I got one from Penny's several years ago that works for us. Its a digital; runs on a 9 volt battery; one battery lasts for a year or more. The scale is about 15 inches square and 2 inches high. You tap it with your toe to turn it on; the display will cycle a few times while it waits for the vibrations to die away and zeros itself. When the display glows steady, step on and stand still. When it thinks everything has settled, your weight is diaplayed. Read it and step off. It'll turn off in about 3 seconds after stepping off. It seems to be accurate within 1 lb at 230 lbs. No tenths of a pound. Displays only to the nearest Lb. It has worked well for 10 years. It is a bit quick in automatically shutting off. You have about 3 to 5 seconds to step on the scale after the dispaly becomes steady. Go beyond this limit and it auto-shuts down. HINT: Weigh yourself soon after you get up and after you have used the toilet and before you slake your thirst. Weigh with no clothes. A good time is just before you step into the shower. This will be your minimum weight for the day unless you engage in extreme hard labor. Your weight can change by a couple of pounds during the day. Differenct in clothing weight can mask a trend. I have found this produces the most consistent measurement and that is important if you are graphing your weight on a daily basis.

mgmum, your messaging is not enabled, so I'll post a link to my OneDrive Kitchen album (scroll down to skip my wandering explanation). It starts with the hand-drawn plan--I found GW before I knew how to upload pics or use a Paint program. I did a DIY mini-remodel using some cabinets from the old kitchen, some new cabinets, and some salvaged cabinets and other recycled/upcycled elements. If you click on each pic, then click on it again, the captions should appear. The whole mess is documented, so if you just want to see the final result, scroll to the end. I mentioned hosting big family dinners--the kitchen is set up specifically to facilitate feeding a crowd. I could have a better working layout, but I need the long counter with no appliances, and a direct path to the new dining room. The range used to be on that wall, and the burners would still be hot from cooking, when it was time to serve the buffet. Many times I've covered the still-warm burners with a noodle board, so no one would accidentally touch them. I moved the range across the room, in part to clear that wall, but also to vent it to the outside. My vented hood is one of my favorite parts of the new kitchen. So, we start in the LR, file past the buffet serving counters (counter on one side, island on the other), and walk directly into the new dining/flex room. I'll include the link for that album, too, although you can see it in the background of the kitchen pics. Scroll down for a pic of the table set for 20. We can seat 6 at the kitchen dining table (usually the teens/young adults), which is open to the kitchen on the other side, and four more at a drop leaf table, which we move from the new room to the LR, which is connected through another opening, so no one is isolated in another room. I live in an older home with a circular traffic pattern--I guess now it's more of a figure-8. Before adding the new room, we had to move chairs out of the LR, push everything else against the walls, and squeeze around each other to seat the whole family together. One Thanksgiving we seated 24 at tables in the LR, and I said, "Never again, unless we have a separate dining room!" I think I've posted the story before, but that year my FIL had a friend visiting from the UK, and they decided to come early and visit with my DH, which left me without my usual help, so I was really running behind schedule. Then my mother arrived with her friend, who became bored because the British friend was getting all the attention. Mother's friend decided that since I was alone in the kitchen, he should come in and sing to me--'Devil in Disguise', while I shooed him from one spot to another, as I needed to check the oven, open the fridge, grab something from a drawer, etc. My mother dragged him back to the LR, but as soon as her attention was again on the interesting British friend, 'Elvis' returned for an encore. As more family members arrived with their dishes, he decided that holding court in the kitchen suited him just fine. I was ready to wring his neck by the time I had the buffet laid out. Now, I can set up the tables the night before, place the serving pieces on the long buffet counter early in the day, have everyone seated comfortably in the LR before the meal, set the drinks up on the island at the last minute, give the signal for the blessing, and breathe a sigh of relief. Everything is arranged for point of use, and my relatives know where to find things without asking, so if I'm running behind, they can set up tables and chairs, set up the coffee maker, set the tables, etc. I have trained them well. ;) Kitchen album New addition/dining room/playroom

Oh you sound like SO. He would not agree to pink kitchen walls. He kept saying how the neutral wall color along with the stainless appliances "bring out" the pinkyness of all my stuff! I managed to get him to agree to let me at least pink it up a little bit,but the cooking part of my kitchen relies on all my stuff to be pink! My dream.....Except for the red breadbox. I have 2 pink ones that would go way better. With these countertops. And glitter. And a pink crystal chandelier. And a heart shaped sink! 50 shades of pink! I love it!

Hi mike!!! thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers! well shes old shes 14 now and you know her life has never been easy she has had broken legs multiple surgeries etc so now theyre saying shes breathing too fast about 40 breathes per minute which is not great and so they think its heart disease and of couese she already has kidney failure so its all her vital organs. its very difficult to hear and thats why i havent been as active here the last week or so it has been just one thing or another! oh no mike my prayers are with your dad what happened? I truly hope he is ok! you know as we get older it doesnt get any easier thars for sure! im so glad i have everyone here. im paranoid now and just keep checking her breathing and its weird someitmes its within normal range and sometimes its rapid so i dont know what to think anymore. shes such a part of the family its tough to accept the fact that one day she will leave us and that one day doesnt seem far off. And yes uncertainty certainly stinks mike! hugs!! lol mike!! i have the same dreams!!! so funny! the other day i just had a dream that all this sunshine was flooding through and giving me all the vegetables and roses i could ever want! nothing about sinister plotting with neighbours trees though lol not yet anyways but now youve put it in my head im sure ill dream that next lol bob!! thank you for asking! shes only 14 but it doesnt look good! wow your dog is amazing!! what do you feed him to keep him so healthy all these years??? your little one is too cute! thank you amy! yes in the end i just want her to feel safe comfortable and free of pain so we are trying to do that for her! amy wow!!!! those roses!! i have the bolero too! do you find they open very fast and not last long? mine is grafted so yours may be on different root stock! amy i must admit i bought another rose!!! lol!!! i couldnt help myself! Its called beloved bill no fragrance but its too beautiufl not to buy! it was bred right here from a local breeder brad jalbert of select roses i love going there if only it wasnt so far its about an hour and a half drive!