Happy Saturday Everyone!!

I don't remember getting to start the morning thread before! I guess I must be lucky today. lol I worked at the church office this morning and all went well. I had a lot of visitors and so the morning went fast. I will be up there all week the week after next. I kind of look forward to it but I hate getting up to an alarm clock. I would rather get up at the crack of dawn on my own. haha I went to Valparaiso today and paid the cable and I went to the bank. I stopped at Goodwill and tired on some clothes. Nothing seems to fit. I tried on a pair of black dress pants from Alfred Dunner in a 16 and they were to big. I tried on a pair of white lined Alfred Dunner pants and they were to snug. Each pairs legs were to big. I have that problem with every pair of slacks because I inherited my dad's chicken legs and no butt! That makes life rough at times. I tried on a half slip and I didn't like it. I tried on a nightgown and I didn't like that either. I ended up getting a brand new mixer, a spice go round thing, a CD holder for the car, and light for the closet that runs by battery and you press on it to turn it on and off. I got everything for 40% off so I spent $6.10. I think I did good.  I went to Big Lots and brought another bra. I am just not sure of any thing that has to do with clothes. I hate guessing what size I am taking. I can't wait until I am wearing the size that finally fits me for a reasonable length of time. The bra I got a couple of weeks ago fits nice and this one is from the same company~Just My Size~but the one I bought today is one size smaller so I get more wear out of it. But I think I the cup size is to big. I look all wrinkely in there! haha I sometimes feel like I have to roll the girls up and tuck them in. It isn't suppose to be a bed for them so I shouldn't have to tuck them in!! I am so confused. I wish there was somewhere around here that measured you for a bra and you could buy one that fits. Anyone have any ideas? All I know is it is now a half hour after midnight and I am going to bed! I am so tired and I have a headache from being so tired. I have been up since 6 this morning and going all day and night. My weary bones are yelling at me!! I will chat more in the morning. In the mean time please feel free to talk amongst yourselves.  Morning hugs and love to all! Prayers are being said for everyone and special ones for those in need of them. See you all when I decide to get up.

Brenda, Your post made me laugh when you spoke about having to tuck in the girls and put them to bed!  What a riot, I need new bras too, I used to buy new ones maybe every 9 months to a year, now this will be the 3rd time in 6 months and I don't buy cheap ones, but hey I need to look as best I can in my clothes, so I'll pay the price, got measured last week, down to a 40D from a 46C, which when I started was the wrong cup size to begin with. . .  oh well! Well I had a wonderful day, part of which I will share here. . . I am down 51% to a BMI of 33, the scale was at 180.1, and I had gained two pounds by my scale, which had me weighing in a pound more than Barix scale (water weight, as my fingers and ankles were swollen with this weather), the doctor is pleased with my progress and told me that I should concentrate on inches rather than pounds, as the pounds will slow down as muscle continues to be made and I should not worry about "ideal weight" but just continuing on with healthy choices, protein, veggies, fruit, fluids, vitamins and exercise.  My lab work was good and I am now being cut back on B-1 and B-12 as my levels were high in those, my triglycerides were great, my cholestral was high, but while she said I should talk to my primary care doctor, she is not overly concerned with it at this point.   I am pleased!
After my appointment, I met up with Jan and Arlene, we went to lunch, I came home dropped my paperwork off to get the necessary permits for building the addition onto my home, went to get my nails done and then, after one of my AA friends called me with a situation she needed advice with, we went to a meeting and got together with my roommate and went to dinner to celebrate my birthday, where we laughed and had a good old time, were the last of the patrons to leave and I got stopped and ticketed for making an illegal left turn, I missed the sign, I was having a good time and oh well, I'll go to court on the 9th of July and try to get out of it, truthfully, my windows were fogging up, I just want to avoid points, if there are any for that violation. . .  it was still an awesome day. One last thing. . .  I had two WOW moments in the last week, the first of which was an attorney I used to work for, who works on another floor now, well he was up on my floor, standing by my desk, I sensed someone there and looked up from what I was doing and he said, "Oh, Laureen, wow, don't you look svelte", he had this shocked look on his face, I think the last time I saw him was around December; until I looked up at him, he totally did not recognize me, the 2nd one was wearing a pair of slacks that my cousin had given me, a white linen blend, someone at work commented on me in them, saying, my look at you in your nice white slacks, you look really great in those and I realized that I have NEVER in my adult life worn white slacks, anyone care to guess why?  (lol) When I put them on that morning, I looked in the mirror and liked what I saw, not really realizing, until the comment was made, that I had never worn them before. . .  What a journey!

Thanks for giving me support, as well as the opportunity to share my live and WLS experiences with you. Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Prayers and positive thoughts, Laureen

                           Happy Birthday Laureen

Thanks! Hugs and all. . .  Laureen

in annette's group of singers; i am one of those with the pink bow holding up my curl!!!!! happy birthday laureen!!!!! we missed it.....sounds like you had fun without us---may you have many many more!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you, sweet Laureen!! You are most assuradly a gem in our shinning group!  In our group of singers I have a curl but not like Margo's and I am the one with sleeping girls all tucked in ready for a nap!!!

morning! brenda-so nice to see your smile lite up my morning!!!! we had a nasty thunder storm go thru last nite-i had trouble getting to sleep and it woke me up-dang!!!! had to shut the computer down and while waiting for it to go off i noticed the symphony of litning bugs are back in our backyard! so beautiful!!!!! this morning i go for plasma donation -leaving soon-not sure what the day will hold later..... hugs and prayers to all....

Morning Brenda and my awesome OFF friends, Brenda, isn't it great when you discover you can start the thread?? I've only managed it once, which means I should either stay up later or get up earlier  LOL While I was losing, and still now, I shop at a local church run resale shop for my clothes. When you're losing a size a month it's just not practical to buy a new wardrobe every few weeks. I have the same problem with the pant legs, but for my good pants I've taken them to a tailor and had them taken in. Problem solved.  When I spend  $4 for a pair of pants and $10 to have them taken in, I'm still ahead! Laureen, HAPPY, HAPPY DAY!  So sorry we missed it, but it sounds like a good time. I can relate to the white pants thing. I used to teach beauty school and went to work for a new owner. This was in the day when we all had to wear uniforms, sometimes NURSES uniforms (geeze, this was in the dark ages, I think). Anyway, this owner told me he'd give me the job if I promised not to ever wear white pants. My butt was big enough to show a movie on it!  Well, I'd sue his scrawny hiney now, but then all I did was comply.   Congratulations on your WOW! Well, gotta go get ready for work. I'm in vacation mode....want to start now!!!!! hugs and smoochies to all

It is nice to see you this morning Brenda, Or are you still in bed? The bra dilemma - what a joke.   "Just My Size" is a little boy's t-shirt these days.  Melanie is longing for nail polish and her mother has nixed the idea. My nails are long so she slips her tiny finger underneath to get "PINK fingernails".  (current color) She does the same with her toes.  By this age I had painted fingers and toes on all my other granddaughters - it didn't seem to harm them in any way. We also had fun make-up sessions and I just let them dig in and apply at will. There are some adorable photos of those times too. Mary is adament that Melanie is NOT allowed to have polish or make-up for yeeeaaars to come. She spoils my fun. I am going to go paint for a while this morning. All other duries can wait. See ya'   

Happy Birthday, Laureen.......God Bless your year to come.
Sorry, we were a bit dense and missed your special day.
Sounds like it was a "fun" one.

Pat