My sympathy.  Addison sucks.  I just got "a small" dose of it.  

I tried to take  a mix of prednisone and cortisone, but my pouch does not tolerate any.   O was hoping that some prednisone would help with my back /sciatica... 

hi Nancy  and yvonne,

Sounds like you both are on track food eisenbrown and Nancy you are super busy as usual.

I'm still in cody, wy enjoying the sights and activities.

Could be better with my food but I am trying.

Getting lots of walking done.

Hope your day goes well.

Good morning, everyone!

Here, in Canada, it is a Civic Holiday so the banks, etc are closed. We are still desperate for rain here after 30 days of over 30 degree (celcius) weather. Our lawns are brown and our garden is dead, completely gone.

On Saturday, my son Dan & his lady, Jen, flew from here (Niagara) to Nova Scotia...usually a 14 full hour drive...in a four-seater Cessna plane. There was a lot of stress as the weather was very threatening with severe storms so the airport control had to decide if they were allowed to fly but the consensus was, if he took off immediately, that they were fine. As it turned out, the storm suddenly dissippated, and Dan emailed us later, that he flew above the clouds & over the mountains for the most part. I was so relieved that they arrived in Truro that evening at 6 pm. Now they will stay there and do the tourist thing for a week, after having picked up Jen's girls (10 & 14) who had arrived there 2 weeks ago and will fly back with Dan & Jen.

I have been working hard on determining what illustrations are required for two children's books  for kids with night terrors and for kids with strong fears...so five drawings for each book, plus two different front covers plus four mandalas for each book. That, alone, takes time to decide and now I can start drawing. At the same time, I am working on writing four different articles. Apparently I am being featured in a local newsletter so that must be done right away.

It seems that now, after stepping down from the presidency of BPW, I have more artwork & writing than ever to do...it gets a bit overwhelming so there are times when I simply have to step back and let some things wait. My nature is very intense and I must practice more self-discipline and being kinder to myself by softening my own demands on my accomplishments. I can be my own worst enemy, applying pressure on myself.

I've finally gotten my BLOODWORK done and will see the surgeon this week to get the second duralane injection into my knee joint..I sure hope this helps as that knee, in particular, is extremely painful. Add to that, due to my cancer meds, I am now back into a high pain phase...perhaps it will pass in the next week.

Food hasn't been much of an issue really as this heat & humidity seems to really make cooking undesirable. However, I have made sure that we have lots of our local melons, peaches, and cherries here and lots of crispy greens. I always cook a bit more meat than needed so that it can be diced into small pieces and added to a salad.   My weight varies up & down by 3-4 pounds and I am so eager to FINALLY slip UNDER the 280s...I have to remember that the body "rests" after weightloss and patience is important. NOT easy for me.

Breakfast: protein drink

Snack: 1/2 cantalope melon

lunch: 2 poached eggs & one slice of toasted 12 grain bread

Snack: frozen fruit pop (homemade with crushed fresh peaches, Greek yogurt, a sprinkle of   cinnamon and a tsp of local unpasturised honey)

Dinner: tossed green salad with diced peach, walnuts, leftover diced chicken, cucumber, celery, tomato, pumpkin and sunflower seeds & light poppyseed dressing

Bedtime: protein drink

Hi Ladies,

I had a potluck at church today. I ate too much mostly protein and a piece of cake. I don't think I'll be eating the rest of the day. 

It looks like it wants to rain here but it's only 77 out.

Everyone have a good day

Yvonne

Good Afternoon, 

Im on Vinnie Patrol today. My daughter and her husband are at work, Henson is at the babysitter. Vin and I are going to the park later.

Im glad that my nephew is with his parents safe and sound. I don't think he was ready to be away from them for ten days. His behavior threshold isn't what it should be. He is a very fragile child. He needs work and doesn't listen to adults or his therapist. It's sad. I hope one day he will get it. At nine years old one would thin he wouldn't act like a two yr old. Now on to clean up his disaster in my back seat in my car. He stuffed all his trash under the seats! I'm livid when I had a bag for him to put the trash in and asked politely for him to do that and throw it away when we would make stops! Ok rant over!!

on with my crazy day!

Carla