Well that weekend is over, and I finally feel normal today. Went to bed early Monday and Tuesday, I was more tired yesterday than on Monday.
Got to see all of my husbands family, children and grandchildren, it was a pleasant time. Rained all weekend, but that didn't put a damper on on our weekend, we just stayed indoors or under a shelter.
I can see a lot of stuff has been going on with everyone. Mostly parent interactions. My Mom's bees are gone, we finally called in an exterminator that spent fifteen minutes there and charged her $90.00. It was worth it no more bees in the house.
I am wondering too, what I will do when I am my Mother's and MIL's age (80 and 90) respectfully. We are not allowed to make any changes to their homes, to improve things for them. Everything has to be their way and they will not listen to anything we have to say about any changes. When we suggest things and leave feeling we have resolved a problem, the next time we return the problem still exists and they are again doing things "their way".
I know I am a stubborn person, and I pray ferverntly that I do not become in my old age what you see so much of now-a-days, and make life miserable for our four children nor become a contankerous nagging wife.
Do you think if we constantly make ourselves aware of it we can avoid that aspect life?
Well, I guess I have run out of things to talk about for now....catch you all later.
Hello Bluet...Welcome back. We missed you. Glad you had a good time. I don't know about the old age stuff. I do know most of us try to improve with different issues, as when we were younger. Maybe, it will work with stubborness, also!
Write it down, Bluet, just in case you don't remember! Really, that's what I'm doing. Here's a sample--"Remember when Dad fell and you were worried? When the kids suggest a walker for you, don't be stubborn--go get one!" I've got to remember how horrible it is from the kid's point of view because I don't want to worry my kids the way my dad is worrying me.
Has anyone ever had the dream where they were wearing a skirt and the elastic went out on your underpants? Well, my dad was wearing shorts yesterday, and that's what happened to his boxers! He's of the extremely frugal generation and except for the ones I bought him at Christmas, his boxers are so thin that there is no color left, and all the elastic has stretched out of shape. I've been throwing one pair away every time I do the wash. Don't want to alert him too fast! Note to self for when I get older--throw out old, yucky underwear before you find yourself wearing it around your ankles!
Puss, how's the painting going? Every time I walk around the house, I see little tiny places that I've missed. It's most annoying. The neverending job.
Willow, are you back on track and feeling okay?
We're going to the fair tomorrow to see my cousin's kid show her dog in 4-H obedience. I love fairs, although they are a bit hard for me these days healthwise. Since we have to be there by 10:00 am, I'm going to have to go to an earlier WW meeting, whch kind of bums me out. I look forward to my 9:30 am Friday meeting. But going to the fair should be fun. Now driving there is a different story--it's about an hour away, which often stretches into two hours depending on traffic. Did I mention to you that my son got two more job offers after he accepted his position? Unemployment may be at an all-time high in Seattle, but not if you're a body shop estimator. Body shops must be making lots of money in this town.
Hope everyone is having an excellent Thursday, and if you're in the path of the big storm, I hope you're all prepared.
Bluet, glad you are back and you had a good time despite the non-stop rain. I blame you for my dream of a secret grandchild! Bet Anna looked lovely. Had to laugh about you suggesting changes to your DM and MIL. I would never suggest anything to my mother in that way, perfection could never be improved upon!! Yet she comes to my house and starts shifting furniture away from skirting boards when I am at work "how can you feather duster behind there with the furniture in the way?" To rile her I just say I never dust behind there etc. Then she will tell me I have too much clutter and should box it away. Phew...She was in fine form last night, moaned on and on for an hour how she had just had the worst day of her life (nothing untoward happened) and my brother and I spent another hour on the phone to each other shoring ourselves up!!There's no end to it. My father always said she has everything in the world to be glad of and is contented with nothing. Sheila, I told you we had similar dads. Maybe our grandfather was a trans-ocean traveller. My dad's Y fronts would be holey before he would throw them. Bless him, when he died he had something like 20 odd sweaters we had bought him over the years and 14 shirts all in their wrappings untouched. He liked his 'comfy' ones yet looked a real gent if he was going anywhere. We cremated him in his best suit and crombie overcoat and know he would have gone mad at the waste, love him. How lovely to have a skill like your sons where you are always in big demand. That was a good trade to go into, people are never going to not need body shop estimators. You must be proud of your 'boomerang son' (I love that expression of yours) to have knuckled down. Well, we finally finished all the major painting today ahead of the rain which is forecast. All we need to do now is the front door and wooden panels on a small part of the ground floor. DH is at the hardware store as I type - he was supposed to get mahogany coloured paint but when we opened the tin it was a lovely (but unsuitable) rich red. I pointed out the label and said "Morello, did that not give you a clue?" but he swears he has never heard of morello cherries, oh what a backwoods boy he really is, ha ha. Back to the drawing board. Angel, I have so tried to improve my difficult traits as I got older that now I know that all the kids bad faults come from their father and , of course, their best bits they get from me! Hi to SUe, WIllow and Jacqui.
Hello Everyone!! It sounds like you're all doing just lovely.
Bluet, I'm glad everything went well for the Christening. That is such a precious time.
I got a nice chuckle out of your description of your Mother and Mother-in-law's stubbornness. I worked in nursing homes, and I dearly loved those cantankerous old folks. It's a hard thing to do, giving up your independence, and I suppose even minor things to us, mean a great deal to them.
I've been sworn at, kicked, bitten, slapped, hair pulled, and called names, and I still felt good about what I did for them.
Sometimes, when they couldn't sleep at night, I would give them a back rub, then get them settled in comfortably on their pillows, and just sit and let them talk about whatever they wanted to talk about. And I absolutely LOVED their reminiscing about the "old days". You can learn so much from the elderly, .... you just have to listen. When I say "you" I don't mean you specifically, but everyone in general. I guess I just love old folks.
Charlotte, I'm hoping the white cell count is good for you.
Do you have relatives who could help you and your hubby out with repairs in your home? You'll probably end up having to take out a mortgage on your home in order to get it rebuilt. But, even with that, it would be nice if some friends and family and church members would pitch in and help with some of the work to save you some cash.
Jacquie, I'm glad you came back to post. I think it will help you to get in the right frame of mind if you don't feel pressured to lose a certain amount in a certain length of time.
Why not just come and post with us for a while until you feel ready to start? Then, maybe you'll feel more like joining WW later.
I think a lot of times we feel that if we don't have a loss to report every week, that we're letting ourselves and everyone else down, and I don't think it should be that way at all. We learn by doing this in a trial and error format, I think. We pick up ideas, give suggestions, and pretty soon it's working. I've had a gain this week, but, I'm not concerned, because I know I can get it off in a couple of days. That's life. We need to have family celebrations and get-togethers, and then it's back to our plans.
Hi Sheila. Actually, I'm not completely back on track, but, doing better than Saturday and Sunday.
I guess I'm of the old school that said 'never waste food or throw it away.' I need to work on that, because it's a downfall for me every time. I send as much home with the kids as they will take, and some stuff just can't be frozen, and I end up eating it for lunch and dinner for days rather than throw it away.
I got a good laugh out of your telling about your Dad losing his underwear down to his ankles. It reminded me of the time I lost my skirt in front of a carfull of boys I was trying to impress as a teenager.
I lived in the country, and there were a few cars I knew the sound of before they came into sight. A couple of them were driven by present and or past boyfriends. Now, you know how a 14-year-old thinks a boyfriend is a boy that has a mutual infatuation with you, but you've never actually "dated".
Well, at 14 I was more fully endowed than a lot of 20-year olds. And I knew what I looked like.
One day I was all gussied up in a really full skirt that was multi-colored, like a mexican design, with a red top that had elastic around the neck and could be (and WAS) worn down on the shoulders, with a wide cinch belt around my waist. I thought I was alllllll that, and then some!
I decided to stand outside until I heard Jims car coming down the road, because I knew it would be full of those boys. I thought I would just act casual until they got by my house and then pretend to be surprised to see them.
Well, after a while, here they came, so when I heard the car I squatted down like I was looking at something on the ground so as to not seem as though I was just WAITING for them to come by. Of course, they honked the horn when they saw me out there, and I stood up and waved really energetically, and as I did so, the hem of the skirt got caught under my shoes, and when I stood up my skirt pulled down and there I stood, waving in my undies.
They REALLY honked and whisteled and shouted then as they drove by! I could have died! I felt like a penny waiting for change! So much for trying to impress the boys!
Glad to hear your son is doing good in the job market.
Puss, how's Alfie doing?
Your children have some wonderful careers planned. I'm sure they'll realize their dreams, and then some.
You know, I too have a son who children seem to be drawn to. He gets down on the floor or ground to talk with them, and plays like he's a kid again. He's always calm and soft-spoken, and it's as though little ones instinctively know he's a gentle, kind person. We all marvel at how kids will go to him before anyone else.
You know, I realize it's hard on you and your brother, but, I'm becoming rather fond of your mother. It's a bit comical from where I'm sitting, although I'm sure not for you. You'll just have to stick to your guns and not waver, or she'll have you both where she wants you.
Sue, where have you been? Hope everything is going well for you.
I've been having problems sleeping for a long time and have had a sore throat that makes me cough when I tilt my head back, so I went in to the DR to see if I could get something to help me sleep.
He told me to try benedryl. He said it comes in 25 and 50 MG doses. He said that an adult would probably need 50 to 100 Mg in order to get a sleep benefit. He said it is completely harmless, not habit-forming and no "hangover" from it.
So, I took 75 Mg last night and went to bed at 8:45 and was asleep by 9:15 and slept really good until the alarm went off this morning.
I'm going to do it again tonight, only earlier, because it felt so good to sleep. I hope I can sleep even longer tonight. I hope the sleep wasn't just because I was so very tired that I would have slept that good anyway.
He said the sore throat may be from some reflux yet, so he said to take a tablet at night and in the morning for about a month and see if that helps. If not, I'll have to see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist.
I've gotten through most of the left-overs from the weekend, except for the salad and a few veggies with FF dip.
I've gained weight. But, no wonder!
They are promising rain here tonight and tomorrow, and the sky is very dark for the past 2 hours, but all it has done is thunder. We desperately need it.
I like this recipe;
Portobello Mushrooms and Sirloin Strips over Spinach Pasta
Serves 4
MARINADE:
1/3 cup burgundy, other dry red wine, or nonalcoholic red wine
3 tablespoons light soy sauce
3 tablespoons very low sodium or low-sodium Worcestershire sauce
6 medium cloves garlic, minced, or 1 tablespoon bottled minced garlic
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, crumbled
12 ounces Portobello mushrooms, sliced
12 ounces top sirloin, all visible fat removed, cut into thin strips
8 ounces dried spinach fettuccine
Olive oil spray
Combine marinade ingredients in an airtight plastic bag. Add mushrooms and beef and turn to coat thoroughly. Seal and refrigerate for 30 minutes, turning bag frequently.
Cook pasta using package directions, omitting salt and oil.
Spray a large nonstick skillet with olive oil spray. Heat over medium-high heat for 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer half the beef mixture to skillet. Cook for 4 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink, stirring frequently. Put on a plate and set aside. Repeat with remaining beef mixture, reserving all marinade and leaving beef mixture in skillet.
Return reserved beef mixture with juices to skillet and add marinade. Increase heat to high and cook for 1 minute, stirring gently. Remove from heat. To serve, spoon beef mixture and sauce over pasta.
Per serving
Calories 378
Protein 30 g
Carbohydrates 45 g
Total Fat 8 g
Fiber 8 g
Sodium 468 mg
WW points = 7
I better get ready for bed. Last day of work tomorrow, ..... for the week.
I'm no longer counting years till I can retire, ....... I'm counting months. I have 30 to go yet.
It just started pouring rain. I love the sound of it to go to sleep to.
Good night all! Have a wonderful day tomorrow.
Well we woke up today to that dreaded 4 letter word .... SNOW!! Thank goodness it isn't going to stay aound it is supposed to be a very nice weekend but it is a sign of things to come. It seems the older we get the harder the cold weather is to take. If it wasn't for the Grandchildren I would seriously consider moving someplace warmer.
Thanks Willow for the words of encouragement. I think that is exactly what I need to do for now and to quit beating myself for not being as dedicated as I should be. I know I will succeed but I have to be ready.
We have been watching the storm along the east coast on TV all day and were thankfull that is wasn't as bad as they had predicted. Hopefully the rain will not be too heavy.
Snow!!! That's so neat! We don't even get a lot in the dead of winter. Allways so happy to see it. We get very cold, & sometimes icy weather. With the threat of snow.....everyone invades the grocery stores...reckon they think they're gonna be indoors forever!!
Willow...Hope you're doing well. That was sooo funny about your skirt!! I know it was embarrassing at the time. I had a slip to fall down, once, as a teenager. Of course, didn't think I EVER wanted to live, after that!
We have several relatives in my husband's family. They just don't help us. We even announce "work Satudays" with grilling, etc. Only ones that show up are our kids. Bless their hearts...they've been faithful. They, also, have things going on, though. They're here all they can be. Friends...got a few that have helped, a little. Church...mostly elderly...
We did get a call from our lawyer, yesterday. Seems Maytag wants to "settle". Wants to know how much it would take to finish the house. (new Maytag stove started the fire) Not getting our hopes up, but would be nice to get enough to hire a carpenter to help.
Fatpuss....You're right, can't improve on perfection!
Sheila....your poor dad! It's difficult giving up your comfy undies. Sometimes, we have to face they're wore out! Glad your son is doing well on his job.
Puss, isn't that the way it's supposed to be? Kids always get the best from their mother and the worst from their father. And what difficult traits are you speaking of? I'm positive you have no difficult traits!
Willow, I loved your skirt story. Isn't it nice that you can laugh at it now? I'm sure back then it was horrible. I, too, was raised to clean my plate and not waste food. It was especially hard to break that habit at restaurants. I always figured if you paid for it, you should eat it! Restaurants (at least in the U.S.) serve such large portions, though, and we really pay dearly in other ways when we eat it all. Today I asked for one egg, one piece of sausage and one piece of toast. The waitress said the meal came with two links so I just gave the other one to my DH. But I know that one egg was at least two or they were scrambling ostrich eggs! I ate what I thought was one egg (it was probably a bit more) and left the rest. It was hard to push it away, but I had a 2 lb. loss this week and I want to keep it up! I'm participating in the September challenge in the 100 lb. Club forum and I've vowed to get 4 pts. every day for following my food/water/exercise plan. So that crummy extra egg was NOT going to trip me up!
I'm glad you were able to get some good sleep last night, and I hope the pills help you sleep well tonight, too.
Jacquie, I don't think I said welcome--so welcome! Ah, that dreaded four letter word. I am NOT a snow lover. I lived in Colorado for four years where the first snow was always the second week of September and the last snow was always the second week in May. Then there was a week of spring before summer set in. When I lived in Idaho, we had a house on a corner lot and so we had to shovel twice as much snow on the sidewalks as everyone else. I'm so glad to be living in a milder climate now, although I miss my granddaughter terribly.
Charlotte, that's a bummer that your other relatives don't help much, but your kids sound great. I'm crossing my fingers and praying hard, too, that Maytag comes through with a good settlement!!
Spent the day at the fair, mostly waiting around for my cousin's kid to show her dog. We got there at 10:00 am and she didn't show until about 1:30 pm, then there was another group, and the judge handed the prizes out about 3:00 pm. We did go see some horses, and got hungry and had something to eat, but mostly we sat on hard metal benches and watched dogs. Luckily, I like dogs, but my neck and back don't do well on bleachers.
Didn't get to stay for my usual Friday Weight Watchers meeting, but I did weigh-in. I lost 2 more pounds so the new Flexpoints program has been good to me. Still hate the TV commercials, but like the program. Hopefully next week I will have lost that other pound to make five more pounds since I started my 5 lb. reward box. I will then pull out a slip of paper that has a reward I wrote on it. I am giving myself a reward for every 5 lbs. I lose because I figure I need the motivation now that I'm on the downside of losing 100 lbs.--not that I can say losing the first 50 was easy, but I know the next 50 (well, 46 now) will be harder.
Hope everyone is planning on a good weekend. We're supposed to have sun, which means that we'll be out there doing more dangblasted touchups on the paint job.
Oh, almost forgot my cat story. After dinner tonight I was lying on the loveseat talking with my dad who was at the table, and my DH who was standing up. My cat was just settling in on my chest when my son went to sit on the loveseat across from mine. He knocked into the lamp, which fell over, scaring the cat who used my head as a launching pad, digging in with his back claws. OWWWW! I've got deep bleeding scratches in my head now, and had to have my daughter, who is practicing her nursing skills (yay! she didn't faint at the sight of blood) clean my wounds. I hope Neosporin is a good hair conditioner as well as an antiseptic.
I'm getting ready to get the nail clippers and go round up that pesky cat!
I have slept the last 3 nights with only waking up for a couple of minutes a couple times a night. How come I didn't know about Benedryl before, as a sleep aid???? He promised me there would be no bad side effects, so I'm going to continue to take it as long as I need it.
Although, I'm like a kid in a candy store being told 'take what you want for free!' I went to bed at 8:45 2 nights in a row, and last night, even KNOWING that I didn't have to get up early, I went to bed at 10 o'clock. Slept till after 6 AM and then still dozed off and on till 7:15! God! It feels soooo good to sleep! I hope the effect doesn't wear off or that my body doesn't become immune to the effects.
It was COLD in my house when I got up this morning! I had summer, shorty pajamas on, and was actually shivering so I put on a pair of sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt. I feel so warm and comfortable now. It was 42 degrees here, and really foggy.
At noon it is 70 degrees outside, and I guess it's perfect weather to get out there and dig up some hostas and lilies and transplant them. I had them beside my back steps and a bridal wreath shrub has gotten so bushed out that it hides the hosta and even the lilies, so, time to give them a new home.
My yard is soooo full of dried leaves already, I need to rake too. It's not from fall, it's because we had such a drought that the leaves dried up and fell off the trees. So, I'll have to rake again later on as more fall off naturally from fall arriving.
I got my chairs back, so I guess I'll store them on my porch for now, till I get my shed cleaned out. AGAIN!
I haven't been on here much, so I guess I haven't told you all about the terrifying experience I had with the baby on the railroad tracks.
There are some railroad tracks near my house, and when my grandbabies are here, they are always so excited when a train goes on the tracks and always have to watch it.
Well, on Saturday, my Grandson Logan, the one who recently lost the 2 teeth, was watching a train from my livingroom window, and after it passed, I went into the kitchen and then heard logan say, "there's a baby on the train tracks." I looked out the window, and sure enough, there was a little boy playing in the rocks in the middle of the tracks. My DIL, Logans mother, and I ran like **** to get to him, and she picked him up and we couldn't find anybody around who might be missing a baby. He looked to be 18 months to 2 years old. We kept saying, "Where's Mommy?" He never uttered a sound all the while we had him. He was a beautiful baby with blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. We went to houses and people along my block and over on another street around the corner, and nobody knew him. I finally called the police, and they came after a while, and took down some info from us, and of course I jokingly(or maybe not so jokingly) said, "can I keep him?" By that time he was putting his arms around my daughter-in-laws shoulders and hugging her. He never acted frightened of us, just didn't speak or make a sound.
Then, finally, across the street came a young woman in her late teens or early twenties, kind of jogging out of the long driveway and you could tell she was the mother. The policeman looked over and saw her, and said her last name in a rather disgusted tone of voice. She lives in an upstairs apartment and has a younger sister living with her, and there is a lot of partying going on there.
I suspect that there was a party friday night and that everyone had a hangover and was sleeping and the baby got out of an open door and climbed down those outside steps all by himself. I've had nightmares about that because those steps are very steep and aren't even closed in on the back side of them. When the police went over there, all of a sudden a whole group of people came down from her apartment.
I don't know where he was when that train was going through because we didn't see him until AFTER it was gone, so I'm thinking that he could very well have been on the OPPOSITE side of those tracks, and by the grace of God he didn't come back across until after the train was through.
When the police got done talking with her, they came back to my house and said that they were turning the incident in to the Department of Social Services and that I would probably be getting a call. You could tell that the police were very angry about that baby not being watched.
We had had him for about 45 minutes before she came looking for him, and who knows how long he was wandering around before we found him?
Then, about an hour later, one of my little grandsons found the little guys baby bottle with about 1 1/2 ounces of milk in it out by the swing set in my yard, so he must have been trying to play on the slide and swings and we didn't even notice him out there.
The mother never once thanked us for finding her baby and keeping him safe. In fact, I think she's angry that we called the police for help. It takes all kinds, I guess.
Sheila, you come up with some of the best ideas! I think I'm going to play copy cat and steal your idea of writing rewards on pieces of paper and drawing one each time I lose 5 pounds. What an awesome idea! I just have no imagination, so hope you don't mind if I steal some of your ideas. That's excellent incentive.
CONGRATULATIONS on another 2-pound loss! Geez, you are doing so good! I'm delighted for you that your hard work is paying off.
Sorry to hear about the cat using your head for a launching pad. Keep close watch on those punctures and scratches, so you don't get infection in them. Ooooo, that HAS to hurt!
Jacquie, I don't mind snow in the least. I know it's a hazard when blizzards hit, but, I've lived in Minnesota most of my life, and I think a fresh snowfall is beautiful. I also like colder climate, but that's probably because I grew up in this climate, and I sweat my butt off in hot weather.
The only thing I'm leary of driving on is ice. I just think people are nuts who go traveling when there's a winter storm warning or advisory out. Common sense says, stay put till it's safe to travel.
When we get enough snowfall to use my snowblower, I do my walks and the neighbors too and they also have a corner lot. It's fun, ...... until the wind blows the snow back into your face!
Charlotte, I too hope Maytag comes through with a fair settlement. Maybe they will pay for a new house. Good kids you have there. Shame on those neighbors. When my neighbors house caught on fire, I kept food and my house available to the family, the firemen and the repair people. It was on election day, November, and it was pretty nippy out. For me, it was just like having a lot of company for a while.
Sue, I'm getting a bit concerned. Hope all is well.
Hello Bluet! How goes it? Hope you're doing well.
Hi Puss. Didn't you have to take Alfie in yesterday to see the vet? Hope you got good reports.
I also hope you're enjoying your vacation!
Well this isn't getting my yard work done. I'll be back later. Have a good day all.
Well it is a balmy 70 degrees outside today, one would never know we had snow on the ground 2 days ago. That is one of the wonders of this part of the country....temperature extremes. We live in a chinook belt and during the winter we can have a temperature fluctuation of 30 - 40 degrees during the day. The only problem with that is it can go from melting to freezing pretty quickly and we drive on ice most of the winter. It really isn't too bad once you get used to it.
Willow I was really dismayed when I read about your episode with the baby. It makes you thankful that your own grandchildren aren't in a situation like that and you really feel for the unfortunate children that are.
Well it looks like a weekend of yard work...better take advantage of the nice weather.
I gathered all my WW material together an am going to get going on the program starting today!!
Hey, good luck to you, Jacquie. And I'm glad that the snow melted!
Willow, what an incredible, horrible story. All those awful "what if's" that must have been running through your mind when you discovered that baby on the railroad tracks. I hope social services can deal with the situation.
Have to admit the reward box was not my idea. I saw it on another forum and liked the idea a lot.
Well, here's a hazard of losing weight. My wedding ring fell off and I have no idea where it is or when it fell off. I'm pretty bummed about it. The wedding ring I received at our wedding 22 years ago fell off about 2 months after I got it, and I never did find it again. I didn't wear one for a while, then got a cheapie and wore that until this spring when I got a spiffy new one that I picked out and had engraved just like the first one. Now I've up and lost that one! I told my DH that I wasn't getting another ring until I lost all the weight I want to lose. He said that all the old guys at my aerobics class would now start hitting on me! He's such a sweetie! Maybe I'll get lucky and find it. I checked every place I was today, although I didn't check the bag of dog poop I picked up in the yard. You'd think I would have noticed if my ring fell into dog poop, but even if I didn't, I just don't have the stomach to go searching around in that bag and neither did my DH.
The football game I'm watching is just about ready to start after halftime.
Good Evening all! The weekend is just about over and company flew back to Florida this afternoon. Have the house back to ourselves and it sure seems quiet. We did have a great time visiting. Went to Grandson's wedding yesterday and out to dinner the night before. Out to breakfast this morning on the way to the airport. My scale is groaning. The last thing DD and I did was to challenge each other with a 10 pound loss by Christmas. I know it is very doable, hopefully my will power will kick in. I like the reward box idea. She left me a card with a gift certificate to our local craft store - maybe I should save that as my reward.
Jacquie - good luck on the WW program. I have a feeling you will succeed. You said you were starting TODAY, not tomorrow or next week, but TODAY. Great attitude. And seeing as how today is almost over, let us know how it went.
Willow, the train story made me shudder. You think of the thousands of women who would give anything to have a child and one like this doesn't have a clue. Sounds like the police had her "number" though.
Sheila, sure hope you find your ring. I have heard of people following their dog around for days waiting for an earring or ring or whatever to pass". I'm with you - ewwwwwwww Have you checked between the mattress and box springs? Found one there once! Slipped off while tucking in sheets. I have a built in safeguard on my ring finger. Its a big knarly knuckle from arthritis. The ring would have to be cut off.
Ladies, I am heading to bed early tonight. Feel like I am coming down with something. The Nyquil is making me drowsy. Just wanted to check in for a few minutes now that I can sit here without feeling like I am ignoring someone. Hope everyone is doing well. Sue
I thought I'd better post to get us back on page 1!
Sue, it sounds like you had an incredibly busy weekend. I must have missed your post about your grandson getting married. That must have been a lot of fun. Thanks for the tip about checking between the mattress and box springs--didn't find anything, but I was hoping! Hope you didn't come down with that cold. Have you ever tried Zicam? I love the stuff.
Finally got back to aerobics class after a couple of weeks off because I didn't have a car. I was enjoying daily walks, but aerobics is more intense (unless I choose the really hilly walk, which kills my knees) and more fun. Plus then I add a walk after aerobics so that my dogs can get some exercise.
There was a great article in the newspaper today about seniors exercising to stay mobile. There's even a name for the condition that they get when their muscles atrophy from lack of exercise. The writer also talked about the "senior shuffle," which sounds just like my dad, and the fact that seniors who don't exercise have a hard time with uneven surfaces (which is how my dad took his last tumble). It's a vicious circle because then they limit their mobility more, which makes the problem worse, etc., etc. I've been bugging him to go to an exercise class, and I'll even go with him, but he's been resistant. I cut the article out of the newspaper and told him to read it, and then let me know when he wanted to go to exercise class. After that, I'm letting it alone. Same with the diabetes stuff. He knows now what he should and shouldn't eat, and I'm not going to stand over him and monitor his food. He's still able to make his own choices. I feel like Dr. Phil telling my dad to "get real!"
My DH and DS and I went wandering around Seattle yesterday, first to a big book sale for the library, then we tried to find Bill Gates' house. We knew we wouldn't find it, but it was fun wandering around in that area. I told the guys that they needed to take sailing lessons so they could sail by Gates' house.
Puss, how's Alfie? We're all waiting to hear how he's doing.
Well, the sons of bi----s denied my FMLA!
Because I won't sign giving their health care representative permission to get information about me from my Drs.
They already have all the info about my cancer, and that's what the FMLA is for, nothing else.
I contacted the wage and hour department but the number they gave me to call closes at 3:30 PM and I don't get off work until 3 PM.
I think they are violating the new HIPPA law, and I'm going to try to find a lawyer that specializes in that stuff. What a bunch of pukes!
I weighed myself this morning and I've gained a little over 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks.
Soooo, more battle ahead with THAT.
Now, I ate supper, 3 oz. fish, a LOT of steamed veggies, some toast and an hour later, MORE toast with jam on it. And I feel like I could eat ANOTHER meal just like the first one!! It has to be because I'm pissed!
I couldn't sleep last night either.
My chest hurt in the back and my abdomen hurt. I think it's from taking double dose of the protonix for reflux. The Benedryl certainly didn't do any good!
I feel like quitting ALL their damned pills! That's probably what my problem is.
Now, that makes sense, doesn't it?! Kind of like saying, " I'll fix THEM! ..... I'll kick ME!!
Gotta go get some hair spray! And maybe even a DQ cone. They're giving the small ones free today.
Jacquie, did you start WW yet? If so, how's it going? If I don't get on the ball pretty soon, I'll be at starting weight forever. I just can't seem to get going and STAY going. Something always is going on that I let myself get uptight about. My own fault, though.
Sheila, sorry you lost your ring. I sure hope you find it soon. I hope you had it insured. My son lost his and thankfully it was insured. At least your hubby is good natured about it.
I haven't been going to Curves either. Need to start all over again I suppose.
Sounds like your Dad is one of those cantankerous older folks. I kind of get a kick out of some of the things you tell about him, but I don't imagine it's any picnic for you sometimes.
Sounds like you had a nice Sunday.
Hi Sue! I guess I didn't know you were going to have company. I just was getting a bit nervous because you hadn't posted in a while.
Your scale isn't the only one groaning! Geesh! I get so mad at myself too after I've screwed up.
I haven't seen hide nor hair of the family across the street since we found the baby on the tracks. They have kept their shades drawn, but I see lights on up there at night.
I do get chills every time I think of it. How close that was. That train was only gone about 30 seconds when we saw him. Dear God, I don't think I could survive seeing something like that.
Geez, I just heard a sound that sounded like a shotgun blast. I better get off here and get to bed. My imagination is running away with me.
Charlotte, how you doin'? Working at the TV station this week? I hope you're still feeling good.
Did you hear any more about your house from Maytag? I hope it's good!
Bluet, Haven't heard from you for a while either.
And you too Connie! How's it going?
Puss, I think you're on vacation with the mister, right? ENJOY!!
Well, I better get going. I started this 2 hours ago and have had 2 phone calls since then.
Everybody have a great night!
Well, friends....I don't know what I've done to deserve all of this...but....our storage unit was broken into. All of our furniture, clothes, etc., we had stored waiting for the house to be finished....is gone. We had some VERY nice furniture that survived the fire. One of the two bedroom suits (both oak) was one we bought the week we got married 35 years ago. My dad died when I was 21....what didn't burn in the fire....all his things that I had....I could go on & on. I've collected angels for 10 yrs...I had washed LOTS of angels & carefully packed them away....all gone. I can't believe this. The storage unit was so full, my husband had to push on the contents to get the door closed!
Anyway...I'm telling that so say this...our lawyer is adding this to the settlement. He has given me a lot of paper work to do....as well as a lot of running around. I'm going to be too busy to post for awhile. I'll try to come check in once in awhile, briefly. Don't give up on me.
I can tell you one thing....I'm really down, these days.
Everyone take care...know that I'm thinking of you.
Really, that's what I'm doing. Here's a sample--"Remember when Dad fell and you were worried? When the kids suggest a walker for you, don't be stubborn--go get one!" I've got to remember how horrible it is from the kid's point of view because I don't want to worry my kids the way my dad is worrying me.
I'm pretty bummed about it. The wedding ring I received at our wedding 22 years ago fell off about 2 months after I got it, and I never did find it again. I didn't wear one for a while, then got a cheapie and wore that until this spring when I got a spiffy new one that I picked out and had engraved just like the first one. Now I've up and lost that one! I told my DH that I wasn't getting another ring until I lost all the weight I want to lose. He said that all the old guys at my aerobics class would now start hitting on me! He's such a sweetie! Maybe I'll get lucky and find it. I checked every place I was today, although I didn't check the bag of dog poop I picked up in the yard. You'd think I would have noticed if my ring fell into dog poop, but even if I didn't, I just don't have the stomach to go searching around in that bag and neither did my DH.
