Dee--When you're in Myrtle Beach, I hope we're in your EATING THOUGHTS---lol. Remember, you have to answer to us upon your return! I am almost through my 5th day of CONTROLLED EATING!!!! Hey, ya gotta start somewhere and I am doing well so far. The weather is HOT --for HERE, milkdud--lol--we're in the upper 70's and lower 80's. That helps me drink more and eat less. I'll have my FIRST weigh in on Monday, so I'll be here for that. Wodka, I am on the same page with you and the dentist's drill. When I was a youngster, my dad and mom took me to an old military dentist friend and his novocaine was WAY out of date and didn't work. I never recovered from those experiences and every dental visit is MAJOR trauma for me, emotionally---besides pinching me in the pocket book! DonnaSNJ! YAY! Good to hear from you! Stay in Touch!!!!! Whatcha been doin'? TreKaren---You've got more guts than me. I went to ONE cycling class and quit---about 2 years ago. It KILLED ME! I do ride my "outside" bike in the summer though. I have padded seat bike pants AND a gel seat---hey! Even though I have extra *fat* padding on my fanny, I still need the other padding; I don't know why! Joyce---You don't want to see your grandchildren, I gather! haha. I can TOTALLY relate to getting your house ready for an open house--it took me SO long--but I finally found I couldn't be a perfectionist about it. Just so the surface stuff and CLEAR it out into the garage or a storage bin as much as you can---then breathe, relax, and get ready! REANNE, NHSuzanne,Marci, and Besh---Get in here---NOW. You guys are MIA too often lately. We're SISTAHS, remember. Ohana now. No one gets left behind... What ever happened to PJ from CA? I wonder what she's up to???? Anybody remember her? Tikanas was her online name. I so enjoyed hearing about her busy and active life... Okay, enjoy! Oh, BTW, DH fired me yesterday at about 9:30am--WOW! I am back at work now, but I have to tell you, working FOR your spouse is a sticky wicket--in more ways than one. (I've only been fired once before, when my ex was having an affair with my boss and she wanted me out of the picture. They served me divorce papers on my birthday...but that was another lifetime ago...)

I blew it. I did wake up at 3:30 suddenly, when the absolute idiotic excuse for a human being delivers the newspaper to the building across the street. His radio is up extremely loud, and he leaves his driver door open as he walks up the sidewalk. The noise blares at our bedroom window. Our own newspaper carrier brings ours in the middle of the night too, but he's quiet as a mouse. (These are different newspapers) I actually yelled an expletive at him, instead of rabbit rabbit.

Oh, I wish I'd known about rhinoceros rhinoceros because I rarely remember to rabbit rabbit. Although I did this morning, and said it out loud before any other conversation. Creatures of habit, and the first words out of my mouth each morning since DH has retired are either 'Yes', or the time. As I'm getting up, the other creature in this house will inevitably ask, either 'will you turn on the coffee maker for me' and I say Yes, or, 'what time is it'. And I automatically answer including on the first day of the month. (after a lifetime of him bouncing out of bed a half hour before me)

"Luck" of the draw 😉 the tornado could have landed on house, someone could have been in a car accident... It really could have been worse!!!! My child will get there. It's what we all suffer, and grow from. I'd rather they experience it, they'll grow from it. If you don't experience it, you don't live!!!