WHAT'S NEW WEDNESDAY?

Im the last one posting on the wednesday thread,,but oh well,,at least Im here!! Been busy ,,today I scrubbed the kitchen cabinets and floor, and waxed it!! Then cleaned out hubbys closet,,did laundry,,watered the flowers and vegetable plants, ran errands, then went to Bible Study. Now IM tired! Tomorrow I have to cook for a wedding rehearsal dinner for a friend of mine, so Im gonna sleep in in the morning! Ill be on my feet all day at our fellowship hall. I seem to have an abundance of energy lately! Thats a good thing! I think the walking regimen has helped with that,,and Im seeing inches come off too. havent weighed in a  few days,,thats ok.  About loving ourselves, I have always had very poor self esteem. I think it may have stemmed from the fact that I lived in so many foster homes as a child,,I guess I thought nobody else loved me, why love myself?? I have workedon that for thelast several years though. I got a rude awakening when Mike and I were first married. I put myself down all the time to him,,because he was so much younger than me (16 years) I couldnt understand why he would pick me to love. I said I was fat, old, ugly. One day, he left me. He told me later, it was because he loved me, and couldnt stand to hear me put myself down all the time. It was an insult to him. Boy! Did I straighten up my act after that!! Since the surgery Im having to make new adjustments to the person in the mirror,,but Im starting to really like her too! It just takes time! Well, Im off to bed. Lots to do tomorrow but wanted to check in! Great job on the thread Karen! thanks for the thought provoking discussions too! Have a great day! Blessings Betsy

Good morning. Seems I am the last one this week. Yesterday started out pretty good ad went downhill from there. Work was manageble for a change. The temps in the office have started to get the hang of things so I am less needed by them to assist them in the office. I took a call about 1 PM that turned out to be from my credit union. It was from the fraud department. They had noted some strange activity on my account and wanted to check some of the transactions that had happened with me. There were 3 transactions at ATM machines that took place on 5/29 and 5/20 at 2 or 3 am. None by me. A total of $600 was withdrawn from my account. Talk about feeling violated. I had to go to a branch, complete paperwork to document the fraud, get some emergency cash which I never carry, and cut up my card. They told me that once they are done with the investigation the monies will be returned to me. I can't imagine how someone could withdraw cash from an ATM without my card, but it has happened. They suspect someone in my home did it, but I know that isn't true. I did ask every person who could have taken my card. I never give my card to anyone and I have never given anyone my PIN number. If you haven't, make sure you change your PIN frequently. I don't know what else we can do to protect ourselves. I guess we can't always be safe, but simple precautions should help. Have a great Thursday!!!

i'm hoping that you are once again sleeping in, karen! i stopped by several times weds but never posted-dunno why i had noticed that my michael seemed much calmer on weds - turns out he isn't calm-he is feeling totally beaten and is about to give up---not the withdraw and runa way give up like in february when he was so down--just be quiet and live beaten... i think this with the neighbor is just the last straw. it was very hard yesterday to see the guy just strutting around his yard w/out a care in teh world-knowing that today when they try to serve him his papers he will have vanished- and it is so--he has hunkered down or vanished....he is NOT stupid...just whacko.  a very dear friend stopped by last nite and we gabbed-michael really loves this young man and so it was good! but; he told us something disturbing about the neighbor- a conversation the guy had with brian's wife and MIL a few months back about hwo he was glad we were moving and couldn't wait for us to get the f out-we have too many animals--we live over 100 feet back from the road and our animals (cat who never comes out from under the bed except to eat or potty!) dog who is only in front yard on a leash and parrots who never leave their house!- could only bother him by noise-and that would be the parrots if anything.well anyhow- i am so sorry that this man has been given so much time and space in our minds and hearts. he is robbing us. karen; i haven't responded to the snippets from your mother's book however i am enjoying them thoroughly. i think the book will go on my must buy list. our day yesterday was pretty well spent going to therapy and getting some (overpriced) produce- i slept away most of the afternoon and we had thunderstorms so we took teh dog to her crate a few times- yesterday she was getting stubborn. our visit from brian was the best part of the day! today (thurs) chiro appt and not sure what else- i am getting nothing done about this house and have several questions for all of the realtors on here- may email seperately! dallas in october sounds wonderful- who knows where we will be by then- if living in texas it will be on my must do list- if living in ohio-hmmmm.depends on fundage-if living on the big island i will have to say no.see-we jsut are in limbo and i really hate limbo--i ams o ready for limbo to settle down to choices made. get on and live. i must say that i can relate to betsy saying she had low esteem growing up--mine was not foster care but an alcoholic (adopted) mother and my parents divorced when i was 8--that didn't happen in my lil world so i felt like the "only"-only adopted kid only divorced parents heck i wa sthe only in my class to wear braces---much much more involved here will not go into but very low esteem has taken it's toll- and a need to prove that i am worth it. well- it IS thurs so this may not show up in the recap but that is ok! so glad that you are all here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!