My rule about books is that you should never get rid of them. They don't ever go out of style like clothes, or furniture. Other than that, I can't give you moving advice. I've only moved once in the last 25 years. Now we'd never be able to move. It would take a year to pack up DH's barn full of stuff.

Did this poor boy have an unknown health problem, heart disease? It is devastating to the siblings. My DH's brother was killed at 17 when he was thrown out of a jeep. DH still has a hard time talking about it and it's been over 20 years now.

I do remember when she was fat. Of course, she was fat in a tv newreporter/celebrity way. You know, she probably crept up to a size 10.

I was down 1.8 pounds at the weigh in yesterday. Grand total -------drum roll please----- 15.8 pounds. That's in 7 weeks. I'm feeling pretty darn:smug:

We are very proud of you Wabby. We are jealous. Some of us are more jealous than others.

Isn't this a cute picture I found while emptying a drawer? Guess who it is.

Ahhhhhh! Why do they have to grow up? That's got to be the Z-boy.

I've gotten 2 calls from my fans re: my letter to the editor. They both were positive. No hate calls or death threats yet.

My WW leader's teenaged son is in Germany for a month. Have you seen him, Sugar? Tall, thin, red hair? About 17 years old?

It concerns me that some of us have journals, yet seldom write anything in them. I want some of your innermost ponderings written down. I want to read some dirt. I want intrigue. Accountants with spinach pies.

Cowpernia: What a darling photo! A real cutie pie. Is it you? If not, when will you tell us? Glad you liked HP. I'm saving it for vacation... though I could have picked something lighter to carry.

So sorry about the bookstore's demise...

Re children's friends dying... I don't think we're ever "safe" as parents. No matter how old we are (or they are), we don't want them to be sick, unhappy or in any kind of pain. Even though I've survived lots of losses, I don't ever want to face that.

The scale was down this morning. Hooray. All that sweating is paying off... (the stomach rumbling, too).
Only about a billion more pounds to go.

Off to early supper and bunco.

Painty, baby pictures of me are in black and white. I'm sure sis will back me up on this.

Bunco, eh?

That's an adorable picture. Please tell me that's a girl, or that the shirt is not as pink as it looks.

He is naked. Probably in a diaper.

he is gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgeous!!!!---two bunco players in the cowshed!!!now i will have to ask what the **** is bunco anyway???? i am making cookies while people are at ballgame----make me stop eating them.[there goes my sugar avoidance]**** !!!hhs hhs hhs hhs hhs--love ,Dusty Jane

Appreciating friends here
 

Finding new posts since my last visit is like having friends waiting up for me at the end of the day. Such a comfort all of you are.

I skipped Bunco... took a depressed friend out to dinner instead. Stayed on plan except for sharing dessert. She's a fat chick candidate too... completely overwhelmed as her DH has been laid off multiple times from a variety of telecom companies. They're selling their house for teeny profit... have one kid starting college year after next, and another one with 2 or 3 years to go.

I am so grateful, tonight, to be living MY life.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Renoir exhibit in Dallas. Wheee. and it's Friday. I think I'll take my walking shoes with me to work, and get my exercise in between clients and the museum. Do you recommend walking according to distance or time?

time for me to brag
 

not about much mind you ---just the cool ocean breeze------everyone is suffocating all around us,and we had sweaters on yesterday when they opened the new" harbour passage"---it's a walkway--all nicely landscaped that skirts around the downtown harbourfront-------------last night i had the down duvet AND a quilt on me----this is the ONLY time of the year that i can brag about our terrible COLD weather,so i will take advantage-----dd17 is on a golf vacation in maine with her father and she says it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hot,but she seems to like it!!!----------i am going for a walk this morning to the nature park [it's a peninsula/island out in the Bay of Fundy]---i will be competing with Painty with distance and time but i won't share my dessert----you are much NICER than i am miss painterpants!!!!! cowpeachia-----who the **** cares what grampsauraus rex is up to------------a young cutie like yourself should be like demi and go after the young stuff----sounds like peachbabe is having a good time on vacation!!you must be glad!!!------okay,time for coffee-----have a great weekend kiwonkers!!!!!! congratulations wabbasauri for your immense lossssss--------------we are very jealousssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Hi! Still fat. Finished Harry Potter. Miss having time to post. Sigh.

I'm back to try to post a decent post. Lushie, I was gone during your birthday! Happy Birthday! We're also doing band fundraisers. I'm going to send that kid with 75 other teenagers to Texas for a week in January. I'm excited but terrified.

I'm currently not on a diet, but I'm skipping too many meals. I'm back up to 182. How long do I stay at 182 before I have to change my sig?

I'm not going to my high school reunion in August. I'm going to a Weird Al concert instead! Turns out it's cheaper for all four of us to board the dogs, get a hotel room, go to the concert, and get t-shirts than it would be for me to go to Vegas on my own for the reunion, even if I stay with my parents. And I'd rather see Weird.

Bagz, I'd like to look like Demi at 40, but I'm thinking I'll probably look more like Roseanne.

Varoooommmmm!! It's going to be a drag racing weekend. DH just got his car back from spending I-don't-wanna-know-how-much on it for something that will make him go a teensy bit faster. This will be his first time out with it. Our friend's son will be racing too, so I'll have some friendly companionship out at the racetrack. And Doc Otis's hard lemonade on tap, wonder how many WW points? Of course it will be blasted hot.:cool:

Hey Painter! a fellow bunco fiend.

DH just called. He just got out of a meeting with some big shot muckety mucks. They awarded us a big fat contract. We eat.

Bagzie, your city's new promenade sounds lovely. We have some such thing here along the waterfront. It's called the Eastside Esplanade, then on the west side we have waterfront park, where they have concerts and such things in the summer. Not that we ever go to them. I'm holding out for James Taylor in September. Right out of my high school days.

Cherry, I believe that the updating police will not come and get you if you don't change your weight thingy at the end of your post.

Peachez, you don't need to worry your pretty little head over that old codger. Is your packing done?

Never revise a weight update upwards -- that's my philosophy.

Congrats on everyone's lovely weather, or weight loss, or fun things to do, or whatever. Going to a pond party later, hope it's not too morose. DD can't go to her friend's brother's funeral because she has to be at music camp on Sunday, and the H.S. chorus will be singing at the funeral, so I think there might be some sad goodbyes tonight.

Ta
Kiwi

p.s. Oh yeah, especially congratulations on the very concept of hard lemonade on tap. Wow. I need that.

Kiwi, I don't know why, but it tastes extra yummy. Have fun at the pond party, hope things aren't too hard for DD, but I guess it's bound to be.

Cute as a bug's ear!
 

That boy is just as adorable as his mom!

Still boring. Went to ds7's end-of-school picnic (school isn't out until July 9 :( ) this afternoon and got a headache. Have to go to ds10's tomorrow and get another headache.

Scales inching in right direction. YAY!
Renoir exhibit was a little disappointing... the paintings were mostly from time spent in Algiers. He painted a 16 year old frequently, and eventually she was his lover. Those were actually the best pictures... most everything would be impressionistic, and then the eyes of the woman would just sparkle and be exquisitely focused.

DH worked sort of late (got to work late, so HAD to stay). Went to local independent Italian restaurant.., then a co-op gallery open house. Inspiring.

Exercise bike. DH tries to help by telling me to pedal faster, or turn up the resistance. It made me furious at the time. Now I think he was just trying to help.

Tomorrow want to get regular bike ready for street riging.... maybe mulch, finish laundry ... do some sketching some where somehow. Start Harry Potter V.