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Thanks to all for these tips about credit card baloney before, during, and post-marriages. Maybe I will call up Amex and ask them how I can maximize my own situation under all possible cir****tances. Because, as we all know (some of us from personal experience), cir****tances can change without warning.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Peps, please ramble on all you wish. I like hearing your voice.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Getting the cards in your own name is actually a really good idea. I had one card that I used almost exclusively during my first marriage. Ben had a card too but rarely used that card. When he died, I call the CC card company to cancel his card and because I was the secondary on the account, they immediately cancelled mine too. All my automatic deposits, bill pays etc. we?re tied to that card! Poof gone with no warning!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Pretty sure I couldn't do any yoga with fidelity. Does your association hire the bully teacher? Sounds like she's not making any friends.
Glad to hear you are on the mend Paula. While Paxlovid can help keep you out of the hospital, it seems it comes with it's own issues: a lot of people get a very bad taste in their mouth while on it. DH referred to it as poop mouth.
California waiting for rain, here in Minnesota we are way way low in precipitation too. I'm afraid we could enter summer in a drought. Not sure where all the snow has gone. I don't miss dealing with it, but a light covering would be nice because it is so ugly brown everywhere. Dead vegetation as far as the eye can see. It was supposed to snow today. I saw about 10 nice fat flakes, then nothing.
My weight went down this morning, so maybe I don't have to make any hard decisions yet. I can deal with fatigue and muscle aches, but I am drawing the line at unwarranted weight gain.
I uncovered an interesting financial situation. I opened a gold delta sky miles Amex in my own name for the 70,000 miles and for my Scotland trip. I had one years ago to get the miles, and then later closed it because we didn't need to pay the annual fee on 2 cards. We upgraded DHs card to Platinum, and I got a card on that account. So I open my new card to buy tickets to Scotland, and discover it has a $2000 limit. What, am I 12 years old? My credit score is in the 800s. Ladt time we checked them, mine was a smidge higher than DH. This is crazy. I talked with 3 people at American Express, and no, they could not raise the limit for 90 days. Fine, I'll use the Platinum card. It is declined when I hit purchase tickets. It has a $30,000 limit, and we pay it off each month so what the heck? I call Amex again, and they tell me I have a $500 limit on that card. OMG! I've been walking around the world thinking I have $30,000 of credit that would cover most any immediate emergency, and all I really have is $500. They told me DH just needs to go into his online account and up the limit. Neither of us realized that my card couldn't tap all the credit available. I do have other credit cards in just my name, but I never carry them, because I either use my debit card or the American Express card for the Delta miles. Now I need to check to see if they are even active.
I feel foolish and a little embarrassed that I am apparently a 60s housewife. I'm mad at Amex for dissing me with a $2000 limit, but I guess I'd better make some purchases and gas up my own credit history again. I'm glad I discovered this before I left for Europe with DD. I would probably have resurrected one of my Mastercard or Visa anyhow, because I wouldn't travel with just one card, but still.
Otherwise, not much going on here in my quiet house. Just me, not spending money. 
Greetings all
It's raining today but not horribly. Fine with me. I went to the gym and did my walking and did a whole 20 minutes! Amazing what you can do when listening to the Four Tops. I know that 20 min is not much but I started this with the attitude that "I can stand anything for 10 minutes". After that I went to the studio and did some glazing and made a couple of things. Didn't get the clay. Guess I will do that Monday.
Hmmm Liz, yoga has no place for drill sargents. That's why I hate most exercise classes. Some jerk is always nagging you to go faster or whatever. No thanks. I do not respond well to such. Beach club sounds fun.
Continue to get well Paula. I am counting myself lucky that I have never had covid. Would not wi**** on anyone. I looked up chicken soup with floating chicken legs. Looks as bad as it sounds. Who ever thought that was a good idea.
Yay Peps looking and feeling thin! Ain't it grand! Thinking of yourself as slim is truly a wonderful feeling. Love it.
Yeah I bet teachers develop super immunity over the years. My best friend's husband was a family practice doctor and got exposed to every germ on the planet. He never got sick but my friend said she and their daughter got sick all the time. Thought he brought it home.
DH scored a pot pie from the deli. Dinner conundrum is solved.
I actually do not have a Real ID yet so I told DH we have to get them next week. Just in case we ever want to go anywhere. Seems like a good idea.
Yo, it's still light when the news comes on. Hurry up spring.
Diane S
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"I FELT and looked thin in the mirror this morning" - that is huge! You are doing so well!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Congrats on the loss and better yet feeling skinny!
DH has always suffered miserably with COVID. Due to his underlying asthma it really affects his lungs and he is usually sick for 6 weeks or so. We know this and know that prednisone helps so as soon as he got the positive test he got started on both Paxlovid (which I guess is about $1650 without insurance) and prednisone. While he felt like crap too, he faired much better this time around!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Yes, but he took Paxlovid and is on prednisone so he definitely has been more up and about!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Happy Saturday. Gray, overcast and drizzly here. It is supposed to RAIN, but it's not showing many signs of impending stormy weather.
Liz, I don't really think of any level of yoga being gentle! LOL! I guess it's my bunchy muscle build. Stretching is just plain hard for me - especially hamstrings! So, my comment to the substitute instructor is, "F*^k off, love!"
Paula, so glad you seem to be turning the corner. How bad of a case has your DH had? Has he been as miserable as you?
CC, update on your dad? Did he make to Mayo?
Home fix it fiasco! I ordered a replacement latch for the door handle for the door from the kitchen out to the garage. So much for universal latch sizes... NOT! Door handle was also broken internally, so I decided to use a spare interior door handle. Oh, no... exterior doors are slightly wider so the handles are not interchangeable. Jerry rigged it so it works and we can use the dead bolt, but now I'm going to have to go out and get a whole new door handle and dead bolt set. UGH....
So, January I had to replace the water heater, replace the dishwasher and ended the month having to get replace a door handle. I'm not even thinking about the new roof that I need to have put on. The roof repair will only buy me another year or two... The joys of home ownership!
Good news is I'm down 0.5 pounds this morning, plus I FELT and looked thin in the mirror this morning. WIN! Nutrition therapist is actually happy/pleased I have hit htis road block. She thinks it's great I'm having to face these pitfalls because it's teaching me to look at behaviors without really throwing me into an eating disorder cycle. She makes a good point. However, that doesn't mean I am enjoying this stall and portion of the trip to goal weight.
I am in a mood to ramble on because I am enjoying a leisurely morning (Elderly client cancelled due to the rain that never was), but I have already rambled a fair share.
Satisfying Saturdays to all!
That is what would happen to me too. All of the credit history on the card we "share" could disappear. We have cars, house, all bank accounts in both names, but I forgot how credit cards work, there's no joint tenancy equivalent for them .
