Good morning ladies. It is in the low 60's already this morning, but gray skies. I think I need to get out of the house, but don't know what I would do. Maybe we will go for a drive or something, who knows?
Here's Jay's hat. I am so glad I am finished with this thing. It drove me nuts. It sure did teach me a lot of patience.
I have lots of things to do today but it is one of those lazy days I am not sure much will get done. There is always tomorrow I guess.
Maggie: My dd used to have to wear cotton because she had some kind of disease that would cause her to break out badly. Over time and with medication it quit and she hasn't had problems since then, but boy this stuff was awful for her. We use our bank card mostly though we do have 1 credit card for things like car rentals and such, but we don't use it a lot. I know one thing that I check my bank account every day.
Jean: I love mushrooms but Jack won't eat them under any circumstances. He says one day they are going to kill me! He is kidding of course, but he hates the things. I didn't take my handbag with me at all on the trip. I have this neat skinny little bag that fits crosswise over my body. It is very small and slim and on the cruise I was able to get my iphone, cash, credit card, my ship card, passport and id in it. Most of the time on the ship, I just gave Jack my ship card to carry in his pocket. It was kind of nice to be free of it. I did bring it on the trip, but left it in the car covered with a couple towels or a blanket or something.
Well girls, I need to get to work. Have a good day all. Faye
Good Afternoon, Flowers! We got up to ice this morning and now it is drizzling, cold, and just gloomy. We "skated" to church only because there were no cancellations on the tv nor radio and Bob was ushering. He was the only one when we usually have at least three; we had some elderly people show up who had no business being out and about. There was only 45 there. I have to do cat chores for the next two weeks so need to go when I finish here.
"Gma" -- Jay's hat looks pretty spiffy! I'm impressed as always. Bob tells me to leave my purse home but then he is the one who wants nail clippers, a toothpick, or Kleen-x. I have been working on Beth's afghan this afternoon. I will be glad when it is done, wish I hadn't made it quite so big.
I need to go do my cat chores. The gal, another retired cat/dog mom, who just finished two weeks called to tell me the cat isn't eating any dry food so I am going to try some of mine. I know she used to eat this brand. "Boomer" is very lonely and has another month before her family comes home. The sitter started leaving the tv on 24/7 so there would be some noise.
Enjoy the rest of your day, hope you are all warm and dry!
It is another ho hum day with the temperature but other than that it is a great day. All my aches and pains are gone when the humidity is up so it must be a low humidity day. When I ordered my new sox in order to bring the order up so I could take advantage of their shipping free offer I added a bag of Walnettos. Any of you remember those penny candies that we used to get as a kid? Well this place has lots of those old things you can’t get any more in stores. They are one point+ a piece and really good. I can remember my teacher sending me to the corner store to get each kid in class one for being good that day. It was just a block away so not a far place to send me. I look back now and wonder why she always chose me to go to the store. Could I have been the “teacher’s pet” back then? She did borrow things from my mother when she wanted to bake something for the class. She was just a young married teacher and my mother had lots of kids and things to bake and cook with so it stands to reason if she needed something she knew who to ask to borrow it from. Plus she lived just right around the block from us and my mother was president of the PTA. Walnettos sure brought back some old memories. They are chewy chocolate squares with chopped up walnuts in them wrapped in wax paper and very good.
Will bought a program that is speech recognition software by Nuance called Dragon and his computer wouldn’t load the disk so he gave it to me to try and ~ bingo~ my old laptop loaded it and now it is mine. I don’t have a use for it though but it will be fun to play with for it will type when I talk into a microphone on a headset plugged into my computer. I’ll have to play around with it before I use it much or any at all though. But really, what use do I have of it if I can type 110 words a minute. Will is the one who needs it.
I put a roast in the crock-pot this afternoon and it sure smelled the house up with good odors for I put a package of dry onion soup over the top. The plan is to shred the meat and make some beef and rice burritos. It is done now and I have it out and cooling so I can then get it into the fridge and deal with making the burritos tomorrow.
I won’t be going to WW tomorrow but that is probably a good thing because I would surely show a gain for I had a very hungry week and ate too much. We have a meeting to attend where we need to vote on things to do with the museum. I will try and have a good week and show a loss or maybe a “maintain” but I surely don’t want to show a gain next week.
DONNA FAYE That hat turned out great! You did a lot of work and it turned out to be worth it didn't it. Well maybe you don't want to make another real soon like it. That's good that your dd isn't alergic anymore for that must have been miserable for her and you keeping her in cotton. I am glad I am not alergic but the reason is that if the sox aren't 100% cotten then my foot slips where the cotton keeps it to stay put on the brace. These casmere blend sox were a delight to wear today though for I didn't do much walking and they felt so good. It's good you keep a close watch on your account for there are folks learning more tricks all the time to rip us off.
JEAN It's nice that folks find others to care for their cats while they are gone instead of putting them in a kennel. But since we put Cecil in with the vet for that week he has stayed a lot closer to us after he got over his snit of ignoring us for an hour after we got him home. We are supposed to be up in the 60's somewhere tomorrow.
Good morning to you all! It is going to be nice and warm today, in the upper 60's but expecting some more rain according to the forecast. So far, it is dry here though.
I did find out with the hat that I could have done it in fair isle catching the floats, but I didn't know that technique even existed. Now I do, so next time I can knit it right onto the hat instead of having to sew it over the top. Everyone liked it a lot on FB though so I guess it turned out ok as long as Jay likes it.
This morning was weigh day and I am down another 2#'s. That makes it 8 for the three weeks and 11 since the doctor's appt so it is coming along.
Maggie: I can understand how acryllic socks would slide on that brace, but I wouldn't think superwash wool would though most socks unless they are expensive are a combo of acryllic and something else. Glad you like your new socks. I have big feet and usually wear mens socks when I wear socks, like around the house. Because I have flat feet, my socks shift around on my feet when I walk a lot. I usually end up with the heel on the top of my foot and have to take them off and put them back on again. I wear those tennis socks/footies in the house all the time and I noticed I am losing the battle with them and it is time to buy some more. Your roast sounds good. We are having turkey roast for dinner tonight. I try to have poultry, then red meat, then fish, etc and rotate. I am trying to get more seafood into my hubby's diet. We were talking about doing one of those steam pots in the future. Kelly does them at her house and loves them.
Jean: I know about the purse thing. Jack teases me about how big and heavy my purses are, but he is the one that says, "Donna, do you have aspirin in your purse?" It is that or kleenex, or clippers or whatever. I also have to carry wipes or hand sanitizer for the grandkids and me to use. I like using it instead of the sinks in the bathrooms especially when all you have are those blow dryer things. I bought this nifty little bottle a long time ago that attached to my key chain and I just refill it when it gets low. Aww, the poor little thing. Fortune can get that way when he is kenneled or at Kelly's but he is fine when we are gone as long as he is in his own domain.
Well girls, lots and lots of work to do today and I have Jack's hat to work on since I ripped it out. I found that 100% cotton yarn stretches a lot more than wool blend and I felt the hat was going to be too big so out it came. Have a great start to your week. Faye
Good Morning, Flowers! We got up to very thick fog this morning; school started two hours late because of it. The ice on the streets has melted but there are still slippery spots in protected areas. Our church office is open according to the school schedule so the secretary didn't show up to count. The treasurer and I counted and there wasn't much there since the weather was so icky yesterday. I am going to the gift shop at noon (the volunteer director is buying my lunch) to mark new merchandise. Then I have kitty chores to do before dark. Bob is off ice fishing with his farmer friend. They went to a small nearby lake where the fish are supposedly biting.
Maggie -- I do remember Walnettos! I can't remember the name of the catalog off hand, but every once in awhile I get one that has all of the "old" candy in it. Memories of the penny candy counters for sure! I hate the hungry days and weeks! You will have a good week coming up.
"Gma" -- on losing another 2#s! You are doing GREAT! I don't use the hand sanitizer because the dermatologist said that was the worst thing to use when I had eczema on my fingers. Every once in awhile I check to see if the ingredients are still alcohol. I try to wash my hands before my food comes when eating in a restaurant. One FL place had a dryer that you dip your hands in; it was really fast drying but not too hot.
I need to change clothes and head to the hospital. Enjoy your day, stay warm, and be happy!
I weighed on my scale today and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. I sure hope I can find a moment tonight to get in and weigh in at WW before that meeting or after. I’d really like to know what their scale would reflect. I checked my records and I didn’t eat as much as I had really thought. That is why I do write what I bite. I need to know. Silly me. I will be very happy if I do show a “maintain.”
The dogs are at the groomer and Cecil is wondering where his dogs are. He gave up looking so is now on the bed taking a nap. It is said we will get as high as 67º this day and I am glad the early morning fog we had has now dissipated. And a change ~ maybe ~ of some rain tomorrow. That would be marvelous if it would happen. I am so looking forward to spring and garden planting time. Will is going to put up a wooden fence along the chain link fence line in our back yard so folks can’t look in and see our veggies ripe on the vine and avail themselves of them. Someone relieved us of all our nice ripe tomatoes & melons from our last garden. If they would ask we would share but we don’t like to grow it to be stolen. At lest they left us our Bell Peppers and Scotch Bonnets and didn’t bother the apple tree any. I imagine with the prices of things going up more folks will be out on the prowl to see what they can glean. We put up a scare crow to keep the birds out of the garden and hung aluminum strips in the apple tree that flutter in the breeze that keep the birds out of that.
DONNA FAYE That is good that your friends on FB like that hat also I don’t know why they wouldn’t because it is great. Yep cotton yarn does stretch. I made myself a sweater one time out of cotton yarn ~ a pullover type with a slit neck and it turned out HUGE. I wore it over a turtle neck T shirt in a color that went along with the sweater and had a nice looking top without my bra straps constantly in view. I am not one of those gals that don’t mind underwear showing for I do mind. There was a gal the other day working at the coffee window that had a turquoise sweater on with a hot pink bit of satin showing at the neck on each side that looked so pretty. I commented on how pretty it looked and she blushed and said, “That is my bra straps showing”. They only showed about a ¼ of an inch and really did look pretty. It really just looked like a bit of satin on the sweater though. Who makes those steam pots?
JEAN How nice your money count went without a hitch this time. It’s nice that you cat sit and see to it that your friends felines are OK. We have never been gone overnight and left this cat here alone but we know he would survive a couple days or so without a sitter if we left out enough food and water for him. We might have to put but hut sand in another container though so he would have two places inside since he wouldn’t be able to access the back yard. As it is he leaves most of his deposits out back. The catalogue I got my sox and candy from is “The Vermont Country Store” in Rutland, VT. I imagine it may be the same catalogue you spoke of for they have lots of “can’t find any more elsewhere type” items.
I am a very happy camper for I showed a loss of 1.6 at weigh in this evening. I just had to come here and sing out my success. Rejoice with me. I am ♫♪ singing♪♫ a happy tune. ♫
Good morning ladies. Jack just left for work and since we were trying to fix a mistake in our tax return this morning that they sent back, I decided just to stay up and post.
We are supposed to get some high winds and nasty storms this afternoon and tonight, but the temps are going to be in the 70's today. Jack even wore a short sleeved tshirt to work this morning instead of his long sleeved one.
Fortune kept me up all night last night again so I am kind of pooped, but I am awake now so will just have to take a little nap later I guess. He just won't lay still and that might be connected to his heart from what I have read. It is tough to get old that's for sure and he is over 13 now.
Maggie: Congrats on the loss. I know you were a bit worried about it. As for the steam pots, all they are is a deep stock pot with a basket in it to keep the food out of the water. I have included a pic and you can get them all over the place, just google seafood steam pot. You can get all kinds of sizes too.
Jean: There is an online store called nostalgic candy that has all the old stuff like mary jane's, kits, boston baked beans, candy cigarettes, etc. I used to get emails from them all the time because I bought Thomas a gift from them once. Hope the kitties are doing ok. Yes, anyone with skin issues shouldn't use the hand sanitizers that's for sure as it will make them worse or at least make them sting I would think. They will dry your skin out so I always use lotion on my hands too.
Well girls, there's nothing going on here today. I hope you all have a nice day. We are going to batten down the hatches I guess as we are supposed to get high winds around noon or so. Faye
It is going to stay in the 30º area this day here in the ♥-Land. I do long for spring but it is down the road some yet. They winter weather advisory even said we may get some rain/snow showers starting at noon and going through 9pm. Rain will be quite welcome for sure. Snow does melt though and become water so that would be welcome also but I do prefer the . I am going to have to go get my jacket on for I am chilled. The heater must be getting ready to turn cycle on. Yep there it came on but I am still going to put on my light weight jacket.
I think we will have a repeat of those yummy burritos today. I didn’t get the meat all made up in to them because I ran out of salsa of all things but can get some today. It’s all in the fridge waiting for the salsa. But before that I will peal and section a couple of Cuties and enjoy them while getting in some of my fruit-veggie allotment this day.
There is a yummy recipe for Pineapple Upside-Down Cake in the hand out from WW last evening and I am wondering how well it freezes. It makes 10 servings and there are 8 that would have to be frozen for later enjoyment. Or I could make it for a pot-luck and have a piece because I imagine it would all be eaten for it looks so inviting. I remember my mother made them when I was living at home and they were so good but there were so many of us that it all got eaten up and we didn’t deal with the left-over’s. There being 8 of us in the family a dessert usually got devoured at one meal. I’m sure she didn’t make this lightened version but I bet this one is good. It just isn’t as pretty as mothers were for it doesn’t have maraschino cherries in the center of the pineapple rings. The cherries would probably add another point+ to the servings.
DONNA FAYE I get ya now ~ thanks for that picture of the steamer pot. I have a collapsible stainless little basket gismo that is used in the bottom of a pot to steam veggies with. I use it to cook my broccoli and other items I wish to steam. For just the two of us I wouldn’t need such a specialty pot for my little insert works great since it is collapsible it fits into several sized pots. I have toyed with the idea of getting one of the Ornamental bamboo steamer basket stacks though. I feel so sorry for your little pooch. Little precious guy just can’t get comfortable and then consequently it plays with your getting restful sleep so therefore I feel sorry for you also. Those nostalgic Walnettos are really yummy and only 1 P+ each.
Good Morning, Flowers! It's another gloomy morning in my neighborhood with light fog and 32 degrees. I just finished counting gift shop money and need to take it to the bank. Otherwise it is cat chores and a grocery store visit after lunch.
The fishing trip was a bust with not even a nibble. Bob came home with one wet leg! They were putting things away and getting ready to leave. Rich said, "watch out for the hole," then Bob turned around and stepped right in it. He was lucky that all of him didn't fall in!
Maggie -- on the 1.6# last night! I can be good about writing what I eat but then get lazy and quit. I write in a notebook because the weekly trackers are too small. The pineapple cake sounds good. I wish there were boxed desserts of just one or two servings because I sure don't want a 9 x 13" pan calling my name. Most of our snow is gone again. The temperature is supposed to bottom out on Thursday and then warm up again. Crazy weather!
"Gma" -- It's a good thing you don't have to be bright and bushy eyed for a job when Fortune keeps you up at night. Is there anything, like a sleeping pill, that you could give him? I know how much you will miss him when he is gone as he is company for you. I hope the strong winds don't materialize; I appreciate the weather warnings so we can be prepared just in case they do happen.
I need to keep moving as I noticed a couple of fur bunnies on my way upstairs. Maybe I can scoop them up without dragging out the vacuum. Have a terrific Tuesday and enjoy!
Good Morning. Flowers! Another cold (feels like 0 w/ 25 mph wind) gloomy day in my corner of the world. We got a dusting of snow during the night and it is blowing around although there was nothing to shovel on the driveway. I'm hoping the church newsletter is ready to go today, have cat chores, need to drop bills off at the hospital, and bell practice later this afternoon. I don't want to go outside so hope I can combine some of these into one trip.
I came upstairs to get an address since my iPad wouldn't/ couldn't do a search. I punched a hole in the invoice, and wanted to double check the street number before I addressed the envelope. Have a wonderful Wednesday, enjoy, and keep warm!
Good morning to you all! We had one heck of a storm last night. We had high winds and a ton of rain in a quick amount of time. We have a lot of flash flooding around here this morning.
Jack headed out the same time this morning but had to go to Southwest Community College for some kind of thing for work. It lasts all day today and all day tomorrow. He says anything that gets him away from work he is all for no matter how boring it might be.
Jack is having chicken and rice casserole and I am having talapia fish sticks for dinner tonight. I don't like cream of chicken soup taste and that is what goes in the rice so I opt out and have the fish, which is very good. I am going to make one of my vegetable steamer bags to go with it I think. I think this one has cauliflower, carrots, potatoes and a couple other veggies in it. I had a WW Thai chicken with rice noodles in peanut sauce yesterday and it was delicious. Jack had picked it up from Krogers and I didn't remember seeing it at the commissary so will get a couple at Krogers over the weekend. I really like having the frozen meals for lunch with some fruit. It is easy peasy that way.
Maggie: You could use anything you want that is made to steam I would think. As far as the food, it is your choice, but I think most pots have corn, sausage, new potatoes, then whatever seafood they enjoy. I know Kelly puts shrimp, crab legs, and I think mussells or some mollusk in it. We would probably do shrimp, crab, and scallops, which Jack really enjoys. You sprinkle old bay seasoning on it and bring it up to boil for about 20 minutes I believe and voila, dinner. In New Orleans they make them with crawfish of course and they just take you table and put newspaper on it and pour off the water then pour all the food right onto the newspapers. No plates or anything and no muss, no fuss.
Jean: I should have put his thundershirt on him last night. He would absolutely not settle down until around 1 AM. So of course, I was pooped this morning and slept in until 8:30. That's the problem with fishing, you can't be guaranteed of anything so you can get cold, wet, and nothing to show for it. Glad Bob didn't turn his ankle or anything. I slammed my toes into the wheel on the computer chair last night and boy is my second toe sore. I looked at it this morning and it isn't black and blue, but it is really sore and sore to bend it. I set up an Excel program to log in my food and points. I have it broken down into breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks and have a column to add each meal's points and I can see how many I have eaten so far, etc. I then have a second page set up to calculate points and a third page full of foods I have already calculated pts and so I don't have to keep doing it. I can just look it up and put it on my pts page. I love doing it this way. Jack does it old school. He bought himself one of those school notebooks where he keeps pts, but he relies on me to figure them out mostly. He also made himself a program ap for his phone to calculate pts when we are out shopping since he knows the formula. He can do it in his head too, but it is faster this way.
Well, I am getting a late start this morning so I better hop to it. Hope they pick up the trash this AM. They have been kind of spotty about it sometimes even on non holiday weeks. Just one more thing we pay for and don't get good service. Have a great middle of the week. Faye
Good morning girls! It went from mid 70's into the low 30's! It is cold here this morning and my feet are freezing even with socks on. I hope it warms up today.
Last day for Jack at the community college. He only has to be there half day today then he will just come home. I ask him if he was going to come home, change, and then go out to work. He looked at me like I had two heads.! So, I guess he will be coming home early.
Darn it girls, I have started cramping, spotting, shaking, etc again. It started a few days ago on and off. I am at a quandry whether to just wait for now and not having more done to see if possibly my weight is causing my hormones to be all screwed up and losing weight will even everything out. I have a pap smear appt on the 13th so I guess I will have to talk to her again about it. It isn't heavy or really even red more pink but I shouldn't be doing this. The thing is, the other symptoms seem to come with them almost like a mentstrual cycle. That's what it has done over the last 6 months so I keep thinking it maybe my weight screwing with my hormones. On top of that, my weight is up a few oz even keeping strictly to points which is stressful for me. I also have a problem I have to deal with outside of all this and it has me stressed out. I am the ultimate worrier. I worry about stuff that hasn't even happened yet and always have been that way. So, today is one of those blue days.
I cleaned the kitchen and now have to get out there and mop all the linoleum. I have one load of laundry in the dryer and one in the washer then I finish all that and I am done for the day I guess.
Good Morning, Flowers! The weather is same old wind (25 mph), cold (-2, feels like -26), BUT the sun is shining! We are in a "cold" advisory until midnight. I have laundry in the washer, balanced one checkbook, need to pick up a couple things at WM, cat chores, and meet a friend for coffee this afternoon. Tomorrow we are going to visit my "mom" in her new home.
"Gma" -- I sometimes exchange cream of celery, chicken, or mushroom soup in a recipe if I don't happen to have the right one on hand. I really can't tell much difference. I must admit our WM seems to have a better selection of WW frozen dinners than either grocery store. I will have to check and see if they have the ones you mentioned. How are your toes today? I rarely go without shoes after breaking a toe. When my feet hurt I hurt all over. Like Jack, I use paper and pencil to keep track of points. I think I am heading to a new cell phone. I checked mine this morning and it is showing no battery life although it isn't red like happened one other time. I text more than I talk and know that takes more energy, but I had 3/4 battery life showing yesterday and hadn't used it. I know the kids put their phones on the chargers every night but they don't have house phones any more. Don't think I would remember to do that or if I did forget to take the phone with me the next day.
My washer should be done so time to switch to the dryer and start another one in the washer. I can't imagine using a wringer washer; I wouldn't have made a very good 30s and 40s wife! My mom had a wringer washer when I was little; did any of you have one in your house?
Have a terrific Thursday, smile, and enjoy your day!
It is currently 25º here in the ♥-Land and not expected to get out of the 30º area today with a high of 34º ~ with a chance of snow flurry. Today being the last day of January it is no wonder for it is still winter. Did this month go by fast for any of you ~ It sure did for me. I am sitting here at my computer with my sweatshirt jacket on this morning. Just a tad chilly in this office but I will warm up as the day progresses. Will has gone shopping to fill my list of things we are out of or fixin’ to be out of shortly. Today seems like it would be a nice “soup” day. I’ll have to see what we have on hand for making a nice pot of it.
Maybe you remember my saying I took everything out of my fridge last week and cleaned it so it sparkled. Well yesterday Will got a soda out of the fridge and dropped it on the floor and it exploded up all over the inside of that nice clean fridge and most of its content. I felt so sorry for him but just had to laugh. His pants were also soaked with soda as was the inside of the fridge. I never realized how much one small can of soda could cover. I stopped what I was doing in there and helped him clean up that mess ~ and it was a mess. Well that episode gave him the idea to bring the very small fridge home he had bought for his office in the church building to keep his bottles of water to use as a “soda & bottled water” fridge here at home. That will surely free up some space in our fridge. He can take a bottle with him to the building if he wants and really doesn’t need that fridge over there.
I ended up making one of those hamburger helper type meals last evening and it was quite good. It was a Salisbury Steak one and I added some chopped onion which I cooked with the burger meat. It is nice to have those on hand to make a quick dinner once in awhile. They have certainly improved those types of meals from when they first came out in years past for they were kind of awful back then. I was really quite surprised how good the taste is now. I think this is the second one we tried, the first being that Stroganoff one which was excellent also. The box comes with everything in it needed and you just add the meat. However, I always add other things also like last evening I added the chopped onion but it would have been good without the onion. I think I added a bit of sour cream to the Stroganoff one but there again it would have been good without that addition. Anyway if you are in a hurry or don’t have time to make a meal try one of these ~ they make several kinds ~ and they are all quick to make.
DONNA FAYE Your weight may pay a big part on how your system is working and the more you lose it would seem the better it will function. Keep on losing weight and you will surely improve I would think.
JEAN I never text and hardly ever use my phone but it is sure nice to have a phone. We don't have a land line either. They sure make a good variety of soups that are good to cook with. I used to have a book with recipe uses for soups and probably still have it but don't see it right off hand in my bookshelf. Makes me wonder where it is.
Bob tells me to leave my purse home but then he is the one who wants nail clippers, a toothpick, or Kleen-x. 
I have been working on Beth's afghan this afternoon. I will be glad when it is done, wish I hadn't made it quite so big.
Simply Sunny Beautiful Chilly Sunday
When I ordered my new sox in order to bring the order up so I could take advantage of their shipping free offer I added a bag of Walnettos. Any of you remember those penny candies that we used to get as a kid? Well this place has lots of those old things you can’t get any more in stores. They are one point+ a piece and really good. I can remember my teacher sending me to the corner store to get each kid in class one for being good that day. It was just a block away so not a far place to send me. I look back now and wonder why she always chose me to go to the store. Could I have been the “teacher’s pet” back then? She did borrow things from my mother when she wanted to bake something for the class. She was just a young married teacher and my mother had lots of kids and things to bake and cook with so it stands to reason if she needed something she knew who to ask to borrow it from. Plus she lived just right around the block from us and my mother was president of the PTA. 
That's good that your dd isn't alergic anymore for that must have been miserable for her and you keeping her in cotton. I am glad I am not alergic but the reason is that if the sox aren't 100% cotten then my foot slips where the cotton keeps it to stay put on the brace. These casmere blend sox were a delight to wear today though for I didn't do much walking and they felt so good. It's good you keep a close watch on your account for there are folks learning more tricks all the time to rip us off.
We are supposed to be up in the 60's somewhere tomorrow. 
I can't remember the name of the catalog off hand, but every once in awhile I get one that has all of the "old" candy in it. Memories of the penny candy counters for sure! I hate the hungry days and weeks! You will have a good week coming up.
on losing another 2#s! You are doing GREAT! I don't use the hand sanitizer because the dermatologist said that was the worst thing to use when I had eczema on my fingers. Every once in awhile I check to see if the ingredients are still alcohol. I try to wash my hands before my food comes when eating in a restaurant. One FL place had a dryer that you dip your hands in; it was really fast drying but not too hot.
It really just looked like a bit of satin on the sweater though. Who makes those steam pots? 
As for the steam pots, all they are is a deep stock pot with a basket in it to keep the food out of the water. I have included a pic and you can get them all over the place, just google seafood steam pot. You can get all kinds of sizes too.
I do long for spring but it is down the road some yet. 
They winter weather advisory even said we may get some rain/snow showers starting at noon and going through 9pm. Rain will be quite welcome for sure. Snow does melt though and become water so that would be welcome also but I do prefer the 
. I am going to have to go get my jacket on for I am chilled. The heater must be getting ready to turn cycle on. Yep there it came on but I am still going to put on my light weight jacket.
I know how much you will miss him when he is gone as he is company for you. I hope the strong winds don't materialize; I appreciate the weather warnings so we can be prepared just in case they do happen. 
Have a great middle of the week. Faye
Your weight may pay a big part on how your system is working and the more you lose it would seem the better it will function. Keep on losing weight and you will surely improve I would think. 
