HI TEAM
First of all

enough with the crotch jokes

....next you'll be teasing me because I have a crack in my butt
Second on the quilting....I have to say that about 10 years a go I saw in a magazine for track that someone would take old t-shirts and make a quilt out of them. Well my son had tons of t-shirts and so did I, most in very good condition, from all of his cross-country, basketball and track in high school and from all the invitationals. I told my ex about it, she took a class and learned how to quilt, made an outstanding...although rather large...keepsake for our son.
I am not

speaking about my

son in law's

taco bar...or how much I ate. I will say that there was not any beer there (but I knew that before I went of course) but boy was the lay-out of fruit, salad and taco bar awesome...I guess the desserts were amazing too....but if you don't know by know I will remind you...cookies....cakes....etc....are nothing to me...but man oh man

that guacamole and chip section wiped me out!
Watched my beer intake and portions over the week-end and didn't gain...but no lose either....dang.
SUPER J ~ I can't give you much advice on your family, not knowing the dynamics and all, but I will tell you from my own experience from going through an un-wanted divorce many years ago. Thank God I wasn't drinking at the time! Anyway, I got wiped out emotionally...won't go into all the details of the pain but it hurt

and it hurt bad.....and I let it weigh me down (no pun intended there....I actually never had a weight problem until about 10 years later) Anyway, I had to fight off the desire to be miserable and give up on living...I fought hard....all I wanted to do many days was crawl up in a ball and roll far-far away! As hard as it was I kept trying to move forward...many days I didn't, but I woke up every morning saying "today is the day it will get better"...it took a long time, several years really...but it did...it did get better...much better! I was sandwiched between my ex-wife and Angie last night at the party....they saved my place while I went and got food...then they went up together....another lady at the table said..."I can't believe you are sitting between your ex and your wife...and you all get along!" We do...and I will tell you, I ended up with the much better deal!!
I guess my point is...life will get better....and truth...it may get worse...but you have to give yourself a chance! You have to continue to

fight for your health and for your daughter to see a healthy mom! I have seen the roller-coaster ride you are on in your posts...I love the fact you are still

fighting! I look forward to seeing the results of the training and effort you continue to put forth as you continue to move forward...one step/day at a time
DUTCHGIRL ~ It feels nice to have soreness sometimes! Better being sore from work than being sore from being lazy...boy I get that from time to time on the week-ends! Stiff bones from sitting watching games all day...that is why I push myself to get these dogs out for their miles each day. Great work on that loss

How does that garden grow today
JULES ~ Cute grandson...as you know, I am still jealous

I do remember those teething days....
BRAT ~ What kind of motorcycle did you get? I love black labs

My high school girlfriend bought me a black lab puppy for my first Christmas away from home, we named him Benji...he never really grew! He looked like a miniature black lab his entire life. He was so cute but people always thought he was a puppy! Yep...my dogs Reba and Rylee used to go by the name....REBARYLEENO!

....sometimes they still do at 5 1/2 too!
MINDY ~ I need to know how you lose 2 pounds eating pizza. Obviously you didn't eat all but 2 pieces of a large

...washed down by a few beers! How did the benefit go? Nice you can do things with your ex too.
BOBBLEFROG ~ I live 5 miles from the coast, I get the ocean breeze but not the smell...or the moisture, which is ok. It takes Angie and I less than 10 minutes to drive to the coast then we go both directions depending on what we want to do or go to eat. We actually ended up not getting fish and chips since we went the next morning...but the tomato/basil/egg and spinach/ham/cheese/egg croissants are awesome that we had for breakfast!

outstanding on the 15!!!!