You are too funny Snoozie!

Thanks for the stairs pic Snoozie. Needed that visual right now!

Have a great day everyone!

Thanks Snoozie for the stairs metaphor-love it!

Snoozie, so glad you managed to untangle yourself. I always preferred getting in those stuck positions in my home, so I would buy things and do the tangled dance at home. For me add in a pair of glasses that I forgot to take off and was afraid would break.
Carol, huge congrats on the run!
Love the step analogy, with our lanterns lit, we will all get to the top a step at a time!

I'm back! I had a hysterectomy on Tuesday afternoon and came home yesterday at noon. They did it by laparoscopy, so no incision or dressings. All of the healing is on the inside. I'm walking up and down stairs and feeling fine. I don't know how I'll *lay low* for four weeks without exercising. I honestly felt worse with the symptoms of fibroids than I have after surgery. I'm going to be reading everyone's posts and cheering you on!

Happy Friday all. Tarnold hope that nasty sinus thing you are fighting resolves soon & have fun this weekend. Kobie take it easy & do not over due it.

Snooozie your lantern idea struck a cord with me. We end church each week with "take your candle, go light your world" It is about holding a candle to those who need it and something I try to live by. I see members of this group seem to live by the same morals I do & truely enjoy spending time with you all. Wish we could meet for coffee in reality some time, but think between Snooozie & Hairsprays witt we may all die laughing.

It has been dark & rainy for the past 2 weeks here in New England. I soo miss being outside to exercise. The dreadmill, just not as much fun, but I am trying. It's a long weekend for me with a Monday Holiday, if weather permits I want to get a hike in as well as some heavy fall cleaning.

Now with the weather getting cooler I am looking at my breakfast & looking for something to replace my AM protien shake. I usually exercise in the AM, so like to have something protien rich afterwards. Do any of you use Quinoa? For those who do not know about it, it is a complete protien & a replacement for cereal or rice. A co-worker brought some in a couple of weeks ago & I tried it. Maybe I could use this as a replacement for oatmeal on cold AM's. Any advice/ideas?

Bis...I love quinoa, it is a great grain like rice and can add additional protein to your meal. Just add to it like you would rice and all is good. I can't get the family on board but as soon as I find a way to make it (to them) as scrumptious as I find it all will be well.

LOL, I guess it should but I like a "little tail" in my life...it just hasn't happened a lot lately...lmao If I can get it through quinoa then I am all the better...oops maybe TMI?
Menopause and old age make a huge difference in our love life...right?

Oh Carol, that is too funny. I need to try it. Isn't funny how life just gets in the way of things that you would like to happen..:blushing: :bigsmile:

Hatters, keep those lanterns shining, and get or stay healthy!
SHOPPING BEFORE AND NOW
There were so many years when the idea of shopping for clothes depressed me. Years when I wouldn’t buy any clothes because I did not feel good in any clothes, so it was easier to pretend I didn’t care about clothes and to develop an amazing skill for not looking into any mirrors. There were times when I was so thankful for my 2 days of telecommuting, because I really didn’t have five different professional outfits to wear. There were years that I did not wear any pants at all because even if the pants were big enough, anything felt uncomfortable around my waist. Times when I longed for fabric that was not stretchy. Great big tent like dresses were all that I wore. Only those of you who have been through this routine understand how exciting it is to go shopping and know there will be clothes that will fit and that will not make me turn from the mirror.
Which brings me to yesterday’s shopping highlight of the year!
The big annual charity sale of clothing by the Johns Hopkins hospital Board was yesterday and I had so much fun! I met my daughter there and she was surprised that our Saturns were by far the most modest cars in the parking area. There were jaguars and lots of Mercedes. I told her rich people love a bargain. I invited Lynn because even though she is a director of programs at the inner city sailing center spending most of her time in very casual clothes, she also has been making presentations to potential donors to their accessible sailing program. So she needed professional clothes. I decided that I should focus on her because my recent shopping expedition in my own various closets had turned up a plethora of size 16 clothes, many of which still had price tags because they never fit. Now that they fit, I really didn’t need anything except for a formal dress coat to wear for work. My dress coat is older than my 21 year old daughter.
As soon as we walked in the door, I saw a perfect coat. It was full length, 100% wool, black with velvet trim and a hood. I love hoods! But it was a size 14. I looked at the 16’s and didn’t see anything. I decided to try it on and it fit perfectly!! I know that it was cut big and that I am not a size 14, but I was very excited about my quick find. I then went to help my daughter who quickly had an armload to try on. Then a beautiful suit caught my eye, it was a chanel style blue purple tweed with a purple trim. It was also a size 14, I tried the jacket on and it fit snugly. I didn’t try the skirt on because I knew it wouldn’t fit. The label said it was custom made at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. I could not resist and since I am going to be smaller than all my size 16’s when I get to my goal, I decided it was worth the $40 investment. Knowing there was going to be a communal dressing room, I made sure I wore decent underwear. I could not help but notice that the two ladies sharing our tiny space were wearing thongs and I don’t care how small you are, thongs in a communal dressing room??! Heading to the checkout line, a black wool cardigan with gold buttons caught my eye and for $10 it went on top of our stack.
Now I NEED to stop buying any clothes until those size 16’s get too big.

@ hairspray - the coat would go great with my purple pants.....:glasses:

@ the "thong" comment - I work wear we do a physical on everyone who joins the military.....

dress code for ladies - must not wear thongs :blushing: that was implemented when our previous doc was working here - he was 80 years old and very very old school.... :noway:

dress code for the gents - no boxers - have to be able to "see" everything:smokin:

laughing all the way... ROFL....:laugh: :laugh:

lets just say "my how things have changed over the years....."

Carol