Over 50 And Getting Healthy #13
 

Hi, all--

Thought the thread was getting a little too long so we're shoot for lucky #13.

Jacquie, babysitting a one year old--you're very brave! Is she walking yet? Either way, sounds like a handful, but fun. Does she have hair yet? I'm imagining a little mostly bald baby toddling around the house with you chasing after her. My two babies (my bio babies) were baldies until they were almost three. My DD once was afraid to go out in the wind because she thought it would blow her hair off and she'd be bald again. :) Little kids are so funny!

Bluet, yes, I do wish you lived near me. What a wonderful gift to your daughter! Do you have any photos? I bet everyone else would love to see what you made--it sounds incredible. I could not do that if you paid me big money, and let me eat all the sugar I wanted. My DD called and wants me to make candy bar wrappers as favors. I did that for my DH's 50th birthday party. I put photos of him from earlier years, a different one on each candy bar. All the guests got a kick out of them. Hey, do you think that TLC and HGTV just watches British shows and then makes an American version? The programs you mentioned sound like Mission Organization and Clean Sweep (or something like that). I know that Trading Spaces is the American version of Changing Rooms (is that right?).

Charlotte, the mess sounds awful, but at least it's a start and that must feel good. Any idea how long it's going to take? We remodeled my Dad's house and the builders weren't done by the time we moved in. It was pretty bad--very stressful. Maybe you can take a little minivacation while the work is going on?

Puss, it doesn't seem fair. You give us all these great BBC shows, and we give you Judge Judy! :) I'm glad your friend got a favorable diagnosis. I'm hoping the same for the ovary problem. How was your lunch? Did all your coworkers drool as you ate your gooey, carb-laden dessert? I had creme brulee yesterday, which was good, but my body hasn't had anything that rich in a long time and it rebelled. I will spare you the details. Stayed within my WW points, though, so that's pretty cool.

With this wedding coming up fairly soon, we're going to have to postpone our trip to the UK in September. I'm totally bummed about that, but I can't fork over that much money for a wedding and a vacation in the space of two months.

Hey, on a serious note, my Dad is really starting to either scare or annoy me. I can't decide which. He keeps talking about getting a gun and "taking care of things." He said this after talking about a woman who lived to be 116, and he mentions it when I say something about his birthday. And at other times when he's talking about his ailments. My DH and I don't know if we should take this seriously, or if he's just playing with us. He's kind of obnoxious in that respect. My DH said if we take him to a psychiatrist, it would be the best recreation my Dad's had in a long time. He lives to "discuss." The last time he said it (yesterday), I told him I didn't want to hear that kind of stuff. Kind of a head in the sand attitude, I'm afraid. Maybe I should ask him why he keeps saying that. Any thoughts?

We're having a very wet Wednesday!

Hello Friends,
 

Well, I'm glad to see you're all doing fairly well.
I don't know where I was last time I posted, but, I've been on a med. leave since March, 8, and I only worked 1 day the week before that.
Things are about the same, healthwise.

I went to visit some of my kids and grandkids last weekend, and I loved it, but by night time I was pretty sore.

I took my 3 grandsons shopping for sports trading cards, and they're worse than women! :lol: They each got a box of them with 660 cards in, and the cards were baseball, basketball, hockey and football. Then I got them pages to put them into when they put them into their books. You would have thought I bought them the moon! ;) They kept thanking me all weekend.
My youngest son and his wife are on a cruise to the Dominican Republic, and staying at a resort there for a week. I was at their house and it was their sons and another grandson I had out shopping, but one of my other sons is babysitting those 2 boys for the week. he's single and only has one daughter, she's the one who just graduated from college last year, so he really has a blast with those boys.

I've been having major computer problems too.
It got so bad it would freeze up on me as soon as I turned it back on, so I called around for prices to get it straightened out. WOW! $60.00 an hour, for up to 2 hours and if it took more than that I wouldn't be charged any more. Plus, he said he would install an update with a firewall for my antivirus for another $60.00.
Well, tonight I figured what have I got to lose, so I went to Dell Help and printed out the info and did a system restore starting back the first part of Feb. I chose that date because my granddaughter was here the end of Feb. and downloaded that damned sharebear, or bearshare or whatever you call it. It's a music thing, and that's where all the spyware and malicious script came from.
Anyway, I did it and can't believe I did it! :dizzy: I'm so computer dumb.
So, if it keeps working like it is now, I'll call tomorrow and cancel the appt. and save myself $180.00.

I'm going for physical therapy, and now I'll be going for pool therapy twice a week starting next week. I think they're on the wrong track, but I don't have much choice because it's too painful to sit on it all day, or stand on it, and I can't get in to the Mayo Dr until the 18th of May. These local Drs don't want to put a person off work for very long, so, I may just have to quit.
I don't know what I'll do for health insurance, but I just cannot go sit on that thing all day.
Don't know if I told you, but I don't think so, ... I have some lumps in my thigh on that leg that the therapist wanted the Dr to check out, and when I went she said they are tumors, but just fatty tumors and are not cancerous and never will be.
Well, that's what they told me about the lump on my arm too, in fact 4 drs told me that over 4 yrs, and when I wanted it out, nobody wanted to touch it and sent me to Mayo and it turned out to be malignant.
I was on prednisone for the past couple of weeks, and I think it helped the inflammation some for a few days, but, it starts up again as soon as I start moving around.

Sheila, a woman at work said she did her daughters wedding in a sea motif. She said she used sand and sea shells, and clear glass containers with ribbon. I don't remember now what all it was she did, but it sounded beautiful the way she did it.
As for Dad, I would ask him why he keeps saying that. He just might tell you. I think that as a person gets older, they know they're getting closer to their end, and get a bit depressed. Especially diabetics.

Charlotte, I just got your PM a little while ago. Thanks for thinking of me.
Sounds like you've finally got things moving in your house. That will be so nice for you to finally get it done.

Bonnie and Jacquie, it sounds like you both do a lot of babysitting too.
I treasure those times with the little ones. Bonnie, you also got your storage cleaned out? Egads! I have a whole attic to do, and it hasn't been touched in 12 years! I'll have to wear one of those suits that protect against bio-hazards! :lol:


I'm trying to remember who has done what. I should have brought up both screens, but, i'm lazy tonight.

Sunny, a big CONGRATULATIONS on that fantastic loss! AND getting down into onederland! That is just awesome!

I've been eating large portions all my adult life because I was so active I kept it worn off until later years, so now I'm trying to cut my portions down a little at a time. I know what I'd do if I suddenly cut my portions in half, .... I'd go right off my plan, so I'm gona let myself down easy. :D Sounds like a love affair, only with food.

Puss, that luncheon sounded lovely. Especially all your carbs!
Geez! You and your hubby must be loaded with money! I'm lucky I can buy one car! :lol:

Well, Ladies, i need to move on and answer more messages.

Take care. See ya later!

Morning
 

Hello,

Willow, so nice to see you back again. Sorry to hear your hip is still a problem for you. Those grankids are great aren't they? And at the end of the day they can go home sometimes too. Grandson next door has been confused since he was born to actually where he lives, our house or his house. That's o.k. he is such a sweetie and good company. He likes to climb into my recliner with me and watch the Disney Movie in the evenings when he is at our house. You have your medical leave when the weather is finally getting better, so that is a good thing right? You can get a comfortable lawn chair and spend a little time in the sun. Now that is a happy thought.

Shiela, I worked on scanning in some pictures of DD's wedding last night, but the size is too large to upload. Charlotte will have to refresh me as to how to make them smaller so you can at least see them, some of them are rather dark. Sounds like Dear Dad is bummed and looking for attention. You will have to pick a topic that gets him really riled and get a good discussion going. Perhaps the presidental race would start his blood boiling! It does mine. It would be really tough on you and DH, but worth it if you are worried about him. It is a serious matter when some starts giving up.

Charlotte, if we were closer to you DH and I would come over to help you and then I'd insist SIL come along because he is a home builder. Well, it is nice to dream isn't it. I feel for your DH, things would go so much better, if he had a few helping hands. I think Maytag should have just built you a new home and be done with it.

Gotta run now, I'll work on the pictures again tonight. Take care everyone.
Puss, SunnyD and Jacquie hope your day is going exactly the way you want it to.

Bluet

Hello Friends
 

I kind of slept in today. Got up at 7, but I was awake since 5:30 AM. There's nothing to do at that hour, so I watch a couple of shows and wish I could do what they are doing. LOL!
On the OXYGEN channel at 5 AM central time there is a show called INHALE, which is yoga. I love to just watch it. I remember when I used to be able to do that.
Then at 6 AM on LIFETIME channel is the DENISE AUSTIN exercise show. She has a half hour of yoga and milder workout at 6 o'clock, then at 6:30 she has a more intense workout of regular cardio and aerobic workout.
Maybe someday again, .....

It really poured rain here last night. It is kind of foggy this morning, and only 52 degrees, but you can feel and smell spring in the air.

I wonder if I could have any better luck tending to a few plants this summer if I had them in containers. I'm going to miss my yard work and plants so much. I know I can't dig and all that, but, maybe if I put stuff in pots and containers, it will be feasible.

Well, I'm off to start my day. Have a good one everyone!

Willow, I think plants in containers is a great idea. Also, if you could have someone make you a raised bed planter, then you could sit on the edge and tend the garden. I wish there was a quick fix for this hip thing--it's no fun being in pain and not able to do the stuff you want to do. So are you going to insist the doctor biopsies the lumps in your thigh? I think you should--the fact that this happened before should make the doctor more suspicious. I remember seeing a young woman on TV who had breast cancer and had to go to six doctors before they quit dismissing her symptoms, and ordered more tests.

I did talk to my dad about the gun thing. I think he gets bummed about needing help, and he calls himself a "nuisance." I just have to keep reassuring him that he's not, but I can understand how he feels.

Not a good couple of days for me. Lots of pain, which makes it hard to do anything. I'm thinking about applying for SS disability. I was turned down once when I was 49, but now that I'm almost 51, they aren't as quick to dismiss. It bums me out, but unless they find a cure for this, I don't see how I will ever work again.

Sorry--kind of feeling sorry for myself today as well as grumpy. It's cold and grey and dismal outside, too. However, I shouldn't be surprised at that given where I live!

You should have heard my DH trying to explain I-Pods to my Dad, who couldn't believe that you could get 1,000 songs on that little device. He barely understands computers and has never used one. My poor DH was floundering trying to figure out something my Dad could relate to. My Dad either got tired of the explanation or he decided he understood because they've quit talking about it.

Hope everyone has a good weekend! We're off to the bridal shop tomorrow to put a deposit on my DD's gown. I discovered that I was using an incorrect zip code on all the stuff I was sending her, and in the case of two pieces of mail, an incorrect address. She's still missing one of those two pieces, which includes photos from the place where we are planning to hold her reception. Bummer!

Hello Friends
 

I had another relaxing day today. If nothing else, this being on medical leave is having a calming effect on my stress levels in other areas.

the weather here was low 50's all day and of course a peek of the sun teased us just before it set.

Is there nothing on television now days except sports? geesh! every evening! I guess I need to get some better books again.

Anybody got any good low fat recipes for fish? I need some new ideas. can't seem to think of anything different.

I'm going to look into getting one of those lift chairs. Maybe I can get a nice used one if it's not in too bad shape.

Well, now I need to work on the next 5 pounds. I'm not even going to think beyond that anymore. Makes the task seem too daunting.

Sheila, yes, I'm going to see her again on the 5th of April, and I'm going to bring it up again, and if she doesn't think it warrants checking it out further, then I'll call my cancer Dr at Mayo, but it's so hard to get in to see him if it's not scheduled months ahead of time. I'm not so sure I want a biopsy unless it's a complete removal of the lump because if there IS a malignancy, I wouldn't want "seeding" of cells along the needle track.

Good Lord, woman! You mean to tell me that you're not getting disability??? I can't imagine a more obvious case of need for it. If you're not disabled from work, how come a fat *** former neighbor of mine can get disability at age 33 because she says it depresses her to put up with the stress of having to go to work every day? and her brother has been getting it since age 47 for "back problems" and his son, age 24 is getting it because he's addicted to pain drugs that his Dad gave him to begin with, and he gets too depressed when he goes off them. They all go to the same Dr too.
They say if you're turned down, there are attorneys who will represent you on a contingency basis and you have to sometimes go back another time or two.
Go for it Sheila, what the hey!
You just go ahead and feel sorry for yourself. If anybody deserves to, you do. Besides, it's not feeling sorry for yourself, it's just telling it the way it is.

If you had the wrong address on some mail, won't it be returned to you if you had your return address on it?
I don't think I'd have the patience to tackle the job you got ahead of you. But, in a way it sounds kind of exciting too.

Guess I'd better move on here.
Everybody have a good weekend.

I wonder if Puss got through. Did you all get a message from her this AM saying she couldn't get on to 3fc but could access other sites?

Hello,

Dh and I just got through renting and watching the Under The Tuscan Sun. We both enjoyed it very much. I think all of you would too. What a dream to purchase a run down Tuscan Villa in Italy and restore it and then live there and write books. Another good movie we watched recently was Second Hand Lions and also Open Range. Highly recommend all three movies.

Shiela, sorry to hear you are not feeling well. You are always so upbeat, you took me by suprise saying that you weren't at your best. Caused me to be concerned. This too shall pass, and you can tell us how you really feel anytime you choose. Glad to hear Dear Dad is feeling better, at least if he is up for discussing ipods with DH, that should be a positive sign.

Willow, your mind is always going a hundred miles a minute. I admire the fact that even though life has dealt you a bum hip, you are thinking of ways to get around it like pots for flowers and a raised garden bed to work in. You go girl. By all means get a biopsy, you can never be too safe. I am not a good cook, so I wouldn't be the one to look for recipes from. I love to eat, just don't like to cook. Got all that cooking out of my system while the kids were growing up and it was cook three meals a day for family including some days farm help.

Perhaps the site was down for a little while, but when I got Puss's message I checked the site and it was up and running again.

Tomorrow I want to get that stuff in my living room tagged and in the garage. I am tired of looking at it. First I have to sweep out the garage and do some straightening up. Looks like another long Saturday.

Hello to Puss, Charlotte, SunnyD and Jacquie, have a loverly Saturday. Hope the sun is shinning in all our parts of the world tomorrow.

Take care.

Bluet

Hi Everyone,

I'm over 50 (50 years 6 months 2 days to be exact), and definitel need to get healthy. I'd like to lose 75 pounds.... okay, let's start with 5.

I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Hello Friends!!
 

Welcome Connie!! So glad you've joined us! I'm 60 years old in a couple of weeks, live in MN. and have been doing battle with this weight longer than I care to admit. 10 to 12 years now that it's been really bad. I can remember when I thought it was terrible to have 20 pounds to lose. Well, 20 pounds probably is hard to lose when you have 20 to go because the closer you are to goal the more it wants to stick to ya I guess. Anyway, as I've gotten older and gained more, I find it's even harder to get any of it off, but I'm not gonna give up.
I've been kind of a yoyo dieter. worst kind.
I have a large family, 6 sons, their wives and 12 grandkids. They are my heart.

You're gonna love these gals here. Lots of support.
Tell us some more about yourself, as much as you're comfortable telling, of course. :D

Just a quick post this morning.
For some reason I'm in an exceptionally good mood for the second morning in a row.

I have had my breakfast and am going to jump(well, not really jump!) into the shower, then I have to get to the bank and to the store to get some veggies etc. If I get this all done early before I start getting too uncomfortable, then I'll have the whole rest of the day to relax and make spring plans in my head and on paper. I want so badly to do this container planting, and I know I'll get it done too.

Does anybody grow anything on your windowsills, like chives or anything? I'm wondering what grows good indoors. I'm good with outdoor flowers and gardening, but I'm less than worthless with house plants. I murder them. I think they are beautiful, but I sometimes wonder if I don't OVER tend to them.

Would a bean or a pea plant look similar to a philodendron or an ivy plant? I'm going to experiment. I think it would be fun to see what I can get for house plants.

Bonnie, the movies sounded good. I should do that more often I guess.
Don't work too hard today.

Sheila, I hope you're feeling a bit better today. Do you take a good stress supplement? All these wedding plans etc may be exacting a toll on you right now too.

Hello to Charlotte and Sunny, Jacquie and Puss, and everyone else reading this. Come on in and say hello!

I'm out of here for now. Had a big old veggie omelet for breakfast and I'm all primed for a good day!
Come on everybody! Let's all have a good day today. Just think about today for now. Positive thoughts!

I have green grass peeking up in my yard!! :cp:

Have a great day everyone and DRINK YOUR WATER!!

Hello Again!
 

Well, I learned another lesson today.
Don't go shopping for a lot of stuff AND carry it into the house too. OUCH! I'll know to take one of my grandsons along next time.
Then, to add insult to injury, I stood leaning against the counter tops and cleaned, cut up and packaged veggies to freeze and made 2 different kinds of breakfast sausage and froze that. I'm pretty sore.

It ended up raining here again today, but at least it waited until I got home.
My car was soaked when I went out this morning because I left the window down the other day and we had pouring, flooding rain night before last. I'm such a ditz.

I had a huge supper tonight, and even though I know I ate too much, it was worth it. I think 2 oz. of spaghetti is just such a small amount. But, I also didn't have any meat, so I saved myself some calories there. Had portabella mushrooms instead. Yummy.
Maybe the work I did today will wear off some of it.

My show is coming on in a couple of minutes, so I'm out of here.
I have 2 shows that I like to watch, and if I don't have anything else to do I turn on the TV to watch them, otherwise I seldom watch TV. COPS and EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND.
Have a good night!

Hey,

A stress supplement sounds like a good idea, especially after ordering the wedding dress and veil today. Ouch! Okay, blew that budget already even with the 20% discount the shop gave my DD because she used to work there. Went over $125 so I guess it wasn't too bad. She's going to have to walk down the aisle barefoot, though.

I'm the worst person to give advice on houseplants. I actually was able to grow some at one point until I got cats that liked to knock them over and eat them. Then I stuck the plants in a room, and always forgot to water them. I do know you can grow those things in pots so I don't see why you can't grow them inside if you have a sunny window. Would be a good experiment. I've always wanted to try portabella mushrooms, but just never got around to it. I hear they are good grilled.

Welcome, Connie! I hope you post often so we get to know you. I'm turning 51 in April, live with my DH, my Dad, who is quite a character (he's now gotten on this kick about "Where are the pictures they're taking from Mars?" He asks that at least once a week or more now. After the first couple of times trying to answer that question, we now go, "Gee, I don't know!" It's easier.), my three cats, and two dogs. I have a blended family of four children, with one living in the same state. My DD is getting married in November to a guy she met in Navy bootcamp last year.

I think you have the right attitude by starting with looking at 5 lbs., then another 5 lbs, etc., etc. It does add up. I've lost almost 70 so far. It feels really good to be able to finally quit shopping in plus size stores!

A mostly sunny day here, and we spent most of the day doing errands like ordering expensive wedding gowns, and trying to send a TV via UPS. I finally told my DD that it was cheaper for us to just buy her another TV rather than send it.

It sounds like you had a pretty good day, Willow. I hope you're enjoying your shows and relaxing. Did everyone else have a great day?

http://www.countryclipart.com/Apples...plewelcome.gifCONNIE!!! Hope you stay with us!

Sheila....sorry you feel so bad....hey, it's ok to feel sorry for yourself sometimes, & we're willing to listen. I don't know how it is where you're at, but, here....it's automatic turn down on your first application for SS Disability. Most of the time, you have to hire an attorney to get it for you. That's just how it works. The attorney gets a portion of the back time pay that you receive, as his pay. Need to get it started, usually takes the better part of a year. You also have to be off work, I think it's 6 mos before you apply. Go for it, woman....don't let them discourage you. I've heard they do all that to discourage those who don't need it. Of course, as Willow said....I know people who get it, that I REALLY don't understand....WHY!

Willow....I LOVE "Everybody Loves Raymond"! Hope you get to doing better, soon.

Well, DIL is working on the 5 yr old. She told her daddy tonight that he was mean. That he did bad things to mommy & she was crying a lot & said she loved daddy. He finally figured out a "guy" her mommy knows is trying to convince her that her daddy is mean. We told her that the "guy" doesn't even know him. (& he doesn't!) My son tried to explain to her that mommy was getting the divorce, & not him....she won't allow him around. I can't believe she is using this child that way! It is tearing her up. Both children are soooo attached to their daddy, & she's trying to break up that attachment.
He hasn't been doing that to them. He never says anything bad about her. He tried to explain, the last time she asked, that mommy & daddy just couldn't get along too well....so it was better to live apart. But, they still liked each other, & both loved her & her sister very much. That they both would be taking care of them as always.
He is looking so much better. Eating a lot, & gaining weight. Has totally stopped having panic attacks, etc. Hasn't missed a day's work, or church service. Doesn't seem to be an "act", either....we know our son.

Well, getting late...gotta get ready for Sunday. Hope all have a great day! http://jeannescountrycottage.com/sum.../hssigtag2.gif

Sheila, you are definitely an inspiration to me! Look at those stats!

Okay... a bit about me.... I'll be 51 in September (why does it look like such a big number when you write it?). I live in NE California with my husband, and nearly 3-year-old granddaughter, whom we're adopting (we had also adopted her mother at the age of 10). I never thought I'd be this age and raising another child, but I don't know what I'd do without her. I also work full time, as a secretary in a maximum-security prison, and I am a Mary Kay beauty consultant (www.MaryKay.com/CMDavis). I have many reasons for losing this weight.... the most important reason is my HEALTH so I can be young feeling for Genesy. My husband definitely needs to do something about his cholesterol and blood sugar. So off we go.... on a grand adventure. I've done every diet in the world, but I know the best one for me is CALORIE COUNTING!

I hope everyone is having a joyous weekend!

Phew!! I turn my back for 2 days and the site is full. Thanks girls for emails, I just could not get into 3Chicks but I notice SunnyD had a problem too. Page displayed was the grey one (nothing to do with Chicks site), the one when your computer times out and you have to log in again but it was only for here. I went straight to FitDay with no problem and this has happened a few times over the last year or so.
Willow, brilliant to see your posts again - you were missed. I do hope you can get your doctor to get his act together over the fatty tissue lump and do something concrete to reassure you. I have bought a smashing cook book by Sophie Grigson (her mum was a celebrated cook here too). Work colleagues love it too and I will look for nice fish recipies later and send you the best. It's not a diet cook book but down to earth and very tasty. As for plants on window sills, herbs grow lovely and so do peppers (bell peppers?). I grow tomatoes and cucumbers in container pots and put out on the patio when they get big. Recently I found an old packet of seeds 6 years old and following my rule of gardening 'march or die' scattered them in a tray in my greenhouse. 8 of them are now transplanted into pots and getting big and compact. I named them after friends in work which prompted a male colleague to as what colour was the sky in my world but he was happy and asked if he could have his own lettuce in pot to care for. Maybe got a convert here.
Welcome Connie, we are the same age and I have been here about a year. I live in the UK near London and need to lose around 15-20 lbs. I have gained 10lb since Xmas and I am a yo yo dieter. You will get the support you need here. How lovely that you have your dear GD living with you, I am a frustrated GM wanabee. If you are calorie counting, have you tried www.FitDay.com? Willow told me about it and it's a good site for calculating weight, calories eaten/burned etc.
Angel - Sad that your DIL has tried to turn little GD from your son, her poor little mind must be so confused. It is brilliant that your DS is trying so hard to stay on track, I really hope he makes it but living with you and DH in a loving family unit is a firm base to attack his problems. How are your DDs? When do they start more tests/treatments? You have had a rough couple of years but as my dear dad used to say, each time the sword goes into the fire, it comes out stronger.Did you enjoy your trip to the beauty parlour?
Sheila, I am sorry you are in so much pain and I agree with Willow, have another go at the authorities over disability allowance. Sounds like your DD was going through a depressed period in spite of your loving care, bless him. I wasn't able to be mischievious and eat pudding at the lunch to make the Atkins two jealous because they caved in and had sticky toffee pudding with Cornish clotted cream!! Other friend and I had warm waffles with chunky monkey ice cream with sliced banana and maple syrup. Four happy (and sleepy) workers went back wanting a siesta not work. I notice you like creme brulee, I love it but rest of family don't, same as rice pudding. My DD used to love watching Judge Judy on satellite when he visited. Really admired her and favourite phrase was "lying so-and-so, she'll sort him out". Ha ha. His kind of lady.
Bluet, you sure went to a lot of hard work over your DDs weddings. I am not very artistic so wouldn't trust myself to do anything like that. It's only in the last couple of years we have been able to get married in the UK in places other than church or a registry office (Government building). Now many places are licensed to perform marriage ceremonies and two colleagues at work are having theirs at hotels this year though I don't think you can have it performed at home yet. The farm cats sound adorable. I think it is still too soon for me to get another puss, I miss Alf so much and still expect him to come strolling round the back fence. All the tulips and daffodils we planted together last October are out (me planting and him messing about or doing little waterworks in the holes!).
Jacqui, you must have bags of energy having your dear GKs for a few days and I bet you slept well at night! You are not feeling sorry for yourself at all, it must be awful living with pain and I am very aware of how lucky I am not to be on any medication or have any ailments compared to the girls here. I can't imagine how miserable it must get at times and I don't think I would be brave coping with it. Try to make time just for yourself doing the things you like but don't get time for usually. How is your DM now? As for your MIL, I think that with my mum that she is sucking me dry at times and she will go on forever in the same mode.
SunnyD, glad to know it was not just me with the problem in accessing this site the other day. You are doing really well with your healthy regime and have inspired me to try again from today.
DH went to Holland on thursday and left for the middle east for 12 days on friday so I am hoping to eat sensibly now I have no excuse to eat forbiddens like slim-line hubby can and does. DD arrive friday night (her boyfriend drove her the 200 miles) to collect new car from the dealership. She was like a little girl so excited and I got tired of the number of thanks ha ha. She said she felt like a spoilt brat and I said she had never been that, ever. Always grateful for anything no matter how small and trivial. She left yesterday early evening and telephoned to say she had taken a wrong turning at motorway intersections which took her 30 mins the wrong way but said she didn't care she loved driving the car which she described as like a hire car all shiny and new. Bless her, I have forgotten what it was like to feel that way about a car, must come with age.
Sorry this is an epistle, two days away and heaps of posts! Great!
Best wishes to all, and thanks for emails when I had trouble getting in,

Sheila, I am sorry you are not coming to the UK this year but you have a better thing to spend your money on with DDs wedding. I will just have to try and photo and post my feet to you on here, ha ha.

Hello Friends
 

I had a quiet day today.
I painted my nails green, and it probably sounds horrid, but the color matches a top I have on perfectly and it looks nice! this is kind of fun having time to mess around with my nails. never can do that when I'm working because they get all broken and chipped at work anyway.

Puss, good to see your post.
I was wondering what you thought of your little guru Richard Simmons slapping that man at the airport. :lol: My first mental image was of him in his little red shorts with his curls prancing over to the guy and slapping his face with his head tilted up.
Cool idea naming those plants after co-workers. :D

Hi Connie! Reading all your jobs I'm thinking, " this lady wears many hats!"
Calorie counting seems to work best for me too.
So, is your hubby going on this weight loss journey with you? you may have said already and I just don't remember. It sure makes it a lot easier if they join you doesn't it?

Today my grandson wanted some treats and I didn't have anything for him. All I had was fruit, apples, grapes and strawberries. He didn't want any of those though. I explained to him that I'm not going to have any of that stuff at my house anymore because then I eat it too and it's not good for anybody's health.
Now I suppose he won't want to come to grandma's house anymore. :lol: He's only 6 yrs old.
That must be a challenge to raise a grandchild when you thought you were all done raising kids.
My mom and Dad raised one of my brothers 3 children, and they never said it but I bet there were times when they were really tired out. Especially my mom.

Charlotte, glad you posted.
I hope everything turns out for the best with your son and DIL. All you can do is keep being loving to the kids and hope that eventually they will realize that your son isn't as bad as their mother is telling them.
How old are the kids? They must know how your son has been to them prior to the split up. Damned drugs!
Soc. Sec. told me that they don't pay anything at all until at least 5 months after the last month you have worked. I worked one day in March so they said the very earliest a determination would be made would be September.
Everyone has told me that I will be denied. All I can do is wait and try again if they deny me.

Sheila, I had to laugh at the thought of your daughter walking down the isle barefoot. :lol:
This time will fly by for you and you'll look back on it and think, well, .... maybe it wasn't so bad.


My son and daughter-in-law and grandson came for a couple hours this afternoon. I had ordered some things from my grandson for a fundraiser and now I can start to plant some herbs etc because I got some really pretty little pots.
I kept the pit from an avocado today and I'm going to see if I can get that to grow in a pot in the house until summer then move it outside for the summer.

I had an awesome salad for supper. I am so full now, but I'll gladly suffer like this.

Tomorrow is lots of phone time setting up appts and getting info etc.

Everybody have a great evening!

Green means GO WIllow and you are certainly a go getter with your trendy polish! I have some blue and some green that were bought for me but am too lazy to change my polish for the outfit I wear ha ha. Your little GS should have been in my house tonight, I bought a huge bag of sweets from the pick-and-mix range and chose some adult chocolates and turkish delight and also the kiddie ones I like such as pink paste shrimps and fizzy bananas and marshmellow ice cream cones. You must let us know what herbs you grow in your pots when you decide. At the moment I have a huge load of basil growing but I cheated and bought it as a small plant at the supermarket. I don't recall hearing about Richard whacking some man at the airport. What was that all about?
Reason i am late posting tonight instead of early morning is I was up till very late as mum took another o/d and poor brother had to attend to ambulance then on to hospital etc. I had spoken to her in the morning and same old stuff but as usual hysterical weeping and I couldn't understand her. Told her gently that I was hanging up and to call me back when she was calmer. I never heard from her all day and there was no answer when I rang at 7 last night. Sometimes she stays over on sunday night with her sister but I rang my DB and he said he would swing by her house to check. Very drowsy and slurring in bed and empty tablets on the bedside table. Been through this before and medics didnt think it an emergency. She knew from the last time that the sleeping tablets were not the dangerous ones but the anti-depressants and she hadn't taken them at all. She was kept in a regular hospital overnight and today she is back in the pyschiatric unit she usually goes in to. She does not like the staff or doctor there but she is so rude to them on occasions I can't blame them. Also, after a day or so there she is right as rain. Already tonight she has been criticising my DB - I am sure she is using my DB as a substitute husband as she nags him (or tries to) the way she did my DD though DB is no pushover like dad was. Have realised there is no solution to this at all and will end only when one of us (probably not her) kicks the bucket. Never mind. Reason for telling you this tedious tale is to excuse myself in advance if I am not on the site for the next few days. I will probably have to drive up there for the weekend as my brother said he could do with some support - although she will probably be in the unit for a few weeks, he has the busy end of it up there, I just get the phone calls. I hope to be able to be here each day but just in case something crops up I wouldn't like you to think I just can't be bothered. x

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Today was a pretty good day.
I had programmed my one VCR to tape a program that comes on at 5 AM in case I would happen to be asleep at that time, which doesn't happen very often, and during the night last night the cable company changed the line-up of all the channels. So, I had to re-do it , but that wasn't too bad.
I just have to learn the new line-up now.

My 12-year old grandson rode his bike up here today and watched movies and visited for about 3 hours. COOL! I love it! Then before he left he asked if there was anything I needed to have done. He's such a sweety!

Foods were good today, if too much.

Wednesday one of my other sons is coming from out of town with his 2 boys to spend the day. can't wait.
Everybody is on spring break.

Puss, Thanks for letting us know what may be up for the next few days.
too bad your Mother is so emotionally unstable, but, you also know don't you that you can't own any of that. Certainly none of it is anybody's fault, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it, so maybe it would be a good idea for your brother to stay away from her as long as she's in the psychiatric unit and take a break for himself. Tell the staff there that she is not to be calling the family until they have her stable. You both need a break and I would think the staff and Drs there need time to counsel her also. Heck, .... enjoy a few days reprieve!

I should have edited last nights post to say I ended up nibbling away at that blasted seafood salad last night until I had the whole thing gone! 1800 calories worth! And that wasn't the whole days worth of calories either! Just the salad! here piggy, piggy, piggy!!

Hi to all!

Everybody have a good evening!

Hi Everyone,

I don't know what good I'll be, had another rough day at work. I'll just keep typing see what happens.

I got up very early this morning, because I had a seven o'clock appointment to have my car greased and the oil changed. DH kept pestering me because I had gone more than 3,000 miles since the last oil change and grease. so to get him off my back so to speak I made an appointment for this morning. He kept telling me he couldn't see what the milage was on the sticker, since the last time I had the car in, because the sun had faded it so badly it wasn't legible. That's how long it had been. So it is done now. They also rotated the tires and told me I needed a new battery, because the battery had a black eye instead of a green eye. Yeah, right like I knew what that meant. Well, I knew I didn't want to be stranded someplace so I had that replaced too. The battery was $75.75. A simple oil change turned into a $160.00 car bill. It is always that way, that is why I hate taking the car in in the first place.

Willow, I have never worn green nail polish in my entire life. You are very adventurous. I just go pale pink, once in awhile for occasions. I don't wear much jewlery either, just my rings and I have never had my ears pierced. I think I am the only person I know without pierced ears. I always thought, "Oh no, another thing for me to worry about remembering when I get dressed to go someplace." Sounds like the Spring bug has bitten you with the desire to plant and see things growing. It hasn't hit me yet, but DH and I were out raking until it got dark. Even though we have a big yard, having two adult retrievers can play havoc on the yard all winter. A big Yellow Lab boy and a shy brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever girl. The Lab is our sons, the Lab got too big to have in the city and the Chessie is mine, only because I saw her at the animal shelter and felt sorry for her. I was sitting on a chair in the viewing room and when she came in she ran over and put her head on my lap, well how was I suppose to leave her there? she's been attached to me ever since. We built a large kennel and have an insulated dog house large enough for both of them to stay in, so they do fine out doors. I hope things work out for you with the disability, the sooner the better.

Puss, My you have your hands full. I just don't know how you handle all of this so well. If you have to go, you have to go and you know we will all be here when you get back. I watched Mrs. Bucket, lady of the house Saturday evening. She is such a riot. Her poor suffering husband. The Office is going to start from the beginning on April 1st. I think I will start watching it to see if it is anything like the office I work in. The show or the actors, don't remember which, won two American awards here this year. I didn't end up watching hardly any television on Saturday. I felt like a quite day and ended up working mostly be myself without any back ground noise going on. Did not see hide nor hair of grandson or grandaughter from next door, they must have been doing something to keep them pretty busy. The other three grandsons were in Florida at Disney World last week. I am sure they had a good time. Best of luck handling Mom this week.

Connie, welcome to our little group glad you want to join us. I live on a farm in Wisconsin with my husband. We no longer farm, but still work the land and rent the barn to a neighbor who raises young stock here. We have three daughters and one son. We have seven grandchildren, four boys and 3 girls. The girls are starting to catch up. We had only grandson for the longest time. They love to come to the farm and stay overnight or the weekend to see what grandma and grandpa are up to. DH and I work full time off of the farm.

Shiela, glad to see the wedding plans are moving right along. Hope you are feeling better health wise. Charlotte, best wishes to you and your family. SunnyD, your such a busy girl, been awhile since we heard from you. Jacquie, how's the babysitting going?

Take care everyone.

Bluet

Oh, gosh, Puss, I'm sorry about your Mom. As Willow said, you cannot own any of that. Hopefully I won't offend you when I say that your Mom is like the black hole of attention-seeking, and that nobody can fill her up. I'm mixing metaphors here, I'm sure, but I'm betting you understand. There just has to be some kind of therapy that will help her. Tell the darn shrinks to force her to get out and do something with herself! I feel bad for you and your brother, and for your mother, too, who appears to have her physical health, but for some reason won't make the most of it.

Hey, I'm really going to miss not being greeted at Heathrow by a short barefoot woman waving her feet and a sign that says "I'm Fatpuss!"

Willow, you kill me--green finger nail polish! If only my nails would grow because I would love to paint them. Even green! Do you like the nail art that some women have? I love it, especially around Christmas when I see Christmas trees on nails, and holly and ribbons. I imagine that kind of stuff costs a pretty penny, but it would be fun to have it done.

What a great grandson you have--asking if there was anything he could do. That kid's definitely a keeper!

Bluet, don't you hate it when the bill for the oil change gets that high, especially if you have a coupon? My DH always takes the car in for one of those $15.95 oil changes and ends up with a bill that's five times that amount. It's so frustrating, but I have a phobia about driving over that big hole in the ground so I let him do the oil change. Speaking of cars, the repair for the ding on our trunk is going to be $562. OUCH! My son told me that's with the "Mommy" discount. I didn't feel like I could go out and get bids because he'd be offended.

I couldn't get into The Office, but I watched Trust with Robson Greene (I think that's his name) one time and liked it. I always liked him in Touching Evil--I haven't watched the American version yet. I also watched part of McCallum with John Hanna (the younger gay guy from Four Wedding and a Funeral), and like that, too. Love his accent, and when I was married before, my name was McCallum. :)

Well, as I'm about to sign the contract for the reception site, my daughter calls to tell me that they have to change the date. Her fiance got his orders, and he's supposed to be deployed sometime before the year's end so they want to move the date up, or push it back. I will know tomorrow. It's really hard planning around the schedules of two military people.

SunnyD, Charlotte, and Jacquie, hope you're doing okay. Has spring sprung where you guys live? My tulips came out yesterday and look wonderful. It was a record high today. That's all I heard--have to wait until 11:00 pm to find out what the high was. Tomorrow is rain. Oh, well.

Hi all !!!

I had a terrible time finding this site .....don't know why but thank goodness I did.
Babysitting is over....lots of fun but boy was I tired!!

I didn't have a chance to post right away...one of my former co-workers and a very good friend passed away suddenly after a 2 week illness. The funeral was yesterday so things have been hectic to say the least. The traumas never seem to end.

I will post is the morning after I have read this thread (#13). I was stuck on 12 and couldn't find it so now I should be OK.

Talk to you tomorrow!

Jacquie

Willow, Sheila and Bluet thanks for support and sound comments, appreciate them very much.
Willow, I told my brother to visit the unit every other day not every day and he has started doing that. There is no patients phone in this new ward she is on so I rang the office one and the nurse mother detests brought her to the phone. she was very guarded and i asked her if it was because the nurse was with her and she said yes. Very difficult really as i now worry she is feeling isolated and abandoned yet she has been very rude and personal to this particular nurse who has been ok with me. I asked my brother to take her mobile phone in if it's allowed. I looked up fish recipies in my book for you and whether it's because I am not a fish lover, or what, I didn't fancy any of them and certainly couldn't recommend any to you. All seemed a lot of messing about with different herbs etc for very little at the end of it all. Your dear GS sounds a love, how long does it take for him to bike over to your house?
Bluet, I know all about garage bills which is why I have bought two almost new cars for the kids - their old cars were money pits! With our compulsory annual road test certificate here, I always have each car serviced at the same time as the test with any faults rectified. Bills never less than 130 pounds and often 300. Your retrievers sound lovely but they would be pushed for space in my garden ha ha. The Office is an acquired taste, I loved it but my brother didn't. David Brent the office manager is such a monster, yet deeply insecure, I think we have all met someone like him at work. It is done documentary style but I loved it.
Sheila, good job you hadn't signed the contract for the reception with the change of dates now. It must be really difficult in the forces planning ahead and never knowing where you will be at that time. I loved your expression 'black hole of attention seeking' it sums it all up really. Wasn't McCallum the name of the blonde bloke in Man from Uncle, David McCallum alias Illya Kuryakin? His wife in real life, Jill Ireland, left him for Charles Bronson.(usless piece of information there). My wallflowers are now in bud but disaster with the lettuces transplanted into individual pots. All the leaves have collapsed and wilted and look like they are dying yet were so healthy in the shallow, crowed little tray. Have I overwatered them? Help, I need advice and look very silly now as I promised them to their namesakes. All is lost on the lettuce front I fear. How is poor Pooch doing now? I know Alfie had another four good months after he was 'hospitalised' on a drip for a weekend but the second time we tried it, it didn't work as his kidneys were too bad. Such a shame when our animals don't live as long as us.
Jacqui, I am sorry about your friend. Two weeks is not time enough notice to do and say all the things one would like to do before leaving loved ones behind.Better than lingering for months in pain, I know, but so sudden is really sad.
Have a right dilemma this weekend. I feel I should go up north to visit my mother even if it's only for a few hours each day but had a call from the chap who is selling the car we are buying for DS saying all the little bits and pieces like small dent and few scratches are being done by garage and should be ready Friday or Saturday. Also, brother asked if I fancy our bi-annual trip to France this weekend. I would really like a quite one in the garden and plant all the stuff I bought the last few weeks as I worked the whole of last weekend finishing audit reports on my laptop. Yesterday was the cut off date and I got it all done, thankfully. Today I have it easy, an area meeting held at a venue near me - but miles away from the office and everyone complaining about the travel involved, ha ha. now they know why I didn't want my office to close when I had to join their branch near Heathrow!
Angel, SunnyD and Bluet and Connie, hope you are all well and having a good Wednesday.

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Puss, maybe the lettuce is just suffering some transplant shock and will be okay eventually. I'm crossing my fingers that's the case! And, hey, I'd opt for the trip to France for the weekend--sounds like fun and you could use some fun about now.

SunnyD, you're doing so well! Congratulations! Sounds like you've been awfully busy, but still not too busy to stick to your weight loss plan. That's exciting.

Jacquie, I'm so sorry about your friend. What a shock that must have been. I'm glad that you were able to find this thread. Whoever does #14 should post a link to the last thread. I didn't, but I didn't know it would be closed.

My birthday present showed up today. His name is Andrew. Now, get your mind out of the gutter! :) He does landscape stuff for us, and for my birthday, I wanted my DH to get Andrew to finish up the flowerbeds that DH and I started last year. Now I'll have to think of something to plant in them. My tulips look spectacular in the beds that we finished last summer, and I'm going to the tulip festival on Monday so we'll order more to plant next October. I think I'll just put some "happy flowers" in the beds, like dahlias and gladiolas. I always think of them as being cheerful. And maybe some delphiniums. It will be kind of a hodgepodge of flowers that I like rather than something a designer would do. The landscape person that we're hiring to plant our front yard is coming by tomorrow with her rock guy. The rock guy is going to make a walkway and small patio (large enough for a cafe table and two chairs), and the landscape crew is going to plant according to the plan that the landscape designer did last fall. I think I have some photos of what it looked like before (a weed patch) so I'll post before/after photos once it's done. I'm excited about it.

My DH and I did water aerobics today. It's tougher than I thought. He lagged at the end of class, but I was still going pretty strong, which I attribute to my 3X a week land aerobics. I might pay for it in the morning, though, because that resistance kind of sneaks up on you.

Hope everyone had a good Wednesday!

Jacquie
 

Sheila
 

Hello,

Well, the sun is out today, but the temp is only 46 degrees. I must admit though, the daffodiles are peaking through the ground, another week and they will be up and about to bloom.

Did you all get a new Easter outfit to wear on Easter? I didn't yet, I don't know if I will. I have a blue dress that I wore last year, got hardly any wear out of it, perhaps no one will remember it. It should fit me better this year with my weight loss. I better try it on just in case. We are going to go out for brunch. All the kids are coming home, except our oldest, who always goes to her in-laws for Easter. I like Easter, because it is just a one day holiday and Summer can't be far behind. Sometimes Easter is on my birthday and some times my birthday is on Good Friday. Good Friday is o.k., but it is not a happy day that's for sure. My birthday is April 20th and my Mother's is April 23rd. She always said she had me for her birthday, I am her first child. DH and I will be celebrating our wedding anniversary soon which is April 25th.

I really hope the weather co-operates this weekend, so I can work on the garage. Sweep out all the winter dirt and get the lawn mowers out of there and the Christmas lights put away. We have a little bit of raking left to do too. Sheila, send your landscapers over to my house when they are done at your house. Although, I think it won't be warm enough for them to go without shirts.

I did a lot of picture sorting last weekend. I bought those photo boxes and put each child's and grandchild's name on the front and sat at the kitchen table and sorted photos appropriately. I had really let the photo filing and labeling go since I started working full-time, but I just about have that project done. I can tell when the children all got digital camera's there are less pictures since then. DH said, why don't you wait to do this stuff when you retire. I had to think about that, I guess I just got it into my head to do it now, especially since I found a lot of the photos in the storage room. It seems right to get it organized now for some reason.

Well, I hope you all had a good Thursday and I hope Friday is even better.
Take care all.

Bluet

SunnyD, you need to get a rain jacket! :) We couldn't survive here in the Pacific Northwest without our raincoats from REI or Columbia Sportswear. I can walk in the rain just fine--it's snow I hate walking in. You and your friend remind me of an old Diet Coke or some soda commercial where women in an office all took their break at the same time and went to the window to stare at the construction workers in the next building. Too funny!

Bluet, you sound so darned organized with your photos. Hey, my birthday is sometimes on Easter, too. This year it's the Tuesday before Easter--can't remember the last time it was on Easter (if I was good in math I imagine I could calculate when that was), but it wasn't that long ago. Which anniversary will you be celebrating?

Today the person who is landscaping my front yard came over with her rock guy. She gave me the bid--much lower than I thought, but my estimates come from HGTV where they always spend thousands of dollars. Of course, the rock guy hasn't given his estimate yet. I'm letting the landscaper choose the colors that weren't specified by the designer. For some reason, I just couldn't get into sitting down and figuring out colors. I told her that I preferred pinks, blues, purples, and white with dashes of red and yellow in appropriate spots. Hopefully, she can come up with something from that. I'm so excited to see how it comes out! Then on to the "first" backyard. The second backyard is up a set of stairs (that we built last year) and I'm not going to touch that. It's okay as long as it's mowed every so often.

Another gorgeous day here. I walked my younger old dog today while my older dog snoozed. I had to sneak out the door so I wouldn't wake her up because she'd be upset if I didn't take her along.

Hope everyone had a good Thursday! I'm looking forward to a new ER tonight.

Oh, I almost forgot--the bridal couple changed the date to December 18. Turns out their chief officers said they could only get married during December when people are released for the holidays. It's going to cost us $300 more to rent the room because December is the most expensive month. Guess it's all the holiday parties. They're going to have to decide on a caterer soon because I imagine the caterers get booked early, too. At least my sister said she'd come. She lives 5 hours away, and if the wedding was going to be in November, she wasn't coming because she works during the week. Okay. . . I was a little upset about that. More than a little upset. December 18 works for her because the college she works at starts winter break December 10. She also said her DH doesn't like to do "production" work so I guess he won't be doing the envelopes. She didn't mention the photography, and I decided I wasn't going to ask. We'll just go with disposables on the tables. *Sigh*

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I haven't been on since Wednesday, and it's because i had company.
God love those grandkids. They are so precious.
I had a wonderful time with my sons and their boys, but by last night I was in a lot of discomfort, ... couldn't walk. Had to kind of hop on one leg and use the cane.
I go back to the local Dr on Monday, but I've decided that I can't wait till the middle of May to see the surgeon at Mayo, so i'm going to call the other bigger clinic in Wisconsin and see if I can get in to see that surgeon sooner. In the meantime I'm going to ask the local Dr to do a scan of the thigh and lower abdomen to make sure there isn't something in there.
I had checked out the board yesterday when they all went out to throw a football for a while, but I decided to wait to post when I had more time.

Sheila, so sorry you're having to change things already with the wedding. I saw on the news yesterday that there will be free wedding gowns someplace for military people getting married who are overseas. I thought it was the military providing them.
Your flowers and landscaping sounds like it's going to be beautiful.

Hi Sunny, good job on those pounds lost! You're doing just wonderfully!

Hello Bonnie, .... I did the photo thing last fall, and I spent DAYS at it. But it's worth it in the end.

I'm not going to make individual posts to everyone today because i want to get off this hip. Guess i'll just kind of lay around on my other side today.
Hope you all have a great day today. Be back later. .....

Hi all!

Sorry I was MIA for a few days again. SIL came for a visit after wintering in Australia (their summer) with her DD. We spent a few days getting caught up....shopping and dining out (trying to be good). We had a nice visit...which was much needed after the shock of last week. My friend didn't really have the time to say goodby as the prognosis for recovery after surgery was very good. The autopsy however showed it was a blessing.

Anyhow.....I did manage to get caught up on all the posts and started to reply to each one of you but it is such an overwhelming task that I decided to just stary fron here. My thoughts and prayers are with each one of you through.

Connie ...greetings and welcome to you! I have been with this group since last summer and you will find such support and encouragement here....and a great welcome back when you are missing.

Thank you all for the BD wishes. I think I have finally become used to it..... got a cheaper meal in a restaurant.

One thing though.....Bluet I had planned to do my photos when I retired (that was 10 years ago) and they still aren't done.....so my advice is do it now!

Here's hoping life will get back to some sort of order.

Everyone have a good day!

Jacquie

Willow, so glad you had a great time with the boys. Sorry that your hip is hurting so much, though. I hope the docs can get to the root of the problem soon.

Jacquie--glad your birthday went well. Hey, don't knock "senior discounts." We joined AARP when we turned 50 just so we can get the discounts. I mean, heck, if you're gonna get older, you might as well having something to look forward to! :) I've heard of wintering in Arizona or Florida, but not many people winter in Australia. Sounds like fun, though. What is her daughter doing in Australia?

The guy is almost finished with the planter area (I'm not sure what to call it). He's coming back tomorrow to finish up completely. I went to the plant sale at the neighborhood senior center and bought some dahlia tubers and a tomato plant. Now I need a wall-o-water thing because it's probably a touch too early for tomatoes outside.

I lost the .8 I gained last week unexpectedly and 2 more lbs. besides so now I'm down 71.2 lbs. I finally set a goal at Weight Watchers. I'm going for the high goal, but setting a personal one lower (it's in my signature). If I set a high goal, I can stop paying sooner!

Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend! It's supposed to be really nice here--temps in the upper 60s and blue sky all weekend. We're going to a signing at the Mystery Bookshop by a local writer I enjoy. Should be fun.

Hi all!

What a beautiful weekend! The temperature was in the high 70's so we got out into the yard for the first time since last fall. I don't know long it will last....we will probably get one more good snowfall though.
The lawn service is coming tomorrow to get things cleaned up and ready for summer. the only thing missing is color.....no flowers for some time yet.
Sheila your planter sounds wonderful...I am so envious of your weather. We have it either cold or hot....not much in between so many plants can't survive.
I have finally adjusted to my birthday....after all it is only a number.

My SIL's daughter ( my niece) married an Australian so she has spent the past several winters there with them. I guess we will have to make plans to visit them one of these days. It is nice when you have a local show you the sights.

I made it to the pool at 7am this morning! I have been procrastinating far too long, Sheila and SunnyD you are soing so well my conscience has really been bothering me.
Time to set everyone elses troubles and stresses aside and look after me for a change.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Jacquie

Hi everyone....it's very late. I couldn't sleep & got up, but, getting sleepy now. We're having some really tough times, so just bare with me. Our son is trying, bless his heart...but, I think there may have been poison in the pot that he smoked. He really acts strange sometimes. I get scared of him at times. We sent for a hair test (at his request) & received it today. So I'll send it off tomorrow...maybe it'll tell us something. DIL is doing all she can to turn the litte girls against us & their dad. Why would anyone want to use children in such a way???????? I won't go into all the details. Just know that it's very rough. I'll post when I can. I DO read every chance I get.

Work on the house is progressing. I think it's helping DH & son to work out frustrations. Got a new front door. Very pretty. Dark mahogany with oval glass.

Willow....so sorry you're hurting so bad. Me too. Just don't have time to complain. All of this is really taking a toll on my health, though.

Sorry to sound so doom & gloom, but that's how it is right now.

Sheila...hope wedding plans are going well. EVERYONE is doing great with their weightloss!!!!!!

Fatpuss....I came across some cats that made me think of your name. If you would like a change....I'd help you put one in. Of course, I like the one you have. Just thought I'd give you some options. I'll put them in the pic section, so you can enlarge.

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Good morning! Hope everyone is doing well. I'm eager to hear how our Puss spent her weekend--hard choices to make.

SunnyD, how was your visit to Red Lobster? A whole restaurant devoted to seafood--that's my idea of good eating. Hope your rehearsals are going well. It sound like you have a busy week ahead to prepare for Easter.

Jacquie, I'm impressed that you made it to the pool by 7:00 am. I'm usually still asleep at that time. I just hate getting up earlier than 7:30 am. Looking after yourself first sounds like a very good plan!

Charlotte, I hope you can figure out what's going on with your son. I've often wanted to try the hair analysis thing to see if I have undesirable levels of metals in my body. Divorce can be so ugly, but good parents who are really interested in the welfare of their children don't use them like your DIL is doing. That is just so sad. Your door sounds beautiful--you need to take a picture. I'm glad that work is progressing.

We went to see the tulips yesterday. It was a fairly sunny day, and the blooms looked gorgeous as you can see. We ordered 40 bulbs, and then later I thought of putting some in a big pot so I might get more. I would have gotten a lot more if I had the money and the wherewithal to plant them when they come. The ones I bought last year are looking lovely in my yard.

My DH was so sweet. I knew my son in Boise would forget my birthday so my DH called him on the sly to remind him. So I got a nice birthday call from my son today. He admitted he had to be reminded, but that's okay--he's got a lot on his mind. My granddaughter has been sick, and he hasn't been getting any sleep because she won't sleep at night when she's feeling bad. Then he tries to go to school, study, and take care of her on no sleep.

It's supposed to be nice today, although I haven't seen the sun yet. No rain, though--that comes tomorrow.

SHEILA

I remember you posting that your birthday was the Tuesday before Easter..............

THIS IS THE TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER, ISN'T IT!!!!!!!!!!!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY.........SHEILA.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Hugs to you.

Bluet