Crafters Incorporated -- July/August '06
 

Hello there all you Crafty Ladies . . .

Here's a fresh new 'Summer Place' for us to hang out.

Morning Gals,
Well that lovely fairy fat mother paid me another visit.:D I'm down another pound.:carrot: :carrot: I decided to change my ticker to what my highest weight was before I started here. I have worked very hard for every pound of fat I have lost. Off to church, so will check back later. Have a great day.
Cheryl

Linda and Meslissa, come out, come out where ever you are. Just kidding! Saw you on the other thread,:dizzy: I know you will find your way here.

Melissa...Giving you a swift kick and a knock on the head to get out there and start walking and use that weight room!!:kickbutt: :frypan: :kickbutt: :frypan:
Get your self a walkman or mp3 player and pick some music to workout to. It really helps me. I walk to Santana and the soundtrack from "Sex in the City". I use a product called Mox and a toothbrush to get the blood out of the quilt. I usually don't clean a quilt that I am giving away. Once it is washed, it take on a different look depending on the batting I use.

Well I'm going to slap a bandaid on my finger and lock myself up in my room and lay out the final side of the quilt. I might set up my other machine and do some machine embroidery on some dish towels. I have a bridal shower on Friday and I think they will make a nice gift.

Cheryl

Yeah, CHERYL, yeah . . . way to go, girl. :hug:

Well, you're never going to believe how stupid I was earlier this morning . . . well, at least I hope you won't just say "Yep, sounds just like her." :o Started the new thread and then went back and posted in the old one. Then Mel tried to make me feel better, I guess, because she followed my lead and posted over there too.

Don't know if this is going to work, but I'm going to try to move both of them over here. Well, I don't really know how to do that . . . but

Here is the content of mine . . .

Oh CHERYL :hug: Have been there and done that while free-form quilting with the feed doggs dropped and no foot at all on the shank. Hurts doesn't it. ;)

Our weather is still fairly dry although it is clouding over and thunderstorms are imminent, again. Don't really mind, as long as we don't get left with high humidity again. :(

See you later, gators . . . Keep moving and shaking . . . :carrot


And here is MEL's --- or, at least the content of it ---

Yeah!!!! on those 2lbs Brandy!!

Cheryl, so sorry about the blood on the quilt. I'd be very upset too!! I'm not a quilter, you'd know better than i how to handle that, but could you just "spot" clean it with cold water (cold water is best with blood), then when it's finished, maybe have it dry cleaned? like i said, you'd know best :)
I guess I'm fortunate in that i dont have to worry about pricking myself with my hook :)

sorry i've been MIA on this thread, but i've been all over this place. :) but you know? i guess i've determined that i like this thread the best, and will probably just start posting exclusively here. nothing specific (well, maybe one thing not worth going into detail about), but there are a couple of posters who just give off "bad vibes" to me. 'course i do tend to be quite "direct", and i know some cant handle that, one of the few things my father ever told me as a child that stuck with me was, "never leave 'em guessing". but then again, could just be my hormones (i like to blame a lot on hormone! lol) :) So if i ever say anything here that rubs you guys the wrong way, it doesnt hurt my feelings to call me out on it, and i dont mean anything by it, i'm not the sort to say something just for the sake of hurting someones feelings, its just my nature. as my best buddy in the world always tells me, "yeah, i know how ya are, but i love you anyway!" LOL. I've also met and hooked up with a wonderful gal here and we've become "diet buddies", she is a newbie like me.

i finally ponied up the $8 for the sweater shawl pattern, i know i know. i tried a couple of thngs off my head that came really close to that one that i showed you, but it just wasn't the same, i guess i'm too particular. so i ordered the pattern, and i hope its in the mail on monday. cleaned up my craft area two weeks ago, and you cant even tell i touched it! lol

i haven't done too good this weekend in the food department. what is it about weekends??? i have THE hardest time staying on program on weekends. last monday when i got in the car to go to work, i said "ok! today is the day! today I will start walking on my lunch break!" did I? NO! argh!!! so! tomorrow I WILL START walking. since dr. says that's all i can do, i just gotta do it! but its so hard to get started. have this huge FREE fully equiped weight room in the building at work, and i dont even take advantage of the treadmills. yes, that's plural, i think there are 4 of them down there. this is a full size weight room, with every piece of work out equipment you can think of, and free weights too. and its FREE! i dont even have to pay membership. not only that, i can go anytime i want. i have a badge that lets me into the building anytime i get ready, and i dont even take advantage of it. is that pitiful or what?? it makes me feel bad when i think that a lot of these posters here have to pay exorbitant gym membership fees, that they have to be practically dead to get out of a contract with, and here i am with this free gym at my disposal anytime i want to use it, and i dont. ok, i'm done beating myself up about it. just gotta do it! like Nike, JUST DO IT!

Sorry, gang . . . just another one of those days when old age is creeping up on me a lot faster than I can get out of its way . . . :dizzy:

Hi again, CHERYL . . .

Obviously you were over there, finding out how stupid I was while I was trying to find a way to get the silly things moved. :dizzy: I'm beginning to think all the www I've been holding on to isn't just in my ankles. Seems like a lot of it landed between my ears. :o

Glad to hear that you got the blood out of the quilt and I know what you mean about them looking totally different after they've been washed. They actually look 'softer' but definitely not new and when you are giving the quilt away, 'new' is the look I prefer, too.

Hope you find us too, MEL. Sorry I'm so confusing today. I will try to do better. :?:

Okay now . . . MEL . . . it's a good thing crochet hooks are fairly blunt or I'd be sure to manage to cut myself on mine today. :p You are absolutley right, girl . . . you should definitely be taking advantage of that exercise facility, especially since you can get there in 'off-work' hours, too. Wish i had one so handy and so free. BUT, I also understand how difficult it is to get doing anything sometimes. I am afraid I'm just not very good with the exercise stuff, either.

Hopefully, we can all settle down in our new 'summer place' now. Hope that Linda smartens up. :mad:

Linda...Your too funny!!...Your more computer smart than me. I'm lucky if things go well just to post here. Got the last side layed out with the kids and have started sewing them down. Didn't do any machine embroidery, too tired! I've been up since 4:30 and my eyes are really tired.
How your cut? See you ladies tomorrow.
Cheryl

Hi girls . . .

Some bad news and some good news to share today . . . first the bad --- long term forecast says we are in for another round of high humidity so, in a fit of convoluted logic, I decided to break my cardinal rule and I got on the scale this morning --- and that got me to the good news that my www has departed and as of this morning, my ticker is correct. :D

So, whatever my real Wednesday weigh-in says, so be it. Knowing the way my body reacts to the heat and humidity, I may not know just what is going on for sure until the Fall. :dizzy: I'll just keep doing as much of the good stuff as I possibly can, secure in the belief that it will eventually pay off, and try to stay calm about the scale-:devil:'s little flights of fancy.

Have a great day, chickies. Keep on moving and shaking and doing the right sort of things and downward movement will be the result. See you soon. :carrot:

Happy Fourth of July . . . where are you all hiding today?

This morning wasn't as bad as predicted, but it is now getting very cloudy and heavy. Can hardly wait to see how much I weigh tomorrow morning. :dizzy:

Anyway, hope you are all having a great moving and shaking time. See you soon. :carrot:

Morning, ladies . . . it's stormy and humid again and my weight is up again . . . but not as high as last week so maybe that means I actually lost something (if it wasn't being obscured by the WWW). Whatever, I'm just not going to get upset about it. My ticker is staying exactly where it is until I can move it downward again (soon, I hope).

Hope everybody else has a good day. Keep on moving and shaking, gang, and I'll see you soon. :carrot:

Morning...Busy with 4th of July activities Monday night and yesterday, so wasn't able to get back here to post. Missed you all!:hug: Well we had company for a BBQ yesterday and I did good!! Helps that the FD's are acting better. Guess saying that they were not going on vacation with us did the trick. Got my two quilts back yesterday from the quilters. She did a beautiful job on them. Lastnight I trimmed the excess batting/fabric off so I can get the binding on. I only have 2 weeks to get them and the quilt I'm working on done. I sewed on the kids quilt yesterday. Got all the body parts sewed on and started sewing down the clothes. I should have it done by Friday, if not sooner.:D

Linda...Congrats on the WWW finally departing. When it is hot and humid here, my feet swell up so bad I can hardly get my shoes on, and there is no way I can stand to wear anything that crosses across the top of my foot. Hurts do darn much. I have a very bad habit, but I've been doing it for over 30 years, I'm usually barefoot, unless I have to go somewhere.:D

Have a good day:hug:
Cheryl

Hi Gang...Just a quick check in to let you know the scales were down 1.8 lbs at WW. So happy to see 329 on the scales.:carrot: :carrot:

Hi ladies-I had a great weekend. My brother and his family came up for a visit, and we had a nice picnic and a trip to Cedar Point. Lots of fun both days. My 5K was Tuesday. I did a lot better than I thought I would. I expected a time around 33 min. and did it in 28:57!!!! Happy me!

Cheryl-Congrats on your loss!!! My scale is broken, so I guess I'm taking the week off from weighing.

meowee-hope the humidity moves out of your area soon. Keep smiling.

Hi girls . . . another one of those days when you have to chew the air instead of being able to breathe it . . . ugh :( This is definitely not our usual summer weather.

Cheryl :hug: . . . Yay for your loss. Glad one of us has the scale-demon under control.

Brandy :hug: . . . Yay for your great mini-marathon time and the fun weekend.

Nothing exciting for me. Getting a little crocheting done but mostly busy, busy, busy doing I have no idea what. :dizzy:

Have a great one gang. Keep doing the good stuff and I'll see you soon. :carrot:

Hello,

Brandy...Congrats on running the 5K. Awesome time!!!! Happy to hear you had a great weekend as well.:D

Linda...Sorry to hear you have that horrible humidity to deal with.:( We are in the same boat. The air conditioner is on and it doesn't even seem to help. Hot and sticky...Ugh!!!

Well, I finished the quilt today.:D Just have the french knots to do and I'm trimming up all the loose threads. Also need to do some spot cleaning on it. What to have it completely done by Aug 8th, so I can get it to the quilter. Doing good eating wise today. I have had an upset tummy, so I ate a very lite dinner. See you crafty gals tomorrow.

Cheryl

Morning ladies,

I'm teaching a group of 4Hers a glass fusing class today. We're going to make pendants and earrings. Its a small group and I know all the girls well so I think it will be a fun afternoon. I may even be able to get something of my own made!!

Cheryl-Can't wait to see the finished quilt!

meowee-Hang in there. That humidity has to break soon.

Hi Ladies . . . we are having a really lovely day today . . . and I'm taking advantage of it to put some finishing touches on an crocheted afghan.

CHERYL . . . :hug: Good going with the kid-sewing. Have fun with those french-knots. Yuck, don't really know why I dislike them so much . . . probably because I'm not good at them. :o Seems like every one I do takes at least 3 tries to get it right.

BRANDY . . . :hug: That class sounds like loads of fun. Hope you get a project done, too.

Well, better get back to my crocheted edging . . . and then I've got about a thousand (well, it seems like that many anyway) ends to work in.

Have a great evening of moving and shaking, gang. See you soon. :carrot:

Morning....Sorry I was MIA yesterday. I had meetings all day and I didn't get home till 10PM. All I wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed. It was so hot and miserable yesterday. We hit 95 and the sweat was just pouring off of me. With the heat and the farmers mowing their hay, I had a blooming headache.:headache: Today I'm going to cut the binding out for the quilts and sew the sides on, so I can sit and watch a movie while I do the hand stitching on them.

Brandy...How did your class go with the 4-H group? I wish I lived closer, I would love to learn. Even here, I would have to drive 90 miles to take a class and buy supplies.

Linda...Bet you are so happy to have cooler weather. Did you get a lot done on the afagan? It has been a hot, dry summer so far for us and we are hurting. If we don't get a good rainfall before the weekend ends, the farmers will have a very poor wheat crop, and it doesn't look like it will rain. It's so dry, that the leaves on my trees are falling off!!!

Well this is not getting the quilts done, as much as I would like to stay and chat with you lovely ladies. Have a good weekend and try to stay cool if it's warm where your at.:D

Hugs to all:hug:
Cheryl

Hi there, oh crafty ones . . .

Humidity has stayed down, thank goodness, but it is just plain HOT today. I seem to have been very busy and the heat is really making me feel tired this evening. My blood sugar is high, too. Just kind of strange all round.

Yes, I got the edging done on the afghan and it is currently draped over the back of the couch with cats sitting on it. It really isn't quite finished because I've still got to weave in all the ends, but I can't see them right now so they can wait for a bit longer without driving me totally nuts. Was thinking about a few finished projects. I need to take a few pictures and get them posted for you guys to have a peek.

Sorry to hear you had such a hot and busy day yesterday, CHERYL. I can definitely relate to the 'heat headache' as I've got a bit of one today. Thankfully, I don't have any hay fields around. We have had about double our usual amount of rain so far this Spring/Summer and the farmers around here are complaining about crops getting too much water. I'd send you some if I could. Hope it rains for you soon. :hug:

Have a good evening, chickies. Keep doing the good stuff and I'll see you soon/ :carrot:

Linda...Hope you are having much cooler weather today. Thank goodness we are much cooler and I have no headache. Still no rain in sight. Only good thing about that, is I don't have to cut the grass.

Brandy...Hope you are having a nice day also and it's not too hot for you.

Got the binding on the quilts today and have already picked the loose threads off of the queen size quilt and got it folded and put away. I have the king size to do next. Going to start doing the french knots on the kids quilt tomorrow. The FD has meetings all day, so it will give me something to do while I wait. Have a good evening.

Cheryl

Hi gang . . . it's still too hot to even think around here . . . this is unusual for us. Last Friday was one nice comfy day out of two weeks of misery; hopefully we'll get some more relief soon.

Glad things are a little cooler for you, CHERYL.

See you soon, gang . . . stay cool and keep doing the good stuff. :carrot:

Hello...Pretty nice day and I was gone most of it. We are going to be hot tomorrow and hotter each day up through the weekend. It's suppose to be 100 on Saturday. Hubby and I are going out for our anniversary and I think a movie.
Any place that has central air is at the top of my list.:D Got the tags for my quilt made on the computer. Went to town to buy the photo transfer paper, bought everything but that.:mad: I will write myself a note and paste it to my forehead.LOL

Linda...Hope you get cooler weather soon. Just think, five months from now we will be complaining about the frigid weather.

Cheryl

Hi gang . . . just taking a little break from the "work project" and wishing I could get cooler. At least working from home, I can sit around in my nightie instead of having to wear real clothes. :o

The humidity is so high, it's hard to believe it isn't raining. Oh well, you are absolutely right, CHERYL. It won't be long before we'll be complaining about how cold it is . . . but at least we will know how much we actually weigh.

In the meantime . . . I got a little break at my WWI this morning and I'm actually registering .6 of a pound lost. So I've moved my ticker. Heaven only knows what the scale-:devil: will have to say by this time next week. Summer is so much fun. :dizzy:

Hang in there, gang. Keep moving and shaking and doing the good stuff and by the time we get a "real" weight reading in the Fall, we'll all be sooooo much thinner. See you soon. :carrot:

Hi ladies,

We've got the worst humidity so far this year today. I skipped my run/walk and opted for a bike ride where I'm moving fast enough to get a breeze. My hubby ran and swore it was raining at one point, but it wasn't!!!! That's humid!

The 4-H'ers glass turned out well and we only had 1 small cut (a glass sliver which unfortunatly are common when cutting all that glass) I think they and their parents are all happy with what they made.

I'm out of here to go sweep the pool, and then take a dive.

Stay cool,

Hi Ladies...Sounds like we are all having the same weather, hot and humid. I have such a headache! Feels like it is in a nut cracker. Good news is the fairy fat mother paid me a visit. I'm down 2 pounds!!! Also got my new clothes I ordered today. I only have to send 2 tops back that I don't like how they fit. The petite capris are pants on me and I thought about shortening them, but they have a printed boarder. There are times I hate being only 5'.

Linda...congrats on moving that ticker downward. Always a good feeling.

Brandy...You lucky gal, a pool!!! Can I come and take a dip? Think I would live in it about now. LOL

Lastnight I got the first row of kids hair and eyes done. They really look cute, gave them a bit of a personality. Don't know if I will work on it tonight or not. Take to you later.

Cheryl

off to a long weekend. Be back on Wednesday. Have a great time.

Brandy...Enjoy your weekend! Have fun and stay cool.

Linda...Hope you are enjoying your weekend as well, have your feet proped up and staying cool.

I'm planning on staying home pretty much the whole weekend. Have a birthday party to go to tomorrow night. It's very hot here, I'm sure hope it cool off by next week. Great news girls, I got the kids quilt top done this afternoon. It is so cute!! Have to match up the backing fabric and sew it together. Should have the quilt to the quilters by Wednesday.

Have a great weekend.

Cheryl

Hi gals . . . Another hot, hot day . . . don't even feel like moving . . . have a great weekend doing fun stuff and staying cool and comfy. see you soon. :carrot:

Hi Gals...Still very hot and humid...Don't feel like doing anything, but be a slug. I have a very busy week ahead with appointments for the FD's and packing for vacation. Haven't stepped on the scales this week, feel pretty water logged.LOL Let you know by the end of the week if the fairy fat mother paid me a visit. Taking the kid quilt to the quilters on Thursday, can't wait to get it back. Have a good week ladies.

Cheryl

Morning Ladies...First, a great big :welcome3: to Faye.:hug: So happy to have another chickie join us. A little bit about myself...I'm 53 and just celebrated my 34th wedding anniversary. Have two grown children and 7 1/2 grandchildren. We leave next monday morning for the West Coast to visit the kids and grandkids and I can hardly wait. Haven't seen my family in over two years, so I have a lot of spoiling to do. My hubby and I are also foster parents, and we have two teenage girls right now. I use to do a lot of different crafts, but I now do mostly quilting, machine embroidery, counted cross stitch and sewing for the grandkids. I am following WW points and doing well at it. I am also going through menopause and have times when I want to eat anything that isn't nailed down, but I have learned to now lock myself up in my sewing room and sew. It keeps my fingers busy and my mouth shut.:rofl: My exercise of choice is working out to Richard and the gang and walking. Right now I can't workout with Richard till I buy a new VHS player, (RATS!!!)...SOOOOOO I'm walking early in the morning before it gets HOT. I love to swim, but refuse to squeeze into a suit till I reach 250 lbs. Hope to make that goal by next summer. We have a great bunch of gals here and Linda and I are on two other threads that we would love for you to join us there as well. The Over 50 and the 100 lb/1 year.

Linda and Brandy...Woke up to a nice cool breeze, cloudy and it feels wonderful.:D I was hoping we would get the sever thunderstorm, but it passed us by, so no rain. My lawn is so dry, it crunches when you walk on it. Have already gone out for my walk before it gets hot. We are going to be back in the high 90's for the rest of the week. Going to get the house work done today, start packing, have the FD's vaccume the surburan so I can start packing it and tape the side of the aida cloth, so I have something to keep my fingers busy with on vacation. Don't have to worry about my mouth, I'll be yacking like crazy with my folks and the rest of the family.:gossip: Have a good one ladies, stay cool and stay on program. Hugs to you all.:hug:

Cheryl

Linda and Brandy...Your gonna think I'm nuts, but a gal under gma2one posted a long post here and I welcomed her. Submitted my post and went back to read it on the tread and her post is gone. Can you remove a post??? Going a little :dizzy: . Cheryl

Ok ladies, you have NOT gone bonkers. I am kind of a mess today and I went back and deleted the post thinking maybe I shouldn't bug another group of women, but got such a nice welcome from you that I thought I would repost. Forgive me for driving you nuts.

My husband had a major heart attack nearly three years ago and a couple weeks ago was having chest pains. One of the things they did was take a chest xray. They found he had nothing wrong with his heart thank goodness and still don't know what was causing the pain, it went away and we think it may have been a pinched nerve of some kind. Anyway, we got a call from his cardiologist the end of last week and they said they just received his chest xray and they saw a mass on his right lung so yesterday he had to have a catscan. This man is the world to me. Like I said we will have been married 34 years in November. I married him right after I graduated from high school. He is my best friend and just the thought of him having something wrong like this has me an emotional wreck. I have just become comfortable enough not to check to see he is breathing several times a night. He is such a good sport about that and takes it all in stride. I try and keep being worried about him from him because he knows I fall all to pieces about everything. When I posted I thought I could just put everything behind me and forget about it and then when I heard from my dd I was back to square one so I came in and deleted my post to you all since no one had yet posted past mine. I do apologize. Sometimes our heads just don't work right.

I went to the pool this morning and it wasn't even enjoyable. It is the place I go to be able to just let everything float away. We are in the landing pattern for the Memphis International Airport so I swim and watch the FEDEX planes or the NWA planes fly overhead and leave all the worries behind. This morning, the water must be in the upper 80's and miserable. I thought swimming in cold water was hard, too warm water is worse. I did about 35 minutes and was tuckered out so I gave up and came back home. I tried to keep on task thinking about gettting thinner for vacation next year. We are going back to Las Vegas in July of next year and I would like to be down a 100 lbs by then. Watching the planes fly overhead helps me to stick to it!

I would love to continue to post here if you think I haven't gone round the bend too much! :lol:

Cheryl: Thanks for the lovely PM. I appreciate it! If it is in the 90's where you live, you must think you are in **** with Snoop Dog (sorry stupid joke)! I wouldn't imagine it gets near that hot most summers up there! We are in the 100's for the last couple days and like 85% humidity. You can't even breathe and I have to drag around 350 lbs of fat! :lol: Thanks for the compliment about Thomas, too! He is my little pumpkin. He is the only grandchild on his dad's side too and they live across the street from him so he is spoiled, but a sweet well behaved child for being around adults so much. My sil's sister is not married and my son and dil have no children and live in Northwest Indiana. Oh, btw, what program are you using? I am just on a regular old fat and calorie counting. It works best for me I think. Jack and I sit down the week before I go to the commissary (my husband is retired Navy so I buy groceries at the Navy base every other week) and pick out recipes for the following two weeks and then I make a grocery shopping list. He wants to lose about 30 lbs and I have a LONG LONG way to go. I was down to 300 lbs but gained a bunch back during the winter months like an idiot!

You ladies have a great day!

Faye

Faye...I'm happy to know that I'm not completely bonkers yet.:dizzy: I'd loose my head if it wasn't attached to my shoulders. LOL I'm following Weight Watchers Flex Points and do a lot of cooking out of my Light and Tasty Cookbooks, plus I have lots of reciepes on file. If I hadn't of quit WW two years and thinking I could do it on my own, I'd probably have 100 plus pounds gone by now. We have a lot in common, my hubby is retired from the Marines. He doesn't have heart problem, but is a diabetic. So I try to cook lite and watch what he eats.

We get pretty hot here in North Dakota, usually in July. Right now we are in need of rain so badly. We live on a 10 acre farmstead and I'm so worried that if we get lighting, we could have a grass fire. I'm so looking forward to fall and much cooler weather. I just hope we don't get the winter from ****. We have only lived in North Dakota 7 years and this will be my 8th winter. The winter's have been very mild and I can't imagin snow that is 6 feet high or higher! Think if that happens, and I can make it to the airport, I'd catch a flight out and visit my folks in Oregon. LOL

Hope the test your hubby has will come out OK. I'll keep you both in my prayers. Just keep doing what your doing, swimming to keep your mind off things and posting here, and of course stay out of the cupboards!!

Well this morning I decided to clean my closet out and start packing for the trip. Decided to try on some clothes I haven't been able to wear for YEARS. What a nice surprise I got, I was able to get into 4 dress, 3 pairs of pants and 2 tops.:D I have to shorten the pants, so I might do that on Friday or wait till I get out to Oregon and have my Mom help me. Such a good feeling to get into a smaller size.

Well I will chat with you later.

Cheryl

FROM :sunny: MEMPHIS

Cheryl: How cool to have someone who understands the ole military life! Nothing compares to it, especially the Navy/Marines. My husband had been in the military 3 years when we married so I spent 17 years in the military with him. What did your husband do in the marines and where were you guys stationed? My husband was in avionics and were stationed at NAS Oceana, Norfolk, Miramar (when it was still a Navy base) Jack was on recruiting duty in New Mexico and Tx and he taught aviation electronics to kids in Memphis at what used to be Naval Air Station Memphis and now houses all the pay records and whatnot no schools anymore. Congrats on the clothing issues. I just have to buckle down and keep at it. Jack bought me a ring for my birthday in September and it came today and is a little big, which is nice to know. I can't buy a smaller size because my knuckles are too big from arthritis, but it is nice to know I can still wear a size 7 and it be loose. Keeping my fingers crossed that you guys get rain. We desperately need it here too. :stress: We will cloud up and then nothing. Won't be long until everything is dead and it is too hot to go out and sit on the deck and eat dinner. The bugs are bad and you suffocate!

We are having "snake meat" for dinner tonight. It is out of the Fix it and Forget it Lightly cookbook. It is light smoked sausage in chili sauce and cranberry sauce, sort of sweet and sour. I have had it with meatballs using chili sauce and grape jelly, but never this way. We try recipes and toss the ones we don't like. I made Coq Au Vin a week ago and it was totally nasty. The burgundy wine turned the chicken breasts this awful gray color and the sauce was nasty tasting. I do like beef burgundy, we had that last night over potatoes.

I am waiting to hear from the cardiologist. The lady said she would give the nurse the message and she would call me back. I want to go upstairs and clean the bathrooms and dust, but I don't want to miss the call climbing the stairs if it rings. This old body just can't run up those stairs. I guess I have run out of excuses why not to go upstairs, so ttfn. I will talk to you all later. (oh, I am a transplanted Yankee girl. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana and we moved down here 4 years ago to be near my grandson and so Jack could take on this great paying job with the City of Memphis. Jack is from Las Cruces, NM)

Faye:cool: :beach: **The doctor just called and said his CT came back normal and it is just come lung calcification. I can now breathe a sigh of relief! :faint:

Faye...Jim was in the Marines 2 years before we married, so I have 18 years under my belt. He started out with artillery for 4 years and then went into Intelligence. Still don't know to this day exactly what he did, and he won't say. I just know that he had a top,top secret clearance and always had a bag packed. He'd get a call and be gone. We were stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, 29 Palms, Camp Pendleton, El Toro Air Station and Tustin Air Station in California and Okinawa, Japan. We spent 16 years between El Toro, Tustin and Jim going overseas every 3 years for 13 months. Had we known that everytime Jim would come back from overseas, we would end back at El Toro or Tustin, we would of bought a house and made a killing. Have to say I miss the military life and the friends we made, but love having my husband home. Jim works for the state as a correction officer. We are so looking forward to him retiring at 62, and moving back out to Oregon to be near our family. Only 6 more years to go.
We also are into classic chevys and are restoring a 1957 Chevy Convertible.
That and having 7 acres to mow, keeps him pretty busy.

How did your "Snake Meat" turn out? I have several of the Fix It and Forget It lightly cook books. I write the date I try the recipe, and if it was good or not. I also include the WW points for that dish.

So happy to hear you had a good report from the doctor. What a relief!!!

Talk to you later.:hug:

Cheryl

Good morning gals! Boy, it is steamy when you go to bed and steamy when you get up and I have been up since 3 AM. {{{menopause}}} what a pain! I let Fortune (our yorkie) out at 3 and it is awful outside. Our poor ac is sure getting a workout and the bill is going to empty our pockets! :lol: I refuse to be hot though.

Cheryl: Jack works for the city of Memphis as an electrician/electronics technician. He has been there 4 years and he doesn't love it, but it pays very well and we can take vacations and such. We moved every three years so we never bought a house until after he retired. We decided to just wait until the kids were both out of the house and we bought the condo when we moved down here from my dd and sil who had just bought this huge house! We like it because we have no yard work to deal with and we never have to paint the outside or do any kind of landscaping etc. The bad thing is that when the elderly people pass away here the condos are bought by investors and then rented so you end up with renters all over the place. I guess you have to take the good with the bad, but the nice thing is the two men that own the condos on each side of us have put in big $$$$ into their property and only rent to people who behave themselves. We had trash living next to us and they moved several months ago, an investor bought it on a foreclosure and I bet he has put $20,000 into it. Poor man had to replace all the flooring, all the doors, the ceiling fans, the toilets and sinks, etc. The scum tore the place to bits. That doesn't count the money he spent clearing the garage. They moved out and left the garage full to the brim of garbage. I made him promise me he would rent to decent people or I would be calling and harrassing him!

Cheryl, do both your kids live out west? I looked back at your post and you said your folks live in Oregon? Both Jack's and I's parents are gone. Jack's parents have been gone 30 years and 17 years and my dad 30 yrs and my mom 9 years. Jack only has one sister that lives in Lubbock TX, but I have three siblings, my brother lives in Manteno, IL close to Chicago, my older sister in Northwest Indiana and my younger sister lives in Southern California. I chuckled at how much we have in common. I will be 53 in Sept and we have two kids too, but you are lucky and have lots of grandkids! My dd and sil aren't having but the one, but I wish my son and dil would get started. I would like another little boy and one girl for my husband.

Linda and Brandy: Hello to you. Hope to see you post soon so I can get to know you!

I better get going. I want to finish my morning chores before Jack gets up and goes to work. He gets up at 5, but then he gets home at 3:30 so that is always nice. I have upstairs cleaning to do today so I want to get started on the bathrooms and the dusting early before it gets too hot. Maybe I will do it right after I come back from the pool.

Have a good day girls and try and stay cool!

Faye

Hey evryone.. i havent posted in awhile..im rosey from alaska..was wondering if anyone has heard from meowee.. we post in the diabetic section and shes been awol for a few days..hope shes ok..Hi faye.. nice to meet you and glad your hubbys ok..ive been married for 37 yrs and have 2 married daighters and 4 wonderful grkids..i follow ww's with a diabetic twist..and i love to craft.. crocheting, sewing ,quilting,scrapbooking,cardmaking beading ,counted cross stitch etc etc crafting keeps me sane.. well im rambling.. ill try and be more regular in my posts here..have agreat day (((((((hugs))))))) rosey :wave:

Hi Ladies...What a day I have had:dizzy: I've been on the go since 7 this morning. Had to take Ozzy to the doggie spa this morning. He is so happy to have the fur gone and much cooler for him. While he was at the spa, I went to the park and found some shade and read a book for an hour and a half. Picked Ozzy up and headed home to pick up the FD for her appointment. Got home and hubby said the social worker called to say the other FD had an appointment the next morning at 10. We are suppose to get our hair cut at 10 and 10:30, so I called and changed the appointment to 3 and 3:30 today. Well the FD was with the doctor from 1:20 to 3:20, so I had to call and change it to 3:30 and 4 for tomorrow. I should make it if nothing else goes wrong. There is 60 miles difference between the two appointments and mostly on gravel roads, so I can't drive like a bat out of bleep. LOL

Hey ladies, guess what! We are having the most beautiful, refreshing rain ever!!! Can't tell you how wonderful it is and we needed it so badly!!! Thank you Lord.

Stepped on the scales this morning and no change, so I'm happy with that.:D

Faye...Jim feels the same way as Jack does, but the money and benefits are good. I do worry about him being on the floor with another officer and 100 inmates, but so far no problems as yet.
All of my family, parents, siblings and children live in Oregon. My son lives in Hillsboro and my daughter lives in Portland. My daughter has 4 girls, ages 17, 15, 7, and 2. My son has a daughter 8, 2 boys 6 and 2 and one due in Oct.

Rosey...I was wondering what happen to you. How are things in Alaska? How's WW going for you? I've been doing good this time around. Think it finally clicked in my head. No, I haven't heard from Linda in a couple of days. I hope she is alright. I know she had a work project she was working on.

Well gals, I'll be up at 4:30 to get hubby off to work and I'm on the road by 9 and will be gone all day. Have a good one and I'll try to check back tomorrow.

Cheryl :hug:

Good morning gals! Cheryl, I am jealous. It got all dark and cloudy yesterday and then just moved on through with no rain. We desperately need rain. It is like living in the Sahara here lately.

Rosey: Hey, great to meet you! Everybody seems to live up north! You also have more grandbabies than I have. I think I should steal the new one when Cheryl's dil has hers in Oct. She already has 7, she won't miss one...;) I do so want more grandkids, but like I said, my dd is not having anymore and my son and dil haven't started yet. They have been married 2.5 years so hopefully it won't be long. She is a pharmacist though and is busy all the time. Boy, if you have the smarts, that is the occupation to go into. I guess you can right your ticket as to benefits etc and the pay is superb. I guess the country is short something like 75,000 pharmacists. Now you know why it takes so long to get your drugs at the drugstore! :lol: I feel so lucky that I have neither thyroid problems nor diabetic ones. My mother was diabetic as well as had thyroid problems, both my sisters thyroids are screwed up. My nephew has type one and has since he was diagnosed at 12, my brother is diabetic too. I have two things wrong with me, too fat and MENOPAUSE the scurge of older women! :mad: I decided about 18 months ago to start charting menstrual cycles so I could see if it was changing and it is, but it takes time and I am miserable.

Cheryl: What kind of dog is Ozzie? Our little doggy and cat are spoiled rotten. I don't see my grandson a lot (whole long story about that) so my pets are my substitute kids. Fortune is a little yorkie and Butterscotch is this big huge Garfield cat. He terrorizes my poor dog. Fortune WILL fight back when the cat finally p***** him off though. Jack found B 3 years ago outside the plant at work. The plant is way out in the boonies and there are coyotes etc out there. Here was this poor little kitten with its eye all messed up all alone. I told him just to bring him home and now he is part of the family and thinks he's a person. The other night the noodlehead got into some trouble! I had a load of laundry in the dryer and I was, as usual, doing two things at once. I had opened the dryer door to see if the clothes were dry and they weren't quite but the stupid screws had come out of the top of the dishwasher again and the thing had tipped forward on Jack so I went rushing to help him. We got the thing screwed back into the countertop and I went back, shut the door on the dryer, and restarted it and went back to finishing up wiping down the countertops, stove etc. The dryer was thumping, like when you have tennies in them. It must have gone around about 4-5 times when I heard a YEOW-MEOW and said, "Oh my God!":eek: and rushed over and opened the door. Butterscotch was tangled all up in the clothes in the dryer. Poor thing probably thought he was on an amusement park ride! After it was all over I just sat and cried. Jack kept telling me he was ok, but all I could think of was what if I had shut it and we had left the house. I would have killed him! Moral of the story is A: Don't leave the dryer door open and B: Check the dryer before starting it if you do!

Have a good day everybody!

Faye

Hi ladies-I'm back from my mini vacation, and really not too happy about it. Wish we could have stayed away longer but I guess that's life. We did have a wonderful time.

Faye-nice to have a new person in our little group. Your story about the cat in the dryer brought back memories for me. When we were young a neighbor kid talked my brother into getting into the dryer, well then the little monster slammed the door, stood pushing against it so my bro couldn't get out and turned the darn thing on. I remember racing to get mom and my bro for about an hour after the incident just sat there and said "I go round and round". Its funny in retrospect, but not at the time.

Cheryl-sounds like you're busy as ever with appointments and what not. I'm glad you found the time to just enjoy a book in the shade. That's one of my favorite summer indulgences.

rosey-glad to hear from you again. I do hope that Linda is ok. Her last few posts seemed like she was stressed way out. Hope she checks in soon

Have a great day ladies.