Re: Quick birthday workout

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Happy Birthday, ! From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ] On Behalf Of I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Happy Birthday, ! Do they make healthy birthday cakes these days?

Indyrose

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> I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy

's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate

Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch

of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a

good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my

zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family

tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not

cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up

supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them

forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this

morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an

ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've

been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because

it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of

me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around

me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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>

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY!  Hugs re: your mom :/ but good job taking time to read and shut out the stress.  Very few things are truly " urgent " , we just make mountains out of molehills sometimes, I know I do!  Being a perfectionist has it's plusses and minuses for sure.

Hope you liked Ultimate Cardio!

 

Happy Birthday, ! Do they make healthy birthday cakes these days?

Indyrose

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> I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Good job on getting your workout in today!Sorry about your birth mom...it's good that you are still close to her husband.How was your drive yesterday? It took me forever to drive from Garden City home to Farmington Hills...double the time. I had an interpreting assignment in G.C. I hope it won't be this bad every Tuesday and Thursday when I have to drive there and back.By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Remember to pamper yourself today, you deserve it, Jen From:

Subject: Quick birthday workoutTo: exercisevideos Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:02 PM

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Thank you, !! I meant to send you a welcome back note earlier too so I'll just say now, Welcome back!!

RE: Quick birthday workout

Happy Birthday, !

From: exercisevideos [mailto:exercisevideos ] On Behalf Of

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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LOL! If they do, I'm not looking for one!!

Thanks, Indyrose!!

Re: Quick birthday workout

Happy Birthday, ! Do they make healthy birthday cakes these days?Indyrose>> I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.> > >

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Thanks, !! I really appreciate the support. Yes, Ulitmate Cardio is one of my favorite go-tos for a quick, intense enough workout.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANCY! Hugs re: your mom :/ but good job taking time to read and shut out the stress. Very few things are truly "urgent", we just make mountains out of molehills sometimes, I know I do! Being a perfectionist has it's plusses and minuses for sure.Hope you liked Ultimate Cardio!

Happy Birthday, ! Do they make healthy birthday cakes these days?Indyrose

>> I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.> > >

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Thank you so much, Jen!

Yesterday's driving wasn't too bad. I had to go from Ann Arbor to Hamburg (near Brighton) and it was just slow. Then I had another class about 5 minutes away (normally) in the evening that took me about 10, so double but in this case, not a bad double. I used to drive from Dearborn to here and in bad weather that was REALLY bad. Garden City to Farmington Hills wouldn't be a whole lot of fun in bad weather either.

Thanks again for the birthday wishes and sweet thoughts. I realized I missed a word when I typed earlier. I got an ecard from my birth mom's sister and the sister's husband. I met them for the first time at my bmom's funeral. Her sister (my aunt) is as wonderful as my birth mom was and I am very grateful for her. I've been keeping it as quiet as I can today. Reading when I've been able to and even took a short nap on the couch when I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. I decided I can't deal with the noise of restaurants tonight so DH is going to get us Chinese food (my favorite).

Quick birthday workoutTo: exercisevideos Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:02 PM

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Happy Birthday, ! I know it was a bittersweet day for you - I'm glad you got a chance to relax and and sometimes, you do have to ignore the piles of stuff that need to be done and take some time for yourself. ((HUGS))

Donna

To: exercisevideos Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 3:02:28 PMSubject: Quick birthday workout

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been

trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Thank you so much, Donna!! Especially for the hugs!!

Quick birthday workout

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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>I've been trying to do a taking

> care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after

> all, my birthday so why not?

thats exactly right, nancy! i hope that your day turned out

ok in the end.

:*carolyn.

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Happy Birthday, ! I'm behind on my email. I hope you have a great birthday week and month!

 

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

 

 

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Thank you, ! So far, it is good overall. We're having dinner with my dad & step-mother tonight to celebrate and my mother-in-law wants to do something too so it might be a month-long celebration! :-)

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Happy Birthday, ! I'm behind on my email. I hope you have a great birthday week and month!

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Happy Birthday !  Glad it's going well so far today!  Hope it continues!D

 

Thank you, ! So far, it is good overall. We're having dinner with my dad & step-mother tonight to celebrate and my mother-in-law wants to do something too so it might be a month-long celebration! :-)

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday, ! I'm behind on my email. I hope you have a great birthday week and month!

 

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

 

 

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Thank you, Darcy!!!

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Happy Birthday, ! I'm behind on my email. I hope you have a great birthday week and month!

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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Happy birthday ! With time you'll get a little more used to the void, but I still miss my mom over ten years later, hang in there and continue to take care of yourself.Vennitta

 

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute " Ultimate Cardio " workout from the WW DVD " Next Move " because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

 

 

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Thank you so much, Vennitta. I really appreciate this...

Hugs,

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Happy birthday ! With time you'll get a little more used to the void, but I still miss my mom over ten years later, hang in there and continue to take care of yourself.

Vennitta

I had planned to treat myself to a long workout today, wanting to do Kathy 's Walking for Weight Loss but ended up doing the 20 minute "Ultimate Cardio" workout from the WW DVD "Next Move" because I was taking care of a bunch of work stuff before my workout. Then had to go to work right after. It was a good 20 minutes though. I put everything I had into it and was actually in my zone for most of the 20 minutes! I think we're going out for dinner as a family tonight but I'm not sure. We might just bring in Chinese. I only know I'm not cooking! DH volunteered for him & the kids to cook but that means I'd end up supervising and we wouldn't eat until very late because it would take them forever. No thanks. Having kind of a down day, lots of stress from work this morning. Really missing my birth mom (who died in September) too but I got an ecard from her and husband (my aunt & uncle) which means so much to me. I've been trying to do a taking care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after all, my birthday so why not? Back to my book (part of taking care of me means taking time to just sit & read and ignore all the stuff piled up around me that needs doing). Just wanted to at least post my workout.

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It did, thank you, Carolyn. I ended up getting a phone call from my birth mother's husband, telling me he wanted me to hear from him, as a way of somehow hearing from her. We had a wonderful, long conversation and by the time we hung up, I felt so cared for and loved. I am very grateful to be able to get to know my birth family (he isn't my birth father but that's okay). We had a really great evening with my dad & step-mother yesterday too. Good food and conversation. I got a surprise card from my co-workers Thursday too and birthday hugs and my mother-in-law, who is also awesome, wants us to come over sometime this week for more celebrating. It is coming together in some surprisingly wonderful ways. It was very hard but is getting much better (and I'm celebrating more in the way my birth mom would want, as her husband reminded me too).

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>I've been trying to do a taking> care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after> all, my birthday so why not?thats exactly right, nancy! i hope that your day turned out ok in the end.:*carolyn.

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Oh - that is great, !To: exercisevideos Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 9:09:07 PMSubject: Re: Quick birthday workout

It did, thank you, Carolyn. I ended up getting a phone call from my birth mother's husband, telling me he wanted me to hear from him, as a way of somehow hearing from her. We had a wonderful, long conversation and by the time we hung up, I felt so cared for and loved. I am very grateful to be able to get to know my birth family (he isn't my birth father but that's okay). We had a really great evening with my dad & step-mother yesterday too. Good food and conversation. I got a surprise card from my co-workers Thursday too and birthday hugs and my mother-in-law, who is also awesome, wants us to come over sometime this week for more celebrating. It is coming together in some surprisingly wonderful ways. It was very hard but is getting much better (and I'm celebrating more in the way my birth mom would want, as her husband reminded me too).

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>I've been trying to do a taking> care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after> all, my birthday so why not?thats exactly right, nancy! i hope that your day turned out ok in the end.:*carolyn.

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Thank you, Donna!!! Your caring, and this whole group, means a lot to me too!

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>I've been trying to do a taking> care of me kind of day because of it all and because it is after> all, my birthday so why not?thats exactly right, nancy! i hope that your day turned out ok in the end.:*carolyn.