Fibromyalgia Community

Good Saturday to all. I hope your day is going well and that you are not dealing with fibro issues or pain today. I also hope that you have some nice plans for your special guy's Father's Day.

MiMi, I am so sorry that you are still dealing with so much stomach discomfort. I do hope that by next doctor appointment they / you have some idea as to what it is and are on track to treatment, medication and relief. I wish you a good today and a painless good night's sleep tonight.

I have everything done for my DH and have his tomorrow planed with eating out, a movie and time of course with the DD's and grand kids. I have already gotten DH his gifts for the day so am done with that. And since I don't have to cook a meal tomorrow my tomorrow is shaping up nicely as well.

Speaking of nice days it's so nice here today. Sunny and warm, not muggy as predicted, yet. The rain didn't fall here where I live but may get a drop or two later on as the day heats up. File that under: much needed so don't mind at all.


I was out early this a.m. Went over to our local church where they have the once a month seniors lunch. I had run the dishes used last Tuesday in the dishwasher but since the church was having all their floors redone I couldn't get back in Wed to unload those dishes I had run the day before. The ladies in the office said " Come back Monday." Oh yeah sure I'm going do that. So I made a call to a friend who had the keys and pass code to the church and I got in this a.m. and got the dishes, etc, put away.

And like MiMi I have been out and about all this past week and did so enjoy being out there. I too also went to Kohl's. But I went looking for shoes for DH and found a really nice pair for him, fit really well and were 50% off and I too had a 20% off coupon. So I got the shoes for less than half their original price including state tax.

Then I ran errands @ WallyWorld, the market and Goodwill. Got half off at each place on the things I bought so am happy that I could get cent's and dollar savings right along. I am a die hard coupon er and hate beyond hate to pay full price. So finding the sale items or making the deal always makes my day.

I wasn't always this way I used to care little about the price of the things I bought. Never made lists, never looked for sales or waited for them, never cared if I paid more for the same item that was cheaper somewhere else. I was really bad.

When DH retired and we realized we didn't have enough money to pay the bills it was more than just a shock. We had no idea of how bad off we were. We had only two choices open to us: it was either file bankruptcy or pay the bills down, off and go without until there was a few dollars extra to live on.

We chose the later and it has been a life changer. 4 years later we are above water again, our credit is shot, and we have a ways yet to go before we are in a good place. Having said it was a life changer seems to under play it. We had only a few dollars left a week to use for food, gas and medical. Bad off is more like it.

There were weeks when there was literally 5.00 to spend, everything else went to pay the bills. I never had enough in any given week to pay everyone so we had late charges added on as well. I really didn't think we'd live to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

But with God's help we did. And I learned so much about what you really need and what you can do without. I have taught myself, as has DH, that if it's not needed, it's not bought. If we don't have the cash for it we don't buy it. If it's food, for example, we don't buy it if we don't intend to finish it. We waste nothing and appreciate everything.

We learned to do without all those things we thought we couldn't do without and OH My Goodness are we better for it. So shopping for the deal is always what I do now.


I guess I should close this here and get my day moving along.
Will post again tomorrow.

Wishing each of you a great day..
Gentle hugs, Linda R