Good morning my friends. It was pouring down rain a few minutes ago, but it is oddly quiet now. It is 53 right now but supposed to drop to 36 for a high today so though it would have been nice, no warm weather for us. It was warm yesterday afternoon. I got out and cleaned the driver part of the car, but didn't tackle the backseat. I will do that when the weather is appropriate to pull the car out of the garage and park in front of it.

I finished my dd's sweater. It is hard to a take an accurate picture as the buttons are meant for the side of the sweater and you can't see them. I didn't like putting it on a hanger, but anyway, here are a couple pics to give you an idea. I am glad it is done. I was nervous about the setting in the sleeves and didn't have a bit of trouble with them, but man putting those buttons on was tough until I came up with an idea. I told Jack I was "Wiley E Coyote SUUPPPPEEERRR Genius." (do you remember the Roadrunner cartoons when he used to say that when he would come up with an idea for getting the roadrunner?) Anyway, I took my embroidery thread and instead of splitting it, used the whole strand, wove it through the four button holes twice to make is strong, then left a tail. I positioned the button, used a crochet hook to pull the tail through the knit stitches then secured them through the back. That way they are fairly straight. I also had a heck of a time with the neckline, but got than one all figured out too.

Susan: :carrot: :jig: :bravo: on the loss. You have to really be close to your goal. They don't bother with filching the stickers here, they just swipe your whole plate! Hope they can get Stan straightened out. That poor man.

Maggie: Sonic makes the best hamburgers, I think. They also make a decent chocolate shake. The days of running there for a bit are going to have to be few and far between. My favorite burger is 23.5 pts!!!:lol:

Jean: Sounds like you are going to get hit with another snowstorm, huh? Boy the country is paying for their mild start to winter. Just hope that doesn't mean a delay in spring temps. I have been getting up for a couple weeks now around 3-4 and not having a nap. I think the losing weight is causing me to need less sleep.

I ordered an aerobed for us to take to Indiana to sleep on. My son and dd are converting the spare room to the baby's room so it is that or a hotel. Well, we could stay with our friends, but Jay always wants us close by and they live on the other side of town. My older sister has a huge and I mean huge lab and her extra bed is in the basement and I DON'T DO BASEMENTS! I looked around and the best price I could find for a queen size that is bed type with a pillow top was around $250. I got this at Overstock.com for $160 and $2.95 shipping. The only problem is you have to keep pets off it or their claws can puncture a hole and that's all she wrote.

Well, I need to get some morning chores finished. I think I may have to tackle the treadmill today instead of outside. Bummer!

Have a great Tuesday.

Faye

Good rainy morning, ladies. I went to the doctor yesterday - my bp was down from 149/86 to 131/68 so the exercise is doing me some good. Took blood to check my sugar and insulin levels and thyroid so that will be another week on those results. Hopefully they are down. I don't want to have to go on glucophage. And we are going to schedule an EKG just to get a picture since we have so much heart disease in my family. Not that I have any stress in my life...

Stan was still sleeping when I got home last night, only ate 2 or 3 bites of supper and then went to bed at 9. But this morning he was up at 6 am (before me!) and ate 2 poached eggs, a slice of buttered toast, and a 16 ounce glass of OJ and he says he is feeling better. I'm thinking he might have had a little bit of a cold that is finally going away. He never had congestion or a runny nose, but he was sneezing a lot.

Jean, I remember winters like you have. TG I don't have to get through them anymore.

Boy, I do need to get my car cleaned, inside and out. It hasn't been done since October.

The only thing I ever had from a Sonic was when they were having a $1 banana split (minature - perfect for dieter). I drive past one twice a day but they don't tempt me.

Have a good day!

Tuesday The 13th