Senior Golden Sneakers Club~~~~~~~`October~~~~~~~~~

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Birdie, You Whole family is so adorable Marie

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Jake went to Seattle today with a friend on business so I had the day to do what I wanted:laugh: :laugh: I spent a couple of hours at the yarn shop knitting and talking to a group of women, some I knew, some I just met today. I am knitting wool mittens for children in Afghanistan. After lunch Sasha and Brandy and I delivered our ballots and then went to the dog park. The county we live in does all voting by mail so we get our ballots early and as soon as we've voted we can mail them in or drop them at a special drop box that is between our house and the dog park. I walked about a mile and half while the dogs played and dug for moles.

Jake got to eat lunch in a restaurant with his friend and then he got home in time for dinner with me.

:flowerforyou: Elli, I'm sorry to hear about your son and DIL and their miscarriage. How sad and disappointing for all of you. :sad: I guess it must be tough for you sticking to a simple eating plan while enjoying cooking in your new kitchen. I'm so glad to hear from you again. Never, never, never, give up. You'll get back on the wagon and head straight on for your goal

:flowerforyou: Jeffrey, I love the image of the moles as a petting zoo in your yard. We endured them on our farm and never figured out how to win the battle against them.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I always feel so rude at the dog park when someone tries to strike up a conversation and I answer them briefly and keep on walking.

:flowerforyou: Maie, I'm not surprised that your doctors all recommended walking. When Jake's back was so bad recently and it seemed like he could hardly get around, the chiropractor told him to walk and it worked great for him. Your pecans sound great. Don't eat too many:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

gotta get back on the exercise bike.
hugs, Barbie

BirdieM

Elli: I, too, am sorry about your DIL. It's very hard. :frown: I had my first child and then 3 miscarriages, all at about 4 - 6 weeks. It's very discouraging. :brokenheart: But then I had my Lisa :bigsmile: and 3 years later, unexpectedly, I had Monica:huh: :bigsmile: So you just don't know. It's nature's way of stopping something that has potential and serious problems down the road. My Lisa tried for 4 years after she had her son and then when she least expected it she was pregnant with Melanie. :happy: God draws straight with crooked lines. We place them all in His care.

Marie: I'm glad the doctors said for you to do a lot of walking. I wasn't sure if the walking was hurting you or helping you. It can do either depending on your situation.That's incentive to walk more.:bigsmile: So walk, walk, walk! We'll be keeping track of you!

Barbie: It's so nice that you are knitting mittens for those children in Afghanistan.. Not only are you doing something good for others, you are keeping your fingers limber so arthritis will have less of a chance getting in your way in the future. My mother, who is much older than you, knits teddy bears for the hospital and her arthritis stiffness is much less because of it.

BirdieM:smooched:

elli

hi everyone! Jeffrey! Moles? in your lawn? omg - i never heard of that! Are they like prairie dogs or what??? A petting zoo - there's an idea! lol. NO dead cow! omg - the coyotes dug it up once and i had to ask the farmer/neighbor to bury it again! Thank GOD it stayed burried this time!
Marie - pecans! that is so cool! I can't imagine being able to go out and pick pecans. Do you do anything before you freeze them? like Barbie said - don't eat too many - i know i would!
Thank you all for your condolences about my dil's miscarriage - she had one back in Jan and now this one. I know it's very hard on her.........poor kid. :brokenheart: I agree though - there's a reason. I pray for them to have a baby....i think it will happen in God's time. When she had the first one he was in Iraq (she got pg while he was home on block leave) so at least he's with her this time.
Yes Marie - we had about 4 inches of snow a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't quite ready! We're supposed to have some more this week. Enjoy those fall colors! My niece got married mid sept. down in SW Colorado, we drove down and got to see some beautiful aspens changing!
OK - i'm stoked - i had a great day foodwise and workout wise - you guys are so awesome. I don't know if i would have gotten out of my "doldrums" without you. Thank you all so much :bigsmile:
elli

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Sandy. I will be gone on the 31st. Would you be our hostess for the month of November. And change our month. Since you keep up with that real good and usally first on the thread. Would like that very much. What do you say?. Then maybe someone else would like to be hostess for Dec. I am using hostess for lack of another word. This is all of our thread. Lets all be a part of it. As Barbie said somewhere, we are old enought to do as we please. and not worry about what others are doing. So we are all wierd [Did I spell that right} Who cares???? Marie

Lafla

Hi everyone! What a busy board today, not sure how to catch up.

Elli -- so glad to see you posting again. I have missed you and your stories. So, so sorry about your dil's miscarriage. I know they are so sad. It seems easy to think that they will have another chance but I know that it will never be this baby and it will always be a loss. My friend miscarried 3 babies and it was so difficult. She and your son will be in my thoughts.
Don't fret about the weight gain. You know how to get it off and I have every confidence that you will get it done!

Beth -- I expect you are busy preparing for the race. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Marie -- Sounds like a good report from the Dr. I am glad he approves of the walking. Woohoo, glad you got a good crop of pecans. I know you will enjoy them.

Birdie -- thanks for sharing your babies with us. Very cute indeed.

Sandy -- I hope your son got to his interview and was able to be relaxed and confident.

Jeffrey -- Was the turkey your practice run for Thanksgiving? I love turkey and could eat it much more often than just the special occasions we tend to eat it on.

Barbie -- It is hard to imagine you sitting still long enough to knit! I am reading a book called "The Friday Night Knitting Club" that you may enjoy. I finally got the large print version and it should go more quickly now.

Barb, Phoebe and anyone who pops in, have a great day. Keep smiling. Gayla

BirdieM

:flowerforyou: Good mornig all! I thought I WOULDN'T do well this week with my weigh in because last week I lost the 1 lb I had gained the week before, plus another 5lbs. :bigsmile: But part of my discipline is to weigh myself every Wed. and I did. :indifferent: I gained 1 lb. back. :ohwell: Although I was a little disappointed I was not discouraged because I have not done anything off my program. :bigsmile: My focus, as I say to others, is to keep making wiser choices, keeping my calorie intake at 1200 & exercise calories, and exercising daily as much as I can. I have done this (with the grace of God) :flowerforyou: So I am please with the discipline, as that's all I can do and let the chips (or lbs.) fall where they may.:laugh: :laugh:
Indeed I have an "Attitude of Gratitude" and will have a great day! I can't imagine what the scale would say if I wasn't doing MFP!:happy:
Have a wonderful day all. I may check in later.
BirdieM:smooched:

Sandydur

Wow, everyone is chatty today which is a good thing. Yes, Marie I will update the post for November, but might need some of you to remind me since I have such a bad memory. :laugh:

Went to bed late last night and woke up at 6:15 and couldn't go back to sleep. :yawn: I know I will be tired today and have lunch plans plus it is my bingo night. Somewhere I have to fit in some exercise since again this week time got away from me. I just don't know where the days go anymore.

Birdie, you have the right attitude and will reach your goal. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Gayla, you too have a great outlook and once you are "retired" you can relax and enjoy life to the best of your ability.

Elli, I knew you would get back on track, you just needed a little push. :laugh: Can you return the favor and give me a kick in the behind to get moving? :bigsmile:

Weather is a little dreary and now I am getting sleepy, who knows maybe I can take a nap today. :happy:

Sandy

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THANKS SANDY. I knew I could count on you.
Got to get some clothes on and get a q walk in before I go for my Appt. to get my circulations check out., Eat breakfast, and be ready to roll. Be back later. Marie

elli

good morning friends! Birdie - i forgot to tell you last night - those babies of yours are gorgeous!
God willing sometime in the next year i'll have a baby (you know, grandbaby) pic to show you all!
Oh, and your positive attitude has me going this morning! It's great - thank you for sharing!:happy:

Sandy - lol, i don't really think you need much of a push - just a little more sleep!:laugh: Those last few pounds - they're SO hard aren't they? C'mon - we can do it!!!!!!!! I'm going to keep on thinking about Barbie's "one day at a time".

Hey Gayla! thank you - i'm glad to BE back. The hardest thing about my kids miscarriage is that it's the second one and they haven't had a baby yet. I had one in between my boys so at least i knew i COULD carry a baby........they'll be fine. They're both young and healthy. I'm looking forward to having them all here this weekend. Glad to hear Neil is doing all right! How's your headache? GONE i hope!

Marie - i love the picture of you! You look really good!

Have a great day everyone!

elli

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Elli, I went and look at your pictures, Love your new kitchen. You turn it into a beatiful place. and love your horse and dogs. I wish they would let us identified our pictures. Is that you in your avatar with you family? Well got to get up and get busy. Marie

elli

hi Marie - thank you for looking at my pictures - i forgot to tell you guys i put a few new ones up of my new house. I'm SO loving it! Yes - those are my boys and their girls in my main picture. It was the day in Aug that my Soldier/son came home from Iraq. He's the shorter 1 - with the wife in the yellow dress.
All that's left of my animals now are my 3 dogs - Bonnie and Billy are my medium size outdoor dogs, little Hercky is the dashchund. I miss my beautiful horse. That's Katie, my younger son's g/f (of 6 years) riding him.
I'm happy about having 1 good day under my belt and feeling re energized and ready to re embark on this journey thanks to ALL of you!
Sandy - I forgot to ask - did your son have his interview?
elli

BirdieM

hi Marie - thank you for looking at my pictures - i forgot to tell you guys i put a few new ones up of my new house. I'm SO loving it! Yes - those are my boys and their girls in my main picture. It was the day in Aug that my Soldier/son came home from Iraq. He's the shorter 1 - with the wife in the yellow dress.
All that's left of my animals now are my 3 dogs - Bonnie and Billy are my medium size outdoor dogs, little Hercky is the dashchund. I miss my beautiful horse. That's Katie, my younger son's g/f (of 6 years) riding him.
I'm happy about having 1 good day under my belt and feeling re energized and ready to re embark on this journey thanks to ALL of you!
Sandy - I forgot to ask - did your son have his interview?
elli

Elli: What a lovely family and a beautiful house!!!God Bless!!!
BirdieM:happy:

elli

hey Birdie - thank you so much! I looked at your pictures too - looks like you have several grandkids! And a new one? How many grown kids and how many grandkids?
elli

BirdieM

I have 3 daughters. 2 are shown with their wonderful husbands and my youngest daughter that's single shown alone with the big beautiful smile! I have a feeling she won't be single much longer! :laugh: :laugh: My oldest daughter has two sons and my middle daughter has a son and Melanie! So I have 4 grandchildren ranging from 9 yrs old to 1. They are all gifts and I'm very grateful for them. Thanks for asking.
:flowerforyou: Hang in there for YOUR blessings to come, God willing!!
BirdieM

elli

Birdie - thank you for telling me about your family! Do your girls all live close by? I love all your photos! It's so great that you like their husbands as well! So you think you have a wedding not to long off in the future? Sounds like FUN! One of my very best friends has 3 daughters, the second one just got married and the eldest just had the first grandchild! Such FUN!

BirdieM

Elli: Both my daughters live within a 25 min drive from my house. One in RI and One in MA. This part of the country is pretty small so we can go from state to state within minutes:laugh: :laugh: My single daughter lives at home, even though she's 28 yrs old, because it's just to expensive, especially in this part of the country, to live on your own. That's OK, I love it!:happy: As we speak she's on a cruise to Bermuda with her new boyfriend, something I found difficult to get my arms around being old fashion :noway: But even "old fashion" girls do that today:ohwell: He's a widower (his wife died 4 years ago from a brain tumor.:brokenheart: ), He’s 35 yrs old. They met online and she was attracted to his comment about how his faith and family got him through his tough time. That means a lot to her. We're very involved with our faith and family is everything! They just hit it off from the beginning. He is very respectful of her beliefs etc. and everyone who's met him just loves him.:flowerforyou: I still think it's a lot... and too fast ....(they just met at the end of August :noway: )but what do I know....I'm just the mother:laugh: :laugh: I even told her one day when she was wondering if there was anyone out there for her, that God has a plan and a perfect one. What if the man is a widower, I said.....and all the pieces aren't in place yet!!! A little scary ,but that seems to be what's happening!! God got me through, when my first husband died 24 yrs ago when she was just 4 yrs old. She knows that you can love again and love deeply as I have been remarried for 16 yrrs!
Sorry...I'm getting carried away!!! I just can't help but share how good God has been to me and I'm sure He's got something real special in mind for her
BirdieM:blushing:

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
slept late.......dentist......shopping (bought two lacy shirts ,size small :bigsmile: :bigsmile: ) .......helping Jake get packed for his business trip (he leaves at six tomorrow morning):sad: :sad: ......too much rain to go to the dog park :sad: :sad: ....and now finally time for all of you. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I made a wonderful butternut squash and apple soup last night and served it today with salmon and salad. Jake liked it so much that he's already asked me to make it again.

:flowerforyou: Elli, your house pictures look fabulous. Of course, I wasn't too surprised because I'd seen pictures on your house blog. With that great kitchen, it's not surprising that you've been cooking (and eating) a lot.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: Birdie, your daughter is one of God's kids, too, so I'm sure He's keeping an eye on her on her cruise....her gentleman friend sounds like a winner. It's a new world today of people meeting on the internet (just look at us, we met on the internet :bigsmile: ). There are two couples that we are close to, who met on the internet.

:flowerforyou: Gayla, before the days of MFP I used to knit a lot. I watched TV and knitted for all the hours that I now talk to all of you on the computer, or go walking, or ride the exercise bike. Nowadays, knitting is something I do rarely. I go to some meetings where I bring my knitting but you're right, I don't sit still too much anymore.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I hope you got a chance to take a nap. I don't nap often, but when I do, the dogs get in bed with me and cuddle up close.

I think the dogs finally figured out that we're not going to the dog park. They've stopped pestering me and have found some toys to play with.
hugs to all
Barbie

elli

Well Birdie - it sounds like you've had some challanges in your life! I'm sorry you lost your first husband when your girls were small - but i'm GLAD you have someone else wonderful in your life! I never quite got the whole "man" thing figured out and always made poor choices. I've been happily single now for about 8 years. I tried the internet dating thing and it just didn't work out for me. I hope your daughter is having a blast! The best thing is for our kids to be happy!
BARBIE! Size SMALL shirts?!?!?!?!?:bigsmile: RIGHT ON!!!!!!!! That is SO great! Congratulations! You look amazing in your pics! Thank you - i'm really having fun with the house!
I have 2 good days under my belt now -boy have i been hungry tho! Imust've really been eating a lot of calories.:frown: Thanks again for everyone's support! You guys are the best!

:smooched: elli

jeffrey71

Good Thursday Morning Everyone!

I have been enjoying everyone's pictures. Thanks for sharing, now I feel guilty about now having some more posted. Things have been pretty quiet here, just work and the normal chores. I think I may have the moles under controll now, but I bet I have $500 in damage to repair next spring. Oh well!

Birdie what a nice story and family you have. I have crossed similar paths with my oldest daughter. She has a great boy friend and I really like him. Our youngest kind of dumped her boy friend about 2 years ago and is fine with that. She told me that she did not want tied down to anyone until she decided what she was going to do with her life and where she was going to do it at. She is a stong willed one! I have very deep and distinct ties to RI but I have never been there. I hear it is very senic. Someday I will get there to close some gaps. Anyway, I have really enjoyed your post.

Elli I am always hungry! LOL Anymore dead animals? New ones? LOL

Barbie good for you on the small shirts! Whoo Hoo!

Gayla have you started seeing "winter" yet?

Marie how has the walking been on those legs?

Everyone- Anything special going on for Thanksgiving? One month away!

Have a great day! I will check in later on.

jeffrey

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Good Morning to all

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The Rocket door to door van just picked Jake up to take him to the airport. :sad: :sad: :sad: I know he'll have a great time, but we'll miss him.

:flowerforyou: elli, I'm so sorry about your cats. We worry about ours every time we let them out. We live in a fenced subdivision but occasionally we are aware of wild animals outside and we keep the cats in for a few days. When we lived in the country, our cats were the predators and because we had a cat door, we frequently found animal parts in our house :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I don't even want to think about Thanksgiving yet. We don't have family nearby so we'll have no family obligations to deal with. For the last few years we've met a group of friends at a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner. The good thing about that would be that there would be a traditional meal with measured portions, no seconds, and no left overs. If I get to choose, we'll go to the movies instead.

Today is my weigh in and I'm down another pound :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

have a great day, hugs Barbie

elli

Barbie and Jeffrey - every time i read you guys's posts and scroll down to your tickers i am so amazed. You both have done so great! Jeffrey - i really like both of your pictures! You and Day are such a cute couple! You look lean and fit! No more dead animals - well - mice every day - out in the warehouse at work. Thanksgiving is still up in the air - for awhile i had family from both MA and CA considering trying to come here - i think the airfare is turning out to be too much, so i don't know what's going on! THIS weekend though i'm having 16 (or maybe 17 - people keep asking me if they can bring other people and of course i say sure!) people for dinner! These are the times my "diet" kind of goes out the window. It will be all right as long as i jump right back on - that's what i have to figure out.

Barbie - where is Jake going and how long will he be gone? You do such a good job avoiding falling into the holiday eating traps! I'm so blown away you're STILL losing weight. From the look of your ticker you only have a couple pounds left! How long have you been at it? You amaze me.

Hey Marie - how are you feeling? How are your legs?

Gayla - what's new? how's your head?

Beth - how is marathon training going? When is the marathon? Is it a full or a half? I'm so happy you're home! When does your bf get home?

OK, i better quit procrastinating and get some work done! Have a great day everybody!

Sandydur

It is Thursday, it is raining again, bummer!! I did not win at bingo but did have fun socializing with friends.:bigsmile:

I agree with Elli about Jeffrey and Barbie, your tickers are amazing. I can't shed the last few pounds to reach my goal and the two of you are doing it so well. I am so jealous. Jeffrey, you set your goal lower didn't you, not that you need it, you look great. And yes where are those pictures? Before and after, the beautiful daughters.....inquiring minds want to see. :laugh:

Marie, you have been quiet, what did the doctor say about your blood work? Are you okay?? We miss you this morning, come play with us.

Birdie, I too was touched by your story. How sad to lose a husband and a father at such a young age. Your faith is strong and sounds like it has gotten you through a lot. I like you, worry about my adult children but as I am learning in Al Anon, we have to detach with love and let them make their own decisions.

Elli, my son did have his interview and it went well although if they do hire him it is not a full time position. He has two other interviews so hopefully he will find something he likes and pays enough to support him. He is such a good guy, I hope things work out for him, although I will miss him.

Thanksgiving???? Having a second marriage and with kids who don't get along makes holidays stressful. We can't combine families and most of mine are out of state so except for Christmas I am not a big fan of holidays. We will probably go to my step son's as we usually do, but I try not to think about expectations or what might or might not happen. I take it one day at a time. Full of quotes today aren't I?

I do have my meeting today and again will try to exercise if time allows. :bigsmile:

Have a good day.

Sandy

ellens292

Hi, Everyone;,
I'm having trouble keeping up with all the posts, but good to catch up with some of you. I haven't been posting very much, seemed to be stalled in weight loss. But had a good report from the doc earlier this week although there are some things they can't do much about. As the specialist says, some things you just have to put up with. Says not to walk up hills so I don't have to use nitro so much, and walk slower if I have problems. Cold weather bothers too so have been walking at the mall. So all put together not so surprising I'm not losing. Have to cut more on food.
You all are posting pretty early in the am, I guess some of that is due to living further east, we are on PST.
Sounds like you got a job Jeffrey, good for you.
How's it going for you, Marie. You have lots of health struggles but you keep going anyway!
Barbie, you've lost more pounds since I was here last. You're almost there. Jake maintaining OK? Where's he off to now?
Our Thanksgiving is over already, starting to plan for Christmas. Have gotten in to making some cards. Will try to have enough for all the family and special people in our lives.
Have a good day all.
Ellen

elli

Sandy - i don't think i knew your combined families didn't get along - that MUST be hard and make the holidays difficult. I think it's part of why i never remarried - it seems so hard! It's good you reminded me of Al anon - that detachment is a good thing - sometimes i miss my kids TOO much! If your son gets one of the jobs how far away will he move? Is he living with you now? That will be hard. My youngest was 19 when he moved out and although he didn't move that far i really missed having him in the house! They're all coming home for dinner saturday night so that will be fun! I think there will be about 16 people - including 4 little kids! It'll be chaotic but fun.

Hi Ellen - i have a young friend from Alberta and she celebrated Thanksgiving a couple weeks ago. It's so hard to cut down on the food isn't it? Now that i've gone back on program i'm SO hungry.

Jeffrey - are you really hungry all the time? When i was doing well i was hungry at appropriate times - not always like i am right now. I keep hoping my stomach will shrink or something. I woke up in the middle of the night just starving! It was all i could do to keep from getting up and eating something. Also i seem to be having some issues with acid reflux right now - just since i went back to 1200 calories. I don't know if it's related at all, but it hurts! Not a big deal - this too shall pass!

ok - now i'm REALLY going to work!

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Its so good to hear from all of you. My legs are doing pretty good. Do have a pain in my hips and none of my doctors can explain why. Just when i walk a spell. Sit down it goes away till next time. Haven't heard from the doctor yet after the vascular test yesteray to see how my circulations is doing. I still have back ache but not as bad as I used to. so Iguess the walking is helping that too.
Ellen these little hills do brother me too. Its relly not a hill just a little upcline. I take it a 1,000 steps at a time. Usally just walk back and forth to the railway track and back a few times. till I get 1000 in for that trip. I am ding it 4 X a day. It was a little chilly out this morning. the north wind is blowing. Will have to put a jacket on next time out. I like walking at WalMart. Time goes by faster. I am counting my calories and I lost 1 lb. this week. Its slower but more dependable on losing some every week.

Everybody have a wonderful day. I enjoy reading all of your posting this morning.

Marie

BirdieM

Barbie: I am jealous about your small lace shirts!!:laugh: :laugh: Just kidding!:laugh: You're just awsome!
:frown: Also, sorry you will be without your Jake again.
That meal with salmon sounds so delicious! All foods I love!

:bigsmile: Elli: 2 good days under your belt!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Let’s make it 3!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Don’t let a dinner throw you off.:ohwell: You can make some healthy and delicious choices!:happy: As far as being hungry, I heard that we sometimes mistake hunger for lack of water. Are you drinking all your water??:huh:
Regarding acid reflux, have you tried something like Prilosec? I take it every morning and my Acid reflux has stopped. If it helps, ask your doctor for a prescription (Omeprazole). It’s so much cheaper than the Prilosec and does the same thing! Don’t let it go too long, though. :noway: Acid Reflux can cause some serious damage down the road.:noway: :frown:

Jeffrey: I hope you feel guilty enough to post some more pictures.:laugh: We all would like to see more of you and your family!:flowerforyou:
I hope you DO come to RI someday, especially in the late spring thru early fall! Russ and I take so many scenic rides (day trips) throughout the summer to some of the nicest beaches …..or love to take the ferry to Block Island. In the fall….the foliage is beautiful..just have to time it just right or you miss it’s peak!! :ohwell: Even the snow is breathtaking :happy: until it turns to ice!!!! I often say to Russ that, it blows my mind that what other people have to pay for….we have here at our fingertips! I guess that’s why we pay so much for everything!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :grumble:

Sandy: Welcome to my world!! I never win at anything…accept in love!
:frown: And, yes , I am learning to let go of my children more and more, but they’ll always be my little pumpkins no matter how old they get!! I added a few pictures (the last 4) of them were taken when they were kids. I am in one... in front of my favorite flowered tree! That tree died the year my first husband died. :noway: :noway: Isn’t that weird!! :noway: Almost like nature grieves with us!:ohwell:
But that’s how I see my girls in my mind…no matter how old they get! :ohwell:

:flowerforyou: Ellen: Hang in there. When I don’t exercise, as I haven’t been able to for the last three days, I find it hard to keep within my calories. I do! But it IS hard. You can do it one day at a time:happy:
:noway: Christmas???!!!!!! I can’t even get my arms around Thanksgiving!!!:ohwell: :laugh:

Have a great day everyone!!:flowerforyou:

BirdiM:smooched:

BirdieM

I like you, worry about my adult children but as I am learning in Al Anon, we have to detach with love and let them make their own decisions.

Elli, my son did have his interview and it went well although if they do hire him it is not a full time position. He has two other interviews so hopefully he will find something he likes and pays enough to support him. He is such a good guy, I hope things work out for him, although I will miss him.

Sandy

It sounds like YOU have had challenges yourself, and I am sure YOU have been strong throughout them:flowerforyou: ! I hope your son gets the right job but I don't envy you, if he needs to move away. That WOULD be tough:ohwell: but as you said, it's THEIR happiness that's most important to us. (Still doesn't mean it's easy, though.:frown: )May God bless this entire situation and you too!

BirdieM

elli

hope everyone's having a good night - i'm good! And yes Birdie - another good day! I didn't make it to the gym - had to grocery shop for the big saturday nite fam/din (family dinner) but i did manage to take my dogs for a good walk before it got dark!
I love the pictures of your baby girls! I know - i always tell my boys - as long as i'm living, my babies you'll be. It's from a book we used to read.
Yea - I more than drink my water - oh, thank you for the acid reflux advice. Prilosec - I HAVE taken that before but it says to only take it for 2 weeks. I may do just that 'cause it still kind of hurts. I managed to not have an "episode" last night (i went to the er once it scared me so bad) by sleeping mostly sitting up.
OK - i think i'm going out to hear a friend sing at Open Mike - not sure yet, but i'm done with food for the night so i'm good! I'm gonna weigh tomorrow morning - a little scary...........
Happy Thursday nite all!

CALIECAT

Just pop in to see what is going on. It was cold and dreary here today. I didn't get all of my walk in. today. But there is always tomorrow. Will try to make up for it. Stayed good on my food tho. Its is going to get down to 4o here tonight.

Gayla when does Neil go into the retreak home? Glad his blood work is OK. Your days of working is coming to a closed. You will have mor time to spend with us. You will be surprize and wonder how you ever had time to work? Now to get Phoebe retired. But she has a way to go yet.

Jeffrey done has a taste of retirment, Work harder at home than he used to at work. glad he got the mole under control. We have a nest of big rats down by the railroad track and the city is surpose to clean out all the trees and weeds that look like trees out so they wont have a nesting place. They will probable come to our house. Calie would have a ball. Sammy too. Hope not. Calie has driven me crazy during all this rain and cold weather. So restless

Alice, my daughter had he colonopy this morning. Got about 3 pollops. Sent a bisopy off for cancer. waiting for the results. Also found something in her chest that they are sending off. She has been having a lot of pains in her chest. She had a birthday Tues. She turn 55. Oh I am gettin old.

Good night to Barbiecat, Birdie, Barbs, Sandy. Jeffrey, Jake wherever he might be, Ellen,Elli, Beth.
Gayla, and Phoebe. Thinking of you all.

Marie