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Oh, Beth, I am so very sorry. Hugs! Barbie, good luck with the retina specialist. My DH saw one for a while after he had retinal tears from glaucoma. His next steps will be a glaucoma specialist. We have to go to Atlanta for that. He is not looking forward to it. Welcome, Rosemarie! As Carol said, I am also a Georgia girl.

Tracey, YNAB stands for You Need a Budget. It is budgeting software. When I started using it, it was a one-time fee, but it has now gone to a yearly subscription. You customize the categories and assign your money to the categories as soon as it is available to spend. It comes with lots of online support for learning how…

Barbara, so sorry about the washing machine. I cannot stand for things I depend on to be broken. You can buy a new machine for what seems like just a few trips to the laundromat around here. They are crazy expensive! Kelly, somehow I missed your post about your silent heart attack. Glad you are ok. We probably need to get…

Rita, wow! Thank goodness they missed your camper. Finances, I am the spender in my family. We use YNAB, though, so I only spend what I allocate in the budget for spending. It helps to not look at the total in the bank, only the total in the budget category. It’s the electronic equivalent of the envelope system. Clothes…

Ha! Got your card today. Thank you so much! It is a beautiful card. My husband was like, "Who is that?"

It’s really the other way. You have to turn it on. Somewhere in the MFP settings, you can allow access to certain Fitness trackers. When you allow access, the data syncs and MFP automatically adds your step calories to your daily total. I like seeing my exercise calories, even though I don’t eat them back usually.

Did I tell y’all about my new scale? I can’t remember. It is a Renpho, very reasonably priced, bluetooth. You can use it like a regular scale or you can download the app to your phone, turn it on before you weigh, and it will record your BMI and body fat percentage. It detected that I had a Fitbit so asked to share with…

There is a quote button at the bottom of each post. If you click it within the post you want to comment on, then their post appears in the top if your reply, like yours did here. I went within the quote and deleted the things that I was not commenting on.

Thanks for telling us about July 2. I love new beginnings. I am so working on one right now.

Beth, I am so impressed with your calmness. We really don’t expect to encounter deer on the interstate, yet they are there. My cousin hit one in Mississippi en route to NOLA from GA for my brother in law’s funeral. Talk about crazy and inconvenient. My son’s jeep is at the dealership now. The body shop fixed the body but…

My father’s service was very nice. My mother’s pastor spoke, my pastor did the remembrances. He was at their church before mine. A military pastor spoke about Daddy’s service in the Korean war, told all the places he served and what he did. We sent him Daddy’s discharge paperwork and he researched it. Daddy was a mechanic…

We got my dad's funeral arrangements done today. Now we have to get through the visitation and funeral, and I still need to scan pictures for the slideshow. I almost, almost, brought home a cat today. It was a fairly young cat caught up in a tree at Mama's house. It finally got down, then let me pet it when I fed it a…

Have been following the anti-depressant comments with interest. I opted against medication at the moment but will revisit if necessary. I’m going to concentrate on exercise and sleep for right now. My father finally got his prayers answered this morning when he “went home.” Prayers for us to get through the next few days,…

RIP, Sasha. Hugs Barbie and family. I gave myself a serious talking to yesterday. Cried as I wrote in my journal about my recent entitlement eating. If I can resist the cookie jar tonight as I sit up with my father, I will have made it two days under my calorie goal and 5 of the last 6 days hitting 10,000 steps.

Oh, Barbie, I am so sorry. Beth, I totally get the stress eating and the caring for parents. Combine it with no time (well, it’s more no energy than no time) to exercise and it just gets worse. Well, y’all, I’m beginning to think it’s just not in the cards for us to have another cat. Dave had the window raised in the back…

Barbara, thinking of you. Pip, glad Yogi’s surgery was successful. Welcome to the newbies. I’ve been with my parents all week. Daddy had a TIA on Sunday but seems to be back to normal, whatever that is for him. Pain is definitely increasing as he declines. My sister is back, so I get a little rest. We got a new cat on…

For anyone who loves frou-frou coffee drinks but has given them up due to calories, may I suggest this one. 1 packet Folgers singles instant coffee with 6 oz of water (or 6 oz of brewed coffee) 1 scoop of Ancient Nutrition Salted Caramel Bone Broth 6 oz of pre-packaged protein drink - I used Aloha plant based vanilla Scoop…

Lanette, I am so sorry about your husband. Hugs. Beth, prayers for your sweet pup. I’m feeling sad, guilty, angry and excited this week. Excited because I am attending Annual Conference this week as a district member at large. The last two years were virtual, and I’m excited to see my friends from across the conference in…

My 50th high school reunion is also this year. I am on the planning committee. We are charging $50 for one, $80 for a couple. Mingle at 5, dinner at 6, music and dancing from 8 to 11:30. If you only want to come for the after dinner part, you can pay $20 per person at the door - a very affordable option if you just want to…

Tracey, I’m so sorry. Hugs for all of you in this loss. Lanette, hugs to you as well. Stubborn, stubborn men are so frustrating, especially when we love them and want to make things better for them.

Barbara, we like to put our puzzles together on a huge piece of cardboard. That way, we can move it off the table if it gets in the way. It also makes it easier to see the pieces. Has anyone read a book called “We Need to Talk about Kevin”? It was recommended to me, but I’m having a hard time getting into it. I’m only…

Pip, bless you. You have been through it for sure. Kirby will be ok. He’s like that country song. He loves you. He just has to be mad for a while. I have no idea if my driver’s license is enhanced. I guess I should check into it. I’m sitting with my father tonight. He gave my mother fits last night. Dismantled his oxygen…

Welcome to all the newbies! I know you can’t tell from my lack of recent posts, but I am a somewhat regular in this thread. Hugs to all who need them. Debbie, I totally understand family drama and disfunction. Double hugs for you. My father’s COPD continues to hold steady, his dementia is getting worse, and the family…

Rebecca, I love that Wild Planet tuna, bean, corn salad. I ate it a lot when my father was in the rehab facility. It is expensive around here, though. Well over $4 per can. Katla, prayers for you and your DH.

Lisa, LMAO at the hotsy-totsy, gold-digging trophy wife comment, even more so when my autocorrect kept changing hotsy to horsy.

Barbara, I’m sorry Gino did not work out. (((Rita))) A very close neighbor posted on Nextdoor today that their six-month old kitten had been missing for a week. There was another Nextdoor post about both bobcat and coyote sightings. I’m afraid the neighbor’s cat and our Pip were both victims of the coyote. Speaking of…

Welcome to all the newbies. Ninja and Irene, I am also from Georgia. I live Northeast of Atlanta off the I-85 corridor.

I am caught up with reading. Still busy with my father but trying to get caught up on some of the stuff i’ve been neglecting. The Army chaplain is coming to see my father tomorrow to present him with a flag. That should be interesting. We are all going to try to be there for that. I got our taxes done. It was pretty simple…

Betsy, I am so very sorry for the loss of your dear husband. Debbie, I’m sorry about your cat as well. Our newly adopted kitten disappeared on Ash Wednesday. We just got her right before Thanksgiving. Not knowing what happened to her makes it doubly sad. Welcome to all the newbies. I pop in fairly regularly then will go…

I didn’t get one. Beth and I ran into this problem once. I’m not sure what the issues is. I will try to send you a message so that you can maybe reply to it and it will come through. Look for a message from me.