Hello Ashen,
Glad to have you with us! I know how it is to not get support at home... I don't think too many of us get it because our spouses don't think! And of course now that I'm widowed and have a serious relationship with someone, he supports me in what I'm doing although he thought I should go on weight watchers because his cousin did and she's having success with it. And of course he still eats goodies in front of me which doesn't help as I could live on goodies. My salvation is that he's in Florida right now and I'm in Illinois so I'm getting a good start on losing weight. I'll be going out to see him at the end of Feb. for two weeks and I'm hoping my weight loss will really be noticeable. And that I can stay on my diet, too. So I guess we're all in the same boat. We really need each other to lean on. So I'm here for anyone that needs it, and I know you all will be here for me too. I must admit one thing though, that my cravings are not as intense as they used to be. I get them once in a while, and I'm the most surprised person because I didn't think that would ever happen.

Hi MaryEdie (yuk yuk!)
I used to have only one phone line like you, and my family didn't like it because they couldn't get through when they'd call. So when AT&T digital offered two lines for 28.95 a month I thought that was great. Except with all the other charges, it really turned out to be 48.95 a month. I won't get into that story. But I didn't want to give the second line up so I just keep on paying the bill. I know where you're coming from when you say you never call your kids by their right names. I used to do that to, and to this day my youngest son reminds me how I even called him not only by his sister and brothers name, but by the two dogs names before I could come up with his name. Is that hilarious or what??

I still have a pretty boring menu that I'm eating. I don't seem to have the time to sit down and find or figure out what I could eat that would be more palatable. And that reminds me of the joke that just went around between some of my friends on the internet. It suits me to a tee. I'm going to try and attach it if I can because I think it's so funny!

In the meantime, thanks for telling us about the meatballs... I'm going to try that. I'm out of ground beef right now but will pick more up at the store when I go. The only good thing I knew to make (because I ordered the sandwich in a restaurant minus the bun) is to broil or grill chicken breast put a slice of swiss cheese on top, two strips of bacon and top with slices of tomato. Oh that tastes so good! I'm going to hopefully find where the recipes are on this site and look for the ones you suggested in your first post on this thread. Maybe tomorrow. OK, I'm going to see if I can put that joke up here now. I hope that's an ok thing to do here.

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.- Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye they need to be watered. I set the coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.