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thanks for the bd wishes. Carol, although different circumstances but I understand the “thought we would be coming home feeling “ y’all remember last Thanksgiving when Mama and I went and got my brother after his car accident and the possum got into my pies? After the accident in April that took his life, Mama just kept…

Lanette. We have Kindle Unlimited and definitely get our money’s worth. There are several authors I enjoy. I looked up the book you recommended -Bones, something”. It said we had checked it out 3 years ago but it did not seem familiar to me and Dave swore he did not read it so I downloaded it again. I have definitely not…

Hugs to Carol. We are all here for you. Several regular posters have recently gone through the same loss. Hugs also to Lisa, Rita, and others who are hurting for adult children. I’m hugging myself here, too. More hugs to Ally, Mo, and others who are dealing with health issues. So that my post won’t be a total downer,…

sad news from our neck of the woods.. a Paulding County Elementary School student (autistic, runner) slipped away from the class while on a field trip to a local pumpkin patch/farm. They found her in a nearby pool unresponsive. She was in my daughter’s kindergarten class last year. My daughter is, of course, heartbroken.…

Lanette, I can attest to your carrying something heavy theory. I feel stronger after a few days of picking up and carrying a 22-lb Jasper for a few days. I will be doing that again tomorrow. Canadian friends, is the postal strike the same one from last Christmas or a new one? I remember we couldn’t mail a Christmas card to…

Welcome, Melanie! Mo and I both just finished The Frozen River. We enjoyed it - historical fiction about a real-life woman who was a midwife. Rita, hugs, hugs and more hugs. Barbara, thinking of you and hoping for the best possible outcome for Tumble. Hugs for you, too. Carol, thinking of you and your DH. Mo, wishing your…

This popped up on my FB feed and reminded me of our conversation on here:

Barbara, I figured out that was you. Great FB sleuthing! Bras - I rarely go without. I’m uncomfortable without one. I do take it off to sleep, but otherwise it’s on. When you wear a G or H cup, it’s kind of necessary, especially in public.

Carol, when I have lots of coupons at Kroger, I always look for a “seasoned” cashier. They will usually make it work. I love the Kroger coupons, but sometimes they are picky. My mistake is usually mixing up Simple Truth Organic and Kroger Private Selection. I think those coupons ought to be interchangeable. They are both…

Mo, you came across my FB today as someone I might know since we had mutual friends, so I sent you a request. I don’t print my whole name on here, because it is searchable. I don’t want someone googling me for professional reasons to find me in a weight loss forum. Weird, but that’s me. You know my first name. My middle…

Beth, I’m so sorry about your mother’s situation. It has to be so hard. Michelle, I take one Tylenol Arthritis and one Aleve for arthritis knee pain. It’s the combo my orthopedic doctor recommended. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. Here is a collage I made - both pics were taken at the little country…

Lanette, thanks for the podcast link. I’m going to add it to my list to listen to in the car. I am so over diet culture. interesting about the difficulty in finding a red car. DH and I are both more gray car people, yet we are both driving red because it was the only color on the lot in the model that we wanted, so we got…

Lanette, I have learned my lesson from purchasing from a FB ad. Now my DH has as well after succumbing to a hat he wanted so bad. Now, we look on Amazon for a similar item and order there, where at least we have free and easy returns if it doesn’t meet our expectations. Allie, I’m so sorry that Tracy is hurting you so…

Rita, your joke of the day reminds me of the Family Feud episode where the question was name a word that often follows pork, and one of the contestants set u-pine. Steve Harvey pretty much lost it. It wasn’t up there. Happy birthday, Carol!

Mo, wasn’t it you reading The Frozen River a couple of weeks back? I’m reading it now, and I’m really enjoying it. Totally worth the months on the Libby hold list. Beth, I’m glad you got a resolution you’re happy with from the dealership.

Ginny, I'm so sorry about your cat. It sounds like you made the right decision. I lost 3 lbs in July. I am now 5 lbs below my lowest weight this century and 70 lbs down from my absolute high when I started this journey around 2010. I had reached my previous low weight back in 2018 and slowly gained back about 20 lbs…

just to clarify, Jasper does not live with me. He and my niece have a studio apartment in a nearby town. I bring him to my house to babysit sometimes when she is working so she doesn’t have to take him with her. She doesn’t have a car yet and uses the city bus when neither I nor my nephew are available to give her a ride.…

Lanette, thank you so much for missing me. I have been somewhat staying caught up with reading but have not had the energy or motivation to update. The family drama associated with my brother’s passing has just been exhausting. It will probably get uglier before it gets better. One day I am hopeful. The next it seems…

Had a little Possum excitement today. I talked to Mama this morning and she said Possum didn’t stay at her house last night. She thought maybe the dog was pouting because we cut her hair. Possum is way too easy going to ever pout, but whatever! Then she called me back around 11 and said she couldn’t find her anywhere. She…

yes. The longer it gets, the curlier it is. It is straight as a string when short. My husband’s is the same way. She has a fair amount of curl at shoulder length.

I guess it really is all about the angle. The picture the groomer posted on her Facebook page looks much better than the one I took. I still like her better fluffy.

When my daughter was a toddler, she had the most beautiful head of long curly hair. But…. it was a booger-bear to comb, untangle, wash, etc. She was so cute when it was styled, but styling it was a fight every single day. I took her to the hair salon and asked the stylist what would happen if we cut it off short. She said…

Thank you, Barbie, for a new thread. May was very successful for me, weight wise. I dropped close to 5 lbs. i noticed yesterday that my favorite blue and white striped sweater is getting too big. Rosemary and Carol - I’m up for a meet-up anytime. Y’all invite me, too. Amazon Prime - we have it and use it and aren’t ready…

I had never heard the expression “rationalize your wardrobe” so I googled it to confirm it meant what I thought it meant. I am working on that right now. I have an appointment Friday with a consignment shop. I’ve found that my biggest pile of things to take is shoes. I have a lot of practically new, hardly worn, expensive…

Just to clarify - Possum is not going to live with me and Dave. She is going to stay on the family farm. I'm just working with her to teach her to walk on a leash and am seeing that she gets her shots and grooming and assuming financial responsibility for her needs. My mother is feeding her the new Science Diet food I…

I have been dealing with my brother’s death by focusing all my attention on his poor neglected dog. She was the body shop dog and I think all the men who worked there fed her leftovers and various assorted other table foods. Poor thing hasn’t been groomed in forever and her overgrown hair is matted and full of beggar lice…

Rita, I tried OA many, many years ago. I quit after a few group visits, because it didn't seem to resonate with me. I was never offered a sponsor, but maybe I didn’t give it enough time. The meeting I attended was in a college town. A lot of the attendees were college students struggling with anorexia or bulimia. I…

Hugs to everyone who needs one - I started listing a few folks and realized there were too many of you. Mo, could your DH find a job where you are so that you don’t have to move? I’m sorry I can’t remember the back story as to how you started living this way in the first place. Beth, I’m sorry your mother seems to be…

Barbara, yes, my brother’s children are 21, 22, and 37. They each have one chid. The boys have girls and the girl has a boy. The oldest is very mature, knowledgable, and is doing a good job of handling things. The daughter is getting there after a rough patch of bad decisions. She has found a new inner strength and…

thank you all for the condolences. I’m doing ok. I’ve been doing my workouts and taking my vitamins. I haven’t really been stress eating, but I have been enjoying cake that people brought in. Yes, Beth, same brother. He was not driving in the other accident. He was with a friend. This one happened at an intersection that…