TGIF

Good Morning,

First let me welcome back Robin.  I have no idea about a group you're asking about, but you are welcome here.  We do these daily check-ins, and share our struggles with food, exercise, family, etc.

Vickie, I hope this next week for you and Butch is one of being able to rest and recuperate.  Both of you need it.

I am slowly getting things organized here.  It's a long process.  I get overwhelmed easily, and have horrible ADD.  I start putting things away, and go into a room and get distracted and forget what I was doing first.  Argh.

I was supposed to babysit for Bible study, but they cancelled.  

Must scoot.

Love,

Trish

Good morning Trish and everyone.....

Welcome back Robin. I have only been on here about 7.5 years. I do connect with some of the others that were on here longer. Mostly the people that posted further back just post on Facebook now. You are surely welcome to join us if you want!!!

Trish...keep working on your organizing. I takes baby steps sometimes. Don't get discouraged. I am sure with your ADD it makes it quit a bit more difficult. You can do it!!!  

As for me...I am excited to see my family today. I am going to take it easy so I have energy to go out to dinner tonight. 

I am praying Butch and Vickie are having relaxing days as well. They need the rest so they can regroup. I send prayers, much love and hugs to them every day. God Bless.

I pray for all of our amazing OFF family and their families.

Wishing you all a wonderful day!!

Lots of love and many hugs to all......connie d                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Hi Trish and Connie and my OFF family:

Not much happening around here. Need to get organized a bit before I leave next week for Chicago. Also need to cut up the rest of the rotisserie chicken so I can use it for something else (was going to do this Wednesday but didn't feel good, so I didn't eat). 

Anyway, I joined the Y yesterday ... will start going next week for sure. Wanted to make sure I joined before the end of the month and if I didn't do it on payday, wouldn't do it at all. Nice place ... we have two Ys in town, I went to the newer one. I might be closer to the downtown Y, so I'll have to see which one I like better. 

Got up way too early this morning when the mailman was pounding on the day at 9:30 a.m. I was half awake, trying to go back to sleep. Oh well ...

Hope all is well with Vickie and Butch, Carla and of course everyone else. Connie, hope you are feeling better. Did they ever check you for inner ear problems? Just a thought.

Well, have a good day.

Hello Eileen....you are going to Chicago soon...WOW...that time went fast!! 

That is nice that you have two Y's to choose from. You can go to any Y correct? Good for you!!!

That bug you had sure stayed around awhile. I hope it is gone now. Thank you but no need to send it to me!!

I keep one foot in front of the other. Some days are good and many are bad. I just do what I can when I can. Yes, my ears have been tested more then once. They always come back good. I have a metal piston in my right ear. They said all is good there.

Hopefully my doctor will be able to see me February 11th as planned. There are so many questions I have for her!!!

I love you much....HUGS....connie d

Welcome back Robin. Post often. Im home and doing much better. 

Have lots of follow up appointments next week before I go out of town on Friday for a stitch in in Ocaka. CAN'T KEEP NE Down for to long!!

Just chillin today.

Carla

Hi Carla...I am glad you are home...IF you are doing better.

I hope your appointments next week are worth going to. Keep bugging them until they give you the answers you need!!

Just my opinion....I think you need a restful week at home, on the beach with a good book. Take care of your health, PLEASE!!!

Love and many hugs....connie d

Hello sistas!

Yes, welcome to Robin!  

OMGosh, y'all, Christie is just making my life hell this week.  After all that money crap yesterday, today she calls and wants to know if I can babysit for her on Saturday and Sunday.  REALLY???  NO!  I cannot!  Why does she even ask me?  I tell her that her dad is not doing well.  I tell her that he fell yesterday (which he did and I haven't even told y'all about that one yet).  I tell her that I'm stretched to the max just taking care of him right now.  And she still says to me, "But I don't have anyone else to ask."  

Honestly.  

So I was in the store and I put her off for a few minutes telling her I would think about it.  But then on the way home, I made up my mind.  NO.  So I sent her a long text, explaining why AGAIN, and then (like the coward I am) I turned my phone off!  Oh, why am I so afraid of this child?  She's relentless and I know she will try to call me again.  I just can't do it.  Her dad is TERMINAL.  Doesn't she get that?

SO.  There's my life.  Sucks, doesn't it?  I'm not having a very good day.  Didn't have a good day yesterday either.  Butch did try to go to the bathroom by himself (I usually at least walk him in there, but he said "no, I can do it", so I didn't go with him) and he fell!  Oh ****  I liked to have never got him back up off the floor.  I thought for sure I would have to call 911.  We finally managed it, but I don't know how.  Then he had to spend the rest of the evening in bed with an extra pain pill.  Sometimes I wonder how much longer I can keep this up.

Anyway, he doesn't feel good today.  He keeps coughing up bloody stuff.  He's weak and in a good bit of discomfort.  It makes me nervous and anxious and yes, scared, dammit.  Although I try not to show it.  Short of taking him to another ER, there's nothing to do but wait for our appointment next week.  

Sorry I'm being a real downer today.  I did go get my hair cut this afternoon.  I had her chop it all off.  I just don't have the time or the energy to take care of it.  It's very short.  I just have to wa**** finger fluff it, and go.  It's about all I can manage right now.

(It IS softer, though, after the coconut oil treatments.  And shinier.)

I threw a flank steak in the slow cooker this morning.  I've never tried cooking flank steak this way before, but it's smelling pretty good.  I added a can of beef stock, a bay leaf, Montreal steak seasoning, and a chopped onion and some chopped carrots.  It's going to make great gravy!  I just hope the meat gets tender enough to eat.  I'm going to try deep frying some itty bitty potatoes I have.  I'm going to parboil them first, then deep fry and sprinkle with salt.  We had some like that in a restaurant not too long ago and they were delicious.

Have any of you watched Black Sails on Starz?  The premiere of the new season is this Saturday and they are showing all the previous shows this week, so I'm recording them.  I'm going a little crazy with nothing to watch on TV and Outlander doesn't start up again until April.

I finally made myself get on the scales yesterday and I weighed 184.  Damn.  Just last summer I was down to 168.  I'm eating too much junk food and way too many sweets.  I posted a comic on FB and I'll post it here too.  I'm definitely in Cookie Monster mode these days.

Funny, huh?  NOT.

Love you all!

Hello Everyone,

I don't always post because of my crazy life but I read every post every day.  Vic, your daughter sounds like my daughter.  Girl, I have bought her cars and we gave her our house down in the valley.   Well, you know and when she gets in her moods, I swear, I want to just turn off the phone and cry.   She has, finally, leveled out, which I read where that happens the older they get.  Plus, for years, she was abusing drugs too and that didn't help.   I can tell you that I know how you feel: on the one hand we both have these grand babies that we want to have a home and safety but on the other hand we just want our daughters to grow up.   I hope your daughter does better and that her recent problems is a result of stress and not drugs.  

I am getting ready to head to the Middle East and my knee has started rejecting the transplanted ligament.  I am so pissed.   But, I'm on steroids so hopefully it will hold out until I can get back.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I am still trying to walk in spite of my dang knee.   I am getting the total knee replacement this summer.  Carla, Eileen, and Connie, I hope you guys get to feeling better.   Geeze, this getting old sucks raw eggs.   

Hello Jeannie...sorry that knee is still causing such pain. I hope you will be okay until you can get a replacement. Traveling and being in pain is so hard to do. I will definitely say extra prayers for you!!!

I love you...many hugs too....connie d

Yes, Jeannie, lots of parallels.  It's going to be a problem that never goes away, I'm afraid.  

Sure hope your knee improves!  That's a very long flight to Abu Dhabi.  Or is it Bahrain?  Can't quite remember, but Butch made it every month for years.  Hope you're doing the non-stop out of Atlanta.  That does at least cut out several hours of layovers in Europe.

Hang in there, sweetie!  Thanks for the support!