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Arlene, aren't my posts from my phone last night and this morning showing up? all is well and we are having a girl

Laura, i am sitting in the atlanta airport waiting for a flight to florida too, wonder if Nael is near my flight. Enjoy his homecoming glad your time alone is overu

Good evening can't wait to be on a computer vs my phone to see Eva's pics. Welcome home! Well i am inthe denver airport hoping to get my flight to atlanta suddenly its oversold. The ultrasound was amazing!!! We saw HER yawn, suck her fingers, saw HER Fingers and toes even. Yep its a girl they have a name Katelynn picked out but march is a long time yet lol.

Happy birthday Julie!!!! I just landed in denver and awaiting DD TO get off work forgot to pack a jacket i hope it warms up! FLORIDA better be warm. Thanks for the tips for my visit with the folks in FL I know Laura isn't too far away and I will imagine her close and lean on her. Wish she was closer and i had more time to meet. Once again please forgive my typos on my phone.

Whew the day is getting away from me! I feel like Apples all summer long where she is gone for 4 or 5 days then gets everything done in 2 so she can go again! But I don't have Apples energy and stamina. First I overslept. I slept til 820 and have to be at Bible study at 9am. I NEVER sleep that late so never even considered setting an alarm. Then the gals usually go out to lunch after study so I just HAD to go! LOL Then it's near Costco so I had a return, etc. etc. and now it's 3 and I am just sitting down and I have laundry and packing to do yet. I leave at 6am for Denver tomorrow to go to the ultrasound with DD and to lunch with the other Grandma and her, then to see Grandma and take her to dinner and errands. Then I am taking the all nighter east and going to FL to see my folks. Please pray this visit goes well and I don't let my mom's negativity and comments undo so much work I've done in my head as far as esteem and confidence go. I will be back on Sunday night. Wish DH was going with me as it helps to have him to vent on and just lean on. Janet, sorry I actually didn't see your question about eating and exercise. Food doing okay on, not perfect but better. Exercise, have not been to gym but did lots of walking in Hawaii and lots of it in sand, have the sore butt and leg muscles to prove it. LOL But I know it's not enough. I am committing that November will get me back in the gym. Apples, no reason at all to be embarrassed about the tummy procedure even if it was for purely vain reasons. You've worked hard to get to where you are at, the rash has got to be bothersome in and of itself. Go for it! JOdi, I usually don't have ear issues, though I did have this happen once before when I was doing lots of lap swimming. Enjoy your unexpected days off! Arlene, wish I was closer to DD so I could help out like that when my grandbaby comes. I see lots of trips to Denver in my future! LOL Phyl, prayers for DH tomorrow. I missed that he was having surgery, hope it's nothing serious.

Good evening. I did go to the dr for my ear and he found a big ol' chunk of hardened wax in there. He washed it out. Washed is putting it mildly, flushed it out with a squirt gun looking thing. Lots and lots of water, he said it was quite large and really lodged in there. Gross! I promised I was a clean person and he said that had nothing to do with it and the worst thing to do to clean ears was a Qtip, and I use one daily or twice daily. It feels so much better, he said he would have me 'cured' in 5 min. I forgot how much I liked this dr too. I saw him when we lived here 10 yrs ago and just went back to him but today was my first time. He's a bit of a drive but worth it. Important to like your doc. DH liked him too as he went for his physical. Apples, glad you are healthy! Sounds like the stomach thing is the way to go. Sure doesn't look like you have much of an 'apron' but clothes can be deceiving. When your dr bottles that metabolism, can I be first in line to get some? LOL DS called tonight and looks like I am getting a visitor in a couple weeks. YAHOO!! I just have to stay

Good morning. Another beautiful fall day. I am going back to have my haircut tweaked. She had said to play around wiht it for a week and if I didn't like it she'd adjust it. I went a little shorter. I just hated the pictures of myself and particularly my hair from Las Vegas. After that I have a dr appt today as well. My ear is feeling funky. I know I got water in it in Hawaii and think it must still be there as it feels plugged up and achy, but not like a bad ache. Thought I'd have it looked at before I go to Denver and FL. I had water get trapped one other time when I lived in CA and did lots of swimming, think they called it swimmers ear, and actually had a big chunk of hardened wax that wouldn't let the water back out or something. Sounded gross. Apples, good luck at your check up appt. I got my flu shot last week. Joyce, no I dont have the Bose headphones. DH would really like them with all the travel he does though. It's an idea I have for him for Christmas. Let me know how you like them if you get them. How long a flight is it to Guam? My longest was Isreal last year or back from Spain when we had to fly around the volcanic ash it was about 14 hours. Is Guam a fun trip, going alone or with someone? Sounds exciting. Carmen, my dr made me fill out a questionaire each time I went in and then we discussed if I needed a fill, it's hard to just say on the boards as there are so many factors, he's the best to guide you. I got many fills regularly. If you lose a lot, your band actually loosens as you lose the fat pad between it and your stoma I was told. Everyone is different on fills, I had about 10 and others have had one and never needed another. Good luck. Arlene, congrats to DGS.

Aloha! I am back! We just got home about 730 this morning, took the all night flight. I actually slept about 3 hours on the plane which is highly unusual for me. DD finally made it there as well, she got in by noon on Friday. She and I had a good time at the beach and pool and DH joined us when he was done with work which was Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. The weather was perfect too. Next up, Denver and Florida. DD invited me to come with to her ultrasound on Thurs. to find out if she's having a boy or girl. The other grandma is going too so we are going to lunch together as well then I will see my grandma. Then I got this idea that I'd go see my folks in FL for a long weekend and go directly from Denver. I will only really have one full day there as I will arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday. Long enough. LOL I skimmed posts saw something about Walmart, I always gotta defend them as they've been so good to my son! LOL Love my Walmart, it still has fabric a huge fabric dept even. Also we have the 'Neighborhood Walmarts' here as well which are the smaller grocery only ones. But the Super one still offers everything. Born shoes, Love 'em. I get most of mine at DSW as they usually have great prices on them. Love the boots, Apples, I'd have the opposite problem with my fat calves which is why I don't have any boots. Laura, hang in there, your time w/o DH is at least half over now isn't it? Glad the menopause stuff is helping. Well I had more but ran out of time. I tried to keep up reading on vacation but have a hard time from my phone and didn't take my laptop.

Well DD spent the night at LAX and boarded a flight to Honolulu this morning. She'll be here soon. I hardly slept last night and DH just left for work so i may nap til she gets here but then again beach looks mighty tempting guess i could nap there. Laura sounds like a good trip for DH glad there is some healing going on

Aloha from Hawaii. Having a wonderful time however DD did not get her flight today hopefully tomorrow morning. She is standby as well. Last time we were here we got a crummy room and i complained, well thus time they gave us a major upgrade to make up for it. I am loving the lanai. Posting from my phone so forgive the typos. Trying to read and catch up but seem to be missing lots and i didn't bring my laptop.

Where's Apples today?? I am doing better this afternoon. DH promises to try and come home early. I went to Bible Study this morning and to lunch with some gals afterwards. This afternoon it's loads of laundry, packing and have a cement contractor coming to do some levelling work of the garage under the warranty, we get water in there too easy when it rains. Think I will make DH take me to dinner tonight. LOL No time to cook nor do I want to. LOL

Good morning. I am having one of those mornings. I can feel myself not in a very good mood, not sure why even. Ever have those? Maybe just lots of little things bugging me, but not really. Oh well, even my dog is at my side looking at me like what's the matter and puts her head in my lap. LOL Had a tiny tiff with DH last night but we dealt with it and apologized but maybe it's still bugging me. It's so hard when he's gone so much, I hate to bug him with little things when he gets home but then the little things add up, I think that's part of it. Hopefully some beach time this weekend will cure what ails me! He has to work there Friday and part of Sat. but then the rest of the weekend is our time. Jewel, congrats on the scores!!

I couldn't agree more Sandy, I can't imagine not owning a dog which is why when we've had one die I usually don't wait too long to get another, not that the previous one can be replaced but for the companionship and just plan fun. I have my Lucy and DH has his Hunter but they both follow me around. Sure they are work sometimes but the joy they give back is worth it. They never roll their eyes at me either and think I am the smartest thing on earth! LOL Thanks, Apples, now I know. I never used one obviously. I wasn't into shakes and drinks much though and when I was on liquids I drank the Isopure stuff. Well considering DD has the same love of the mcnugget as me, and McD's is right across the street from the beach and we usually share a meal, probably. LOL Protein Bar for Breakfast, 4 to 5 mcnuggets for lunch and fish for dinner, that's the plan. LOL And lots of walking.

Good afternoon, finally home after leaving just past 9 this morning. Got tires on my car, photos at Costco, lunch, pedicure, haircut and colored, and back to costco as I saw when I was there this morning that after 3 they were doing flu shots and got that. Now just to pick up DH at airport tonight. Joyce, now I know what all the picture references were for, I got mine in the mail today. Thank you so much, that was extremely thoughtful of you. Arlene, Cheetos are they to you like Fritos are to me? Major red light danger food for me. I don't know how you and Julie do it with all the other baking and cooking you do either. Good job on fessing up though. Yep, I am going to Hawaii again, 3rd time this year. I've been telling DH that I am praying for lots of problems in Hawaii so he has to go often! DD is joining us this time. In the posts I missed I read a lot of advise to our new guy about a Magic Bullet? What is that? Are those the protein shot drinks you can buy?

Good for you Laura for going! I promise to join you in going when i get home from my travels which should end or slow down after next week. Today i am getting a pedicure for Hawaii, a new 'do and cover the gray and new tires on my SUV gotta be ready for winter. Everyone else has the same idea and the tire place was super busy. I weighed this morning and lost a pound in Maine, must've been all the lobster. Lol DD just asked me to come to her ultrasound appt next week to find out if it's a boy or girl, so of course I am going WELL THINK my car is ready sorry for the typos on my phone here

Greetings, I got home this afternoon from Maine. I am super tired. We had to get up at 3am for a 530am flight out of Maine and that is 1am my time. Think I will be going to bed early. I've skimmed the posts and will go back and read in detail when I am more with it, but see lots of mention of folks getting their pics from Vegas. Anyone mind sharing? I didn't have my charger for my camera so don't have many. I've seen some on FAcebook are those the ones you are referring to getting? I had 3 lobsters in Maine, DD had 4 and DH had 1 1/2. LOL I never could finish a whole lobster though and he usually finished mine. Oh my were they good! The leaves were beautiful but weren't quit at peak status yet but beautiful nonetheless. Walked along the beach a little, DD took off her shoes and waded a bit but said it was freezing. She wanted to dip her toes in the Atlantic this weekend and Pacific (Hawaii) next. LOL I wasn't willing to freeze mine so will just go for the warmth next weekend. LOL Will catch up more tomorrow.

Only problem with that is that it's my DH that would be jealous of me being on the farm. So let's just ditch the guys, I'll send DH to the farm to help your DH and we can travel. DH is actually jealous of his brother who is taking a week's vacation to go back to SD to work on the farm for a week and help with the harvest. As for my lobster butter, I am pretty good when I get lobster or crab and dip it in the butter, my cup is usually still at least 3/4 full. I just need a taste of it.

Arlene, I was just going to say 'back away from the saltines' but Apples beat me to it. Heck, Janet, took Joyce's saltines away from her at dinner in Vegas. LOL I agree, you need protein in that soup. Well I now have a doorbell, seems some wires were crossed. I am busy googling lobster shacks in Maine. DH asked if I was going to have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner and I looked at him like are you crazy, Of course I am. LOL Well maybe not breakfast. LOL Easy on the butter will be the hard part. I love butter, it's the main reason I don't do much popcorn or even bits of potato as I want too much butter on it. Think it's the Wisconsin coming out in me, growing up in the dairy state. We buttered our hotdog and hamburger buns, heck my mom buttered the bread before making a PB & J sandwich even.

Good morning! Thanks for the bar recipe, I always need desserts to bring places and since I am not much of a dessert eater, never know what to bring, so will try these sometime. They won't be a temptation for me either. Nothing planned for today other than pack and take the doggies to be boarded. I got so much done yesterday. I checked the weather for Maine and it looks beautiful it even said 0% chance of precipitation so that sounds good to me! DD is going to join us there as well and use her first flying benefits of her job. I am waiting for an electrician to come as we discovered our doorbell doesn't work. So might as well get all that stuff fixed while the home is still under warranty, but who knows how many solicitors I've missed. So maybe it's been a blessing in disguise. LOL Welcome Ninorina, congrats on your success thus far! Laura, Listen to Pooh. LOL I hate good byes too. Can you go see your folks for part of this time as a distraction? I suppose it's hard now with Nels in school.

I'd still like that pecan bar recipe if anyone is willing to share.

Julie, I don't leave for Maine until Friday, tomorrow is packing day. I am not sure if you were on this thread then or not, but the fall of 2008 I had a goal of getting to Vermont as well. Actually my goal is to get to all 50 states and I had 5 left to go at that time (now 3) and Vermont was one of them so DH and I flew up for a weekend. We had a poster here, Kathy, at the time that lived in Vermont but just my luck when I went there, she was somewhere else, she travelled all the time for her job. But it is beautiful country and hopefully will be peak time for the leaves. Right now the report says it is moderate so by the weekend, possibly. Just got home from dropping about $1000 bucks at Costco. GRRR won't DH be happy about that? Actually he won't be surprised, I ordered tires for my vehicle and then had brought in all my old super 8 movies to be transferred to DVD and they came in and that was $150. I can't wait to watch them but gotta wait for DH to be here as I will probably cry like a baby. LOL

Good morning, looks like fall arrived here in the night. It's cool and drizzly rainy out today after such hot weather. I was so tired last night and must have slept really sound as I never heard the rain and had the window open so it rained in, had a mess to dry and clean up this morning. Plan for the day is loads and loads of laundry so I can pack tomorrow for Maine. DH is in Atlanta but due home this afternoon. Janet, hate to break it to you, but you were there and even participated in the poop discussion! We discussed pooping, farting and belching since the band. LOL This was before the yoga move demonstration. LOL Joyce, thank you so much for the pics I appreciate it so much. I was so proud of myself for remembering my camera as I always forget it. But forgot my charger. DUh!!! note to self, don't forget it for Maine! Arlene, thanks again for the ornament & book. Also, Apples, thanks for the angel ornament. I am so happy to hear things are coming together for you. You are one tough cookie! Laura, it's going to be hard when DH leaves, but the homecoming will be so sweet! Try to focus on that and keep busy to make the time go faster. Julie, sorry you are having pain issues again. Hope they get to the bottom of Mimi's issues. Cheri, sorry this grieving for Michael is so tough. But you are so strong and so caring. Linda, nice to hear you got home okay, how was Barry Manilow?? Chris, congrats on getting banded. Remember afterwards when you are off restrictions to always eat your Protein first, it helps so much with portion control.

I went back to try again and it shows everything I saved but not sure what I am doing wrong. Oh well.

Just checking out to see if the font thing worked, doesn't look like it.

I am back sortta. I got back from Vegas yesterday afternoon and then went to some friends for dinner. Got home late and then up at 4 am for a flight to Denver to spend the day with Grandma. Ch went to Phoenix today and was supposed to get back at the same tome as me but his flight is late and I am stuck at airport waiting for him and attempting to do this from my phone. I had a great time in Vegas and wad so happy to get to meet everyone I have been so anxious ever since I couldn't make Florida. Everyoneis pretty much in person as they are online very genuine,supportive, and caring and a hoot to be with. I just talked to Karen during her drive back home. I have to rely on everyone elses photos. Yes i remembered my phone, but forgot the charger grrrrrr. Foodwise i did ok and may even have lost a pound. Can't wait til we can meet again my vote- cruise