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Good luck riding herd over DH. Hard to be patient. Other friends with family members having similar issues get very frustrated like you when it gets out of control.

Good news about your Mom's progress. My MIL also was a social person and loved her meals with friends.

DH walk LOL! I guess mine are DH and Justice walks.

Glad you made it home in one piece and are reset. Your travels must feel like a dream! Scale should go down fairly quickly if you are back into the groove right away. I think with the return to usual surroundings that usually happens.

Glad everyone made it safely to their destinations! For being summer in Arizona, it's actually pretty pleasant here. Which oddly enough is not good for creating monsoons. It has to be hot, hot, hot to pull the moisture up from Mexico.

Yesterday was busy with a board meeting for the HOA and today with writing the neighborhood newsletter. It turned out pretty good and I actually enjoy writing it!

I'm working on my leaving lists (before I go, what to take, for the house watcher) and checking off little projects. I just changed the two wireless smoke alarm batteries as that was a gigantic nightmare last year. Working on cleaning up and organizing the laundry room as that looked so embarrassingly full of detritus. Tomorrow I have a hair appointment.

I think that's it! Liz, I'm so sorry your SIL is feeling so poorly. This is a lovely thing you're doing helping her make it to this wedding. And speaking of lovely, DD, from your previous descriptions of your amazing aunt I know how appreciative she must be of your help. How much nicer it is to help people who are appreciative than those who aren't!!

123 on the dot. A new low this time around but only by .2 lbs. A good excuse to have an extra snack today!

Bible study was good today. I'm feeling much more comfortable leading it now that I have been doing it for several months. The only part that was hard for me was leading prayer time. I'm great at teaching things I know well (did tons of health education in my job) but extemporaneous prayer scared the heck out of me! Some people can pray so eloquently off the cuff, I do much better with planned speaking! I'm getting better though!

Did a DH walk today. Weather is a bit cooler (low 70's) which is perfect for walking. I bought Costco bacon the other week when we had the protein pancake breakfast for dinner meal. As Costco products go, there were 3 packages of bacon. I froze one right away, we used one and the 3rd has been sitting in our meat drawer with an expiration date toward the end of August so we have plenty of time to use it. DH absolutely loves bacon and I just don't buy it because of all the saturated fat! It has been driving him crazy to have an uneaten package of bacon sitting in our fridge so tonight I will appease him with BLTs. Hopefully he is unaware of the frozen package.

My Mom's amputated toe seems to be healing fine this time around and they were able to remove a few of the stitches yesterday. She can also finally go down to her cafeteria for meals again. She had been on a bit of a couch rest with having to have her foot elevated 45 minutes of every hour. Depression was setting in from being so isolated. She can finally see her friends again at mealtime!

Glad our world travelers made it to their destinations with not too many hiccups.

I bet the dogs were thrilled you are home Peps! Kudos to you for already being on CA time! Also, your weight gain is nothing! I remember a boyfriend gaining 10 lbs. on a 3 day cruise when I was in college! It will come off in no time, and like you said, no regrets!

Liz, anxious to see pics from your travels and the wedding as well. I hope your SIL can enjoy her time away and it doesn't exacerbate her pain and fatigue.