What's new Wednesday?

Good Morning Marti, My challenge today is to get some clothes put away. I have to many and no where to put them!!!!! I work today from 12 to 8 and hope to be busy. Nothing else going on here today. Carla

Good morning Marti and my OFF family,  my hip is awful this am too, I slept all night on my left side and woke up with alot of pain in the hip. Hope the tylenol arthritis kicks in soon. We've been working so hard finishing up the master bedroom, got the bed in there last night so I slept like a log till the hip woke me up. lets see my challenge.....biggest would be trying to get it all done in one day...I'm def. a type A personality. I will run around like crazy trying to get it all done till the body says whoa and something hurts. If I don't have alot to do I go crazy then I will manufacture busy things to do..or run by my daughters and do there, although that usually becomes fun since the grands are there and  we do take out time to play. Since hubby and I are retired, it seems like we are busier thatn when we were working. But we get along better when we are busy too, too tired to bicker. Have a few errands to run today and I need to find some smaller shorts...mine won't stay up so I gave them to my daughter yesterday. We have quite a few thrift stores nearby so I'm going  to try that route first.  Have a great day, hugs, Paulette

Good morning, my OFF family. My name is Brenda and I too am a pack rat!  I have so much crap that I could probably furnish another room with it. But the thing is no one wants their room to be furnished with the stuff! I am a pack rat and Bill is not. He is one that throws things away and then we sometimes have to rebuy it because we need it later. I hate that and so I just save everything. My storeage closet is so full it is a shame. It was so organized before. I just have to go in and toss. I did it before and so I CAN and WILL do it again. I am a bigger than the junk is and I will not let it run my life!!!! I am up at the church office this morning and I have so much to do but I enjoy being on here. I have to address about 40 envelopes and get them in the mail but I am sure they won't go out today but tomorrow is alright. I have to change the boards for Sunday and the one outside doesn't like me and I do not like it either. It gives me problems every time I have to change it.  The jewlery party went well last night. I brought home a book to decide what I want since I didn't know last night. I have until Saturday to decide and get it to Katie. I am leaning toward a bracelet since before I couldn't wear one because they fit so tight since I had fat wrists. I find it fasinating that they fit now and look the way they are suppose.  I better get going. I have to start doing something around here because no good fairy is coming to do it but I sure wish that she would! I am sending love and hugs to all and prayers are being said with special ones for those in need of them. Bloom where you are planted today. I do have another challenge today. I have to get that smiley stuff off my signature. I am not sure how it got on there or how to get it off. I want it gone and gone now~but I don't have the time to play with it. I am not on my computer anyway. Any ideas on how to get it out? I could use them.

Ohhhhh Gad, "challenges" Mine is to make sure I eat properly ... too many evenings of snacking... healthy but not necessary. I have been eating popsicles like crazy. I can sit and eat 6 - 7 within a short period of time. I really like the cold in my mouth and I justify it by thinking I can count them as water intake... I NEED to get going on my walking again. I don't because my hip/back hurts (or any other excuse). ******** My second challenge is controlling my beachiness. Little things have been irritating me. And of course, Mom is the closest person around. I'm looking forward to the month of Aug when she will be visiting my sisters. I like to come and go as I please and not worry about leaving her. Millie

Hi Marti and everyone: Boy, it was nice to sleep late and not have to run around this morning. Slept til after 10 when the phone rang and woke me up. Scooter was just coming up to snuggle too. If I didn't need to go to the bathroom, I would have let him snuggle with me. Oh well. My challenge today is to get in a little exercise (pedaling on my little exercycle at least). The other challenge is to deal with my pain. That's a daily challenge. Trying to get through every day with the pain in my knee. I hear  ya, Marti, about the pain shooting down the back into the leg and the foot; I have that, too. I get these stingers into my big toe. Boy, do they hurt. And sometimes my left leg collapses on me. Not fun. That's all from my back. But my biggest problem is still my replacement knee.  Before I came in here this morning (well, it's afternoon now), I was brewing a pot of coffee and all the cats were napping somewhere. Suddenly, Miss Diva woke up, smelling the brewing coffee ... I guess that's what they mean when they say wake up and smell the coffee. There she was, rubbing against me, looking for her morning caffeine. She got her couple licks of my finger of Casi Cielo eventually, and she was purring away ... I really ought to change her name to Starbucks. By the way, according to the package, Casi Cielo means "Almost Heaven" ... which got me singing the John Denver song, "Country Roads" ... "Almost heaven, West Virginia ... " sing along if you want ... We were out of work early last night, by 10, and I got home early enough to see all the really important parts of the White Sox game ... they tied it up, sent it to extra innings, took the lead in the 11th, then it was tied again, then they took the lead again in the 13th, and then the bases loaded and I thought they were going to blow it ... but they won. It was dramatic, to say the least.  It's a beautiful day here, don't know the temp, but the skies are very blue and clear and sunny. I should open the windows and let the air in and turn off the air conditioning for at least a few hours, but this is easier on my sinuses.   Margo, I used to be more of a pack rat, but after moving several times, I don't have as much junk as I used to. When I made the first move from South Dakota to Georgia, I got rid of a lot of junk. Still have a lot, but when you move, you dump a lot. Last year I gave my cat sitter's cat rescue garage sale a lot because we can't have garage sales here ... condo police won't allow it. My condo isn't that big, so I can't accumulate a whole lot of stuff anyway. No place to store it. Well, I should exercise a little, maybe it would make my knee feel better. I hope so! Have a good day.

Hi All, I'm having a challenge with money this month. I am paying extra on bills and the renovation of our bathrooms cleaned us out. I'm sure we'll get through the month but it will be tight. The gas prices, etc., are out of this world now... and we live in CA... yow. I'm going to a luncheon today. A group of teachers, retired and active, from the elementary school that I inhabit, meet once a month to visit. It will be fun. I'm in the 220s now- edging closer to onederland. My neckbones are coming into view and I can cross my legs easily.  In reference to "stuff" which continues to clutter my life- I can relate Margo. I wish I had the solution. I think it's all wrapped up together with my life problems. The weight gain is part of the whole picture. I commiserate with all of you who are in this with me! Julia

HI JACKED !! Hi Julia, How are you doing? It was 107* here yesterday and today it should get to 106*. I had to go into the city this morning and at 8:30 this morning it was already 72* in S.F..  Just wanted to let you know that I will be in the Relay for life (24 hour walk) in our county on July 19-20. Someone from Home Depot were I live called me and asked me to  be on their team. I volunteered to make bracelets to sale. I have made 100 so far. After I had made 50 I started thinking why did I let Julia show me how to make these @#$% things. LOL. Have a great time out your luncheon today. Debi

Ho ho ho!!!! You have me laughing here! You are now stuck in "Bracelet-Making Land"!!! I understand exactly what is happening to you! LOL!!! It is unbelievably hot here too.... 110 degrees today I think. Julia

Good Morning Marti and Everyone....... I am in a hurry today.....my cyhallenge will be to get all my paperwork ready and get to my meeting on time today!! The meeting is an hour or so drive from here. My daughter Jamie called me to say Nic's PET Scan came back with a spot in the lining of his lung. He had a slight cold and they are praying that is all it is. More testing will be done. The lungs are one of the places Neuroblastoma effects. More prayers please! Had a fabulous birtyhday......oh my!!!! I didn't get to bed until 4:15AM ....slept until 7:00AM...showered and working by 8:00AM.  I am just taking a quick break to check in on everyone. I wish you all a wonderful day. I am keeping you in my prayers. Love and hugs to all......connie d

Aloha OFF family.....

Marti......I'm sorry you are having pain....not fun!! Also, I'm SO GLAD that that cop zoomed past you last night. I know you know the dangers of substituting drinking for eating after WLS so I won't go there. But I sometimes do worry about you because I love you.

It is 6:30 a.m. and the morning is beautiful as always it seems. I go to work at 10:00 a.m. again today. It seems so strange to be going to work every day after being retired for six or seven years. Yesterday they asked if I'd come in for another couple of weeks....they are finding that my doing the front desk is giving them the opportunity to get a lot done in the back room....so, of course, I said YES! The extra money is always welcome.

Ah, challenges.........it seems like life is just one after another, doesn't it. Compared to many, my challenges are minor and nowhere near what they used to be. I just flashed on my son and DIL in Calif. with THREE children under the age of 4....now THAT is a challenge!! All the food, the clothing, the baths, the junk you need to haul every time you go somewhere.......I remember it well, but sure wouldn't want to go through it again...ha!

My challenge lately is to NOT LOSE MORE WEIGHT! I never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would ever face that particular challenge...but here it is. Last night I munched all evening.....soy crisps, 3 skinny cow ice cream sandwiches, mixed nuts, small bowl of chili with a whole grain bread dipper.....and this morning I am still at 155!! I wonder what would happen if I didn't snack all evening! I don't snack on bad stuff (well, I guess skinny cow isn't exactly health food!)....I will not let myself go there because I'm afraid of falling back into old habits, but I must just remember to keep munching on good things often. Sigh.

It seems we are at one end of the weight loss range or the other...either can't lose enough, or we lose too much! It's wonderful for those who get to their goal and stay there!! I liked what Debbie said about filling out at about two years. Maybe that's what will happen to me.......I will finally stabilize and can then just forget about trying NOT to lose weight.

Just chatting with brother on IM.. He's in Calif.....Cupertino...and says the smoke from fires has been constant for weeks now. So many things Mother Nature is dealing out this year....floods, fires, tornados. I think she wants us to shape up!!

OK, my little family....I'm off to do chores and then to work. I hope you have a great day, and have something wonderful to share tomorrow.!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen