Hey Curly,

It sounds like you enjoyed yourself at the wedding and I am dying to see some pics of your hair (and your outfit for that matter).

You must be very tired after all the socializing and lack of sleep.  Birds are bad for waking one up with the sun. 

I hope you have a great day today and that we get to see pics soon.

JD

You sure are industrious.  I can tell you are a person that can fill their time quite well and never get bored!

ok,let's see if a pic from Sunday's garden wedding party shows up!  The pics I have from the wedding on Sat. are of everyone else!  Hoping someone sends me pics that I'm in from Sat.  I'll post as soon as I get them!
This is less than 1/2 of the family.  Everyone was not ready for this pic,but that's what came out!

That is a beautiful outfit! I love the setting too... very green and lovely.  And, I for one, request puppy training "antics and histerical humor"  

I wish I had a puppy to work on! Can't have one yet, though. Mostly 'cause Paul says I can't... meh.

Ok, maybe this one will come out.....smaller,lol!  These are the grandchildren,some are missing,my sister,3 from down in NC,1 from here and the five no one talks to anymore.  Hey,every family has those that they don't talk to anymore!!! I just finished telling the picture taker,it's 95 degrees out here and if you don't snap that pic.......don't make me come over there!!!!!!!   so he says bring it on!!!!!  and that's why my face is not relaxed for the pic!  don't make me tell you the details of what happened next.....it's not pretty and let''s just say I'm very glad my grandmother doesn't hear so well anymore!!!! and I was out of her eyesight for the "bring it on" festivities!!!!!!

I totally relate!  We had an Irish Wolfhound when I was about 4 and my father thought it would be just fine for Mom to take care of a huge puppy and a 4 year old and a 3 year old.  My sister and I are 1 year apart born the same month!!!  My brother is 10 years younger than me.  Me being the oldest.  Needless to say Old English Sheepdogs(which I love to death to this day),I have a small bichon,4 cockatiels and a canary and my brother has the huge black boxer pup!!!  Sister went the way of having a cat!
(((Hugz)))) to you,you'll get that pup when all is ready and then you'll truly enjoy him or her!!!!

What awesome pictures! What handsome guys! Oooh the fig bushes!  I love ripe figs

Organic is definately good! When I was about 7, I had a neighbor with a huge garden (the entire one acre lot behind both of our houses!), and she was organic all the way... She even had a tomato plant specifically for me that used to produce some of the biggest tomatoes I've ever seen. One was a full 4 pounds.

Hehe, CurlGirl... it sounds like you and your siblings pretty much have all the bases covered when it comes to pets, eh?  Yeah, my mom made the descicion to take care of a 5 year old, a newborn, and a shepherd-chow mix puppy all on her own! Actually the puppy was born the same day I was.

heh, it was a weeks worth of tomato sandwiches

And oddly enough, it's not the only time I've had puppies born on my birthday. A few years ago, two of our dogs managed to get pregnant before we could get them spayed (lazy parents, really, but that's another story).. Mine, a border collie mix, had 7 puppies on my birthday:D Of course, they were caught in a house fire 7 days later (we were out of state at a funeral). The other had her puppies under the house, either during or hours after the fire. We used to joke that ginger's puppies were fireproof! (unfortunately, cassie's apparently weren't )

so sad about the pups!!!! I'm sorry!

Aww, poor puppies. 

I agree with all that Angelspun wrote, so I will just say 'ditto".

JD

hey, congrats on the sales, CurlGirl! And from the recent pictures, even with the hair up, I can tell you definately deserve the compliments!

Now that the cyclone puppy is either at my aunt and uncle's house or coming back to me,I have alittle time to recooperate and straighten up the disaster at my mother's house!   I find it quite amusing that when Champ jumps on the coach and I yell off he thinks that he can try to hide in the cushions( with his butt up in the air) and I won't find him!!!  He has a great sense of humor and I find it hard to keep a straight face when I have to correct his mischievious ways!!!!
I hope he is as sweet and affectionate when he is full grown as he is now!  I have a feeling he's going to be close to 70-75 pounds when full grown.  He's at least 35 pounds now at almost 5 months old!!!! 
When he's not here I miss him trying to sit on my lap when I'm at the computer.  It's a great balance exercise for me since I use a Giam Balance Ball Chair for the computer!  Lord help me if he catches me off guard!!!  We'll both be on the floor!
I think today I'll take advantage of the beautiful weather and sit outside with my pup!  I think I'll also make pineapple orange fruit smoothies for lunch and salmon brown rice burgers for dinner!  That should hit the spot!  I'll have enough time to digest and be on the Pilates Performer way before bed time!
For the hair news,still shiny and under control in a braid.  The weather has been very cooperative,staying less humid for a few days has helped!  I wonder how long before the humidity is back and I feel like I have the frizzies back weighing 10 pounds again?????? I do love my aloe vera liquid and glycerin!!

Not poor little Champ!!!  He could not have done it!!!

I know friends at work who did pottery after work a couple of years ago.  They really enjoyed it.  I would love to have tried it (oh so unartistic me) but the dogs told me that being left for almost 12 hours a day was all they could handle...Can't blame them.  I guess in life we have to make choices...and since pottery was not offered within 40 km of me...I knew I would not go out after the taking care of my dogs...who need more than food and to go out...but also to be loved, walked and told they are as important to me as I am to them.

I love my little dogs  .  I will miss them when they are gone .  That wont be long I am afraid.

JD

I've had a lot of mixed emotions that past few days,most of them depressing   My mother bought a vacation home in South Carolina in a new development and is quite excited about eventually moving down there for good once my grandmother is no longer alive.  Yes everything is cleaner,brand new and the craziness of city living is non-existent there.  All well and good.  I've been told that if I live down there with her I will have my own bedroom and that's it.  All the things I have here,my bookcases,futon furniture,pots and pans etc will have to be sold.  There is nothing of my personality to come down there.  At all.  She bought a bedroom set for my bedroom,a mattress and grab bars for the bathroom that will be used by me and anyone visiting the house.  I'm surprised that she doesn't want the walk in closet that is in the bedroom for me.  She complains that it is bigger than the one in her master bedroom and the bathroom in her bedroom will not have a tub.  I feel like I'm going to be serving a prison sentence.  I asked if I can put shelves up on the walls and was told if they won't make the room look cluttered and will be able to be supportive on the wall.  Whatever that means.   My choice I was told was that either I can move down there with her in a few years or find somewhere else to live.   I'm between a rock and a hard place because I rely on SSDI and am disabled so it's not like I can say screw it I'll find somewhere else to live..  I have my own apt. now in her 2 family house.  I do pay rent.  Not the going rate that it is going for,but the bathroom is tiny and nothing has been done to it in the 27 years that she owns the house.  Who knows when any work was done to it!!! 
Either I can marry the guy that I'm seeing now,but that is not in my plan although it may be in his.  I'm not "head over heels" in love with him.  He is far more disabled than I am and who is going to take care of him as our diseases progress???  I can't do it.  I don't mean to sound cold,but if I am disabled;how am I supposed to take care of me and him?????
I was told my bird cages are going in my bedroom.  Fine,I want my birds and dog with me anyway.  I said I needed my Poing chair in there so I can crochet.  I can't sit in a regular chair to crochet because it reeks havoc on my neck and back.  I again was told it won't fit and told to either live somewhere else or deal with it!  I think you talk to a child under 18 that way,not a 42 year old.  My mother has never spoken to her children as adults.  She has always either been condesending or expressed doubt in anything we do or say.
Example being is my mother is driving and I'm in the front passenger seat and my siser is in the back seat;my mother will ask my siser,"Theresa,should I make a left or right turn up here?"  She'll respond and my mother will either doubt her answer or claim she doesn't know if she should go straight.   Mind you,I'm holding the directions in my hand!!!!  I conclude that her mentality is if I'm disabled then I'm either mentally retarded,stupid or not capable to knowing which direction to go. This woman is college educated and has a masters degree.
So my quandry will be to either sell most of all I have,marry someone and stay here or try to find my own place that is not in a bad neighborhood..............
I do believe this is a time for serious meditation!

Thank you all ,ladies for your caring thoughts!  Bigs hugz to you all. 
Kiraela,thanks for the shoulder,hon!!

Yes,Angel hearts are not to be played with.  I totally agree.  I think this guy and I have been friends first and then a couple.  It's ok,but nothing that I'm  gagga about.  Knowing me, I would not get married just to avoid another situation and settle for something I'm not thrilled with.  I know when the time comes I would have weighed all my options,made a pros and cons list and then make the best decision for me.  I so appreciate your feelings,sista!!!
Texian Traveler,I am so there with your thoughts!  Thank you so much for sharing those with me and your sympathies!  You too I appreciate!  I'm not so sure about the room mate thing though.  I have a dog and 4 birds.  So it might be rather difficult to find someone who can handle that and me whatever they bring to the table.  Time will tell.
As for now,I think it is a wake up call of sorts for me to either downside or start getting rid of things that I don't need.  Believe it or not I went through all my jeans and came up with 9 pairs that are too big and either need to be given to the consignment shop,e-bay or the church collection!  One small step!  I don't even want to think about my yarn stash to go through!

Thanks,JD!  Don't worry I won't go and get married!  I think my mother has left her poison seeds on that subject!   Makes it damn hard to try to dream of a nice good marriage anyway..........

Hi Curly,

I sent you a message from work today...sorry to say I have no further ideas...but I think you should tell people what we both know about housing for the disabled...people need to know!!!

JD

Section 8 is code talk to me...can you explain?

JD

Ugh..as I said in my email, understand how bad it can be...but no pearls of wisdom.  Tell us if we can do anything for you Curl.

JD

.  So sad.  Poor Curly.  I believe the saying is (and I heard it a lot as a kid) "Do as I say, not as I do".

JD

Angel, I will be interested to see if you feel the same way in 10 years.  You have not heard the biological clock yet...and believe me...it can get pretty loud and demanding!!!!

JD

Curlgirl64 wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2007 at 8:15am:


I really do sympathise with your position Curlgirl64 ! I'm really sorry but it comes across as utterly unfair, cruel, selfish and hopelessly one-sided.

I don't know if my example is going to be of any help but it's worth a try. Although male and an only kid, I had very similar problems with my hateful dictatorial mother too. A permanent contest of wills from about 8 to 18 or so, however I knew that one day I would have the final say !

And when it finally did arrive I got a lot of (very satisfying !) mileage from about aged 35 onwards when visiting her ( as rarely as possible !) by deliberately denying her the things I knew she wanted. Attention for one plus other things I knew always irritated her, because the moment I got any lip (revenge was sweet !) I would say some or all of the following before I got up and walked out the door.... It almost became routine !!

"Look you can't have it both ways either you're a mother full time or not. You've had years to make up your mind. Being a mother is not a question of when it suits you or on the days you happen to feel like it, so don't expect any sympathy from me when you can't get around any more. You made your bed so go lie on it."  Door slammed really hard !! Then nothing for a good few months thank goodness as it always took me ages and ages to simmer down !

In other words forcing in her case to face up to her old age which she kept pushing aside and I think denying to herself would ever happen. She always ignored what I said for a long time but I knew the moment when it started to bite as she suddenly became for the first time ever a little whiney and looking for sympathy, which she never got because her underlying self-centred brick wall attitude never changed. Yet all she had to do at any time was break down and apologise genuinely etc. and we'd have been inseparable.  They always say that kids can tell when an adult is not being trustworthy and open and in my case it was true. Despite it being years and years later.... You just do not forget.

Yet she never did break down and became a lonely miserable old woman, especially when father died as she then had no-one to boss around any more. So our whole family lost....sadly.

Definitely not a nice thing to have to relate in public I know but at least I'd found my mental freedom. And that's what counted.

Arcadian,

For me it is my father.  Right now he is sitting in the locked ward of a nursing home, believing that God is going to restore the eyesight lost due to retinal bleeding from the diabetes he neglected, the rotting stumps of teeth he didn't brush that will have to be cut from his mouth, the money he wasted on get-rich-quick schemes, the wife he neglected who left him to preserve her own sanity (and life, becuase if she had stayed with him she believes she would have killed herself) and the son who got so fed up with his denial of reality that he left him to his illusions.  Those who have successfullly ignored reality for 25 years become VERY good at it.  

I guess what I am trying to say is that sometimes parents NEVER face their circumstances.  When that happens, your priority becomes protecting others, yourself included.  While my father has dementia, he really has enough coherence and self-sufficiency to be in a less restrictive environment.  But I keep him locked up because otherwise he tries to go home, where he drives a motorcycle he can't see, and tries to cook on burners he forgets to turn off.  I can't protect him, because he doesn't care enough to protect himself.  So I protect the child he might hit while on that motorcycle, or the neighbor whose house is endangered when his burns.  

I told him if he would agree to selling his house I would find a less restrictive place.  He would rather sit in that home and cling to those illusions.  

Thank you all!!  I'm hanging in there!!  Section 8 is totally foreign to me because I grew up in the suberbs in a very nice home,fireplace,pool,own bedroom,get the pic????  When my parents got divorced when I was12 or 13,we(Mom,sister,brother and me) moved back to my mother's parents house in the city.  Very different life,crowded,noisier,worse school system,just very very different.  So this section 8 thing is morethan shell shock if I go with it and will require lots of research and homework.  Nothing I would shy away from!  It is different when you work and make less money than when you're in my boat and disabled and only get a certain amount on SSDI.  Doesn't stop me though from looking outside the box and try to do something other than sit and do nothing but collect a check.  I can't stand that when people do that!   So all in all I'll hang in!
Funny though,my mom stayed at home when my sister and I were little in the 60's because she was married and you tried to stay at home and raise your family.  My brother was raised by my grandparents because he was 2 when my parents were getting ready for divorce.  If he could have been raised by anyone,I'd pick those 2!!  Nothing could be finer than the morals,ethics and the way to treat people that those grandparents instilled in all three of us.  I don't know what happened when they raised her with some of her totally ridiculous ways!!!  I think my grandmother dropped her on her head a few times!
Anyway,it's just a time for a challenge and see what I can do!

Thank you,BB!  Yes I think wheelchair accessible is something to think about down the road.  I may always use a cane and occasionally a scooter,but you never know what the future holds!!!  It's a shame that alot of section 8 is typically in bad neighborhoods or poorly equipted buildings.  I might have better luck looking for section 8 that is in a private home.  People do have 2 or 3 family homes and rent out their apts to section 8 because they get a subsidy from the government to do so.    Just another option,thank god,to put on the list to think about!!!!

I made salmon for dinner last night and had tomato salad,pasta with red sauce,wine and veggies.  With the salmon I used olive oil,onions,capers,wine,lemon juice,parsley,dill,onion powder,garlic powder,paprika,chili powder(don't ask!) It was good.
This morning was so hot and humid and disgusting!!  My hair looked like something the "cat dragged in"!  I don't even own a cat and it resembled something that a cat would drop at the feet of its owner!!!  I had to wash my hair,there was no way I could live with the frizz!  I had braided it the night before so at least it wasn't totally unmanagable!  I used a shampoo bar that was vegan(something I got off e-bay a few months ago),had all the good oils and lavendar in it!  Skipped the ACV and just used Pantene conditioner for curly hair.  Don't know exactly which one,but it gave me the right amount of slip and I was able to manage my hair alot easier!!  Up in a bun and then I braided it hours later.  All is well on the hair saga side,lol!!
I put some yarn lots on e-bay last night.  I put 2 auctions up for 7 days and starting bids at 99cents each.  No watchers,but about 30 people looked at it since last night.  Not too bad;since they're on less than 24 hours.  It would be great if there were some bids!!!  I'm hopeful
My "teach yourself to knit kit arrived today!!!  Hooray!!!!  I don't like the reading instructions part though.  I think I do much better when there is a visual or someone gives verbal instructions.  Because what the book say and what the diagrams show are two totally different things!  It figures!
I already know I hate purl.  I like knit.  I don't hold the yarn as they instruct you to do.  It looks and feels retarded.  That is the best way I can describe it.  I also am the first to admit that I cast on retarded.  I don't think I have ever seen anyone cast on the way I do.  I'm comfortable with the technique and it's probably the way I do it because I've been crocheting for a while.  My chemise is almost done.  I'll post a pic when it's finished.  The straps are the only thing left and once again the instructions are not what the picture looks like.
Champ is here and sleeping.  So I'll take advantage of that and practice knitting.  I'm also making a crocheted tunic.  I think it's the side-to-side tunic pattern on Lion Brand's website.  I wanted something simple,easy and a no- brainer.  This is it!  As for the knitting,I know I have to crawl,walk and then run,but I'm anxious to have the click of the knitting needles sound smooth and feel the flow!!!  Right now,allyou hear is me curse when I drop a stitch or get pissed when I follow the directions and the end result looks so horrible,it's embarrassing to admit I knit that garbage!!!!  I know patience,patience!!!!  I hear the needles calling me!!! Later!

AUGUST????? Blah,it's too sticky,hot,humid let me know when Fall is finally coming.  Today starts a heatwave here on the eastcoast in my neck of the woods.  90 and better for the week.  I'd rather drink straight lemon juice!!!!!!  This heat today has been to say the least oppressive!!!!!!!!!!!  Glad I'm inside with a/c.  My electric bill will look like a phone bill,but it's too hot!!!!!!!!!! 
One thing that does keep me occupied is this crazy puppy's always getting into trouble!!!!!!!!!!  I swear he is a 2 year old human child in dog's clothing!!!!!!!!!!

It's true about japanese incense!  I use to burn one called Koyto Autumn and when I went back to Indian incense I had to get use to it again ( cough, wheeze).  Your knitting too!  I'm making some legwamers for dancing. adding on stiches eh? Your picking up to much wool -- what you can do is count how many stiches you should have then knit two together till you have the right amount!  Good luck!

Knitting!!  My favorite relaxation therapy!  Do you hold your yarn with your right or left hand?  As a crocheter - you might find it easiest to carry it with your left hand and "pick" it with the right hand needle instead of throwing the yarn with your right hand.  That's how I knit.  While on vacation I worked on my mystery lace shawl, finished a pair of socks, and knit 2 beanie hats.

Keep practicing, I'm sure you will become proficient quickly.

The most common reasons for adding stitches is that you are either splitting the yarn to create two new stitches or you are picking up a stitch from the row below (this would typically happen on the wrong side when purling).  One way to check for this is to have a contrasting colored string that you weave between the stitches every 5 or 10 stitches.  On the next row, make sure that you still have that same number of stitches when you come to the spot where the string is between the stitches again.  I use this technique with my lace knitting - it makes it easier to count my stitches and verify that I have not dropped or added a stitch in the wrong place. 

If you can take a picture of your knitting in an area where you think you added a stitch, I might be able to better identify what you are doing.

Keep practicing!

I'd never run and hide!    What kind of cast on method are you using.  Is it possible that you are not counting the first stitch - the slip knot - and you are really casting on one too many?  (I've been known to do that way too many tmes!).  That first row is always a tough one to knit.  I usually use a needle that is one or two sizes larger than I will be knitting with. 

send me your pic and Ill see if I can identify anything for you.

Somebody please have a serious talk with the weather gods!!!  There was a tornado in Bayridge last night,about a 10 minute car drive from me.  We never ever get tornados up here!!!   Lots of trees down,roofs blown off people's houses,power out.  This weather seems to get crazier and crazier! 
Hair up in a bun today with SugarStix.  It's 96 degrees outside and my mother decides to take a car trip to Costco's!!   The car's a/c decided it was not a good idea and said so on the way home when the gauge read 200!!!  I told her either Freeon(?) or water.  So much for a VW!!!  Ice water on my wrists,carotid arteries and ankles was needed as soon as I got home!  This heatwave is no joke!  My MS symptoms really get out of hand with this heat.  I'm staying in until the Fall!!!!

oh JD!  I didn't mean to give you sad thoughts !  Maybe this Fall will be happy for you!  I'm hoping that for you

Pls explain microfiber cleaning the floors.  And I would love to hear about your carpet deodorizer.  I just use baking soda.

Sorry your holiday is coming to an end.  Poor you.

JD

Hair:  washed with shampoo bar,twice.  Conditioned with Pantene conditioner for curls and oiled with camelia oil and used aloe vera gel.  Let it air dry and had wonderful spiral curls!!!!!!  Too hot though so I had to put it up in a ponytail by 3pm:(oh well!
Puppy is here at 4pm until 6pm tomorrow........I'm already burnt out!  It's only 6pm. 
Almost done with the second sleeve on the crocheted sweater!  Hooray!!!  It takes so long!!!  If it comes out nice,I'll make it using Lion Brand Wool-Ease.  It takes about 7 skeins at $4.99 each so I'll budget for that in a month or two.
I'm knitting a scarf with Plymouth Encore Worsted weight and really like the bamboo needles I'm using for it.  Also working on the lacy cardigan with silk/angora/mohair yarn.  Too time consuming because the yarn keeps splitting.   
House still smells nice with warm vanilla sugar fragrance oil I used that night to make the whipped body butter.  Don't want to think about what the house will smell like after the pup leaves though!!!

let's see how this came out. 

Awesome Sweater!  I love the neck, so cuddlie!!

I made a swater and coat in the same way!  The coat took eons to complete and sadly did not fit me so I donated it..  There is a book author I met years ago in New York who has some really neat knitting and crochet books.  His name is Kaffe Fassett and does awsome things with wool. He even had a TV show at one point.  I had one of his crochet books and loved it.  Can't remember the name but it was all crochet and was really neat!

Love the sweater!    But I think we need to see a picture of it on YOU!     Great job.  :: mutter mutter....must get back to work on my mystery stole... mutter.. mutter...mutter::

Ok,shock among all shocks to me,I got the blood work back and the total cholesterol is 179!!!  Woo Hoo(happy dance while dog and birds look at me like I've lost my mind!)
The HDL is good and the LDL is alittle high,109(below 100 is good)  the white cell count is very low,2.9.  I expected that because of the meds.  What I'm wondering is if I'm at the lowest dose and am supposed to take the normal higher dose soon,does it knock me out of the pic because of the low white cell count????hmmmm.  I went on the lower dose because of that in the first place.
All other stuff,sugar,thyroid and liver panel are just fine.  Blood pressure was I think 100 over 70.  When I was running it was 90 over 60.  I liked that.
All in all everything is ok.  Got a reprieve from the pup for a few days.  He'll be back for a little while on Thurs. and Fri. while my brother goes to 2 firefighter's funeral's.  (two lost their lives while battling a fire at Deutsch Bank in lower Manhattan)
Started crocheting arm warmers as Christmas gifts for the ladies in the family.  All other projects are going along as planned.  Been using the fun fur on some of the cuffs and it looks nice.  Pic to come soon!!!!

I would like to see them too!   I wanted to give them a try as well.  Do you do them on four needles?

there are three sets,but try as I might I can not make this pic smaller.  My theory is correct,"follow instructions or a recipe and you will screw it up!"

thanks!  I put red fun fur on the red ones,too!

Love them!    Here's a smaller version of the picture you can use:

Curlgirl64 wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2007 at 3:21pm:


I use PictureTrail to store photos online.  It is a free service and it automatically resizes pictures.  And as an extra bonus, they give you the URL with the image tags!

Ok!  I'll PM you tomorrow with the patterns(I added the fun fur myself to the pattern,but will include how to do that also)

Time is just flying by!  Just when you think you have a second to breathe,someone shows up!  Aunt Flo decided to show up 2x this month!!! Oy!  First in the beginning of the month and now at the end of the month!  Is there a break in sight?!
Onto hair stuff!
Last night I decided to do a deep conditioner with Pantene Pro V Moisture Replenishing Mask on dry hair.  My soaked it right up!  I then used Babbasu oil on the lenght and especially the ends.  Quick douse of water,wide toothed combed slowly and carefully,all goes in a microfiber twisty towel.  I slept with that on from about 10pm-5:30am.  I rinsed it out in the shower and then shampooed 2x with a shampoo bar.  I decided to use Pantene Pro-V daily moisture renewal hydration coditioner on the length and ends.  I used alittle too on my head.  Didn't wait more than 1 minute to rinse.I let my hair air dry(which it's still doing).  So far it's very curly and soft.  I'll do a S&D later.
Think I'll have to measure early next week since I washed today and didn't have a chance to measure due to the puppy coming.
I think I'll be moving to South Carolina quicker than anticipated.  My mom came back from a week down to say she doesn't think she can handle another winter up here.  She's always sad to come home because the people are soooo nice down there and it's cleaner and a better quality of life.  I already knew southern hospitality was exceptional,but I think she's really getting a taste of it!  I have a lot of mixed emotions with this.  I'm going down next month for 5 days,after my sister's birthday and before mine.  I think I found a pet sitter for my dog and birds.  That's another story!  I don't go on vacations because I made that choice when I got my dog and birds.  I knew that was a sacrifice to be made and I gladly made it.  No kennels.  So a pet sitter is needed.
I wrote enough.  Later I'll hit on the yard sale that is supposed to happen for who knows howmany weekends!!!

My theory stands true!!!  Follow a recipe or directions and it won't come out right!  I'll probably just get rid of the ticker because there really isn't anything I like there anyway.  I'm pretty much at tailbone length anyway,depending on how my hair is measured.  So give or take 1 or 2 months I surpass that or just right past it.

Got it fixed with the suggestion of "one little birdie" who sent me a message!  Thanks!
JD,you're gonna be fine,goals set or not.  It's all in your actions!  You can say anything,but doing is a different story.  I know you'll do what you set out to do!  You just go girl!!

My pleasure,sista!!

You're welcome,JD!  I use peppermint in my little carpet area before going up the stairs to my apt. and I use mandarin orange in one of my mother's rooms(rarity that it has carpet,parque everwhere else)  I love,love,love the smell,too!!

Ok, not only is this guy going to cook vegan for me on Saturday,I am going over to his place tomorrow to help him make marinara sauce and can it!  Pasta Dinner(whole wheat pasta) is the thank you he'd like to make me.  The menu is probably pasta,salad,a dessert wine,coffee and soy milk.  I have a sneaky suspicion that Purely Decadent(soy ice cream) is also on the menu!  Hmmmmm,sounds pretty good!  I wonder what he has planned for Saturday's dinner!  Stayed tuned!!!!!