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Happy May (a bit early ) everyone! Barbie, I love your goal to putter in the garden! I do that daily and there's almost always something to do. Tonight I found little yellow puffballs (the flowers) had burst out on my tiny (about 40" high) new Leatherleaf Acacia tree! The tree has little silver discs for leaves. It…

Hello again, Lenora, (or Nancy!) how fun that we share the same name! Just one more quick note to say that looking back at my post when telling about myself, I realized it sounds all "unicorns and rainbows", like I live a charmed life! I do try to look at the bright side of things, most of the time. Right now, things are…

Hi! Lenora asked me to say some things about me, so,... here's my family, this was taken a year or so ago. Husband Matthew, two years ago took an early retirement buyout from Intel, he worked there 30 years. We both love to travel and went on 2 great 3 week trips last year: to Scandinavia, and the Canadian Rockies. He is a…

Lenora, THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!! Got it! <3

Hello again, I want you to know I am reading your posts and trying to get to know everyone, some of you again, some of you for the first time. I read them all and send you good wishes, even if I do not reply or respond to everyone. I went over my calories yesterday, as I went out to both breakfast and lunch with a group of…

Hi and Happy Saturday! How do you ladies find this group again easily? Do you just keep it open on your computers? I have to search for it every time. I am pretty computer literate, and I just don't "get" this! Thanks! :) Nancy in Sunny Arizona

OH! Those amazing flowers!!!! Love the Clematis, I used to have one. Cannot grow it here in the Phoenix area. Nancy in AZ

Good morning! I am back on MFP, I am in need of getting that healthy feeling back. I have yo-yo'd my entire life, (well, since age 12, that would be 45 years) and now I am really feeling it. Had blood work done and it showed nothing, despite my overall exhaustion and aches and pains. Perhaps it is from my excessive weight,…

:drinker: Cheers and happy start of a new week! New beginnings, every day is one, the sun comes up and we get to start over! On that note, drkatiebug, congrats on your progress, very inspiring, as I am on day #2 of my recommit, can't wait to feel better! I know in less than a week, my aching feet will feel better, as will…

Michelle, I guess I don't get it- your question. EFT is a technique used to retrain your brain to quit sending negative messages to yourself. I WISH it worked to not eat at all, but maybe so-? LOL EFT or "tapping", is tapping with your fingertips on energy pathways of the body, or meridians. While doing this, you say…

Carol, so sorry for the loss of your father. Like you, I listen for messages from my loved ones who have passed, and I do hear them! I see signs, too, and it is comforting, isn't it? He is there with you. I decided to consistently use EFT, which is the Emotional Freedom Technique. You do this tapping on pressure points,…

Hi everyone, again! I had a great start to my new year, lost 12 lbs. in January, but then went downhill. I lost 80 lbs. in 2010, and had prided myself that I had gained some back, but not ALL. Well, guess what?:sad: I am feeling very unhealthy, this must be my ultimate unhealthy weight, because so many of my systems scream…

Good morning, beautiful MFP friends!:love: :love: Started my day with a good strong cup of Joe, and that's always positive!:drinker: Reading about all the snowy, cold, and wet weather for so many of you, challenges in getting out to drive and workout, etc., and I am wishing you warm coziness and relief! A friend of mine…

Hi everyone! I am still pretty sick, have been all week. So this is very short. Jill: HUGE CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!:drinker: Kay, and everyone, thanks for the input on my daughter and school! I re=read my original post and realized it did sound like the winter weather and cold was a huge factor for me not wanting her to go to…

Michelle in NC, My daughter got $17,000 a year at the Chicago school, but total tuition and fees are over $35,000, plus room and board of about $10,000. For the AZ school, she received $9,000 a year, which is almost the entire tuition and fees, and then there's room and board, about $10K, also. And that AZ scholarship does…

Hi everyone! Sorry you in cold and snowy climates are having to deal with such a mess, and those who don't normally live in such climates, too!:noway: Joyce, hopefully your hubby will start noticing more and commenting on it. Sometimes after years of marriage, they need a reminder, and it sounds like yours was so nicely…

Carol and Michelle, I so agree that maybe my daughter just needs to go to IL and find out for herself. And yes, she could come back here and go, would not be the worst thing. Joyce, good suggestions, too. I would love to have her go there now, but hubby really doesn't want to spend the money. Of course we did tell her if…

Barbie, Thank you, too! I do think the independence will be great for her, but she will get that both places. Of course, in IL, she cannot hop in a car and be home to us in 1 1/2 hours. She would have to deal with whatever. Nancy SeasonsOfJoy in AZ

Jane in Colorado: Thanks for the input! I guess we could try to make her go in state. We have not had to really ever do something like that, both of our kids have usually really respected our input, and have made good choices, we have never had to ground them or anything like that, even. We need to keep talking to her…

gmom316, that is, thanks!:flowerforyou:

Thanks so much, and I agree, it would be great to take her up there NOW, or just send her by herself, and hubby and I have discussed it. But it is SO expensive to fly there, and hotel, etc. I still would like to do it. He says just let her decide and live with the decision. And you are right, too, you do get acclimated…

Hello everyone:smile: ! I have been absent for a bit, and found the new thread, wowsie! It is hard to catch up, but I read a couple of pages, and wow! So many of you in cold (frigid!) places! I know winter is especially brutal this year, and I wish you warm, cozy blankies, and socks! I live in the Phoenix area, and you…

Good morning, everyone! :smile: I have not been here for a few days, and just trying to catch up a bit with the last page. I am not good at remembering names, either, and it's hard for me with both our screen names, and real names! So I will just say, with limited time: Get well soon, my friends who have caught crud that's…

Good morning! Having my quiet time, and coffee, and the sun is coming up, and the lovely day is waking up!:drinker: To all who are reading Willpower, please tell me the author? I went on Amazon, and there are several books with that title. My daughter owns The Happiness Project and says it is so good, and wants me to read…

Good morning! Happy Friday to all! I am taking my fabulous friend, Delores to lunch for her 82nd birthday! She is a delight and an inspiration, with her physical issues, she still is creating new crafts every day (we are crafting buddies), entertains her family, and friends on occasion, and keeps on going as much as…

Joyce, thanks for your heartfelt comments about my upcoming empty nest (not till August!). My son is in his third year of college about 1/12 hour drive, in Tucson. The first year he was gone, I was sad, but last year was worse- he went into his own apartment, so his bedroom at my home looked like it had been robbed, as so…

Good morning to all! :flowerforyou: I was here before, several months ago, and then I let the holidays take over my brain. And now my body is screaming, "HELP!" So, I am back. Yay! Ready to feel good again, in every way. 2014 goals: If it isn't working, change it. Try new things. Give myself a break (cut me some slack,…

And Lori, PLEASE go get checked! It is important!

Lori, I never had any hormonal issues, but I kept both ovaries.

I protest! Surgery is an unfair weight loss advantage, you sneaky one, you!:noway: Just kidding!:tongue: Gosh, what a shock,right? When are you doing it? I had mine out over ten years ago, one of the best things I ever did for myself. I was severely anemic, no ferretin in my bone marrow. They thought I might have leukemia…