Let's see if they throw me off for this: dammit! Once again I can only post a reply to Elia's original "When's thenext party" post. This is so frustrating. Now I have to rely on my lousy to respond to the posts I read. You guys are having some weather! The weather is just so scary everywhere these days. In California there's a big draught going on because we had so little rain, and all of it seemed to be in May, and then gone. Of course that started a very early fire season and over 1M acres burned. So California gets the earthquakes, the terribly hot summers. (at least in Sacramento), and the fires. We get flloods too sometimes, but nothing like in other parts of the country. You guys get the tornadoes and flooding. I guess noplace is safe from everything.
I'm not sure what I told you about Craig's death, (because so many of my posts don't get posted), but he died last Monday morning, peacefully with his wonderful ex-wife and both of his daughters there comforting him. I am still very sad, and thank you so much for caring. I just can't believe that he will never be in my life again, that I can't call him and hear his voice ever again, that his beautiful children have to learn to live without their fathers. The memorial service won't be until August 30, and at that time maybe the finality of it will hit me. At the same time, I'm glad Mike survived his ordeal in the hospital, and while still battling bipolar disease has not gotten his meds straightened out. He was on Wellbutrin (don't know how to spell it) for awhile but it made his depressed, so yesterday they switched him to something else, (can't remember the name), so let's hope that one works. He's a mess, alcoholic who doesn't drink anymore, ex-drug user, who doesn't do illegal drugs anymore, but I believe is addicted to his prescription meds, even though he says he isn't, of course. So you take what you're dealt in life, and the good things certainly outweigh the bad for me, I'm a tough old broad, (with a soft heart), like I know you girls are too. That's why we survive, underneath it all we're strong. Okay, I guess we're not so strong or we would be through losing weight and not giving into temptations all the time. My daughter, Lisa, was just diagnosed with high cholesterol, and while that isn't a good thing, it means she has to cut way down on cholesterol and fat intake and start substituting non-fat for fat wherever she can. Now maybe she will quit bring Baskin Robbins Peanut Butter Chocolate icecream to my house and leaving it in my freezer. She's the daughter who likes to come over with her dog, Sadie, frequently for the weekend and cook with me. She likes to cook with butter and heavy cream and whole sour cream and cheeses, etc. She used to make fun of my nonfat milk, called it the blue milk (because several years ago it did have a blue tinge to it), and now she has to switch to all those things herself. That's the good part, because she has always been a small part of my downfall. I've been pretty good so far this weekend. Yesterday I did break down and have two hotdogs for dinner, but the rest of the day was stellar. Today I did have a turkey sandwich at a hofbrau for lunch, on a Kaiser roll, but didn't put mayo or anything on it, and took my alli, so should be okay for the day. Tonight I'm going to make a Crab Louie for dinner, found out that crab is very low in calories and fat grams, and I'll use low-fat mayo to make the Louis dressing, and for the hardboiled eggs I'll just use the whites. Again, should be okay, who ever knows. I am down one whole pound, but that could be gone by tomorrow, I'm certainly not going to town like Kimberley, now that girl just has to make it to her goal weight so the rest of us can live vicariously through her.
Have a great weekend everyone, keeping my fingers crossed this will end up where it's supposed to, (it won't let me scroll back up and proofread, so sorry if there are errors).
Love, Judy
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Love, Judy