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Bubu

I found it!!

This was a great idea. Good you didn't limit it to just "South" Dakota. This will much easier to visit with one another.

I'm usually on the board early in the morning. DH is a school custodian so he's up early too.

Will check in later.

Hello!

Thanks for starting this thread -- it'll be fun!

Only had a minute to check in this morning. We're packing the camper and heading to Oakwood for a 4 day weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather!

Have a great holiday! I'll check in Sunday evening!

Lisa

HAPPY 4TH.........



Glad u found it........hope u are having fun celebrating tonight. We had a little party last night at sis in laws' then to cousins house today.
Just as we were getting home the sky broke lose with dark green clouds and hail and then it all turned the brightest dense yellow I have ever seen. It was so pretty in its own right, had it not been for the hail. Can't tell what the damages might be yet. Good rain though, even this morning we had some . Kind of strange to get this much in July really.

Well I held the plan food wise...but had 1 Mich Ultra last night and 4 today. The first one gave both hubby and I a buzz....
I could feel my body working on it, it felt really strange...then it felt normal. Don't even wanna do the measuring and scale tomorrow.....TOM is announcing itself too so will have a double whammy. But had to do something different to celebrate...and it was my first cheat in a way. Don't think I went over carbs though...will see.

Well best get to bed ........

Catch u gals later

Bubu

Hi, bubu and Lisa!

Been gone for a few days. Bad storm Thursday night - 80 mi. winds. Had tree branches all over yard and even one on the house. Spent the 4th cleaning up branches all over the neighborhood. We don't usually see our neighbors very often, everyone is so busy. But when things like this happen, everyone helps each other. It's really neat. That's what's good about a small town.

Lisa, you must have had those winds too on Thursday. It was scary - never seen anything like it. We could hear branches cracking and falling all over the place. Lucky it didn't hurt our house.

Anyway we were without electricity until 5pm Friday. When I booted my computer, my monitor was burned out. So had to get a new monitor this weekend. Can't get by without computer.

Had a family reunion in Madison yesterday. DD and I took lots of vegies, meat and cheese. I made a big crockpot of LC barbecued beef. It all disappeared so everyone must have liked it. We stayed on plan even with all the great looking fruit and pasta salads (which are my favorites).
I'll post the recipe for the BBQ beef in the recipe forum.

BTW, don't know if I mentioned it but I had gained 2# last week. What with all the hard work Friday, was back down on Saturday and then down another yesterday. So only 1 # to go by my 59th birthday, July 14. I just might make it if I behave myself this week.

CYL

Hey there Barb.....

Yeah the storms were something else, this seems so unreal for July..to be getting all this moisture again after the dry spells. Storla had bad baseball sized hail on the 4th. People had a party there and everyones vehicle got badly damaged.
Well bad day at work today......and splitting headache tonight.....with no time to eat today ...am looking fwd to a hamburger pretty soon. My daughter went thru the store today looking for plan wise things ..but nothing here...will have to make a trip to Mitchell maybe and look around there.
Tourists are a plenty this year I think and the darn construction everywhere again.....just don't like going there during the season.

At any rate I think we are all ready for a change, need to get with some recipes.
We haven't lost any over the weekend...in fact put on a pd total now from the beer no doubt..just hope it comes off this week.

Btw Barb....my # 2 son goes to DSU in Madison. He will start his first year again.....due to Nat. Guards went to Basics and AIT then took 2nd semester only to be activated with the 147th . So not enough credits and has to start over this fall.

Be back later....gots to EAT....lol

Bubu

Bubu.....

Where did #2 son get activated to? Iraq? Is he back yet? Didn't you worry? My son was in Army Reserve from 1980 to 1989. He had been out a year when his unit was called to the Gulf War. His best friend was commander of the unit and he felt guilty because he was not going, but I was relieved. My son-in-law was there though, but was only support so not in any danger. Son's unit was a chemical unit that goes in and cleans up after biological or chemical attack. Scary stuff!

Had another storm last night. Lots of close lightening and rain, rain, rain! We got 2.5 in. Centerville (10 mi west) got 6 in. Vermillion River is flooding all over the place. Have a friend who lives by the river. They are really watching the dikes. We are supposed to have more storms tonight. I have lived in SD for 59 yrs and have never seen a summer like this one. Weird!

My scale was up 2# this morning. I know my problem - snacking on too many macadamias yesterday. That's the problem with nuts...can't stop at just a few. I have to do a much better job of planning my meals. I get hungry and just go to the fridge and grab whatever is quick. Not a good plan! It causes a lot of snacking which is a terrible habit of mine anyway. It's being home most of the time. When I retired, I got so depressed that first year and ate to make myself feel better. So all the weight I lost during induction (21#) was weight I had gained since retirement. I wanted to be at 199 by next Monday. I won't make it if I don't get control of myself. I did really good last week but yesterday kind of fell apart.

We just have one small grocery store too. I can find most things there, but I really like to shop at HyVee in Sioux Falls or Vermillion. I go to Vermillion every Friday morning to teach a Bible study there, so usually shop then. I love their meat. And their selection of fresh vegies is wonderful. Sometimes I go nuts and buy more than I can possibly eat in a week. I have some good sirloin steaks thawed out for supper. Hope it's not raining by then so I can grill them. It's cloudy now.

Well, I do ramble don't I?
CYL

PS: The lb you gained is probably just water. Beer will do that - just like saltly nuts! I will come off quick for both of us.

Well,

are u guys ready for another storm...this one sounds like its gonna flood alot of us. Just got done mowing and securing the goods outside...supposed to have 75 mph wind with this too...hope not.

We had .75 rain last night..nice and steady..heard about Centerville today too......poor folks. I sure wouldn't want that in my basement..its an old rock foundation and 1996 rains started bringing the water in then.

No, Randy didn't have to go overseas..they were in Fort Sill, OK ...the day they were scheduled to go also turned out to be their coming home day. They never knew on that day how close they came to being shipped. But since they are the missile launchers there was no need for them anymore....Looking at how things are going there now .....I wonder . I always said...mop up is more dangerous than the war itself. And I know their menalaty from so many of the living in Germany. Yes I was really scared and had lots of tears worrying.

Well I think I lost my 2 pds again.....gonna weigh tomorrow at the gym......as much as I have been sweating I hope its not just water weight.

Be safe....another sleepless night is coming on....good thing I only have to open the gym and don't have to work tomorrow...may catch a nap that way.
Laters,

Bubu

Well, it's midnight and no storm yet. Maybe we'll escape this time. Just got home from playing canasta. It's my night to entertain the "old folks".

bubu, I was looking at your stats. Says you started Jan. 2002. But you've only lost 12 lbs? Or did you stop and start again? Just curious.

Bought me a pair of bright yellow shorts and an Hawaiian print short set, both in size 16, this weekend. Haven't worn a 16 for 30 years! Sure feels good. The scale doesn't go down much and the measurements don't change much, but every week I feel thinner.

Glad your son didn't have to go. Yes, it's more dangerous in Iraq now than during 'the war'. I like George Bush but he sure is getting us involved in a lot of places. Liberia and Iran are possibly next. Not sure all this is wise. I don't believe the Middle East will ever really change. Jews and Arabs have been fighting for thousands of years.

Well, it's late and I need some sleep. Have to go to Sioux Falls tomorrow. Our neighbor fell off a ladder trimming trees this weekend and broke his collar bone. Have to take him to doctor. The local clinic doesn't do anything - just sends you to a specialist.

Goodnight.

Good Morning,

yeah, storm didn't do anything here either. It went as fas as the river again and then did the splits before Aurora County, weakened and came together again heading your way. I am glad, but mad cause I was in and out of sleep til 2 am. Our old dog gets so upset when the storms come. He is 16 years old, can hardly see and doesn't hear anything but he sure knows when they are a coming.

As far as the stats.....I think I contemplated starting in January then decided to build some strength first, to see how far my back would let me go. I had been in here once before last year or so and had to re-enter. I didn't start til June. For some reason I a doing so much better this time around..Last time it must have been too much of an adjustment or just didn't give it a chance long enough to realize the other benefits.
I can relate to your hospital trip.....just got news that my stepdad is failing rapidly.....He had a growth on his liver removed (not cancerous thank god) but has had heart trouble before and found out that his arteries in his legs are clogged, plus a kidney failed and the other is suffereing. To take stress off the heart they induced a med. coma and are also putting him on dialasys. This is in Germany, and mom is very upset. I have a brother over there, but he is blind, although his wife can lend a hand now and then with driving, I wished I was there to be with mom. Will call her again Saturday if she doesn't call me with any changes.

Just got our haircuts again.....love the short short...but needs to be cut so often it seems.
Am gonna take a cat nap, the workout was great this am but now I am beat...

talk to u later.

Bubu

So sorry about your stepdad. When the kidneys start failing it's bad news.

Why is your family in Germany? Are you from Germany? My ancesters were German. On my mother's side they immigrated from Garmisch and my dad's side somewhere in the north. Around Frankfort I think. I think my great-grandfather returned to Germany and lived in Frankfort. I have the info somewhere...will have to look it up. One of my ancesters was in the Prussian army. Have the epulets (those shoulder things with the fringes) from his uniform. Do you know - was part of modern day Germany part of Prussia at one time or was Prussia what is now Poland? I have tried to research the history and geography of Prussia, but just get confused. My grandparents always claimed they were German.

Went and cleaned at our church this morning. Leave for Sioux Falls at 2:30. Need to go have lunch now - a big salad with deli roast beef. Have been real good today - no snacks yet. Had a mock danish for breakfast. Trying to cut down on bacon because of the salt. Sure miss my bacon and eggs for breakfast though.

Later,

Hi,

Wow you're asking me about german history....I was never any good at it back then......and Yes I am still a German, have never converted yet lol. Its been 23 years in August since I came over here. Met hubby thru the military, he was stationed in town. Had our first son over there yet and came here when he was just 4 months old in 1980. Honeymooned in Garmisch !! lol
I grew up and lived only minutes from Frannkfurt in Ruesselsheim. This is the town that was the original birthplace and factory of the Opel cars. We all worked there. Even your ancestors may know of this, the Opel family goes way way back. The town is located along the river Main also as is Frankfurt. In fact I lived right by the river.

The subject of Prussia....I found this list of towns...and this link which may help explain some of the history.

http://members.aol.com/pommern1/content.html#HS


Brandenburg
Berlin (now an independent city)
Pommeria (Pommern)
Vorpommern (in Germany)
Hinterpommern (in Poland)
Rhineland (Rheinland)
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Westphalia (Westfalen)
Posen
East Prussia (Ostpreussen)
West Prussia (Westpreussen)
Silesia (Schliesen)
Hesse-Nassau
Hohenzollern (now part of Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Lower Saxony (Province of Sachsen) (now part of Niedersachsen)

you should run a search of ancestry if u have names etc. Never know.. have done lots of translations of old german writings which people find in their family belongings and are trying to find out if they have any family left over there.


you can get a lot of info via the net as long as u have a name and town....etc.

We had lots of food to eat today....I was so drained I needed it. Just felt like I was starving today. The pants I have been wearing are getting pretty lose......but squeezed into some shorts.....and it showed how little progress it has been. Still I am determined t keep going ...I want rid of the fat.

Catch u later...

Bubu

Thanks for the link, bubu. It was very interesting and helpful. I will have to dig out the family info for specifics and do some more searching. I haven't searched for a while and I know there are more web sites all the time.

I have decided that I am on a plateau and won't meet my minigoal by Monday. I keep bobbing between 200 and 203. This is going to take a long time, but this is my way of life now.

(I'm typing this while I'm watching "You've Got Mail" on TNT. It's one of my favorite movies.)

PS -
There for a while when I had a hungry day I was down the next morning. Hope it worked for you.

lol no such luck, stayiing the same. Hubby is going off plan for a week, see if it will tweak it again. Heck he has lost 28 pds...don't know what he is complaining about. Am still stuck.....Bu