Good Morning...happy Wednesday!!!
Good morning everyone....
Just stopping in for a bit. The lady that takes me grocery shopping and to run errands will be here at 10:00 to pick me up. Then at 1:00 my cleaning fairy will be here. I hate when I have them both on the same day!! Oh well...something came up and the errand lady couldn't get here yesterday as planned. By evening I will crash!!!
Otherwise nothing planned. I want to walk now before my lady gets here.
Keeping Vickie and the girls in my thoughts and prayers. I hope they have managed to rest a bit. They all need to get caught up. I am praying Vickie has some peace and comfort as the days go by. God Bless them. I love you Vickie...and your sweet family!
I am hoping to get my phone up and running tomorrow or Friday. I am missing a lot of messages as they don't come through right now. Text isn't working either. Everything must go through Facebook for me to get it. I have even lost some of those!! These are the times I wish I had a car!!
Hoping you all have a good day. Remember to Pay It Forward as you can today!!
Prayers for this amazing OFF Family and their families.
Loads of love and bunches of hugs to all....connie d
Happy Birthday Connie!
I slept in a bit today. No sunrise just clouds so I thought it was earlier.
Well tomorrow they are going to show the cabins. The buyer requested that I be here during the showing. Realtor says that buyer has been transferred to Houlton, Maine from Bangor. Wants to make me a unique offer. Seriously, I am not too happy with the realtor. Realtors up here don't work on weekends at all which during the summer is probably the best way to sell real estate. I had to remind him to put sign on lake side of property. I rewrote the ad for his website and now he's bringing me strange offers. This buyer still has a house in Bangor.
So yesterday I put the little cabin back together after tearing it apart to start packing. Sorted through linens. No sense to move twin bed sheets since I'm not moving the trundle beds. Same with double bed sheets. Just need two sets for sleeper sofa. Culling out bath towels too. Today I have to clean and pick up the big cabin.
Also have to analyze the moving quotes. Two are very similar and one is 2000 less than the others. Gotta pick a mover by the end of the week.
I'm continuing to keep Vickie and the girls in my thoughts. Many wonderful tributes on Facebook from people who have worked with Butch in the past and wonderful family pictures being posted. Such a tribute to Butch's life!
That's it from Maine today and again Happy Birthday Connie!
Hello Cindi....Thank you for the birthday greetings!!!
I wanted to sleep in but it didn't happen here. Wide awake at 6:30!! I didn't want to get up before 8:00. There was a lot of noise outside. I have no idea what was happening!!
I am hoping the cabins sell well and you can move on without worrying about them. Sending some prayers!
I hope you figure out which mover to use...$2000 difference that is a lot...to me it is!!
Yes there have been so many beautiful things posted on Facebook. Lots of things on the Guest Book too. Vickie should feel good about that. Maybe not today but down the road she will. I too pray off and on all day and night for that wonderful family. I am so glad we are all such good friends/sisters!!!
Got to boogie....it has been a very tiring day for me!!
Lots of love and hugs to you....connie d
Good Morning Connie & Cindy & to all the ladies who follow!
I just returned from my 5th dietician appt. Only down 4 lbs., but this appt. was only 3 wks from my last one due to her going on vacation. Plus I was out of commission exercise-wise due to my swimming pool ladder mishap. So any loss I will take...next month is my last appt. before my surgery gets scheduled. Woo-hoo! SO ready now.
Another Happy Birthday wish, Connie! Sounds like you are going to have a busy day! Don't overdo it or overwhelm yourself. Try to enjoy your day & not worry so much about others!
Cindi, I do not care for realtors in general. We had a guy who convinced us we would get a house we wanted that was bank-owned, but kept us hanging for almost a yr & then screwed up the deal! The thing that pissed me off most was when we finally severed our contract w/him & got a contract on the house we are in now we saw where the original house went on the market for almost $25k less than what we were going to pay. And sold for that!
And wow...realtors don't work weekends up there? I thought country-wide they mostly worked weekends. And a unique offer? Well, that should be interesting! Anyhow, sounds like you are making good progress on packing. Interesting you are moving in the area where my stepdaughter grew up! I love being near the water.
I'd like to thank Francine, Trish, Eileen & all the other ladies who commented on their beach experiences while heavy! I didn't get to read the posts until late last nite, but they made me feel really good. I actually took off my coverup & went in the ocean yesterday & REALLY enjoyed it! There were other older, overweight ppl there so that helped. I was still self-conscious, but I will work on that. It just felt good to hear all the support...
I have also been reading the tributes for Butch on FB. Makes you wish you knew him personally. What a loss! I, too, hope Vickie can move on once the services are over starting w/some long needed rest.
Well, like Connie I have shopping to do today so I am going to sign off.
Everyone have a blessed day!
Kathy
Hello Kathy....honey I am so tired right now I don't even care if it is my birthday or not!! All that shopping and then the cleaning lady is too much in one day! I will be glad when they have separate days again!! Anyway...thanks for the birthday wishes!!!!
WOOOOHOOOO!!!! The surgery is right around the bend!!!! You did great with your weight loss...I am proud of you!!
Don't you dare feel self conscious of your body...you my dear are beautiful!!! I am glad you took off the cover up and went in the water!!!!!! I am always here to support you!!!
I love all the tributes of Butch to Vickie and the girls. He was a wonderful man and so loved by many. No wonder she loves him so much!!!! I love the man he was and I never met him in person!!! He was wonderful to Vickie and his girls...that won me over for!!! 
Love to you and hugs too.....connie d
....thank you so much....I love you always!!
Good Morning Ladies!! Happy Birthday Connie!! Sounds like you've got a busy morning and afternoon -- Please don't get overtired. I hope you plan on treating yourself to something special today?!!? A special treat for dinner (like scallops, maybe) or a special purchase when you go out shopping (a bag, a manicure, a book)?
I had the TV on earlier, on Oprah Winfrey's station OWN, and there was a commercial on with her interviewing various people. The point being made was we are responsible for our own lives - our happiness rests within us and we can't rely on others to bring happiness to us....we have to make it happen! Note to myself - get up and do something; don't just sit there!! Mowing the lawn is good, but I've got to "take it further" -- walk the walk, instead of talking the talk. I just wish I wasn't so tired -- so that's the first thing I've got to resolve.....get my medications together and be sure I've got them all, get refills where needed, etc. Also, fill out the darn paperwork that I've been putting off re my Long Term Disability review forms, and the renewal for supplemental low-income benefits that would take care of hospital deductibles for ER or hospital visits, and MRI fees -- if I go to ER or have MRI, it's $150 a pop, if I get admitted to the hospital, it's a $600 payment. I was supposed to get a follow-up MRI done a month ago, but didn't because I couldn't afford that co-payment.....because I did not fill out the darn paperwork!!! GGGggrrrr....Very mad at myself. Procrastination is a big problem for me.
Hope everyone has a good day .... Prayers and good wishes to all!!
Mary
HW: 380 SW: 324 GW: 175
Hello Mary...thank you for the birthday greeting!!!!! No nothing special planned for my birthday. I am so overly tired right now I could cry!! I turned down my birthday lunch and dinner invites. I just way over did today!!!!
My treat was naughty...I grabbed a small individual size M&Ms...creamy peanut butter. I also got a chocolate covered Rice Krispy bar. I have been nibbling off and on all day on the M&Ms....I love those things. I decided they just didn't taste as good as they use to...strange...I haven't had anything like that since February...maybe that is why. It was still a treat!!
YOU my sweet friend better get that paperwork done....I will be following up on that!! You need that MRI!!! We need you here my friend!!! Too important to ignore. Okay enough nagging from me.
You mow all that lawn...don't minimize that...it is a lot of work. Start walking a little at a time. 5 minutes to start...or a block...whatever works for you. Good luck....I know you can do this!!!
I am going to go relax for awhile...I need it!!
Love ya...hugs too....connie d
