Hi Ladies,

I got up early to go to the laundromat before it gets busy. I have breakfast out. Came home and put the clothes away. I did my exercise inside today because it's cold and rainy. Now I'm waiting for my friend to call me so I can go visit her.

I noticed I've been eating better since I gave into my craving the other day. I did lose 3 pounds this week.  I was surprised. 

Everyone have a good day.

Yvonne

Good Morning Linda. Thanks for starting a lot of posts lately!

I am on a mission to re-focus on my nutrition/exercise goals...one day at a time. I am hoping to do 40 minutes of walking every day this week in addition to more moving and less sitting. I also need to cut back on carbs! I did get my walk in yesterday, did some gardening & housework plus some work with my dumbbells. Plus I trimmed a huge bush we have in our side yard...lol. So that was progress. I ate & drank better as well.

Also got a call from the job I applied for. I have never waited this long before to get started or had the pre-employment process drag out so long! But I go for orientation Thursday so maybe I will get an assignment soon...I will be a PT in-home caregiver to pick up some spending money!

I would love to do a dance class...or just dance, but this darn a-fib puts a damper on that. I can only get my heart rate up to 150, and since my beat is so erratic anyhow I have to pace myself. This condition was either a gift from my dad or one to myself for untreated sleep apnea related to what else but my obesity. Ugh!

Anyhow, let me get the ball rolling before it rains again!

Trish, good to hear from you. Hope that foot gets less and less painful!

Good morning one and all.

Today I get to clean house and do laundry.  Yeah .  Not fun but I can't take clutter for very long.  This afternoon I will be going to a line dance class. That will be my exercise for the day plus whatever walking I do.

What is getting you up and at em today?

When I lived on it, we rented the fields to my BIL and he kept his cows on it and he cut and bailed the hay and paid me half of what he got for the hay.  But then he quit raising cows and my daughter and her husband are now raising cows, chickens, goats, sheep, pigs...you name it, they raise and sell....I do stock the ponds with fish and the kids now consider those big catfish pets. LOL... But, I do like to go check out their efforts. My daughter and her husband are really good farmers and they have the machinery to cut and bail hay and they make quite a lot of money during hay seasons and they cut and bail it and they either get paid for doing the work or they get the hay, either way, it's a win for them. Even my younger grandkids drive the big hay machines and trucks.  But I'm not fond of outdoors and I sure don't like being sweaty. LOL....

Hello Nancy and Ladies,

I think, and this is just my own humble opinion, but I think that memories are best dealt with outside of the scope of reminders such as holidays and family gatherings and those kinds of things that trigger the memory of what we have and don't have or what we miss.  I certainly don't completely break down but Mothers Day is difficult for me. 

I am with Julia and Linda on not aligning myself with negative people. Life is way too short to have to deal with the pain that they cause. I have a sister that is probably a whole lot like your adopted sister and let me tell you she has been so abusive to my older sisters because they allow it; I don't. I don't have the time or the patience to deal with the drama and only put up with the drama from my daughter because of my grand babies...grand babies change everything.

Today, we had to go see the eye doctor about my husband's rejection and everything is good so he goes back on his normal dose of steroids and for that I am happy.  On our way back from Little Rock, which is about a three hour drive, we stopped and visited with my brother one of his cows was birthing a calf...I guess she was having trouble and the vet was there and they were pulling it out....lord a mercy those poor cows... The calf actually did good and the cow seemed perfectly fine as soon as the calf was out...it was breech...

Then we stopped by my daughter's to drop off some clothes we picked up for the kids and her eggs were hatching so she had about seven little chicks...they were chirping up a storm...she had a few more left that we could hear the pecking...so by now I'm sure they are out of the shell.....while there, I got a dozen of eating eggs....big brown and blue eggs. 

I love spring on the farm; my daughter said there's an old barn cat that has had a litter of kittens and of course, I had to go see the kittens...they are so cute....one solid white and then the other four are calico....they are gorgeous and we already found them homes...these are big ear cats which are good mousers....so the old barn on our farm has never had too many rats in the corn....

Well, I need to run.  I am cooking beans and cornbread and potatoes and corn on the cob and okra for dinner....I am already tasting it all.

Ladies, have a good rest of the evening.