The FDA put out a warning not to buy any bagged spinach. There's an out break of e-coli. Several states are involved.

WhooHoo Mel is back. Welcome home--Should you be reading all this fine print?

Pay check came on time this morning. So now it's time for me to so some errands. I'm extremely hungry at the moment so I may stop by subway and pick up a sandwich.

I'm starting with ediets again for the fitness and menu's. I chose the Mediterrianian diet. I'll start that tomorrow. I need to go grocery shopping.

My aunt called me this morning. She'd been to see my allergy doctor. Think she was impressed. She usually see's another doctor in that group.

Shad--I knew you would not make a hasty decision.

Hello to Madcat, Happy, Meadow, and Nae

Yes, spinach I have been eating on a bag of it all week but I am still here....... what is the deal when spinach can make your sick....... I am still losing weight and trying to eat better. I am doing at least one shake a day then other small meals.
Miss Mel.....yeahhhhh we are so happy to see you! I do hope you continue to improve and come out and play with us more.
Well, we finally got rain and the weekend is cooling off. I am riding my scooter to work but have to bundle up.
Hope eveyone has a great weekend... check ya later.
Peace,
Nae

The Boy and I are having a very nice night. Made dinner – small fillet mignon, cheater garlic mashed potatoes (boiled potatoes mashed with no fat Caesar dressing), and green beans. Probably a good thing there is no cheese cake in the house Now we're watching the Canadian Football League game from Calgary, and it is snowing there!! BBBrrrr. It's supposed to be 28 or so here by Sunday. There is a reason they call us the Great White North.

Hey, my hives are almost all gone and I'm glad. I'm tired of being semi-stoned on antihistamines. I'm still slightly itchy, but it's manageable.

Shad ~ I forgot to mention that your car story made me laugh out loud. That is a bottle of scotch well-spent, I think. I'm glad your last few days can at least be enjoyable. You know, it is tempting sometimes to make idiots pay for their bad behaviour but there is something to be said for rising above and performing an act of good karma. Your Sunday trip sounds interesting. Sometimes the most interesting things can be found "just up the coast". Take pictures!!

Ceejay~ Glad the new mower was still in the shed and intact. I don't understand the thought process behind random vandalism. What does it prove? We have a problem with that here in our apartment building. I put it down to boredom and lack of respect. I hope you get some much needed rest. I love fall too.

Holly~ How will you squander your day off?

Suzi ~ I know what you need about wanting to find just "the thing". DH and I got a bunch of gift certs as wedding gifts and we haven't used them yet. We sort of feel that they should be used to buy something significant and not just used for any old thing. Good luck getting back on the bandwagon. Now is the time to do something before snug becomes unwearable. I hope your wee girl feels better.

Rose ~ I agree with what the others have said. Really I think what needs to be said does need to be said in person or at least on the phone. Things can be so misinterpreted in print. On the other hand, sometimes if you just let stuff go for bit it may just blow over. The women here are so wise.

Happy ~ You couldn't pay me to be a teenager again – even if it meant I wouldn't have knee problems. I love your suggestion to Shad – evil. I like it.

Meadow~ Such a lovely sentiment. I agree. Sometimes and act of kindness is its own reward. Even if the recipient doesn't appreciate it, it is still worth doing. Sometimes we have to do things just because they are the right things to do. The lion looks like Aslan from Narnia.

Mel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back. The old joint was too quiet without you. You listen to your nice dr.

I have to do some laundry this weekend and figure out what I am taking with me on my wee excursion to New York City next week. I am going with my friend G who I first met my first week of university 25 years ago. G & I have traveled many a mile together. In fact in the years after I broke up with my ex, we went on many journeys. I used to laugh that during those years that I spent more nights in bed with him than I did with any straight man I knew So this is our silver anniversary trip. I can hardly wait.

Hiya all,
Well my class today was a bit of a fizzer. Only one showed up. Delightful man - now don't start getting the wrong ideas here - but it was nice to have someone who appreciated the effort I took to get him up and running. He has had great difficulty searching for things in the store. It's a fundamental that gets skimmed over on most projects. If you can't find something to fix something else, then how are you going to achieve the production targets set - etc.etc.etc. Anyway the man is now enjoying a dozen different ways to find a 'VALVE, BALL, CS, BALL VALVE FEMALE (3/4IN) T' and he can do it in less than 10 seconds. He can also use the various searches to find materials by old material number, plant materials by description and fuzzy searches. He now recognises the methods used by stores to describe materials and understands that he doesn't have to put the entire description into the line. He gave me a big hug at the end of the class. I gather the time spent was a success!!!!

Other than that I have done little today. I've washed and dried my stuff, been to the library for a couple more books, and generally lazed around. Tomorrow I go out into the wilderness. I will take my camera and I will see what I can find for you lot to see.

Madcat good to see you back without the scratchies and itchies. Have an interesting time on the NY journey. I take it that the DH is more than okay with this. What a charmer - a man with enough confidence to let his missus out with another.

Spinach huh - who'd have thought. I love the stuff. Not cooked mind you but raw in salads etc. Just goes to show you have to be very careful with the food hygiene.

Mel - so good to see you back again. I'll be back on the email tomorrow afternoon and tell you all about my BIG day out among all the other moans I give you to digest and mull over - it's no wonder you have rosacea!!!!

Meadow, Rose, good to hear from you. Teel, it's about time you came out of hiding!!!! And I might be wrong but isn't it time for Linus' CJ to turn 1 already. Can't remember whether it was this month or next. I do wish she would come back and tell us her tales again.

Better go. I have a couple of things to do before the 2 TV programs I want to see tonight. I'll be back.

Well hello at last!
This bloomin' computer has been drivbing me mad for a few weeks as I kept being timed out for no reason at all that I knew of, and when I turned it on again I was connected but unable to find any web pages! So my computer man said he thought the only thing to do was to back everything up and then strip the hard drive down to default level and start again like new....ho hum!!! And so a friend of mine came over and proceeded to back up all my files and suddenly the internet connected as if by magic, and lo and behold everything worked!! And has continued to work for a week now!!! So we haven't had to strip it all down afterall....I just don't understand what happened but I am eternally grateful for it!!!

And so here I am...

Its Linus' son's first birthday today! that first year seems to have gone by quite quickly...

I went to slimming world with a friend the other night. The friend has done well and over a few months has lost 2 stone 2 lbs.I, on the other hand, went for my second weigh-in after the first week and to my utter dismay, had gained 1 1/2 lbs....!!!!!!!!!!! The leader said I was not a) drinking enough water and b) not having enough fibre type food like bread and cereals. To say I despaired is putting it quite mildly really.I know I went out for a birthday meal during the weekend but I wouldn't have gained in normal circumstances. I will stick to for a few weeks more and see what happens.

Shad I must have heard your call!!! I always seem to post after you have prodded me with the famous cattle prod!!!

Ta ta for now!!

GETTING THE GATEWAY TIMED OUT CRAP. IT ALSO TURNED OFF AOL AND I LOST MY COPY AND PASTE!!! I WILL HAVE TO COME BACK LATER NOW.
HAPPY SATURDAY

TOOK ME 20 MINS JUST TO POST THE ABOVE

**TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT I READ THIS MORNING.

MADCAT~ HOPE THE HIVES HAVE VANISHED. DINNER AND TV SOUNDED LOVELY! WE ARE HAVING SOME RANDOM VANDALS HERE TOO. VERY SAD. TIMES CERTAINLY HAVE CHANGED WITH THE AMOUNTS OF IT. SNIFF SNIFF

MEADOW~ LOVED THE AESOP PIC AND QUOTE.....NO MATTER HOW SMALL! I WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE WEEKS TO COME. I WON'T FEEL SO GUILTY!! I AM USUALLY IN THE TURTLE AND THE SCORPION STORY!! (I THINK IT'S A TURTLE....)

HAPPY~ YES THE CLICKS SEEM MORE VICIOUS NOW. THEY ACTUALLY HURT OTHERS PHYSICALLY AS WELL. GLAD WE ARE BOTH OUT OF SCHOOL I BET THE FALL DECORATIONS AT YOUR PLACE ARE ADORABLE. TIME FOR US ALL TO PUT SOMETHING LOVELY UP SOMEWHERE!!!
WILL TALK SOON! YAK YAK YAK!

SHAD~ GLAD YOU ARE COMING HOME SOON AND WE WILL HAVE LOTS TO ***** ABOUT TOGETHER!!! HANG IN THERE. GLAD YOU CHOSE TO DO THE JOB AND NOT STOOP TO HER LEVEL. DOING THAT CHANGES OUR VALUES AND THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT WORTH IT!!

NAE~ HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION, KEPT APOLOGIZING AND THEN SHE FELT IT WAS A WEAKNESS IN ME AND WENT FOR THE JUGULAR VEIN! SO ALTHOUGH YOU GOT GREAT ADVICE....WATCH OUT FOR LOOKING "NEEDY". THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL USE IT AGAINST YOU. SENDING MANY

CEEJAY~ GOOD LUCK WITH THE MED. DIET!! GO CJ GO!! SORRY TO READ ABOUT THE TESTS. BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE PART WHERE YOU FOUND OUT ANYMORE ON THE THYROID. SENDING A ANYWAY!

TEEL~ HAS IT BEEN ONLY A YEAR??? SEEMS LIKE AGES HAVE GONE BY TO ME!! IS YOUR VACATION COMING SOON OR DID I MISS IT??? I JUST THOUGHT OF IT THIS MORNING.

SUZI~ GOOD FOR YOU SAVING THE VOUCHER. I WOULD HAVE USED IT AND THEN REGRETTED IT!!! HOPE YOU FIND SOMETHING GREAT LATER. LOVE THE WOOD FLOOR IDEA!! ENJOY THEM WHEN THEY GET DONE.

HOLLY~ BACK

TO CARLA, TIG AND PAINTER !!

THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF. I READ PAGE 5 & 6 AND SKIPED TO THE LAST ONE FOR SOME REASON WHEN I POST...AOL SHUTS DOWN. I AM TRYING IT AGAIN. DID IT YESTERDAY TOO.
GLAD THE WEEKEND IS HERE. A BIT "COOL" IN THE OFFICE......BUT THEY'LL GET OVER THEMSELVES. THE MEN TOOK IT WELL BUT KNOCK ON THE DOOR WHEN THEY WANT ADVICE!
I KNOW IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT OR I'LL PULL WHAT'S LEFT OF MY HAIR OUT! JEN IS BACK WITH THE KIDS AT THE MIL'S HOUSE. BOTH GRANDMAS WERE IN THE HOSP. ONE JUST CAME OUT AND THE OTHER MIGHT GO AND LIVE IN FLORIDA WHEN THEY ALL GO BACK TOGETHER. THE DRAMA CONTINUES IN THAT FAMILY. I HAVE THE GRANDSON AGAIN!! I THINK HE LOVES ME MORE NOW.... I SPOIL HIM!!! I NEED TO MLOSE A FEW POUNDS AGAIN. THE SAME 5 KLEEP COMING BACK TO ROOST ON THIS SLOTH-LIKE CHICK.
COMFORT FOODS.......SICK TO DEATH OF THEM!! LOL
HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE AND STAY WELL

PS HAPPY~ I LOST MY WHEELS OF FIRE AGAIN!

STILTS!! HAPPY YOU ARE TOO FUNNY!! I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT YESTERDAY.ROFLMAO STRUCK ME FUNNY THIS MORNING!! A GOOD LAUGH WITH MY OATMEAL.

I REALLY NEED TO GET A GRIP ON THE EATING. HERE COMES THE FALL AND MY TIME TO WANT TO STUFF MY FACE. TOLD THE DR I WISH I COULD JUST GET MY PROTRUSION CUT OFF!!! LOVELY DAY OUTSIDE. WINDOWS OPEN TO THE FRESH AIR AND POLLEN. GRANDSON TALKING TO HIS FRIENDS OUTSIDE. SOON I WILL DUCT TAPE HIS BEAK CLOSED AND THERE WILL BE NO MOR COMMUNICATING!! CAN YOU TELL BY ALL THE TANTRUM THROWERS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN A PISSY MOOD??
I CLEANED UNDER THE BED AND YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE!!! I HAVE DECIDED TO GET RID OF THOSE BOXES. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OPENED IN A YEAR SO OUT THEY GO. NOTHING IS UNDER THERE NOW EXCEPT MY SCALE....MAYBE I WON'T USE THAT FOR A YEAR AND TOSS IT TOO!
HAPPY SUNDAY ALL AND GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!

CEEJAY~ I LOVED THE PRINT SIZE!! I ALSO THOUGHT A HYPER THYROID WOULD MEAN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO LOSE WEIGHT AND LOTS OF ENERGY. HMMMMM
3 DAY WEEKEND....HOW NICE. GLAD YOU GOT SOME DOWN TIME!! WHEN DO WE GO TO PARAGOULD NEXT????? I AM READY

Regarding the thyroid comment - I believe it's the OPPOSITE on the test results. The higher your number, the more hypO thyroid you are - ie. thyroid too sluggish. When it's like .2, that's when you're whrrrrr, whrrrr - everything is in super fast overwound motion.

Be back later...

Morning all,
Quick post as I am out to meet and greet again in a few minutes. Nothing much happening here really. Weather is fine and warming up - not that it ever got cold really (but the natives apparently think so). Yesterday I went up to Pennefather River and Beach. It was fun. 2 crazy characters who never stopped talking and never stopped taking the mickey out of each other, me and their delightful children. We had a brunch out on the beach and cavorted around in the 4x4 bush bashing and sand blasting. Lots of fun. Saw a croc - small only a couple of years old (still not trustworthy), lots of sea eagles, sand pipers, snapes, pelicans and herons, an Emu, a Wallaby and some of the most beautiful parrots I have ever seen. Saw some bush lakes (depressions in the ground which are constantly full of water for the animals etc.) Oh yes and we saw the tracks left by turtles coming up the beach to lay their eggs in the warm sand. Poor turtles - seems everything loves to eat the turtle eggs and the little turtles - man, pig, birds, etc. It is estimated that they lay around 200 eggs at a time but less than 3% survive to adulthood. There are some old WW11 planes (American Kittyhawks) that were crashlanded in the area. Apparently the pilots were on the way to New Guinea but got lost (no GPS in those days) and started back down the coastline into the Gulf. When they ran out of petrol, they had to ditch. The remnants are still there.
We got bogged in sand and belted through a lot of sapling trees. It was a lot of fun. The beach itself is about 40K long and you can drive its entire length to the mouth of the river.

Better go sort out the day. Hi to all. Hello Teel. Nice to see you again.

I'll be back.