GH, this may be off topic, but I really DO wonder if we are living parallel lives...the weight thing is of course common I imagine (I lost 45lbs since this began...although I have to admit I like it a lot!), but the financial thing also adds a great deal to our stress....nothing like worrying about whether OM is still there in the picture, but also lovely to have those talks about the bills getting paid!

There's a Doors song with a lyric that seems so very appropriate here.... "I've been down so damn long, that it looks like up to me"!


"Achieve success, but without vanity; Achieve success, but without aggression; Achieve success, but without gain; Achieve success, but without force." Lao Tzu