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pegster · #61 07-07-2005, 07:03 PM

Oh Barb! Thanks for those comforting words!! I'll think about it. That's an excellent idea
Peg

Shelleyg · #62 07-07-2005, 08:03 PM

Hey everyone

Work was good today; tomorrow will be busier, but if everyone behaves and plays nice with each other, it can be a good day...heh! Alrighty then...

Alida, I still think you have a lot of energy; Falling asleep at 7:30PM on the sofa is not a bad thing...it just means you are getting a jump on your 8 hrs snooze time

Brenda, how funny you should mention that the furgirls come back to bed with you. As I was reading, I was just thinking of the way the Fu-kitty used to do us. She would run across the bed at or around 0600; and would continue to *pounce* on us until one of us got up and fed the Fu. Then, she would always come back to bed and want to snuggle and go back to sleep...yeah, right; like we're going back to sleep after we've been pounced upon by a 17 lb. cat!!...LOL. Man, that cat had us trained!

Peg, don't beat yourself up with the bad eating binge. I, too, often wonder why I do the things I do food wise sometimes. I have been reading posts by members sometimes, and just the mere mention of what they ate off plan, makes me head right for the kitchen for the same darn bad food...or something worse! Talk about *power of suggestion*...aacckk! My weight has been a life long battle, compounded by yo-yo dieting since I was around age 14. I have lost major amounts of weight(>35 lbs) on at least 4 occasions, and still, I did not break my cycle of eat...gain...lose...eat...gain...lose. I still can't say this time around will be any different, but Lord I hope so. I digress...

Donna, keep those grandkids outta the garden!!! Hide the cat food!!! LOL...I hope you have a fun visit with them, and that they do behave for you

I'm also sorry you don't have more contact with your brother; I'm sure it's a hard position to be in.

Ilse, sounds like things might be starting to move in the direction of a sell for your house. <insert crossed fingers here, for ya>

Judy, how are things going with the classroom? Are you still working on it?
Hope you are getting some R&R time

Well, I need to fold some laundry...blah! I shouldn't complain; since it's just the 2 of us at home now, I really only have about 2-3 loads of laundry a week, so it's not that bad. I just HATE folding it and putting it away!!!! OK....off I go.......

later......

Shelley

Judy · #63 07-08-2005, 12:43 AM

Hummm...... "power of suggestion" !!

Today I started typing up old recipes to put into a cook book for fDIL. It's to be a present at the next shower. I spent the *WHOLE* afternoon working on it. I have finished appetizers, beverages, breads, cakes, cookies and desserts. I found and typed up recipes that I haven't made for years. I could just taste some of the goodies that I typed up. I swear at one point I almost got up and made a chocolate cake that is one of MIL's greatest recipes. However, I overcame that urge, and kept on typing. Maybe tomorrow when I do meats and vegetables it won't be quite as tempting.

BC · #64 07-08-2005, 02:50 AM

Dang. Too much stress all around, I'd say. Think we need a group hug.

teelbee · #65 07-08-2005, 04:52 AM

Hey! Thanks for all the thoughts and well wishes on our move! I finally got internet access installed today, so I've been trying to read the posts and catch up.

lots of news and stuff going on. We are all moved out and moved in, except that I still have to arrange the furniture and I've got lots of unpacking ahead of me.

I was up for about 50 hours before the movers showed up. Last Wednesday, I just could not sleep at all. I maybe dozed slightly between 5 and 6 am when I got up. The next day, there was just still so much to do that I kept going all night. The movers were REALLY happy with me, though, as I was all ready with everything sealed and labeled when they showed up at 8:30 am on Friday. The loading went well, and the unloading on Sunday wasn't bad. The boys were throwing boxes up and down the stairs, but they were very sweet and accommodating about moving heavy things around to different locations if I changed my mind. I've found a few broken items so far, but nothing expensive or special.

Now, it's the slow process of unpacking and figuring out where to put things. The new place was nicely cleaned except for ALL of the cabinets and drawers, which were icky. I think maybe the prior owners just ran out of time. I've had to scrub each cupboard and drawer with Bon Ami, Lysol Extra Strenth, and Lysol disinfecting wipes before stowing things away. The prior owners also left a lot of crap in the garage that will be expensive to get rid of -- plus a lot of it is up in the rafters so it will be a kind of scary chore to get it down.

My eyes are actually drooping and I can barely focus as I'm so sleepy. But, I wanted to let you know that I survived the move.

KCTinter · #66 07-08-2005, 09:03 AM

Welcome back, TB!! You sound utterly exhausted, though. Hope you were able to get a good night's sleep in your NEW bedroom! Bummer about the cabinets and drawers. That's a lot of work. Also bummer that they left a lot of stuff. We had the same problem. An old washer in the basement which did not work. And when we went to store some stuff in the garage "attic" (there are some pull-down stairs that I didn't even know were there!) we found all sorts of just plain garbage. Old wine-making equipment of all things. But now the excitement of nesting starts, TB. Have fun with it!

Peg, OK, maybe 50 people will come to my funeral IF all my out-of-town friends come! LOL about customers coming . . . Oh Peg, I know exactly what you mean about over-eating. I really think it's stress. Barb's right. When we are under stress, we don't THINK, we REACT. I have been having a lot of trouble with feeling full. During OWL, I would eat and feel full. Would be satisfied for hours. Now for some reason, immediately after I eat I want dessert, even at lunchtime. I remember one day I had lunch, then made one of those lc bowl brownies that's 2 servings and ate the whole thing with lots of whipped cream. And I still felt hungry! Something's going on in my head and I am not taking the time to figure it out. And Donna, I eat one of those Atkins Bars every day, too. I have it with a cup of green tea and it's COMFORT. I really don't think that's the culprit, though. Hmm. Maybe it is . . . . Peg, we CAN DO THIS! We did it before . . . .

Donna, gosh. Your brother is getting married and you didn't get an invite? That would hurt me. My sister didn't even recognize my birthday this year. But I recognize the source and put it down to Nobody's Perfect, including myself. Great about your son not moving to Alberta. But it was your DIL that said family was more important? Is that the same daughter in law that lays on your sofa while kids run amok? If it is the same one, bless her heart! You mention your son wanted to start his own business. Can't he do that in BC? What type of business?

And don't stress so much about the party! It will be absolutely lovely! As for the grandkids coming 2 days before . . . can you be sure to be home when they are there? Is there some sort of game you can have around that will interest them more than cat-food-throwing and garden-trampling?

Brenda, wanna do my bathrooms? Mine haven't sparkled since Easter . . . . and may not sparkle again till Thanksgiving.

<<<GROUP HUGS>>>>

Ah, Judy, I did a recipe book for my DIL one Christmas. It was fun. Know what you mean about being tempted! I'm thinking right now about the Chocolate Cake I used to make. God, that was good. Thanks for dredging up that memory, LOL!

Yesterday was a hellish day. First window, no prob. Next two, the window installers went crazy with silicone. Spent an hour just cleaning the stuff off the glass. Next job was a "favor" . . . 2 skylights . . . got there and the room was hotter than Hades and the sun was so hot on the skylights my water evaporated on contact. No way could I put film up. Can you say SWEAT? I almost felt like I was having a heat stroke. Told the guy I'd be back early Saturday morning . . . and I HATE working on Saturdays. Then my big customer called . . . the job I started on Wednesday and was to finish today . . . and told me she has a doctor's appointment and will have to re-schedule. Ack! My schedule is full for the next three weeks. Plus, I was looking forward to picking up a $1,700 check today. And I have an employee who thought he was going to work today. Scramble to try to re-schedule another person today. Finally found one that would be home. My DH told me to always expect stuff like this when you work with people. They do not think of the hassle they put you through . . . they only think of their problem. He's right, of course . . . Think I might look for a receptionist job . . . .

bkloots · #67 07-08-2005, 05:25 PM

Alida, you're a trouper. Hope your DH REALLY appreciates a partner like you.

Peg, I just read a very good article in the July issue of Ladies' Home Journal (the one with Madonna on the cover) about how STRESS causes weight gain, regardless of other factors.

BC · #68 07-08-2005, 06:14 PM

TB, welcome back!!!!

Hey, everyone, just a drive-by, but I'm thinking of you all.

KCTinter · #69 07-08-2005, 06:37 PM

Just a drive-by here, too. Got home early from a small job when I thought I would be having a large job . . . Barb, you hit the nail on the head about DH . . . I can't tell you how many times people mention that Bob gets the easy part (selling) and I get the hard part (installing). But he's 72 with bad legs due to diabetes. He does all the book work and the shopping and the cooking . . . so it's OK. And that article in LHJ . . . isn's cortisol or something the cause of weight gain due to stress?

Be back tomorrow AM!

pegster · #70 07-08-2005, 06:57 PM

Hi Gang!

We're expecting company in 35 minutes, but thought I would drive by too to tell you about the enormous funeral this morning. 700 people!! Remember the church sanctuary holds 300? It's an old clapboard "white church on the common." Same building that was built in 1830. Of course it has been updated, built on, and added to; but same basic footprint. We set up the hall downstairs with 200 chairs and closed circuit TV, and they were standing on all the stairs, and spilling out to the street. Amazing! I found out that these folks, (the deceased and her husband and kids) are friends of the Kennedy's! They all live on the same compound in Hyannis Port in the summer. That's where she died. The husband and 5 kids all spoke at the funeral. Sheesh! Not ONE tear from any of them. "Old New England." I told. There is definitely a "kind" of person.

Oops! Guests arrived 30 minutes early!!!

Peace, Peg

Shelleyg · #71 07-08-2005, 10:22 PM

Howdy,
I don't have anything in particular to talk about, or make comment to, but just wanted to say hey. Sounds like we are all pretty much in a *busy mode* and we are all headed in a different direction today

Thank goodness today was Friday! How will we make it next week having to work all 5 days??? UGH!!! I could certainly get used to a 4 day work week...LOL.
The only thing on my agenda this weekend is to go to a quaint little furniture shop not to far from my house, and shop for an occasional chair and a bombay chest. Now that our bedroom has been rearranged, I think I have room.

I wish you all a peaceful and restful weekend.

Later, ladies...

Shell

KCTinter · #72 07-09-2005, 08:39 AM

Shelley, sounds like a wonderful weekend . . . leisurely shopping!

Peg, that funeral must have been something. 700 people????? Well, I guess "Society" must have turned out in droves.

I do have a busy weekend planned. Finish cutting those freakin palms and prepare for the job scheduled for Monday. The rest of the week is pretty busy, too, with a day off on Wednesday when I'll have lunch with an old classmate from Rome. He lives here in KC and we haven't gotten together yet. Didn't know him well, but should be fun with lots of memories. Bob leaves for Nashville (?) to do a trade show for his brother's company. He'll be gone for 5 days. Sigh. I have to make my own dinner! Looks like a lot of salad with chicken or tuna coming up.

We called a friend of ours that lives in the Keys to find out how he's doing with Dennis on the way. He is STAYING. Worry about him. This one sounds like a big one. Hope it dies down or veers away . . . .

Have a great weekend!

pegster · #73 07-09-2005, 12:08 PM

Hi Gang!

Well, here it is Saturday again and me staring at a blank page because I chose to surf the web last week rather than prepare! Well, that's what it means to be a procrastinator, I guess. Today is the fourth of four more sermons for this church. Yay! I'm enjoying my days at homes much more than my days there. I've really "left." I do have to meet with some of the people and express my thanks to them for their support to me in the past two years. It has really been a wonderful interim church to end on.

Sorry to blather on about the funeral yesterday. Obviously I am not in the same class as most of the folks that were there! But, it is fun to observe them and how they interact. What I meant to say before our guests rang the doorbell half hour early was that these folks were really "new England" stock. I have such a memory of Jackie Kennedy and her kids standing quietly and regally at the funeral of her husband. I thought at the time, "How can she not just writhe on the ground with pain?" Now that I have been in NE, I can't say that I understand it any better, but I have seen that it is an attitude of privacy and resolve that tender emotions are not shown or shared. It is simply so foreign to me that I can't fully understand. As a therapist, I know that different cultures experience and express their grief in very different ways. But, I am used to the Latino or African American culture, or some of the Caribbean cultures or Pacific Islanders. They are much more expressive. At one time my practice consisted of exclusively couples who had lost their children through cancer or murder or accidents. Nearly all of them were White. I worked hard with them to learn to let out their feelings. It's hard for me not to judge those folks yesterday. Most of my orientation has been to believe that expression of feelings is what is RIGHT. Makes me stop and think, I tell you.

I've been eating clean for a few days. Last night's dinner was pretty lc. I'm still up in weight (181), but I'm trying not to stress too much about it (Thanks to Barb). Pushing water today. I am simply parched!

Cindy roared through here last night and our danged ceiling (what we just had fixed) in the basement leaked again! Damn! We must have gotten 8 inches of rain in just a few hours. The lake was nearly up to the top of the retaining wall at the shore and there was a virtual small lake outside our basement. There is a sharp hill that goes down the the lake so we were not in danger there. I'm thinking of the folks in the Keys too, Alida. We have friends with a house there. I don't know they are there yet or not. Today the sun it trying to peek through, but our temperature is only 59 right now and not slated to get much higher. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 90!

Terry! So good to see you!! So glad your set up again. Take a break and let us know how you are doing. I well remember these days after the movers leave! Yuck! So much to do! It seems impossible! Perservere, sister. That's the only thing that gets you through. Oh, and a gin and tonic won't hurt either!

Let us hear from all you guys. Whatcha doin this weekend. I'm working!

Peace, Peg

KCTinter · #74 07-09-2005, 03:29 PM

I finished the Palms template!!! WooHoo!!!

What you are looking at is poster board cut to the size of the glass and then my artist draws the design . . . I cut it out. The brown (my office rug) is what will be Etched. The white (poster board) will be clear. There are two glass doors and the second pic is a pic of the transom template. It's a half moon transom, but the etch only goes up about 20".

Now I have the rest of the afternoon to play!

pegster · #75 07-09-2005, 05:22 PM

WOWIE KAZOWIE!!!!!!! You are one talented person, girlfriend. Terrific job!
Peg

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