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Checking in again - I read through the posts and can only recall a few things now. mtowne002 - love the fall pictures! North GA is starting to really look like fall. Michele - I must have missed the earlier wedding ring discussion. Our oldest is also newly-engaged (this summer) and I would also have liked to provide a…
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How nice to see so many familiar names still here -- I've been away far too long! It has been a crazy year for my health with surgery, etc. I also have had my own form of 'plague' to battle since June or so, with bacteria in my blood and endocarditis. Spent lots of time @ doctors, then some days in the hospital and finally…
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I see Joan in Trussville understands Dr. KatieBug and PeachStateGal. ;) I love the South and appreciate so many things here, especially some of the expressions. I live in metro Atlanta, too, and dread the traffic! I'm grateful for a 10-12 minute commute. Gail, metro ATL
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That joke reminded me of the old song, Beep-Beep, Beep-Beep: While riding in my Cadillac, what, to my surprise, A little Nash Rambler was following me, about one-third my size. The guy must have wanted it to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn. Beep! Beep! I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn. Refrain:…
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Wow - so many posts the last two days!
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Hey, DeeDee - I would love to meet up. I'd even drive to you in NC! Of course it would have to be a weekend for me. :/ Yes, fully physically recovered from the surgery. Need to get my head back in the game though, and am finding motivation lacking! The cardio / weight area of Y has been closed all this past week while they…
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Margaret - I like that picture. How nice to have such a treasure! Alison - so glad you had that time with your father. I bet he had a flood of memories seeing all the airplanes. We had a neat surprise today. My cousin and her husband were passing through Atlanta on their way back home from a short trip, so they connected…
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Love the pictures today! Sylvia, you are as lovely outside as inside. Gail, metro ATL
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Peachstategal - I've been using a basic FitBit Zip for a couple of years. The first one I got from BestBuy as a gift, and when it failed had to deal with the FitBit customer service to get it replaced - it was a big hassle. Then I lost that one going through airport security late last spring. Boy, was I annoyed! At that…
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I've been lurking and not posting all week. My boss, who is 40, also does the two spaces after period, so it is ingrained in more than us 'wiser' people. So much rain in Atlanta this week - hope there is a bit of sun tomorrow, or at least not rain. My hostas are loving it and have grown a lot this week. I'm Friday-night…
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Just checking in -- skimmed many, many pages trying to catch up! Well, I spent several days before Easter in NM for my sister's funeral, flew home Saturday, cleaned house, did laundry also, then sang at church Sunday & had company over for Easter dinner, then went back to work & spent the week trying to catch up on the…
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Janet – thanks for sharing the Carolina blue skies! Joyce – all of my siblings are close, but we are separated by miles. She and a brother were/are in the SW and I’m in the SE, another brother is mid-Atlantic and another sister in the mid-West. We usually just laugh ourselves silly when together and have such a great time.…
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Sad news for our family today as my oldest sister passed from her BC. Waiting to hear about arrangements before figuring out what to do. I'm so happy she is not suffering now, but we will all miss her. It was about 4 months start to finish. DH and I spent the whole afternoon spreading about 120 bags of mulch in the yard.…
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Just scanned through hundreds of posts...I'm woefully behind! On the TV shows - wasn't the show with lion Hatari? Gail, metro ATL
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We had a beautiful day running errands and doing some yard/outdoor chores this afternoon- even the DH helped outside! After cleaning up and starting laundry I see I'm nearly 200 posts behind, so I read just the odd-numbered pages. :D Need to get some supper and I think I'll be snoozing in the chair before long. Back at…
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Wow - so many posts! Cruised through them and will try to do better on a daily basis. - Gail, metro ATL
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Lurking...no real news on my sister yet. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers for her! Today was my first day at work after the 7 weeks at home. It flew by! Sweet dreams to all! Gail, metro ATL
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Dr. Katiebug - it has been a beautiful day in GA. I cleaned up the irises and cleaned out dead grass and other intruders from my neighbor's yard that had slipped under the fence. Tomorrow I will bag up the mess and hopefully clean up the hosta bed on the side of the house. Then I have to wait past the last frost to do more…
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GodMomKim – loved seeing the embroidered pillow cases! We had them growing up and they were one of the first things I ever ironed. I added a dresser scarf my mom embroidered and crocheted the edge on top of a quilted table runner that picks up the thread colors. The scarf is so threadbare, but a fond memory of mom. Gail,…
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Mary - I think that 'lifting heavy' sometimes refers to fewer reps at significant weight per rep. I've never done that, but when you use the Y's weight machines and the FitLinxx system it tracks everything for you. In 2013 I lifted 2 million pounds in 86 sessions during the year, averaging 22388 pounds per session, and was…
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For those of you longing for spring, I received an email on a local NE GA garden today. Here is a link to their website with beautiful pictures of daffodils and other blooms: http://www.gibbsgardens.com/index.php We dropped my car off for some recall service today and found there was something else to be fixed...but it is…
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DH and I are just back from going for mexican food for dinner. Had a chicken enchilada verdes and about half of each of the beans and rice, then saved the rest for tomorrow's or Sunday's lunch (or DH will eat :)). Tasty and warming on a cold night! It started snowing while we were in the restaurant -- really just a…
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Weighing in on the glass door v. shower curtain discussion.... I like a shower curtain on a tub/shower combo, but a glass door on a shower-only (preferably frosted or opaque glass to hide spots and for privacy). The curved rods are very nice, too, but I don't have one in our guest bath and everyone seems to do just fine.…
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Sunny AND snowing outside my window! This morning I finished reading the book for an upcoming women's retreat: Choose Joy, Because Happiness Isn't Enough, by Kay Warren, and found it meaningful. Thought provoking in some areas. Generally I have an upbeat, positive outlook on life and don't worry a lot, but several other…
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Ellie is adorable -- enjoying all the other pictures, too. Gail, icy metro ATL
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Michele - Diabetes D-Tour is available at retail. Gail, metro ATL
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We have an 'appetizer' fellowship tomorrow after church and I finally decided to make a savory tomato/artichoke heart tart from the Diabetes D-Tour book. Looks really pretty, so I hope it tastes as good as it looks. Ricotta cheese, eggs, seasonings, cornstarch plus the added veggies. I didn't have ground flax seed for the…
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Checking in on the posts in an attempt to keep up. DS#1's sweetheart called last night and invited me to have lunch with her on Monday. Wish they'd get on with it - she feels like a DIL already. :D :p
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Tonight's dinner: pasta 'primavera' with Dreamfield's rotini pasta (DH is diabetic) with leftover grilled salmon, leftover peas, artichoke hearts, and stewed italian tomatoes. Quite tasty. Back to my walking and then the chemo cap I'm knitting for my sister. Gail, metro ATL
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Sylvia - I feel for you having to deal with the insurance company. They'll get it right in the end, I bet -- it may need your doctor stressing the emergency situation. In my case all I'm going through is said to be normal, but it turns out that patience in recovery is not my strong suit. It was a hysterectomy and…
