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Significant Other and I for Derby Day Hat Detail

Happy Friday to all! Derby Day at the Lodge tomorrow! I haven't finished my hat yet and I need to iron my dress. I hate to say it, because the situation will change as soon as I do, but right now my daily workload seems light. I may grab my supplies and work on my hat while waiting for emails to come in. At lunch today, I…

Good morning, Lana, ASM is Area Sales Manager. Thank you! I hope my new doctor will work with me on a couple of things. He is not concerned about weight. Didn't even weigh me for the visit. It's my second Fitbit. I wore a Charge 2 for almost 4 years. Don't work too hard today! Tracy in Tennessee

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Thursday, April 29th Good morning, Cabana Crew! I treated myself to a new Fitbit Charge 4. It arrived yesterday. I needed a watch for the upcoming Convention in Cincinnati and couldn't find one to suit me. Decided to go ahead and get the fitness watch to see if it would re-motivate me to get healthy. Found a…

Here's the dress I bought, Lana. It comes with a bow belt that is not shown in this picture. I also bought the "rockabilly" crinoline to go under it. Short and super poufy. I will buy knockoff Keds to go with it--either purple or rainbow. I'm working on my hat. It is a blush straw, wide-brimmed, flat-crowned hat. I have a…

Good morning, Cabana Crew! TL:DR Slight breather between Moose Events, but I think I will attend a basket weaving event instead. Our Moose year is coming to a close. New Boards of Officers have been installed and will officially take over on May 1st. Of course, the transition takes a little longer than that, especially…

My friend came over about 1 pm today. She scooped the bees off the bush with a stick until she could get to the queen. Turns out, there were 2 queens. She got some of the worker bees into the box and put the queens in the box. She said the rest of them will move in as it gets cooler this evening. She will come back in the…

We have BEES! A swarm has taken up residence in the firethorn bush right outside my bathroom window. I called a friend who keeps bees and she said they will probably move on in a day and a half. I told her that this is the third day of seeing them. If the rain clears this afternoon, she will come get them.

This pressure is actually lovingly put on us by very close friends. They do know the issues we have and are sympathetic. The requirement to attend the International Conference comes from Moose International. Part of the long boring explanation is that the SO must attend this convention to be eligible for his leadership…

Good morning, Cabana Crew! I survived the very long day at the Moose on Saturday. Everything went as well as I hoped it would. Our Charters came back from the framers at noon on Friday. We hung them back up Friday night and they are beautiful!!! The Significant Other and I have now been ordered to attend the International…

Good morning, Cabana Crew! Font size has not changed on my side of the Cabana. However, I normally view our group on a 32" monitor that I use for work. My April goals are not being met. It is totally because I don't care anything about myself right now. I'm on autopilot. Trying to get through the end of the year for…

Good afternoon, Cabana Crew!! I had to go back to page 694 to find the beginning of March. Perhaps I should write these goals somewhere besides in our thread. That might remind me to actually try to reach them. March is always a hectic time for me and April is not much better, but I'll give it a shot. April Goals: (AKA…

Sunday, that's my fun day. My "I don't have to run day". Nothing against Gatlinburg itself. We don't care to be away from home in the first place. AND 1. The Significant Other is a grumpy old man. He has a bad leg that causes lots of pain when he rides in a car and digestive issues that flare without warning. 2. The drive…

Good morning, Lana! Good morning, Cabana Crew! I have returned! Actually, got back Monday night, but have been playing catchup with work and Moose duties. I"ve only had a few minutes to pop by each day. The drive to Gatlinburg only had one hiccup--took an hour and a half to drive from exit 394 to exit 407 on I-40 due to a…

Good morning, Cabana Crew, Countdown to conference. We will hit the road at 2 am on Thursday. @LanaCabana537 I had checks to write and have countersigned. I will keep up with them and hand them to our Senior Regent during each march of checks. We have ritual donations to make. Most of my getting ready is done--I have the…

Good morning, Cabana Crew, Spring is around the corner! Let's make this a great week. My daughter just left to see her best friend in Tampa. Her flight leaves Memphis at 1:15. My parents are taking her to the airport and she will be back on Thursday. Never matters how old the children are, Mothers worry. Thank you for the…

Three Moose meetings last night - Board meeting, regular meeting, nomination committee meeting. Did not have time to eat before we went into the meeting and by the time I wrapped up my other duties, there was nothing left. All I ate yesterday was a scramble with 4 eggs, 2 ounces of ham, half a cup of chopped onion, and 2…

Thursday's image is sending hugs to all who need it: Lana with her sore soul, Maggie with her sore leg, and everyone else who has a sore something.

The call went out for a sushi lunch. Some of our Moose sisters like to get together to eat sushi since most of our partners won't touch it. I did go, but still avoided grains. I had Tuna Tataki (lightly broiled, rare tuna slices over a bed of cucumber and soy/ginger sauce) and an avocado salad. Total calorie count…

IRL = In Real Life. I try not to talk about weight and health any more. Too much judgement on all sides.

Good morning, all! TL:DR--Brother's divorced. I'm fat and miserable. Time for things to change. Setting goals. My brother's saga is now paused. The divorce was signed by the judge, so it is final. (I say paused because it will never be over. He's a marshmallow.) She has until May 1st to move out of his house. Already…

At this point, I fully believe that the comfort food and the alcohol are sometimes the best way we can take care of ourselves. Pamper yourself a bit, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and do it all over again (hey, isn't that a song? :) ) My brother finally completed his six month divorce saga on Monday. Started…

Good afternoon, Lana, be sure you check your flight info. Even if you aren't going through Memphis, they might affect you. The airport had to cancel all flights today because of low water pressure. Weather is beginning to break. Sunny yesterday and today. Main roads are all clear. Side roads, not so much. My brother tried…

Good morning, All! Looks like we got close to 10 inches of snow. I think we're done. I hope we're done. Temperature is forecasted to be in the 50's on Sunday. Thank you for all your well-wishes to my daughter. We made the trip this morning without incident. Streets are covered several inches deep because our city and our…

Now you are taunting me with that picture, Lana! :wink: We ended up with 5-7 inches of snow with another 8-12 predicted between now and Thursday night (depending on which model you look at). Everything is pretty much at a standstill. Banks are closed. City Hall is closed. Most all production facilities are closed. I see…

Happy Monday Morning, Cabana Crew! It is a balmy 8 degrees here in northwest Tennessee. Looks like we have about 8 inches of snow on top of that half inch of ice from last week, so Tennessee is closed. No, really. We aren't built for this. Ya'll northerners have scrapers and trucks and all kinds of weather fighting…

FANCY happy hour? May I have two umbrellas in my drink for fancy happy hour? I promise to wear my best pajamas. 😄😄😄

Good morning, Sara! Hope you are ok from your fall. We had a little snow. It was pretty for the hour it fell. All melted when it hit the ground. Here's a happy after all my griping. I have set a new personal record at bowling for each of the last two weeks. On 01/20, I bowled a 201. Only the 2nd time I have ever bowled…

Good morning, Cabana Crew! Yesterday it was 65 degrees. We are expecting snow to start here in West Tennessee around noon. My eating habits have gone off the rails again. Pretty sure I am battling a light to medium depression. Exhausted, unmotivated, less than interested in personal grooming. I know what to do, I don't…

Tuesday, January 20 Good morning, all! Have had a couple of "junk" days with food. Overall, my inflammation is subsiding and my pain levels are going down because of it. Keeping the wheat and sugar levels low is definitely key. Had enough energy to do my laundry (2 loads) and my daughter's laundry (5 loads so far--and…