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Wow, those QVC jeans are all sold out in talls already this early in the morning. I can waitlist them, but will see, I have several pairs of jeans right now so maybe best to wait. Yes, Eva, the rodeo is indoors but still cold but it takes up many buildings and grounds and many of the animals and stuff is outdoors. It seems like it is usually freezing when it's in town too. Last year someone at DH's job gave us seats to the final rodeo it was a lot of fun. And before the rodeo we went to 'Cowboy Church' that was neat.

Janet and Karen, thanks for the tips on the boots and the jeans. I might check out the jeans, guess I will wait on boots for now. I have no idea what size jeans to even order so maybe will take my measurements and go from there. I need the talls. Am awaiting DH to get home, he went to a men's breakfast thing with some guys from church. We have a meeting then at 11 this morning about a group that he leads and meets at our house through our church every Wed. night. We are debating giving the group up though as DH is travelling so much and unable to be here to lead it. It's sortta a Bible study, but also sortta place to talk about your issues etc. there's been some great things that have happened via the group but I am also tiring of hosting it every Wed. night have done it for 3 yrs. Well the cowboys have invaded Denver, today starts the National WEstern Stock Show and Rodeo and it runs for about 2 weeks or so. We were at Bass Pro last night and they were coming by the van loads from various hotels etc. Phyl, the buffalo are at the Rocky Mtn ARsenal which is on the way to Bass Pro. The arsenal used to house all sorts of dangerous chemical warfare type stuff and now they've cleaned it up and it's a wildlife refuge, there's deer, buffalo, etc. and it has trails around it. It's almost walking distance from my house but not quite. I am trying to decide what to do about my fill in my band. As you know I had that emergency unfill in the hospital after knee #2 surgery. I know we try not to get into the number of cc's but for reference I had 11 ccs in a 14cc band. They took out 5 ccs leaving me with 6cc. so almost half. I was freaking out I'd gain all my weight back etc. but in reality when I went to get part of that fill back, I was never hungry and still losing weight. So she only gave me 3/4 cc at that time and that was the day before Christmas. I stopped losing, and am maintaining well within my range. However, I am eating more and getting hungry more often now. So I am trying to decide do I stay where I am now for maintainance and not worry about getting such tight restriction back? Or do I get maybe another cc or so and see how it goes. Sometimes now I feel like I am white knuckling it, but at other times it feels like I am how shall I say, more normal? I don't even have to worry about such small bites etc. Opininons??? I think if I continue being more hungry I will get some, but might take a wait and see approach for a bit.

Congrats Angel on being out of the 400's forever! I am glad you are finally getting the success you deserve from the band. Debbie, your house burned, how awful. These would be stressful times. Good going on holding it all together. I am recovering from total knee replacement number 2, it's been 3 weeks and doing pretty good. This time in the hospital for some reason my band totally blocked anything from going down (i've had 2 other surgeries and never needed an unfill or anything), I had to have an emergency unfill of half the fluid in my band. I had 11 cc in a 14cc bnad and they took out 5. I have gotten only 1 cc put back in. But I am holding my own here, so am debating if I should continue maintainance here or get a little more. I am eating more than I have been but so far maintaining. I get hungrier though and feel like I am white knuckling it sometimes. I don't think I will go back up to the 11 ccs though.

UGH!! That is one ugly creature Eva! thanks for posting, I hadn't heard of those before. I get coyotes in my neighborhood a lot and rabbits. And not too far from me we saw the herd of buffalo tonight going to Bass Pro shops, they usually aren't that close to the road, what magnificent looking animals. Well, Phyl, you got me hooked on that suduko, I've been playing all day. My first few scores were pathetic, I'd waste so much time and get stuck, now when I get stuck I just guess I take a little penalty but it gets me higher scores overall as I finish the puzzles. those are tough puzzles. Still no word from my boss on my job status. It sortta upsets me, he knows my friend and I talk all the time, so that I am going to know she got cut to part time and that there's been major changes. I think I deserve the decency of a phone call or email at least. We are both pretty sure I am furloughed, but not for sure. He could either let me know for sure or reassure me that I am not. DH says if I hear nothing just show up at 5am on the 1st like normal. My knee got so sore tonight, I was sortta frustrated as it had been so good today. Then I realized, it was so good, I forgot a dose or 2 of pain pills. I took a dose and it's better, but now am encouraged that it's getting good enough that I don't watch the clock as to when I can take my next dose. LOL I am really starting to look forward to my new knees and being done with this rehab stuff. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am so glad I got this 2nd knee done now, a couple weeks ago I wasn't so sure. DH needed something at Bass Pro tonight so of course I had to browse the women's clothing. They had these denim skirts marked way way down. I got brave and tried one on. I don't think I can ever wear a skirt. My legs and knees are huge. Even DH said it's not the most flattering. But that's okay, I will still take my body now than at 305 lbs.

Well since I was all 'gussied up' to take Grandma shopping and to lunch before she cancelled I decided to just go over to her apartment and visit I balanced her checkbook and took care of some other paperwork/financial matters. DS called and met me there and we got lunch just at Jack in the Box. I love their Hearty Bowl breakfast and got that for lunch and ate half minus the hashbrowns. I finally got blue jeans on today. My knee/leg has been so swollen all I could wear was sweats. DD would laugh at me as I would dress up and put my new tops and sweaters on and then sweat pants. Not sure how much longer I can leave the jeans on though as I might have to peel them off my leg I can feel it swelling some. I could never sleep if I kept my thermostat in the 70s overnight, it gets turned down to mid 60's for the night time and stays there quite a bit of the day, but starting about 2 or so in the afternoon I get really cold and by 4 or 5 I have inched it back up to about 74 til I go to bed and turn it down. And still sit under a blanket. Not sure why I get so cold in teh afternoons. Well gals, I am safe, I have already gone to the Ann Taylor Loft website to be sure this new locale has one and there's 2! Not several like Denver but it'll do. DD also informs me that the store closing here down by her fiances was unpacking more stuff and marking more down last night. She's going to check it out for us tomorrow.

Breaking news, it's above zero already this morning!! A whole 3 degrees. Janet, I really, like Apples, feel for you having to shut that back door because your fingers were cold. Sorry you had to suffer through that! :thumbup::thumbup: We are supposed to get to 30's today. I hope so, I am taking Grandma out shopping and to lunch today. Well I told DH last night, I would move if that is what he wanted to do for his job. Practically it's the best move for us, emotionally it will be tough. I feel like I am leaving my unborn grandkids and they won't know me. BUt DS isn't even married and no girlfriend and DD is waiting 2 yrs after marriage anyway and she's about to embark on a whole new life, so this might be good too. He promises I can fly back often as I want (it's a close flight) and his job will entail travel and I don't have to work and can travel with him. Might be kindda fun. But guess it will be awhile before he finds out for sure and it's official, he has to go through the entire process even though they are asking him to put in for it (interview etc). He thinks we can drag it out til the end of summer before we actually physically move too. Jewel, sorry your MIL isn't very supportive, she sounds like my mother. Do you have to live there, is there any other living arrangements for you? I was lucky and had no gas pains, the surgeon said he sucks it all out before he closes up or something. But I hear walking helps a lot. HOpe it passes soon, it will be worth it! Nazzy, Yep I got the skin issues too. I'm down 126 lbs in one year but I will take the loose skin any day over the fat, never would I have stopped losing the excess weight to avoid the skin. As Janet says, the skin won't kill ya, the fat will. And I look at it as a battle scar of some place I never want to go back to. You will learn what kind of clothes and cuts of clothes fit you best and best disguise it too. For example even though I am wearing 8's and 10's now if a pant says skinny cut I know I can't wear it as my legs have too much skin. Congrats on your 100 lbs! Childcare, sounds like you are pretty tight if you have to eat so many liquids and mushy foods. You need to be able toeat solid Proteins. Congrats on your loss thus far. Phyl, WOOHOO!! 2 more pounds pancakes and all! How's your knee doing? What kind of bend did you end up with? My therapist measured my first knee bend yesterday and I'm still only at 128 and he says that is where I might stay. I was hoping for more but guess it's almost 130. I think it is still more than before surgery as that knee is so bad. My 2nd knee is already at 122 so it's almost there already. It's rehabbing much quicker than the first. When is your #2 getting surgery? Janet, just joking with you on the 60 degrees, it's all what we are used to. We are supposed to get to almost 50 this weekend, and I am serious when I say folks will be wearing shorts and sandals. Not me! I get too cold after losing this weight. Apples, stay safe on those roads if you venture out. i woke up a lot last night too hot as well. Since it was so cold out, I was sure I needed my big down comforter on and I woke up wringing wet from sweating. Kicked all the blankets off and then of course an hour or so later was freezing to death. Eva, what is a javelina?? Oh and sashimi? UGH!! my DD eats all that stuff and is forever trying to get me too, anything I've tried I've not liked but she's not giving up trying to get me to try others. LOL Well my day just opened up, as I was typing this Grandma called and doesn't want to go out as it's too cold and we are going to wait til Monday. HMMM what to do? Probably nothing and stay home and rest. Of course, she did hint that I still come by and visit so will maybe do that.

That's the key to DH too, it has to be projects he's interested in. He made a 'man cave' downstairs and every single detail of that is perfect. Certain things he is so focused and detailed others, not so much. I guess in many ways the same could be said about me. Obviously the details at his job he completes well, or we wouldn't be talking about this transer/promotion. LOL

Apples, your DH sounds just like mine. He is a workaholic and I am amazed at what he gets done at work. He's so driven and accomplished. But at home, especially if it doesn't interest him. Forget it. He loves 'projects' and likes fixing up homes but once he's almost done with it, he's ready to move on to something else, and there's usually a piece of moulding or something that never gets finished until we need to sell a house or something. He's more of a big picture type person, but hates details.

Good evening, That DH of mine NEVER called, he waited til he got home. It's sounding like more and more of a possibility, they (the higher ups) are to talk to him next week so we've been talking all the pros and cons. Pros are it will set us up better for retirement, big raise, stock options, bonuses etc. I can do my travelling I want to do so much. Cons, leaving my kids, though we wouldn't be that far away but far enough. I love living here, not so fond of this locale we'd be going to. Please keep it in your prayers for me as we try to come to a decision. I'm so torn. I want to support my husband and am so proud of him, but the thought of leaving the kids tears me up, but they are adults, DD is getting married and starting a new life and DS well i don't see him all that much now. We do know if we do take this, when DH retires we are coming back here. And we can maybe retire sooner than later if he does this as well. We seriously thought when we moved back here that this was the end of our moving, we've moved so much over the years so this time we planted roots, never did that in our other moves. Crosswords, couldn't come close to doing the NYT one today without cheating. But the other one in the paper I did good at, it must've been easier. Cheri, how exciting to have written those books and gotten them published. good luck on our schooling. Deb, hope you are feeling better soon. Julie, though so sad about the person dying but what a beautiful picture of life, as one is ending in the very hospital for you another one is just beginning. My parents always told the story of how my dad had to rush from the hospital where I was born to be a pall bearer in his grandfathers funeral. One life ending and one beginning.

If it's where I think it is, it's not closer to anybody really. At least not close enough to make a difference.

Love berry pie but you lost me at rhubarb. LOL so just what goes in seafood lasagne and don't say just seafood. LOL sounds interesting. Still no phone call back from DH. How cruel of him!! LOL We gotta talk and then hang up on me. LOL I know he couldn't help it, someone came into his office and he couldnt' talk. He'll be home in another hour at the latest I hope.

Well my job dilimna might be solved. Just talked to my friend that I open the rec center with and she found out today that she got furloughed to part time and is no longer opening. The boss and another gal will be opening. Everyone's hours got cut. She had a copy of the schedule and my name is the only name not on it anywhere. So we think that means I am furloughed completely. I feel so bad for her, her husband just got furloughed last summer to part time and they've really struggled. He just got a 2nd part time job andthings were looking up for them and now this happens to her. And they dramatically changed her hours to 3 days a week and most of them nights, she's used to early hours. The gal that is opening with the boss is the newest person in the place and actually works for the HOA and not the rec center. Why she gets those hours no one knows. I wouldn't have wanted her job, but sucks that they didn't ask either. And DH just called and said we have to talk, and then someone came into his office and said he has to call me back, he never says we have to talk in the middle of the day like that, it's been an hour and I'm on pins and needles. I asked is it about moving and he just said, we have to talk. GRRRRR Nope it's not Texas Arlene, I'm not comfortable saying yet, I don't think anyone I know reads here but just in case. I just have so much on my mind right now, I am amazed I'm not eating over it and gaining weight. There's the upcoming wedding, moving or not, my job, my knee, trip to Isreal, and a family situation involving money that has brought out some really ugly stuff in my mom, I'm almost embarrassed to say I am related. It's pertaining to my grandma's finances which I handle and am a joint owner on all her accounts (as is my mom) but I am about ready to say take my name off. Nothing is illegal but what she's asking my grandma to do is unethical I think. And I'm the only one speaking up and it's not going well. Grandma won't even speak up, and says whatever your mom wants. GRRRRR That's how my Grandma has always been though, no wonder she raised a monster! I made it out to therapy and Costco just fine, parking lots were tricky but roads for the most part were clearing. I am taking Grandma shopping tomorrow so I hope they are even better. She ahs some Christmas returns at Penneys. Janet, I always get chicken thighs vs the breasts, since banding I can't handle the breasts. would love to do some damage at Loft with ya!! Apples, your landscape looks similar to ours today in the white stuff but we don't have the drifts. What kind of pie might that be?? Linda, hope you are feeling better. Don't those new bras feel great? I could never shop at VS either and it feels good to know I can now. JB, thinking of you this afternoon. Laura, mittens for 57 degrees? Heck we'd be in shorts and sandals. LOL

Good morning gals. BBRRR it's cold out there today. But good news is we are supposed to be close to 50's by the weekend. 50's is shorts weather in these parts. LOL Not me though. It's still below zero right now and I have to leave for therapy in half an hour. then as long as I am out going to stop by Costco as I have a $10 off TurboTax coupon and that's how I usually do our taxes. DS is going to meet me for lunch too, so then I gotta come home and rest the knee. Yesterday was the 3 week post op mark and it seems to be really improving this week. I know the last knee the first 2 weeks were the worst. Only thing is that also means I go back to work in 3 weeks, having serious second thoughts about that. I just hate my early hours. Remember that possible move I posted about a month ago? Still is a possibility DH informed me last night and he thinks he'll know more this week. If for some reason he finds out we have to, I will quit my job. He'll get a huge raise and I'll want to fly back and forth with him til we move. JB, so sorry about Tinka, but as you said, some how you just know when it's time. Been there done that 2 times in the past couple years and it was so hard. The first dog, Kody, we waited too long and poor thing suffered more than she should've had to. Will you get another dog? I know some folks can't even think about that for months after, and others their way of dealing with the grief is to go out and get another right away. Meredith, thanks for that website will check it out. Found out that the mother of the groom got her dress yesterday as well, she got a royal blue or purple color. She has seen the dress I am getting. Bummer about your b/f's friend. I don't understand the suicide thing what drives people to that solution, it is so cruel to the ones they leave behind. Janet, welcome back food cop!! Wish it was you here in CO instead of your coworker! Eva, that's okay you can sleep in that part of CO. LOL You know that tiny corner of AZ you cross when you drive I-15 from Vegas to CA? I slept it. LOL All the FL talk has me so jealous, I so wish I could be there, heck if I quit my job........ Only thing is I'd have to go incognito if my folks found out I was that close to them, either that or extend it and go see them. While there, make plans for the next meet so I have something to look forward to! Well better get ready for therapy and leave early the roads look icy. I gotta say it is beautiful out there today as cold as it is, it's so white, the sky so blue and those mountains are so crisp and clear.

SUre PHyl I'll play that Suduko on Facebook, how do I join or do it??? LauraK, I don't know about baked potatoes as I rarely eat them, but I did have my worst stuck episode (also my very first one) on a french fry. You may have either gotten stuck or overfilled your pouch. I must've missed something about pancakes. Sounds like quite the breakfast. I gave up on my 3rd crossword of the day. Apples, do you finish everyone everyday?

You guys are so smart on the crosswords. You got the right answer. Guess I didn't even know what a Banshee was. LOL Now that I know I can google them. LOL I did the crossword with the Lucy's friend clue too of Ethel that one was much easier. I was also under the misunderstanding that if the answer was more than one word the clue told you that, but it didn't. Now I know. I'll get the hang of them again, I kindda enjoyed it and once I started didn't want to put it down til I got it filled in. Maybe I started with too hard of one. Julie, Congrats on the new little one in your family. Jewel, glad you are doing well. Jeans might have been irritating to your incisions maybe that's why you had more pain. I was lucky in that I had very little pain after surgery, never needed the pain pills. But knees are a different story, 3 weeks later and I am still taking vicodin every 4 hours. If I skip or go longer it hurts real bad. Looks like our snow is slowing down, but sure is cold out there, but supposed to be back to almost 50 this weekend. Anyone watch the new Biggest Loser last night?? I was surprised one of the twins would have to go home.

banshee's boast? 15 letters

I'm doing better on my 2nd one, maybe my brain is starting think more crosswordy LOL some of the clues though are like huh?? even when I cheated and looked at teh answer the clue made no sense.

OK Apples any hints on working crosswords?

thanks apples, will give those candy websites to DD. We thought of ordering Jelly Bellies. Used to love to go to their factory when we lived in CA. At the end we'd buy bunches of 'belly flops', which were deformed jelly beans. Tasted just as good!

Just talked to my son about the wedding shower. He is planning on a Saturday in early Feb. he is awaiting his change in work schedule to know which Saturdays he has off. I will let the gals from CA work something out on their own if they want, no showers the week of the wedding though I don't think. We are going to do it at my house or at my MIL's as she may want to help him do the shower. Arlene, I'm not buying candy bars, just various types of pink, white and black candies to put in jars at the 'candy bar or maybe I should call it candy station' at the reception. There'll be scoops in it and small bags or boxes for guests to fill up and take away basically as favors. We have all sorts of sizes of clear glass jars on a table that will be all decorated and lit up by the exit. We checked into personalized M & M's and they were pretty costly. we got a lot of black ones and now just need pink and white which I was going to get the valentines bags for and then take out all the reds. She has Good n Plenty and Kisses as well so far. Just as I suspected our snow flurries are coming down pretty heavy right now. It looks pretty out there as I sit by my fire. Sometimes I hate the cold but I would really miss the 4 seasons. I didn't like it when I lived in northern CA we had 2 seasons: wet and dry one was cold and damp and the other hotter than hot. My year in DE was similar and the humidity made the cold seem colder and hot seem hotter.

Yep and that's definitely how I will be when DS gets married. And it's pretty much how I've been even with DD. She keeps telling me that I am allowed to voice my opinion, I just say it's your wedding. DH had a great idea and it's worked well. We just gave her a dollar limit for her wedding budget to spend that we will pay for. If she goes over then they pay the rest. It's helped when it's come to issues on who pays for what and when she wants to spend more on somethign I deem less important etc. And with all her contacts in the wedding business we are getting some really good deals. I just go along to all these appts for moral support basically. Forgot to mention in the dress I am going to get the silver color. I am between a 10 and a 12 in the dress. 10 is a little snug but 12 is so loose which is the main reason I haven't bought it yet. Waiting to see if I gain or lose. LOL I might get pink shoes. The bridesmaids are all wearing black dresses with a pink accent of some type and pink dyable shoes, I might get the same shoes as them. Even DD is talking of wearing pink shoes with her wedding dress. She has a pink issue! LOL Groom is getting a little worried with all the pink. But he's happy she is letting him wire the table numbers up some how with LED lights. He's very techy and into such things. So as long as he gets his LED's he's happy. I'm getting very anxious for the wedding now, time is moving so fast. We have our Isreal trip the end of next month and then a couple weeks later the wedding. Having an issue as far as what to do about a bridal shower. DD basically has no local girlfriends. Her girl bridesmaids are coming in from CA a day before the wedding. her maid of honor is a 'man of honor' her brother. He will do it as it's his duty he says and another bridesmaid is an 18 yr old cousin. So hopefully the 2 of them come up with a shower as I feel it would be inappropriate for me to throw one, but I want her to have one. Maybe I'll sortta do it but put DS's name on the invites and let them do it here.

BRRRR made it to the grocery store and back. Here in CO when they forcast snow everyone has to go to the store and get milk and bread. LOL It was packed. I did get milk as I was out but no bread. I went for Valentines candy actually. DD is doing a 'Candy Bar' at her wedding with various kinds of candies in black, pink and white as favors. The Valentine M & M's weren't out yet. I was going to get them and then seperate all the reds out leaving just pink and blacks. The 'artic blast' hit while I was out. I left and it was still upper 30's out and just wore a fur lined vest as a coat, when I pulled into the garage it was about 10 degrees and dropping and very windy and snowy. I'm now sitting by the fire in a blanket and working a crossword puzzle. When did I get so dumb? I used to be a whiz at crosswords, but haven't done them in years. My brain just isn't used to working them or something, I can come up with very few of the right words. GRRRR I have today's and SUndays NY Times ones and one by NEA in today's paper and an LA times from SUnday. Not sure what happened to my Mon/Tues papers. Maybe I'll have to go back to SUduko if I continue to be this dumb. Those I do a lot and pretty quickly. DD called and asked us to go to dinner with her and her fiance tonight. ?Guess now his parents are going too. She is very, how shall I say, opininated and rather negative. I like her and she's also very fun and funny, but she has her definite opinions on things and isn't in agreement with some of the things we are doing for the wedding, but whenever you try to accomodate her it's not right anyway. She also bought her dress today. I had thought it was protocol for me to get mine first and her to co-ordinate but she pretty much knows the dress I am getting, it's just a matter of me getting over to Davids Bridal and paying for it. And praying they still have it in stock. I need to do that this week. This is the dress I am thinking of getting, Dillards has a variation too but I was also waiting for the new spring stuff to come in. David's Bridal - Hammered Shimmer One-Piece Tiered Dress=

For some reason I stopped getting email alerts to new posts, but I just knew this thread couldn't be that quiet, glad I checked! For the record I didnt' send anyone any cold!! LOL We were actually in the 50's yesterday but are getting hit with an 'artic blast' today and tomorrow and with a few snow flurries they say. I always worry more when they say snow flurries than when say blizzard, seems their flurries turn into blizzards and their blizzards turn into flurries. LOL I thought it was spring yesterday and just went out in a 3/4 sleeve sweater. I went out to Victorias Secret yeserday, a store I didn't used to be able to shop in. found a great bra but of course, the reason it was on clearance is they are discontinuing it so I got 3 of them for only $15.99 each. It's appropriately named, The Perfect One. It sure lifts the girls up there and has this padding at the top by the strap, I always have a gap there I don't know must be from being deflated or something but this sortta fills that in. LOL She measured me and I am now a 36C, I liked that, I used to be a 42DDD I think. Also, they had panties 5 for $25 so got some of those too, now my inside stuff fits like the outside stuff. LOL And I feel more girly. Today I am staying in and resting. I slept til 9 again this morning, what's up with that? But I find if I just go with it, that I recover faster. Eva, so you sleep when you go to CO huh? we are that boring of a state? LOL Laura, your talking about getting locked in the attic reminded me of Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation when he gets locked up there. LOL Glad the trash man got there in time. Enjoy those times with Nelson where he's excited to have his mommy and daddy around. I remember one time we were at the mall with our son when he was in late jr high or early high school. He was never too embarrassed to be around us, but this 'herd' of girls came by. He distanced himself from us so fast and went off talking with them. Well it was time to go and he wouldn't come back over to us to leave, so DH walked up to him and put his arm around him and said 'love ya man' it's time to go and he was just mortified. LOL Apples, love how you feel comfortable with us to share your yummy recipes. Well gotta get to the grocery store before the snow does hit, I know I said I was taking it easy today, but that is it, I promise. Have chili for dinner tonight, appropriate for a cold night.

Allie, Bummer about being sick. Here's hoping for a speed recovery so nothing gets in the way of surgery number 2!!

Good afternoon, late for me checking in today. Yesterday I was up and at 'em so early, not so today. Had a terrible nights sleep and then didn't get up til almost 930, haven't done that in ages. Ran to the NY & Co as I had a coupon LOL got some accessories like jewelry and a cami top for super cheap and met DH for lunch and now the day is almost half over. I'd love a nap but decided not to sleep the day away and hopefully will sleep better tonight. I had lots of hip pain last night which concerned me, but I do remember when recovering from the other knee my hips bothering me so much, must be the gait with the cane and crutches and stuff as it did improve. I was so depressed thinking oh no my hips are next for surgery, so I am glad I remembered that from the last knee as it did get better. Hopefully it does this time too. And then had some other issues on my mind, but think it's all resolved now, not to my liking on one instance, but I voiced my opinion and it's out of my control so I am letting it go. Linda, congrats on being done with PT, I hope to be done by Feb 1st. I go twice a week through next week and then once a week for a couple weeks. However, I am almost to the recommended bend already in my knee, I hope to exceed that though. JB, sorry to hear about your dog, they do become family members. We lost 2 dogs 2 Christmases in a row about 2 yrs ago it was so hard. Julie, been there done that on some family issues recently. It's hard when you keep reaching out and they keep rejecting. With my sisters I've decided to stop reaching out. If they ever reach out to me, I will be there with bells on, but I am not going to keep putting myself out there for rejection. I can love the, care for them, but don't have to keep putting myself out there. How does your husband handle his daughter's treatment of you? Laura, did the trash man get there in time? Arlene, congrats on being Grandma again, hopefully I will be in a few years. Glad you are getting some pain relief. Apples, sounds like a great day with DH. Sometimes when DH & I are just out running errands etc. and have that alone time in the car to just talk and be together are the best. I usually hate long car trips and being raised by an airline working family I was a spoiled brat when it came to travel, but I've enjoyed our car trips just DH and I over the past few years.