Hi Jeannie and Carla and OFF family to come:

Not much happening here; I have to work today so no holiday here. Carla, you have an interesting life; traveling again, credit card getting hacked. Hope you get to Chicago in time to see the new baby being born. 

Not much else to say. I feel like going back to sleep. Got up too early for me. No water aerobics this morning, although the pool is open (but I'm sure it will be filled with kids). 

See y'all. Have a nice holiday for those who get it off (I get extra money ... which will help).

We are on our way out the door. We got home late last night and today we are taking the kids to Petit Jean Mt. to do a little hiking. Hope you all have a wonderful rested day. Eat, rest, move, and stretch....Catch you guys later. 

Jen,

The oldies will be dropping by on the 31st or sooner, if they choose. We are hoping that there will be a little dialogue from the oldies as well as the lurkers that will tell us what they want in terms of the tone of the board. For so long, it has been so negative and for those of us *****ally need the board to be a source of support, our hopes are for the oldies and lurkers to come out and help us establish something that is good and useful. When I began this journey, I came to the board and those who had already had surgery were so helpful and if I had not had them, I wouldn't have known what was going on because my surgeon gave me some information but not what to do about being so tired or don't add new foods away from home...plus we passed clothes among ourselves so that none of us had to really do major shopping. As time went on, the oldies, and I include myself, stopped coming because the board became something that wasn't helpful. Some of that was due to oldies who stayed and wanted the board to be their social networking space and over time, more and more complaining and bullying and fighting ended up on the board and people just left. Over the last few weeks, the oldies that I have talked to have said the same thing: too much complaining and too much negative and not enough effort to motivate and inspire. Even when some of us tried to turn things around, it became a contest to see how quickly we could be shut down. But now, thankfully, those negative nellies are staying quiet and that is good. If I were a new person and came on board and read about how the tool breaks after a year...I'd be so disheartened.  Yes, after a year or two, the weightless slows down but the tool isn't broken.  Anyway, let me shut up before I write a book....I'm looking so forward to the 31st. 

Hi Ladies,

Your trips sound like fun. I'll probably won't travel again due to limited income. I love doing it.

I just walked up to cvs to get my prescription since the pharmacy will be closed tomorrow.  I really don't have any plans for the holiday.

My eating is good until close to bedtime then I go off the rails. Hopefully when I get this last item out of my house I should do better. Unless I buy something again but I don't planned on it.

Everyone have a good day.

Wonderful.!!!

You need to be bragging... Looks like your influence in the kids - BG,  is paying off. I am sure she has very high IQ, but without your help developing it, and her interests,  she would not know half of the things she knows now. 

When I was in college- I discovered that knowing what I don't know if a huge step into learning it. Ignorace is when you don't know what you don't know...and can't even ask questions.. (not sure if that makes any sense - sometimes my engish is "too funny" for people to get what I am trying to say)