Good morning ladies! A sunny day and already 75 heading for 85.

Tonight is movie night at the quilt shop so Glory and I will have our usual talapia and cole slaw at the Crab Shack before we go. Nothing else going on today but more work on my sewing room.

Jean - Congratulations on the loss! Keep up the good work. The cabin will really be nice when you finish the work. I've let most of my magazine subscriptions go and will not renew the ones I still have. They just pile up so fast.

I'm going for my walk now before it gets any hotter.

Afternoon gals! Today has been a kind of dopey day for me. I had to take a Flexeril last night because I somehow pulled a muscle in my right arm and it was so sore. I slept with a heating pad and then wore a sweater over it to keep it in place. It is still a bit sore, but nothing like what it was yesterday.

Maggie: Hang tough the hard part is almost done. You are doing great!

Jean: We have you beat! We have 90+ temps coming at us for a whole week. I haven't even been outside today, but Jack came home this morning all hot. He is at therapy right now being twisted and turned. He is going to stick a couple marinated steaks out on the grill tonight. That and a baked potato and some veggies. Congrats on your losses, WTG!

Susan: Sounds like you have your evening planned. Hope Glory's car is coming along ok.

Please keep my older sister and her hubby in your prayers. They had to rush him to the hospital either Wed or early Thur morning. He is the one in the nursing home with MS. His bp dropped to 78/48 and he became septic. He has gotten a bit better in ICU but he isn't out of the woods yet. She can't take time off work to be with him so I know she is stressing out over being at work and not knowing what is going on. He is having short time memory loss, doesn't know her all the time, etc. It is a sad situation.

I better get out of here. I have three socks on needles and I work on one for awhile then switch. I still have Thomas's socks to put on needles too so I am going to be sock busy for quite awhile. Have a great weekend all! Faye

Good morning ladies. It is supposed to be today. I am going to try and get the rest of one sock completed so the pair is ready to wash and block and work on the other two.

I got tickled at Kelly's facebook posting pictures of T. He had let his hair grow and he looked like an early Beatle. It was long and shaggy and his pic at a restaurant showed him with his hair short again. It was like night and day. They took him to Joe's Crab Shack I think and he got one of those steampots, plowed through the whole thing and a piece of chocolate cake and he is a total stick. He is so funny. His dad is very thin but doesn't eat a lot but the boy can put the food away. As a grandma, I hate to see the boys grow up, but that is what happens I guess. Everything moves forward.

Poor Jack came home from therapy completely pooped yesterday. I think though he knows it is for his own good he will certainly be glad when the therapy is all done. I think we discovered what was causing the discomfort. We think he had a bit of inflammation still that was from it healing then being used a lot because the dr gave him a prescription for a higher dose of naproxin and it took the soreness right away.

Nothing much else happening here. I am making chicken and noodles for dinner tonight so I put the chicken in the crockpot and let it cook most of the day then debone it.

Have a good day everybody and the rest of the weekend. Faye

Good morning, ladies! Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain today.

I was down .8 at WW this morning. I didn't sleep well at all last night. Woke up at 3 am and never did get back to sleep, just tossed and turned until 6 and then I got up. Maybe a nap this afternoon but I want to clean out the fridge and pantry today. I'm taking tomorrow to quilt. I still have those 100 9-patch blocks to make.

Faye, Glory's car is still in the car hospital. It needs a new bumper and other parts and they aren't easy to find for a '65 Mustang. I can hardly keep track of one pair of socks at a time let along multitask on several pairs at once. I hope your shoulder is feeling better.

Maggie, the movie last night was Ghost Town. We usually have chick flicks, not quilting movies. We stitch as we watch. Congratulations on sticking with the hard part of SBD.

Hi, Jean!

Have a good day!

Good Morning, Flowers! Our weather is really in a tizzy this morning! It's very windy and we're in a wind advisory for 40 mph winds and strong gusts. We've had enough rain to get everything wet, the sky has dark clouds, but the sun peeks through as the wind moves the clouds on by. It's not warm nor humid yet. The washer and dryer are buzzing away, and the dishwasher is next. My couch is so heavy I can't move it, because it is half on an big area rug and half on bare floor, so plan to have Bob help me do that so I can vacuum underneath it. After moving the piano I can just about imagine what's under the couch.

I got my plant from Maui yesterday! I had forgotten all about it until Bob called to tell me it had been delivered to the office; we had it shipped there so it wouldn't sit outside if I wasn't home. It's an Anthurium -- the red heart shaped flower. It's in a hunk of lava which has to be soaked in water whenever it dries out. It should be interesting; I hope I can keep it alive.

Susan -- I hope it is not miserably hot for you today. It is too early for 90 degree weather -- at least up here. What movie did you see at the quilt shop? Any plans for today?

Maggie -- I have looked and don't have your soup recipe. Would you send it to me please? Thanks! I'm wondering if it got lost when I switched computers. I know that some of my "saved stuff" went into cyberspace for no apparent reason. The round steak dinner sounded delicious!

"Gma" -- I hope your arm is much better today. We are grilling steak either this noon or tonight. Bob is the griller and he is out chasing down a couple of farmers for their acre/crop information. I'm sorry to read about your sister and her husband; they are in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us updated! Good luck with getting your socks done in time.

The dryer is buzzing so is ready for the next load. Have a great day!

Jean -- from Iowa!

Susan -- I must have been typing when you posted this morning because I didn't see it until just now. on another loss at WW today! You have the scale moving in the right direction for sure! Will it take long to make the 100 quilt blocks? I hate nights when I wake up and can't get back to sleep. No matter how I lay I just can't get comfy again while other times I just roll over and go back to sleep.

Maggie -- Thanks for the recipe. I think I had it confused with the WW veggie soup that they promote from time to time. The thermometer says it is 88 here but it is so terribly windy that "things" are blowing between yards and down the street. I haven't been outside at all today. Ernie whines to have the back door open and then doesn't like the wind blowing his whiskers.

In the Sioux City paper there was a picture of a cat that someone shot in the forehead, between the eyes, with a nail gun. Someone saw it running around and called animal control to pick it up. A vet performed surgery and got the nail out, but he isn't sure if the one eye will regain sight or not because of damaged nerves. They named the cat Amazing Grace and have had several offers to adopt her. I know there are people in line to deal with whoever did the deed -- I'd like a chance too! I'm pretty sure they will never find out unless the person would be dumb enough to brag or else someone saw them do it. Makes me mad when people are mean to animals!

Hello ladies! We are cookin' in Memphis and not just on the grill! It is mid 90's here today and the humidity is terrible. We went to the grocery store early this morning and Jack made a couple burgers on the grill but we haven't been back outside since then. It is even hot in the house with the ac on 70.
Bout time to turn on the box fan and circulate the hot air! lol

I finished Jackson's cartoon socks so will wash them tomorrow and block them. I am getting ready to put T's socks on the needles. I told Jack he will like the socks. The yarn color is called "ecology" and Thomas is big into "green" environment.

Jean: Hope Bob doesn't get too hot doing cabin work. It is definitely something Jack would be putting off if it were here this week. It is awful here and I think this is just the beginning of what summer is going to be.

Maggie: Hope you had a nice like at Montana Mike's. We haven't been to Applebees in quite awhile as there isn't one very close to us anymore. I like Applebees especially their Chinese chicken salad.

We are watching the Cubs game and it is becoming a squeaker. I am trying to halfway watch and halfway not since we are ahead only by one run but our pitcher just struck out the 3rd batter in the bottom of the 8th so hopefully we can put on some more runs during the ninth.

Now that you are totally bored by baseball talk, I will scoot out of here. Have a grand Sunday! Faye

Good morning ladies. I got an hour of sleep last night because I had leg cramps. I started checking my meds and two of them can cause cramping in the legs. Goody, I exchanged leg swelling for leg cramps. I am trying to get in a lot of water today and walk around a lot to help that out. Hope it works.
I am also really working at eating right and more importantly working on some other issues I think are interferring with my trouble staying focused.

I watched a couple episodes of hoarding last night and the psychologist told the one woman something that exactly what I should do instead of doing what I am doing. I can't really go in to it for various reasons let's just say it kind of helped me open my eyes to some things about losing weight that is the same with these people that hoard.

I hope you all had a nice weekend. I finished Jackson's cartoons socks and am washing them this morning and put T's socks on the needles. It is a self-striping yarn and it is way cool. I think he will like them. I am deciding whether or not to make Jackson's red and blue socks slipper socks instead. They are pretty thick for socks and he definitely couldn't wear them during the summer. I did find some cute spiderweb buttons I may buy and put on them, we shall see. For you crafty ladies, isn't there this liquid stuff you can buy at craft stores that you can put on the bottom of socks and it sort of rubberizes them? I am going to have to check that out when I get done here.

Well I here the washer is finished so need to get the clothes out and get the other load in. Jack has therapy today so will be home early. Have a super start to the week. I am off to eat some oatmeal. Faye