pattie - we all made a pact at the beginning of our weekend 'what happens at the beach stays at the beach' - hehe - but it was fun, i can't believe i was there just a week ago!!!
gd1 - WOW - you really went thru my thread eh? you hit on all the high points - hehe - you know, coming from you, the kudo's you have given me really feel good - feel real - i have come a long way, and i have a long way to go but it's nice to hear 'validation' that i have come so far - you explained nicely and clearly the whole fixer upper thingie - thanks for that - thanks for stoppin by my thread, and maybe we will meet up in florida again!!! and btw - my husband is very supportive of the weight loss!!!
deb - hehe - see my above post to pattie - LOL
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been a long week, had some emotional conversations with quite a few people this week, but applied my db'n principles to them all (including some i learned at the beach) and happy to say i have come out a winner on the other side