I know that a lot of people leave the desert in the summer, but we always loved it then. For us the best time of year. Traffic and crowds were less and we enjoyed the heat.

As far as July, it's going to be a continuation of June. Trying to keep my stress under control, caring for my mother, and also canning, freezing and preserving what we reap from our garden.

Your lives all sound very exciting to me....we have lived here for 40 years and have never moved house...I don't see it happening! In England the weather is always changing - and I like that...I love the different seasons and the variety that brings to our lives...I would love to live near the sea but as I say I don't think we will ever move now.

Started the month off with good walks and a swim :bigsmile:

Jean

Hello to all my 60 yrs. and over buddies!! I really need to get a handle on my excercise!! I do really well, then back slide and not lose. Here is my GREAT BIG LOSS ~ 1 lb ~ I know I will get a handle on it and make progress. I am doing better on my intake. I think the Florida vacation was a BIG setback. However I do not regret it ( I had a blast with my girls ).

I agree the heat and humidity is a real BLOW to ones stamina during excercise, but I also can not forget how Yukky it was to try and walk in snow. Let's all enjoy the summer and not indulge TOO much, for these days will pass all to quickly.

Happy Fourth Losers!! :drinker:

Happy Canada Day and almost 4th of July.....sounds exciting about the move...lots to do and consider but will be fun and wherever it is I am sure you will make the best of it even though it may not be perfect. Can't wait to hear all about it...

Happy Canada right back to you - and congratulations I can not yet imagine only having 5 lbs to go.

Hello everyone.

I am really glad my weight loss is staying off because that is the best thing I can say for today. I have a flu/cold/sinus infection or something and my DH decided our fur baby had to see the vet NOW so he took her.....a first! She had a biopsy and we will get the results next week. I now have a bed companion for the afternoon as she sleeps off the anesthetic.

What a downer post! Sorry......:embarassed:

For all of you heading into the long weekend........enjoy:drinker:

Wanda

Bit off it here too...got an infection/abcess on a tooth....taking painkillers and anti-biotics...not feeling like doing much at all really....... :ohwell:

Jean

Wooken3

Would you please tell me how you post the pictures on the message boards? I have tried and tried but have not succeeded!
Thanks

That is a great story Charlie. It sounds like you really like Columbus. I love to travel too, but have been doing so less over the last couple of years. My work environment has not allowed for traveling , unless it is going to another city for the job. Planning on going to San Diego in October for a friends wedding, so am really looking forward to that.

I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday with your family and friends!

So my following the program was not great over the long weekend. Much good times with friends and family, but way too much food :ohwell: It is time to get back in the right direction. I still have a long was to go on this journey, and will not let this little bump get in the way of making progress.

- JB

Wooken - Thanks for that clip from your home town. Our son used to live in Chandler, and those 115-degree days were killers! Loved seeing that haboob - never saw anything like that when we visited. Kinda stirs the imagination! Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, Mummy Returns, Sandstorm, and the like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYNzJXJnDI

It was really quiet on here over the weekend. I hope that means everyone was out enjoying themselves. My w/e did not go as planned due to a virus of some sort. On Sat. it took my voice and hid it somewhere still to be found. DH likes that I cannot answer back. :laugh: Little does he know how much I am saving up. As it rained all w/e, it didn't matter to me that I couldn't go out.

bvifun - congrats on nearing your success goal! Any tips for me and others who might be struggling?

I not sure that I have much advice Smiles except to remember it is a long process so just keep at it. The support is really making a difference for me.

Happy anniversary Smiles.

I tried something new in foods tonight. Shirataki Noodles. I had seen recipes for these on MFP forums but had never tried them. I am not on a low carb diet but, you see, I love noodles, pastas, dumplings, pirogies....starch of any kind or nationality. So to cut down a little on starch and still feel full did appeal to me. We cannot get the kind with tofu in them but I did not mind the texture at all and the smell went away when they were cooked. All this is good, as I thought I was buying 2 bags but instead bought 2 boxes or 12 bags. Without the tofu it has a longer shelf life so it also works well as hurricane food.

Charlie. We moved down here from Calgary. I lived there for over 25 years and DH was born and raised there. Were you there for Stampede? I love the city but I think I now prefer smaller places to live.

Wanda

So much fun reading all your updates! it's been a crazy few weeks for me, which did not help my battle with the scale, but think I'm finally back on track.

I came up to the lake early last Thursday to get the place ready for guests (mostly toting and putting stuff away, then sweeping up dead bugs LOL) and then Thursday evening everyone arrived. We had a great weekend - boating to swim at the island (sandy bottom, calm water), watching the fireworks from the middle of the lake, fishing, swimming, floating, laughing - good stuff! Rick fixed us all grilled rib eye steaks (with baked potatoes) for Independence Day dinner. I had been dreaming of this meal for months, and it was worth waiting for. I was a good girl - ate half the steak & saved the other half, split the potato with one of the other girls. YUMMY!!

So they all went home on Sunday evening, and I refused to leave :bigsmile: Had two medical appointments this week, which have both now been rescheduled. Rick is planning on coming back up next weekend so I figured I may just as well stay until then!

Yesterday I was a total, complete bum. Went from jammies to swimsuit to jammies at bedtime. :blushing: Might put out a bit more effort today and actually get dressed to go to town for 15 minutes - not sure yet if it's worth the energy.

Oh... I was born and raised in the Madison, Wisconsin area. Married a guy who joined the Navy, so ended up living in southern California, Rhode Island and Okinawa, but we came back to Wisconsin when he was discharged. My favorite part of living there was the cabin we had up north on a lake. I learned to hate hate hate winter, especially when my job started to require a lot of time on the road. Part of my career allowed me to go to meetings in various places - from Maine to the Carolinas to Florida, the Virgin Islands, Arizona, and all over the Midwest. I have actually at least visited most of the states other than upper New England. When I met Rick (he lived in Texas, I was in Wisconsin) we debated about who would move; I ended up making the move in 1999 because his business was established here and it didn't break my heart to live without snow and ice. I love where we live, but I especially love our place on Lake Livingston. I think I'm a water baby (luckily so is Rick). It is hot & humid here in the summer, but fortunately they invented air conditioning!

Speaking of hot and humid.... I think it's time I go jump in the lake :glasses: Catch up with you all later......

Welcome, ustillcan. Glad to see you here! We are both in Ohio. I can remember going to Mentor on a Friday night while in High School (yes, I can remember that far back) because Mentor was on our football schedule (I was raised in Erie, PA).

I have a question for all of you: Do you limit your MFP friends. I'm very fussy about my friends. 1. They must be active (too long away and I unfriend unless I know why). 2. In most cases, they must show their diaries (I have a few who don't, but they are from back when I first started). 3. I prefer something in common (location, age, same weight loss goals, etc.) 4. I won't be "one of scores." I just got a request and the person already has 693 friends. (They don't need me, too!). 5. In keeping with #4, I don't want my list to become cumbersome that I don't have time to read and respond to my newsfeed.

As in my non-on-line life, I am very choosy about my "friends." I value all of you in this group and although I'm not friends with all of you, I look at the entire group as friends and love everything you share while we take this journey together.

Hugs,
Charlie

Hi Charlie,

What a great question about MFP friends.

Like you, I do not want so many that I cannot read all their posts everyday. I see each person as an individual with individual issues and I do no think I could do that with 600+ friends....or even 20+. That is why i have not asked everyone on this forum to be a friend.

I do not unfriend people if they are not active as long as they were supportive when they were active. One friend said that when she went away and came back, she was so happy to see old friends still there. I wish people would just pop in and say that they are taking a break or giving up. We get to know a little about someone and then...poof! ...they are gone and we are left wondering if they are ok.

I had one person unfriend everyone because, as she confided in me, some of her friends were critical of her so she dumped everyone. Sad...I thought. I have never had a friend who was critical, negative or a know-it-all. I think I would maybe dump someone like that. I do negativity just fine on my own. I do critical just fine on my own. I need a balance and that is support not criticism.... except gentle reminders. Before asking a new friend, I read what they have written on forums to see if that person writes in a positive way. Maybe that explains why so many of my friends are from this forum. :bigsmile:

I have looked for something in common in that I have found older people to be less judgmental. We have all been there and done that. I also try to find others who either understand my health issues or at least accept them. That last part is true in real life as well. I not longer feel the need to "educate" others in the hope they will understand.

I like going into others' diaries mostly to get ideas for something different and I have mine open to friends as a form of accountability on my part. That way they can see the good, the bad and the ugly days. :laugh:

This is great topic and I am looking forward to seeing others' viewpoints.

Wanda:flowerforyou: