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Happy belated Birthday, WSW!
Bless you and may this be a year full of wonders for you! Thanks be to the Universe for bringing you into our lives. :)
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WSW-happy birthday! May the universe smile on you and yours this year!
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What a wonderful birthday, wsw! And what wonderful friends! FIVE vases of flowers - wow!
I had missed your earlier post about your son, flower. I think 17 is such a tough age - they're really feeling their oats that year. At least mine were. I used to say it was God's way of getting me ready to let them go. (It worked!) And you are doing so well with all the rocky road you're on right now. That's how I think about the world if I felt well too, WN. Actually, since I've been off some of my meds the last week or so I think I've been feeling better - go figure. Will pass that by the internist when I get back. Maybe I can cut back on some a bit. Or maybe it's my imagination - maybe I'm just antsy. I know I mentioned a tax problem a couple of weeks ago. Friend of DH checked on it and was told it was "settled" - no idea what was going on and don't care as soon as I get the paper saying so. Just very unsettling. Got another letter today saying IRS audit of DH's old firm is done as well and will have no impact on me. Thank goodness. So things are settling down a bit. I'm all ready to go tomorrow (one last load of clothes in washer and maybe I'll vacuum a teeny bit - or not), things are all lined up. So it's the surgery and the lawsuit and then on to FUN. I'd have more fun recuperated but we can always do more than one FUN DAY. So whenever one is declared....... I'm going to sit and plan a lot of fun during the first few days after surgery. And FUN can be so many things. Late this afternoon, I just went to one of our fave parks and sat there (in the car) and enjoyed the cold day and the familiarity of the place. It'll be a while until I even get to do that again and then SPRING will be in full bloom. I'm really looking forward to the flowers coming up. Oops, on the pies. Any one/both/combination would be loverly. Kaylets, how is DH doing on new diet? You? Well, I'm off for a couple of days. Will be checking on the Palace eventually but probably not for a couple of days. Sayonara................ |
Thinkin' of Anagram and her surgery.
Wsw...happy be-lated returns. Sounds like you had a great day! Gotta fly-bye...have a vet appt this am and the heathen looks like....well...a heathen. Must eat brekkie and groom! Will be back later! :wave: |
thanks for all the birthday wishes! hopng your surgery went well today, anagram. i am definitely back on track with my food and exercise program now. well, just this quickie post since i need to get a few errands done. take care, all.
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Anagram-wishing you healthy recovery vibes!
Hubby got us a place to live down there. It is avaiable MArch 24th. One less thing to worry about. Now just need to find out when he can get 10 days off work and my house really needs to sell! Oh yeah, down 1.5 this week! Woo hoo! I really want to be 179 (down 20) before hubby gets me. I have btwn 2-4 weeks to loose 4.5 pounds. |
Someone asked me yesterday if I had lost weight, Woo hoo!
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flower-congrats on the weight loss, and on being asked if you had lost weight!
and to all our lovely roayals, good afternoon. had lunch out today with a friend, and though i was tempted by some certain foods which i don't usually have, i did not give in, which pleased me. well, need to get to some paper work which i have been putting off, so i will be on my way. also need to get in the rest of my exercising for the day. take care, all. |
Hello all!
Hoping Anagram is doing well and even enjoying the royal attention she so richly deserves! Congrats Flower! You are an inspiration! Happy Birthday WSW !! And good for you going to lunch and making wise choices..... Ceara! How are you? Wood Nymph too, how are you?? We had snow Wed... really more of a nuisance but there were over a 100 fender benders because of it.... I tried to get to work but after the 2nd detour decided I'd rather wait it out at home..... Naturally, the rest of the week was off kilter.... Last night, coming home from work I hit a pothole which IMMEADIATELY blew out my front passenger tire. Good news, I wasnt on the Intersate.... Bad news, on a very busy country road that is better known by Route numbers than name and the Road Service gentleman didnt have a map or a real knowledge of the area. A good samaritan and DH arrived before the Road Service finally found me. Wasnt too cold waiting but sure was an amazing metaphor for how life is sometimes....... So.... good news is that I wasnt planning on working today so I can get a replacement tire put on and put the spare ( do they call them doughnut's in Canada too?) Bad news.... I have to go and buy a tire....( I am leery of having the flat one repaired and driving every day on it.... I might have it repaired just as an additional "real" spare ....) Ah well.. As for food..... Lets put it this way..... I've had more cheeseburgers in t he past two weeks than the past 5 years.... no-carb too tough.... Moving back to WW's .....w/ a blend of core/points.... Ah well! |
Good morning, Queenlies! :wave: I'm actually working part-time next week and will do as little as I can get away with. As usual, I've got a gazillion things I want to get done and hope to be energetic enough to actually get through some tiny portion of them. And then, somehow, to restore balance to life so that work doesn't seem to take all the energy I've got. I've done well in a lot of ways in the past months: eating healthily, exercising regularly, getting an (almost) daily yoga practice established, etc. Unfortunately, it hasn't led to weight loss, even when I feel it should have. I'm going back on South Beach induction starting tomorrow. It's always effective and makes me feel good, too.
Also have a concert tomorrow, mostly a reprise of the November 11th concert. However, I haven't managed to practice enough and I'm not sure that I'll be able to contribute much. I'll see how I feel tomorrow... We've got our best friend couple coming for dinner tonight. I'm making a chicken tagine, some kind of fennel and a raita. DH is making a pilaf. For starters, I'm making smoked salmon and cream cheese on rice crackers with dill and red onion garnishes. Crudites on the side. And I'm buying baklava from the Arabic grocer's around the corner for dessert. It's very good -- everyone loves it -- but I don't have difficulty turning it down because of the white flour factor. :queen: Anagram, I hope you're recovering well after your surgery. Sending healing vibes! :goodvibes: :hug: What kind of fun can we get up to next week? :chin: Kaylets, I've tried the very strict low-carb (like Atkins) and decided it wasn't for me. I like South Beach, though and find it very easy once i get going on it. Thinking of going back to WW, though, for the motivation of the weekly WI . Clearly, though, somethin's gotta give, if I'm going to lose this weight. :yes: WSW, how empowering, refusing temptation like that! :cb: :cb: Flower, you're doing so fantastic! :eek: I gotta get my mojo workin'... Well, Lovelies, DH calls... Have a lovely Saturday! |
What an interesting meal Arabella! I had unexpected company for dinner last night...I had settled for a short nap, and actually got it yesterday afternoon, when the dratted phone rang, and then I heard voices. I assumed it was DD and her BF but when I looked out the window, it was my best friend and her BF, getting ready to feed the bees. So she and I went for a walk when they finished, and the guys barbequed pork chops. We made a salad and I cooked some asparagus and brussel sprouts. The guys had baked potatoes too, and there was fresh pineapple for dessert. A far cry from the chicken caesar I was planning to have!
Good practice last night, and I have extra work stuff to do this week...so gonna hop along! Our All-Breed show is this week-end and I'm quite sure that will be a bit stressful....I work it not show it...I need to start on the stewarding assignments... Flower, you are on a roll! Wsw, hope your lunch out was good, and the exercising went well. kaye...here's some :dust: to shoo the cheeseburgers away. I checked out the nutrition on some of that stuff....yuck. Thinkin' on Anagram...sending healing vibes that way :grouphug: :wave: |
I finally decided to do my fall/winter outside cleaning/gardening. lol Took me long enough. 3 bags later my flower beds look so much better. The iris are starting to come up. I do hope I get to see one open soon but I would rather be sold and moved and buy some iris at the flower market. lol
After that I got the urge to rearrange the living room. I thought I was done but Jack is crawling nopw and he immidately discovered the glider and pinched his fingers. I need to redo that corner or give away the chair. Pinched fingers are not fun to deal with. I am going to be SORE tomorrow. Kaylets, tire problems are such a pita. I hadn't had a flat in 20 years and then the past year, I had 4 of them! Arabella-enjoy pt work week! Ceara-what a wonderful dinner surprise. To everyone else, have a wonderful Monday! My teenager didn't want to go to disneyland with his aunt so he is coming home Tuesday-Sunday. This will be a fun week. Everyone fighting over the computer/tv/phone/bathroom. Wonder if I will need to color my hair my this time next week with all the new gray hairs I am sure to sprout! |
Life is full of surprises...
I've finally lost a couple more of my quota for this challenge. Still not back to ticker but just a bit more than a pound to go.
But that's not the surprise... Yesterday I had a phone call from my sister. 25 years ago, she'd given up a baby girl for adoption and that girl, now the mother of a 4-year-old girl herself, tracked her down. Quite a surprise for my family, because only two of us ever knew that my sister was pregnant. She had a 3-year-old at the time; the father broke up with her when he found out she was pregnant and she just knew she wasn't up to having another baby to look after. So, when she started to show, she moved away until after the baby was born. As it turns out, the nurse who took care of her adopted the baby. My niece came here to go to university and people kept asking her if she was a _______ (my last name). She mentioned that to her adoptive mother who told her, yes, that was her birth mother's name. So, the enterprising young thing did some research online and found my sister and me and wrote a long letter. They've had several long phone conversations and are going to meet on the weekend. My sister said it was just like she'd known her forever, even just hearing her voice on the phone. Everyone in the family is pretty excited. When my sister was telling me about it, the hair stood up on my head and I kept getting full-body chills. Yup, life is full of surprises. You just never know what might happen, which I like to remind myself of from time to time. Anagram, I hope you're recovering well and that you're just quiet because there's been some issue with getting online :goodvibes: :hug: Flower, well, I'm kind-of getting a tiny start on my spring cleaning. I'm just not sure what year -- maybe somewhere around the turn of the century? Good luck with DS coming home/hair turning grey. Just remember not to pull it out, you can always color it but bald patches you don't need. Ceara, I love the sound of your surprise dinner with friends. I love having that kind of casual get-together possibility. It used to be a pretty common thing when I was younger. Now things are so much more scheduled and regimented. Must work on that! Kaylets, hope you're recovered from tirescapade and cheeseburgers. I've got to say, a cheeseburger sounds good. It must be at least a couple years since I've had one... It's amazing how I manage to keep the weight on. :chin: I'm going for breakfast and a walk with a friend, so I'd best go get ready. Let's make this a good one! |
Mornin' All!
Well spring is coming...we all knew it would! Anagram....sending healing thoughts your way! Flower, you are doing so great. Have a good time with your son...they are only this age once...believe it or not! Arabella....that is so cool! A friend of mine had that happen...her half brother (whom she did not know existed) found her shortly after her mother died. I hope the planned meeting goes well for all! Kaylets...I hope things are settling down for you. It seems that obstacles are just a fact of life. Cheeseburger....take the cheese off...that'll save 80 or so calories! How're you doing wsw? It must be way springier there! Well I've planned to do many things in my head today, and if I don't start on them, none will come to fruition. Take care all! Enjoy your day! :wave: |
Holy smokin' Ceara! I just noticed your tracker -- 22 pounds off since November -- WOW!!! Awesome, Dude!
Springier here too, although the sleet-y, bitter wind-y kind of spring day. Just walked around the harbour with my friend and thence for a nice spinach omelette and coffee. Feel like having spelt toast with honey and cinnamon now. But won't. :nono: If I'm diligent, I can have results like yours :yes: |
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