Baby it's cold outside

Yesterday and today were so beautiful.  In the 80's. Played golf yesterday and worked in the yard today.  Pool is so nice.  Tomorrow I fly to Vegas.  High there will be 61 and lows @ 47.  I will freeze:)

It turned out to be a beautiful day for a 5K yesterday.  64 and sunny at race (or for me, walk) time.  We're supposed to be sunny and mid 60s today, 48 and rain tomorrow and then the warmth returns again.  I can handle an occasional cold day when the majority are warm and sunny

Sheila, 52 minutes is great!  My friend and I did it the memorial 5k together and it was on a very hilly golf course.  I'm sore today and frankly it kicked my butt, I couldn't get to work until 9 this morning (usually I start at 7:30 - thank God for an understanding boss and co-workers).  I am looking forward to the Komen 5k in two weeks, it will be in the city of Lansing in the area around the State Capitol, not many hills and it sounds like it will be a very fun event.

50 degrees, cloudy with breaks of sun, breezy.  In a word, chilly.  I want it to be warm enough to sit in the sun on the back deck when I get home from work! 

Suzette, I feel for you, my office is on the same line as the air conditioner for the computer room. it stays on year round to keep the servers cool. I have both a fan and a heater in my office to help regulate the temp.

today it is bright and sunny temps in the upper 70's to low 80's. I am getting a repair person out to my house today to fix my washer that went out Tuesday.

Sheila

Suzette, the fan was for my hot flashes and the heater was for my cold flashes  not necessarily to regulate the room temp. There were times during the winter I had the heater on my feet and the fan on my head.  My washer was about 10 yrs old, the repair person said the motor seized up and it was going to cost close to $200 to replace it not counting his service charge and who knows what else would go bad on it, no guarantee how long it would last. I paid him his service charge and said I was going to get an new one. I went to Lowes last night and got a 3.5 cu.ft. Maytag washer and it will be delivered this afternoon and haul off the old washer. Good thing I received my state tax refund last week.

This morning we had temp in the low 50's expecting highs in the upper 70's again today with a chance of afternoon pop-up showers.

Sheila

My fan is a small personal fan, wire cage (like the large floor air circulator fans) that stands about 5 1/2 inches tall with one speed. I have it set on a shelf next to my desk and it is angled to blow in the area of my head. Sometimes just the slight movement of air across the face can help relieve the hot flashes/flushes. I bought mine in October 2006 at summer clearance at WallyWorld for $2.00 and boy have I gotten my money's worth out of that little fan. The doctor started me taking tamox then and I was anticipating the hot flashes. Now I am not taking the tamox any more but gone into natural menopause.

You will do fine at the Relay for Life event, even if you do cry, you won't be the only one. I tear up even thinking about walking in Relay for Life or Race for the Cure. I don't cry full blown but keep tissues handy to catch the swells in my eyes.

Wow Shelia, you have kept Lowes in business.  Isn't God good that the funds you needed were at hand?  We sleep with an oscilating fan on us all year round.  In the winter, it is mostly for the sound we are used to.  I've had more fluctuating flashes lately with femara. 

It is cold on this plane right now.  I'm headed home to Tampa.  Never really got warm in Las Vegas, at least not for me.  Plan to have a nice warm weekend in Florida. 

I admire you ladies for walking.  I hope to do the "short" walk in Race for the Cure later in the year.

I hear you Shelia.  I have an 8 year old Kenmore refrigerator.  We will need a new one at some point, but my hubby just keeps fixing it when it breaks.  Have only 9 more payments on a 5 year old car, but it is in good shape and we plan to keep it awhile. 

Got home to a nice warm Florida.  Watching my Tampa Bay Rays play the Red Sox in Boston where it is 41 degrees.  I'm sure they are freezing.

Sheila, enjoy your Lowes purchases

NM, The "S" word - can't take it anymore.  We dropped in temp from the low 80s on Thurs, to the low 60s yesterday morning, 50 with a horrid wind (felt like it was in the 20s) last night and then the 30s today.  No snow but it's bitter cold with the wind.

I did the Relay for Life survivor lap last night and then my DS#2 (who is on one of the teams) and DH walked the survivor/caregiver lap with me.  I think my poor DH was crying more than me - Poor guy has been so worried about me and took such good care of me.  My kids did too.  I am so very lucky to have this terrific family.  I just loved all of the energy of the college kids - they did a great job with the relay for life.  DS#2's team bought stuff to make tie dyed shirts (of course it was the girls on the team who put this together - LOL), sold them for $10 each and there was a line up to buy them.  If they sold all of the shirts that was $1,800 they were donating.  I drew such energy from those kids.

Sorry for going on so long.  It was nice to get that out and written and to have you all understand.

Suzette, your story brought tears to my eyes.  I hd DS 2 and DS 3 here today along with the little ones.  I asked them if they would walk the 5K with me in October during the Race for the Cure.  They are very excited to do so.  Your story was so heart warming.

Been in the 80's today and rained a bit this afternoon.  Had the little ones come over and swim.  They loved the pool.  It was a blessed day.

Thanks Suzette.  As some of you may know, my DH and I put these two youngers sons through alcohol/drug rehab -Josh will have 5 years of sobriety in July and Jeremiah has 7 months.  The rehab center was here in Tampa and they both chose to stay in this area.  We went from being the world's worst parents (blamed us for everything) to having them over every weekend.  Jim and I have had to grow accustomed to being with family so much.  My grands are really surrogate.  Josh's girlfriends children.  We love them just like they were our own.  Yesterday, I played in the pool with both of them for hours.  Because of wonderful Femara, this morning I could hardly walk with pain in my hips and knees.  It is ok.  The price for a beautiful time to bond better with the little ones was very worth it.  My youngest started massage therapy school last week.  His clothes are rags he acquired while out drinking/drugging.  Today I'm taking him shopping to start over.  It is so wonderful to get to know him in a much better way.

Today it is raining bucketfuls.  We really need it.  High will be in the 70's.  Rain again tomorrow.  I'm happy to be indoors for awhile.

Our local relay-for-life is coming up sometime in June. Previous years our local support group sold chicken sandwiches at the Relay along with the hospital booth that sold popcorn, nacho chips and drinks. I don't know if we are planning anything this year or not. Tonight is our support meeting, we may be discussing what we will do this year. My mom and I walk the survivor lap together as well as the caregiver lap.

We haven't had any rain for 2 weeks, not bad considering in March it rained at least one big rain every week, sometime 2-3 days of rain. Today is clear but cooler I don't think they are calling for rain any time soon, we are in high fire danger levels, we really need the rain.

Sheila