Not sorry I missed the drama this week! I was down with version 2 of a bad cold and round 2 of antibiotics. Hopefully this one works!! But as for today, I'm heading to a food shower in a couple of hours. I'm still in recovery mode from the fire. I moved into a furnished apartment last weekend and decided I wanted to start cooking again. So a group of ladies from a church I don't even attend are giving me a food shower today. A friend of mine attended there but moved back to Ohio almost 2 years ago. She let them know about my loss and so they're reaching out. Kind of strange for me...I've never been an outreach project before. Fortunately one of the ladies in the group works where I do so I won't be totally lost. I tend to be a tad bit introverted so this shower is way out of my comfort zone, yet I'm so grateful they want to do this for me.

Hi Ann, I love home improvement projects!!! I did all the bathroom stuff last year, now I hate the floor we picked and I had put in cement board then the thinset, then tile... it is down for a lifetime. Did I mention, I hate the floor.... We have a good size deck off our small kitchen, I would love to blow out the wall and put in a new kitchen... oh the plans I have... wish I had the cash to back it up as my husband is not a carpenter... Have fun shopping... what colors you looking at?

HI Ann. We got bombarded with lots of snow last night. More is expected. I don't have big plans myself, just wash, grocery shopping and picking up after my daughter. She is horrible....she likes to draw and her pictures and markers are all over the kitchen table and the desk I specifically gave to her so she could sit there to work! My husband has been doing work on our house. He's a carpenter so I don't pay for labor! Woohoo!! He gutted our bathroom last summer, then just recently made a laundry room for me out of a room off the bathroom that was a catchall. Moved the washer & dryer from their location to there and is making that into a pantry & a place for my freezer since it's right off the kitchen and I don't have enough cupboard space for food storage. He made the pantry cupboards himself. He's quite talented. But now....I've got the itch for new kitchen countertops. The ones we have are white with gold flecks....I think they are about 40 years old!! I don't want new kitchen cupboards, mine are made very well and in great shape. Mom had a new kitchen put in and last summer and I can't believe the cheapness in the quality. I'll stick with what I have. Hope you enjoy shopping for carpet! We will be shoveling...at least it's good exercise. Karen

Good Morning Everyone!! So, it's Saturday morning...and we made it through a rough week. But if you're reading this post, you're still on the Island. I, for one, am so very happy that you've decided to stay. I hope we can all leave last weeks 'unpleasantness' (and I say that across the boards) behind us. Let's just reunite as a weightloss forum.....stick to our support roles regardless of how we chose to lose and reaffirm our friendships. Does anyone have any great plans for the weekend? I'm going carpet shopping as one of the first of many home renovations planned for this year. I'm going to be 'gutting' the bathroom as well....and then tackling the kitchen. Lotsa stuff going on!! What's on your calendar?? Let's make it a great weekend!! - Ann