Here you go, my Sweet Violets! Another new home for our daily musings....

"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."

- Cicero

I can't agree more w/what Judy & Pam wrote, Janie... I'm right there with you... it's such a head game, no matter how small our stomachs are! But we haven't failed until we give up -- hope springs eternal and every day IS a new chance to make the right choices... every meal... every moment! We're all amazing woman and I'm GLAD I'm fat because it's how I came to know & love each of YOU! (Now if I could just know & love you as a svelter woman... :cursing:)

Yes, we are in the bulls-eye for the next storm converging over the mid-Atlantic... it's supposed to begin this afternoon... estimates now range to about another 20" on top of the 25ish we got over the weekend. My mind can't comprehend that much snow! It doesn't want to!

We're supposed to pick up Mo today, hopefully before the snow flies. Other than that... more hunkering down and indoor activities... can you say "cabin fever"? It was fun at first, but now...

I am sick! Woke up Sat am sick at 3:30am and started taking antibiotics. Well...now I surrender. I have to take my plans in. I can't remember what the story is or what page. I'll be couch surfing later...gonna walk the dog in the morning (good for both of us) then watch I LOVE LUCY...I miss her!

Aw, Pam... sorry to read that you're sick. Snuggling up w/Klaus & Lucy sounds like the perfect Pam day. Take care!

Ok, here they are... some pics of the house & driveway from the weekend storm...

You can kinda tell that we're tucked back off the main road in the pine woods... & get a feel for our long driveway... it's a lovely location -- in the Spring, Summer, and Fall!

Funny way to look at it, but yes, glad I am fat so I met you guys LOL!!!

Day 1 of liquids went well. Judy, I don't have that test anymore, and not really going off of that. I PB a lot and I KNOW I have good restriction, but I keep shoveling it in. Trying to eat like I use to. And it's getting easier and easier, so I figure I am at risk of stretching it. So I figured I'd go a week on liquids, to potentially shrink it down and more-so get my head back in the game.

After a week of liquids, it's easier to make good choices for me!!

And this info came late in the game, but Carson's godmother's gf is an x-ray tech. She said she can give me free x-rays!!! They won't be read by a doc, but if I'm paranoid (like now), it's local and free, so I know if I need to trek down there for a real one.

Michelle, I love that house...it looks beautiful in the snow like that. I am sure driving in it is a pain in the butt, but your house looks like a xmas card!

Back to Lucy and Klausy! We had a nice walk and I am heading back to the couch. Later, I have planned a check in w/ my Kindle...still reading The Open, by Andre Agassi. It is great, but I haven't read it in weeks!

xoxo

Laura, what liquids? Any thing liquid?

So our insurance goes up to 1k a month March 1, so I've desperately tried to find a better company rate. Nothing that saves enough to swap. Now I am looking into coverage outside of the company for us as a family. We can't afford 1k a month, I'm so stressing. BCBS offers Individual plans outside of companies, and our quote is $457 a month for our family... the big catch, they have to approve you-health wise. And for the first year they don't cover anything major basically. No babies for a year :cursing:

Fingers crossed we get approved, she said it takes 2-3 weeks to process, I really really need to know before March 1!!!! I think the lap-band might screw us up.

But I marked on the application that if either adult isn't elligible, to give me rates for just Carson. Then we could go to Individuals at work (like $300 per person + Carson on his own). Still cheaper than 1k a month!

But YOUR new house has a sunset over the pool/hottub... & that trumps snow-house ANY day! :cursing:

Ay yai yai, Laura... what a headache! Insurance sux.

Good afternoon, Violets..

Grady and mom just left. He slept on my shoulder for an hour...loved it!

Was surfing then net and found this video... hope it works... Michelle, you will definitely appreciate it!!

Raw Video: Time-lapse of massive D.C. snow--

Yep, that pretty much looks like our patio furniture, too! & now it's happening again! Ack!! :thumbup:

We brought a very groggy Mo home at about 2pm... then he & I snuggled on my bed for a bit... now he's up in his little "apartment" (our bathroom, all tricked out w/his special food, water, flannel sheet nest, & litter box) while I make dinner, etc., for the eve.

The bill was more than $1,100. :thumbup:

But wait -- it gets better! We have to take him BACK... either Thurs or Fri... whichever day the roads are re-cleared & we can get there... for another x-ray & then, depending on what's still there, another round of knocking him out & pulling it out.

I baked "kitchen sink" cookies (choc, white choc, and butterscotch chips) for the vet's office today & they loved them. I asked if I could simply bring in 1,100 cookies & we'd call it even. Yeah, no go.

Plus he'll be on this special food AND more of the med he's already on + a new one... ka ching! ka ching!

So I'm getting my money's worth in snuggles and kitty lovin'!!

Edited February 9, 201016 yr by mdrai

Good evening, Violets..

Got my tax info organized so now we can call and make an appointment with our accountant. Lots of snow warnings, but they are all to the south of us. We are only supposed to get an inch or two. Southern Michigan should get up to 9 inches. Can't believe how the storms are missing us. That just never happens.

I have a singing rehearsal tonight. We are meeting at a retirement home to practice so they can listen to us since most of them can't get out when we have our concerts. We are also looking for new concert wear. One of the ladies picked out a few things and they were pretty scary. I went online and found some really lovely blouses so I hope we can agree on something. My flute quartet also want's a new outfit so there is more money for clothes!! At least I don't have to look for the very biggest sizes anymore, but I still have to be careful of buttons and seams and all that good stuff.

Michelle... YIKES!!! Big bucks for a little cat. But you do what you have to do.. they are so much like children to us, aren't they?? My friend who passed away last Nov. spent $10,000 on her cat...I can't believe how much she did for that cat, but she didn't have any children and she loved her cats!!

Off to rehearsal. Will check in when I get back.

Laura, insurance does suck. I sing the insurance blues way too much................Good luck!!

Went to get a fill today and ended up not getting one. She did a barium swallow and said my esophagus looked okay, but my pouch was a bit dialated, so no fill.

I check the airline prices everyday for Houston and it is down $8 to $230. HHHmmmmmm.

Michelle, that is so crazy with how much the stuff with Mo is! Your house looks so pretty!!!!!!!!!!

Are you feeling better Pamela??????

Okay off for typing of minutes and stuff.

Good Morning, Violets..

Well, looks like we got about 4 inches of snow last night and it's still snowing. So much for just an inch. Bob left to go to work at his church. Hope the roads are plowed for him!

Not much on the agenda today. I need to go to the bank and UPS and then just regular household chores now that I'm by myself all day.

Everyone make it a good one!!

I got back on myplate. Sunday I had 4500 calories (don't ask, and I won't tell! This has been my eating pattern for a while, which causes me no gain or loss).. in comparison Monday I had 1400, and yesterday I had 1200. Going in the right direction at least. I'm starting to realize I have maybe too much restriction, even liquids are getting hung up. So I think I've been just forcing stuff in there and it sat around a while, thus a possible stretching out. Hopefully I can handle this on my own! As far as limiting my diet, I have been putting it off for months, no motivation, and Sunday I decided I would 'set a date'.. then I did myplate to start tracking, I was horrified, and somehow it ended up starting Monday just out of disgust with myself. So far it's been unusually easy. Waiting for the ball to drop. We have so many temptations in the house, and I've even LOOKED at them, and nothing does it for me right now. Somehow I got into the mode of nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels!! I don't know where that came from :thumbup:

We're freezing here, in the 20's.. had snow/sleet on Monday, ice yesterday, and snowflakes today (not sticking yet), and I heard Thurs night/Fri suppose to have bad snow storms. Huh. Someone come talk to me about global warming, we never have snow, and suddenly we're a semi-northern state here!!!