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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…

i think I’m all caught up, but probably won’t do much commenting. I realized I missed a few things when some replies commented on things I didn’t remember reading. I’ve been caught up in family stuff for a while. My brother was killed in a horrible car accident last Wednesday night. I think I shared already about his…

Well, I have a story to tell. TLDR: I got scammed out of $20 at the grocery store. long version: my personal reflection during my devotion time each day had revealed to me that if I’m going to behave in a way that it is not a witness for my faith, it will be at the grocery store. I have confessed my misdeeds and snarkiness…

Thank you all for your kind words regarding my SIL. Yes, Ginny, it is still a loss, and her husband and children will grieve - not only for her, but for what might have been if things were just a little bit different. Michele, I am working out online with with Chris Sequenzia from Healthy Free Life Academy every week-day…

(Spoiler) Lanette, my reply to you is in the spoiler. I was going to put one snarky comment in a spoiler and it put the whole darn thing in there! I do not like this new format when typing on my tablet. I feel very successful that I have managed to bold your name, not just pnce, but twice! My orthopedist dismissed me this…

thank you all for the prayers. We can use all we can get. I will put the news in a spoiler if I can figure it out. (Spoiler) yay! I did the spoiler on my tablet. I may become a techie yet.

I've been kind of quiet - lots of family stuff going on. I'll update y'all when I have more time. Meanwhile, prayers would be appreciated. Exercise is going well. I missed this morning (see above - family stuff), but I worked out 18 times in March. That is a new record for me. I maybe lost a pound or two, but I haven't…

I couldn't get Barbie's link to work, so I went and found it. Hope this is successful. Edited to add: You have to click on the words "Women Ages 50+ For April 2025" - not the blue link underneath that. It just takes you to a picture. If you hover over the words, you will see the link pop up. I obviously do not know what I…

Barbara, I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend. Hugs! Carol, I’m glad your son’s surgery went well but sorry for your additional joint pain. Allie, prayers for healing. i give up on trying to make names bold from this tablet. It’s just too hard.

you can make a comment from the page where you are reading, but it will post at the end. If you want to reply to a particular person’s comment, you can click quote at the bottom of their comment. Your final comment will still appear at the end, but the quote will remind people what you are actually commenting on, so the…

Rosemarie, the exercise classes that I attend are live. They restructured the program last year and have two membership levels - silver and gold. You have to be a gold member to have access to the live coaching, I think, but I’m not sure. It’s different from when I first started. The gold program is not cheap, but I “drank…

Machka, your day sounded absolutely horrific. Glad you finally made it home. Barbara, thanks for the suggestion of "revenge Cheetos." My key lime cheesecake still sounds better. BTW, I haven't said before, but my friend's name is also Barbara. Her funeral will be Friday afternoon. This is so petty of me, but I have a hair…

Thank you all for the outpouring of sympathy. My friend passed peacefully this afternoon. 4 days from diagnosis to death. Her only symptom was shortness of breath. It beats months of pain and poking and prodding and is absolutely the way she would have wanted it to be. I’m not sure when her funeral will be. I am probably…

Michelle, this is our TP holder in our small hall bathroom. It is not recessed into the vanity, but it is screwed into the side of it. If something happens to it, we can just patch the holes and paint the cabinet or screw a new one into the same holes. Since this particular holder does not have that annoying little spring…

Rita, prayers that you will find the perfect place. Beth, I love your produce box as well as your resolve to use it all. One of my biggest faults is letting things go bad before I use them. Food is too expensive for that, but I do it. Lynn, condolences on the loss of Libby. More ID theft drama. I now have a new debit card…

Cindy, the editing feature is only available for an hour. It’s at the top right of your post - a circle with 3 dots. To sign your post, just type it in when you’ve finished commenting. I don’t think you can create a signature that automatically appears with every reply. You just have to type it each time. I usually forget…

Rita, my DH and I have been married for 49 years. Every single time I go to a funeral visitation, sign a condolence card, or whatever for someone on my side of the family, I sign first name, maiden name, married name. Otherwise, they are very likely to ask who the heck is that? Yes, the close relatives know my married…

I am a bee with a few cricket tendencies. My husband is also a bee, but more with butterfly tendencies. He puts things out to remind himself to do them, like way early. This drives me crazy. The two that drive me craziest are a new trash bag on the counter the night before trash day and a new roll of paper towels before…

Lisa, I’m so sorry you are going through such a hassle with your knee pain. I feel for you. Knee pain is no joke. Heather and other Clutterbug fans and those who watch High Potential: did you see this week’s episode? Morgan referenced the 4 organizing styles at a suspect’s house. The suspect was a butterfly. She said she…

Have y’all missed me? The septic tank people were out for a routine maintenance last Thursday and cut our internet cable. It was finally repaired today. I was so behind. I skimmed a little but am somewhat caught up. We did end up having to close our checking account. The second fraud activity was more subtle. They…

I didn’t share our latest drama because I wanted to get it straightened out first. Someone with a name that sounded fake paid a huge (more than we make in a month) Chase credit card bill with e-pay from our checking account. Of course, I discovered it when we were all snowed in. I had to wait a day for the roads to clear…

Vickie, if you have comprehensive insurance, it should pay for the rodent damage to your electrical system. It will be a separate claim from your fender bender. But get a second opinion if you don’t trust those folks.

Snow/iced in here in north Georgia. My post-op appointment and evaluation got cancelled because of the weather, they will call and reschedule me tomorrow. I am feeling almost back to normal. I didn’t even take Tylenol yesterday, and it was a PT day, Any weight loss efforts have been stalled from lack of movement coupled…