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Vickil57~ Yep things are looking up! Finally got an e-mail back from Providence and husband has appointment with Orthopedic doctor about his kneecap Wednesday at 10:30 AM. Sadly, that means I can not attend my TOPS meeting (Take Off Pounds Sensibly support group). It's been a month since he fractured his kneecap, so I hope…

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington~Oh I am so jealous of your large lavender bush!!!! Wonderful!! I used to grow lavender in Alameda CA., when we were stationed there. Whenever a new family moved in, I would pick a bundle and give it to them as a welcome to the neighborhood sort of thing. I told them to hang it on the…

KJLaMore~hahaha I think that title would be awesome, but all the gossip I would be writing about from those places would soo alienate me from any friendships I made there. While nudists are kind of a mental open book, the secrets I could tell would make you blush! Becca Oregon

Penny at the North Pole~Thank you for your concern and positive thoughts. Being that the stone is 2 mm, husband is hoping he can see the thing, and its not just blasted. The benatryl that he takes really helps for the itchiness, so at least he can sleep at night. (((hugs))) Becca

The procedure isn't soon enough, but its hard to be patient when it comes to your loved ones health. My son just finished his Junior year in high school, so he will be going to MEP's (Military Entrance Processing Station) this month. He will be in the DEP (Delayed Entry Program) all summer and during his Senior year in…

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great :-) I have an index card pile of great sayings to mentally nibble on.

Michele in NC I am glad you enjoy my writing....I don't consider my musings insightful, just say what I mean and mean what I say. I am a Gemini don'tchaknow. What is the saying: And when she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad, she was horrid! That was me as a child.... I have a distinct memory of my…

Kim from N. California~ When I am in the mood for ice cream sandwiches I go and buy fat free graham crackers, and fat-free cool whip. When you get back home from buying these, make a sleeve worth. The cool whip is abit soft from traveling to your home. I put a big blob of the cool whip and gently put the graham cracker top…

Hello from the coast of Oregon... This is a great site. For me it has been about being accountable, making new goals, and reaching them. There are threads on here, with like minded people that can help you feel positive, and optimistic about getting and staying healthy.

Congrats about your loss thus far! I am down about 30 lbs from 260's to 230 ish. I have definitely changed how I look at food, and how I fix it. My cravings are different. I am learning what fuels me, instead of what just fills me up. Most importantly I have learned that losing weight is not the key to happiness, but that…

Been doing this accountability stuff and loving it. Log every day. My journal is open. Add me if you wish to. I won't yell at ya, maybe just raise my voice if you don't log on for a week.... lol

Your weight is not linear: (having or being a response or output that is directly proportional to the input). If it was that easy then we all would be amazing. Having said that, when I think of my weight, I think if the numbers on the scale like my body's heartbeat. It rises and falls according to so many variables, time,…

So husband says after his dinner of rice-a-roni, and chicken in a nice whiskey bourbon barbecue sauce, that he wishes something sweet. So I created something. I used the Bisquick sweet biscuit mix for strawberry shortcakes, and made one long biscuit flattened. Then I put raspberry jam down the middle. I then made cuts…

Thanks so much ladies for your positive thoughts and prayers. We shall leave early Thursday morning, right after son leaves for the bus at 7:15 AM. I know I will be in the thick of rush hour traffic though. Bumper to bumper on the Sunset Freeway into Portland. Nothing for husband to eat or drink after Wednesday midnight.…

So rec'd a call this morning at 9 AM from our liver coordinator gal. She said we should be getting a call from someone scheduling the special endoscopy to remove the stone that is in his common bile duct. Just now we rec'd a call from the scheduling nurse, so on Thursday at 11:30 AM we check in for the procedure. The…

Janetr~ Glad you are spoiled by your husband. You are so due! I used to be a bit envious of people that had that kind of relationship. I just didn't see it in the cards for me. Then he got a new liver, and a new perspective on life. I realized how hard he fought to stay in this world with me, and it touched me. I look at…

Well, today I was up at 6:40 AM so I could get to Fred Meyer store for a paper, and see if they had jelly doughnuts for husband. They did, so I got two raspberry jelly filled for him, Bavarian cream filled for son, and an old-fashioned doughnut for me. I ate mine along with some great coffee, reading the paper. It was a…

Love your outfit JanetR! You are stunning friend!!! Becca Oregon

Miriam~ So sorry to hear about the kitten passing..... Sometimes the best you can do is help them pass on, to get them to go down the path to being pain free. (((hugs))) to you for doing the best you could do. So much compassion. Hugs to your grand daughter too....its a tough lesson learning about the circle of life...…

Congrats @babydollee with getting your kids "onward on their own paths". Marines AND Navy....you can mess with your Marine child and tell them that the Marines is really just a branch of the Navy... (they hate that).... I have a 26, 21 and 17 yr old. You got this! You can add me if you wish to. I have LOTS of great friends…

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10401480/women-ages-50-for-june-2016#latest Just click on the star that is even with the title and it will turn yellow. That means that anytime you wish to find it, just click the upper grey star and see it listed.

Aw the Navy is in our blood. Presently I have one son in WA state with a squadron, another in the South China Sea on a carrier, he wife on another carrier in the Med, and a teenager that is just starting out. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. Its the in between stuff that is great. Last October I had them ALL home…

OK I need to clarify Ms. Holly. She is what is coined a "pot stir-er". We are all having fun putting in our two cents worth, and she plows in with all her high and mighty-ness. Not polite, just hating. *Dusts the thread with nice words* I personally love my Three Stooges of sons. It was turn off the tv and watch them…

Katla~ Yep we are anticipating them calling us on Monday for the surgery/endoscopy. My son called me back and I talked to him out on the balcony. I had just misted myself with sun lotion and didn't want to get up. It is really wrong to talk to your son while lying in the nude.?...hahahahaha. Well he said no problem in…

Welcome to MFP and to this thread :-) We don't expect tech savvy, so no worries. We are all on our journey's some started, some maintaining but there is no judging just accountability, and support. Logging onto this site everyday, and seeing how others get it done is motivational. There are some amazing ladies here, and…

Boooyah!!!! Congrats KJLaMore!!! You got this healthy living down friend!!!!

You sound like you got your ducks all in a row. For me its always a "Do what I say, and say what I mean" thinking. I am midlife, process of putting last son thru last year of high school then Navy, two kids already enlisted. Dealing with putting myself first, loving life, appreciating the blessings I have. Living in the…

Ahhhh true. I used to tell people when we lived in California that I was a displaced Oregonian. Then when we moved back to our home state I said I was a displaced Californian.....but I have learned to re-embrace the green of life. The last time we visited Northern California my "gold mountains of yellow (dead) grasses…

Janetr~oooh its a slim thing! Looking for bugs or insects....So different from the huge ones I have seen on the TV (in turkey farms...kind of sad). Becca Oregon

How come many of the Washingtonians come down here and drive 30 mph on my 45 mph roads...... *sighes and breathes*. (big grin) rant is o'er. Becca Lover of all Washingtonians that do the speed limit in Oregon