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Hi ladies! Finally back home after 2 weeks of travel. I was in Houston for my boss's staff meeting, and then Nashville, and then just recently two Atlanta for my best friend's daughter's wedding. All three of us went for that and it was so wonderful. I've known Lindsay since she was born. We got a VRBO with my sister's…

Kathy - thinking of you...Grief and loss is so tough. We are here for you! Paula - congratulations on your new car. Subarus are such great vehicles. I also enjoyed Halloween last night. We sat outside with our neighbors and gave Candy to the kids. They were all so polite and lovely. I mean you are giving them candy right?…

Happy Friday! Hope everybody's having a good morning. Busy day ahead. I start my meetings at 7:30 today so need to try to figure out some exercise before then. May go into a peloton workout in the basement. It's so dark out I won't do something outside. I have a lunch with the United Way today. I think I've mentioned that…

Highest weight ever: 306 (2013) Ultimate goal weight: 165 10/7 - 189.3 10/25 - 187.4 October goal - 185 Karen

Shelley - sorry to hear about your mom's broken hand! That will be challenging. I'm also excited for your impending retirement. I can only imagine all of the great things you would do Paula - well done with the hill! And I'm so glad you're feeling some relief on your knees with the weight loss. That's fantastic. Those…

Chris - sounds like a great ode to Chris :-). Cancer does suck! So much. Shelley - The pictures are so gorgeous. Really looks like you all had an amazing time. I came down with some sort of a cold / allergy issue this week. The weather's been so wonky. Pretty stuffy and sneezy. I was meant to give blood yesterday but I had…

I’m really trying to energize myself to do more weight-bearing activity. I did a peloton workout at 6 AM. Check and then walk a good 40 minutes in the afternoon check :-)

Paula - how are your knees? I hope better! Shelley - wow I can't believe you've had your dish for over a decade! What is the oldest you have had? Got my flu shot yesterday....feeling a bit of a scratchy throat...but that's about it. Didn't get much rest this weekend. Went to my friend Tracy's yesterday....she's so…

Highest weight ever: 306 (2013) Ultimate goal weight: 165 10/7 - 189.3 10/11 - 186.5 October goal - 180 A few pounds down....need to keep focused! Karen

Heading home today. I did a workout in the hotel gym today (felt good!) looking forward to sleeping in my bed ;) Karen

Kathy - I’m so sorry for the loss of your beautiful Mother. I enjoyed watching your adventures together and the many photos you shared. Sending you lots of love… Karen

Hope you feel better Chris! I'm in Canada for a short trip for work. Got here Monday and will leave tomorrow midday. It's a bit of a whirlwind, but all good. Bella is really struggling with community college. I think you all know that she has ADHD and anxiety depression. She's only taking seven credits but it's been a…

Chris - I need your trainer! Did a beautiful hour walk this morning. So nice and chilly now that fall is here. Jim and I are going out for Greek to celebrate our anniversary and then to a comedy show tonight. I can certainly use some laughing after the month that I have had :-) Hope everybody has a great Saturday! Karen

Here are some before and after pictures of the kitchen. I am fairly obsessed with the tile :-) We have so much more cabinet space than we did before. And having the peninsula to do food prep is just glorious. The counters were so wonky before. We do a ton of cooking and host all of the holidays at my house. Really happy 😊

Good morning and happy Friday! It's been a fairly hectic week but so glad we're at the weekend :-) our kitchen is done! Thank goodness. I spent the past week organizing, donating, decorating. Really pleased with how it turns out. I'll put a couple of before and after pictures here. So nerve-wracking to pick colors and…

Kathy - I'm so sorry to hear that your mom is declining. So hard to watch. She is so lucky to have you as a daughter. My mom is starting to decline of that cognitively and it is sad and pretty scary. Yesterday she was scammed and they almost got $15,000 off her savings. They had her really believing that going to the bank…

Paula - congratulations on the 30 lb loss! Not easy! You are one strong cookie :-) It's been quite busy here since getting back on Friday. My chat line is horrible. 3:30 in the morning seems to be my wake up time. Hopefully it will lift soon. Getting a kitchen renovated is not for the faint at heart ;). I will say we have…

This morning, I did a tour of the Hungarian Parliament building. It’s one of the places that I’ve always wanted to visit, but could never get a ticket. It sells out pretty quickly. I was able to get an 8 AM ticket and got there early. Just absolutely stunning.amazing what folks in this country has been through. Really…

Hi Ladies, Happy to report I am doing much better. Thursday was rough, but got progressively better on Friday and even yesterday. Between the 20-year-old muscle relaxers I took from my husband, and whatever the Hungarian painkillers are they gave me, I am so much better. I was able to go sightseeing yesterday with one of…

Chris - hope pat feels better. Vertigo can be really hard. Good news on the car insurance front. We got more for the car than we expected. Apparently, I put an extra rider on the insurance company that I forgot about so yay! Jim and Belle will Start looking on Saturday. I’ve been in Budapest since yesterday. Left Tuesday…

Hi gals.....sounds like lots going on..sending love your way for calm as we enter September. I keep asking myself if it is a full moon lol. Thursday Bella was in a car accident. They are fine. But very upset and startled. Unfortunately their car is totaled. So we are working with insurance companies to figure out how much…

Shell - I'm with you on the grout piece. Who knew that there were so many shades? This is the kitchen tile I think I'm going to go with. Feels like some sort of white is the right color. But you're right there 100 sha des in between. Quite a busy work day ahead. I start my meetings at 7:30. Came out here for a walk…

Shelley - you guys are so talented! Can't wait to see what it looks like all done. We are getting our kitchen renovated.....so hard to pick stuff out! Not my strong suit for sure.... Busy weekend packing and decluttering. We should be without a kitchen for 3-4 weeks.... Karen

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Kathy - The pictures of your Mom are great! I've been a little out of pocket the past week or so. Someone very dear to me who has been a Mother figure passed last week. Mrs. Marion's son (Rob) has been my best childhood friend since I was 4. They were the first family we met when we moved to our town. His Mom was an…

I did do a short walk yesterday before my meeting started at 7:00, and went to planet fitness in the afternoon. Only had 30 minutes but decided to go anyway. My left knee has been bugging me. It has for a while. At some point I'm going to need to go and get a shot or something but for now I just baby it. I'm fairly sure…

I appreciate the conversation around gender identity. I think the Olympics question can be kind of tricky relative to it. I think it's complicated all around. We just read a really great book in our D&I book club at work called He/She/They. Absolutely fascinating. I learned a lot. The person who wrote it was the first…

Good morning ladies. Everybody has a good Tuesday. Sadly my meeting started 7:00 so I was only able to take a 20 minute quick walk outside. It's hot as Hades here as well. We're supposed to get rain off and on all week. I am going to try to get to planet fitness this afternoon if I can squeeze it in :-) Karen

Oh tomorrow officially ends the 6 weeks for the cleanse that Jim and I have been doing. All in all it has been really positive and much easier as time has gone on. We've cleaned up our act lol :-) I've lost 11 lb, and for sure I'm eating a ton better. Haven't had any alcohol in 6 weeks which frankly would be hardest part…

I cannot believe that it's August. Where did that summer go? Chris - We have Amanda who cleans our house every other week. It's such a godsend with our busy lives. We stopped at during COVID because Mom was afraid of having somebody come in the house, and started it up I think about 3 or 4 months ago. She's such a lovely…