Hi all, have been preping and cooking a big pot of steak onions and carrots to freeze. Comes in handy I like to do food from scratch then I know whats in it .
Sandy Lovely pics of you Jim & Jaiden xx
2K2C Glad your shopping went well :) Hope you find an exercise you can do. xx
Vonn Glad your throat is feeling better hun :) xx
Hope every one is well and happy Big huggs Lots of love Jackie. xxxxxxxxxxxx:hug::grouphug::hug::grouphug:

thanks, everyone!!

Wiz - this doctor 'pulled' me off of the Omega 3 Fish Oil until the EOM .. and I have a hard time with food ... don't like to cook anything, don't like to shop, sorry - whining!! :rolleyes:

I'll figure it out, eventually ..

UPDATE: was hoping that my throat would feel better .. but, still sore - probably because after the procedure, I had some Taco Bell (I hadn't eaten for over 30 hours) ... and then on Thursday - the yam I had was too hot (I guess) and irritated the throat ... :Talkative:

I've been drinking water ... but, feel that I may have overstressed my 'swallowing' ... oh well ... :(

it's a beautiful day out ... and hoping to travel to my friend's for T-Day dinner today/tonight ... right now, I'm not 'feeling' it ... :nopity:

Good afternoon all! Chris wants to finish decorating the house so we'll probably do that and then I'll work on my blankets or stained glass. I have everyone shopped for in the family except the mom's. I did everything online. I even got into a bidding war on Ebay for those darn Zhu Zhu pets. They are fake hamsters. I spent more than I wanted but it was for the kids and that's what the holiday is about. I would never do that for an adult. 4 nieces will have the latest fad. :rolleyes:

Everyone have a good day. Vonn, hope your feeling better soon. :hug:

I just read about the fake hamsters. I did not realize this was the "hot" present this year. So far, my niece has not mentioned them.

Barb, I agree that cholesterol is hereditary. My neuro was telling me about some incidences of isolated civilizations where all the people have low good cholesterol and high bad, and they live in a tropical environment and eat lots of fish. He said that it's common for them to die at 50 or earlier from artherosclerosis due to this.

He also has MS patients, not watching their diet at all, wheelchair bound with very high good cholesterol for no apparent reason. He said they'll likely never have heart disease because of this.

A lot of it is hereditary and that's why we're lucky to have statins to lower it like Zocor and Lipitor.

My dad ate high saturated fat, eggs, bacon, ham, butter and sugar all his life but also worked outdoors at least 40 hours per week (besides his factory day job working on the assembly line).

He had excellent cholesterol his entire life! :eek:

But still, mine is high, but I have very high good cholesterol and it's because I eat lots of olive oil, fish, and avocado on a regular basis and I take fish oil caps each morning. So who the heck knows what is right? I'm trying to watch my diet more though because my PCP is freaked out because my bad cholesterol went up some (I was eating a lot of cheese and eggs.) But I cut those out and added cheerios and skim milk for breakfast. He was pretty peeved at me because I refused to start taking a statin med. I told him I'd bring it down on my own.

He's my new PCP too and it looks like he might not last. My old one just retired, Dr. Lee, and he'd advise, but not push things on me and get in a snit if I didn't follow his advice. :rolleyes:

Vonn,

I just want you feeling better and I'm hoping your doctors can get you in ship shape soon. :hug:

Morning all, I'm up early as hubby off to do his hobby a preserved Train. ( well we all have our vices) :) So now I'm chillin with my cat. Its cold today and wet so not venturing out. Hope your all ok big huggs love Jacke. xxxxxx:grouphug::hug::grouphug::hug:

Hugs all!

last night and this morning were those BAD BAD back days!! sometimes it makes me wonder if something else could be up... and that we just think from my description spasm pain who knows..... but sometimes I wonder what if something else is causing especially the lower back stuff....

anyhow, could not stay in bed this morning due to the pain, came down and stretched out and did few moments of yoga stretching.... :o helps some... I think just being up and moving helps.... but would LOVE to sleep in once in while on days off....

heading to church but all alone... can not fathom waking the little ones..they are fast asleep... and sometimes want me to hold them during church... so not for me... feel too disabled to have such little ones at times... it hurts my feelings...

anyhow... maybe get out the christmas decorations... if some kids will help... as do not want to do too too much... hugssss and have a GREAT day all!! hugss,sarah

Good Morning! Got my weekly grocery trip over with this morning. I like to go when the stores are not crowded and it's supposed to rain tomorrow so I figured I'd get it over with today.

It's beautiful here today. Supposed to be in the 60's. But that's all gonna change by tomorrow. Rain, wind and colder temps are on the way. I looked at the extended forecast and Saturday (my garage sale day) is supposed to be pretty and in the 50's. Perfect! :D

DS is picking up 4 6-foot banquet tables for me today to use in my sale. DS's girlfriend's mother has them and they only live about five miles from me. She's sweet to let me borrow them.

Hoping everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We did but I'm glad the leftovers are almost gone. I even sent quite a bit home with DS after we ate, too. I always cook too much.

:grouphug:'s to everyone! :)

Hi everyone! We got all the decs up last night. I even hitched the trailer to the van to drive tomorrow. Hope I don't clip too many mailboxes on the way up to Dekalb! LOL If your wondering what van and trailer, it's the one my brothers band left here while on tour. It's a big one (extended van with a 10 foot trailer) so I am a tad nervous. They will load their equipment and then drive me back home. I'll leave here around 5:30am. Anyone want to ride? lol

Other than that I plan to do some blankets. I didn't get to them last night. Maybe I can get enough done to start wrapping.

Have a good day everyone! :hug:

It is cold, windy, and dreary here today. Oh well -- Friday and Saturday were sunny, and I am just staying home today. I just finished grading a few minutes ago so I have the rest of the day to take it easy. The next few weeks are going to be really busy at school.

Sarah -- :hug::hug:

Wiz -- Hope you are able to get the cholesterol down naturally. Think I am getting the same look from my doctors when I tell them I have not started taking a drug for osteopenia. I still have not taken the actonel that I picked up last week. The side effects are really scary. I already have stomach problems, plus muscle and bone pain. Do I really need more?