Snowmom

That's funny, it looks like BMW to me! LOL ------------------

9 for me ------------------

Fresh fruit smoothie Bean & cheese burrito, chips n' salsa, 2 T guacamole, 1/2 chili relleno, one glass sangria, iced tea Small green salad with ranch dressing iced tea ------------------

Snow, I'm so glad you were able to celebrate Kaye's birthday with her! I know she must have really enjoyed it. ------------------

I'm in for 10! ------------------

Marjorie!!! So good to "see" you again!! We've missed you around here, and more than once in the past year I've wished I could ask you a question or two! ------------------

Cookie, I turned 41 this year and decided, somewhat like Reci, to fight like heck!! I've started taking better care of myself, more exercise, more healthy food, less junk food. I'm looking and feeling better than I have in years. I intend to have Fabulous Forties, Fantastic Fifties and ..... Sexy Sixties?????? ------------------

Good article Midnight Mom. The article doesn't mention it, but soy is bad for people with hypothyroidism too. ------------------

I just may finish the cross stitched Christmas ornaments I've been working on.......for ten years!!! I have an excuse, I've had stiff, painful hands for years now. Now that my hands are well, I've discovered I can cross stitch again! ------------------

"EAT NO CHEESE AND BREAD!!!aND live to talk about it?" Ah yes....there's the tricky part!! lol That's why I still have weight to lose. It's hard to give it all up at once, but the less of that white stuff you eat the easier it will be to lose weight. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Goose Liver (edited August 04, 2002).]

Wow!!! Thanks Snow, that was exactly what I was looking for!! ------------------

I'm not crazy about Slim-Fast, or anything that substitutes good, whole foods for processed foods. My advice would be to remove "white stuff" from your diet: We're talking sugar, flour (bread), cheese, milk, fatty meats (white fat), white potatoes. Add fresh raw fruits and veggies and cooked squash, beans & sweet potatoes. Eat grilled fish and/or chicken. When I do this very, very well.....I lose a pound a day, never go hungry, and feel great. ------------------

OH Spit, I'm so sorry for all your troubles! Most of our school support staff are unionized around here. They DO NOT get laid off during the summer, they are expected to come back the next year. Their salary is based on a specific number of days worked per year, just like the teachers are. They get the summers off and their benefits continue from year to year. Take care of yourself girlfriend. And put those five kids to work!! Some of them must be old enough to get dinner ready, even if it's just grilled cheese sandwiches. ------------------

There are many Christians here Lynnie, and some non-Christians as well. I consider myself a Pagan. I'm sure there are others about, but since we don't discuss religion here I don't know who may or may not also be non-Christian. ------------------

Way to go Ginger!!! ------------------

Lynnie, go near the top of the page and click on the word "profile". That will let you edit what you entered when you first registered. I think our moms always "advise" us out of their own fears, it's just not always what is best for us. Sometimes it's not even what's best for anyone in THIS DECADE. lol (lol=laughing out loud) Nursing is a great idea. It's hard work, but it pays well and there is a real nursing shortage. I have two cousins who work really long days on weekends and get paid for an entire week. That's how desperate their hospital is for nursing staff on the weekends. One of my cousins then runs a Longaberger basket business during the week and does quite well with that too. More power to you girl, you are doing great! ------------------

Yes, we have a few "big brothers" around.....just enough so we don't get TOO bawdy! LOL ------------------

I hear you on that TP Snow!! We just started to buy it again a couple of months ago. And while cleaning I just found about 20 more bars of bath soap. I guess I was real worried about being clean! LOL ------------------

......to think about CHRISTMAS!!! I've been looking for Christmas Cross Stitch patterns, and of course they're not out yet. By the time they show up it will be too late to make anything for this season. (sigh) You know, I DID find a set of patterns for decorative lid covers for canning jars. I have so many extra jars now that it would be great to fill some and give them as gifts. Remember last year when we talked about soup recipe kits and bath salts??? Does anybody still have those recipes?? ------------------

Congratulations Snowmom!!! How wonderful. ------------------

Junebug, I know it's hard to live with someone who's depressed. Have you asked your daughter what it would take to make her happy?? When I was at my worst in my early 20's, nobody had ever asked me that before. Nobody in my family really knew me. They all thought they did, but their entire image of me was based on assumptions they had made that I was just like my older sister. Mom spent months trying to help me by telling me what I should do to feel better. When my Mom finally asked me what it would take, and I was brave enough to share her what would make me happy, things began to get better. Mom didn't suddenly make things happen for me either. She just listened, took me seriously, and did what she could to help me. (mostly just letting me live at home rent free, which was a big deal) ------------------

So glad to hear she's feeling better! She sounds like one special lady. ------------------

Well, the simplification process is going well. I've made two trips to Salvation Army, DH has 15 boxes to find homes for in the attic and it took him two hours to take out the trash last night. I just wish I could tell a difference.... I guess it takes more than a week to get rid of 12 years of pack rat-ting.... ------------------

We live near a sewage treatment plant. Last year they built a new CVS drug store and demolished and rebuilt our Kroger store. AND PRESTO CHANGO!!!! NO MORE SEWAGE ODOR!!!! I guess our fancy new stores don't want their rich customers (who are driving by on their way to a college campus) to have to endure the stench. ------------------

Thanks for all your wonderful suggestions! I ended up using a product called "Smells Begone" (already had it in the house so I didn't have to buy anything else). Then I left the projects spread out all over the picknic table in the hot sun for about an hour. I turned 'em over, sprayed 'em again and left them out another hour or two. That seemed to do the trick! They are now packed away in a new Rubbermaid container awaiting my next fit of "Yarn Madness". ------------------