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My aunt did have a stroke. She is doing ok, though. She’s back at my mom’s house and is having to do some exercises to regain the strength and motor control in one of her arms again. I’m just thankful that she’s doing good. She definitely gave us all a good scare. My husband and I are doing really well. Things just keep…

@WifiresGettingFit Thanks for those kind words! I really do appreciate it! Today was much better. My aunt is doing ok but we are waiting for the results of the mri and ct scan (I believe) to come back to see if she’s had a stroke or not. She has recently finished radiation and was about to start chemo again when issues…

Dealing with a little depression today. My aunt seems to be rapidly declining and there are still times that I still feel some distance between my husband and I....other times it feels like we’re real close again. I don’t know if it’s all in my head or what. On a good note, our house is pending sale right now. We should be…

Well, so far we’ve got 3 offers on our house in Texas!!! It was just listed a week ago. Looks like the soonest we’ll be able to close on a deal is October 1st. In the meantime we’ve been looking at houses and with the price range we’re wanting to stay in....the pickings are very slim. I’m hoping that an amazing house will…

@tcunbeliever sorry I’m just now replying. When I have had time to reply, I haven’t had a signal strong enough. lol Where at in VA are you? We’re currently in Duffield. We may be able to arrange something if there isn’t too much distance between. :)

Well we drove 16 hours to my in-laws in Kentucky last Saturday. We are now in southwest Virginia since it has the closest RV Park to my husband’s work. My diet has suffered for a while and probably will for a little longer since we are living in a small RV. I haven’t been snacking so I may actually lose a little weight…

@tcunbeliever licorice tea? Hmmm, interesting. I’ll have to get some tomorrow when I go grocery shopping..... I just realized that this tomorrow is the last grocery shopping I’ll do at our Walmart. :open_mouth: I know this may sound trivial to y’all. lol I just can’t believe that this is really happening. I’ve decided to…

General contractor is still working on the house and needs to hurry up so we can officially list the house. The realtor is coming by tomorrow and the house is still in shambles....side effects of packing. We’ve gotten a lot packed, though. 11 days til we pull out our driveway for the last time! :o I don’t know if I am…

Plumber- check Electrician- check Contractor- Coming today to start work Lawn Care- Coming today or tomorrow Realtor- Calling us back Tuesday Things are coming together and so far we have several people possibly interested in the house. Still packing, but the boxes are stacking up so I assume we are making progress on that…

My house is in shambles! lol Packing....lots of packing. I’ve found out how bad of a hoarder I can be. lol I mean, my house doesn’t look like the houses from the show about extreme hoarders but still yet, I’m throwing away so much crap. :lol: We found out that we can only keep a U-Haul truck for 5 days so we can’t get one…

I have wanted to post on here the last few days but I’ve been so tired at the end of the day. I’m a little more awake tonight. So here goes... Things have been better. We’ve started the packing process and we finally have a day that my husband starts his new job. August 6th. My mom is still sad on occasion but doesn’t say…

I finally got better sleep last night and have felt better today. Yesterday was real bad for me. I broke down several times and was physically and mentally exhausted from hardly sleeping for several days and the realization that I’m moving so far away from my family. I’m still tired but not quite like I was yesterday. I…

Spent today with my family. It was emotionally exhausting. I’m excited about this new adventure but I’ll be about 14 hours from my family and that devastates me. My mom is having trouble with me leaving and so she copes by being a little sarcastic, sometimes snarky, and a little accusing me of leaving my family for his.…

He got the job so we’ll be moving to Tennessee. Happy 4th of July!!!

His interview went well. Tomorrow he has interview with the Area Director. Right now everything looks like he’s going to get the position. I guess we’ll see how tomorrow goes. Tomorrow is also our daughter’s 8th birthday! I can’t believe she’s already 8. Time goes by so fast. I haven’t been doing good with eating or…

Well, I’m getting bad about writing in here and logging my food. Things have just felt hectic. My husband’s interview is this Friday. I haven’t been back to the gym yet. I did get my house completely caught up which is wonderful! I haven’t lost any weight since getting home from vacation. It’s a work in progress. lol

Edit: I didn’t overeat today! Yay! I had logged the pie we have in the fridge and we ended up not eating a slice so I was able to remove it from my diary. :)

I’m not sure yet. With her living at my mom’s house, our conversation has been mixed bag of distractions so by the time I’m about to ask something else, someone says something and the conversation goes in a different direction. lol She did say that she was able to swallow better after chemo and so she was very pleased with…

My aunt had her first round of chemo yesterday and responded well to it so I’m hopeful that she’ll continue in that direction. My SIL, MIL, BIL’s wife and I have started a weight loss challenge to see who can lose the most weight before my family goes back up to Kentucky again. Yesterday was day one and I was doing really…

I’m back! We are settled in our RV tonight and making the last trek home tomorrow. We had a wonderful vacation. It was so nice to get away. However, I did find out devastating news while I was gone.... my aunt (mom’s older sister) has lung cancer that has metastasized in her brain. I’m so heart broken over this. My aunt…

@WifiresGettingFit Sorry for my late reply. We had a death in the family, then a wedding, and now I’ve been getting things ready for our vacation to see my husband’s family this weekend. She hasn’t tried to contact me at all, so I’ve moved on. I don’t care anymore. If our friendship was that weak, then it’s not worth…

@totaldetermination and @WifiresGettingFit thank you. Everything was via text message. After several attempts to reach her during a 4 or 5 day span, I texted “I feel like I need to apologize for something but I’m not sure what I did.” That’s when she texted me back telling me why I had been ignored for several days. Then I…

Well it’s been a bad couple days. Real bad. I lost my best friend (or so I thought) because of a misunderstanding that she judged me on before allowing me to explain and apologize since she took it the wrong way. She ignored me for several days then finally told me what was going on. I didn’t really know what to say. I…

Eh, I did ok. I don’t know why I keep eating junk I know that I don’t need. I really need to increase my water but it’s so hard remembering sometimes. They are mostly sugary snacks so maybe I should try that sugar detox thing again that I did a couple years ago. For 30 days, I took all sugar (not counting fruit) from my…

I’m getting bad about not getting on here and not logging. I’ve been snacking more than I should but have maintained my current weight, so at least I’m not gaining crazy amounts. Heading to the gym this morning after I drop Maddie off at school. Hopefully I can do better today and get back on track.

Well, the morning started off so well.... I was doing good on calories until the time between lunch and dinner. That’s when things started unraveling. I went over my calories again and most of it is mindless grazing. I need to be pushing the water instead of snacking. Positive part is that I got my house clean. I’ve been…

Today was pretty good. I need to get back on track, though. I didn’t log again today. Tomorrow I plan to jump back on track. Hopefully I won’t end up in the same cycle tomorrow.

I’m so happy to hear that you’ve gotten used your schedule but I don’t blame you for keeping your eye out for an earlier position. Everything has been good but busy. I haven’t been logging my food like I should and I haven’t been completely eating right, although I haven’t been going overboard either. I’ve just felt out of…

@WifiresGettingFit my weekend was pretty good, aside from my body hating me. LOL. My weekend was full of fishing, midol, heating pads, laziness, and lots of delicious food. My cycles typically aren’t this bad, but this one was a doozy. But the days were gorgeous and we had some great family time without much use of…

Today was much better than yesterday and the days before. I still found myself feeling hungry more often than I should have so I’m going to make a conscious effort to drink more water.