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Thanks to all of you for the compliments. A friend gave me those capris almost a year ago. I thought they'd never fit! But got them out again the other day and they fit! Got the t-shirt at the big RV show in Quartzsite last year at this time. Has a map of the U.S. and an iron on crystal for every state I've been to... have 5 more to go! Welcome, "Sparkle"! I grew up in Buffalo and have been to NYC a couple of times. Have a dear friend from high school days who lives in Manhattan.

LOL! You can tease me all you want. I have thick skin!! Most of the time!?! And it was NOT a cookie! HAHAHA! I really am trying to do better! Only one glass of wine today. Having a cup of tea with my honey. No... not REAL honey! He has a cup of tea just about every night and sometimes I have one with him. So sorry about the house issues, Karla! That stinks! I think I'd go with the refinancing. Definitely felt that earthquake... first time since we've been coming down here that I actually felt one. The RV was gently rocking back and forth for a few seconds. Earl was at the pool and he didn't feel it at all. Went next door to tell Larry & Wanda something and they said they didn't feel it either!

New photo from yesterday and before photo

Janet... did you feel the earthquake tonight?? A light earthquake occurred at 6:36:08 PM (PST) on Monday, January 11, 2010. The magnitude 4.3 event occurred 4 km (3 miles) NNE of Banning, CA. The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 4 miles)

Busy day today... I read posts this morning but no time for anything more. Beading class after Water aerobics. She had a necklace for us to make today. I'm not even 25% done! Worked for 2 hrs! Everyone decided they were tired and ready to leave at 1:30 p..m. so I left too. Reflux last two nights made for uncomfortable sleep. PB'd both evenings... last night on one chicken thigh, night before ... I can't remember. Hasn't been a good week for comfortable eating. Had leftover pork loin tonight... heated up with a little mushroom Soup. Earl put a little bit of stove top stuffing in with it, and some peas. Then had some applesauce with it... so it should've all gone down real easy but I feel a little stuck again! Two photos of today's necklace so far. Picture of Earl & I was taken by our neighbor yesterday afternoon.

I got one down a couple of months ago but I ate it very slowly and very tiny bites. It was not a smart thing to do, and I wouldn't have bought the McD's burger, but it DID cross my mind because I REALLY wanted one!! I probably would've tossed at least half the bun.

Okay... so here's the deal... I was out by myself in DHS, on my way to a Red Hats meeting, but I hadn't had lunch yet. So, where I really wanted to go was McDonald's... for a 1/4 pounder, or a chicken snack wrap.. but I also wanted a latte at Starbucks... so I decided to go with the 150 calorie Biscotti with my latte instead of going to McD's and spending a lot more calories. I had checked out the calories on the vanilla/almond biscotti when I was at Starbucks earlier in the week. So.... shoot me already!!

Great pics! Love the dress! Colors are beautiful. Went to Target today and checked out the clearance rack in the active wear dept. Found a pair of those Champion pants in my size... L/realxed fit. Not petite, but average, so I'll have to hem them but that's okay because they were $4.98 instead of $19.99!

Not a COOKIE!! LOL

NOT a cookie!! Biscotti... not sweet, more like a biscuit but crunchy... I read the package before I bought... 150 cal. So that was my lunch! Never had one before. I know your birthday is coming up soon but forgot the exact date.. remind me. I'm old and I forget stuff! Very nice of Andrew to want to take you out to dinner! Sweet kid!

You are askin' for TROUBLE, Chick!!!

I think we ate at KFC when we took our Christmas trip. I remember getting the 2 pc grilled chicken thing. The fried doesn't tempt me anymore. I really like their cole slaw and mashed potatoes and I don't care about the gravy. So, could probably do worse with fast food than 2 pc grilled chicken w/mashed potatoes, no gravy and cole slaw. Sometimes the cole slaw has a LOT Of dressing, but that time... it was fairly dry and just right for me.

I just pretty much ignore him!! Yeah... I paid the friggin' bill twice and it was over $2k, but.... won't have much, if anything to pay next month so ... get over it!! He doesn't care!! He played with his airplanes/helicopter all day and then had several glasses of wine, sat out on the patio, and he's a happy camper!! Sound asleep now and then he'll be telling me he didn't get to watch the news! Oh, well... I run it one time. If he sleeps through it... too bad, so sad!! HAHAHA!! PFFFFTTT!! He doesn't rattle my cage! I tell him what I did and why and... deal with it!! LOL! Yesterday he was chewing me out because I told him I had to go to Walmart to get birthday cards! He told me to buy a box of birthday cards because it would be cheaper!! When is the last time you saw a BOX of birthday cards you could buy???? I told him... I used to do that and you know what?? I still have most of them because they are too generic and I don't use them!!! I stick up for my rights and tell him off when he tries to control my spending!! He is doing the healthiest thing he's ever done... spending money on himself with these RC airplanes, and I support it 100%!! Red Hats was just a meeting today and no food.. no lunch, and a short meeting, at that. "Queen" was in Indio at the RV rally. Think we might go after church tomorrow. In fact, I had no lunch today... stopped at Starbucks for a latte and had a vanilla/almond biscotti with it... 150 calories. Had a little pheasant sausage and cheese with pita puff crackers when I got home... with some wine, of course. Red Hat lunch on Monday was at Elephant Bar and I ordered off the 700 calorie menu and ate half, finished it at dinner. Stomach has been fine today but headache keeps coming back. Earl not feeling really great today in that regard either. You accomplished a LOT today! Congrats!! Good work!! Sounds like a WILD day!! Hope the showings went well!

HAHAHA!! No... I won't live it down, and I won't be going to confession because I feel NO guilt!! There is NO remorse, no repentance!! I go to "Cecil's Breakfast" once a month for a few months... I will miss next month. And that's the ONLY time I ever have a pancake, and it's always only one very small, thin pancake! So I will choose to ignore the "FOOD COP" on that issue!! LOL!! In March and in April, I will go again! And I will have ONE small pancake, 2 sausage links and a little bit of scrambled eggs, just like I ALWAYS do!! HAHAHA!! I can't HEAR you!! LALALALALALA!! Hee Hee!!

There was an earthquake centered in Banning some time this afternoon. Banning is about 25 miles from where we are, a little further away from Janet. We were sitting outside on the patio at the time and I remember DH asking "was that an earthquake??" He doesn't remember saying that, but I do! Maybe we had too much wine!!! :biggrin::biggrin:I didn't feel anything, but apparently he did. However, it was not anything "earthshaking", pardon the pun, or we would both have felt it AND remembered it!! LOL

I remember that being one of my biggest challenges! I sit with my legs elevated whenever possible. And notice the repercussions when I don't... sitting in the car for a long time, etc. still has an impact!

Bread is NOT my friend!!

Wow! You're doing GREAT! Congrats on the fashion show invite! What an honor!! You are near the university, right? DS#1 is in the Navy and was stationed at Crane for several years. DIL loved it.... lots of wildlife on base and SNOW every winter, which she LOVES! Now they're near San Francisco and she misses winter!

Eva... great pictures! What is the name of the sushi place in San Diego that you like? We're going there for an overnight trip next month with DD & SIL.

Quiet Saturday morning. Still in my jammies. Earl has been up since 5:30 a.m., as usual, and he's about to drive me nuts! At least he is now playing with his planes so that will keep him out of my hair for a while. He is so hyper. In and out, up and down, I turn lights out, he turns them back on. Soon as I got up this morning he told me I paid a bill twice. Not the first time. Too bad it's a BIG one... last month's Amex bill! I can't stop it. I tried. It looked like it wasn't going to pay and I don't want to pay late fees! He said it already paid earlier in the week. Still don't see it, but he says the payment is posted. Oh, well! Won't have to pay it next month! Must be getting old! He checks all our accounts online EVERY morning! Then I get all these questions... why doesn't he just take over this stuff!!?? UGH! And pretty soon he will start nagging me about the taxes! No shopping today. This is our usual Costco/Walmart, etc day, but... because we needed airplane parts, we've been there the last two days! So today is just a Red Hats meeting at 1pm. Hah! I get to drive myself somewhere! And I will sneak in to Desert Hot Springs for a latte!

Yeah, looks like a big old ugly rat with long legs!! Yuck! I HATE rodents, and snakes! So, why were the buffalo going to Bass Pro???? LOL! I don't think I'll ever wear a skirt again either! Not unless I get PS on my thighs. Evne lower legs are pretty grotesque! I hate my legs. So I"ll live the rest of my life in pants! Or, occasional full length dress... like on a cruise. But can't really find pantyhose that fit right and I hate the knee highs... can't stand the elastic.. and they won't stay up anyway. Sounds like you're doing pretty good with the knees. You're a trooper! I warned you about that sudoku! I was spending hours a day on Farm town for a while, then it was Pathwords, now it's Sudoku!!

Really anxious to see that movie!! Feeling so much better tonight. No problem with dinner, headache is gone again! Hooray!

Not sure about that because I didn't have much opportunity to explore all the ins and outs. But, what I did see.. I LOVED! Lots of new things, improvements on the old, plus it saves all your old scores and stats.

Sounds like your internal thermostat works exactly like mine! I start getting cold towards evening. But as it gets closer to bedtime, I start warming up... electric heater in the RV LR and snuggled under my blankie... then I want the heat turned down. I think our metabolism starts to shut down towards bedtime. Then I want it COLD, and in the morning... I still like it kind of cold. DH puts the heater on again in the morning and I always want it off! Weird! Now I don't remember what the other thing isthat I wanted to say!! I think it had something to do with Laura's post, but it's gone now!! LOL.... just getting too old!! Beautiful sunset right now! So sorry so many of you are getting frost bitten!! It's been so wonderful here I'm almost afraid to breathe!! Don't want it to change! Wish I was coming to FL with all of you! I booked a trip to Seattle for that weekend to go to a "bandster bash" at a local hotel only to find out yesterday that it's been postponed until March!! FRUSTRATING! I don't know a soul who is going, but I was hoping to get a PS consult that weekend. I know there will be band doctors as wells as plastic surgeons there to give presentations and consults. So, I'm going up anyway... see daughters and grandkids and a couple of dr. appts.

Karri... glad you got a good night's sleep!! Our daughter had hyst in early Nov and she is having a lot of trouble with insomnia, too. Wonder why.. after surgery, because I had the same problem for a while. No pain, should've been able to sleep, but just couldn't. I thought part of my problem was the anti-depressant I was taking. So I cut it in half and the problem pretty much went away. Except for last night! :tt1: But I don't know if it was cutting the med or what that fixed the problem! Part of my lunch did come back up but don't know if it was because of the fish, or still have a touch of the flu or what. Just had a little cheese and pita chips and no problem with that. Stomach feels okay now, biggest complaint is my head!