Thursday Roll Call

Good Morning everyone,

I am a little late getting on this morning but my daughter-in-law called and wanted to know if I want to run with her to  Wal-mart and Menards.

Now home and doing some much needed house work from having the grands all week. No Kids today, or tomorrow,

Sat, I will have my daughter kids, while she is at work. they are not bad, as the are 7 and 10, and girls, boy what a difference.

Not much going on here, just keep fighting my food demons.

 

Have a great day

 

Janet-  you are wonderful to help out with the grandkids like you do.  My grandma (Amanda's great-grandma) and Amanda's grandma (her father's mother) watched her for me when she was little so I didn't have use a babysitter. I didn't have to worry I knew she was getting love and attention I would give.  I still appreciate the help they gave me while I worked...being a single mom is hard and this is one les thing I had to worry about.  Not to mention the wonderful memories Amanda has now.  She has the great stories my grandma would tell my about growing up in the depression as a kid (I loved those stories).  She has the wonderful cultural experience and environment of her Puerto Rican grandmother...she would have never been exposed to this living with me.  But spending her days with her grandma she got to learn about that part of her heritage.  And she is very close to her grandma now (her great-grandma has been gone for awhile now).  So I am sure when those kids are grown you will have a special relationship with them.   

 

Good morning Crystal and the rest of Illinois!

I am at work and part frustrated and part not-at-all-motivated.  I hated getting up in the dark this morning.  Just wanted to snuggle into the covers.

Crystal, you are a wonderful person and as a greeter, you represent your company well.  I can see how they would love you!  My beer chicken was delicious last night.  I used bone in thighs and removed the skin myself, then removed the bones and shredded the meat into the juice.  Very good, but I will heed Connie's warnings from here on out.

Lisa--where are you staying in Vegas?  Have wonderful time!

My triumph for the evening was my trip to Wal-Mart.  I asked Todd if he would like to go with me, but he declined and Liv had a meeting at work.  So.......I went alone.  I went into the beer isle to look for the Guiness and stood in front of the vodka for a few minutes.  I finally WALKED AWAY without putting it in my cart!  Got me some different teas to try and back home I went.  Man, this is difficult, but one minute at a time...........

I have to say that it is nice to wake up and remember everything from the night before and not feel "fuzzy".  My wanting to stay in bed this morning was just because I was comfortable.  Although I read and have heard that making a big change like this can cause fatigue too.

Turns out that Toby has FLEAS!  I have NO IDEA how that could be.  He has not gotten outside since his last bought with them, last year, and it is now (weather-wise at least) winter.  The vet said I should bomb the house.  I feel so bad for him because I just assumed it was dry skin and was putting lotion bars on him.  I checked him and checked him and could not find anything.  When he got to the vet, they put a comb to him and out jumped 3-4 fleas right on the counter!  I combed him and got one after we got home.  It is just so strange.

So...tonight I will work on the taxes and TRY to get Todd and Liv on the same page about the college trip.

Everyone have a lovely day!

 

Dawn something I found out when jasper had fleas. The flea bombs at places like Menards are much cheaper than getting it Petsmart. I paid twice as much for the same thing. I won't make that mistake again. Also make sure you spray your car down if he was in your car. A lot if people forget about their cars and end up bringing the fleas right back I to their houses!!!

A long time ago Amanda and I got live from my sisters kids and I basically treated Jasper's fleas exactly the same way. I washed all of the bedding, sprayed down the upholstery vacuumed and bombed. I was thorough!!!!

Dawn-  That little thing with the vodka at the store I had many times with the Ben & Jerrys Peanut Butter Factory!!!  I have had the ice cream in my cart and went and put it back in the freezer.  and then circled around and grabbed out of the freezer again and repeated this over and over.  I am sure the security people are just wondering what the Hell I am doing.  There are times am back and forth up the isle several times with that internal fight.  Get it one time isn't going to make you gain all of your weight back!!!  Then I put it back because I think...I am going to throw the whole week a way and not lose a pound if eat this!!!!  and so it goes!!!  I do the same thing with cookies when I am craving them!!! 

I think that is why I do groceries in such a rush and I know where all my things are that I need and I just go in get my and leave.  I do groceries lightening fast!!!

 

 

Hello friends,

Just putzing around today trying to clean up loose ends before we leave for Arkansas. Have a couple of errands to run and then maybe I can read.

The info on alcoholism came from 30 years in the alcoholism/addiction treatment field. Most people and even counselors are woefully under-educated on the realities of addictions. It is a brain disease, not a character flaw. It's often treated like telling a cancer patient to"buck up and get over it" or telling us to "eat more slowly and push away from the table"--just a lot of wasted breath! There have been huge advances in understanding the workings of the brain since we have had CAT and PEt scans, but the recovery still goes one day at a time. And AA is still the most effect path, but there are healthy AA groups and not so healthy so you have to find the right one for you. There is also Al-anon for the family which is a huge help too. Ask me any questions, I'll be glad to help.

Have a good day!

Connie

Connie-  It's funny how many people are so willing to accept alcoholism as a disease but not food addiction.  It just ticks me off and now that I'm not seen as a "fat" person anymore people are so much more open about talking about fat people in front of me...and believe me I don't let it slide!!!! 

I had a good report from the heart specialist but will need to go back, probably for more test. I wore a heart monitor recently and was told i had a very mild case of afib, but didn't need medication. Dr Joyce didn't mention anything but the pulse being so low.            I'm not sure about more surgery, since it doesn't hurt I'm in NO hurry.  I feel like I had a lap band surgery now.

 

 

So, I found 4 collared shirts at the resale shop today. I can wear them with B casual or with jeans (does not mean only blue jean colors but blk,  khaki, brown or drk olive green) depending on how I pare them. I can dress them up with a belt (2 are a little larger - think s*****h the shirt up) tuck them in etc or wear them with a shell underneath during the summer as my office is chilly. They can also go with a few jackets/blazers that I have. Two of the blouses are 100% silk. Unfortunately one needs to be dry cleaned and I did not see that but I love the shirt. I am not a sweaty person so it should be okay. OHHHHH  and the best part is that the four shirts (all of which were name brands) were only $5.20.

 

Surprise, surprise, surprise (in my best Jim Nabors voice) I discovered at Famous Footwear that I do not wear 11.5 shoes. The shoes I ordered from Bmason are way too big - though really nice and good quality. I went to Famous . . .  , measured my foot again and discovered I wear a 9.5 N-M. It is kind of weird that my Brooks running shoes are 11.5 and they measured me for those  (local store in Arlington Heights). I am sending the shoes back. I did find a pair of Mary Jane wedges that are absolutely so cute at Famous.

 

Sigh, I am loving this B Casual life . . .