IndioGirl55

My computer is doing it again - I posted earlier now where in the hell is my post...

Karla- you were eating out last week - sodium - and I agree about the bm :0)... Don't sweat it til next week and the 2% cheese (it's good) sandwich kind is like 40 or 50 calories and the Oscar Meyer Turkey - 6 slices 50 calories and I don't count the lettuce and add some mustard... So you can even add more meat - 150 (12 slices of turkey 1 piece of cheese).. I kept my bf & lunch calories around 2 hundred each meal (400) so the remaining 400 to 600 left were for dinner & snacks.. Sounds like a plan with your Dad - Please enjoy your time with him.. Donny Osmand OMG !!! Too Funny - I loved MJ in that purple hat - When I was 14 when the J5 came out - I thought Michael was like 8 - heck he was born the same yr as my Bro Michael - and they both die at the age of 50 !! Mack Davis - Oh no girl !!!! But I did like New Kids on the Block and I was in my 30's.... Joey (the sandy blond one) was my fav... I was leaving that one up to our Teacher's I didn't learn the metric system - Don't you guys use it in Canada?? I guess not :0) Enjoy your wine and dinner - you are in France !!! See I knew one of our Teachers would know :thumbdown: The only time I can sleep that late is if I've been out late and had a few drinks - even then the dogs wake me up to go potty... Even when Karri was here - I think the latest I slept in was 8 - but ususally up by 6 or 6:30... Had a busy day - didn't leave work til 5 - and next week is short - We are have a 4th BBQ at work on Thrusday (we have Friday off) so will most likely get off work around 3:30 on Thursday - Don't know if I will leave for Joseph's on Thursday nite or early Friday a.m. OMG it's 7 - Well Kaitlin and I went to Marshalls when I got off work - was going to get a balance ball - OMG HERE'S A STORY - DON'T KNOW IF i WILL EXPLAIN WELL ENOUGHT - IT MAY HAVE TO BE ONE OF THOSE YOU NEEDED TO BE THERE.. Ok we are working out on the ball - my trainer Idrise is standing in front of the ball - I am to get on the ball on my knees - well as I do - the ball slips and I do a nose dive for his crotch !!!! We all just laughed - then one of the other trainers must have seen this and said "you should have let her go" - It looked like I was going to give him a BJ.. Well, that really embarassed me !!!! Idrise was cool he just ignored it... Well the line was too long at target - so didn't get it - maybe in the morning after the gym - it's good to work your balance and that will help on the wii... Got the house cleaned - tomorrow - babies go to the groomer at 10 and then my BFF Ann is coming over around noon... She's the one who did the little dance routines w/me to the MJ songs - Stop the love you say may be your own Well, its sure been quite today - Denise where are you you haven't posted in a while.. Linda hows your weather - How are you doing Kari - How's the soda going !!! Not I hope..:tt2: Phyl - How are you?? Feeling any better??

Good Morning Gang. Had to watch the Michael Jackson coverage last night - I grew up on the Jackson 5 - off the wall album was in my disco days - In high school we had little dance routines to his song. Meredith Prayers Safe surgery & speed recovery - Hugs GF xoxo Janet Charlene Ya I though lupus was a girl issue - show's what I know :0) Hope they get it all cleared up soon.. Well everyone I got tons to do - next week a short week we have the 3rd off - Im going to visit DS and taking the 6th off too - so I won't be back until the 7th of July,.. Will cbl - Hugs to all - Janet

Hugs Karla - you need to spend as much time as you can with your Dad right now... So put everything else on the back burner and go see him - spend some quality time with him - It's hard - it's very hard to see our parents in that kind of pain and being sick - Sounds like you are very close to your dad even with the childhood experience - so I say get your butt up their. Make sure the doc's are giving him enough meds to make him comfortable so that he's not in pain - your mom is most likely wiped out from taking care of him - don't know if you have any other family memebers helpping or not - but it really doesn't matter - you need to do this for you as it sound like you love your Dad very much.. Your time with your ice tea and koi will come...

No one posted yesterday - or is it the site !!! When I first signed on this morning my post wasn't showing from yesterday I have been on this fricking computer since 5 - wtf is up now its showing up last night had to watch the news - I loved MJ no matter how werid he go - I grew up on the J 5 - we use to do little dance routines when I was a freshman to their songs.. He was a music icon.... Well I gotta jump in the shower - will ck the site from work Love to all

It's not silly to cry - I did too.. Am still very sad.. I bet pple here on lbt know more about us than pple who know us in real life.. I have made tons of new freinds here that will last a lifetime... Also, BJean - hugs to you to - I know how close you two were - I always considered you a team :0) - funny that I thought that way - but you two had alot of the same idea's and stood up for the same things.... I know how devestated you are too !!! Hugs & Prayers to you for losing your BFF :bored:

Hey Gang been busy at work and then last night had to do accounting stuff for bro's estate - pay some of my own bills and answer an email - didn't get off the computer til after 9 so we just to POOPED to post... Joann - I use to be a big farmer - but it was taking too much time away from my real life and wasn't getting stuff done -so as of right now - I am collecting freinds too - but we already are :0) Laura - once you get your weight off you will have just as much energy as they have - WTG on the exercise Hi it's hard to tell if you qualify - that will depend on your insurance and some pple are just stocky even if they weigh 100 lbs they have a stocky build.. The band isn't a diet - it's only a tool that provides you with restriction so that you can't eat alot of foods - but again depending on what foods you over it - it doesn't work on all foods - candy - Cookies - milk shakes etc - they all are slider foods.. The band is all about a lifetime lifestyle change in your eating - healthy - low fat - limited carbs and sf and exercise.. Julie yep those little cc do help !!!! WTG on the Exercise !!! Ya Apples how many rooms do you have at your cabin :0)... LORI- WTFG !!!! YOU GO FOR IT GIRL - CONGRATS ON THOSE 8'S !!!! I AM JUST SO PROUD OF YOU !!!! HOW COME YOU DON'T HAVE AN AIRO BED FROM QVC LOL PJ - how long are you off work 1 or 2 weeks :0) Enjoy and be sure to get some exercise in (wink wink) Hugs J

Good Morning Gang - I read some last night at 9 but was too tired to repy - went to gym came home and did accounting on my bro's estate - paid some of my bills and was wiped out.. So here I am at 5 a.m. replying cuz I am busy at work too.. Been a hecktic week so far. CONGRATLUATIONS KARI - NO SODA - PROUD OF YOU GIRL... Karla - Hugs Hugs Hugs on your past life and issue with parents amd dh ect..- That had to been tough as a kid... I think you and Karri need to talk - her's was a little diff but again it's about being deprived of food that makes you want to eat it all now.. I have been thinking about this since I read it last night (another reason I am posting instead of Wiing ;0) I want you to say to yourself that today - right now is the 1st day of your life - let the past go... You know you have food in the fridge you know that it will be there today or tomorrow - you no longer have to eat all you can while it's available.. You cant change what happen in the past but you are in control today... After reading about your finances - I know that you don't have the $$$ for a shrink - but need to ck your policy to see if you do have any coverage at all - even if it's just for one or 2 visits. Like I always say - if you think you can't you won't and if you think you can you will. This is why this (the band) has never been a diet for me due to past failures - GF we all have had them you aren't alone there.. When I go out (mexican) I have a fewchips and salsa - not the whole bowl like in the past and I have a taco or enchillda or releno and I find that these foods are really satisfing and I have the satified and full feelling after I have eaten.. I just don't do it every day... I was skeptical like you too in the beginng - It wasn't really about getting the weight off so much but keeping it off. I have kept it off for a yr now - this next yr will be the real test - cuz it's the 2nd yr that I usually start gaining it back - but again before I dieted - then went back to eating normal... Well as we all know - our normal is what got us fat to begin with.. I just keep eating healthy and focused - that's one reason I post - it keeps me honest - but truly is the freindships I have made here - that is the biggest reason and I love having you all to talk with about my/ours/your issues with food. It's great to have pple who really understand - even though some of us have diff issues - they all are the same really So - today is the 1st day of your new life (way of thinking) and when doubting doris comes calling - tell her to go to fricking hell that you are not listening to her any more !!!! It's work girl but you are worth it - you can do this - kick doris to the curb... Ok ya listen to what Karri said below - it's true Oatmeal for me is a slider doesn't keep me full - but gotta say popcorn does :0) Karri - how did the rest of your day go!!! Ya if I worked from home - I don't know how much I would get done either... Heck even at work - some days I can't focus and end up here or on fb too much.. Candice - OMG you got to meet Green - I have been talking to Bjean about her a lot the last few days.... I loved Green and you were so luck to get to meet her - she is one person I would have really loved to meet - Can't wait for July so you can tell me all about her... And I can share what I know.. Glad you are having a great time - yep $16 for a bottle of wine - I'm about a $6-7 a bottle girl - I like the white merlot but it's hard to find and again Im not a big drinker - well can be when with friends but home alone nop... Great Going Karla !! Yep girl it takes time - and with all of our help and you working on you - you will learn !!! Hugs glad it was a good day Phyl - Glad you are better - yep lobster did it to me the 1st time I ate it - I love it - don't know if I have had it since - but know you really gotta take small bites.. I never journal as far as feelings go (well I guess talking here can be considered journaling) the reason is that it takes too long to write out - but for food it was just a jot here and there.. LMAO - S is for snacks not sex :bored: Well gang gotta jump in the shower - it's 5:38 - I will cb when I can - have a good day !!!!

Nope Bjean verified that Green was a female 100% :0) and she shared some great stories about her !!! I took the zolfot 50 for about 3 yrs - it takes about 2 weeks to get in your system and they may give you the runs for the 1st few day :0) I did Wii fit w/DGD last night - she's a little better than me on the balance issues - but again I'm 40 yrs older than her.. But she couldn't do the hula hoops - quit on the tight rope, cheated on running didn't run just moved the numbchucks. She ask me how to lose weight (she weighs about 133 per wii and she about 5'3 ) I tell her then she tells me why she can't do that - I said Kaitlin quit with the friggin excuses you can do it ... She's a total cheese person - they buy it by the blocks - and quarts (sour cream) so last night she had a baked potato and I fixed it with 2.5 tlbspon sour cream (lite)and 1 tsp marg and she liked it just fine This is why Jenny Craig or nutruasystmen never really worked for a long period with me - I can't eat like that forever.. Last nite had 5 oz steak - maybe ate 4 oz - veggies - popcorn - sf pudding and woke up around 1ish had a bite of a fiber bar and said - you arent hungry go back to bed - so I did.. I'm eating granola & yogurt right now - lunch salad w/avocado & bbq ck - Well I gotta get in gear here - ttyl

Good Morning Gang - I guess I never got around to posting yesterday - busy at work (will be again today) and last night DGD spent the night and we played Wii Fit - In some areas I am better than a 14 yr old !!!! And if she couldn't do it she cheated or gave up... Well I guess she's not competetive like her old grandma... Linda - Yea for giving the cake to DH - Isn't it such a great feeling when you control the food and it doesn't control you !!! Well I think you would be a hoot to hang with - but I just don't know if I could keep up with you :0) -- I would have to have some naps :0) Charlene - It's getting warm here too - but for us anything under 105 is cool :0) Aren't you luck - here I have to wear heals with my long pants unless I buy petitees - DARLING IT'S NOT BRAGGING IT'S SHARING YOUR SUCCESSES AND NSV... WE EARNED THE RIGHT TO - SO NEVER EVER APOLIGIZE 1!! Yep new pple see as as normal - they don't know what we use to look like - I had a sampler lady tell me I could afford to eat whatever it was that she had samples for. She saw a thin person - not the person who we use to be.. You were an inspriation to those ladies :0) MY VOTE - GREAT2BTHIN - Yep you are a pro - but the game makes us all even - I'm Janet Wright on FB - so send me freind request :0) Meredith - you day sounded enjoyable and rewarding !!! Well gang I have to get my butt in gear - will try and cbl

Karla - You don't have to think about what you are going to eat when you reach a healthy weight - I eat the same foods that I ate 2 yrs ago - I have never never dieted... This is your eating plan for life and I am no diff than you when it comes to trigger eating... The diff is I quit making excuses for myself.. I was tired of being morbity obese - I was tired of being tired all the time.. I wanted to improve the quality of my life... You gotta quit hiding behind the excuses of why you can't do thing - I'm not being mean here - truly i'm not - but you keep putting up road blocks before you even get there... Well it's after 4 I gotta p/u DGD be back later... Hugs I do love you !!!!

OMW - I guess I will have to go ck that out - it seems like a lifetime ago - but again it seems like yesterday - I am comming up on my 2 yr anniversary.. Yep we all were newbies once :0)... Now I'm just an old broad :0)..

FYI - Phyl & Linda - Green was a female not male... ' Karla & Steph OK girls both have diet mentalities !!!!! This is not a diet - it's never going to work if you keep thinking of it that way. Steph you should know freaking better by now.. No drinking your meals and if you are then get your butts to to doctor and get and unfill. You can not stay so tight that you can't eat and you can be hurting yourself if you do.. It's just about eating healthy - you gotta eat you can't starve yourselves - I am just going to have to kick some butt here Steph you should know better by now - Karla - you are still a newbie so I am cutting you a little slack. You guys make time for everything else but yourselves... This is more important that's more important - and you guys keep getting pushed back into the shadows. For gosh stakes stop it.. Eat healthy girls and be careful about the protein products - they are to be eaten in a pinch - not on a daily basis - they are full of calories - ya just as much as a candy bar - but you keep telling yourselves it has protein - well if you want to eat 1 hr after eating one where as if you ate an actual meal that would have kept you full for 3-4 hrs... What should you choose.. Karla - GF we will never have it totally under control and don't fool yourself that you will - this is an addiction one day at a time...

Karla - 700 is too low !!!! Glad you are listening to me thought :0)... Hugs on your Dad - I miss mine.. Being around pple 24/7 is tiring - go to your room and chill.. Hugs J Linda how funny I assumed Green was a girl all this time - I really did - lower bmi - got to goal in 10 months - face lift loved jewelry - what else was I to assume - and it's usually girls on lbt and in the 50 thread too... Well after I read her/his last post - got married to his mate of 25 yrs (the mate is male) by a rabbie who marries gay couples - So now I am thinking that Assuming really did make an ASS OUT OF ME !!!! Plus Green always talked in the 3rd person and I thought that was strange - but it doesn't really matter if he was a she or a he - Green was a great person... Yep me & Karri the 2 competitors :0) well now we both have to compete to stay at goal - but she has a thyroid problem and I don't - she has lost 2 lbs and the girl eats... Healthy but eats... and I am staying off the scales til Thrusday - I was getting on them 20 times a day - no more - I am just going to eat healthy and weigh once a week. So the rest of you have to lose 5 lbs by 7/23

Thank you Joann !! LBT changed their format last June I think it was and that's when I started this thread as there were specific age groups in the change Our original 50+ thread was called How's weight loss for those over 50 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f120/how-weight-loss-people-over-50-a-21117/index59.html Green, BJean were to me what I am to you guys - they were both the experienced banders - Green & BJean are the nices ladies - all the advice I spout here is what I learned from these ladies plus my experiences since I was banded - but they were always honest - always nice - never nasty - we never had nastiness on this thread.. They both quit posting on the 50 thread and really mostly just post in the debate threads (both are highly intellegent pple and great debators without being nasty) and I will run across them occassional when I venture outside the 50's/Mentor/#7 threads -and we would occassionally pm each other.. The last time I had pm'd Green she was doing well and out look was good - but alas that wasn't how it turned out to be.. At least she's not suffering anymore - she got to goal - had her face lift and was enjoying life so her last few yrs were good ones.. Yes I am very sad about her passing and greatly appreciate your kind thoughts and prayers.. Momlambert is from our original thread and so is Phyl and Oregondaisy - but that's about it from the pple who posted when I joined LBT 5/07...

Kath - I use to venture all over LBT and post - have butted heads with a few - rarely do it now adays - I will read the rants & raves - but usually don't reply - well the other day I did and I posted cuz someone really pissed me off on their response to the OP Sometimes you just have to take a stand - well a lady from my Original 50+ thread from 2 yrs ago had posted too - and I pm'd her - to say hi as she doesn't post in the 50 thread anymore - well she gave me some bad news - Green who was also in the 50+ thread when I joined 2 yrs ago has passed away.. I am very sad about her passing - she was a funny and great lady - I would say her & bjean were my mentors - they told the truth that the band was just a tool and would explain pbing - sllime etc without getting pissed ;0) So Gang if you would do me a little favor - say an extra little prayer for her & her family... I would greatly appreciate it.. Oh Linda I couldn't agree with you more - I truly beleive everything does happen for a reason !!! Laura - Yep it's fate and the choices we make that brings us to the now Apples I wish I couldn't tolerate crust :0) - I have maybe 3 piece of pie in 2 yrs - it's not a problem for me - I don't think I have any problems with any food.. Well can't say I have tried a submarine sandwich or hamburger - I think those 2 things wouldn't go - but everything else - watch out... Well gang back from the gym - got the kitchen clean and dinner started - omg - I almost burned my artichoke... the water was all gone - see what happens when I get on the computer and don't set the timer.. :0) Well off to eat my artichoke and fish and maybe some cauliflower - I will cbl

I love the I can't beleive it's not butter spray - I use it on artichokes... You could do the cauliflower and add a little cheese - the 2% isn't bad and Karris says the FF Kraft melts. I think I bought it once and it does.. I have been in to bbq chicken lately - and Im not a big chicken person - I like it cold though - and pork ternderlion marinated in the yokosomething tereaky (sp) sauce the bbq's but on the rareish side - I would die with Earl's over cooking things - Go to Target - I got a cookbook WW that was at the check out stand -5 ingrendants 15 min meals - it has some good ideas... What happen to you cooking a few of the meals - now that you are home you need to get back in the kitchen and make some stuff you like.. I love oysters on the half shell but I like weird stuff ;0) yes that sound good too me... When you go to your primary doc have them ck your thyroid and some meds for the depression... It seems you have been a little blue lately - so I would ck out some meds - I know that it's hard on you when some of us have gotten to goal and some are real close - and you have a little ways to go - but you have to remember you started higher than us - you could be my big sis (as in age not size ;0) and you have mobility issues... Darling you have done so much in the last 2 yrs - Karri and I were talking about you and how well you have done - you are above the 1 lbs a week average - so sweetheart - get in the kitchen make some meals you want and know that we are very very proud of you... You are not a failure ok - You are a WINNER !!! Green talked in the 3rd person alot :0) - she inherited $$$ from her Mom - she was at goal - had a face lift - loved jewerly - lived w/her mate - but I guess they got married right before she died.. oh ya she lived in her linen pants - she love them even if they were too big she didn't want to give then up... She had throat cancer, she couldn't talk for a while after an operation - but then she could and last time I pm'd her she said she was fine and that it wasn't termina and that she was in remission l - from what I read on the thread that Bjean announced it on - she was in pain - Wasa had talked to her on the phone... Her last post was the end of april where she posted she got married by a rabbi who married gay couple - question is gay marraige legal in Canada ?? Her and her bf had been together 25 yr - so now I am wondering was it just my assumbsion that Green was a girl - or was she a man - I gotta ask BJean since she posted that... But in her lengthy post - she always talked about herself in the 3rd person which I thought was strange - I always figurred she was a writer by the way she spoke/typed.. I don't know if our original 50 thread is still there - if so go back to when we 1st joined she use to post ... She was really funny.... And I remember she gave great advice... But it seems like once I sorta took over the 50's thread and posted 24/7 they quit posting there I run around barefoot 99.9% of the time - but the problem is i do go in the back yard barefoot then come back in the house - I know at DS house shoe come off too.. Kari - I think you are the only one of us who hasn't given up much :blushing: but since you did get to goal - I guess it didn't hurt you.. I only do carbs/starches once a day for dinner (not counting my popcorn) But I do have sf fudgesicles .. Well it's time to leave for the gym...

GF - 9.5 to go -you are doing great - I remember you posting about your trials - I hope they are getting better.. Yes I cried when BJean pm'd me today - Green was so funny and like I said the last time we pm'd she said it was all good that it wasn't terminal - well - I guess it was... She will be missed - I know that she stayed mosting to the rant/rave section and hadn't posted here in a long long time - I think she liked the mental stimulation of debating - where as I'm not much in to comfortation - I am more the passisive agressive type :blushing:- unless you really piss me off :0)..

Charlene - Sorry about the cold - that's the pits - robatussin makes a long lasting cough sryup that works for me when nothing else will.. I haven't farmed in a bit - in fact lost a lot of $$ in my crops - been just too busy between lapband and my life - sometime I have no life and then other times I have one :blushing:) Not sure what us #7 have done in the last 2 yrs - I know of at least 4 of us who have lost 112 maybe 1 more - and a few who have lost 40ish and one 80 ish.. Girl I wish I had your energy !!!!! Welcome - Cassieme1 - Tell us where you are in your journey !!! Meredith how sweet of your Dad !!!! I am not a big fan of Mother/Father's day - since I don't have any... So please enjoy every moment that you have with him.. Yep we gotta prove to the world that we are not what they think we are.. We can lose 100% of our excess weight... And just think Apples Me & Long are 50+ so that just shows what you can do since you are our baby:0) Heck GF you should have gotten and 8 while you were at it for $3 !!!!! Laura What a lovely and tear jearking story !!!! What a blessing for you... I am so glad that you are getting healthy so that you can be around for a long time to come for your precious angel...

Phyl forgot about the cauliflower Well I put it in my steamer and steamed it to death (falls apart when you stick it with a fork - most likely 40 mintues - i didn't time it) Then I put some in my little one cup bowl and poured in a little I can't beleive it's not butter spray (1 teaspoon guessing here) and mashed it up - it was very creamy - of course add salt and pepper.. I still have them (mashed taters) every now and then - I use instant make with just a little 2% milk and water and little can't beleive its not butter spray - I think 3/4 cup is like 200 max and on Thanksgiving etc - I always have a little - I just now usually say no to the gravy - now if it were white cream garvy I wouldn't couldn't say no - but brown or turkey no problem - for me it was the butter - I would use 1/2 stick in 2 cups of taters and eat the whole darn thing and want more butter

Hugs Phyl... But you lost !!! 1.2 this week and what did you lose for the challenge like 2 so that's 3 lbs - you are doing great Phyl !!! - I know it has to be hard on you - but you have lost 112 lbs in 23 months that averages to almost 5 lbs a month and that's within the average for a lapband remember 1 to 2 lbs a week so you are doing very very good. Pluseyou have to take into consideration that you can't exercise due to the knee issues - you went your whole 1st summer with no great restriction cuz you were here and needed fill - Look at those before and after pictures that you posted on FB last we - come on now gf - look at that before - now look at - YOU DON'T EVEN LOOK THE SAME - YOU LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.. 10 YRS YOUNGER AND 10 TIMES HAPPIER !!!! Yep that 50 on your bp is low - Karri's was like 90/51 the 1st time we took it - I think you need to check with your doc... oh ya I got some sad news - remember Green from the 50's thread when we 1st joined lbt - well Bjean just informed me that she passed away 6/12 - I'm so sad... She was such a nice lady - Oh ya gang - for those going to Canada this summer - here is what I learned from her... We have to take our shoes off when we go to Candice's - that's the custom in Canada !!!!! They sometimes have sippers by the front door for you to wear in the house or we can just walk around in socks... But in Canada NO OUTSIDE SHOES IN THE HOUSE :0)

Welcome Nawlinzady - Hell No you aren't to old - what are you talking about girl - heck you are in your prime and us 50+ chicks are 10 x smarter than the 20 - 30 yr olds !!! We have already been there done that :0) We understand that this is about our health and yes the new look (thin) is icing on the cake... Glad to have you aboard !!! Aw GF we are all in the same age bracket and when I 1st joined LBT there was just this thread for the 50+ and then when they redisigned it - they made threads for each age but heck by then we had made freinds with everyone from 49 to 60+ so we just stayed together -:0) Speak of - I think Phyl & I and Oregondaisy are the only posters left from 2 yrs ago when I joined - but I have some sad news to report today. Some of you my have read this persons post when looking thru the other threads. I just found out from Bjean that Green passed away on 6/12. She had cancer - but the last time I had chatted w/her she was doing well and I thought that she had it beat . Both Green & BJean were posters on the 50+ thread - they were my mentors - they are why I am still here - Green was the 1st person I knew to make it to goal -then had her face lift and she and I both liked jewelry and she loved linen clothes even at goal. So gang if you are so inclined - please say a little prayer tonite - Green was a great person and she will be sorely missed...

I just found out today of Green's passing from Bjean. I am so very sad, I may not have known her in person but as you all know alot of us become very close and personal friend even in cyber land.. Green & Bjean - where the first 2 pple I met in the 50's thread when I joined LBT 2 Yrs ago.. They didn't get pissed at me for asking the usual newbie questions - pb & slime ;0) They told me it (band) was only a tool and gave me great advice.. The last I had communicate w/Green she was doing well and the cancer had shrunk and that it wasn't terminal.. I was so happy to hear that.. Now this..:biggrin: Once I found this thread - do you take your shoes off when you visit someone - Well I didn't know I was in the Canada thread :blushing: and I replied No - Green gave me a education on Canadian Etiquette :0).. So this summer when I go to Canada - I know to take my shoes off thanks to Green :confused: BJean - I know I'm a little late - but if you do talk to Green's DH (glad to hear they got married and he took her last name - that was so Green:biggrin:) please let him know that they are all in my prayers and what a wonderful, joyful, caring and upbeat women she was .. She will be truly missed !!!!

Can't wait to hear about the new job training - sound like this is going to be the perfect job... Ya I know that you would worry about increasing the calories- don't think of it that way just have a few more snacks - I know that's going to freak you but agian I know how bad you want your PS so you can do it.... Weather is weird - I saw that in Wisconsin it was raining and flooding - Linda are you ok... Here in the desert we are finally getting hot but yesterday it said 113 on wed now they have lowered it... It would be great if I was cold - it would help my a/c bill :0)