WHATS HAPPENING SUNDAY

GOOD MORNING  EVERYONE!!!! Yesterday we had some nice rain but 2 hours after it was over you never could tell it had rained. Oh man it is hot. So steamy...like a sauna., and I never could stand them either....i HATE  humidity....

Lou maybe you need to come down and give us an estimate on what we could get out of all of this....im about tired of being stuck in the house...i get outside and I start getting dizzy and weak....just too much.  The heat doesn’t bother me when but I still cant stand the humidity...i was hoping that since I was so cold natured now that it would be better but if anything I think it is worse, maybe that is because I go ahead and get out and try to work in this stuff. Five minutes and my clothes are soaked....

Andy and Susan came down I gave them the cucumbers I have sliced up for the bread and butter pickles made with splenda....gave him the jars and lids and told him he supply the stuff and he can can them up and I will give him a portion of the final results....Andy likes doing that so it will help both of us. I don’t mind putting stuff up for the freezer but the canning bit I make too much of a mess. It is like letting a 2 year old loose in a kitchen filled with all sorts of messy stuff lol

Today we are working in the house, probably taking the base cabinet away from the wall to fit Miss Peg into the area. Will have to move the cabinets down about 6inches. Then we have to move the refrigerator to the opposite wall and that means running new water line to the frig. We will have to tap into the outside hydrante andput the line along the bottom of the house and insulate it really well so it wont freeze up....if we can get the base cabinet moved today and get the gas line run for the gas cook stove we will be doing wonderful .. or maybe run the water line from outside early this morning.....then can come in the house and see what we can do....have to move the top cabinets too but we have shelves above the stove now so will have to buy new ones that are 6 inches longer.

Lot of little things nothing that is really hard .....just time consuming . I think the first thing would be to run tha****er line so we can get the frig moved. Yep that is it, now watch and see we wont have all the connections and will have to change plans again. I guess we could go ahead and move it and go buy ice ....

 

The sun is coming up and the sky is sort of yellow looking , Gosh those people yesterday that got all that hail....did you see that on tv? Wow. I heard that Dallas got that the other day too. the temp. was close to 100 and just Hailing like crazy....Crazy weather we are having, 

 

Janet was so good to finally hear from you the other day ...wish we could hear from you more often...I know it is hard to keep in touch we get so busy with our new lives. 

And tell me please why do you think that you need  to lose more weight?  Honey you are

Thin enough you really are.

Was so sad to hear about Mikes uncle. Tell him we are so sorry for him and that we are praying for him to come to acceptance of this . and be able to remember all the good times. Time will help him to be able to do that. So that when he thinks of his Uncle it will be happy and will bring a smile to his face ...Thank God that he had him for when he was young...

Write me please and tell me all about what you have been doing for your medical conditions...ok. love you sweetie

 

Peggy are you back from your daughters yet?i assume you are. Hope you are reading at least. I sure do miss you on the board....I know you are facing  surgery soon and I will be praying for you too.

 

 

Bec please be careful out there walking in this heat....sweetie you really are pushing yourself way too hard I do believe. Lol I know I sure couldn’t do it.

Basically all im doing outside right now is either gathering or watering something or giving water to something ....i quit trying to work and the weeds are controlled enough right now that it isn’t major if I don’t pull some. If I had known I was going to get stuck in the house because of this heat I would have gone ahead and had my other knee operated on or had my tummy tuck one or the other. Lol at least I could have been doing something , recuperating. Lol

I took am anxious for my sister to get back home and tell of all the wonderful things she saw and did.

 

Suzy I was born and raised over close to you too. Fredericktown was where I lived until I finished high school , then I made the move to St. Louis, little hick town girl moved to the big city, lol mama and daddy wouldn’t let me move there till I found the YWCA, it was a big hotel sort of for young ladies....no men were allowed above the lobby and they even had a dinning room .  I had to promise my mama that I would at least stay there for  6 months until I found out what it  was like around there....lol different time , I wonder what they have made that into now?

Oh yeah im a Dallas Cowboy fan too. sure wish they would do better like they use to tho.

You doctor should be getting some sort of forms from the insurance company once a month or he is to report to them once a month about your progress. Hopefully things will go along for you really well.

Any way so glad to have you on the board. Good to make new friends...

 

Jo isn’t getting into smaller sizes great? It is so neat that you can sew and take stuff up , that should save some money .

Your really not suppose to eat the spag. But there is some out there that we can eat it is call Dreamfields..and is really low in carbs.  And you cant tell the difference when it is cooked up at all.

Yes I read the article in OH , it is ok to not worry about carbs so much but that is really after losing most of what you want to and if you are going to eat a lot of carbs now you will need to really exercise and not just once in awhile, will have to be a daily thing. Wish I could keep myself doing that lol , I like to work and Im not lazy in the least I will work all day outside digging and such but I HATE  to exercise. And that is bad.

 

Susie the trivia night at your house sounds like it would be a lot of fun....is it ?  really am looking forward to seeing you at the meeting on the 27^th....i really hope we have lots of people there for Lou’s first meeting.

Take it easy on getting out side everyone till this heat stuff breaks some. We wait all winter anxious for summer to get here and it is so hot and humid out that we cant get out.

Horrible  weather. Lets all just sell out and move to somewhere that they don’t have this humidity . now we need to find a place like that....AZ doesn’t but then it is really hot still ...we need 80s no humidity, and dirt instead of sand....lol sounds like paradise.

 

Well it is thundering and getting really dark again so I will post this and and hope that all of you have a wonderful day and know that I am praying for all of you , even the ones that don’t want me too lol.  

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone.sure is hot and humid outside.the rain is not making it any cooler.dd anyone get any bad storm's last night?the new's was showing all kind's of bad weather.high wind's and trees down.

jan how is the work coming or the stove.sure will look good when you get it in place.how is joe's bee sting?we have everything ready for you here.your bread and butter pickel's smelled good as andy was making them last night.we will see you all tomorrow after your doctor's app.

becky sure was good to see you on here again.we have missed you.how is paul and the girl's doing?the honeysuckle's sure do smell sweet.you are too funny with the dog's.when we would go walking with rebel any other dog's came out on the road he would stand in between us and them.he was our guard dog for sure.lol

susie did you ever get all your work done inside?they is alway's something to do inside a house.sure has been too humid to do anything outside.

jo how did your spaghetti dinner turn out for you.sure sound's good.i am ot a very good at sewing on clothes so i having been getting some thing's at thrift store's little by little.i do not want to buy any new stuff till i am finished loosing my weight.i am in sze 16 short's now and can wear a size 14 dress.some size's fit me different still.but i was in size 24/26.some thing's were a size 28.

suzy we are praying your doctor get's everything done for you quickley so you can have your surgery.your husband and son's would love going to a dallas cowboy's game.when you get to go with them go stand in line for the ladie's room before you have to.by the time you do get there you will need to.lol.we had to park about a mile away from the stadium.again welcome to the board.we love having you on here.

everyone have a great day.stay cool.we loveyou all.god bless.susan.

Susan , Joes wasp sting is just fine, just remember that when you get stung wet the area and put meat tenderizer on it. it really does work and almost instantly the pain eases up and swelling is minimal from the sting.
um yummy on the bread and butter pickles.  Tell Andy i will bring him more cucumbers on Monday if i have enough.to bring...
working on moving the cabinet over this morning. and may go ahead and move the fridg over without the water line. i could make ice cubes if i had some ice cube trays lol .....anyway we are  working on it. ....

Good morning everyone!  Its been a busy weekend.  Saturday I showed some houses in Rogersville.  The lady is going to buy a new construction.  She's the coolest lady, we laughed all day.  Then we had the family fish fry.  They had catfish, frog legs and grilled shrimp.  More food then you can possible imagine.  But I ate my little bit and was happy.  My surgery is such old news now no one bugs me to eat cake or your not eating enough.  Its kinda nice. ;)  I love to sit back and listen to everyone complain about being stuffed and feeling miserable.  I do not miss that at all.  the kids shot off fireworks, kids and my dad who's a giant kid he was right out there in the middle of it all.  He's funny.  Today I have an open house then I have to go show a house.  Next week a new listing.  Jan you don't want to move from the lake ;) although this weather makes me wanna move too.  Janet, so great to hear from you.  Hope you can make it to the meeting on the 27Th.  Renee I'm sure your daughters wedding was beautiful.  Can't wait to see you.  Susy Its really nice to meet you.  The waiting is the hard part but it will be here before you know it.  Susan you and Andy will be so skinny we won't know who you are, I'm glad your getting settled in your new place.  Jo I love that Greek yogurt too.  I use it as sour cream, or mix sugar free preserves in it.  Yummy ;)  Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day! I hope I didn't miss anyone I didn't do it intentionally, I can't remember stuff these days.  ;) Lou

yeah i have found that most people are cool after all of this time about trying to get me to eat more. they are use to seeing what i eat and see that it works for me. and that im not going to eat what i cant.
i smile when they talk about being stuffed too  now. this life so much better now isnt it?
I guess i really dont want to move but it sure is tempting when it is so hot....I dont get in the lake , once in a while but very seldom...i dont swim well so it is sort of scary to me lol
i am trying to talk Joe into getting me one ot the big above ground pools. dont know where in the world i would put it but if he says YES i will move stuff if i have to lol  would be so worth it to me...was wondering does a good pool even above ground add to the value of a house if it is fixed with deck and landscaping? or not? 

The garden is doing great!  I just can't wait for fresh tomatos...  I am tired of greenbeans!  The zucchini is producing nicely and so are the cucumbers.  Now if I could just stop giving so much away I may be able to make the sweet pickles my Mom used to make.   I found her recipe and am going to try it with splenda.

Had a "gully washer" of a rain this am which was badly needed.  Of course I was at the grocery store when it cut loose and the umbrella was in the car.  I got soaked and it let up when I got in the car.  I looked like a drowned rat...

I loaded up a gal I work with with beans, broccoli, onions, zucchini and cucumbers friday evening and her husband brought us over 3 slabs of ribs. 

I threw 1 in the crock pot with light beer, apple juice & onions etc...  They were so good.  I finished them off in the oven with bar-b-que sauce.  Made baked beans with brown sugar splenda and had some sauted veggies from the garden and a pasta salad made with the dreamfields pasta which our grocery stores now carry so I don't have to go on line for it now.  I won't have to cook for several days now - LOL  The only thing I will have to cook is some fried zucchini for Dad with panko bread crumbs.

I can tolerate the heat now and have a problem with the humidity.  I am going to pull out the dehumidifyer instead of turning on the air and see how that works.  last year I just used it when I shampooed to carpet to help speed up the drying.

As far as sizes go I am still in a 12 and still having problems finding bras to fit.  I have become pretty good at altering them.

Take care Everyone and stay safe!
Sandy

i dont understand what is wrong with my Zucchini  they arent producing like they should. there is lots and lots of blooms but no fruit. is there something that  i can do , fertalize , water more, less what??? let me know what you think.....this process of learning about veggie gardening is hard. too many things different.

BBQ ribs......yum!!  Does the Splenda brown sugar have regular sugar in it too.  Seems like I read somewhere, probably BariatricEating.com, not to use the blend.  I can eat some sugar but don't want to pu****

Size 12.....that would be nice.  My largest size pre WLS was 22 or a 2X.  All the X's except some XL T-shirts are gone from my closet.  I'm wearing sie 16 slacks but they are getting baggy. 

yes  the splenda brown sugar is half regular brown sugar and splenda....there is no other way of getting the brown sugar if you need it to bake ...it wont be  but half the amount of sugar......yes it is better not tous se it but like making some of the dessert a spoonful helps it stay together.

keep on trying to lose weight you will get there. 

At 8:00 this morning it was darker than it is at 9:00 in the evening.  Just as we were leaving for church, it started raining. 

We went to Lowe's after church to buy lighting fixtures.  The house has been rewired and we're still waiting for the electric company to come do their thing.  This will be the third week of waiting for them.  So aggravating.  They sure wouldn't let me take my time paying them.

No spaghetti so I used shell pasta.  I only have about 1/4 cup and no problem digesting.  The sausage sauce was delicious.  There was hardly any fat in the skillet when I cooked the sausage.  I took it out of the casing.  I'm sure I couldn't have digestd the casing.  I had a small salad made with Romaine lettuce and I was full.

Yesterday I finished up a skirt I started a few years ago and it didn't fit.  I had measured the waistline a couple weeks ago so I didn't measure again.  It's too big!!  That's okay.  In the past I would be so depresessed when something I made was too small.  I too shop at thrift stores and it's really fun to see what I can find.  For work I need business casual and sometimes dressy (depends who is in the office) so I'm making some nicer clothes. 

This week I am going to meet with a trainer at the gym and sign up for their "key" program.  You use the key on the equipment and it records your exercise.  I hope this will motivate me because I will want a good report.  I ordered the DVD's from QVC so there will be no excuse for me not to workout.  I might even get up half an hour earlier to do the DVDs before I go to work.

People have quit encouraging me to eat more.  They know I won't.  Couldn't if I wanted to.  I don't miss that stuffed miserable feeling either.   I do notice how much people eat now more than I used to.  My thing was always desserts.  I could pass up meat and potatoes but desserts were the best.  That has sure changed.   I'm planning to have my Fage or Greek Yogurt with fresh blackberries which Dh has his bowl of ice cream. 

I have a roast cooking for dinner.  I'll throw in some potatoes and carrots and dinner will be ready.  Carrots are one of the few veggies I like now other than salad.  Really strange not to like green beans, they were always a favorite.

All the changes brought about by WLS is wonderful.  Wouldn't change a thing.  Now if I can just get another 20 lbs. off.