Rise and Shine Everybody!

Good Monday Morning Everybody! I hope everybody had a great weekend! Mine was busy, busy, busy...but that seems to be life these days I'm not complainin' So what did everybody do? I met a friend for dinner and walked around the Inner Harbor in Baltimore on Friday night. Had a nice time, but man was it hot, hot, hot. Saturday my sister and mother and I went furniture shopping. Yesterday we went to over to our friend's for a cookout/swim party. What a difference a year makes. I remember going over there last year and not swimming because I did not have a bathing suit that fit....129lbs later they couldn't keep me out of the water! We had a blast. This week is shaping up to be a busy one. I've got a church meeting tonight and quilting class tomorrow night. I'm sure I'll find something to fill the rest of the nights this week. The only negative thing is, I ate a few things yesterday that are not compliant with my surgeon's program. This is like the first time in 12 months where I ate stuff that really was not compliant. I told my one friend he "led me down the road to purgatory" by offering me pretzels, doritoes and bbq potato chips...hehe I take fully responsibility for what I eat...and it was just one day. I'm back on track today (actually was back on track when I got home last night). Have a great day everybody!! Take Care, Terry

Good morning Terry What a glorious day !!! ( well, for a Monday .. ) I'm finally feeling 100% again but still have memories of how miserable I was last week. I was still a tiny bit punkish on Saturday a.m but got better as the day went on. Yesterday I felt pretty much all better and now this morning it's like I was never sick So far my week looks relatively light except for a couple of meetings, but that can ALWAYS change in a blink of an eye. I've been trying to get back to work on my 'how-to' manual writing for the new software release. It's really not so much a matter of writing as it is finding the on line documentation and copying and pasting it with some screen prints into a document. Of course, the fact that I don't know all the processes sometimes gets in the way of my progress. I'm going to try to walk tonight. I haven't been keeping up with my walking because the weather's been so unpredictable at 5 p.m., but I think tonight is the night. Talk to you later. Hugs, Mo

Morning - I'd like to speak with the person in charge of Mondays, please!!! Boy, was I tired this morning - why is it that on the weekends, I can be up anywhere between 6 & 6:30, but M-F, I cannot drag my body out of bed when the alarm goes off at 5:15??? TG for snooze buttons!!! T, glad you had fun at the Harbor. I haven't been down there in a while, but my bgf and I were thinking of going to Fells Point and then taking the water taxi around. I really have no desire to do that while it's still so humid, I am food for bugs! Man, they eat me alive. Who was looking for furniture? That's great about the bathing suit, mine actually fit this year, with little to no bulges! I bet that even though you ate some "bad" things, it was nowhere near the quantity you used to be able to eat! That's the good thing, even if you fall "off" the wagon, it's not that far of a drop. I did the same thing yesterday with B's birthday - some pizza and some cake/ice cream. The difference is, last year, I would've had two slices of leftover pizza for breakfast the next morning and a hunk of cake for breakfast dessert - yes, I said breakfast dessert!!! Not this year. Went to the work retirement party on Friday night - Martin's West is huge, but beautifully decorated. We can have your wedding reception there, T, so could you get to work on that? I already had one, so now I want to live vicariously!!! I had some fresh fruit, some salad and a crab cake, and about 3 bites of the most sinful dessert - chocolate cake w/chocolate frosting (is there any other kind?), but the middle layer was cheesecake, and the whole thing was set in a puddle of raspberry sauce!!! YUM-O! But like I said, just 3 bites. On Saturday, Mom & I ran some errands and then we saw The Wild at the cheapo movies. Then, after Gary got off work, he, the girlfriend and I went to see Poseidon at the cheapos. I'd been wanting to see that. I thought it was pretty good, but the theater was full of people who thought that it was hilarious every time someone got hurt - I didn't quite understand that. Also, they TALKED!! That is a HUGE pet peeve of mine, people talking during movies!! Sunday, as I said, was my sweet Bubba's birthday - he was quite happy, as it seemed to be a day filled with Legos and Star Wars, the only things that exist in his little world! I cooked a lot, too, made some cottage cheese pancakes w/shrimp, made a double batch so I don't have to cook so much this week. Also made chicken sausage w/spaghetti sauce, prepped a bunch of veggies, made meatballs for Gary, along with sauteed pork cubed steaks, and broccoli, so neither of us has to do much more than heat up the food. I like when I have time to prepare ahead of time - saves a lot of aggravation, and actually, it's pretty relaxing to me, but only when I have the kitchen to myself. But really, when I cook, it's never by myself as Molly the Beagle always has to position herself to be able to catch anything that hits the floor! Going to Silhouettes tonight, they couldn't fit me in for a tour on Saturday, but my goal is to drag myself there at least 3 times a week. Have to work till 5 M, T, & W, and have a funeral to go to on Wednesday for the MIL of our F/Sgt. Poor guy, in the last two months, he's lost his Beagle, his FIL & his MIL, all of whom he was close to. Just in our office alone, we've had about 5 deaths in the last six months - we are definitely supporting the floral industry!!!! Wednesday night is support group - can't wait for that! Thursday, gotta get a haircut, and I'm off Friday - I'm going on a daycare field trip with the kids to the Harford County Farm Fair, at which I wouldn't have been able to walk around last year. They're looking forward to it, especially since I'm driving, they won't have to ride on a hot school bus, and then I'm going to sign them out afterward so they don't have to go back to daycare! Yay for Tia!! We have them on Saturday, and we'll probably spend some time in the pool and then go see Monster House. Sunday, I'm having coffee with a gf in the morning, and then I'm taking another gf to Little Italy for lunch for her birthday. Vaccaro's, here I come! Somewhere in there, I'll take Mom out, since she pretty much sits home all week! So, even though I'm tired, I'm here and full of chatter, obviously! Hope everyone has a great week! TERRY M.'S 1 YEAR SURGIVERSARY IS FRIDAY, 7/28! GIVE IT UP FOR A LIGHTER, FRESHER, HAPPIER, HEALTHIER TERRY!!!! I'M SO GLAD WE MET!!! WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE!!! Teresa

Hello everyone! Sound like you all had very full fun weekends. Mine started out pretty good. Got up at 7:30 saturday and started in on the housework. Decided to move furniture around so I really got to clean a lot. I am happy with the results. So full of energy and it felt great to get some things finally organized and put away. Did the craft/scrapbooking area too. It looks so much better and now we can just go down there and get busy without having to clean up first. I am quite proud of all I accomplished. While it was a good start, Saturday night was a real bummer. We went to the movies, Pirates of the Carribean, it was okay. Enjoy ourselves but when we got home, we found our dog had died. Yes, my baby was in the floor, not moving and obviously gone. I went into hysterics! She hadn't been feeling well for the past couple of weeks. I was worried about her but just when I thought I'd take her to the vet she seemed to be better. Well at the end of last week for two nights she was coughing pretty bad. She also seemed to have a hard time breathing. It was almost like she had asthma or something. Well, I kept thinking that Monday for sure we would take her in because I just knew something was wrong. I guess the she went to the basement while we were gone (she likes it there, coolest place in the house) and it looked like she just went to sleep and stopped breathing. I thought that the heat was hard on her. She was breathing heavier than usual, panting a lot so I thought she was just hot all the time. Turns out she had congestive heart failure. A classic sign of this is the panting and hard breathing. I am so sad. I miss my baby. She was only 6 1/2 years old but her breed (cavalier king charles spaniel) is very prone to heart failure. I didn't know this. At her last vet appt we were told she was healthy and her heart sounded good. Anyway, my Snickers is gone and I miss her a lot. The worst thing is that my girls are in FL right now finishing up their vacation. We did not tell them about Snickers. They come home Wednesday and we will tell them then. I didn't want to tell them something like that over the phone and not be able to hug them. My boss is wonderful to let me go and be with them for the PM. She was so much a part of our family, one of us. Thanks for listening to me about this. I don't mean to be a damper but it helps talking about her. We were pretty sad all day Sunday and dreading Wednesday but we will heal. I did get in some good exercise on Sunday. Rode my bike, did leg targeted exercise to help shrink these hips and crunches. The house is still clean and feels so great! I am gonna have lunch with hubby today. He hopefully starts his new job by the end of the week. I'll have to let you know. Looking forward to a great week. I am busy at work. I am covering for a gal that is on vacation. So I actually have work to do this week. Yay! I like staying busy at work. Guess I had better go. Have a great Monday! Gonna do curves tonight. Hugs, Robin PS, Mo, so glad you are feeling better.

Oh, Robin, I am SOOO sorry about Snickers. Molly the Beagle and I send our condolences. I know how you feel about your fur-baby, because I am the same way! You poor thing! I'm glad that it appeared that she just went to sleep, but how horrible for you to find her that way. I believe that one day, we will meet all of our pets again, and I'm sure Snickers is waiting for you! I don't know what else to say, anything I would attempt seems so trivial. I'll be thinking of all of you, give me an email if you need anything, or just want to cry. Take care, Teresa