Hello! Shari, I'm so sorry for your loss! Diane, I will be praying for your sister in law! Such a difficult situation but I'm sure that her positive attitude is making all the difference! Paula, what a great idea to start your Christmas shopping early!! We went to Columbus today to work on preparations for the dog event and when we got home we discovered that our furnace isn't working (it seemed fine yesterday). Normally that wouldn't be a big deal since it isn't terribly cold out but with us trying to leave on Tuesday and having lots of extra things to do, it seems very big! DH will call the repair company tomorrow and hope that they can come out for a quick fix tomorrow. I have a couple of errands to run and a nail appointment tomorrow, then ironing and packing for myself and packing for the dogs. Thankfully DH takes care of himself. Eating today wasn't too bad but I will head to bed now before I have another snack! Have a good evening!!

Diane, Your opportunities with your patio and new shade sound delightful to me! Like Shari, I am not a fan of winter at all and would love the opportunity to enjoy weather such as yours. We used our patio more over the past 2 years due to Covid and keeping guests outside more, especially prior to getting the vaccines. Will you be going along for the ride when your DH drives Peggy home?? He certainly is a good brother!

Shari, So sorry about your uncle Jim. May his memory be eternal! Will add his name to my prayer list for the departed. Our practice is to pray for the departed for 40 days after their passing.

Oh DW, hope you got that furnace repaired. Such bad timing with all you have going on in preparation for the dog event. Hope you have fun there! Will look forward to hearing how things go!

I am doing ok, but a little tired. Today is the anniversary of my friend Nancy’s “boyfriend” passing away. She is turning 79 on Friday, and he was in his 90s when he died last year. I knew this would be hard day for her so we had a very long phone chat, just to help her get through this anniversary. (She lost her husband in 2011 and this "boyfriend" came along a few years later.) Also, my friend Ed’s sister’s memorial service was yesterday online. It was a very touching service. Ed and his sister were very close. She had a rare medical disorder that greatly disabled her over the past 20+ years. Neither Ed nor his sister ever married nor had any children. All they had was each other. Ed is now the last remaining member of his family and feeling very alone. I have been supporting Ed quite a bit over the long years of our friendship, but most especially these past few days. I don’t mind doing so one bit as I know he needs this and has very few other friends. So tonight that is all I did was talk first with Nancy and then with Ed. It has been a long night.

I managed to do well with my eating today and even did great during the day with my Monday “to do” list. Sometimes I surprise myself with how much I can get done when I am feeling well. It is raining now, and the rain is expected to continue most or all of tomorrow. I am aiming to get my Tuesday “to do” list done early so I can spend the rest of the day relaxing and reading. Rainy days kind of lend themselves to that.

Shari, You are so good about weighing in! I am far overdue for a weigh in, but I always wait until I "feel"like I will see a loss. I almost weighed in today but ended up having coffee and then didn't want to have the added weight from that. I did well today until I indulged in a piece of pastry after supper. It shouldn't throw me off that much, but I am annoyed that I caved on that. I made a delicious pork tenderloin for supper with plenty of veggies. I think I am going to add a carb at supper, something like half of a baked potato or sweet potato. I think that will be more satisfying. I got some applesauce from my organic delivery. It is nothing but apples, absolutely no sugar added and is very delicious. I had some applesauce with the pork loin. Both John and I loved the entire meal.

Shari, I hear you about weighing daily and the reality check!! Weighing in daily (for me) is absolutely necessary to keep me honest about my eating when I am dieting.…as soon as I start not to weigh I subconsciously give myself permission to treat myself and indulge in what I know I should not, lol!

Last night I wanted a late snack in the worst way..but managed to stay strong. I was rewarded with a lower number on the scale. Down .4 lb but have bounced up and down so long now…cannot count it until I hit at least another .4 and reach a new plateau level. Almost there but not quite, sigh. This is slow weight loss on IF but at least I am not gaining!! Very thankful for that. I actually had a huge lunch yesterday and went over my daily calorie limit a tiny amount (about 25 calories) so was concerned I might be up….we ate lunch out at local cafe. I had French fries and a Patti melt….ate light dinner as result so it seems it evened out. Back to my scrambled eggs today😋

Pork loin with applesauce sounds delicious Paula. LOL…I will have to make my pork tenderloin in crockpot soon now…yum! I am using my I know it’s not butter..earing veggies to fill me up etc but otherwise eating normal foods…as long as I keep in my eating window and my calorie budget. Is so good to feel able to eat what I want for a change after years of trying to eat only 17dd foods and feeling a failure much of the time. (Start, fall off, start, stop.) I feel like I am on a very controlled break but plan to incorporate 17dd as much as I am able.

DW… wishing you a good weekend with your dogs and safe travels!

Update on SIL…she is in rehab and using a walker and will know tomorrow if she stays another week or they feel she can do rest of her therapy at home of friends?? Also no decision yet if she can fly home or should ride in car. Peggy remains optimistic and we are all taking it one day at a time. 🙏🏻

Paula…that is really nice looking…should be very cozy!! 👍😍. Good luck tomorrow eating the pizza….I can never be that strong to stop at 1 1/2 pieces!💪

Hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday! We are being lazy but will hit it in gear soon and get at laundry and changing bedding etc…which is top of my list today. We installed the new shade yesterday and it stayed up all night which is a good sign? It rolls up off kilter…and was same on other one. I have to put some pieces of tape on the roller to balance it and had forgotten that part. May do that later. It will be a nice addition for shade on our patio!

Peggy got word she is in rehab until next Friday when they will release her 3.5 hours ahead of flight time back to MN. She is doing so well they say she should use a cane rather than a walker now. And is deemed safe for her to travel by plane as she is on blood thinner. All good news! Thank you all for your concern and your prayers for Peggy!🙏🏻 We are feeling very blessed.❤️

Hello Everyone! My weight was up about 2 lbs from my dog weekend-could have been worse! Shari, like you, I'm hoping it might be water weight! Restaurant food is always so salty!! Paula, your visit with your friend sounds like it was fun! Diane, continuing prayers for your sister-in-law!!
My to do list today was longer than was humanly possible to do in one day, so I guess my list for tomorrow is created! Many situations came up that required attention/work and were not on my list-I guess it is important to be flexible and able to adapt-LOL!! I did sign our young girl up for a regular dog show in a couple of weeks. I don't enjoy this kind of showing and am not experienced with it, but I need to do it to see if she is over being terrified in the show ring.
I will be WAY out of my comfort zone but that will be good for me! There will be another busy day tomorrow-I'm looking forward to getting my home back together!! Have a great evening!