Downsizing Donna

 Life is just throwing hardballs at us that's for sure!! We were at a waterpark hotel for my granddaughter's 7th birthday and of course it was a heat index of 107 degrees the day we decided to go. We got there at 12:30 but wanted to charge us an extra $70 to get the room early (check in is 4pm). We said no went to the waterpark area and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves BUT my husband got heat over heated and passed out! He scared the living hell out of me! He hit the pavement and I tried to roll him over and the look in his eyes looked like he died. It took awhile to get him to come around, a lot of people were huddled around him. He ended up going to the hospital, not having insurance is always a worry for things like this. I can't imagine the bills for this trip in the ambulance. I feel sick over all of this! It really opened my eyes to if he dies how will I be able to support myself? 

  Yikes! Still moving on up..... I just can't get it under control. I know we are all hoping for that pill that will fix it all.  Wouldn't that be wonderful if we could just take a pill and lose pounds and get  healthy? The world would be such a better place if everyone was running on all their cylinders and feeling great. But I digress. At this point I have all the tools I need; I joined TOPS and can join in the online group which could be helpful if I would participate. I would really love to get an exercise bike. I threw out my old one, I didn't hardly use it but when I did I enjoyed it. I have been doing a lot of walking today at work, I hope it helps me sleep better. Hope things change for the better!

  We have my husband's check of $1020.00 to work with each month. When I turn 62 I will only get another $300 so that sucks for sure. I worked the numbers and I have tried to get our bills down to the barebones and be able to swing our bills, food for us and the animals. Once we get the car paid off this is our monthly bills: Electric - $139.55 Car Insurance - $109.91 Internet - $49.27 ----------------------------------- Total - $298.73 So as you see we can swing those bills and have some left over for food and gas. But hold the phone, we can't forget about property taxes..... my town is having a meeting on Monday to push through a huge increase for our taxes! Our taxes would double, now I know what we pay now is low - like $800.00 so it would go up to $1600. Now I need to budget in $133 a month for that. I am not even looking further down the road for when Medicaid is taken out. $298.73 $133.00 __________________ $432.19 It is scary living life with no wiggle r...

  I have a bee in my bonnet as they say..... We delivered groceries to this three-million-dollar house today. The husband and wife were very nice to us, and their dog Ruby was a doll. They said they just got back from the Bahamas (the dog had gone also). As I was loading the cart with their groceries, they were getting ready to take it up in their elevator! Come on! How do some people have sooooo much money and others have so little. It makes me so sad!  Maybe I am just being jealous but dam, here today my daughter and her boyfriend had a flat tire, and we could only help them by buying "ONE" tire for them. At one point we had $8,000.00 in our nest egg but now it is down to maybe $2,000.00 (if we get sick or hurt, we are screwed). Life!

  Look at me, So unhealthy looking! I feel so sad looking at this picture, I am so heavy. I was hoping posting the group picture to Facebook would embarrass me to start watching what I am eating but instead I am eating like a wild woman. I eat nonstop at night; from the minute we get home from work until I go to bed. I try and figure out why, but I all I come up with is I am not eating a balanced meal so I just keep eating trying to feel full. Tonight, I had a "chicken patty", gravy, mashed potatoes, peas & apple sauce, I thought that looked like a complete meal, but I ate nonstop after that big meal. I just never feel full, why?