I wear almost nothing BUT skirts and dresses--I find them so much more comfortable than any sort of trousers. I do whatever I need in them, though I will take the back of the skirt and tuck into my front waistband if I find its getting in the way when I'm hiking or rock climbing. :)

Our kitten (3.5 mo old) is at the vet's for a couple of days having surgery--wish him luck and a speedy recovery. A coydog tried to eat him about a week and half ago, and despite my cleaning out the many bites and taking him to the vet for rabies and antibiotics shots/pills, he got a large abscess on his back. We can get him back on Sunday, but he'll have a large wound on his back that I'll have to care for--good thing I'm not squeamish! It'll have to be left open to drain for a while. Poor kitty.

Good morning everyone!

I skipped my evening exercises last night, we had to go and mow my father-in-laws lawn. I figure I got my workout in though, I mow about half of it, approx. 1 acre, with the push mower wearing ankle weights.


Jana, you are hysterical. The dog, really?! Aren't you ashamed! :nono: I decided to try the veggie diet, so far, so good, but, maybe the hubby should count the pets when he gets home every evening :lol:


Kat, the poor kitty, I hope everything is fine with him. Yes, it's a good thing us women aren't squeemish. How else would anything gross get done, a genie perhaps?:genie:

Carree, I too hope you and dh start feeling better soon. Get those meds in you girl!



Later, ladies. Mel

Good Morning Ladies!

I hope everyone so having a good weekend so far.
Im taking mine slow and easy, and so far the only plans I have are a trip to the gym when the hubby gets home.

Mel...a half acre..with leg weights! Wow...you'd have a hard time getting me to just mow let alone wear weights while Im doing it. Not that Im lazy...its more like spoiled...LOL
That makes me sound awful. But I have always lived in apartments, and now that Im in a house I have a teeny little patch of lawn. I have never mowed a lawn. Isnt that terrible?
We are planning within about 5 years to buy some acreage, so Im sure I will be in for a shock.

I used to be what I called a 'hostage vegetarian'. My sister and two roommates were vegetarians. So I never had meat in the house. Not that they would have complained, I just did it as a courtesy to them. So I learned to make alot of great vegetarian dishes. I made the the same foods, just without the meat, and they were all great. I didnt mind not having the meat, and I ate some once in a while when I ate out, but I didnt really miss it. Then when I moved to a place of my own I had steak and burgers every night! (and left the pets alone!) Now...I dont know if I could ever give it up again.

Kat...your poor kitty. I have such a weakness for animals. I cant watch those vet shows on Animal Planet because they always make me cry. I hope she is better soon.

Jana..the bracelet sound beautiful. You are so close to 25 lbs already! I am so happy for you. Doesnt it seem so unacheivable when you look at the whole amount you want to lose, but when you break it down into small manageable goals its totally possible! You are on a roll!

Hi Caree..Im sorry that you and your hubby are so sick. I hope you can get better soon and enjoy the summer. I love chihuahuas! They are so cute. Is that one of them in your AV?

Well, I think we have decided on a name for the puppy. I nixed the beer names, so he went with one that I had suggested. Makena. Its one of my favorite beaches on Maui, where I lived for a year. So its meaningful, and pretty.
We are going to Maui in November for our 2nd anniversary, so soon it will be "our beach" instead of "my beach". I cant wait..its the first time I will have been back since I lived there...and I get to share it all with my sweetie.

Well, I better get off of here before I write you all a novel. (speaking of novels...I got "The Lovely Bones" from the libraray yesterday because you said you liked it so much Jana.)

Have a sunny, healthy and happy day ladies!

Michelle:goodvibes

Hi guys!

Just a quick note, Michelle, not to toot my own horn :jig: but one acre is the part I mow. My husband rows the other acre with a riding mower.

I'm off, got to try to light a fire :flame: under the hubby to get him busy. He is such a couch potato anymore on the weekends and evenings, it frives me nuts. I wish I could get him to workout with me so he would have more energy. It's not that he's fat (thin as a rail) or lazy, he works very hard laying block every day. He just doesn't want to do anything when he's not working. :stress:

Have a great Saturday! Mel

Hi Ladies,

This is the first time I've had ALL DAY to get on line, and I'm just about to go into withdrawal, lol.

Kat - I hope your kitten will be just fine. With YOU caring for it, it's bound to be. Just glad it wasn't the coydog's din-din!

Mel - holy cow, girl! Mowing 1 acre would kill me! That is a real workout, especially with the leg weights on.

Elle - Makena is a beautiful name! Hawaii - I can only dream of ever getting there. Btw - I am not the one who liked The Lovely Bones - it was too sad for me, so I never finished it, but both of my DDs liked it. I think you will, too. But I just kept picturing my daughters at that age, and couldn't take it. I know, I know - I'm a big wussie!!

Well, my nephew went back home today, and it is nice to have the house with no extra people in it. Not that he was any trouble, but you know what I mean.

Then this afternoon, DH dug around to find out why my tall summer phlox weren't coming up, and there were no bulbs left! So we went shopping and bought some new ones. One of the twins went with us, and that was fun.

Tomorrow is weigh in, and I have been good all week, so I am looking forward to it. I had a nsv (non-scale victory) today - I can now button some shirts that I used to wear open with a tank under them!! In this hot weather, one shirt sure feels better than 2. :)


Later,
Jana

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