What Did You Do Today?

[Janet]

We'll be climbing to 100 tomorrow and the next day. That's just too hot, soni think I'll be staying in. I'm suppose to go to the pee dr tomorrow, but I'm canceling. I don't want to be heading to Indianapolis alone and risk car trouble with all the construction going on there. I'm not sure I'm going to reschedule.

[gja1000]

Hi everyone! It's summer and everyone is so busy. I haven't seen Judy on here for ages and I miss her. Betsi is with her son and dil in Seattle, so it's somewhat quiet in here. But all is well, they will be back.

I got all the things done on my "busy day list" yesterday. I also got some other good news that my cousin's daughter in New Mexico is going to try to buy my FJ Cruiser. I hope they can get the loan. She said they might have to sell a car before they can get the loan, but I'm not in any hurry, so that should be OK. Another cousin says she is going to buy the pickup and the travel trailer. A friend of Gary's says he wants the boat. So, that's all the large ticket items I have to sell! WHEW! I hope they all work out. I still have an 18 foot flat bed trailer, but I won't have any problem selling that if no one that I know wants to buy it.

Two friends and I are having a "girls day out" tomorrow. These are the women that I go on a "retreat" with (really means skipping work and shopping or what not, LOL! - actually we don't "skip" work, we just arrange our schedules so that we don't have anything scheduled on the same day so we can get away at the same time - funny how that works out. LOL!) a couple of times a year. We are going to a little town about 30 miles from Austin where they have all sorts of little shops and antique stores. It will be fun - but it is dastardly hot so we are going early so we can come home by the middle of the afternoon when it is so so so hot.

I know everyone is too hot all around the country. At least we are used to having hot weather in the summer and I know many people who are having hot weather are not used to it. Our problem is that we had a really nice spring & early summer, temps were in the high 80's low 90's up until BAM! it was over 100 and it was 109 on Tuesday!!!

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Janet

I'm suppose to go to the pee dr tomorrow, but I'm canceling. I don't want to be heading to Indianapolis alone and risk car trouble with all the construction going on there. I'm not sure I'm going to reschedule.

So what is up with not rescheduling??? Have you tried Kagel exercises? You have to do them regularly for about 3 months before you see any improvement. Also, there is a medication called Detrol that helps some women with leakage.

[Janet]

Since I've lost weight, it's not happening as often or as much as it did. I still wear a pad though. The tests did show leakage, but I'm really afraid of complications. I know some have gotten along just fine, but within the last week, I've had two tell me they had problems. I've been doing the exercises but feel losing the weight has really helped.

The main reason I decided to cancel today is it's suppose to get to 102 degrees and I have to drive over an hour to Indianapolis. There is so much construction and the stopping and waiting scares me a bit of over heating. I know....probably just an excuse, but I don't want to drive down there by myself again. So I think I'll put it on the back burner for now.

It's wonderful Gayle that you have people (family) wanting to buy the larger items. If you're not planning on using them again, then you might as well sell.

I had stopped recording what I've been eating for the last week so today I've started back on MyFitnessPal.com. Everyone needs a break now and again so I took one. Now I'm ready to get back on track and take more weight off.

[Lindsey]

Janet, I started using MyFitnessPal too!

It looks like all of our storm warnings are done for now. There were two tornadoes that touched down a couple of nights ago and huge wind gusts yesterday that took down trees, barns, power poles, and even some light poles in the city. There was golf-ball sized hail in the city but luckily it missed us. Tons of people have car damage and house damage from that. It was putting holes in people's siding, and the wind was taking shingles off the roofs. Our house held together, thank goodness!

I am working from home today because my office is having a big golf tournament that I am not golfing in. I kind of hate golf, and it was expensive to sign up, AND I don't want to risk getting tan lines this close to the wedding lol! So since nobody is in the office anyway, I thought I might as well bring my work home! I have Kash snoring on my lap, Layla snoring on the floor beside me, and Lucy in the back of the house asleep in her crate (I can't hear her snoring, but she's not much a snorer anyway lol!)

[DianaB]

Lindsey, now you know what it's like to live in Kansas!! LOL We really keep an eye on the weather when there's rain coming in because you never know what to expect. I'm glad that you're house didn't get any damage.

Gayle, I'm glad that you're getting things sold off to the family. I know that it will mean more to you knowing that they have it instead of strangers.

Have a good time with your friends!! It sounds like fun.....I would to go too!! I want to go to the Dump if I ever come down there. One of my Aunts used to live there and for her birthday she was taken there and said it was so much fun. You'll have to let us know if you buy anything special!!

Janet, I understand about canceling the appt. if you're doing better. I know that since I've lost weight I don't have nearly as much trouble with leakage as I was....and good luck with the loosing weight. I've been swimming about everyday so I'm hoping that I'll start losing again too. Hugs!!

[Janet]

Thanks Diana...even if you don't lose lbs you'll be losing inches swimming. Wish I had a place to swim. We use to have a pool, but it was so much work...a lake or pond would be so nice.

[gja1000]

I had a good day today. I had the last face to face class with my students. They still have two online classes to do and I have 11 papers to grade which will come in next week.

My daughter had a minor wreck today. It could have bee really bad, but it turned out to be OK, and even a little funny. Brooke, Abigail and Emma were coming home from the beach. Abi was surfing and did well till she got stung by a jellyfish. It wrapped around her calf, so it covered a larger area. But she is tough.

Then on the way home, they got sideswiped by an expedition going 70 MPH. That would have scared me to death. Brooke said they were just driving along when the SUV was on top of them. To make matters worse, the vehicle didn't stop, and when Brooke a looked, it didn't have a tag. So she just followed it and honked and got beside them and waved and finally they pulled over. They did not speak English so communication was difficult. Brooke called the police before she got them stopped and they were therebpretty quickly. They had just bought the car so it had paper tags but they were not on the vehicle. So if Brooke had not gotten them to stop, they could have gotten away. She said she was prepared to follow them till they stopped.

Here's the funny part. Since they had been at the beach, they were all in swim suits. Now my daughter is about 60 lbs overweight. Plus, in her words, "Here I am standing on the side of the road for 45 minutes in my swimsuit looking like a beached whale and because we'd been to the beach, I had sand in my hooha. It felt soooo good - NOT"

Now, this is funnier because a few years ago, Gary and I ran out to get something (can't remember what) and Gary was in his pajamas. We were sitting perfectly stopped at a red light when a car from the other lane ran the red light, hit a car which slammed into Gary and I. The kicker was the driver of the car that ran the red light jumped out of the car and ran. We were at an extremely busy intersection and because the driver ran, we were there a loooong time, AND GARY WAS IN HIS PAJAMAS. Everyone who saw the wreck, including us of course, had to give our account to the police and Gary is standing in the intersection for a loooooong time in his pajamas! Lol! So we have always joked about having a wreck in your pajamas, now we'll have to add swim suits to that.

[Janet]

I have heard that getting stung by a jellyfish is really painful. I m thankful I don't know first hand but I'm Abi is tough! Brooke must be one heck of a brave lady....with all the nutcases out there not sure it was a good idea to follow them...lol. Glad it all worked out except for her car. Your family will now have another laugh with the swim suit...lol. Next time she'll probably make sure she has a cover up handy.

[gja1000]

Janet, Brooke said the same thing after it was all over, that perhaps following them was not the best idea. But she did. She also said she could see women in the vehicle, so it wasn't like it was a car full of men only. And she said all she could think was that if she didn't get them stopped, there would be no way to verify what had happened, because everyone that "saw" the accident happen was long gone. I'm glad it worked out for the best.

Last night Brooke texted me asking when I was coming to Houston. I said I had no commitments, I could come any time. I thought she might be wanting me to come this weekend but I wasn't sure. So, I said I could come at any time, even next weekend when I planned to go to OK, because I can go up there any time too. She never said she wanted me to come this weekend but finally she asked if I had class next Tuesday, which I don't, and then she said, "Well you could come for a long weekend". So, I'll be driving down tomorrow morning and staying till tuesday, or whenever (feels funny to not have to have definite plans on when I HAVE to return home from a trip). Brooke always tries to "stay strong" (wonder where she gets that :roll eyes so I guess she didn't want to say she needed me to come down this weekend. But I know that accident had to shake her up badly because she had both of the girls with her. I hope "MOM" can be of some help.

[DianaB]

I had to laugh at Brooke having sand in her "hooha"!!!! LOL At least she's laughing!! And thankfully the accident wasn't a really bad one. I've heard that Mexicans there don't always have insurance and they will run after an accident. It's a nice feeling when our kids still need their Mama's nearby!!

Sorry about Abi's jellyfish sting. I've heard that's painful!! I think that it's vinegar that you're suppose to pour over it.....but I don't remember for sure.

I've had a stressful morning......Dean got into one of Karlie's craft things and poured blue and red ink all over the carpet!! I was soooo upset but thank goodness it did come out easily. I just shampooed the carpets a couple of weeks ago.....then yesterday had to clean up a glass of milk that Dean spilled in the SAME place where the ink was spilled. Needless to say I was in a pretty bad mood by the time Dae Lynn got home!! NOW they are taking a nap......I sure hope it's a long nap!!!

I'm going to run over to Feyn and Tammy's later today. Karley had surgery on her knee the other day and she's not feeling too good. She broke her leg when she was 5 and it was in the growth plate......last year they put something in the good leg to stop it from growing so the leg that was broken could catch up. It worked perfectly only now the thing they put in was bothering her so they took it out. After this hopefully everything will be fine. Feyn and Tammy have done a great job of taking her to the doctor all of these years and keeping tabs on how it was going.

Then later I plan on swimming. I missed going yesterday because I went to Elijah's last ball game. It was so hot but one of my classmates was there and we had a good visit!!

[Janet]

That Dean....lol....such a boy!!! I bet you just about went crazy until you saw it was coming out of the carpet okay.

Today was another hot one and I didn't do a whole lot at all. Very early this morning I did two loads of clothing before it got up into the 90's. Then when Ricky got back from getting a hair cut, we went to town and drove by a couple of houses to see if he might be interested in them...you know...location wise. He's wanting to look at a couple, but he's going to have to make the phone calls...I'm not doing it. He's very capable and needs to do this on his own.

The rest of the day was just piddle type things around the house. Tomorrow, I head to the rental house and get all the carpets cleaned one more time. We are pretty sure we have found some nice people to rent the house, but we'll see. I will have to wait until Monday to check out their application and verify employment..etc. We should have the house done in another week or so...just not sure.

[gja1000]

We had a nice day shopping with the girls. We had a lot of fun shopping and giggling quite a bit! We ate a late lunch at the Salt Lick. Its a BBQ place and the food was great! Then we had an ice cream cone on the way home. I haven't eaten so much in a long time.

I'll be leaving early in the morning to go to Houston. Can't wait to see everyone.

[DianaB]

I went to garage sales and bought some really cute purses to put in the flea market along with some other things. I didn't find much for myself.

When I got home Dae Lynn and the kids were in the pond so I hurried up and changed my clothes to join them but by the time I got there they had already gotten out so I swam a lap or two by myself. I swam last night and this morning I could really tell it!!

We have a young friend from church that just got married and they are having a reception this evening so Glen and I are planning on going. It should be a good time.

[Janet]

Is this the flea market you have your booth at? You haven't mentioned it for quite some time...how's it doing?