What's new Thursday?

Margo,
have a great trip and think of me often!!!!! sorry about your computer but the Dells are supposed to be good.
As everyone ieelse is saying take a lot of pictures.
AS for me and Nan we are fine. nan is flying back home on monday. ill leave for Chicago on the following sunday. As I have to be back in chicago to work the Obesity help event with the Illinois group.
Lord keep me out of the resales shops. I got a Burburry Suit for 22.00. new it probably cost around 800.00.
Well we are going to walk around the new down town area in centennial
Carla   take care all.

Hi Eileen,

Just a quick report in. Nothing quiet around here. Spent 4 days visiting our two kids on the west side of the state. Weather was beautiful here in Washington all weekend.

Mike and I have been finishing up a couple of rock areas of the yard with landscape pavers.

Starting tomorrow we have 18 arriving at our home to spend the weekend visiting, eating, and sorting my mom's huge collection of pictures and books. After two years of hoarding them I am ready to share. I have more than enough "stuff" of my own. We've made copies of many of them for all and will let them go through the rest and take what they want. Should be a lot of fun but I'm sure absolutely exhausting by Sunday afternoon.

Then I just have 3 days to finalize my Maui packing and hit the road again. Can't wait to spend some one on one quality time with Maui Karen. We met 18 months ago when Mike and I went, but didn't have much time together. This time that is a priority!

I have a million things to do before Friday evening. I plan to get my part of the cooking done ahead of time. I don't cook and visit together well. Something always gets left out and it's usually not the visiting! You all have a good one. May the sun shine on you!

Good Morning Eileen & OFF Friends!

Hope everyone is doing well, this is just a quick hello, as I have no internet access at work and mornings are about getting ready for the job right now, until I get back into the routine ;)

I am loving the commute, leaving home at 7:45 a.m. is a far cry from when I used to leave at 6 a.m., sometimes earlier and getting home before 6 p.m., and Wilmington is a nice little city.  The people at the job seem genuinely nice and happy to have me there, give them some time (lol)!

Well I gotta run, but thanks for all the support.

Happy surgervisary to all who are experiencing one, welcome to any newbies, you are in for the journey of a lifetime!

Hugs, Laureen

P.S.  For those who've asked, Dillinger is amazing and still hanging in with me!

good morning everyone

want to wish margo and george a good vacation.  have fun, enjoy

to everyone else have a great day as well, hope its a safe and quiet
day.

laureen, glad your job is going well, thats wonderful news.

im about to have my first cup of java, so ill keep this short and sweet.

be happy everyone, jacki

I went to bed with a tummy ache, woke up with one too. It is noisy and making gurgles. To top it off, a headache.

Probably from this miserable cold weather. All I do is shiver and shake.
Enough complaining and on to the good stuff. Tomorrow night we are taking the M&M's out on the town. First we do a bit of shopping then someplace for dinner.

Saturday and Sunday we will go to Melanie's first dance recitals.  I found a cute ballerina fairy necklace to commemorate the event. Her parents have already ordered flowers. Matthew will get some sort of present too. They are only 18 months apart and I like to include both kids on special occasions.

Kisses
Annette

Annette, you are such a good grandma, and definately leading Melanie in the right direction with the jewelry....I know she feels just like a princess.  

I've changed the bed linens and they are in the dryer as we speak, and the bed is remade with fresh ones.  I have a king size bed so it's quite a job!   Seriously thinking of downsizing to a queen...I need new
sheets and in pricing them the king size are really expensive.

Been to Wal Mart for my weekly shopping .....didn't do too badly today.
I did buy another pot and some potting soil and will try planting some seeds, it may be too late, but then they may bloom much later too.

Have to do some Banker's Edge training online this morning.....don't have time to do it at work.

It's cool and cloudy here and only to get into the low 60's.  Been wondering how Brenda is doing -- may have to give her a shout out later.

Have a lovely Thursday all!

Pat R.

morning eileen and OFF

wow!!! what a storm we had here yesterday!!!! so much rain and i was caught up in the middle of it driving home from the store!!!! lots and lots of lightening and rain....omg the rain!!! rained so hard i couldn't see to drive and i felt the car start to hydroplane at one point!!! that scared the hell out of me for sure!!!! left the patio door open and also the bedroom window open and when i got home what a flood we had in here!!!! calling for more of the same today....right now sun is trying to come out but that is gonna change soon i am sure.

still no unemployment check in ricks account...hope it gets there soon or the bills get put on hold...i DO NOT  want that to happen!!! sighs....

talked to mom last night and she said my sister was still in hospital. while there she had her kidney stents changed and hopefully will be home today. i tried calling her but got no answer. anyhow mom is excited that she will be seeing me in about a week. i told her i just hope all the bad weather is done so i don't have to drive in it like in the past....hate going through sandusky and toledo area because of the nasty storms there!!!!!

have to call the maintenance guys to fix lock on patio door. found out last night it won't lock now for some reason. need that fixed before trip.

well i rattled on long enough here and nobody seems to care one way or the other so off i go to relax after i make my strawberry dessert.

SMILE ; )

Today, I am doing some spring cleaning and finishing reading a really good book.  I've almost finished my syllabi for summer II and am going to get the stuff ready to get my fall classes lined up. 

O Happy Day to my fellows here!  Hugs to al!  Yesterday I woke in despair and decided I didn't want to spend another day the way the past few weeks had been spent--stalled and sloppy habits reappearing.  So I called on Youknowwho, turned my jumbled emotions into a prayer of faith and determined to not fail, I took some drastic measures.  I diaryied my food and fluids--something I've resisted since day one!  (Seemed too much like the old diet patterns to me.)  I have to say that yesterday was one of the best days in a long long time!  I was able to resist the temptation to "snack" inappropriately.  I got in my three meals, two snacks and 118.5 oz of water!  I am so excited about yesterday's achievements that I'm geared up to do it all over again today!  I also recognized last night when I journaled the date, that it was my SEVEN MONTH SURGVERSARY!  With that revelation, I broke out a brand new journal to log all my stuff.  Revisiting my first journal was a bit emotional and amazing at the same time.  My first journal was titled BEAUTY FOR ASHES!  I titled this one the same--Volume 2.  Inside the cover I taped my Mobility Impaired ID Card with my pitiful little "fluffy" picture.  I celebrate no longer being fluffy and no longer being Mobility impaired today!  I celebrate a lot of things!  I celebrate!  (WOW!)  Here's a little something I copied from journal #1 into jounal #2.  Maybe it will inspire you too!
FOOD IS FUEL
NOTHING MORE
IT IS NOT A HOBBY
IT IS NOT A DRUG
IT IS NOT A FRIEND
IT IS NOT A CELEBRATION
IT IS FUEL FOR MY BODY
NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS
Hugs to each of you and a deep appreciation for your friendship and company on this fantastic voyage! 
Marie (Nannyre)

FOOD IS FUEL
NOTHING MORE
IT IS NOT A HOBBY
IT IS NOT A DRUG
IT IS NOT A FRIEND
IT IS NOT A CELEBRATION
IT IS FUEL FOR MY BODY
NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS I wrote something almost exactly like
this a few years ago in my journal, which was not a food journal.  I truly would
love to live these words.  I will definately strive for this.  Glad you posted it, Marie.

Jan