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hey everyone typing one handed so please excuse the lack of capitalization janet - thanks for the good thoughts and concern. my surgery went well. i got in the surgical room about 2 pm and was home around 7 that night. i did not have any bicept tendinosis so my recovery will be about six weeks in the sling and PT. my…

I use my garmin to track miles for Run The Edge 2016 miles in 2016. I'm also doing the virtual Amerithon, 3521 miles in one year. I'm counting steps for that one (only actually running miles for the 2016 challenge). Check out the Amerithon challenge. You get a cool medal.... :) You can do it solo or form a team. We have a…

Didn't realize how much the anti-inflammatories were helping me until I haven't been able to have them for the past week. None allowed for 10 days before the surgery. Ouch is all I can say. Marcelyn in Houston surgery on Monday

It's haircut day! Marcelyn shaggy in Houston

I'm not even going to try to catch up with the 300+ messages I've missed. Went to the funeral in CO this past weekend. It was a tough funeral. We went to Mesa Verde and went hiking that afternoon to try to brighten up the day. Travel was horrendous. Note to self (and anyone reading): DO NOT be an "entitled traveler" that…

Spent my day delivering birthday presents. Three grandsons have birthdays this week. It's a crazy season. :) Marcelyn in Houston

Hey all. The scan shows a small tumor, probably a granuloma, a result of an old infection. They feel it is benign and either slow growing or "dead." We will watch it over the next few months. The rotator cuff surgery will be done on the 26th. I'm really really tired as the pain has been pretty constant now and I basically…

Sooooo....... Here's the rest of the story. I was supposed to have surgery tomorrow for my torn rotator cuff. Instead I am getting the results of a CT scan. About ten days ago I went in for pre-surgery tests and my chest x-ray came back with "shadows". Well my mind went a thousand places it shouldn't. I had to postpone the…

Sitting here listening to a man play the ancient Chinese song Too Ning on my piano. It's painful. lol Marcelyn in Houston

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Visiting "home" for a few days and enjoying the cool weather Colorado has to offer. Marcelyn On vacation from Houston

mwopm3 - TRX is a body-weight strap system that was developed by a Navy Seal (or someone similar). It is awesome. You can hang it from a tree, door frame, etc and do tons of exercises using it. It is very effective. TRX is the original but there are knock-offs. The difference between them being minor, strap size, etc.…

Had our 13th annual girl's weekend this past weekend. Had a blast. The Escape the Room night was fun. We escaped! We had almost six minutes to spare too! Went to the Houston museum of art to see Kusama:the universe. Very unique art exhibit all based on light. Really kind of neat. Then we wandered the museum and saw some of…

Welcome to the new folks. I won't write a book to bore everyone but did want to pop in, read up on the lives here and commiserate or rejoice as the need be. This weekend is the 13th annual family women's sanity weekend. We all abandon our husbands and children and go wild for a weekend. We've done all sorts of things,…

For anyone who was interested in getting a bracelet/Road I.D. like Pip has they are on sale for the next day for $20.…

I got up this morning after a night of no sleep due to shoulder pain and I said "screw it I'm working in the yard." So I went out and replaced a couple of sprinkler heads that were broken, relaid some stones in a walkway that had been torn up for some electric work, pulled weeds and had a very productive morning. Painful…

WOULD YA'LL STOP TALKING SO MUCH! I CAN'T KEEP UP! Seriously, two days and I'm 250 posts behind. lol I am SO tired of rain. It seems as though it has rained constantly since April and looking back it really has except for a 4 week period in July. It has rained for a week straight here and my drainage issues are just as bad…

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Pip - We all have Road I.D.'s. They are great. Each one is personalized to the family member. All my kids have them for their babies and the bracelets are on the kids car seats with information just in case of a car accident. They have at least two emergency numbers on them and known allergies. I have a bracelet but I also…

Love the boulders Penny! Lots of rain this week. Good for the grass. We won't talk about the drainage. Marcelyn in Houston

These birthdays are going to put the pounds on me. I stuck to a small piece of cake yesterday.... So you know how I announced grandbaby #12 due in February? Yesterday we found out #13 is on the way and due in April. I guess I taught my kids how to do one thing well.... :wink:

Getting ready for more massive rains here in Houston. Not good seeing as I have huge drainage problems on my street. Nothing flooding but other types of issues that create messes and are washing out my driveway culverts. Spent the morning out with my husband shooting the ditch with a laser. We didn't have a transit so he…

My day: Direct TV appointment at 8 am. He came. He saw. He said no-way was he trying to get on my roof. No Direct TV (I'm just fine with that) Made roasted chickpeas for a snack. One batch is four days worth of "nuggets" (about 1/4 cup) Quite tasty. Started my granddaughter's birthday present. She is turning three. She…

Certainly can tell it's the Olympics. Today I was treated to a synchronized swimming routine by two of my granddaughters in my pool. lol It was a gold medal performance! I'm glad we have a channel to watch the Olympics in real time. So much better than the commentators and never ending commercials. And they only show the…

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This post just made me laugh! I mean we are living each other's old lives.* We are New Mexicans in our hearts. Went to school in Las Cruces, my husband is from Silver City and we lived in Eastern NM for many years. I grew up driving down to Santa Fe every month from our home in Colorado. It was closer than going to the…

Oh my, I need to make this resolution. It's downright addicting. I don't do the entertainment/game thing but news. I'm a news junkie. I often go cold turkey for a few weeks just to get my head back on straight. Marcelyn in Houston

Not even going to try to read the millions of posts made in the past day and a half... lol That will teach me to not check out the thread more often! It is so hot these days I am hard pressed to move let alone exercise. I did go out and walk this morning but it was already hovering at the 90 degree mark at 8 this morning…

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99 degrees. Feels like 108. It is SO hot I'm not even considering doing yard work. I got an update from the relative we said no to concerning co-signing the loan. I had talked budget with them and really tried to show them that they simply could not afford the loan. Well I guess there was another relative asked and they…