Mac, thanks for getting us started today. Sounds like you are getting a much needed break--enjoy!

I'm feeling like crap today--combo of some kind of sinus thing, Still's flare, and sore joints from overdoing yesterday. I have a huge list of stuff that needs doing and no energy to do it.

I'm trying to come up with something optimistic to write, but the best I can do is that my awesome sinus drainage will probably keep me from eating too much junk.

Karen

Need to take a shower, go to the farmers market and preparer myself mentally for a trip to another car dealer. Perhaps this time I wont feel like taking a drill to my head, and perhaps this time they will have a car with a working truck that wont need to be propped open by a stick (if i'm going to buy a hill billy car I better get hill billy prices).

I think it's time for a chocolate muffin, sorry no sugar carb people.

So hubs and I head out the door earlier to run some errands and I wind up sobbing in the car. Has nothing to do with him--I'm still in a flare (which is like having the flu/strep throat) and joints are on fire this morning. God love him, he took my list of chores away and said I need to go float on the lake until I feel better.

I usually just push through, so I didn't realize that for almost three weeks, as I'm trying to reduce my prednisone dose, I've been getting sicker and sicker. I haven't been to the gym at all, am sleeping 12-14 hours and just want to eat carbs and sugar. Sometimes it takes a crying jag as a wakeup call. So--back to frigging 30mg of pred and taking the weekend to recover a bit.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday!
K.

Ratpat, Let us know how you make out in your car search...my car went belly up a few months back and I'm still Paying ON IT!! ugh!

When it is paid off in October I suppose Ill have to look for one...but for now, while I'm still paying on the broken one I can put off the frustration of searching.

Angie

Wish I had a pool at my house...it's a 25-30 minute drive to both of my potential swimming locations.

Oh don't worry i've been doing my research and searching for six months. I only buy used, and had no issue walking away from the car yesterday after 40min of negotiating. To bad for him, the price wasn't bad but since he didn't take the trunk issue seriously I had no desire to continue. Will go test drive another one today, if i can get the price down to a better number then I might be coming home with a car, or a disappointing trip to farm country.

Hi all, hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday.

Mac, great job on the no sugar. That's a real hard one for me at times. Also, fantastic job on learning to take care of yourself. That's a real hard one too.

Karen, so sorry to hear that you are feeling so crappy. Hope that relaxing in the lake gives you some relief.

Pat, hope you are having better luck today with car shopping. That is one job that I hate to do.

Angie, great job on logging the binge and then moving on. It took me forever to get to the point where I could say "that's in the past...I can't change it....move on and start over." I still struggle at times but am getting better. Glad you are not letting it get in your way and tripping you up.

Dianna (i think, artelyn), I can so relate to your working with your husband on the gazebo. Working with my mom is completely impossible and we always end up fighting. So nice that you were able to get it together so you can now enjoy it together.

Today was the pool party over at the big pool in the complex. It was nice to get out of the house and just relax. Didn't do any swimming, too many little kids in the pool. I prefer to swim in the little pool on our side of the complex. I got to see some people I haven't seen in a while so it was nice catching up. They had food but I was very careful in what I chose to eat and logged everything. Almost blew the no bread challenge but caught myself at the last second and took the turkey off the bread and ate it. Cody has been with his grandma since yesterday afternoon and won't be back till late tonight. That always gives me a little bit of a break. I actually got to sleep in a little this morning. Felt good. Well, looks like we have some rain headed this way so I better get outside and get those pork steaks done on the grill before it gets here. Check back in on you all later.

Heather, sorry baby girl still isn't feeling better. Sounds like you need that girls' night out. Hopefully she won't get any worse and you can hand the reigns over to hubby and let him take care of things for a while.