Ha!! What's New Monday....I DID IT!!!!!

That's what Cinnamon (now deceased) used to do ... under the covers, his paws around my neck and purring away, licking my face, nibbling on my earlobes.  My former cat sitter I think has up to 25 now ... but she has a rescue and technically they are in a house behind her house (most of them, at least) .... I think her house only has a few (or at least that's the story she tells me!) That's how I got Diva and Nettie ... Nettie was throw away in a garbage bag in the trash. How sad! Naw, my sweeties give me lots of love, they just let me wake up first.

Good morning Karen and OFFers!  Karen, so glad you got the chance to do the What's New post!  What a beautiful description of your surroundings - I want to be your neighbor! Yes Karen, I to have trouble sleeping.  I NEVER make it through the night without waking at least 4 - 5 times.  Most times I'm able to roll over and fall back to sleep.  For me, it's mostly the leg pains and cramps that wake me.  The Requip doesn't seem to be helping, if anything the problem is worse.  I'm beginning to believe the neurologist is just another pill pusher.  Margo, I'm so sorry about your grandma. Woke Sunday morning at 4:00 to thunder in the distance.  Within hald an hour, it was storming - rain, lightening, BOOM, BOOM - car alarms going off in the neighborhood.  This continued until well after 7:00.  It slacked enough for us to go to church for 9.  George's plans to get up early to cut the grass and go to church for 11 were squashed.  He had a good Father's Day.  Both sons and Ethan visited, daughter and Gabe called.  George and I went out to a sushi/Japanese restaurant Sat.  I actually ate a piece of sushi - yep, raw fish - not bad, I'd do it again.  I ordered beef teriyaki.  It was delicious, served with rice (which George ate), two ears of baby corn, 2 pieces of carrot, and 2 broccoli florets.  Not much food for the money, but I did manage to bring home enough for lunch today. Picked up my new glasses Sat. and am having trouble adjusting to them.  They may be returned.  I'm not paying almost $400.00 for glasses I can't see with, my vision is blurry, they make me nauseated, and give me a headache...I've tried since Sat., and am ready to give up. That's all folks!  Will try to check back later, Debbie

Good to see you start the thread this morning, Karen!  Hooray for you...... Love the description of your Maui Evening.....  Sounds like heaven to me.

I'm too early into my surgery to add to the sleep situation but I am finding I sleep better with my head elevated.  I don't toss and turn as much.  Very strange since I am a true "side sleeper" but that's the way it is right now.  I hope Skinny Cow has some secret ingredient in it that helps with sleep!

Quiet day today.  Just getting in required protein and water and..... of course..... the US Golf Tournament play-off today!  I'm really glad I get to be home and watch it from beginning to end.  I hope to tidy up around my little place, too.  Things are still twitching and pulling a bit on my insides so that limits me and tells me what I can and cannot do.  We'll see if they say "yes."

Prayers to those in need and we have some.  Enjoy Monday!

Hugs,

Kathi

ALOHA KAREN!!!!

WELL WE MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER NASTY STORM LAST NIGHT HERE....HAD HEAVY RAIN AND SOME WONDERFUL LIGHT SHOWS!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!

WATCHED THE NASCAR RACE YESTERDAY....DALE EARNHARDT JR WON!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!! ABOUT TIME HE FINALLY WON AGAIN!!!!! NOW I CAN WEAR MY NEW DALE JR TSHIRT!!!!! I SWORE I WOULDN'T WEAR IT AGAIN AFTER HE LOST THE DAYTONA RACE AT THE START OF THE SEASON!!!! THE RACE YESTERDAY WHEN HE GOT TO BE IN 3RD PLACE I WOULDN'T EVEN TALK OR WATCH THE TV....I AM A JINX TO HIM I THINK...LOL I AM SO HAPPY HE FINALLY WON!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOO JR!!!!!!!!!

WELL I HAVE ALOT OF PACKING DONE AND STILL FINDING MORE TO PACK UP...ALOT I AM LEAVING BEHIND.....NO ROOM FOR IT...I WILL HAVE TO GET A STORAGE UNIT IF I TAKE IT ALL....FIVE MORE DAYS AND I AMOUT OF THIS GOD AWFUL PLACE CALLED HOME.....I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!

GOOD NEWS IS I AM NOW DOWN 144 POUNDS!!!!! I NOW WEIGHT 190 POUNDS AND AM HOLDING.....SIGHS....THOUGHT I WAS FINALLY OUT OF THIS STALL BUT I GUESS HERE WE GO AGAIN.....BUT ATLEAST ITS COMING OFF AND NOT COMING BACK...WOOOHOOOO

WELL ITS TIME FOR WORK SO I HAVE TO SAY HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE....MARGO SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR GRANDMA.....HUGS AND PRYAERS TO ALL THAT NEED THEM TODAY!!!!

HUGS

PS KAREN...I TAKE A COUPLE TYLENOL PM TO HELP ME SLEEP AT NIGHT...TOOK A FEW TRIES BUT I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK FOR ME  AND NO AFTER EFFECTS!!!!!

I guess I am unusual.....I generally go to bed at 10 and set the TV timer for 30 mins -- usually never make it that long, and I sleep straight thru until 6 a.m. Once in a while I get up at 4:30 to potty, but back to bed and asleep right away. Once in a great while I can't get to sleep and have to take a tylenol PM but not often. Lately if I try to take a nap in the afternoon, I can't sleep so just rest for 20 min. or so.

Kathi - I hope the open doesn't start until I get home from work -- I was glued to the TV yesterday afternoon and thought for sure Tiger wasn't going to make it, but he always seems to make that last shot. Felt bad for him in the early round as he seemed to be in so much pain with his knee. I like Rocco Mediate too, and it would be great for him to win as well - he is such a nice guy.

Better get back to work -- just sneaking in for a minute.

Pat

HIJACK........ Hello Judy.....I know you are very busy getting ready for the big move. I just want to let you know you have been missed!! Tell Rick hello from me.  How about Dale Jr. winning......whooppie!! Love ya....hugs.....connie d

I am so glad Dale, Jr won...but I didn't know about it until my son called from somewhere in Michigan (he is a long-distance truck driver).  I was babysitting the new grandson and hadn't even thought about the race.  WHOO HOOO!!!  Go JR!!!!

This is my first free weekday off since I started working at the Georgia Aquarium.  I actually had a sleep study done about two weeks before I got hired.  I was waking up all during the night and every morning I felt exhausted. The results were that there was nothing wrong with me. That was so frustrating because I knew there was.  I have spent most of my life feeling exhausted when I woke up every morning. Since I have stared my new job everthing has changed.  My job is very physical and so much fun I would do it for free if I had to. I get off work every night around 8:30.  I don't know that I am tired until I sit down in the car to drive home. Then it hits me ........I am exhausted but it is the good kind of exhaustion. My body has worked hard and my soul is happy. I am tired but I feel high on life and happy to be alive. I now sleep like a baby and wake up feeling rested and ready to go again. When I taught school for thirty years I was always exhausted too but it was the bad kind. I was mentally exhausted. My body had barely worked at all. I think everyone is different.  But for me I was surprised that my sleep disorder was so easily fixed. If someone had told me that exercise would help me sleep better I am sure I would just have ignored them. I think also that mental exhaustion hurt my ability to rest well too. Like I said everyone is different. This may not work for any one else. Just keep trying to find those answers. On the down side. ..........At my six month check up my doctor told me I was losing weight too quickly. You know, those words just didn't fit into my reality  of things I needed to worry about so I was not too worried about it. I did start eating a proteint bar each day as directed.  HOWEVER since  I started my new job the pounds are seriously falling off.. it seems over night. I am losing weight like I did the first few months right after surgery. Even I am now becoming a little frighten about how quickly the pounds are falling off. Any words of wisdom for me on this??? Wanda

Hi Wanda, Wow, you job sounds wonderful, what an amazing opportunity for you.  Isn't it great to have a job to go to that you enjoy so much? I never say "I'm going to work" because after 32 years doing hair it's still playing all day and getting paid for it! Now, about your weight and losing. I'm sure you realize you're so much more active now than before. It's the calories in energy out thing. You might try adding some almonds (22 is one ounce and about 190 cals, so I eat 11 of them) 1/2 a PB and SF jelly sandwich on whole grain bread, maybe some fruit.  Your ticker shows you're about 10 lbs from goal so you'll want to be adding more fuel if your gonna be expending it so quickly. A few of us here are getting pretty good at this balancing act called maintaining, so just ask away, we're here to help all we can.

Thanks Susan, I need all the little tricks I can find. The almonds and half sandwich certainly sounds like something I could do between dives to get some extra food in.  I am struggling mentally with the concept of trying to not lose weight.  My doctor was telling me that I was losing too fast and people who lose too fast look bad. It was like I heard his words I understood his message but I could not comprehend that he was seriouly addressing me.  I am not skipping meals. I feel like I am eating so much more than I ever did when I used to starve myself just to maintain. I step on the scales and I have dropped another pound.  Even now when it scares me a little somewhere deep in my heart I am still extrememly happy that I have lost that  pound. I know where I am standing today that is probably wrong I just can't seem to help it. I think the extra exercise is speeding it up. I needed to hear that. Wanda