What's new Sunday July 5, 2008?

Good Afternoon Debbie and All,

Not the first time this weekend that I've lost a day. Today has felt like Sunday all day to me too!

I've popped in and out a few times today commenting and reading without really posting. That's what I love about the What's New thread. When something connects with one of us or someone is having an "issue" and shares it, it sometimes rings true for another of us or causes us to pause and reflect on our own challenges. I think Annette's sharing today did just that for many of us. As we reply to one another, it causes us to think about things that we still need to work on.  A reminder that we are all human and are working towards a whole, well body, as healthy as we can make it. We will not reach perfection as we are human , but we can continue to strive towards that goal.  Sometimes I think I am afraid of success. The attainment of a goal has always been soon followed by a relapse. Perhaps that is why I am stalling right now. However, a stall for me usually is followed by a slip backwards which I have done recently too.

We're warned in this journey about switching addictions. It can take so many forms can't it? Shopping, gambling, drinking, smoking, other eating disorders. . . to name just a few. I keep vowing to make exercising my addiction. That has slipped also. Sure need to get back to it. Just so many distractions right now.

Speaking of which, one of them, Hannah Nicole is exercising her lungs right now! Later. .

Well Miss Debbie, I thought I forgot to go to work today Sunday!!!!!  I have been missing in action. I was on the left Coast visiting and getting my husband. He got into Sunrise Florida at a whopping 4am on Friday morning!!!!! he was helping my firnd and her family move from Denver to Sunrise Florida this past week.  Lora Happy birthday and I hope you are feeling much better. I have to have a Ultrasound done on my thyroid on Tuesday. It seems as if I have a growth or nodule or something on it.  I hope I wont have to have a needle Biopsy. That freaks me out. Well I need to go to bed as I have to work tomorrow. Carla 

Hey Carla, Thanks for the happy wishes, although this birthday was in the cra&&er!!  Oh well.....hope there are more ahead to make up for it, or maybe on January 5th, I will celebrate on my 1/2 birthday!!  Hmmm, there's an idea!!  Actually since WLS, my surgiversary (March 12th) is the best birthday ever. Anyway, thanks for the mention, and I pray your tests go well on Tuesday! Hugs, Lora 

Hi Debbie & OFF Family Members! I'll probably be the last of the posters today, but I left home yesterday morning at 5:15 a.m. and did not get home until close to 5:30 tonight, though I did get about 7 hours of sleep in, but down at a friend's shore house.   After my 5k, which I can proudly say I completed in 50:57, I placed 127th out of 273 walkers, which is pretty darn good if I say so myself, it was exhilirating crossing the finish line and me and Arlene were the first ones of our OH Team Mission Possible to cross it; we were in it together and I can't wait to do another one soon!  I then got in my car and drove to the Shore, met up with some friends, hung on the beach for a few hours, ate dinner, went to the fire works in Ocean City, NJ, we had a nice view from our blanket on the beach and just kinda hung with friends until about 11 p.m.  THis morning I went with a friend to her aunts house, then to the outlets in AC after which I drove home did laundry, got dressed and attended my Saturday night women's AA meeting.  So here I am now reading everyone's post and it was funny reading the title of your post, but it is easy to get confused, especially when it's a holiday weekend.  It felt like Sunday to me today, but I'm glad it wasn't.  Anyway, I hope you have a great day on Sunday ;) Hugs, prayers and positive thoughts, Laureen

Hi All!
Happy 4th, 5th, 6th...whatever! I'm really alive and well, so to speak. I did find a zipline in New England by the way. Wonderful and fun...and ever so much safer than the one in Chile! Lincoln, NH is the location.
Have any of you had your calcium heart score done via the Super Scanner? Well, I did this past week. After my mom's sudden heart attack I just had to know what kinda shape my ticker is in. My pacemaker wires obstructed the view of the right side of my heart, but the left was easily read, so the report says. Apparently, I fall in the 85th %-tile...meaning only 15% of y'all in my age group (56-60) have more calcium/plaque in your cardiac arteries than I do. Whoa! If anything was gonna get me to add in another couple thousand steps a day that'll do it. Am really looking forward to going over these results with my internist and cardiologist? Yep! Was I in error by trying to know? I don't think so...at least it gives me a heads up re: any possible symptoms. Of course it also might prompt me to run to the ER every other day....nope, don't think so. Hope you all had a fun weekend. I really enjoyed having my granddaughter and all over last night. We can see 3 cities' fireworks from our deck, so I'm becoming the neighborhood, and family, place to be to watch the sparklers.