Saturday What's New?

I have guest room if you need it. I have nice hospitality, ask Beth in Nebraska, she came here when she ran away from home....

i will def keep it on my short list! tx cannot talk now or would call..walls have ears ya know....nowhere to hide ...

oh I so know....even the ants around here can hear stuff....lol

Margo, sorry you're going through more crap.  Would it be possible to slip Michael's meds in his food.  Just a thought.  HUGS to you. I couldn't sleep and didn't go to bed until almost 3 this morning, woke around 7:30 and have been dragging my sorry butt all day.  I managed to get some laundry and picking up around the house done.  George worked outside finished power washing the house.  He came in, cleaned up and wanted to go out for a late lunch.  We ran a few errands and went to this new place Parrot Pete's - suppose to be a Cafe/Bakery.  They don't have a very extensive menu, mostly sandwiches, a couple of salads, a few other things, but WOW the bakery items looked delicious.  I ordered shrimp and grits, George ordered a chicken, onions, peppers, cheese, tortilla wrap that turned out to be a quesadilla (sp).  Both were good, but mine was better.  A couple of more errands and back home.  He's outside playing in his garden!  What a beautiful day - wish I liked gardening! Happy Easter everybody! Debbie

just made your mushrrom recipe--yummmmmmmmm --we both thought it was much like my beef stroganoff w/out the beef and the noodles!!! so it counted a smy protein for dinner -along with a small bowl of simple salad... very yuummmm deb-thx!!!

You're welcome, glad you liked it.  My thoughts also that it was like a stroganoff or a fettuccini!  I bought mushrooms yesterday and am making it for tomorrow along with roasted asparagus, and baked ham.

Hi Friends! I'm late posting today because I was up and out the door by 9:15 this morning and just got in. . . Margo, I just want to say that I know first hand what you are going through, as my 2nd husband suffered from bipolar, manic depressive disorder and refused to take his medications, I was married to him for 7 years, 2 of which we were separated and then when my Mom was sick, being vulnerable and wanting to believe things would be different, we got back together, 6 months later, I knew it was a mistake, but I just didn't have the strength, having lost my Mom during that time, to fight.  It took 2 years to finally get him to leave and that is when I moved down to SNJ, it was my way to escape, if I couldn't get him to agree to a divorce, I was just going to disappear.  Like you, I loved my husband and wanted to believe things could be different, but without him trying to get the help necessary and, in our case not having insurance was not the issue, the last year of my marriage to him, almost extinguished my spirit. . .  anyway, I don't have answers for you dear sweet Margo, but I hope that something positive comes your way and soon!  I don't have a truck, but I do have a spare bedroom and you're welcome to it any time!   I truly hope that this does not interfere with you coming to Pittsburgh as I think being with all of us will give you renewed strength at the very least! As for me, well I left home this morning to do my gym workout and I did my 5K in 48 minutes flat, my best time ever.  I've been in a stall for a couple of weeks, even showing a slight weight gain this week and while it's frustrating, I know I am doing what needs to be done, so I'll hang in there.   After the gym, I went to Starbucks to get my Skinny Mocha Latte, stopped at Produce Junction to pick up some brocolli rabe, baby spinach, apples and grapefruit, dropped them home and then took a ride to the outlet mall, to try and buy some clothing for my trip next week.  First I stopped at this handy little thrift shop right accross from the outlets that everyone has told me about, where I picked up two pairs of jeans, regular size 18s, they have spandex in them, but they fit nicely, and 3 tops, all for the price of $18.  I then headed for the Outlets Mall, where I walked and walked and looked and looked, 5 hours later I came out, tired and laden with some bags, one of which was from Carters, where I bought baby stuff for all the people I know who've had babies lately, the other, well, when I got home and tried things on, most of what was in that bag is going back, they were either too big, or I just didn't like how they looked, hopefully, it won't be 90 in Florida because I don't feel like doing anymore shopping and the bathing suits Judy sent me will have to do, because the one I bought, it was too big and ugly and it's going back too! Well folks, I wish you all a good day, prayers and positive thoughts are going out for you!

unless i feel threatened with my life ; i will not be leaving here before pittsburgh! and i really do feel that it will help to renew my spirit!!! thank you for your wonderful words about this situation...i knew that we shared more than just the street on which we live!!!!! i don't remember how tall you are???? wow a 5k in 48 minutes!!!!!!!!!!! i have to do something to get self ready for the walk for babies end of march--it's just really a walk to complete-not timed! i haven't even started my fundraising-ouch!

Glad you are looking forward to our get together in less than 2 weeks, I really can't wait to meet you and the others, though I think Carla and I might get to meet up in Florida when I'm down there next week. . . I'm short, 5'2". . . It's amazing that I can do a 5k in 48 minutes and then spend 5 hours walking the mall, me who a year ago, would have my lower back and legs screaming in pain of the violation I did them for a mere hours walk, thank God for the 55 lbs. I have lost, I have to keep reminding myself of that and not get stuck on the fact that this process has been like the turtle I now use in my ticker. . . but my focus there is that the tortise beat the hare, so slow and steady will get me where I want to be and in the meantime, I am feeling good and while nothing lasts forever, I will enjoy the good feelings I now have, I deserve them and you deserve to feel good too, so hang tough my sister!

HELLO MARGO AND MY OFF FAMILY....

MARGO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH....I AM SO GLAD MINE IS IN A GROUP HOME AWAY FROM ME!!! JUST BE REAL CAREFUL!!! AND IF NEED BE CALL THE POLICE TO HAVE HIM TAKEN AWAY TO A SAFE PLACE....

MARC....YOU ARE SILLY....BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEW PIC....LOL

MY PRAYERS ARE GOING OUT TO MARYS FAMILY AT THIS TIME....I HOPE ONE OF YOU THAT SEES HER WILL GIVE HER A HUG FOR ME!!

WELL TODAY I AM INTO DAY 3 OF MY 5DPT AND I AM SO GLAD I COULD EAT SOMETHING...LOL I HAVE BEEN CHEWING GUM LIKE NO TOMORROW AND FINALLY GOT SOME TUNA FISH IN AND A COUPLE HARD BOILED EGGS IN ALSO!! TOOK THE EGGS TO WORK AND WHENI OPENED THE BAG IT SURE SMELLED LIKE A ROTTEN FART!!!! NOBODY WAS AROUND WHENI ATE THAT EGG....BUTLET ME TELL YA...WHEN THEY CAME UP BY ME THEY ALL HAD A LOOK LIKE OMG DID JUDY LET ONE FLY????? NEEDLESS TO SAY THE SECOND EGG STAYED IN THE BAG!!!! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  TOMORROW I CAN HAVE SOME GROUND MEAT OR SHELL FISH...I AM HAVING SHRIMP FOR EASTER!!! NOT GOING ANYWHERE JUST STAYING HOME ALONE!!! NEED TO CLEAN MY HOUSE ANYWAYS!!! I KNOW WHEN I ATE THE TUNA I SURE DID FEEL FULL AND IT STAYED WITH ME FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER!!! SO I GUESS THIS 5DPT IS WORKING FOR ME!!!!

HAD A COUPLE WOW MOMENTS ALSO....ONE GUY CAME IN THE STORE THAT REALLY HASN'T PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO ME IN THE PAST....STOPPED TO TELL ME I WAS LOOKING DIFFERENT LIKE I LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT....I TOLD HIM 136 POUNDS I LOST AND HE SAID OMG AND CAN I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE LOOKING SO HOT NOW??? LOL SURE TELL ME ALL YOU WANT!!!! THEN ANOTHER CUSTOMER LATER CAME IN AND STOPPED TO CHAT...SAID I LOOKED LIKE I HAD DROPPED ALOT OF WEIGHT....THAT I WAS LOOKING PRETTIER OR SOMETHING JUST NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS....SO I TOLD HIM WHAT I DID AND HOW MUCH I LOST AND HIS MOUTH DROPPED AND SAID YOU LOOK ABSOLUTLEY STUNNING AND TO KEEP IT UP....LOL THEN HE ASKED ME HOW MY HUSBAND LIKED THE NEW ME....I TOLD HIM GARY NEVER EVER MENTIONED HOW I LOOKED SINCE I LOST THE WEIGHT....HE SAID HE MUST BE NUTS...I TOLD HIM WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH US AND HE APOLOGIZED AND WISHED ME THE BEST WITHOUT HIM....SIGHS.....BUT I LOVED THE WOWS....LOL

WELL NOT MUCH ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE....WISH I COULD HAVE A PIECE OF SF CHOCOLATE....OH WELL...FOLLOW THE TEST.....I SURE HOPE I LOSE SOME WEIGHT LIKE MARGO DID!!!! I KNOW MY GUT IS NOT SO PUFFY ANYMORE...SO MAYBE I AM DROPPING SOME WEIGHT....KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED HERE!!!!!

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!

LOVE AND HUGS