Good morning to you all! Yesterday was a busy day with the commissary run, a baseball game, followed by the NASCAR race. Unlike last week, the Cubs won and Tony Stewart came in second, so all in all our sports people did ok!

I have the sweater all knitted except knitting on the trim and am holding off on that until I am alone and it is very quiet as I have to pick up over a 100 stitches down the front side of each piece so I have to count how many rows there are and figure out where I should pick up the stitches. I started another strip for t's blanket and started the blue sparkly ribbon sleeveless top. I did the ribbing on straights that tranferred, but the circs were 2 sizes larger and I had a devil of a time. My fingers were so sore by the time I got 200 stitches on the circs and then a row knitted to start. It is now coming right along and will make a very pretty top.

Jean: Sounds like you had a busy day too and maybe today will be the same. Poor Jason, moving into a new area and having to be the one to start everything. When I was growing up we didn't even have home delivery. You had to go to the post office to pick up your mail if you lived in town. The bad thing was you had to rent a box, which I thought was unfair. Even when Jack retired and we lived there for a couple years and to this day, that is the way the mail is done there. You have to rent a box to get your mail. Here you are lucky if you even get your mail, though I have to say, since they transferred our complex to another post office for delivery, it has improved greatly. Instead of 4 in the afternoon, we usually have our mail before noon.

Today is clean the downstairs day. You wouldn't think with only two people the house would get dirty, but it sure does, especially the kitchen. I hate this white linoleum. It pits with age and dirt gets in the pits and does not want to come out so every so often I have to get down on my hands and knees and clean the floor. I can't wait until we can tear it out and put in new flooring.

Well, this is not getting anything done and Jack will probably be up in just a little while. Have a nice Sunday all!

Faye

Good morning ladies! I think it is going to be a hot one today. It is supposed to be near 80. At the moment, it says it is supposed to be sunny and 80 next Sunday when we take Thomas to the ballgame so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

We went out for late breakfast early lunch to Bob Evans yesterday and I had their yummy chicken salad plate. It is loaded with a lot of nice fresh fruit, which I thoroughly enjoyed. We came back and I did absolutely nothing yesterday so I am going to really have to get after things today. I should have cleaned the downstairs yesterday so I could start upstairs today. Ahhh well, it isn't like I am going to have company or anything.

I have gotten a really good start on my blue ribbon top. I have it joined on the circular needles now and it is coming along. I also have 2 squares and am starting the third on the blanket so it is coming along. T's birthday is June 25th
so I have plenty of time to get it finished, but I don't know if I will get the hat started and done or not. Lots going on in June including the baby's birth.

The silence is broken outside with fire trucks this morning. Wonder who set their house on fire? Probably some nut making meth in this neighborhood.

Well, not much going on in my neck of the woods. Hope you have a good start to the day!


Faye

Good morning, ladies!

Not much to report. Boss has asked me to work a couple of hours extra everyday until he can get a new property manager (old one was his daughter and she up and quit with no notice). A few extra dollars will be nice.

I love chicken salad, Faye, you made me hungry for it. Guess I'll make some for lunch. Surprisingly, Arby's has a really good one, here.

Its going to be 80 today - really nice weather. The flowers are blooming and it's gorgeous.

I hate it when I can't sleep, but I'm always so tired that isn't a problem much anymore.

I threw my workout clothes in the bag and went to Curves after I dropped Stan off for dialysis - and found I had 2 different shoes. I just wore them and announced it to everyone when I started on the circuit so they wouldn't be wondering - they'd know - I can't even dress myself anymore! We all had a good laugh.

Well, have a good day - I need to get to work!

Just a quick note. I have some virus bug, vomiting, diarrhea, terrible headache and body aches and have been in bed all day yesterday. I am still not feeling well, but I guess it will pass eventually. I came downstairs because my back is hurting and thought maybe the recliner might help.

I will post again when I am feeling a bit better!

Faye

Faye, so you are sick. We have some sort of gastrointestinal flu going around here, too - I'm praying Stan and I don't get sick. Sick or well, he has to go to dialysis. They have isolation rooms they put people in so they don't make other sick.

Jean, more rain! I think you've had enough. We had a thunderstorm at suppertime last night. It really came down for about 20 minutes, then the sun returned.

Hope you both have better days today!

Good morning gals! Well, I am pretty much back to my old self except sore ribs and muscles from vomiting. That should go away in a couple days. I felt better last night enough to eat regular solid food and went to bed early so I feel pretty good this morning. I am going to try and take a small leisurely walk this morning just to warm up my legs etc and maybe do a tad of light housecleaning. Nothing strenuous.

Susan: Hope Stan is now coming along well with everything and getting stronger and healthier as much as he can considering dialysis. I wore a shirt on backwards to work once! lol The tag was gone and I think I dressed in the dark that day.

Jean: We had rain all day yesterday and it rained last night also. Hopefully it is all done with and we will have some nice sunshine. We watched the CUBS game on tv last night and it was not only raining there it was freezing. The fans were sitting all bundled up in jackets, scarves and blankets. Can't beat us Cubbie fans, we are nothing if not loyal! lol We are looking forward to seeing the Iowa Cubs play on Sunday with Thomas here at Autozone Park.

I had deleted cookies to clear out my computer and lost my tracker info so I had to start over. I decided just to have a head start on May! For April, I lost a total of 7 lbs the best I can figure it. I was gone from WW for about 3 weeks with the trip and everything so I have to figure out what is what. I will gladly take a total loss of almost 28 lbs. I am short by .2!

I can't believe the baby's birth is getting so close. We only have about 5 more weeks.

Well, I need to finish some little downstairs chores, figure out points for dinner and get a shower, make the bed and such and maybe do that short walk.

Have a nice day all and hope we all have (pretend it's the sun!) weather today!

Faye

Good morning ladies! Hopefully the rain is gone and we will start really warming up now. It has been rather cool the last few days.

Jean: I have to at your so not teacher come back! I hope the little brats get their punishment, but don't hold your breath! You have terrible administrators. I had a row with WW online and so I canceled my subscription for etools. I sent them a message asking them when my next billing cycle was, got this stupid message back about how it was set up correctly and they promptly charged my credit card for 3 months even though it wasn't time. So, we will just use good ole ingenuity to figure points for things without nutritional labels like meats. Besides Dotties, I have a book by Dr Phil that is his weight loss plan and in it is all the nutritionals on all kinds of stuff so I can just use it and my points calculator to figure the points.

Boy, sure do miss Maggie. I was hoping she would have gotten her situation figured out and could start posting again.

I decided not to try going out and walking just yet. I really need to make sure I am totally well before I exert myself too much. I did clean the bathrooms, but that is always a snap. I am going to do the downstairs today and then finish upstairs tomorrow and be free on Sunday since we are taking T to the ballgame on Sunday.

Jack was a bit grumpy this morning, but his allergies are bothering him some and he hates early mornings. He sure has the wrong job then! lol I just try and stay out of his way in the morning since he can be sullen, kiss him goodbye and wish him a good day knowing he will call later in the day all cheerful!

Not much else going on here. Oh, I did get my top and wrap and they both fit and look great. The wrap is actually this huge scarf and can be worn different ways so I will experiment. Have to tell you I was surprised the top wasn't tight as the Cold Water site size info indicates they size quite a bit smaller. I guess my weight loss is making changes! lol I am also little by little getting back into my summer clothes, thank goodness.

You gals all have a great day and a nice weekend!

Faye

Rainy day here, but not too cold - already in the 70s.

Right now, life is boring. Same old thing every day.

Queen Elizabeth will be here next week end and the following weekend is the big Jamestown Founding Festival so I'm planning on taking the next 2 Friday's off. We are 2 miles from all the happenings and on the only main road going in so traffic will be horrendous - plus they are inspecting all cars so that will be a further delay. I work on Jamestown Road. The Queen came 50 years ago for that celebration. Guess there's not many times monarchs are able to do this. And unfortunately it would be a great time for a terrorist or nut to attack and get into the history books.

Jean, I'd be in a mental hospital if I had to deal with those kids. You deserve a medal!

Have a great weekend!

Good morning to you all! It was supposed to have rained last night, but I don't know if it did. Now they have reversed themselves again and are saying it is will be in the 80's tomorrow and sunny so all's well with the ballgame with Thomas.

I guess I have been dropped like a hot potato from the Red Hat group. I replied to two month's of lunches for Feb and March saying I would not be able to attend and have not since been notified of any lunches since. Fine with me. If they want to be like that I have no problem with it. I didn't like having the once a month "clique" lunch anyway. There was a couple drunks in the group that always drank their lunch and the one loud obnoxious one. This particular group was a total disappointment to me. I joined to meet new friends not to be left out of the group and talked to by only a couple people, the same two every time.

Susan: Good luck with all the traffic mess. I am sure even seeing the queen would be cool. She is quite a stern looking person all the time and can be quite hard I have read.

Jean: Ahhhh, the weekend, no teenagers! Have a nice weekend. It is coming to the end of the year though and will probably gets nuttier before it gets better.

Everyone have a nice Saturday today. I am going to finish up the kitchen cleaning and do the rest of the upstairs than I will have a totally clean house for another week. I even shampooed the dining room carpet yesterday; always a backbreaking procedure.

Faye