Tues. morning.........

Good Morning Karen, and OFF,

Karen, I wish I were somewhere warm right now.  Our high today is supposed to be 30 degrees.  Our low tonight will be 18.  Red dust sounds interesting.  Not fun, but interesting.

Annette, I'm glad you're home.  I hope you start to feeling better.  

Nancy, glad you're here.  Hope you're feeling well.

Today, my daughter and I are heading into town to do laundry.  I'm going to stay at the laundromat while Colleen takes the kids to an indoor play place.  Colleen's washer is broken, and I don't have one yet.  While there, I'll work on my Bible study.  I'm a little behind.

Have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Trish

Aloha Trish.....I followed your long wait to get to your new home and am so glad that you are there now, and starting a new chapter in your life. My grandkids are 3000 miles away and I miss all the little things that children go through. They are 4, 6 and 8!

Wishing that your life continues to get better and better.

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Good morning (and aloha!) my sweet sistas!

Karen, this is a treat!  Two posts from you in a row.  I think of you as my role model, because I am tall like you, and I want to weigh what you weigh!  Struggling with a 10 lb regain from the holidays right now, but would really, really like to lose 20 lbs this time around.  Get down into the 160s again.

Annette, I am so sorry for all the health problems you've been having.  Eileen has been keeping us updated on your hospitalization (from FB, I think).  12 units of blood is quite a bit!  I am praying for you and Tom to get better soon.

Nan, always happy to see you here.  You are such a fighter!  And an inspiration to us all.

Trish, I can hear the happiness in your posts now.  Colleen and the babies are just what you needed to feel better!  How is Utley adjusting to his new home?

I am muddling through with my cold.  It's been YEARS since I've had a cold.  I forgot how miserable they make you feel.  Yesterday I didn't get much done at all.  Sat in the recliner, watched TV, and crocheted.  Butch took over babysitting duties and he cooked supper for us too.  I was so glad to have him here.  But this morning I think I might feel a little better.  Still snotty, but my head has stopped swimming.  However, Christie sounds like death warmed over this morning, so I guess she got it too.  It's making the rounds.

Hopefully today we will hear back from the flooring people.  I'm so anxious to get this part of the remodel behind us!  I know it's going to be a big mess while they're doing it, but I don't care.  It will be worth it.

Butch says we can tackle putting my new computer desk together today.  Hurray!  I am more than ready to finish up with that chore.  And I might get to tackle prepping at least one more window today so we can hang some more blinds tomorrow.

I need to try and walk today.  Yesterday I felt too lousy, but I need to keep my momentum going.  Boating and bathing suit season are right around the corner.  I hate to tell you all this, but yesterday we had sunshine and 80 degrees all day.  In fact, on the news, they said San Antonio was the hottest spot in the nation, except for Hawaii, Karen!  I think we should plan to have an OFF reunion in SA next winter when you all are freezing your buns off!  I have 5 beds here.  C'mon down!

I'd better get off the computer and start doing something.  Love you all!

Aloha sweet Vickie....I LOVE your posts! I feel like I am peeking in your window and seeing you oh so busy with Butch, loveable little baby, and creativity! You make me tired when I hear of your taking care of everyone and still doing projects to improve your home. I wish I had half of your energy!!

Yes, I love that you are tall like me........weight has always been relative. When in high school and I weighed 155 I felt FAT because all my friends were shorter and weighed like 105, 120!! After going all the way up to 325, and then back down to my current weight of 145 (this morning) I have been in almost everyone's situation at one time or the other. My friends tell me I looked so much better at 170 (5'11"), but for some reason I am one of those strange people who keep losing even after I don't want to. Hearing Annette's story makes me worry a bit about getting so thin.....I am glad to know that she is getting answers to why.

I need to start walking again, too!! Someone needs to kick MY AKOLE (ASS..ha).

Hugs and XXX

Maui Karen

Hey Karen,

Boy, do I remember high school!  It seemed like all my friends (and all the popular girls) were 5'2" and size 8!  There I was, 5'10" and a size 12.  Like you, I was convinced I was FAT. I think I weighed about 125 when I started high school.  Incredible.

I maintained between 140 and 145 for much of my late teens and early 20's.  I weighed 135 when I got married!  Ha!  That didn't last long.

But to be honest, I wouldn't really expect to get back to 140 again.  But I would dearly love to be 155 again.  I would settle for 165, too.  I just don't ever want to be above 200 again.

Glad to hear from you.  Sometimes the most mundane everyday things make the best posts, IMHO.  All people are fascinating, if you just take the time to look below the surface.

Vic 

Hi Vickie.....Oh wow...I so know what your are talking about!! When I was 13 I was 5'11" tall!! All the boys were way way shorter than me. I was captain of the volleyball team!! My mother always told me that being tall was not an abnormality and that I should stand tall.....like skyhook was pulling me up. It was only much later that I realized that tall didn't mean "wierd"...Ha.

Size 12 meant nothing to me until I learned that my friends wore 8 and 6! That still seems basically unatainable except that I now shop in the "smalls". Seems almost crazy.

OOXX

Maui Karen

Well, that was before sizes changed, you know!  When I weighed 140, I was a size Medium, which was usually a size 10-12.  Now a size Medium is a 12-14.  It IS crazy!  LOL!

Good morning Karen and everyone....

Karen...you are my bright and shining star!! I love seeing your posts even though you have all the great weather and I am freezing here!! LOL!! I can't imagine all that red dirt everywhere. I am so allergic to dust!! Guess I better not live there huh? Happy that you had a good day yesterday with all the babies! What a great job!! So sorry to hear about your neighbor. I will be keeping her in my prayers. God Bless her!

Trish... I love to hear the happiness in your posts. Family, especially grandchildren is just the medicine you needed!!

Vickie...you take good care of yourself. Please rest as you can. Again, I am so happy Butch is there now. He is getting things done and keeping Benny happy too!!

I can't remember who else posted...I am sorry if I missed you....I haven't intentionally done that....CRS is my only excuse!

I am laying low today. Just to awfully cold and very windy. High today will be 13 degrees if it makes it. Right now it is -2 and with the wind it is -25.

Wishing you all a beautiful day!! Prayers for so many in need and a few special ones as well.

Love and many hugs to all...connie d

Aloha sweet Connie.....I did get back to sleep and it's now 8:15 a.m. and I'm so glad to see your post and everyone elses.

Connie...you are MY bright and shining star. How someone goes through all that you do and keeps being so loving and giving just makes me feel hopeful. So many people in my life focus on the bad things happening and forget the things that are so wonderful. I have to include myself in that group! Sometimes when I'm driving to work at the hospital I look at my surroundings....rainbows or fluffy clouds around the volcano, Haleakela, I just have to stop worrying about STUFF and be thankful to be alive, healthy, and loved.

Sending you a big hug.........you are inspirational!! And loved!!

Aloha nui loa,

Maui Karen

Good morning again......So sadly I have to share that my friend who was in the hospital has died....this morning. It is so hard to know how to feel. She told me a few days ago that she would like to "GO TO SLEEP AND NOT WAKE UP." That is exactly what happened. Do you feel glad that she died as she wished or sad that she is gone? I guess both..........