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Stepdaughter definitely is embracing a relationship with you. Having been arms length from my stepdaughter of 43 years for probably 30 of those years I can tell you that when they open up it is a wonderful thing.

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It's cool and misty here today. Needed wipers on the way to Scrabble. It was a triumphant day for me as I won all three games including defeating The Shark. He is a very serene person but was emoting quite a bit about his lack of play options! Funny.

I came back home rather than stop at the studio. I am expecting a call about our gallery lease. Member meeting tonight and I hope to be able to report.

Tuna salad for lunch. Dinner last night was scrambled eggs. Tonight might be equally humble as the meeting is at 5;30 and will surely make me cranky and unwilling to cook.

Paula so cool you get to go on the dress shopping mission. Thats the fun part. Is there a big entourage?

And yeah, having aunties (and sisters) can be great.

DD I hear you on the bedding plants. In the midwest I would always get them too early and then have to frost protect. Bet they do just fine.

Not much else. I woke up kind of achey today so I am consuming advil. DH has some new kind of leg vibrating device that you stand on. Actually he has two different ones. Hmmm

Diane S

We love the downtown! I grew up behind Grandad's Bluff!

Lovely post, Paula. Your mom and aunts are fortunate to have each other. As those of us in this club know well, you gotta be in the club to appreciate the value of the club.

And how lovely that your stepdaughter is including you in the dress selection ritual. You've come a long way.

Good morning friends! Weight back up a smidge, I either got rehydrated from my day out in the hot, humid weather or just need a good poop! Oh well, if I weighed weekly instead of daily (or truthfully more) I wouldn't be so obsessed with the little fluctuations.

Packing up today to spend a few days in La Crosse (hometown). We stay at a hotel in the downtown area right off the Mississippi River and there is always lots to do and good places to eat! Tomorrow we will visit with my Mom, brother and two aunts that are traveling through the area. They are my Dad's sisters and both of them along with my Mom lost their spouses in the last 2 years. Thursday we will meet up with my two best friends for dinner and an outdoor concert.

I love the idea of not tracking food but I don't trust myself to get enough calories or protein if I don't! Protein is definitely not my first choice when it comes to food and even with tracking, I'm often short of 1000 calories (which I set as my goal). I've been having a Premier Protein shake before bed most nights to add to both my protein and calorie levels.

I have no nausea or anything at the higher dose. I really think a lot of my early symptoms were from that whey isolate protein powder! Glad DS#3 can use it!

Stepdaughter is getting married next May. Our relationship started off pretty rocky (her end) but has improved a lot especially over the last year or so. She texted me this week and asked me to join her and her friends to the wedding dress shopping experience. I feel honored that she wants me there as the "mother figure". It's times like this that her loss has to be extra painful. I'm more than happy to go, so a flight to North Dakota has been booked!