[QuilterInVA]

Good morning, ladies. Anticipating rain for the next 4-5 days. We'll see if it actually happens. It's all clouded over with dark rain clouds now. I did have a few drops on the drive to work so that may be it for the day. Weatherman said Fay us giving us rain!

Faye, the hat is adorable. I hope the doctor dismisses you today. It's been a long haul for you.

Jean, I actually can't do all the Curves workout - only the upperbody, nothing that involves my leg. So I do extras on the machines I can. I have great strength in my legs but my upperbody needs more strength. I have to leave the brace on. I can only take it off to shower or change clothes. I have a hunch your keys ran away to elope with my quilt block. I gave up looking, it'll turn up sometime.

Maggie, I'm with you on the salt - popcorn, chips, nuts. I have to be really careful of my portions. I eat before I weigh in. As you said, it's up the first time but thereafter it evens out. Just think, if you can't eat one time it'll be way down!

I cut out a new quilt this morning so that's what I'll be doing this weekend.

Have a great day, and stay dry if you have rain.

[Maggie]

GOOD MORNING MAGNOLIAS

It is another cloudy day here and I do believe that it has been cloudy and rainey all month which isn't bad at all for the humidity has stayed down in the 30's. I woke up ready to do battle with this weight and get my head back into the losing mode. You know it all starts in the head don't ya. Got an appointment to have Ragg Mopp bathed and clipped tomorrow and the prices are much lower than we were paying out west. We have found that the clothing and food prices are the same but the other items are lower which is teriffic. Especially the gas. It is much lower because CA has that extra 62 cent tax they tack on to every little gallon of gasoline.

DONNA I hope you did get in front of the line. Don't you just hate it when you are in line there and the person in front has an encyclopedia full of questions and takes forever. I still have my TN ~ the one I got renewed on line and it doesn't have my picture on it. I love it and it is good till 2011. I found I could keep it because legally I don't have to change it since my husband has the designation of being an Evangelist. Besides it is a piece of TN I keep close. Pictures don't usually really look like the owner anyway, usually worse in fact.

SUSAN A new quilt. What pattern are you making this time? BTW how many quilts do you have now? One day I would love to see your collection. Soon I am going to start doing my glass again. I have to get my crafts room organized. Still have some boxes in there that aren't gone through to find a home for the contents. Not having a house full of furniture ~ well I really need a small chest of drawers in there to stash needful stuff. For now I need to organize things in boxes.

Have a great day folks. Type at ya later

[Jean]

Good Afternoon, Flowers! It's been another beautiful day in my corner of the world -- bright sunshine with a nice breeze and no humidity. Love it! I had a few things to pick up at WM and need to make a grocery run later. Tonight is Bob's night to cook so not sure what/where that will be.

"Gma" -- I hope your appt. with the surgeon went well and you are no longer in need of his services! Bob looked under the car seats for my keys -- no luck. I've vacuumed the sides of the furniture and didn't find anything except crumbs and pieces of pop corn.

Susan -- We could sure use some rain. Maybe Faye could share both directions. I've just about given up on looking for my keys and figure I will find them when I least expect to. I have several places that they could have fallen into, but I need to unpack boxes, etc., and I'm not to that point yet. Enjoy your new quilt project -- what design, colors, etc.?

Maggie -- I look like an ex-con on my driver's license picture. I even asked the guy if I couldn't just use the picture from the last time because it was a much better picture although not all that great either. I know you will have your house organized in no time!

I'm off to call my mom and make a grocery list. Have a relaxing evening and a wonderful Wednesday tomorrow!

Jean -- from Iowa!

[GailR]

Well. The root canal itself went fine--no pain there. However, because Dr. Liu had to drill through my permanent bridge that now has to be repaired by my regular dentist. So my bridge has a filling. That is so not right! But there it is. The numbness has worn off. I am sore (that side of my mouth)--he said I would be and I've taken some Advil for that. Jean, you ask how much is this costing me? The good Dr. Liu wanted 10% up front. I wrote a check for $99.00. Hopefully, the dental insurance will cover the remaining $891.00. We do have pretty good dental insurance. Oh yeah...I "may" see another root canal in my future. The other tooth holding the bridge? Well, it "may" decide to go bad also. This all seems like insult to injury to me because I go to my regular dentist every six months and inbetween I go to a periodontist for deep cleanings. I do think a lot of this is inherited because my mother has the EXACT SAME MOUTH or I should say dental history that I am having now. I will fight to save my teeth!! (See? I can still grin?!)

Maggie, I agree with you--eating after WW would be way too late! My only suggestion (and I'm sure you've done this) would be to eat lightly that day and stop drinking water around 2pm.

And I've been saying this and not following through but I did FINALLY rejoin WW this morning at 8am. I am glad I did because if I had not I would slowly regain all the weight I lost and then some. I have to be held accountable. Today has been an off-beat kind of day of eating since I have to be careful of what I eat and not allow it to roam to the bridge side until I get it repaired (sounds like I need a bridge engineer instead of a dentist, doesn't it?!). I'm certainly not in any danger of going over daily points today.

Wayne is working late today so I don't have to cook dinner--he's going to grill some hamburgers outside. Then he's going to work early in the morning. But the great thing is he has a 4-day weekend. We have nothing planned except on Sunday evening all the kids and their kids are coming over for dinner. And I haven't a clue what I'm cooking.

Susan, I used to go to Curves when the franchise came to town. I went pretty regular and enjoyed it but when I changed departments right before I retired, I found I was too busy to go anywhere after work so I dropped the membership. I may start attending again. I know I need to work on strength training.

Donna Faye, picture me waving to you because now I can't remember what I wanted to say to you since I can't scroll back re-read your last post! So frustrating. Oh yeah...I agree we have to love ourselves. I stopped beating myself up when I gain weight or don't lose what I think I should. Just not worth it. I like me. I'm my own best friend!

Later...

Gail

[Maggie]

It has been a lovely day here in the heartland.

I usually take my shower after I get up in the morning but waited till later today because I planned to color my hair which I did. I am now waiting for my hair to dry now after it was washed so I can mouse it. It is so soft and just there unless I junk it up. But once I junk it up like tomorrow I will just have to spritz it with water and it will go back into a do. Tonight is ladies class at the church so it was a good time to get myself clean and put some smell good on.

JEAN So sorry you haven't located your keys ~ that must be a pain to have to get them replaced. Enjoy those days with out that humidity! An x-con eh? That is too funny.

GAIL A filling in your bridge sounds a bit strange doesn't it. I once had a root canal done through a crown. What tooth is it ~ maybe your lower right 12 year mollar? I had a bridge for that tooth which came out and was called a spider bridge. They don't make them anymore (saftey) and I don't wear it anymore either. As I got older ~ these last couple of years it just didn't fit right anymore. Teeth must have shifted some. Anyway I quit wearing it because it would always come up when I ate and it was scary if I were to swallow it. I toyed with the idea of a permanent bridge but at my age I opted to live with it as is. I do hope your insurance does pick up the tab. We have insurance and piggy back on that so in a sence we have insurance on our insurance. Anyway the piggy back pays what the other insurance doesn't. Yes Monday is an 18 point day so I am at my bare minimum on weigh day anyway and restrict that fluid until after weigh in. A cup weights a pound they say. Good for you for rejoining. Now buckle down and lets get down this road to thin together. We love bbqed burges and in fact we are having a couple over this coming Saturday for them. I think I'll make a point frendly potato salad to go with.

Well folks I think I can go mouse my hair now. Actualy it isn't really mouse it is called Got 2B Spike Gel Type at ya later