Lullabelle
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That is me done now, no more work until next Tuesday 
The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)
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TastyReuben I feel you, I'm addicted to sugar. Until 2 years ago I was eating sugar everyday, either chocolate, cookies or ice cream. I was so well known for my sugar addiction that when someone was stealing chocolates from our director's drawers she immediately assumed it was me (the company CEO was stealing the chocolate from her not me. I always asked before taking! At least with her. I would blatantly steal chocolate from another co-worker though). I did blood tests every year and surprisingly my blood sugar was always low (fasting). I have to admit I only started to change my habits when I started gaining weight. I'm so much better now, I don't really know how I got here but I did. Knowing your triggers help. I'm an emotional eater so I need to keep stress in check. Cooking helps a lot, you can make your own low-sugar/sugar free versions of the things you like. You will find out what works for you. (Or you can do like my grandparents who were both diabetics. They ate something sweet everyday but stopped eating sugar a week before they went to have blood tests
Back then I couldn't go through the candy alley in the supermarket without buying something, nowadays I can walk right by without even looking at the sweets! We're cheering for you!
Well done for beating that addiction. If your icon image is anything to go by, you look lovely and not at all overweight. I count myself lucky as I simply don't want sugar or crave it. Alcohol is my downfall...
Well done for beating that addiction. If your icon image is anything to go by, you look lovely and not at all overweight. I count myself lucky as I simply don't want sugar or crave it. Alcohol is my downfall...
Thank you so much! You know, most of my life I've been slightly underweight, even with all that chocolate eating. So when I gained weight I was never overweight. But of course sugar can cause issues in the long run and, with both my maternal grandparents being diabetic, I was already at risk.
Thanks for the support! I'm an old hand at this, first diagnosed in 2001, and I dropped nearly 100 pounds. Since then, I've put back about 20, and that's where I need to stay (200 pounds).
Me, too. I'm happy...let's eat to celebrate! I'm sad/mad...let's eat to get over it! I'm perfectly evenly balanced...that's boring, let's eat way too much and feel either happy or sad/mad!
Thanks for the support! I'm an old hand at this, first diagnosed in 2001, and I dropped nearly 100 pounds. Since then, I've put back about 20, and that's where I need to stay (200 pounds).
Me, too. I'm happy...let's eat to celebrate! I'm sad/mad...let's eat to get over it! I'm perfectly evenly balanced...that's boring, let's eat way too much and feel either happy or sad/mad!
My sister is an emotional eater. She is five-foot-four, and weighs more than you do. She is also borderline diabetic. I've tried to get her to get professional counseling, but she shrugs it off.
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We are as prepared as we can be. The generator is next to the back door with a 10 gallon can of gas and extension cords. Everything has been cleared off of the patio. George picked up a dozen sand bags this morning. We sometimes get water from the carport door. I took some chicken and ground meat out of the big freezer. Both are versatile ingredients. Even if we lose power we have a Toaster/oven/broiler, microwave and crock pot that can be run off of the generator, and the gas grill outside. If the power goes out the greatest hardship will be the loss of the A/C. It is the calm before the storm. Overcast, a few random, hot breezes. The humidity is so high that it is a physical weight.
Mom and SIBS are all hunkered down. My only concern is the large, old tree in Mom's front yard. A branch on the roof would be serious. Baby Brother is so glad he no longer lives in Lake Charles. He was there for Rita. His home suffered serious damage.
The latest prediction is landfall in the wee hours of the morning - 1 a.m.
caseydog I am glad your friends and family have evacuated. Port Arthur is not a place I would want to be.
The first hurricane that I can remember was Hurricane Audrey in 1957. It is one of the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. - killing at least 416 people.
Things have changed a lot - much more advance notice, better communication most important a greater respect for the unpredictable power of Mother Nature.
Mom and SIBS are all hunkered down. My only concern is the large, old tree in Mom's front yard. A branch on the roof would be serious. Baby Brother is so glad he no longer lives in Lake Charles. He was there for Rita. His home suffered serious damage.
The latest prediction is landfall in the wee hours of the morning - 1 a.m.
caseydog I am glad your friends and family have evacuated. Port Arthur is not a place I would want to be.
The first hurricane that I can remember was Hurricane Audrey in 1957. It is one of the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. - killing at least 416 people.
Things have changed a lot - much more advance notice, better communication most important a greater respect for the unpredictable power of Mother Nature.
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Well, that was a great start to the day. I put my cereal bowl onto my coffee table and it tipped over, milk and soggy cereal on the coffee table, on the arm of the sofa, all down the side of the sofa and on the carpet
So not just me then, lol
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Yeah, Lake Charles is going to take a beating. I'm glad your brother is out of there.
My dad ran the generator, got gas for it, and put the yard projectiles in the garage. The power in their neighborhood goes out if it even looks like a storm is coming. The power grid where they live hears thunder, and says, "I give up." So it is almost certain that they will lose power. Hopefully not for long.
But, they didn't flood in Harvey, which dropped record amounts of rain on Houston. This hurricane is expected to move through pretty fast. So they should be okay.
Ike dropped a big, old oak tree on my parent's house, but it didn't penetrate the roof. The damage was all cosmetic. They got lucky.
My best friend had a beach house on Bolivar Peninsula when Ike hit. I don't need to tell you how that worked out.
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One of my cousins and her mom (my mom's "baby" sister) evacuated from Bridge City, TX (about 10 miles from Louisiana). My cousin Becky and her husband evacuated from Beaumont. Another aunt, her sister, and her sister's husband evacuated from Port Neches and Port Arthur. They are all safe and far away from the storm.
My niece is in the coast guard stationed at Sabine Pass near Port Arthur. She is on her boat with her fellow coasties, staged in Galveston Bay, waiting for the rescue calls to start in the early morning.
My niece is in the coast guard stationed at Sabine Pass near Port Arthur. She is on her boat with her fellow coasties, staged in Galveston Bay, waiting for the rescue calls to start in the early morning.
Jefferson county is under manditory evacuation. I'm sure the surrounding counties are, too.
That Coast Guard post near Sabine Pass is right on the ship channel. I'm glad your niece isn't there.
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175 mph gusts..... I can't even imagine the force of that.
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Yesterday morning I was on the phone with my cousin Pat when she told me that they were leaving. She was crying thinking of her house flooding...again. She just finished renovating it a few years ago from Harvey's devastation. Also, she lost her father during the evacuation of Ike, as he had mesothelioma and the trauma was just too much for him, so evacuating my aunt, who is 91 years old, is scary for her. My aunt already had a stroke once before and she doesn't get around well. They made it to College Station so at least they are safe from the storm. The storm surge is supposed to go 30 miles inland. Her house is on Cow's Bayou in Bridge City. Not good.
Yeah, I was on the phone with my Aunt Lily yesterday and she was saying she wasn't leaving because she couldn't get her sister to leave...her sister's husband has Alzheimer's and was being stubborn. They finally talked him into it in a moment of clarity and seized the opportunity to load him and a few of their possessions in the car. Last time I talked to her they were in Alabama. They are all in their 80s, so it's not an easy jaunt at all.
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