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6/19/13 1:57 P

The picture you posted on FB was scary, Donna. I'm so sorry that you and your friends have that fire to contend with. Bunco is always fun for me but yours must have been stressful rather than 'just' fun. Add that work mess to the mix...it's a wonder you can function!

Diana, I have high school math anxiety dreams at times...so I can relate, lol....Galveston, hopefully, will give us all a break. Just bring casual clothes: capris, shorts, etc. A sundress if you want. Nothing is 'dressy' that I'm aware of and none of us will be wearing swimsuits and coverups in restaurants, lol! We can wash clothes there if you need to, also.

I am making King Ranch Casserole for my friend, salad, and bringing a bottle of wine. Her husband was making some progress, but the seisures this weekend caused a huge setback. She needs company! It will be good to visit with her after my PT. I got the grocery shopping done, got one aerobed set up in the workout room and haven't tried the smaller one that runs on batteries. So much still to do but I'm getting there!

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6/19/13 11:27 A

Pat I wish I knew how to use Power Point even though I’m not working any more. I’m sure it is a good thing to know. You did lots of work last night! Looking forward to meeting!

Mary you are so sweet to help your friend with her meal. Do we need any particular clothes other than cool? No dresses I assume?

I woke up today after dreaming of being arrested for painting the bed of a truck! I was the Public Works Director in the City in Alaska I worked for! Funny dream. I was exhausted when I woke up!

Trying to figure out what clothes to take to Galveston. We have rain headed our way if it doesn’t split and go around us again.

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6/19/13 10:50 A

ust have a minute this morning. Bunco was crazy. One couple couldn't come because they were on standby evacuation. I poured the trail mix out but then remembered GS is severely allergic so put them away. I had DD and GS come and play. Another fill in couple forgot to show up and then did so we started 30 min late. Anyway, it went well in the end. I am beyond exhausted today and look it.
Then I get to work and have two emergencies in the first hour. I was not energized enough to do all that but I did. UGH! I hope this calms down from here on out. Galveston. .. take me away!!!!

I could see the flames on the mt after dark last night. The fire is traveling north and I am east of it so we are fine.

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6/19/13 9:39 A

I'm on a very tight schedule today and just got a reply from a friend with a seriously ill husband that she DOES want me to bring dinner tonight. So my 'at home' day will include a grocery store run and cooking!!!

Hugs to everyone!!

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6/19/13 8:18 A

Diana I was referring to my turkey dinner when I said I am not dead,lol? It had a questionable expiration date on it. I know you guys all care!
Yesterday I went to work hoping to get a lot done. The copier would not except from the computer so I could not do things I needed to do.then I reminded my pastor I was going to be gone all ne st week so she got the June 30th bulletin done before she left town this morning.
So last nighti worke s at home and I have two bulletins done plus. 5 of the six PowerPoints done.oh yea our email program was messed up too but I googled the problem and fixed that. It would receive mail but you could not send.
So on Thursday I will print both weeks bulletins get both w eels PowerPoints on the jump drive and when I walk out the door I will not even think about the place until July 2. This is she n I will start working with my new minister.
I am at the Y this morning then when I get home we will be off to the nursing home. Then our weekly shopping at Sam's then Walmart then home to put away, fix dinner then go to Busy Bells tonight. So I wanted to post this morning. I did not have time to read the previous post all of them but I want to wish everyone a great day.
Kerry hope you are enjoying your trip.
All who are meeting next week I can hardly wait. Pat

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6/19/13 1:45 A

Donna I’m kind of thinking I wish DH wouldn’t take the job. It will mean less me time but getting our house done sooner. Time for bunco! Do you usually win anything? Do you play for money? I’m sure they will love your fruit pizza. Please be careful and safe with the fires near by!

Pat we haven’t forgotten you. I know we are all looking forward to next week!

Sandra I have never played Bunco before or done Karaoke. I guess I’ve lived a sheltered life! LOL. Looking forward to your pictures and talk!

Sue I bet you were a nervous wreck with your kids in those activities. My DD did gymnastics but went on to softball and cheerleading in High School. She quit diving when she saw someone hit their head on the diving board!

Kerry I didn’t know they had standing room only for a ball game! Wow. I would have gone back to the hotel too!

Marylou you will just have to color your hair. You are not through with Whitney’s sports yet! I’m glad you are getting your foot taken care of.

Mary I can’t wait to hang out with all of you! I will be able to put a face to all my Spark Friends (well most of them!) Did you say you were going to send an email with what everyone was doing? I plan to go on Sunday and stay in Shenandoah Sunday and pick up Donna on Monday and head for Galveston. I’m excited!

Well, we just got back from town and doing laundry and grocery shopping. We saw “Man of Steel” while we were there. I thought it was okay but DH liked it more. We worked on AC today and hope to do more tomorrow morning. It’s late so I’ll go for now.

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6/18/13 11:58 P

Hello to all,
I read all of your post earlier today but didn't post myself because DH was hovering today. He acted like he was feeling bad but said he wasn't when I asked. He mostly just laid around today and that is not like him. I think he could have had a hangover because he was waiting for a man to come and give him an estimate to tile the bathroom and the man was over an hour late and then called that he couldn't find our house. I really don't understand that because our house is not that hard to find. Anyway since he didn't want to eat until after the guy left he didn't stop drinking until he ate supper and that was about 1-1/2 hours later than usual so that was a few more beers than he should have had. Of course he wouldn't admit that either.

Sue, gymnastics would have scared me more than football. I can just see broken body parts from a miss judged fall. Patricia played volleyball and basketball but Cindy didn't even try. Both girls and Doug went out for Choir and of course Doug played football and David played Football and Baseball. I truly loved the Choir programs and they all won medals in choir but I can only get Cindy to sing with me every once in a while now. I guess I am not medal material. LOL also my grandson Matthew was in Choir and also in the group of men that had a choir with no music, (I can't remember how to spell it and spell check has failed me, accapela?) after he got out of high school. There were quit a few of them and Matthew was the youngest. I was able to go to 2 of his Christmas Concerts from that and it was wonderful.

The only sport I was able to teach my children was swimming and I was able to teach them all how to swim. I used to be a very good swimmer. Now I can't even swim anymore. I can't turn my head to get a breath and right now I can't even kick my feet to swim underwater. Very frustrating. I tried while I was in therapy and the therapist told me it was to soon for that yet.

Kerry, I have only had to go to a laundry mat a few times in my life because that was the first thing DH bought us after we were married was a washer and dryer but the few times I did was on vacation and when I did Patricia's laundry when her first baby was born. I liked the fact that I could get all of my clothes washed at the same time and not have to wait for one load after another. Once when the kids were little we had a camper shell on the back of the pickup and had made a bed for them on a board over the tire wells and then we put some lawn chairs next to the bed so they could be comfortable while we traveled to Colorado. David got sick and vomited all over everything in the camper. We had to pull into a laundry mat and completely unpack the camper and wash all of the blankets and the clothes the kids had on, and DH had to take the truck to a car wash and wash out the back then we repacked it. It was a terrible mess. I was glad we could wash several loads at the same time that time. Laundry mats are a good thing.

Donna, I would love to go meet this group anywhere but I can pretty much bet that DH will not let me go anywhere where I have to fly. He wasn't too happy about me flying to our daughters wedding and the only reason I am meeting everyone in Galveston this year and Houston last year is because I can drive there. I told everyone to make plans for where ever they want to meet and if I can't go I will be with them in spirit. I will try but I don't think he would go for it. Of course I could throw a big tantrum but as far as flying goes it probably would not help. The flying part would not be because he wants to be mean it is because he is just "afraid?" of flying. He has only flown once since he got out of Viet Nam and he said he would never do it again. He had some bad things happen there that had to do with flying I guess. Viet Nam has over shadowed his whole life as far as flying, swimming, and camping is concerned. He has tried each a few times but just couldn't continue to do them. It is what it is. Have fun at your BUNCO !!

Pat, I hope you can get everything done at work so you won't have to worry about it while we are in Galveston. I hope you will just be able to relax and enjoy your self. The picture of you and your granddaughter show that you are still thin and also Mary is too. I on the other hand have successfully gained yet again. However my feet were still swollen today and that is unusual for me. Maybe it was DH Birthday cake and Ice Cream I had Sunday and Monday. I didn't have any today. But I will be baking the wedding cake for Saturday so there I go again.

Mary, I didn't know that Cherlyn was in gymnastics. No wonder she is so thin and graceful. I hope you get your internet problems worked out before you go to Galveston. It would be a shame if you couldn't communicate with us.. LOL. I would love to have one of those hand held gadgets. Either and Iphone, or a Kindle Fire. I would like to be able to get on face book and play games and on spark people when I am not at home and also be able to read books on it.

Pam, you are the next one to get skinny on us and I am so proud of you. You are doing wonderful sticking with your gym. Maybe some day I will be able to make myself do something. I have been doing my back exercises (not while I was in Vegas but since I came home) but those are not the kind of exercises to help you lose weight. These make me hurt every time I do them but if I do them late in the evening after supper then I only hurt until I go to bed and I am fine by morning.

Diana, I will bring pictures of the wedding and talk every body's ears off. I am also bringing my Bunco dice and my karaoke machine. We should have a great time, if any one wants to play with them.

Well time to check my e-mails and messages.
Sandra

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6/18/13 11:05 P

I am still alive, lol. I had a very difficult day at work though. I am so ready for that vacation....Pat

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6/18/13 8:53 P

I can't decide if she enjoys it or if it just makes her sad for what could have been. I take my grandkids by sometimes just because it bugs them, especially when I take them by the hospital parking lot and say "this is where my house used to be". LOL

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6/18/13 8:11 P

Kerry, I take my mother by the house she and daddy lived in until he had to go to the Alzheimer's care facility. It's where my sisters and I grew up. I take my kids to see my first house and where both grandparents lived, too. I think it's important. I hope your mom enjoyed that.

Donna, I hope your evacuated friends will be okay.

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6/18/13 8:03 P

Donna, keep an eye on that fire and stay safe!

I usually try to keep the rolls down to one but sometimes they do get the better of me. I like it when they are really small so I don't feel so bad. The cinnamon butter is great, too. I brought half of my salad back to the motel room and left the rolls on the table. We had to drive around to look at the house my folks moved to after I got married several years before they got divorced. It used to be a small housing area around a small lake out in the country and now it's surrounded by houses and shopping centers. She was saying she can't understand why dad has never gone driving past their old houses. She doesn't understand that most people don't do that.

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6/18/13 8:01 P

I posted a picture of the fire taken from my backyard. It is about 5 miles from work and about 20 miles from home. I have friends that are on evacuation standby. They only have one way out and the fire is headed straight for them but still a ways off.

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6/18/13 6:44 P

Kerry and Donna, I've never been to the Texas Roadhouse but yeast rolls would certainly be my downfall! My son and his wife have a favorite barbeque place in Katy that we love and they bake their own rolls while you watch....the smell alone would add a few pounds, lol.

So scary about the fires, Donna. Is your work near your house?

I just got back from visiting Dave's mom. It's easy to be with her because we play Groundhog Day, lol. We can talk for over an hour and only cover 3-4 subjects! She's happy to hear the news...each time is the first time!

I'm home and officially off duty tonight!

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6/18/13 5:25 P

The problem with Texas Roadhouse is those darn yeast rolls. I could eat the whole basket.

Huge fire just broke out about 5 miles from work. we have mandatory evactuations in the housing developments nearest the fire. It is in the open wooded area now but winds are moving it quickly. We won't be in trouble at work except for the smoke inhalation and asthmatics.

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6/18/13 4:41 P

Mary, there is a Texas Roadhouse right behind my house in Florida and we saw several of them on our way up here to Nebraska. I love their food and they're a lot cheaper than Outback but I really wish they would turn their music down!

I think Larry is enjoying the soft chair and a/c in the motel room while watching the game. LOL

Sandra, my husband would have had a fit about the skunk-not sure if he would have cleaned up or just left it to disappear on it's own.

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6/18/13 4:22 P

I actually got a lot done this morning, then went to tutor. I have to have material for the little girl for next week. She is very smart and fun to work with----but she got upset when she made a mistake and wanted to change her answer on something "because my mother will be upset with me." I told her that everyone makes mistakes. I always give her mom an update and I hope she will loosen up...this child is so bright but they are pushing her bigtime.

Kerry, how funny that they have Texas Roadhouse in Nebraska, lol. There's one close to me. I'm glad you got the laundry out of the way and that Larry did his share. Now you can relax and enjoy the rest of the trip. I'm sorry you couldn't get to see the game, though.

Cherilyn loved gymnastics and did it from kindergarten through her sophomore year in high school. But she wasn't a medalist except for local meets. Wow, Sue, that's quite an accomplishment for your daughter and grandchildren. I love to watch gymnastics and diving but diving does make me cringe---I would be one of the gasping mothers!

I hope you got all the church work done, Pat, and that you survived the turkey!!

Marylou, I'm still having trouble getting my pictures off the iPad and my phone! I sent 35 pictures to Walgreen's via my computer off the iPad and got an email 5 minutes later saying there were technical difficulties. Seriously? I can't do anything, it seems! Then I called Walgreen's and talked to a nice young woman. She saw my pictures...they did 'get there.' but for some reason they couldn't be processed. She gave me some long to-do in order to make it work. Nope, it didn't! I will try to put some more on. Cherilyn has darling pictures and she emails them to me. Maybe hers will work!

Sandra, getting skunk smell off anyone is a pain. If the combo your husband used ever doesn't work, tomato juice is supposed to work well, too.

Donna, I thought you were born in 1950, lol....145 years ago a trip to Manhattan must have been very interesting! I got a good laugh from that! Enjoy your peace and quiet at work today.

I will go see Dave's mom in a bit, then maybe get my car cleaned. Clean sheets on the beds and I will try to set up the aerobeds to make sure I can do it!!

I hope you had more cuddle time and downtime, Diana. You can coach us in the pool at your place....I know Donna will be doing laps all around us! Last year there was no one at the hotel and we each did a few water aerobics exercises, then ate our lunch leftovers and undid all our good work, lol!

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6/18/13 3:51 P

Sandra, I know you must be happy not to have been the one to clean up after the skunk! What a lot of work. Three dogs too at that. I think your wedding cake sounds like an excellent idea. Better homemade then store bought any day! They will be very happy and thrilled! I know I would be.

Mary and Pam, how are those new grandbabies? I haven't heard if you had some new pictures on your spark page recently. I know they must be growing quickly. We will hear they are walking soon. :)

Sue, how terrific your dd was a diver, and is working with her children in the beginning stages. It's all about getting them comfortable and use to it. She will have them ready for diving in the years to come. My dd 's gymnastics team, and swim team....never bothered me either. Watched many practices and events. The hardest sport for me was during the time when my dd competed in the NC state games/ice skating, and I was always on the edge of my seat. I too knew when she was doing her best. Whew.... She never went into diving arena, though she was encourage to a few times. However I've heard lately she has been diving after work in the diving pool. I've heard she has been getting some diving advise from the diving coaches where she works. Who knows maybe we will finish up her senior year with diving. ugh I really hope not. It really would be hard for me to watch. The rest of my hair will turn gray for sure! lol!

Well off to fix a dinner for dh. My dd is working until 8:30 tonight.




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6/18/13 3:41 P

I feel that old sometimes, too, and yes, it does seem like all we do is go see someone and eat. We have gotten a few hours to ourselves this time, though. Figured we're old enough we can claim resting time!!

We headed out to Omaha and the College World Series and of course, it rained. It was also kind of chilly when we walking out of the motel. Anyway, we finally found the stadium and saw all the cars pulling in and Larry decided he really didn't want to pay to park and then find out we only got the standing room so we grabbed a small lunch and drove back to the motel. Now in a couple hours we will pick up my mom, take her to the bank and then to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. The motel provided us with a couple of discount coupons when we checked in. Dinner tomorrow is with my dad and stepmom while my mom will be at a minor league baseball game in Lincoln. I still have to catch up with my sister sometime.

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6/18/13 2:04 P

OOPS! That was 14 or 15 years ago, not 145 yrs ago. LOL I feel old but not that old.

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6/18/13 1:51 P

Diana, I WAS on of those mothers that went to all the gymnastics events. Julie was a state ranked gymnast and a high school and college national ranked diver. This is why my hair turned gray so fast. Gymnastics didn't bother me, that was fun to watch. But diving would raise my stress level a bit. I took her to all her diving practices since she started in 9th grade. I learned to know her moves quite well and knew the second her feet hit the board if she'd have a sucessful dive or not. She had good coaches, her dad being one of them, and she was a confident diver. It was the parents around me that would gasp and cringe with each dive that made me nuts. But I also knew that they were not used to watching this, most of their kids were swimmer not divers. Mary's daughter was a gymnast also, so I know she's sat through hours of practices too.

Donna, to Manhattan 145 years ago? Did you go by horse and wagon? Most people were in Manhattan and headed WEST, not the other way around .

Oh, regarding watch the above sport now - Daughter started coaching my grands in diving and I can't watch, scares me to death. Scares her too since the kids are still young and too easily distracted. Diving takes 100% concentration. They can all run off the board and do a flying, no form flip and that's just fine for now. They all think they are Greg Louganis. If they are still interested in learning when they are older and more focused, nearer to high school age, then she will coach them. For now she'd prefer they stick to the water slide.

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Kerry: Glad your clothes are done and you can move on and visit more family. ENjoy your visiting. But doesn't it seem like all you do is talk and eat, talk and eat some more? ha ha

Pam: Good for you continuing the gym. How is it going for you?

PAAAAT, oh PAAAAAAT. DO we have to call 911 because you are MIA after eating the turkey?

Diana: I think you'd prefer to get the house done sooner than later and maybe him not taking the job is what is best for the two of you right now.

The boss is away and I will play!!! Just kidding. It just means I get to sit at my desk and be uninterrupted. Noone is giving me more work to do. I have enough as it is.

I have Bunco tonight and will zip home and make the fruit pizzas. I think everything else is ready. I get so nervous when I have people over. Wish I had someone else to help put it on with me. oh well. It should be fun.

Sandy: Glad DH didn't give you any grief. Maybe he enjoyed being home alone. That might be a very good thing for you! Maybe next year we can do this in Kansas or another state and you could get away to somewhere else.

I have seen very little of the midwest, southeast, or east coast. I flew to Boston when I was 18 and got to Manhatten about 145 years ago. Other than that I haven't seen much of the states.

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6/18/13 11:12 A

Need to hurry head-On am running my battery down and Don't have the cord. Larry did fold his own stuff. It was either that or he was fed them up. It was hard to tell. We are going to drive up to Omaha in few and see if we can get into the game. I am sure they will sell us ticketed but we could wind up in standing room only. Not what we want. They just say the seats are not guaranteed. Tomorrow is dinner with my dad so maybe Thursday with my sister. Everything depends on how long we are in Omaha.

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6/18/13 8:50 A

Sue can you imagine being one of those mom’s who has to go to all the gymnastics events? I love gymnastics but would worry about them breaking their necks on some of those programs! We should get some of those fans that have a grinning face that we can put up in front of our faces during some of these events! LOL.

Mary it is so hard to watch our parents age. Hugs. You are sweet but I won’t be wearing a suit. I will keep the website for the future though. I’ll play coach and make you all swim laps!

Pat do we need to send flowers? I hope the turkey was good and didn’t send you to the hospital. I do hate to waste food from the freezer but have had to throw it out when I realize it got pushed in the back and is very old and freezer burned. We bought a lot of food before our last KZ trip I ended up tossing. I bought hamburger yesterday here and didn’t realize I paid $4.29 a pound! Wow. We may have to become vegetarians.

Kerry I have to go to the Laundromat since our washer and dryer isn’t hooked up. I hate it. Had to quit going here in Hobart because it burns my clothes and is very uncomfortable and old. Now we go to Lawton. They have one that is comfortable with tv and has timed washers and you buy a “card” instead of using coins. Very modern and clean. DH goes with me (that is what he gets for not having my stuff done) and I make him fold his own clothes!

Pam glad to hear you are still going to the gym. Are you liking it just a little? I too am extremely white except for my “Farmer’s Tan”. After all I do live in the plains.

Sue I think it must be that we were born on the same day! I too have a body that knows what it is supposed to do but won’t. It must be our Gemini genes!

Sandra I don’t think DH will take the job after all. He likes his free time too much. We have so much to do and I might never live in a finished house if he goes back to work! Can’t wait to hear your “wedding” stories in Galveston.

Well, I just got up and am thinking of going back upstairs to bed. I love my bedroom in the mornings. It is on the second floor with trees outside the windows. I can hear the birds and it is so peaceful with the morning light. DH is still up there so I think I’ll go cuddle for a while.

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6/18/13 8:47 A

Good morning! I slept til 7:00! I hope I'm back on track. I was supposed to have lunch with my SIL but she had a bad water break and will have a plumber come out today. She lives on a little island right outside of Galveston. I tutor in the afternoon and will go to water aerobics tonight. Lots of stuff to do in the meantime!

Sue, would your daughter 'find' a class for you once a week where people are NOT size 2 that you might enjoy? I have loads of Leslie's dvds and videos but we'll have aerobeds set up and no room to walk here! But we can walk on the beach and walk on the bayou here if you want. We'll get in a lot of steps in Galveston...wear your Zip!

Sandra, good for you telling about the trip. Now just concentrate on the things you need and want to do before you leave. Don't let the negative comments get to you if possible. I will email you the address...I know you have my cell number. Betty emailed back last night and said she is staying there this weekend and will stay until I get there on Monday to show me where everything is! Your Farmer's Tan will match mine, lol! Indoor water aerobics doesn't give you much of anything else!

Kerry, for whatever reason, I don't watch what I eat very much when I go out to eat---which seems to be quite often, unfortunately. I went to La Madeleine yesterday and got a bowl of tomato basil soup and quiche Lorraine....it was small but probably a day's worth of points! Your washateria sounds lovely! That's not usually the case here. I used one near my house years ago for comforters and would bring the kids with me. I wouldn't do that now!! When I was little I was aware of a few things my mother did that were 'rituals', like when she got into the car, she touched some medals of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and would say "Angels and Saints, preserve us!" before driving out of the driveway! That was in light traffic, lol....if she'd have lived in Houston she probably would have said a Rosary right there in the garage! But once she got into Assisted Living I think she needed something to 'ground' her and so she's just obsessed over doctor's appointments, times, etc. Not taking her anti-anxiety meds last week due to the eye surgery has caused her anxiety!!

Pat, I find things in the freezer and fix them...then see the date, lol. I'm still here. The first week in June I cleared a lot of stuff out of the big freezer outside and threw away way too much. I need to check what's in there before I go to the grocery store. Turkey can be used in so many dishes....try turkey spaghetti!

Pam, new exercise clothes will make you feel great! I'm so proud of you. Enjoy the lighter feeling and soon there will be a lighter you! I hope you get summer weather soon---it will be 96 here today!

Betty wrote me back last night. She said there is nothing much to bring but casual clothes and a hope of fun! There's even a crock pot if we want to cook something and let it 'be' all day long! I guess I'd better get started on doing things so I can go on vacation! Hugs to all,
Mary

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Oh, , somewhere around there!

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6/18/13 8:22 A

Pam, I'm so glad to hear you have hung in there with the gym and fitness program. You make us all proud, now I wish you could only make me motivated. Too bad we aren't closer, I'd join you there. It's always more fun and less painful if you have a workout buddy. I have no workout buddies here. My nearest buddy is 25 miles away. Kind of sad in a metrolopis this size. I have a daughter that is a size 2, full time Personal Trainer, you'd think that would help. NOT! My brain knows what I have to do, it's my body that's not cooperating. Enjoy those new fitness clothes. Spandex always makes you feel better . Who knows, you might even motive me to put mine on to watch a Walking With Leslie video.

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Hello to all,
The deed has been done and DH was told today about my trip to Galveston. I believe David was right because DH was no where near upset enough to "not" know anything about it. He really didn't say much at all. He will probably make wise cracks about it all week but I don't care about that. At least he knows and I don't have to worry about it anymore. I will be there with bells on. I have been trying to decide if I want to try to make a small wedding cake for the party for Patricia and Jeff Saturday or if I want to try to order one. The cheapest I have found is 50,00 and the kind I want is not really worth that much. I think I will make just a white cake with the fluffy white marshmallow type icing and maybe a few artificial flowers on it with a B on top. The part I was mostly worried about was that I don't have the right kind of pans to make the top tier smaller than the bottom. I would have to do some cutting on it and that might make a mess out of it. I will make time to bake the cake but I would have a hard time trying to have time to fix it if I messed it up. (I think I can do this). I also have to bake a coffee cake for the shower that I have to go to that morning. (that I would really rather not go to). I also have to get everything cleaned up before Saturday because I would hate to have Jeff's family think I was a slob. I met them at the wedding and they were very nice people and I think they will be good to Patricia but I still don't want them to think I am a sloppy housekeeper. (I really hope I can pull this off).
I forgot to tell you all that while I was gone the 3 dogs of ours cornered a skunk on our front porch and it sprayed one of the dogs and the porch. I was so very glad I was gone and DH got it all cleaned up by the time I got home. I could only smell a very faint smell of it when I got home. Plus he had to bathe all 3 dogs in vinegar and baking soda and dawn dishwashing soap. He said he looked it up on the internet and it said to use hydrogen peroxide but he used vinegar first. It must have worked because I didn't smell it on the dogs either. Now we have 3 big boxes of baking soda and 3 big bottles of hydrogen peroxide sitting on the counter..

Sue, I also hate with a big "H" to watch sports on TV. I did enjoy watching the kids play when they were in school and I enjoy "going" to baseball games but I have to admit I watch people more than I watch the game. The younger the kids were the more I enjoyed their games but when my boys were playing football in high school I was always afraid they were going to get hurt. Actually they did, Doug, got several concussions and David hurt his knee and also got a concussion. I think high school football is dangerous but they all want to play and all of the fathers want their boys to play. I have never played golf and will not watch it. DH only likes to watch the women golfers on TV.

Donna, sorry about your hip hurting you again. It sounds like it is crying out for mercy!! LOL. I would love to see the air balloons but I have never had any desire to ride in one. I think they are beautiful. I am feeling like a fat cow this week (and looked like one in the pictures) after all of the food we ate while we were gone to Vegas. I know a lot of it is fluid from the traveling because I have some lower leg and foot edema but I also feel really bloated. I didn't hold back on anything and now I am paying for it. I may not be able to get into my swim suit at all...

Diana, I'm sure your husband is having a hard time deciding to take on a new job at our ages. Especially with all of the work you both do with the houses. I would be hard pressed to try to work anymore even if I was feeling up to it with my back issues.

Kerry, you amaze me with your determination with the eating healthy even on vacation. For me it was like leading me to the hog trough, "there it is, go get it". And I did.. bad Sandra, Bad Sandra...LOL

Mary, I guess I had also missed the remark about your mother going to the beauty shop in her gown. I wouldn't think that would matter at all anyway. I am glad her eyes are better and hope she recovers quickly. I will need to get the address of the beach house from you so I can google and print out a map so I can find you all on Monday.

Pam, I bought 2 pairs of bermuda shorts to wear earlier this year and they fit me like Capri's and I now look like a beached whale with a farmers tan. LOL That is "if" I can even get back into my swim suit. I might not be able to without losing some of this last weight or buying a bigger one.

Mary Lou, it sounds to me like Whitney is making some very sound decisions as far as her new friends are concerned. It is always better to be in organized activities rather than just run amuck with friends. She is smart and seems to be doing very well.

Well I am going to play "words with friends" now and then go to bed.
Sandra

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6/17/13 10:21 P

Good evening girls!

Not hot today, but warm and vaguely humid. It actually felt like summer for a few hours anyway. I wore my new exercise clothes to the gym today. Felt much better, as I only had thick flannel baggy pants before, way too hot for this time of year. But since I never wear shorts at any time or any season, my part of my legs that showed (from the knees down) were glaringly white. Maybe I should go get some natural tanning lotion so I don’t blind people. LOL!

Oh well, it’s time to go downstairs and do the evening tea run. Catch you again tomorrow!

God bless,
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Hope your turkey was good. I often fix things past their expiration date or "freezer date" if I know they've been good and frozen.

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6/17/13 9:12 P

If I wanted to get in the pool I couldn't wait to lose weight before I bought a suit. I now have 2 for that should last a while. People just have to suffer when they see me. I'm a good lesson on how to not let your body go!!

The Laundromat we went to is fairly new, well lit and kept clean. They even have machines that mark how long they've been running and when they've been checked. There is also always someone behind the counter and walking around checking on people. I just hate for my step mom to think we only come over to use their washer and dryer even though she always says it's okay. I need to call them and figure out when we can come over to visit before either we leave for Florida or they leave for Wyoming.

We had lunch with Larry's sister and visited with her for a while. Larry plans a trip to the cemetary to place the flowers Linda bought for their parents' and uncle's graves so maybe I can stay at dad's place while they do that. We had dinner this evening with my mom-she insisted she needed to buy us a meal and she had a gift card so we let her. I got a kids meal and was stuffed after.

Mary, my mom tends to get tensed up when she can't find things or do what she wants to do. What upsets her the most though is that she can't go back and relive her childhood because it was so wonderful all the time. Of course, she was one spoiled rotten child-the only girl with 2 half brothers and 1 full brother plus her dad had money for spoiling and huge 2 or 3 story houses-one with a swimming pool in the basement. I'm thinking I could relive that! Mine wasn't so plus since she went through all the money her parents left her. There are parts I wouldn't mind reliving but not all of it!

Donna, your hike sounds great! Hope the hips decide to give you a break at least for a while.
Marylou, I think you've done a great job raising that daughter of yours. You should be very proud.
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Ok a short post for tonight. I don't know how everyone else spent their day but I roasted a 11 pound turkey today. And now my senses are all messed up. You are not suppose to smell turkey in June. We had one that needed to be cooked or it was going to go bad, I won't tell you how long it has been in the freezer. One friend at water aerobics said do not eat it and another said it was OK. so I cooked it and we ate it. Hope we are still alive in the morning, lol. Just wanted to share my exciting day with everyone....Pat

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6/17/13 7:19 P

I'm holding my breath that my connection will hold, lol! Bear with me. I am so far behind! I had a brief success at my mother's asst. living and logged on, writing a brief note to y'all. I showed her FB pictures of the babies at the river with Cherilyn and Steven. My sister didn't know her password for the modem so I wasn't able to log on. Maybe they have dialup now that I think about it, lol. They are very far behind! My mother is so weak. I was happy to see her up and dressed but she was extremely tired. She's very OCD and was worried about me eating with her in the dining room, the nurses getting her drops in the correct eye, etc. She wanted me to call my sister to make sure she knew there were JULY doctor appointments! I told her no, to chill, and she needed to relax and take a nap!! It wore me out mentally but it was a good visit overall.

Diana, when I posted on FB that my mother wasn't allowed to go get her hair done because she wanted to wear her housecoat rather than pants and a shirt, my sister in law, our Pam, and others started a 'campaign' to go to Beaumont, picket Calder Woods, and 'Free Edna Mary' to be able to walk down the hallway to get her hair done on the premises!! She will get it done on Wednesday, the next available day. I used to love watching teeball and all my kids' sports, including Cherilyn's gymnastics. We went to track meets in other cities and spent a lot of time on the road when they were little. I don't care for most regular sports on tv, though! My brother in law had nothing but sports on this weeknd.....but he turned down the sound! It was weird to watch that! I hope you can get an idea about your husband's thoughts on the job. It's hard to leave you hanging there! If you are having trouble looking for a swimsuit, try Swimandsweat.com. They have all kinds of styles and sizes and reasonable prices. I get my water aerobics suits there and have been pleased.

Sue, I love your description of 'ordering' sports events, lol. I'm with you on that. I've never, ever golfed but there's a brand new driving range that's 3 stories, right across the freeway from where you've stayed at the Marriot here in Houston! If you want to, maybe that can be a Houston attraction, lol! I like to listen to the soft commentaries for golf, but I really don't watch sports on tv.

Kerry, I wish you didn't have to go to a washateria. Most of those places around here are scary! I'm sure your dad wouldn't mind you doing laundry....Chris does all of his every time he comes home!! I expect it!

I could hear the excitement in your typing voice, Sandra! I'm so glad you had a great time in Vegas and on Father's Day. Just smile as you pack for Galveston, wish him goodbye, and get in the car and GO!!! WE'll see you soon.

It sounds like Whitney is really growing up and making very good choices as well as friends, Marylou! Good for her----and good for you giving her just enough 'rope' to make those decisions. My school has Pajama Day for the younger kids. Some do it at Christmas when reading The Polar Express. Others just designate a day. The kids and teachers wear pj's, read books by flashlight, bring sleeping bags and do work on the floor, etc. I'd not heard of it before but most classes did it this year. First grade had 'Discovery Day' with flashlights, magnifying glasses, a scavenger nature hunt, and regular clothes, lol!

Oh, Donna, I am trying to plan ahead myself this summer. I will go to the SS office in July to find out what I can get at 63-66 and make my decision as to how long I have to work. I can't make ends meet on my salary, so I feel for your friend. I make much more than her measly little amount. I can't imagine trying to do that! So glad you were able to get in your wonderful exercise. I went to water aerobics this morning and will go again tomorrow. For whatever reason, the internet is still working and I'm a happy girl!!

I had lunch with a teacher friend from the old school. The bad principal is still doing her nasty bad deeds, running off teachers and ruining peoples' reputations. She helps care for her aging parents (youngest in a family of 8 and she's 'it!') and hates the atmosphere but needs the money. I'm so glad I'm not there any more.

It may be raining in Galveston on Monday for a while. But we will make our own sunshine!!

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6/17/13 6:42 P

Diana I agree with you. I much prefer to go to the grandkids Little League or soccer. Grandson #2 is a wrestler, been doing it for 5 years. I hate it. I try to encourage him and let him know I'm proud of him, he does very well, but I can't sit through a match. Way too much anxiety for me. Now this same one is starting Football, he's 13. I'll have to tack on my phoney smile and yell "Go TJ!", maybe I'll get to one game.

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Oh Sue! I didn't see your post. You crack me up. Maybe I should take up the shooting range in golf. It probably is a lot cheaper than a therapist and boy, you must feel great when you walk out. ha ha

I have GS this afternoon but he is not fully recovered from his stomach bug so mom has put the kibosh on everything fun. OH well, I have a headache anyway. I will take him to Costco for a short run.

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6/17/13 1:34 P

Sue you are right about some sports are more fun to do than watch. I like to watch little kids play basketball but hate watching pro ball. They are boring to me because they run back and forth just dunking the ball. It seems so effortless it is boring. Kids you never know if they will make it and they are so excited when they do! I like live games on football and baseball much more than watching but I will watch. I won’t watch golf unless DH makes me. I have played golf in Alaska but it was so cold and the greens weren’t real green I told DH I wouldn’t play again unless I didn’t have to wear gloves! LOL. I used to enjoy tennis but hate chasing the balls!

Donna my tentative date is a sensitive subject! LOL It was my birthday last month, then July 4, now he won’t commit because he can’t decide whether to take that job or not! I think he knows if I have to spend another Christmas without a comfortable house mamma won’t be happy! I feel for your friend. Trying to live on $600 a month? She should be on food stamps!

Marylou I’m so glad to hear Whitney’s comments. She will be fine mom you raised a good one!

While in Dallas I forgot my Fitbit. When I got home and put it on it actually had a sleepy eyed guy on it. Then as I went about my evening it had a dancing guy! I think it was worried about my absence!

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Just returned from the foot doctor. I have a Ganglion cyst on the side of my foot. It's been there for about three years. It doesn't hurt, but bothers me when trying to fit shoes. The doctor said I would need surgery if it bothers me. He said if I could live with it, it's not something that he would worry about. Well I guess I will live with it and hope it eventually fades away.

Diana and Donna, thanks for the encouraging words on my dd's new friends. I felt at first alarms going off in my head. However after seeing her more active in sports I feel like it's been a God send. She is so much happier and seems in tune with the world. The last group of friends seem to have disappeared. She mentioned this morning she is enjoying hanging out with her new friends. She said they never talk bad about anyone, and always have something fun planned for the day. :)

Kerry, glad you were able to find a bathing suit for the Summer. I need to lose some pounds before I put one on. I hope to get this weight pushing down the scales this Summer.

Donna, I enjoyed your new hot air balloon pictures. Did you get a chance to talk to any of the pilots? How fun! I would love to experience a balloon ride one day. The VW is running good, but the speedometer went on it, because of the flood waters we had recently. The water messed up the speedometer sensor located on the bottom of the car.

Pam, I agree with Diana on the family time limit for staying. Family comes with a lot of issues and drama at times.

Sandra, good to hear you are back and had a great time at the wedding.

Have to go. Enjoy your day everyone!

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I got my hike in today with my girlfriend. It was absolutely breathtaking to be at the lake in the woods at 7:30 am. The water was like glass so the reflections of the trees and bushes was amazing. The herons skimming over the water and just the peace of all of it was serene.

My hip had me out of bed 4 times last night. I must have overdone it exercise wise for my hip. It was better until I hiked but I can tolerate it. Hopefully it will calm down.

Mary: I hear your frustration with electronics. Sometimes you just want to throw them down and stomp on them, esp. when you have no idea how to make it better.

Diane: It sounds like you are getting a lot of varied weather. When is your projected move in date into one of these houses? Will you have heat and AC when you move in?

I think watching golf on TV is mind numbingly boring. UGH! I couldn't sit there and watch it. Now football, basketball, maybe even baseball would be ok.

ML: I would also think that is a smart move on your DD's part to become friends in the athletic world. They have something in common, it is good clean exercise and fun, and it is keeping out of trouble. How is the VW running these days?

The dogs are pouting because they didn't get their run this morning but Katie was groaning while laying on the bed so I know her joints are hurting. I ran out of her glucosomine and I know she feels better on it.

Sandy: It sounds like the trip was very successful. Can't wait to see you next week! I don't sing but I will be cheering you on.

My friend left her husband and because of a lot of contributing factors, she is trying to live on $600 a month. Can you imagine? I can't live on $1600/ month which is what I'll get from SS when I retire. I feel so bad for her but at 67 and no job skills, it is hard to find a job. Her DD got her one job in her office cleaning for an inflated income and that helps her a lot.

I don't want to think about money and retiring , it is too depressing.

OK, I should continue the rest of my housework that is needed before I host bunco tomorrow night.

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6/17/13 12:38 P

Diana, that's funny what you equate golf to. In my book it goes like this. I like to GO to baseball games, but I hate watching it on TV. For me, that's like watching paint dry. I wouldn't bother to GO to a football game, but watching it on TV is when I do my best sleeping, it bores me to death. Love those afternoon naps. Golf, which I don't find very interesting, they at least talk nice to each other, there is no yelling and screaming and the constant chatter by the commentators is soft and quiet and easily ignored. I enjoy the locations and pretty scenery and find it's probably the only sport (I don't even call it a sport, it's a bunch of pretty boys swinging a stick) that I'll stay in the room and watch. I say WATCH loosely, I usually read a book while it's on. Now in defense of GOLF. I do play on occasion, I have my own clubs, I've taken lessons and look for every excuse possible to get out of playing. Riding a cart around a field is a waste of time, no exercise at all. But dragging my clubs around 18 wholes is not fun either. My idea of Golf is the Driving Range. I love the Driving Range. I love slamming those balls out into a field and letting someone else go chase them. Also everyone of those balls in that bucket has a name and boy does it feel good to tell each one of them what I think of them as I swing my hardest. It's a very therapeutic .

Sandra, I'm am so glad you went on this trip and had such a great time. The sore feet will heal and pain will go away but the memories will last forever. I suspect your DH is glad you went also, but it's highly unlikely he'd tell you that. At least he gets to hear first hand what he missed. Hot weather, big crowds, flashing lights, massive traffic may just not be his thing. It was also nice you went home in time for Fathers Day and his birthday. Sounds like a nice day was had by all. Now on to the next adventure. More memories for your Memory Book.

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Pam the weather this year is so bizarre! We go from cold to heat and we are getting wet which we don’t do often this time of year. I would truly love to finish a house! I’m getting tired of living out of boxes! The heat is hampering our efforts. When it is in the 100s by noon we just simply have to quit working. I am very seldom on FB. The kids got me on FB when I was in KZ. I think FB is very intrusive, plus how many BAD pictures can one person have? Seems no one thinks twice of putting a bad picture on FB of me! I wanted to see the pictures of the Grands so I gave in. I would love to see your video! I am guessing Landon is going to be a special little boy. Love that he is so animated. I had to laugh at your comment on family. I now have a 3 day limit to family visits even if I have the time to stay. I make some excuse for not staying longer. It is just enough time to have a visit without getting to the family dynamic thing. Plus I swear as my family ages they have become so negative. I also ask myself sometimes if they were not my family would they be my friends? Hmmmm. Oh are you still at the gym?

Sandra sounds like you had a great time at the wedding! I wish we could win some money to pay for our trip to Galveston! I think you are wise not to keep putting money into the gambling. Easy to lose a lot. When DH and I do any which is almost never, we decide how much to spend and when it is gone it is gone!

Sue we drove through some pretty scary clouds last night coming home from Dallas. Woke to a wet patio. We can always use rain in SW Oklahoma. Glad you got to enjoy some good weather even if only for a minute. If DH found golf on tv he is likely a happy man! I think watching golf is like watching paint dry!

Judy thanks for the Father’s Day wish for the hubbies and dads. We have had little bugs flying around too. I think it is either the fruit that is aging or the plants in the house. Drives us crazy. Not sure why… Do you like living in PA? I would think you have all kinds of events to attend. Do you get to see Amish quilts? Sue and I are quilters and would love that!

Mary I guess I missed a funny. What is the Free Edna Mary thing? I’m sure you will get back on track. You want to stay in those cute shorts! I was looking at some cute summer clothes and they don’t make them in my size. It is awful to be this weight but I can’t seem to get in my groove again. Ugh. Please give Mom a hug from all your Spark Friends! You are going to be way behind when your internet is fixed!

Kerry it seems we can’t ever get any use of our timeshare. Forget about getting anything in the summer months! Glad you made it safely. Now time to relax. I think it would be great fun to watch the ball game. I love baseball. Those bugs must have stung when they bit the cats. Yikes!

Pat sometimes I wish DH watched more sports! I love being with him but we are often together 24-7! I could use a few hours to myself sometimes. Like today he is working at the little house and said he didn’t need me to be there but wanted me there. That is sweet but I never get MY things done. I should be cleaning house and doing dishes and exercising! I can’t believe the hot air balloon was close enough to tell you about your gutters! I would worry about power lines!

Donna I think it is good that you are continuing to search for ways to be successful in your weight loss. You know yourself so you will know what the right approach will be. Good for you! I will go look at your pictures. A hot air balloon ride is on my bucket list but I’m afraid of heights so I don’t know!

Marylou I am shocked that they have a pajama day at school! I have never heard of that and can’t imagine it! I think kids are getting the wrong idea on being so casual in their attire. I also think people are becoming too comfortable with losing all privacy! Wow. I think Whitney’s change of friends is probably good. They sound like they are active. She is a smart girl. I have always felt that kids who are active in sports tend to be less likely to get into trouble. There is not much of a future in mall going and video games. It has its place socially but I think should be a small part of life. I think you should be happy!

Got back late last night from Dallas. Spent two days looking for kayaks but DH didn’t buy. Men are so much different than women! I got sick of looking for sure. We had to get up at 4:30 on Saturday to get to the 9am ball game for Grandson. They sure are cute at age 5 in baseball! Glad it wasn’t a later game. It was getting very hot by 10 am! I took DH to Pappadeaux’s in Dallas. Yummy food but we got carried away and ordered an appetizer (oysters) and ONE dessert to take to our hotel. The meal cost $100! Wow. We never do that. Then on the next day on the way home we had Mexican food. The restaurant is La Hacienda. The owner was the one who made the original Margarita so of course DH always has a Margarita there. It rained last night here so it is a little cooler. I guess I’ve stalled going to work on the little house as much as possible. Gotta run.

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6/17/13 10:25 A

Sandra, I'm glad you had such a great time at the wedding and then for Father's Day! I've been to Vegas before but never did any sightseeing since I was under 21. lol

We're still trying to figure out what we're doing today. I think I will throw some dirty clothes in a bag and carry it with us so if we have time or access to a machine we can get laundry done. We usually do it at my dad's place but there's also a Laundromat down the road so I don't feel like I'm just 'using' them. Hate to have them think that's the only reason we stop by. There is also a machine available here but there's no place to sit and I hate just leaving my stuff in a machine and walking off.

Okay, we need to make some plans here!!!

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6/17/13 9:25 A

I had Internet access for about 5 minutes at my sister's house, then no connection. I have no Internet at home right now, either!!! Sooo frustrating. I have many lists of to-do's for the week and I didn't get a single notice of these posts or any SP posts over the weekend. Here we go again. I'm just about ready to give up on technology.

So glad your trip was wonderful, Sandra. Hugs to everyone else. No time to try for internet again!!

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6/17/13 12:55 A

Hello to all,
I am finally back home.. I talked to DH when I landed in San Antonio and told him I was coming home on Friday and he said there was no need for me to rush home and I told him OK that I would stay until Monday and leave after Cindy went to work but today was Fathers day and his birthday and I didn't want him to think no one cared so I came home and since I was coming home David and Jody and the boys and Patricia and Jeff decided to come and we grilled Hamburgers. Cindy had baked him a cake last night and I brought it to him. DH was very happy I think. DH asked me just now what I was typing so much for and I told him I was answering messages from my Spark People friends and he said "I didn't know you kept up with them still". Really??? I guess he will be really surprised when I tell him about Galveston in the next couple of days. I talked to David about him and David said "Mom, you know Daddy can hear everything you say and you know he knows about your trip, he is just messing with you so just tell him and go and don't worry about it." I hope so..
The wedding trip was wonderful!!! I had such a great time and Patricia was such a Beautiful Bride and Jeff is so in Love with her it just showed all over him. How many grooms do you know that enjoyed their honeymoon with their mother in law in the same hotel. His parents stayed at New York, New York but we all stayed at the Luxor and we just had a wonderful time. Jeff and I mostly played the penny machines and even though I never won a big amount, which of course I wouldn't playing pennies, but I did win enough to pay for my meals and bus, taxi and shuttle costs and still come home with about 50.00 of the 250.00 that I took with me. Of course a lot of the time I was just watching every one else play their machines or Cindy and Jeff playing Roulette. David played some black jack but I didn't watch him play that much. LOL The kids were calling me a "tight wad" but I don't care I still had a great time. We had a good flight going there and everything went fine but on the way back, after we checked in and about 1 hour before we were supposed to board we got bumped back for 3 hours making us wait there in the airport for over 5 hours. We were so tired by the time we got home. The shoes I wore for the wedding made a blister on both of my big toes and on my heel and my feet were hurting so bad by the time I got back to the room to change them. It was so very far to walk every where we went. We figured out the next day how to take the tram between the hotels that we wanted to go to that were pretty close and then on wed. morning David, Jody and Cindy and me bought a city bus ticket so we could go to the Winn hotel for their breakfast buffet. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. Really fancy, and the buffet was fantastic but it cost 24.00. We ate until we were all almost sick trying to get our moneys worth. We got there about 10:15am and they started serving lunch at 11:30am so every one else ate some of the lunch food but I couldn't eat anymore without being sick. Patricia and Jeff didn't want to go there and Jeff loves McDonalds so they ate breakfast there. The food court in the Luxor had a McDonalds so Jeff ate there most of his meals LOL. We had the buffet at the Luxor the first night and it wasn't very good, then Jeff's parents bought everyone's meal at a Mexican food place at New York, New York after the wedding and then the rest of the meals were either hot dogs or McDonalds or Pizza from the food court. That was fine with me. Then that night Cindy and I rode the City bus down town to Fremont street to see the light show but we didn't stay there very late because we didn't want to ride the bus back after dark and the bus took a long time. I walked until I was sore all over. My back didn't seem to bother me from the walking anymore than it does anyway but my feet were killing me from the first day. I just kept taking the Tylenol every 4 to 6 hours and sitting down every chance I got and wearing my tennis shoes. I felt like I had droppsie. or lead butt, (the iron in my blood turned to lead in my butt and dropped in every chair I passed). Of course we stayed up late every night too so that made us all exhausted but it was well worth it. I would not have changed a thing except if we could have had Doug there but that was not possible. He called to tell DH Happy Fathers Day and Happy Birthday today and he got to talk to Patricia and Jeff since they were here. He said he should be home around the middle of August. Whoo HOOO!!! Well Ladies, I skimmed through all of your postings and it is getting late so I need to go to bed but I will address you all tomorrow better.
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6/16/13 11:44 P

Pat, my meals may be healthy but the snacks in between aren't! I've had too many of them and not enough exercise. Today was the first day I have been able to do anything. Although I could have counted the trip up and down the stairs today since the elevator was having issues and we are on the 3rd floor! I feel blown up like a balloon that is ready to pop!! Time to head to bed-thankfully I don't eat while I'm sleeping!

Pam, glad you had such a nice quiet and relaxing day!

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6/16/13 11:41 P

Hi gang,

I've had a very lazy day, but none of it involved sitting at the pc. LOL! I went shopping with Leah this afternoon. We bought groceries, some workout clothes for me (and her), and some really cute things for Landon. Then we came home, poured out a glass of wine (or two) and sat outside (beautiful weather) for most of the afternoon. Then we had supper, sat outside some more, then came in and put in a new DVD I bought and watched a few episodes of that. Came up to bed after that, and here I am!

There didn't seem to be any after effects of all the night-time explosions last night. Hopefully it's over and done (and fixed) and we'll have a peaceful night tonight.

Good night and God bless!
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6/16/13 9:13 P

Hope everyone's day has been nice. Our daughter came over to see her dad. Then her, her husband and I all went to see my dad. Then I fixed us all spaghetti. One son called and there other one is traveling so that has been our Father's Day
Kerry you are doing great with your food choices and exercise while on vacation. I hope you find your sun glasses.
Pam tell Tony Happy Birthday from a complete stranger you chat with on line, lol. Hope your SIL gets over it!
Judy I am so with you on the hate bug thing. Something bit me in the middle of the night behind my knee and now I have a big itchy area. They don't p,ay fair.
Sue DH has been glued to the TV watching the golf tournament, Royals baseball and now a college baseball tournament. This is a big sports weekend for him.
Mary so glad to hear your mom is doing so well. I know you were very concerned.
Donna glad you were able to see the hot air balloons. They are a site to see. Once we had some come over our house and they were so low they were talking to us. One guy said we needed to clean out our gutters, lol.
Ok I am going to post this before I lose it, don't want to go through that again. Pat

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6/16/13 5:54 P

The naval air station in Jacksonville used to have a balloon fest every year-don't know why they stopped. Maybe it caused too many car accidents on the interstates as people watched them instead of the road. lol

Well, I did find a new swimsuit and the store also had one set of water bells so I got into the pool and did 35 min of exercising/swimming. I come back to the room and find my husband snoring away. I had a big salad for lunch with just a little bit of dressing and an mini pizza minus 2/3 of the crust so not a bad day in all. Not sure what we're doing for dinner yet and we still have to figure out who we're eating with the next 4 days though I guess Tuesday is taken care of if we go to Omaha.

I got a FB picture of my daughter wearing a NY super bowl ring from 2008. The owner and former player is a customer of hers at the liquor store. That was kind of cool for her.

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6/16/13 3:49 P

Judy, I join you on the dislike of bugs.

Donna, we have a major balloonfest in the town where I'm from in NY. It has become quite an east coast event. My parent's home always seemed to be in the balloon route and more than once balloons have come down near our house or in the neighborhood. We've had them last in our back yard a couple times. Great fun to watch.

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6/16/13 3:14 P

I don't know what the bugs are that we have here in Florida this year. They are small and black and they do bite-they are only in the area just inside the back door. It was funny for a bit because I had put the cat's bed back there and he would jump and fly out of it when he got bit. I didn't think it was funny when I got bit though. I just keep spraying the area.

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6/16/13 1:25 P

Hi Judy: Hope you win the bug battle. I don't have bugs where I live. ants in the kitchen once a year, that is about it.

I've had a good morning. I went to town and watched close up while they blew up all the hot air balloons. They then landed directly behind my house. If you have time, look on my spark page and enlarge the pictures. You will see how close they came to the houses.

I also have walked the dogs and swam my 60 laps and it is just 10 am. Oh , I also did the grocery shopping and a load of clothes.

Kerry: Hope you enjoy seeing everyone again. And I hope the weather holds for you.

Sue, It sounds like you already did Father's Days earlier.

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6/16/13 12:07 P

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to any 1950 dads.

It's raining here, also. We don't have any special plans.

Hopefully those of you who do have plans will have good weather.

Are any of you having trouble with small flying insects getting in your house? Just this past week, I've been fighting what I thought was mosquitoes. I got a closer look and I don't think that's what they are. I've been spraying and looking for holes in screens. I just hate bugs.

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6/16/13 10:42 A

Of course there's a golf tournament today!! The final round of the tournament up in PA. We watched a lot of it yesterday out at the lake house. We had a good group there-my sister and her husband who owns the house and 1/3 of the land around the lake, two of her kids plus their spouses and their 5 kids-2 two year olds, two about 5 and one 8, my oldest brother with a girlfriend, next older brother with his daughter, and my youngest brother (12 yrs younger than me). His son is out at summer "camp" for the marine reserves and his daughter was working. I'm sure we will see her, her husband and 3 boys sometime this week. Oh yeah, we had 3 or 4 dogs also who kept jumping into the lake and then thinking I wanted to pet them. The only bad thing in the entire day was that I can't find my sunglasses and they were good sunglasses. Hopefully they are somewhere in our car or I won't see them for a really long time since no one goes out to the lake house all that often. I sent a text to my sister and a FB comment to my niece who was still there when we left but haven't gotten a reply. Oh well, I'll just have to pick up a spare pair.

Today most of the folks down for breakfast were dressed nicely but a young couple came down in their pj's and the guy was actually barefooted! Really?? Guess we need to get down earlier because all the yogurt and scrambled eggs were gone so we didn't get any protein and the thing is supposed to be open til ten and it was just after 9 when we got there.

Pam, I would tell the gal that you don't do birthday parties and if she wants to throw one you are all for it but since it was Father's Day and her father wasn't there you didn't think she would want to join in. Gotta just blow it off. Donna, I wouldn't be happy either if my kid brought the dogs along when I didn't want them but if she wanted them along she would bring them in her car.

I just got a text from my middle daughter that her mother-in-law and the two younger boys have just moved in down the street and are already driving them all crazy. Shane says they HAVE to move now. Wonder if they will actually put their house on the market after all the remodeling they've done?? They really want to move next to us-strange kids, right? Oh, those two younger boys are in their upper 30's but still live at home. The middle boy (Shane is the oldest) is divorced and drinks a lot so he can't hold a job for long. He is a great guy when he's not drinking.

Well, I guess I should get off the computer and get ready to head out to wherever we decide to head!

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6/16/13 6:23 A

Well, we won't be planning any outside picnic for Father's Day here in MD. You could get your feet wet. It hasn't started yet, but the big, gray, clouds looks like they could dump any second. Not a problem here. No Father's Day plans. Last night we went to a Father's Day picnic at our church, a nice time was had by all and there was mountains of wonderful food. We had Father's Day Pizza with our daughter on Friday night and hopefull some time today we will cross paths with our son, no meals needed . This weather will keep everyone home and that's fine, I have a ton of stuff to do around here and I'm sure Hubby can find a golf match on TV to keep him entertained all afternoon.

Kerry, sounds like you have a busy week planned with lots of family and travel. Have fun.

Mary, I'm glad to hear your mother is doing better. I hope you were able to catch a little nap and both got some rest after your niece left. So cute, but so tiring with all that energy.

I hope you all celebrate Father's Day in a pleasurable way.

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6/16/13 1:12 A

Pam; I so get what you are saying. But she can only upset you for very long if you let her. Let her craziness go and let HER stew in her own misery. I hope your DH can let it go to and enjoy the rest of his weekend.

I had a great day, even with a bit of a hiccup. Work was good, met DD and family for lunch, had GS over for a while and then just rested blissfully in my bed this afternoon. I have both dogs and I asked DD to go with the dogs and me to take them up a creek close to sunset so no one else would be around and we could let them romp in the water. She never takes her dog anywhere but has lately. I didn't want the dogs in my car because I am driving the carpool for the hike Monday but DD flatly refused to drive for no good reason. See Pam, family can really set you off. Well, I drove and we all went but I never said a single word to DD the whole time. But the dogs had fun and it was cute to watch them and I am over it. I just have to work on cleaning the car out tomorrow. She can be so irritating. oh well.

I walked three times today for a total of 1 hour plus I mowed the lawn. That should count for something.

Sandy looked very happy in the wedding pics on FB.

We are having hot air balloons in town tomorrow. My choices are to go downtown when they launch at 5:45 am or stay home and watch them land in the field behind me, if they do what they did last year. I guess I'll see what time I wake up.

I am swimming at 9 when the pool opens.

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6/16/13 12:01 A

Good evening gang!

We all had a nice "early" Father's Day barbecue today. Just all the kids, the grandkid (who was a little poop - screamed the whole time). It was also Tony's birthday, but as we don't do big parties for birthdays any more (never did really), it was really Father's Day. He and Leah are going to the race track tomorrow for the Grand Bend motorcycle races. He has to show his face at the races during the summer to keep his name in the game, so to speak.

Of course, I discovered that one of Tony's sisters' nose is out-of-joint because she thought we were having a big birthday party and didn't invite her....sigh. I don't know who said blood is thicker than water, but they're wrong. I'd take my friends any day over my relatives. I CHOSE my friends. I have to try not to shoot my relatives. So now apparently, she is going to Cambridge tomorrow to see the baby since Simon wanted to meet DH AND DD at the track. Poor Julie. This sister is getting more bitter and twisted every day. She is beginning to annoy me to the point where she'll be lucky if she's ever invited past my door again. She has managed to upset my husband on his birthday, annoy me, and upset everyone else, and she's flipping 100 kilometers away - good grief! And no offense was even intended. Oh well - enough of her.

It's getting late, and I'm off to bed.

Good night and God bless!
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6/15/13 3:19 P

Things, they are a'chingin'. Not always for the good.

The first I ever heard of pajama day at school was when my older kids were in high school but they never did it. My youngest did but she still doesn't go out in her pj's today. I think they all would go without breakfast before they would wear their pj's to the lobby.

We went and saw Larry's sister today-she is doing pretty good. We'll take her out to lunch one of these days but today was lunch with my mom, my Denver brother and his daughter. Now we've taken mom home and are heading out to the lake house to have dinner with my dad, stepmom, sister, her husband and whichever of her kids show up. Guess we should leave before we are really late!

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6/15/13 2:36 P

Calder Woods gave me the password si I have Internet while my mother naps! My 3 yr. old niece wore her out after lunch, doing gymnastics and ballet in Mama's tiny room! Then she said she wanted to watch while gran took a nap...and she wanted Gran to do a cartwheel first, lol.. On that note, they left and Mama went to sleep! She is weak, but doing better today. She appreciates all your prayers, friends!

I have been up since 5:30 myself, and I will nap, too!

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6/15/13 12:13 P

Kerry, PJ's in public not me either. I have noticed at our school they have pajama day where all the kids wear their pajamas to school including some teachers. It's become so normal, I think people tend to not feel that it really isn't. I 've heard some colleges allow it too. Oh what is the world coming to? Hope you found your new bathing suit for you and your dh. I would love to take a swim in the pool. It use to be my favorite weekend thing to do.

Pam, I live in North Carolina. I still haven't cleaned up the yard since the storm. I guess it will happen today. Still battling this sinus infection. Baby Blue must be growing like a weed. He certainly has a lot of personality.....can see it in his pictures.

Donna, I really don't think I will ever be able to give a speech at my dd's wedding when the time happens. I would be crying too hard to get a word out. Maybe I could tape it before hand on camera. Then cry as the clip is being run. There two birds with one stone. I know I will have emotions on the day of graduation. It's been a fight trying to get her ready for college a year early. She is all about last minute anything. ugh. Also she has changed her friends this Summer. It's strange not seeing her normal friends hanging around. I guess it's what it is. Testing the waters. The new friends seem more physically sports active. I hear her swimming, Frisbee golfing?, softball, and tennis. So different from her shopping mall, movie going hang out and play video gaming friends. I'm not sure if I should be worried or happy.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

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6/15/13 10:04 A

I hope so, too, Donna!
Mary, fritos are NEVER good on a weigh in!
I'm watching the rain come through in waves. Not heavy and there are some blue spots in the sky. Hope the entire thing passes through soon. I think I may drag my husband to a store and see if I can find another swim suit and maybe one for him so he can get in the pool, too. It's a scary sight but it wouldn't hurt him.

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6/15/13 9:50 A

HA! I just found my sp emails in spam. I hope I finally fixed the problem.

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6/15/13 9:41 A

Mary: You are in good company. I also have gained 2 pounds. What's up with that? I am reading a book to reset your brain so you can lose wt. Like it says, it's not like you don't know the rules of dieting , it's that you keep breaking them. I get the " like yourself" stop the negative self talk, etc. but when it comes to letting go of my dictator self that tells me I have to eat 6 servings of fruits/veggies, drink water, etc. I gained 2 pounds. I don't know if I can follow this books regime. If I don't track my calories I am sunk no matter how much exercise I get.

Kerry: I'm glad you made it safe. It does seem a waste of money at a motel when all you do is sleep 8 hours and leave. Stay dry.

Sue: I am glad you got to see the sun again. I hear the east coast is in for a wet week again.

I got my swim in last night. Boss and brats were just leaving when I got there.

I hope to walk at work today. I did walk the dog ( 15 min walk) already. She loved it. I also need to mow and do yard work if it isn't too hot.

Ok I am at work and need to get ready for report.

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6/15/13 9:27 A

Getting from Orange Park, Florida, to Lincoln, Nebraska, is a two day drive-about 18-20 hours. We used to do it in one shot with the two of us taking turns but we got too old for that. Now we stop somewhere between Paducah, KY and St Louis. We like getting through St. Louis in the evening so we don't have to mess with all the workday rush hour and I'm really glad we did with that bridge construction. I also hate spending one night in a motel just to get up and leave but it's got to be done. That's why we often stay at a Motel 6 or something cheap although preferably never again at a place advertised as "home of the 3 hour room" like we wound up doing last year! lol This time we stayed at a Comfort Inn which was rather pricy That's why I insist we actually make good use of the breakfast. Where we are staying now is actually about $50 a night cheaper than that Comfort Inn but this is still the most expensive vacation we've ever done. Usually we stay somewhere using our timeshare points but there's nothing here in Nebraska for that.

The weather on our drive was pretty good-two very short bursts of rain-one each day. Today is cloudy and I can see some rain in the distance and did see some lightning. I think it's headed this way and hope it goes through before we head out to the lake this afternoon. My brother posted a couple cloud pictures last night which had some circular clouds but it headed north and my niece (driving with her dad from Denver) posted one that definitely had a funnel cloud. I don't know if that one touched ground anywhere but there were tornado warnings all evening. Hope it all clears up for the College World Series which starts today in Omaha. Larry is thinking about trying to get a couple tickets to a game since we'll be here all week.

Okay, I guess I should go check a couple facebook pages and see what's happening in your lives!

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6/15/13 9:22 A

Good morning, sweet friends! I just got back from WW. I regained a pound and a half. I need to be a LOSER again! I ate out and drove through places while at the Medical Center and out running around several times this week---I even ate FRITOS last night, knowing I had to weigh in. I'm a mess!! So I'm eating a healthy breakfast, packing my overnight bag, and heading to Beaumont to Free Edna Mary, lol!

I'll check in with y'all tomorrow. Everyone stay safe!

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6/15/13 8:08 A

Beautiful sunny day on the forecast for today here in MD. Just a breather, I guess. The weather map shows rain and thunderstorms in the plan all of the coming week. What is it with all these thunderstorms? Enough already!!

Besure to check out Sandra's Las Vegas Wedding pictures on Facebook. So great to see her and know she made the trip. Best wishes to the newlyweds.

Pat are you home from all your traveling?? Kerry, I hope you arrived in Nebraska safely. What a very long trip. How long are you staying?

It's Saturday and I hope everyone has a great day. - s

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6/15/13 12:00 A

Evening gang,

Good grief, it seems like I’m only getting on SparkPeople once a late night, every night. This is the first time I’ve even look at this pc on since having a quick glance when I first got up this morning.

It seems to me that the eastern half of the US is simply going to get very wet this year. I have never seen so many lines of storms run through. I watch them on Intellicast Radar, and some of them look rather scary. Our weather here is still much cooler than usual. Tonight it’s supposed to go down to 7C (45F) !! That’s close the windows and turn on the heat weather. Crazycrazycrazy…..everyone please take care.

Mary, I had a good laugh at the FB postings about your mom. Free Edna Mary! Free Edna Mary! LOL!

Pat, at least worms in the cherries proved that they were probably organic. If they’d been sprayed with poison, the worms wouldn’t have been in there.

Sue, I still have some old VHS tapes of children’s shows from when my kids were little. I should check them out and see if they’re still usable. Landon will probably enjoy them when he’s a bit older. They weren’t hijacked back then by Hollywood and made into a political statement.

Mary Lou, for the life of me, I can’t remember where you live! You were talking about the storm you had, and when I thought about where you were, I had a “brain fart” and couldn’t remember. I still can’t.

Diana, I hope that you and your DH get one of your houses finished soon so you can perhaps relax a bit before attacking the next one. I hope your husband makes the right decision for him and for you. Are you on Facebook? If, so, look me up (Pamela Blue) and there’s a video of Landon in his little swing and ALL of him was animated, including his mouth. All of 3 months and he has a LOT to say for himself! LOL

Kerry, I’m glad you got there safely. I can hardly believe your comments about people going to the lobby for breakfast in their PJs?? I don’t even go downstairs in my own house in my PJs. I hate walking around in my nightwear, so the instant I get up, I’m working on getting dressed. It wouldn’t occur to me to go downstairs not dressed, let alone walk into a motel lobby for breakfast!!! Good Lord….sigh

Donna, patient care is tiring. I remember my nursing days. I was young and fit, and still was exhausted at the end of a shift. I doubt I could do it now.

Tomorrow is DH’s birthday, and Simon and Julie are coming over with the baby and Becky, and we’re having a combined Birthday/Father’s Day. Leah made up burgers tonight ready for the BBQ and I’m making a potato salad, devilled eggs, green salad, etc. The weather is supposed to be sunny and gorgeous tomorrow. Couldn’t ask for more.

Have a good weekend ladies!

God bless,
Pam

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6/14/13 10:10 P

Mary I always swear I am going to leave my credit card and checkbook at home when I go to quilt stores. But, once again today I spent $50! I can’t seem to help myself. I’m sorry your mom didn’t get to get her hair done but she will be rested by Wed.

Kerry I hate driving long distances. The swollen feet are always awful. I always want to stretch after a long ride. You definitely need to put up your feet. I hope you get a chance to swim a little while you are there. I would never go to the lobby in pajamas!

Hi Pat. I hate losing a post.

Donna we take lots of breaks and do as much as we can in the mornings and evenings but we have so much to do we can’t put it off. It is always hot here. I’m hoping some day to have one of these darned houses finished! I’m worried about your niece. How frightening for her arm to turn blue! I hope they stay on top of her blood clots.

Tomorrow we are getting up at 4:30 to leave for Texas. We could have gone tonight but we want to stay in a hotel and I could not see staying in one we would sleep in and get up and leave. I want my money’s worth so we can check in tomorrow afternoon and have it for a day! We usually stay at my MIL’s but she has the nephew who tried to commit suicide staying with her. Why I don’t know! She is 82 and shouldn’t be dealing with that.

We got three screens re-screened today. Should have been easy but it was tough for our old hands! Then DH worked on the garage siding again late in the evening. The section he is working on is almost done. It was water damaged and he had to replace the boards before putting on the new siding. We will be doing the siding in sections. This is a test anyway. We wanted to see what the hardiplank looked like on the garage before we do the whole garage.

Have a good weekend ladies.

Diana

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6/14/13 9:29 P

What? Eating breakfast in public in pajamas? What is this world coming to? What about social graces and presenting yourself properly? I don't like seeing people in the grocery store in their fuzzy slippers and pajamas. I think that what contributed to this is when people started wearing loose"clothes" to bed instead of nightgowns or real pajamas. It blurred the lines and there you go.

Kerry: I am watching the weather report and they say a tornado heading for Nebraska. Hope you stay safe.

I called the computer guy to help me with a cookie problem and then I got a pop up that he has never fixed from day one. He came running over here and worked on the issue for an hour and hopefully "fixed" it and didn't charge me. Glad he came over but that interrupted my rest I had planned. I ran around and did a lot of "patient care" all day as we were short 1/3 of our staff. I am very tired and really was looking forward to vegging out. I ran around with the 20 yr olds and kept up with them, but I am worn out now.

Diane: I don't know how you can work in that kind of heat. I was so hot at work today and it was slightly muggy, I had a box fan in front of my face. How will I survive that Texas humidity?

Mary: Glad your mom is doing ok. Couldn't she have slipped on a dress? Oh well, maybe she can get her hair done tomorrow.

ML Sounds like you have had some big weather. Yes, you will be balling like a baby when she graduates. Just wait until she gets married and you give a speech.

My niece was going to be discharged but when they stood her up without oxygen, she experienced chest pain and her arm turned blue again. Clearly they haven't dissolved the blood clots yet. Mom is moving in with my other sister for a little while.

Can't remember what everyone else said.

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6/14/13 9:06 P

Wrote a long long post then my iPad went dead and I lost it all. GRRRRRR. I know you have heard this before. I can not repeat it all. Maybe tomorrow. Pat

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6/14/13 8:33 P

From the comments here I guess I missed a couple posts. We are checked into our motel and have had dinner. I finally got the computer away from my husband so I will be off well before midnight. Wednesday night I got about 4 hours sleep and last night I managed about 6-I'm hoping for maybe 7 tonight. I need to do some stretches for my legs and back before trying to sleep. I haven't checked out the motel yet so I don't know where the pool or workout rooms are. The weather both yesterday and today was pretty nice just a short rain storm each day. Yesterday was horrible for eating but today was better-still in range. Just no exercise either day other than getting out of the car to walk to a bathroom or to get food. Tomorrow afternoon we will be at my sister's lake house celebrating Father's Day and then spending some time with my mom or Larry's sister. Not sure what or when. I am freezing since I am sitting in front of the a/c unit and my ankles and feet are swollen so I think I need to put them up for a bit.
Mary, my mom is having her hair done at the place she lives-I wouldn't be surprised to see people in there in their housecoats although a lot of them dress pretty nice every day. I am shocked at how many people go to breakfast at the motel lobby in their pajamas and I'm talking all ages not just kids but even people our age were there in their pajamas! Not me-not ever!!!

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6/14/13 5:50 P

Sue, I'm sure one day I'll be weary of the kid shows and music, too! You're a wonderful grandmother. YOu had a "Kerry" day today---got so much done early in the day!

Diana, I'm glad you enjoyed your quilt show. I had fun at the SU Open House. I can never 'not buy' but I just added a few things. My mother didn't get to have her hair done after all. Some of you saw on FB that they wouldn't let her go to the beauty shop on the premises in her housecoat! My sister Lauren showed up to get her dressed since none of the staff offered but she was so tired that she said she just couldn't do it. She now has an appt. for Wednesday.

Marylou, we will miss you-----and all our Spark friends! Maybe next year or the next we can meet where we all can stay in the same place! Your weather sounds scary. I hate when I lose power. I have a couple of high powered flash lights and try to set them out when the weather gets bad just in case!

When I can't sleep I just lay there for a while and try Lamaze breathing, lol. Or I pray! But I usually do turn the tv on low and eventually fall asleep again. I slept til 6:30 but was awake from 3-5. I will be up very early tomorrow for WW. UGH.

Mary

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