What's New ~ Tuesday

good morning Joyce, wow it is starting out like old homecoming week here on the board this morning. Joyce dont see you around much anymore. you like me use to be here every day sometimes two and three times a day. I guess we have way too much going on now huh. Did i read or hear something about you having a revision? how come???? why?  How are your flowers and gardens doing this year. Mine are getting so big we bought the two lots behind us , i need to spread out lol Joe told me no more if they get crowded now you have to give them away or throw them away lol. Heaven forbid.  well got to get off and get ready for the day , of flower tending , .....talk to you soon.

Good morning Joyce and all, Next week is Melanie's 3rd birthday. Her California grandma will be staying here for a week, my Southern Grand's will be here for a week, and the excitement is growing daily. One night I am taking Travis (14) and Lindsay (9) out on the town. Nobody else is invited to go with us. The other nights we will do the family get together thingies, but for one night - they are all mine! I have stayed away from the scale because it was becoming an obsession. I woke up today feeling kind of puffy and thought it would be a good time to weigh myself. It read 111.5 pounds. Back to the drawing board.  Annette

Good Morning Joyce and all, Not much new here. Instead of laying on my bed after dinner last night I went up and walked an hour on my treadmill! I had walked 1/2 hour in the am. Then I did some stuff with my scrapbooking. Now, if I can only talk myself into that every night. I felt so much better. I also have gained 2.5-3 lbs and can't get them to budge. Haven't done too much different than usual, did stray a bit, but no more than usual. Well, I will try not to imagine that I will wake up FAT and just keep doing the right stuff. I love our outdoor grill, it's just a simple non fancy gas one, we use it almost every night. I have not tried a George Foreman before. I am sitting on the back porch listening to the birds and squirrels. We have to couples of quail and one couple has 1 baby. Usually they have more but some must not have made it this far. Well, time to get ready for work and walk on the treadmill. Have a lovely day. Cheryl

Good morning Joyce and Friends! Woke this morning with a sore throat, post nasal drip...  Of course, vacation starts Sat., I'm going to get sick.  George says my butt is getting on that plane sick or not!  I'm trying very hard to believe he knows how much I need my time away, and not think he's up to something LOL!  You know I'm joking, he's the most loyal person I know!   My other problem seems to be a little better - YEAH! Boss arrived with a smile - gee, it's going to snow in New Orleans in July! Have a great day, Debbie

Good morning Joyce and all, This is my favorite part of the morning catching up on what is going on with everyone, sometimes my life seems so dull compared to others, but other times it is busy, busy non stop. When I am in a slow period of days I look to all of you for inspiration and a new idea to try. Today the carpet installers are here...yipee!! I'll be extra busy later on getting our master bedroom back together. I can't wait to sleep in there tonight!. My 1000 calorie food plan is working I have lost 4 1/2 pounds since I saw my nutr. on June 20th.  I hope it continues.. Have a great day everyone, Hugs, Paulette

Hi Joyce and Everyone, Nothing much new for me today.  Hubby was sick last night with some sort of stomach thing.  We'll see this morning how he's feeling.  Nothing worse than someone else being sick in my opinion. Have to run some errands today.  That's about all the excitement that will be happening around here. I have a George Foreman grill and like it very much.  Especially for fish!  My friend just told me hers was sticking - even using Pam on it - so she just replaced it with a Cuisinart Grill with removeable griddles.  She likes it very much. Hope you all have a great day! Hugs, Kathi

*~*~*~*~*~*~* GREETINGS...... I'm trying very hard to make today a better day. I have been so irritable and betchy lately. I thought it might be my meds but am not so sure. I hear we have hormonal problems with the weight loss. It has been frustrating to me lately with Mom. The problem is NOT her it's me. She is losing her hearing and I have to repeat myself quite often and she plays the "I didn't hear you" game yet can repeat what I said. I know I know... Many wish they had their mom here to enjoy time with. We do very well living together. It's me ...... sigh. She will be gone for the month of Aug at my sister's and that will be nice for both of us. OK enough of that. I've been doing some sewing since my trip to the Fabric stores in Portland. I do enjoy sewing. I made a shrug to go over my sleeveless tops and am in the middle of putting chenille on a tote bag I'm making. Going green.. although the bag is black.. lol Off to my sewing room.... Millie

well, I am back from the Chiropractor and sure enough my hip was really out, it took him several adjustments to get it back in place and he told me to ice it and asked if I had been bending and lifting a lot lately...LOL....yeah GRANDBABIES...20.30 35 pounds and a couple of 50's......but it was all worth it.  I finally took a Vicodin and went back to bed and iced it and after a shower, I feel like I will make it now. I was supposed to meet some clients at their home to get some papers signed last night and slept right through it....oh well, they forgave me. MOST of all I know the reason it happened is because I have not worked out for almost 2 weeks....too busy...and now I pay. Believe me I will be back to working out as soon as this clears up just a couple more days.  Take care and don't forget to work those muscles. Love, Marti

Hi Joyce and everybody: Got up early and went to ceramics this morning, even though didn't sleep very well last night. We had some storms last night and my knee was hurting something awful. Took a vicodin when I got home at midnight; had to take another one shortly after 2 because I was in so much pain I couldn't get comfortable in bed, even with ol' Scooter purring up a storm and cuddling next to me. Anyway, went to ceramics and I must have been in a really foul mood, because I let someone's comments about obesity really get to me. It was this very nice woman who I really like. She was talking about her friend who is obese ... she said if this woman only had willpower, she could lose the weight. Well, that set me off. I said when you get to that point, it's not going to come off, no matter how many times you try weigh****chers or TOPs or Slimfast or whatever, because your body doesn't let go of the fat anymore ... She said she was on Weigh****chers, and it was just a matter of eating healthy and exercising, you know the drill ... Well, this woman maybe has to lose 20 pounds, if that. She's never been overweight, let alone obese in her life. It just ticked me off ... I'm tired of hearing these people talk about obesity when they don't understand what we went through. Later, when I had calmed down a little, we had a civil discussion, and I heard the rest of the story about her friend ... seems this woman won't even consider WLS ... well, now that's another matter. Guess she's not desperate enough.  But on that same subject, I thought, you know, smokers don't have to show several attempts to quit on their own before they get insurance to pay for their help; alcoholics don't have to show several attempts to kick their habit; neither do druggies ... but we have to show that we have tried to diet and lose weight before we can get any help from the insurance companies ... it's an addiction as much as smoking, alcohol and drugs, yet we get absolutely no help. No wonder we're raising a nation of obese kids. OK, I'll get down off my soapbox. See what happens when I sit in pain all day long! I did finally finish one piece ... it's the item I was working on for Christmas for my niece and her family. Couldn't bring it home, unfortunately, because the glittery snow on the bottom was still wet because it's so hot and humid today and there's no air conditioning at the ceramics room. So I'll take it home next week and there's one Christmas present done ... and I'm working on one more! Other than that, not much else new. It still looks like more rain, my knee still hurts like hell, Celebrex hasn't given me any relief, can't take vicodin and work (well, I could, I guess, but I hate to see what the newspaper would look like after I was done editing it!) I do have some tramadol left, which is less sedating, so I guess I'll take that if it's bothering me still tonight. I just wi**** would stop hurting. (I know, you're all saying ... geez, she finally quit whining about her finances, and now it's the knee again ...) Anyway, time to go have some lunch. Have a good day.

Eileen, Some of those "JUST eat healthy and exercise" comments bug the crap out of me too. I think they should have to spend one day in an obese body and try to exercise. Or NOT eat when they are just plain hungry. That would be a rude awakening. Nope, you are not whining, you are safe with us. Gab away and we will listen. Annette