Hope everyone has a good Friday and great weekend. I'm back to the gym a few times a week, back to walking the dogs on nice days (the mud is ALMOST gone), now i have to get back to yoga. I've gone a few times and it kicked my butt! Hopefully i'll be loosing my gained weight before the holidays hit in full force. I'm having between 10 and 15 people for Thanksgiving.

Good job Marie!

Jake - you look terrific! You and Barb rock. You're so great together and lucky to have each other.

I joined a website for seniors to meet other seniors - so far it's just disappointing. Oh well. No biggie!

Looking forward to time with my niece (she's here from MA looking at CU Boulder) and nephew (her bro - he moved to Park City Utah a month ago) this weekend!

elli

Hi all,
I just got back from a 5K this morning on base...It was a pretty good run but its been cold and windy here... I do however caution y'all not to try that after a week of extra work outs :)

Jeffrey - Don’t have a new word... didn’t get that far this morning. Good to hear that Sam did so well and that Day's mom is doing better

Barbie - the problem with the last race (Halloween) is that I couldn’t find a bathroom or a porta- potty before the race started... and I had driven 45 minutes to get there...I am all for stopping before the race :)

Marie - I am still heading to Texas and I am excited about it...I will be running on Thanksgiving morning with a guy I have known for most of my military career...so it will be nice to have someone who wants to run with me and we will have a lot to talk about.

Gayla - Any more news on what is wrong? Is the Bronchitis clearing up? Poor thing...I hope you’re doing better and that Neil doesn’t catch it.

Sandy - I can not imagine the dog not wanting to eat out of the bowl... I don’t know how many times I caught the kids and the dog eating out of the dog food bowl together when they were all little. I miss having a dog but at the moment the rabbit that runs around the house will have to be all.

Elli - My daughter istaking the Shooting at Ft Hood very hard...It makes me extremely angry and sad at the same time. I had to stop reading the comments at the bottom of the articles online.. people have no idea what military members go through and their ignorance was getting intolerable. As for better news... Park City is so GREAT I was stationed in Utah for 5 years

Good hearing from you Beth. This going to the restroom is a terrible pain. Wait till you get older , My Dear.
Jerry is having a yard sale and they are having an estate sale next to us. talk about traffic. Looks like a big flea mkt. On top of that our neighber across the street has his RV park in front of us on the road. What a busy corner.
Marie

Marie - sounds like a fun day in your neighborhood!

Beth - so good to hear from you. You're doing so great with all the running! I know so many military familes who are in shock and so angry right now. You're right - many people have no idea what you guys go through. My nephew is a snowboarder so he's SO excited to spend the winter in Park City! He's young, unattached, virtually no responsibilities right now - what an exciting time of life! I'm happy for him!

TGIF
elli

TGIF!

Not a lot going on here again today.. I love it! We are going to go and see our mothers this weekend, and we have Euchre game tonight with our church family. Pretty basic mid-west stuff!

Beth good to see you posting! I know the feeling about the extra work outs. I did a double ab workout last night. It ended up at about 800 crunches of different types (ab ripper x). So I am feeling too! Stay at it young lady! I am very proud of you!

Marie it sounds like a lot of fun on your block! I love a good garage sale.

Elli, Joe (my cat) wants to know if you would send him a chicken? He prefers it grilled.

Jake glad to hear from you!

Sandy have cleaned out the casino yet?

Have a great day!

Jeffrey

Jeffrey - tell Joe i'll get right on that!

Hi everyone! Hmm, thinking of an appropriate word -- perhaps, discombobulated, yup that's my life (thrown into a state of confusion). I had a call from my Dr. this morning to say that the lab test confirmed H1N1. He wants to extend the antibiotic for another 5 days to hopefully get rid of the bronchitis which is a secondary infection to the H1N1. I have not felt very good the past two days and some of it may be the antibiotic. BUT, if it gets rid of this cough I will be ever so thankful. I have another appt. to see him next Thursday. My boss doesn't want me to come in until after I see the Dr. So, no decisions to make there. Life is crazy sometimes. I did put some clothes in the washer and it has stopped so I better transfer them into the dryer before I forget them.

Gayla

Gayla - as sick as you've been i'm not at all that you have that stuff! TAKE CARE! And the good news is you'll build up immunities! REST REST REST! And get well! Sending healthy healing thoughts and prayers your way!

elli

Gayla, Well now you know. You must have been one sick little lady. But glad you know and the doctor is taking care of you. Rest and take it easy. Let Dave and Neal take care of you. You are the only person i know that has it. But they say we haven't reach the peak yet.

Elli, I got Sammy food cook and he ate every bite of the bowl I gave him. Then he was ready for bed.The yard sale interfer with his napping time. Which Jerry had a good day. nothing hardly left for tomorrow.. If we decide to put Sammy on this is their a local place I can buy it. I just cook half of it. used ground turkey.

Marie

Hi Everybody,
We've had a busy day----so busy that I couldn't even find a time in between raindrops to take the dogs to the dog park

We got the propane fireplace going again. there was something wrong with it but the guy from the propane company came out and fixed it and now we have a cheerful fire for the cold and rainy days.

Gayla, I'm sending healthy restful thoughts your way so you'll be back on your feet soon. I agree that you should let Dave and Neil take care of you.

It's early to bed for us.
hugs Barbie

Gayla, I am glad you finally know what you have but at the same time I am sorry it is the H1N1 flu. I hope the antibiotics kick in soon and you start feeling better. Are you wearing a mask around Neil or is his immune system pretty good? I told you my 4 yr old grand daughter had the vaccine but she got sick from it as did her dad. Good wishes are coming your way and I hope you get better very soon.

Jeffrey, it was the other way around, the casino cleaned me out.

Barbie, we have a hanging fireplace in our basement and this morning I went down there turned it on and sat in a recliner reading my books. It was wonderful but short lived.

Marie, sounds like you are doing great as usual. You are always cooking something, you are very ambitious.

Elli, you are back on track and I am proud of you. I am having a problem eating junk food. I still try and watch my calories but I keep nibbling when I shouldn't. One day at a time.

Have some towels in the dryer that need folding. Will check in with you in the morning.

Sandy

Just a quick note to say hi. Daisy starts a new level of obedience class this morning, hope she listens and learns.

Going to my husband's brother and his wife's 50th wedding anniversary tonight. Looking forward to a fun evening and seeing old friends.

Have a great Saturday!!

Sandy

Today is my birthday. I am 79 today. feel like I am 30 in spirit Nothing plan today. Just rest and relax. the Kids will probable drop by. later today.

Sandy Daisy has really grown. She is just adorable. Thanks for sharing her pictures with us.

Marie

Marie, Happy Birthday to you.........this will be the beginning of another great year.

Love and hugs
Barbie

Marie--

A birthday wish for you from the "whole gang".....

Happy Birthday to you!! WOOF!!!
Happy Birthday to you!! BARK!!
Happy Birthday dear Marie!!! AH OOOOOOO!! (that is a howl, btw)
Happy Birthday to you!! LICK! SLURP!!(those are doggie kisses!!

Hope you have a wonderful day, Marie.

I ended up not going to Seattle after all. My parents talked themselves out of going, and I didn't want to do a 320 mile one day round trip in the pouring rain, so I stayed home. Now I don't have to go back to work 'til Tuesday and I have 3 days of no plans..Maybe it is time to tackle some housework, but let's not do anything too drastic!!

Barb

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!! I wish I were there to give you a big hug and kiss.

Hope your day is wonderful and all your wishes come true!!!


Love you kiddo,

Sandy

Happy Birthday, Marie!! Have a wonderful day.

Wonder of wonders, my cough has nearly stopped. I am going to go to the concert as I should no longer be communicable. The literature says seven days from the first symptoms and I am far past that. I will be sure to keep my coughs to myself if they show up.

One of these days I will catch up with everyone. For now I want to make sure I have a rest so the music doesn't put me to sleep during the concert!!

take care and keep smiling. gayla

Gayla, so glad you feel like getting out of the house. Good news. Enjoy

You must feel a whole lot better than you did a few days ago. But don't overdo it. It will take time to get back to normal.
Thanks for the birtday geetings. You will have one soon. Nov 20th. but a lot youger than my 79.

Marie

Thanks for all the..... B_DAY....greetings.

to be 79 I am thankful for my health.my husband, my kids, and all of my friends here.You all make my world go around so much nicely. Marie

Happy Sunday!!
The anniversary party was great, had so much fun dancing with all the little kids. Too much drinking with the big kids, I always seem to forget how I feel the next day while I am partying the night before.
Will have to let my body heal today by drinking lots of water.

It is supposed to be a beautiful day here with temperatures in the 70's. I will take any warm day I can in November.

Have a good one.
Sandy

Barb, lucky you You were willing to make a huge effort to be of service to your parents and then you didn't have to do it, and ended up with some time for yourself.

Sandy, I'm glad you had fun last night and sorry that there are so not so good aftereffects

Marie, your positive attitude always inspires me

Gayla, I'm so glad you're healthy enough to go to hear the music.

I survived the giant potluck gratitude dinner last night. I remembered that someone told me to focus on what I could add to the evening rather than what I would get out of it. I spent a lot of time talking to people and asking them how their lives were going and very little time talking about myself. I sat next to a woman who walks with a walker and told her about what I'd learned from friends on MFP about getting exercise even when you didn't have huge mobility (like Marie with her walker and Liz and her in bed exercises). I took my time going through the food line so I could make good choices and found a salad without cheese or cheesie dressing then added cherry tomatoes and cucumbers from a giant veggie plate and had a bigger than usual portion of turkey (the real stuff) and later when I went to get my dishes, I saw a plate of plain slice apples and had some for dessert While I was serving myself, the woman who brought the apples came up and told me that she had thought that there would be people wanting plain fruit without toppings, then she connected me to a woman who had boxes of apples from her tree and wanted to give them away, so I'll be meeting with that woman in a few days to get several boxes of home grown apples for making applesauce.

I hadn't gotten much exercise during the day because of a meeting for our business and a visit with friends so when we got home from dinner we took turns on the exercise bike, I walked the dogs on the hill, and walked up and down the hall while Jake was on the bike and managed to stay within my food and exercise calories for the day. (I didn't get to bed until after 11 )

We may have some non rainy time today so while Jake's friend comes to visit I will either walk outside for an hour or go walk at WalMart........with my hands in my pocket so I don't shop for entertainment
hugs to all
Barbie

Hi....remember me? Ive been finding it hard to spend quality time posting or even reading the posts this past week as it's been busy at work and at home.My mil is still in the hospital, so I've been working hard to clean out her appartment, after work, in the event she comes home. My youngest daughter (who lives with us) had the Swine flu this week and my grandaughter (my middle daughter's child) was very sick....thought she had it too My oldest daughter was fighting to keep her house from going into foreclosure and the list goes on. HOWEVER, God is good and keeps us strong. I have been disciplined and lost another 2 lbs this week. The sickies are all getting better, my daughter did not lose her house, at least for now, and the sun is shining. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY...PRAISE GOD! I prayed for all of you( affectionably called my "thread people") (this thread and the 50+ thread, ) last week while on retreat. I never forget you!
One of the beneficial thoughts I took back after the retreat was this....to never look back but prepare for a grace filled future...God has promised it. So basically, live life without rear view mirrors and have EXPECTANT faith even when it's tough! So, as I wait for my daughter to visit, I am grateful for the sunshine, life, relationships....and...oh yes losing another 2 lbs.
This week looks like it will be very busy again, and I may seem to be missing in action...but I am not!
God bless you all and if I can I'll post.
BirdieM

Hi to all you busy people. I did get to go to the concert and it was wonderful. The music from the 40's was so good. However, after going out for 3 hours it has taken me all day to find some energy today. I guess I am not completely over this yet. I will slowly ease into life and be careful.

So sorry for all your families problems, Birdie. It isn't fun being sick!

Barbie-- Wonderful job at the potluck. You will be rewarded when you step on the scale.

Marie-- You are so right, I will be leaving my 50th decade on the 20th. It seems a bit odd but I know I will quickly get used to it. After all, what else can a girl do?

Sandy -- Sounds like a fun time at the party! Take care of yourself today.

Have a nice Sunday evening to everyone. Gayla

Gayla what were some of the songs in the concerts. I was raise up in a Rodeo community so all we listen to in the 40's were country music.Will post a picture of me with two cowboys. when if if I learned how to scan. I used to know how but forgotten but will try it tomorrow. A lot happen to me in the forties. I finish High School , Got married to Alice and Bruce Father, Harold. .Gain weight lost weightThe story of my life. Had a wonderful honeymoon. Went to a lake with his brother and family and slept on the ground and a big old hog woke us up.Right by our side. Wow.!!!!!!
But glad you did enjoy the concert .
Got an e-mail from Phoebe was just home a couple days. She will be off more for Thanksgiving.
Alice took the box of pecans home with her. so maybe Jim will do some baking. I primise I want eat any. done will well eating out today. We went to a steakhouse that I haven't been to And had a grilled chicke, grilled veggies and salad. and 1/4 piece of a roll. Now that was hard.


Marie
Marie

Hi Marie -- It really is hard to leave fresh bread alone. I am going to try to increase my protein a bit and decrease the carbs, once I get back to eating a little more. For dinner tonight I had about a piece of lasagna (about 2"x3") and a piece of garlic toast. Def. heavy on carbs.

I brought the program home from the concert so I will list the songs for you:
I'll Get By
Bye, Bye, Blues
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Mam'selle (my cousin sang that one in his gorgeous tenor voice)
Hymn to Love
It Had to Be You
Sentimental Journey
Don't Fence Me In
Some Enchanted Evening
Galway Bay
Glocca Morra
Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Now is the Hour
Heartaches
I'll Be Seeing You
Let It Snow
White Christmas

There were also a couple of medleys by the orchestra which were lovely. We recognized most of the songs which was nice.
Have a good sleep. Now I am off to bed! Gayla