friend. - That's a sales rep.
Your friend can't satisfy him so he calls you. - That's tech support.
You're on your way to a party when you realize that there could be handsome men in all these houses you're passing. So you climb onto the roof of one situated toward the center and shout at the top of your lungs, "I'm fantastic in bed!" - That's spam.
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1. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
2. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
3. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said "Implants?"
4. I don't do drugs anymore. I get the same effect just standing up fast.
5. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea..."
6. I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.
7. I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner.
8. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
9. Snowmen fall from Heaven... unassembled.
10. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and shithead's.
11. Marriage is wonderful. It's so great to find that one special person you want to
annoy for the rest of your life.
12. Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked?
13. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've
stayed alive.
14. How come we choose from just 2 people to run for president and 50 for Miss
America?
15. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a
swimming pool?
16. Mom's wise words still come to mind everytime I walk into a singles bar: "Don't
pick that up, you don't know where it's been!"
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1. If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage
makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.
* 6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it!
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change
places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you
need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you
make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain't the jeans that make your butt look fat.
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Bubba was fixin' a door and he found that he needed a new hinge, so he sent his wife Mary Louise to the hardware store.
At the hardware store Mary Louise saw a beautiful teapot on a top shelf while she was waiting for Joe Bob, the manager, to finish waiting on a customer.
When Joe Bob was finished, Mary Louise asked how much for the teapot.
Joe Bob replied, "That's silver and it costs $100!"
"My goodness, that sure is a lotta money!" Mary Louise exclaimed. Then she proceeded to describe the hinge that Bubba had sent her to buy, and Joe Bob went to the backroom to find it.
From the backroom Joe Bob yelled, "Mary Louise, you wanna screw for that hinge?"
To which Mary Louise replied, "No, but I will for the teapot!"
Still busy with my knitting and walking. I finished my little hat and walked 4.6 miles today. That's about all I did except talk to my lovely daughter and mother on the phone.
Cherylco: I have a Sportbrain but I can not recommend it at this time. When I bought mine several years ago, you just had to buy the unit and you were able to track your activity online. For about 9 months to a year the site was down (it was sold to another company that revamped it) and now you still have to buy the unit (which was expensive...around $100) and pay a fee monthly or yearly. The pedometer is useless unless you can view it online since it does not show steps on the unit itself. Since I already had the initial investment and I enjoy it, I have stayed with it. I have tried several other pedometers but never found one that I really liked.
Deb: I hope the sore throat did not go any further. The sad news is that is how mine started. I hope you get out a lot better. I do thank you for all the work you do for us on the board. I can hardly wait to thank you in person.
Just a short one again! Today I went with 5 friends to New Orleans to see our Mardi Gras float. We started off a little nervous because we had to drive through the ghetto! HELLO! We were scared out of our pants! Then we had some lunch and did a little Mardi Gras shopping. On the way home - we were joking with my friend that was driving about how bad she drives....she was scaring the crap out of me! I'm a bad passenger because I've been in 3 relatively bad wrecks so unless i'm in control...you know...nervous nellie! Well, not 5 minutes after the conversations - we got hit from behind. My friend just got her expedition when I got my tahoe in June. We were at a red light, completely stopped and a dude just slammed into the back of us - he never hit his brakes. So, needless to say - I'm sore as **** tonight! Noone was seriously hurt - thank goodness! We are all just sore - necks and backs. Shoot - my legs even hurt! So, what a day we have had!
DEB: Call me tomorrow afternoon. I should be here..the only place I have to go is to the store for groceries. I'll be sleeping late due to the fact that I'll be drugging myself tonight. Last night we didn't go to bed until 3:45 and I was up at 7:00 this morning to go to New Orleans. So, needless to say, I need to catch up on some winks. I'll probably be even more sore tomorrow...hopefully not though. But, give me a call, if I'm not here, leave me your home number and I'll call you back.
Well, I finished my marathon day of 3 basketball games, reconiliation, grocery shopping and Mass. I am wiped, but am planning to work out anyway. Tomorrow we are having a dinner for my sister for her birthday. I'm cooking - and I say "cooking" lightly. I'm doing a roast in the crock pot with veggies and a salad. My other sister is bringing the cake, but I'm planning on making some SF pudding b/c I don't trust myself.
FRUIT - I'm so sorry to hear about your accident! However, you may want to get checked out at the hospital/doctor. Although our work at the office is basically family law, I have done a few personal injury cases and I'm afraid it sounds like that you may have whiplash. Especially the part where your legs hurt. Please take it easy - you may be sore for a week or more.
CHERYLCO - I understand your frustration with the dirtbag in Florida getting off on technicalities. Unforutnately, the problems lie a lot deeper than with the defense lawyer. Our whole judicial system is screwed up - from bad lawyers to dirty cops to Judges who take bribes - and it isn't just the legal environment either. We have sick people who can't get proper health b/c of health insurance requirements, etc. This is the world we live in and I think we can all agree it isn't pretty. But this is life and we have to make the best of it and cherish what we can while we are here. I believe that Florida has the death penalty, so with any luck (and a good, smart jury - unlike the jury on the OJ Simpson case - need I say more?), the scumbag will get it in the end. And as for Carlie - well I can only pray for her family and hope that she is in a far better place than this world here on Earth.
Okay - I'm going to work out now. Hope everyone has a good night.
Monet--I wanted to send you an e-mail but your address no longer works. Could you PM me your address. OR Fillise, do you have it. I haven't seen Monet on the board for a couple of days and I just was a little worried about how she's been doin'.
Just a quickie as I go to sleep - got that cold more on the coming side than the going side it seems tonight.
I wish I had EVERYONE'S phone numbers so when I am unable to get on the board I can call once in a while to stay in touch. Free nights and weekends make it so easy. If I don't have your phone and you want to chat, e-mail me it any time ( [email protected] )
ELI is off tomorow and we are having a family day and going to the MAM (Miami Art Museum) to see the scholastic art exhibit and how Michael's documentary is exhibited there. Will be shopping for a few items he'll need for his trip next week and out to lunch. Monday, another interview after school for UPENN, thought they were over.
I'm pooped, ELI'S already asleep, so I will join him in the snoring room
Hi everyone....
This is my first posting, and I just want to say that SB is the ONLY thing I can live with. I have tried the "low-carb" plans, and ended up with kidney damage as a result. I love the fact that SB is a "right carb" woe because I have more energy than EVER
SEF: I have made the white chile (aka chile blanco) many times, and my family LOVES it! I use great northern beans, though. It is to die for...
I am a bit confused about the bread issue: what are the dirty words to look for on the ingredients? enriched? bleached? ...also, how many "right carbs" are allowed? My weight loss is slower than I expected, and I was wondering if the carbs were the culprit (legal carbs of course )
Goodmorning. I didnt sleep good last night so im a little grumpy. I decided after my eating out last night im gonna do no carbs for today to jumpstart me back in.
Fruit- Im so sorry about your accident,but i would follow the advise of getting checked out. Better safe than sorry.
Gator- I to am getting very worried about Monet. Is there anyone out there who knows how to get a hold of her??? She has been really scaring me.
Cessprin- WELCOME!! Im pretty new here myself and I just love it as I know you will to. On the bread issue- good luck!! Nothing enriched. You Need stone ground whole wheat with no sugar added or any of those tricky other words meaning sugar. Im sure someone else will post the correct bread ingrediants for you.
Gotta get busy on this mess of a house. Later
VMOORE, for your peace of mind, I am posting this. My husband is taking VERY good care of me.
I am continuing on Atkins as per my doctor's orders, and will be for a while. The next few weeks are going to be very busy for me, so I doubt I will be on here much, if at all. Take care!
It has been a busy weekend here, and today will be busy as well. I am going to try to pack up some stuff for the trip this weekend, and throughout the week instead of staying up all night Thursday night and then being tired for the trip. I have to bake some Almond cookies for DH and some chocolate nut clusters for my DM; she had surgery week before last, and I told her I'd make her some cookies.
I have this test on Tuesday, and have to find some time to study throughout the day, so I can wathc BFOF tomorrow night (priorities, I know).
I went to Bashas the other day; they are having their semi-annual buffalo sale. I spent over $90 stocking up. Buffalo tastes like beef but is leaner than chicken. I bought ground buffalo, roasts, Filet Mignon, New York Strip, cube steaks (these are good for my lunches). So, we will be BBQing some steaks this evening.
I know Jack-K is out of surgery, but don't recall reading anything else. Is she recovering o.k.?????
I don't have time for many replies...I have to get more laundry going. I think I could use two washing machines, and two dryers.
Monet: I hope you are hanging in there lady!!
Deb: I hope you can fight this cold off, and if not...I hope it is very short-lived.
Cesspin: Welcome aboard!! I am glad you found your way...this is definately the way to go. BREAD seems to be a problem for most of us when we start. Make sure it says Stone Ground Whole Wheat. It cannot be bleached or enriched. And as far as sugar grams...just make sure it is less than 3 grams (or 5, according to the newest publication). It is tough to find bread that doesn't have any sugar or other sweetener in it. Pepperidge Farms is the best I have found. It says: Unbromated 100% SGWW, and only has 2 grams sugar per serving (slice)....this means if you have a sandwich, you are only getting 4 grams per sandwich. There are others out there too...I think Aunt Hatties has some. You just have to carefully read all those labels. My fly-by grocery shopping days are over; what used to take me 20-30 minutes, now takes well over an hour. We are glad to have you!
I'm feeling much better this morning. My lower back is hurting but I think it's because I'm about to start my period - it's been hurting all week. So, I really don't think it's wreck related - just period related! HA! Thank goodness!
MONET: I'm so happy to see you post! I hope you have been feeling better! We are all so worried about you!! Don't be a stranger!
CESSPIN: Welcome! I know you will enjoy it here! We are all just wonderful people! We look forward to getting to know you!!
Ok - I'm off to pack more Mardi Gras beads and start getting my upstairs cleaned up for my company!!
Fruit - OUCH!!!! Hope the soreness goes away soon!!!
JackK - In the event someone is printing out the posts for you, wanted to say Hope you are healing quickly and doing well!!!!!
BOB - I loved Lost in Translation, I know Deb did not, hahaha, sounds like you are going to have a good weekend in with movies. I have been watching lots of French films, to help with my French - and Flemish films - all for my trip to Belgium, Paris and Amsterdam in March. I am getting so excited...I have friends who live in Europe who have made plans to meet us here and there. All those movies should help you find some fun in the weekend.
Yellow - Kudos for the 4.6 mile walk - that is fantastic... I have just started back into my walking routine. Now that my mom and dad live close by, I have been walking with them after work a few days a week, weather permitting.
A quiet Sunday listening to Children's Bible songs as the girls are still pretty stuffed up and I knew they needed another day of rest. Lent is around the corner, so the family better be well or I'm going to take them sick! Especially when my 7-year-old makes her 1st Reconciliation on the 17th.
- and I say "cooking" lightly. I'm doing a roast in the crock pot with veggies and a salad. My other sister is bringing the cake, but I'm planning on making some SF pudding b/c I don't trust myself. 
LC veteran, SB fan
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