***The Senior WW Challenge*** - FRIDAY 10/15

Bridgette seems totally fine now. She still howls like crazy at Fred when he eats something but he’s gotten a lot better in refusing to share. As I kept telling him once she knows she isn’t getting any she stops but throws herself down in her dog bed and pouts. At those times she is just like Bailey! The difference is Bailey gives up pretty quickly once she realizes no food is being shared.

I had a pleasant surprise yesterday. I was playing a game on my iPad and all of a sudden I was getting a FaceTime request and it was from my oldest DGD Maddie! She never FaceTimes me so I answered right away. She is the one who is in vet school at VTech. She was sitting outside under a tree and wanted to introduce me to her new dog Cooper. He’s a four year old Border Collie. He had been used in training the students on how to properly care for a dog. Once the class is done the students have the opportunity to adopt but are carefully checked first and told what to expect from the breed so there are no surprises and no returns. They come from the local animal shelter and Cooper and her had bonded the first day. Since her apartment won’t allow pets she has him at her sister’s house and since she has a class from 8-12 and then lab from 1-5 and her sister has her classes in the afternoon he is not alone for long as her sister’s roommates are in and out all day and love him. They do crate him if he’s alone so no damage can happen. Then in the spring her sister is doing a study abroad for the semester and Maddie will move into her house as the apartment she is in she is sub-letting from a girl who is doing an internship in DC but will be back for the spring semester so everything was right for her to do this. Cooper is adorable and just from the interaction on FaceTime I can tell he adores her! After showing him to me we had a wonderful visit and I loved it as we never get one on one time.

After hearing yesterday that the watchman procedure is a go and already approved by Humana I think both Fred and I relaxed and were all of a sudden very tired. He blamed it on the cooler weather but I think the stress of not knowing had been lifted and our bodies just wanted to rest! He said he is going to golf Saturday as even though it will be on the cool side the course they are playing is very easy and he will rent a cart. We have a few things to get at the store today plus he wants to get the ingredients for a dip his friend made that is delicious. I will hold off on laundry until tomorrow while he’s golfing.

Karen E I put out a friend request to you on Facebook. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you would know it’s me and not a hacker. ☺️

No Pat but some of us are friends on Facebook. Several of us have had an actual meet n greet in person at different times. I’m not quite sure how to give you Facebook information here on this thread safely. But anyway we are not transitioning to there.

Sandy fun to hear from DGK isn’t it. Two of ours are in their last and hardest semester in college. I think I’ll reach out to them today and text them. They must be under a lot of pressure. Both really smart though.

I need to paint some closets but I just can’t get started. We did put some of the collectibles in the buffet yesterday. So that was a lift.

B - Oats, blueberries, flaxseed, walnuts, almond milk
L - left over soup
D - roasted veg. If it’s nice I’ll have Don grill some salmon
And this is just a framework, I eat lots more.

I need bread so I’ll either bake it or go to the store.

Good morning all.

We had lots of rain last night and still more to come today. It's going to be a very soggy Friday.

Sandy, that's wonderful news about Fred! And what a sweet surprise from your DGD! That recipe sounds wonderful. I'm assuming the corn peppers are corn with added peppers.

It will be a quiet day here and with all this rain it will be a good day to relax with a good book and a cup of tea.

I hadn’t heard of them either but like Vicki said Fred looked it up and it looks like it’s canned corn with peppers in it.

Sandy, I'm so happy to hear that the Watchman is a "go" for Fred.  That is great news!   The worst part of any medical concern is the "not knowing."   It's all downhill from here!

Yesterday my drywall man spent the entire day removing my downstairs popcorn ceilings and patching the ceiling in preparation of new "knock down" ceilings.   My house is 50 years old and when he took off the popcorn he found a lot of imperfections -- including patches made over the years.   He did a beautiful job though.  It is hard to find good workmen and Juan was recommended to me by a dear friend who has been remodeling her house to sell it...  Worked out to my benefit!

Nearly 2 years ago a terrible storm damaged my house -- eventually the master bedroom wall (second floor) and a first floor extension's roof had to be completely replaced -- there were beyond repair.  That took forever to do but it made me realize it was time to update other parts of the house.  I'm getting rid of my popcorn ceilings, repainting the entire interior (we've been here over 11 years and I have no idea when the current paint job was done but it definitely needs a fresh coat!).  After all that I'm tearing out the carpet on the stairs and upstairs (my downstairs is all tile).   I plan to install luxury vinyl... and new baseboards, too.

Phew.   It's been 5 months waiting on a contractor who never did show up so I had to find new ones.... 

OK.
B:  Premier Protein in coffee and banana (do you see a trend here, LOL).
L:  Either a turkey sandwich on Nature's Own 1 point bread or hummus with PopCorner FLEX chips.  TBD.
D:  Cube steak with peppers and onions.  Maybe mushrooms before they go bad!
S:  Popcorn or Enlightened Ice Cream.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! So glad to be Facebook is in addition to here. You ladies have been my strength so many times. I'd be lost without you!

Sandy that so nice of your DGD to call and visit. What a wonderful surprise. That recipe sounds wonderful but the spicy would tear up my stomach. As I've gotten older I can't eat spicy. The joys of getting older.

Sharon I've used Cologuard a couple of times. Like you said not a pleasant task but oh so much better than a colonoscopy.

Another busy day today. We have a company coming out to do an estimate for a new fence. Then I need to make a grocery store run, then pickup grandkids from school. Need both a haircut and new shoes but no time today to do either.

Tomorrow I head into Orlando to take our Omaha family to the airport. Hope their flight is on time leaving.

Sharon I did do cologard and it was covered by my insurance but it came back positive so still had to do the colonoscopy which had a $250 co-pay since it was now considered diagnostic instead of wellness and turned out the cologard result was a false positive so would have been better to just do the colonoscopy from the start.

We did get the corn with peppers and it’s really like buying a can of Mexicorn. We found it in the Hispanic food aisle along with the can of diced jalapeños and the can of diced green chilies.