Senior Golden Sneakers Club~~~~~~~~~ November

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Gayla, No there isn't any that I know of. that is on this site that following the plan. the point of eating everyfive hours and snacks so often is that after 5 hours you liver will feed you equal to a bagel, That sounds weird to me but I know for a fact I can go to bed with a normal blood sugar reading and wake up with it being high. And I haven't eating something every five hours.There was a girl that started it on one of the threads but she left. But she got me started looking into it. I do E-Mail her and keepin touch. AS far as my sleeping, I have never slept better and no problems going back to sleep. I used to lay awke for 3 or 4 hours unable to go to sleep. But not no more. That and curbing my appetite is the only advantage i have had so far. There is forum on Met B that is really nice. they are such a big help.But I am loving it so far. Been getting my 30 minutes of walking in.And eating 8 or 9 times a day. Just my speed.I really think this author got something here. It is a low carb and low fat diet. The lighter veggies don't count, neither does lean meat and low fat cheese. I haven't missed my sweets. At the end of 8 weeks new things will be added, She said our pancreas should be in good hape by then to handle more carbs. This book just came out this past summer so it is really new. I got my book yesterday and have a list of menu to go by.
Marie

Sandydur

I feel I have missed so much but have been busy. My son left this morning for Arizona, it was a tearful good bye but he is excited about his new adventure. He did live in Arizona after he got out of the Navy and he loved it then. It will be a new place for me to visit and at least it is warm year round. :bigsmile:

Gayla, glad you are feeling better. My husband went to the doctor yesterday and they tested him for the HI, thank goodness it was negative. He does have a sinus infection along with some other symptoms but she put him on an antibiotic so hopefully he will feel better in a few days. I love that Neil missed your hug, it only proves what a great mom you are.

Barbie, I hope you have lots of recipes using apple sauce, it sounds like you and Jake have made mounds of it.

Marie, you new diet seems to be working for you and you seem to really like it. If it approved by your doctor and helps with your blood sugar than go for it.

Campbell59, welcome to our group. We hope you stay with us and we will give you all the encouragement you need and more support than you know what to do with. :bigsmile:

Jeffrey, I am not sure where you can lose another 20 pounds but if you get your doctor's approval than good luck to you. You sound like your life has changed more than 100%. Have a good trip and try and relax.

Elli, you sound back on track and I bet that your weight will be melting off quickly.

Birdie, you are a wonderful person with deep faith, I admire that. Your positive attitude will always be appreciated and will make others feel great about themselves.

Went to bingo tonight but did not win. I am tired now and going to bed. :yawn:

Talk to you in the morning.

Sandy

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Good morning everybody,

Had a wonderful night sleep . slept till 8:15 this morning. Time to get started eating for today. No plans for today. read some more on my book.

Marie

Sandydur

Good morning,

It is a beautiful sunny day with temps in the 50's. Great November, better than our summer. :flowerforyou:

Glad you are sleeping well Marie. I think a good night's sleep is important for our general health.
There are nights I go to bed so tired and just can't fall asleep, last night was different and today I feel rested.

I have a meeting today, then I am picking up the 4 year old so her mom can set up for the benefit we are going to tomorrow night. It is a Church benefit with the theme being the 70's. I wish I would have saved some clothes from that era. :laugh:

Have a couple of errands to run before my meeting, will check in later.

Sandy

PS. I am keeping off the two pounds I lost but still don't want to change my post until after the weekend. :laugh:

elli

good morning friends! Sandy - that's AWESOME that the 2 pounds is staying off! I'm so proud of you! (ok, a little jealous too - i'm still struggling, but i know it's ME and the choices i'm making).:grumble:

Marie - i could never get up in the middle of the night and eat and fall back to sleep. I'm not a very good sleeper - sometimes i wake up like 5 or 6 times in a night and read a paragraph or 2 and then go back to sleep for a bit.......it's crazy. The nights that i only get up once or twice and don't have to read myself back to sleep feel like a mini vacation! :laugh:

OMG Barbie - MORE applesauce????? I used to put up sweet corn like that - get a truck load and spend the WHOLE weekend freezing it - that used to last about 2 years. Always enough tomatoes to last the year also - frozen and dehydrated. Good times! I

Gayla - so it was your Uncle? The POW - your Mom's brother? That's tough stuff........My mom's brother was also a POW but was released. I'm glad you're feeling better - try not to do TOO much too quickly though. That's what i've heard from people who had that - they think they're all right and get up and go back to their regular routine and have a setback. Keep on hugging Neil though!

Jeffrey - i'm a little worried about 20 pounds - will we be able to see you if you turn sideways????? It's good you're talking to your doc before you do it.

I think someone asked me - sorry, i can't remember - and i haven't figured out how to check posts without losing what i've written - if my family is coming for Thanksgiving and YES! they are! I ordered an organic, free range turkey - the only turkey i've ever cooked before was one we raised! I hope it'll be good. I'm a little nervous - first big (20 people) Thanksgiving in my new house! woo hooooooo:happy:

My Soldier/kid and his wife are talking about requesting transfer to Germany IF he gets into the CID (he says it's like the FBI only in the Army?). We'll see - all i know is i have to spend as much time with them as possible! lol

OK - going to work now! Have a great Thursday everyone!

elli

weaklink109

Elli-

The simplest way to go back and look at other posts is just open another browser window with MFP and pull up the post you are replying to and you can go where you want to without harming the post you are preparing. Another option, to avoid any chance of posts disappearing as they are being created, you can use a word processing program or notepad or wordpad to compose in and then use the copy and past function to move what you have written into a thread reply window, and add your emoticons (funny faces)

Your Thanksgiving dinner sounds very ambitious. I always order the type of turkey you mention, and I think you will like it.

And if your son and family move to Germany, look at it this way--now you have an excuse to make a trip to Europe!! I have a friend whose son plays basketball in France in the European League. She gets "April in Paris" every year, since they go there for Spring Break (she is a teacher). She misses him, but jokes about how he can't come home because then they couldn't justify going to France every year!!:laugh: :laugh:

Barb

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BirdieM

Greeting to all my Golden Sneakers friends!
I am at work, so just a quick HI!
Hello:
Marie:flowerforyou: , Elli:flowerforyou: , Jeffrey:flowerforyou: , Beth:flowerforyou: Gayla:flowerforyou: , Barb:flowerforyou: , Ellen:flowerforyou: , Barbie:flowerforyou: & Jake:flowerforyou: !!!

As many know my MIL is in the hospital, from a stroke, and I have been cleaning out her apartment. As soon as I found out she, most likely, won't be coming home, I threw out all her desserts, cookies, candies, ice cream etc. If, by some miracle, she comes home, I will be more than happy to go out and buy the junk and put it back. But for now, I need to do....what I need to do...and my husband is absolutely thrilled with the results of my weight loss:blushing: In fact, he said now that the treats are not calling to him...HE would like to try to lose some weight! In fact, he told me the other day, when I was looking for some clothes that WEREN'T too big....that I have absolutely no idea just how much of a difference the 26 lbs has made!! Wow...that was worth a lot! :bigsmile: But even if he didn't notice...I NOTICE and am having the time of my life looking a potential outfits that were just out of the question 26 lbs ago.

Have a great day. Will try to check in again if I have the time.:smooched:
BirdieM

elli

Birdie - i'm sorry about your mil - but i'm proud of you for getting rid of all the junk! And that's so great that your husband is so supportive and happy with your weight loss. 26 pounds is HUGE!

Barb - thank you for the easy solutions to looking at posts WHILE posting! I'm SO computer challanged! lol

Hope everyone is having a good day. It's beautiful here but supposed to start snowing sometime tonight after midnight. I have the feeling it will just be rain down this low........and mud:huh: oh well. I'll just have to deal with it! Not a big deal.

elli

Sandydur

Greeting to all my Golden Sneakers friends!
I am at work, so just a quick HI!
Hello:
Marie:flowerforyou: , Elli:flowerforyou: , Jeffrey:flowerforyou: , Beth:flowerforyou: Gayla:flowerforyou: , Barb:flowerforyou: , Ellen:flowerforyou: , Barbie:flowerforyou: & Jake:flowerforyou: !!!

As many know my MIL is in the hospital, from a stroke, and I have been cleaning out her apartment. As soon as I found out she, most likely, won't be coming home, I threw out all her desserts, cookies, candies, ice cream etc. If, by some miracle, she comes home, I will be more than happy to go out and buy the junk and put it back. But for now, I need to do....what I need to do...and my husband is absolutely thrilled with the results of my weight loss:blushing: In fact, he said now that the treats are not calling to him...HE would like to try to lose some weight! In fact, he told me the other day, when I was looking for some clothes that WEREN'T too big....that I have absolutely no idea just how much of a difference the 26 lbs has made!! Wow...that was worth a lot! :bigsmile: But even if he didn't notice...I NOTICE and am having the time of my life looking a potential outfits that were just out of the question 26 lbs ago.

Have a great day. Will try to check in again if I have the time.:smooched:
BirdieM

**sniff **sniff am I not a friend??

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: The applesauce adventures continues. We saw the apple lady this morning and she said that she'd given nine boxes of apples to someone else. I think we're about half way through our six boxes now. We'll have a wonderful winter of apples for snacks, oatmeal and applesauce in the evening, applesauce in our Isagenix shakes, and the best of all

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pumpkin/squash apple soup.:bigsmile:

Today was my weigh in day and I lost another pound (actually it's the one that has been gone for a week but I wasn't willing to post it until it was gone for awhile) which puts me one pound away from my original goal which may be a good one and four pounds from my new goal . With the holidays coming up, I want to redouble my efforts to stay focused so when I'm faced with holiday parties I don't undo all my good work.

We've been invited to dinner at a friend's house tonight. We're eating later than I'm used to and even though they know a bit about how we eat, there's no guarantee that the food they serve will really fit in with how I eat. So........instead of stressing over it, I decided to keep in touch with MFP friends and tell my brain to "shut up" :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Birdie, that is so sad about your MIL...........good for you, getting rid of the tempting food in her house......it will make things so much easier for you right now.....isn't it nice to lose some weight and feel so different about the clothes you wear.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Ellie, what a great adventure for your son if he should get the transfer to Germany and what a challenge for you.

:flowerforyou: Marie, I look forward to hearing about your new diet works for you, health wise and for weight loss

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did you say that there are portion sizes or just certain foods you can eat?

:flowerforyou: Gayla, I hope you are continuing to feel better

:flowerforyou: Beth, are there other races coming up? Are you getting into a good eating routine now that you're in the states? I'm sure the food tastes better now that you have some control over it.

I finished knitting the hat to go with my winter coat and it looks great. Now I have to do the scarf.

Hugs to all my friends.
Barbie

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Sandy, you are one of our dearest friend. <<<<<<<<<,hugs>>>>>>>>>> to a beautiful Lady/


Marie

weaklink109

Hello Everyone,

It's been a day or two since I was on here, so hello to all.:flowerforyou:

Marie, Your new eating plan sounds interesting. You will have to keep us posted.

BirdieM, Sorry to hear about your MIL not likely to be coming home. It took great tenacity and strength of character to toss all those goodies you described.

I have only found one "trigger food" so far since I started on my journey. I discovered that I like ginger snaps, and can be happy with one or two for a serving, BUT I discovered that Newman Oh's Ginger sandwich cookies are from the :devil: :laugh: :laugh: The only binge I have been on since I started in April was hitting a bag of those pretty hard 'til they were G--O--N--E, then I made a vow to not buy any again til I reach my goal weight, which is probably about a year away, realistically, since we lose more slowly at the end of the journey from what I have read.

I have given Mai Li a new nickname. She is the "bathroom bouncer."-- you know, like a bouncer, who guards the door at a nightclub. This morning she parked herself in the doorway of the bathroom while I was taking a bath. This prevented Pepper from coming in and napping on the bath mat as he usually does. He just sat on the other side of her, looking sooooo sad:sad: :sad: :laugh: :laugh: Of course when I finished, Mai Li had to move so I could get out, but it was funny to watch those two stare one another down. She was gonna keep the riff raff out of mom's bathroom no matter what.

As for Bradley, while all this was going on, he was snoozing in the living room--worn out from the hour long walk we all went on this morning. It was not warm, just in the high 40's, but it wasn't raining, so a pleasant outing.

Hope everyone has a good Friday the 13th!!!

Barb

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Good Morning Seniors,

What are your plans for Thanksgiving. Jerry and I are going over to Alice and Jim , I am to make the dressing and a carrot cake. Kathy and Ricky and her family will be there. Looking forward to have this family get together. .........Marie

elli

Hi everyone! TGIF!

Sandy - we all love you! You are SO close to your goal - i think you need to record that pound on your ticker! You ROCK!

Marie - how are you feeling with your new diet?

Barbie - did you dehydrate any of the apples? I did some of that this year with what i got from my 2 trees. Certainly not 5 boxes!:noway: Congrats on your weight loss! You're amazing. Good luck with the eating out tonight - i know - it can be awkward. I've done it most of my life just 'cause i don't eat meat - but that's not as tough as when you eat "clean". People freak out enough when i tell them THAT! lol

Barb - that's such a cute story about Mai Li! What a funny little dog! They all have their own personalities. We have the 2 dashchunds in our office now - the 8 year old and the baby. She's constantly standing on his head and pouncing all over him trying to get him to play. I'm amazed how tolerant he is - he loves her I'm so impressed that you only had the 1 binge. It seems like once i start i can't stop for a few days.

My nieces hubby is on his way here from SW CO today. I'm fixing 1 piece of macadamia crusted halibut for us to share tonight - and a broccoli/cauli/carrot casserole.

Tomorrow i have scrapbooking so i'm "practicing" for Thanksgiving - trying out a new sweet potato casserole recipe and a new dressing - sausage and chestnut - at least i won't be tempted by THAT! lol

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! We're expecting snow anytime - so i don't know about dog walks today or tomorrow - don't mind the snow and the cold but the mud - YUCK!:grumble:

elli

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Elli< Snow? hope it is a pretty one. We are to get our first frost next week if the weathman got it right................Jerry used that Shampoo on Sammy....Jerryy said it was great. ,...no compareing to what we by at the grocer stores. Is it available localy?

elli

Hi Marie - glad you liked the shampoo! The best place to get our products is from a catalog called Revival Animal Health. Their number is 1 800 786 4751.
They say we're going to get some snow - but it's not that cold - i think it could be mostly rain. We'll see!
elli

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Barbiecat, You were asking about my diet. go to.......... click on chart and there is a ;ist of foods that I eat. I have lost 2 lbs so far. But I have put my scales up for we are not surpose to weigh untill 8 weeks. Here is how I am measuring my lost. I am wearing size 10 undies and bought som 9's. The 10's ae confortable and the nines are a little snug but can wear them , As soon as the 9's get confortable I will buy sonme 8's and so on down the line.[ Don't laugh Jeffrey]

TheMetabolismMiracle.com
Marie

Lafla

Hi to you all from sunny Saskatchewan! I keep saying that I am going for a walk but never get there. Perhaps this will be the day that it happens. I had a long day at work yesterday as well as Dr. appts. I had a hard time staying awake on the couch, eventually falling asleep hard. I woke up at five and went to bed. I forgot to turn my alarm off but didn't even hear it so slept until about 10. Today I will make myself stay awake until bedtime (at a decent hour). I am home alone today mostly wasting time although there is so much I could be doing. I should eat something for lunch but so far haven't decided what.

Take care all, I hope to get back later this evening. Keep smiling. Gayla

BirdieM

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Gayla, When will your last day at work? I know you are looking forward to it. I am so happy for you.And this cruise trip when is it? You are a night owl. always been one. I remember you and debra always posted after I went to bed. But did enjoy reading the next morning,

We are to have our first Frost next week. Gonna have to get our plants in.

Have a good day.
Marie:flowerforyou:

elli

Birdie - thank you so much for the usefull information re: the census!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: We had a lovely dinner with friends last night. I watched what I ate all day and made sure I got a lot of exercise so I'd have some calories available for dinner. The company was great. We love the family and their thirteen poodles. Dinner was roast chicken, a vegetable dish with zucchini, onions, peppers and turkey sausage, and baked yams. It was delicious. Just before we left, the daughters cut up fresh oranges and pears for dessert.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: marie, I read a little bit about your diet and it was all positive so I'm glad you found it.

:flowerforyou: Barb, if I leave the bathroom door open, I get help from all the pets (not all at once, since Haifa won't come in if the dogs are there:laugh: ) mai li sounds so cute

:flowerforyou: Marie, our plans for Thanksgiving involve boarding the dogs and driving two hours each way.......some friends from California will be in Washington visiting his mom and they've invited us to have Thanksgiving with them. They have a new baby and didn't want to try to come over here with the baby so we'll go to see them.

:flowerforyou: Elli, your dinner for tonight sounds delicious.....we used to have a dehydrator but not any more so we're just making applesauce.

:flowerforyou: Gayla, I'm happy to hear that you're getting a lot of rest.:noway:

We had a lot of wind today......I had to keep walking at the dog park because when I stood still it felt like the wind would knock me over.

Jake leaves tomorrow for an overnight trip to Vancouver (:sad: :sad: :sad: boo hoo, I wish I could go and maybe connect with Barb). We're a one car family so the dogs and I will be staying home with no trips to the dog park.
time for bed so we can get up at 4:30
hugs Barbie

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Barbiecat

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How do you make your applesauce? Sounds so good having your freezer stock with good wholesome food. I can't have apple sauce yet but at the end of my first 8 weeks I can. The ideal behind this first 8 weeks is getting my body ready for more carbs.

So glad you are getting out to socialize with your friends. I don't eat out to often but can manage to make the right choice Getting them to leave off this and adding that. Its our choice when we eat out.

Marie

Sandydur

Good Morning Everyone,

Didn't get a chance to post yesterday, had a busy day. Went to a benefit from our Church last night that had a silent auction as well as a live auction. Dinner was chicken and with all the walking around I did, I didn't gain an ounce. :laugh: It was a fun night and I bought some nice items. The theme was the 70's so I put together an outfit with wide legs that I ironed some flowers on the bottom of the leg and I tie dyed a shirt and wore a flower in my hair. The music was great and friends were great.

This morning is obedience class for Daisy, check out her new haircut showing her eyes. I like it but think I will let it grow back out, I like her eyes covered.


Will try to respond to everyone's post later, have to get myself moving.

Sandy

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How cute Daisy is with her eyes so pretty.
Glad you had a ball last night. Wish you took a picture of you in you outfit.
Marie

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Marie, I core and slice apples using a Universal Gourmet Apple-Potato Peeler Slicer (I don't peel them) then I cut them into smaller pieces and put the pieces in a big pot with 2 cups of water, bring the water and apples to a boil in a covered pot, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on and 40 minutes with the lid off.

I freeze the applesauce in glass jars, plastic containers, canning jars, and freezer bags,

At first I used a little brown sugar and cinnamon, but now I cook them plain. If someone wants brown sugar or cinnamon they can add it later.

When I first wanted to make applesauce I read several cookbooks to find out how to do it. It was very interesting to find that my mother's cookbook from 1943 suggested almost no sugar and the more modern cookbooks suggested quite a bit of sugar.

I have two pots simmering on the stove and I'll be getting on the exercise bike. The temperature was 30 when I walked the dogs early this morning. Now it's up to 35 so I decided to do my exercise indoors today.

I'm home alone with no car so I'll have a lot of time today to do the stuff that I've been putting off.
hugs Barbie

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Thanks Barbiecat, . I loved apple sauce. Can't have it now but can in 5 1/2 weeks. Looking forward to it.
But you know what I am not drooling on all the goodies at Holidays gathering Just had a big salad with all the free stuff I could find/ Quite good.
Marie

Lafla

Hi everyone! It is hard to believe it is the middle of November with the gorgeous weather we are having. It is frosty in the morning but gets nice as the day progresses. We got up early this morning as Neil wanted to take us out for lunch (which actually means I pay, but whatever). We picked up our groceries right after breakfast so it was nice to have that done early. Dave went to help my son put the Christmas lights on his evergreen tree in his front yard. They really needed a bucket truck to get to the top so he was a bit disappointed but at least it will sparkle. He had to climb the tree a bit to get it as high as he could. The cats must have been having a glorious time watching out the front window. Neil had brought home a recipe for cookies (unbaked) that they made in his program so we had to get those made this afternoon, not diet friendly. We both had a little sleep in front of the TV. I was reading and he was watching racing. When Dave got home we switched to football. Our University team was playing and lost, last game of the season. I am not so much for football but get more interested in these important games. I enjoy hockey or curling much more and of course, love figure skating.
My two sisters and I are thinking about taking a trip to Winnipeg by train to see my Uncle and Aunt. We haven't seen them for a few years and would really like to do this. As kids we traveled on the train so much and we thought it would be fun to do that again. I am supposed to be looking into prices, times, etc. We will stay in a hotel as I don't want to put a stress on them and now that they are in a seniors condo. I don't expect they have room for extra. We will visit there, of course. The train station used to be downtown Winnipeg but I have no idea if it still is or not.

Someone asked about my retirement date, I think it was Marie. I actually should be done but due to my illness I wasn't able to finish what needs to be done. So, I went in Thursday and will need to go in one more day. I did bring some work home but haven't touched it yet. The extra time that I have to work will be paid out in holiday pay. They are having a Retirement Tea for me on the 26th so I better be done by then. Next week I have a 3 day conference to go to which I am quite excited about. A large part of it is to do with infant-child bonding during hospitalization, etc. Half of my caseload has been children in hospital, sometimes for more than a year so this is very relevant to me. I am not sure if I told you but I am going to work casual starting in Feb. only for the hospital children. If there are no children in hospital I won't go in but if there are some I will go in one half-day a week. Hopefully I can get it done in a half day.

All the talk of apple sauce makes me want to make some. I love the smell in the house when I make apple sauce and Neil really likes it. I have a nice pork tenderloin in the freezer which would really like some apple sauce to accompany it to the table. Yes, I do add a bit of sugar (no surprise). Speaking of dinner, I better get some cooking. Have a lovely Sunday.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

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Gayla, sounds like you are soon to be a retiree. Is Neil still planing on going into a retreat home? He seems so happy to be with you all. Every once in awhile I see Neil's whale goes by on my computor. I took a picture of it and Alice has set my computer up so if I am not on it all of my picturres flash by. Sure enjoy it.
I gave Alice Neil's box of pecans. We only got a 5 gallon bucket full this year. Where 6 or 7 years ago we got about 5 buckets full. But this year crop was better Pecans.

I am doing fine on my new programs. but I always do for 2 or 3 weeks. I am hoping this time is better, I got an E-Mail from Mo wishing me a Happy birthday. Its nice to be thought of from Sunny Africa. She didn't have anything to say. Of course I wrote back with a bunch of questions.

a lovely trip you and your sister have plan. I always wish I had a sister. I got 3 brothers instead.

Have a good weekend. Marie

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Hey guys, a good Sunday Morning to you all. It is misting rain here and surpose to be colder tomorrow. with the north winds. Time to pulled out the sweatshirts. Still doing great here, I am happy with my new plans. I seems to have more energy. See you later.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
Marie