Hello Everyone... I thought I would check in and see how everyone is doing.. I am getting better..It gets worse at night when I lay down. I am going back to the DR this week so I am sure he will give me more meds....I have alot of fluid on my chest but not as much as it was..so thats progress..Its been a little chilly today and they are calling for rain.. Jim went to the store for me today and I made a quickie dinner and he helped me...He is so good about helping me...I am so blessed to have him...

Dahpne.. I am so happy that you can post again... I know how flustrating it can be when the pooter messed up.. You have to do whats best for you and if meetings make you up-tight then..Do your own thing..That seems to work you are losing. I have not even looked at the scale since I have been sick..But I am not eating that much so we shall see.. I am so happy that you sound like things are going good for you.. I am so glad ..How is Megan doing??Have a great Weekend

Rosey... I know how you feel about the house.. Mine will need so much when I am able to do it..I hate dust and DH cant do real good but he trys and I am greatfull for that..I am so happy that Steve is helping you too..I think we all do better in dieting with no pressure..I am glad that you are working on your cards as I know that you love doing it..I am sure the woman waiting for the card order will be patient..You have had so much going on..Again thank-you for all the well wishes Rosey... I am feeling better..But this one has really did a number on me..but I will get better every day..Have a great Weekend and WIN $$$$$$$$ at Bingo

Donna.. I know that you are having a ball at the beach..Enjoy.. I do miss you but I am happy for your wonderful aniversary weekend get-a-way..

Dana.. I hope that you are feeling much better and I know that you are right now watching the race.. Jim is..Tony Stewart is winning right now and Dale is about 8th place..Dale will "move it on up" I am sure of it..Have a great weekend

Kris.. Hope that you are having a great weekend and taking your new meds like a good girl....it was always hard for me to remember new meds..I guess cause I dont like pills..Have a great weekend..

Mr Ken.. How are you doing??? Where are you??? ..Do the need to look for you?? Have a great weekend.

Sheree.. Hope that you will post soon..we all miss you..Have a great weekend

I hope that I have not forgot anyone..as I am still a little out of it..
I hope that all of you are having a great weekend and enjoying..
I am getting ready for bed.. I am tired and starting to cough..so its time to go lay down awhile......
Take Care and God Bless you all

Hi everyone..its really late but im too excited to sleep.. i was another big winner at bingo tonite..i won their power ball..2 secret numbers and if you bingo on that number you win an extra 900$ so for that one game i won 1000$'s and then also bingoed again and won 35$ and bought some pulltabs and won 1oo$'s..so it was a great win night whooooooohooooooo ..i am going to out and about early tomorrow so wanted to share my joy with you all..its my dd bday and we are taking her to lunch..hard to beleave that my youngest baby will be 30..then we have to take th dogs to the groomers and the dh has physical therapy..a full day.. will check in on you all in the afternoon.. am sending you all some of my lucky pixie dust********and hope you are feeling better everyone..luv rosey

I will officially post later as well but had to speak to Rosey...You go girl!! I can't believe the $$ you've won. Let's see...I want a new printer, fax machine, home, car paid off ..... Your christmas shopping could be so finished in one trip to walmart and just to think of what you may win before the year's up. How many people are there when you play?? congratulations and have fun!

yea Rosie!!!!

bravo rosey!

Hello Everyone... I am feeling better.. I will be glad to see the Dr again and get some med changes..I need something to dry all of this up better...but other than that I am better

Rosey.WOW WOW WOW WOW..
I sure hope that some of that dust comes all our way WOW..
I am sure you my must be on ..I know that I am sooo happy for you..You will have to tell us how you do it.. Do you have a certain way to play or the same cards..come on whats your secret?????? Just kidden..but do you??? .
Enjoy Rosey..Dont forget to get "YOU" something special..

Donna..I see you are back..I really missed you but I knew that you were having a great time...I ws so happy that you got to away for your anniversary..and to my favorite place MB. I sure hope that your trip was wonderful..I cant wait to hear all about it.. I hope that you had a good day

Kris..Hope that things are going good for you and you post more when you can...

Dana.. I hope that you had a great day also and post soon..so we can hear about whats going on with you.....

Daphne..Sheree..Mr Ken.. I hope that all of you are doing good and that you will post soon

Well I am gonna lay back down..I am tired still..this has really wore me out.. I think that all the coughing did that..but atleast I am better and I thank the Good Lord for that..

Hope all of you are having a good evening..and for the ones missing ..He is Looking......

Hello everyone thanks for all the good wishes..it was so much fun..and i dont have a secret..i always play the same amount of cards etc and i was sooooooo surprized..i play at the american legion.. theres usually 150 people.. and i sit in the no smoking room and theres usually about 12 of us in there..its a small rm but at least u can breathe..i paid for lunch for everyone today at my dd b-day party..and i did do a little xmas shopping with dh in tow..thats was anew experience too as he hates shopping.. he must be really bored then we picked up our dogs from the groomers.. they sure look nice..and now im pooped another long day..summer am glad you are better.. donna how was the trip can hardly wait to here all about it..kris and dana thanks for the good wishes..glen mr ken and daphnee the guys are on the hunt ..i was a good girl at the resturant.. i had salad and no deseart..well i had one bite of the dd b-day deseart..custardy bread pudding with hot carmel sauce my favorite but didnt order me one..talk to you all tomorrow its way past my bedtime and i might turn into a pumpkin rosey

Ok where is everyone ????sending the guys out we were in town again today the dogs had a vet appt..now they are good to go for awhile..we stopped and had chinese on the way home this retirement makes it hard to stay on pts.. i will be having water and a toothpick for supper...have been reading alot about the atkins diet in the paper recently..since its lo carb am seriously thinking of a modified version of it.. as the first thing i head for is bread and carbs..never think of fruit or vegies..or even water we are planning a trip in the spring..my dh promised this time we will go and i want my family to say WOW when they see me and it would make the trip a whole lot easier..so whats your oppion on this diet plan ?? hope you are all getting well and seems you are all busy will check in later to see whats up..rosey

Rosey I don't really know what to say about atkins. It varies with who you ask in the medical field. I can tell you when I was being "trained" on the carb counting for brett while he was still in ICU, the dieticians had negative feelings about it for diabetics. I think one of the ways for weight loss is definately to watch the carbs but I think the fat and calories are a huge part as well so therefore, you're better off with the toothpick and water. Brett's dietician at the endocrinologists office gets on to us about our protein levels in food being too high and that's what the atkins diet is about. It may be a question you need to ask your DR cause for you the answers may vary. I tried for one day last week to watch my carbs and the things that are so good for you and low in fat, has carbs. It's really hard for me. I want to remember to get a fresh weight on me in the morning and I'm picking back up on the walking tomorrow. I'm not sure how far it is for once around this particular track, but I have a pedometer that I"m going to wear to see how it measures it. Anything is better than nothing and it really made me feel better before when I was walking.

The kids have been out of school since friday but go back tomorrow and i have to go to the post office, get groceries, go to bank, and walmart for my toiletries and to buy a couple christmas gifts. We are or I guess I should say "I" am wanting to get the boys a 19" TV for their room and I was going to get them a Game Cube as their gift from my grandma when she gives me the money to go shopping. She normally gives $50 for each person so that will buy them that. I don't know when I will get the TV though cause things like that are cheaper right before christmas. Like right after thanksgiving when you can stand in the 2 hour lines and get $20 off or so.

Summer I hope you are feeling better. I know the coughing hurts but that is what helps you get your lungs clear. How are things with Jim now? Did you get him a meter?

Donna how was the weather at the beach? Are you guys getting this heavy wind this evening? It's suppose to rain with a chance of storms in a bit if the wind doesn't do us a favor and blow it the other way.

Kris when does your DH start his new schedule?

Sheree I guess is busy building and teaching. Have you lost more weight?

Daphne I hope that you can post again soon. I miss the daily reports from you. I really wish you lived near me. We would have a ball with all of our similarities. If you ever consider moving here, I promise you houses are cheaper this way than they are over there in the west coast and jason can paint too. Heck he can work with kevin and his buddies on the house crew they have now. They build and paint etc..

Well I hope I didn't leave anything off. I need to try to get back on schedule with school and I guess I do have a lot to accomplish tomorrow. Most of it is due to ebay but I really am selling some stuff and it's helping toward some christmas too.

yes, it's true I'm back but have been busy since stepping in the door Sunday night around 8 p.m.
The weather was not real nice on Saturday but it was nice and HOT on Sunday. We stayed as long as we could to let Elena play in the sand and surf. YES people were in the water, laying out you would of thought it was still Summer. We enjoyed our time there and I stayed OP the whole time. Grilled out fish and shrimp for our anniversary dinner with some grilled vegetables so very low points! Oh, I forgot we had a peach crisp dessert but I didn't have much and it was low fat.
Yesterday we had our first conference with Elena's teacher. She is still having problems completing her work in class but other than that she is doing OK. Today was my youngest sister's birthday so I went with her and my Dad to an Italian restaurant for her dinner. I felt bad because my other sister couldn't make it and Jim wanted to stay home with Elena because she has been not real fun in restaurants. So, there wasn't much of a crowd of family around her for her b-day. Jim came down with a sinus infection before we left for the beach and so he was tired. He didn't work yesterday to go with me to the conference.
Why are your kids out of school, Dana? Elena has this monday off. OH BOY!
Rosey, I don't have much good to say about Aikens because I believe in a more balanced diet like WW is. The south beach diet is similiar to Atkins but not as strict with the carbs. You do need to check with your doctor though with your other things going on you don't want to do more harm than good.
Summer, I'm glad you are on the mends sweetie!
Dana, yes the wind was really strong this evening. Is this Chicago??? LOL
It's my turn in bible study to bring the refreshments for my group tomorrow. I made a Fall fruit Capote and put together a over night scrambled egg with cheese casserole. They are both WW recipes. I hope they are good! LOL
Going to bed now. Tomorrow is weigh in day. I'll try to post if it's good news before I go to the bible study.
to Glen, Sheree, Daphne & Kris COME BACK SOON!

I lost the 1 1/2 pounds I gained.

hey guys...

Brad will officially start his new job Oct. 27, but he has been down there since Sun., so I guess this is a good trial period. Things have been ok, too. This isn't my favorite choice, but it is better than nothing, or the job he has now!

Work is hectic and I am taking tomorrow off-my regular off day is Friday-as well as Friday to spend some time with Brad. He is on Fall Break this week. The lucky dog. He will then finish up one last week at his current school and then head down to his new school for the 27th.

Brad's birthday is on Friday, so I guess we will do something birthday related tomorrow or Friday. Then we have company coming for this weekend and then the first and second weekends of November. When you live in a college town, everyone wants to be your friend during football season!

At least I will know that if the house is a wreck it is because of me and no one else, since Brad will only be here Friday-Sunday nights! I will have to watch my self. I have been blaming the mess on him. I'd hate to know that it is me!

Hope all have a great week and I am so glad that you lost your 1.5 Donna! Hooray!

Talk to all soon

Kris we all know the mess was made by the DH! We would have such clean houses otherwise wouldn't we??

Donna congrats on that loss. I started back walking today but I hope I can at least keep it up on weekdays while the kids are at school. My kids were out friday cause they always get the day following the end of the 9 weeks which was thurs. Monday was columbus day which our county takes as holiday and then yesterday was teacher workday to prepare for report cards that come out monday and to hold conferences. Instead of having days here and yonder, they just had the long weekend. They don't get out again until thanksgiving.

Rosey how much of that money do you have left? I knocked 2 people off of the xmas list today so I have officially started. I got me a spongebob ornament too. I also got 2 more stamps while I was in walmart. Our walmart is selling scrapbook paper by the sheet now. I got 6 for $1.98 that I didn't have.

Summer I hope you've had a good day today and have gotten better.

Hi to everyone else. I just thought I would drop in and say hi. It wasn't too bad getting back up this morning. Laken does have homework to do though.

Hi everyone I am still here. I have a bad cold still and having hard time breathing. My chest is just lkiling me as well.
Rosey congrats on the big winnings. Dana the kids here were off Friday and not Monday. Really dumb and pissed me off cause Jason took Monday off to help me with the kids. Duhhh. Robert is pissingme off a lot lately I really am sick of him. It doesnt't help me being so sick.
OK does anyone know about menopause? Cabn you talk to me about it?
I will post tomorrow,
Daphne

hi barbie dolls
i as at the cottage for thanksgiving. we also closed it. i didn't go to ww
glen