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I'll be 45 in 2 mos. and I still can't believe I turned 40! I work out more and more consistently than I did in my 30s and feel better because of it. :-) Valerie

RE: thinking of joining WW but scared of another I don't know if this will answer your question, but . . . .i've been on WW a couple times and always manage to lose weight. Their philosophy emphasizes sensible eating, moderate portions, etc. Counting points is a bit of a learning curve, but...

The Boston/Houston possibility and its political parallels hasn't escaped me. (Mostly because everyone I know is pointint it out!). And about not being able to buy heart, I totally agree, A-Jock. The Yankees didn't play they wanted it. Boston showed guts, heart, and thankfully no other...

I'm going on the record: If Boston has the karma to come back from a 3 game deficit to beat the Yankees, I want them to WIN the world series. Momentum like this shouldn't be squandered on an ultimate loss. The universe wouldn't be so cruel, would it? Besides,this can only be a good sign for...

I've been a Yankee fan since they won the series in '78 (I had a Bucky Dent poster hanging up in my dorm room!). I wanted the Sox to win a few to make it interesting but ENOUGH ALREADY! Seriously, they play like they WANT it more than the Yanks. I'll always love the Bronx bombers, but it...

This reminds me of when someone is overdue to have her baby and when she's not home answering the home, everyone assumes she's at the hospital. :-) I work in labor and delivery, and we get calls from people saying, "I called my friend and she's not home, is she having her baby?" Nine times...

Please know that I am mentioning this possibility for your wife out of concern, not criticism and that I'm using myself as a reference point. For years, I exercised diligently, both w/ cardio and lifting. Even when I'd have the best intentions of making wise food choices, by the end of the...

My father wound up w/ a quad. bypass, aortic valve replacement, pace maker insertion w/ a side order of a mild stroke befor he came home. He's a widower, lives alone, about 6 hrs. away. So he spent a wk. at a rehab facility, then came to our house for a month. Now he's home, happy and doing...

Hey, thanks, Ruth. My father had by-pass surgery a few months ago and when I'd visit him, he'd say, "I had no idea how much nurses needed to know and are responsible for." (Gee, and this from the father of a nurse! :o ) Valerie

Color me there :-) Valerie

Cathe Are your parents American born? I grew up speaking Polish, but married an all American guy. After my grandparents died, we just spoke English all the time.:( My kids know a few words, but without people to converse w/ regularly, I've lost a lot of fluency. Do you speak German to your...

RE: Any RNs,LPNs, CNAs, basically anyone in the healthc... As a nurse w/ 22 yrs. of bedside experience (and counting) I want to encourage you to keep your commitment to being a FIT nurse. Working out with any kind of regularity, w/ 2 days/wk. of weightlifting as a minimum, you'll be an asset...

Maybe I DID take it too seriously! Oh well . . . Thanks for the reality check. Valerie

I'm a major league lurker here and have learned so much from everyone on the boards. That being said, every so often I'm mystified how someone can say something and another person will respond w/ a disagreeing opinion and everyone has to get their 2 cents in. (And here I am now, I know!). I...

Great thread! I'm an RN. L&D is my love, but these days I work in a small hospital where I rotate L&D, post-partum and nursery. A bedside nurse for 21 yrs. :-) Valerie

I lived in Rochester for 7 yrs. when my husband was in grad school. We had a house on Meadowbrook Rd. (right near Highland Park). I'm a nurse and worked at Strong and RGH. Both our boys were born at Genesee. I popped in for the Wegmans thread!

my Buffalo connection Hey I was born in Buffalo and my father still lives in Lackawanna! My aunts live in Cheektowaga. Factor in that my inlaws are in Rochester and we're in WNY a few times a yr. That is too bad about the Mt. Hope store. We did our major shopping at the Henrietta one...

I shopped at the Mt. Hope Wegmans in Rochester (one of the originals!) when my husband was in grad school at U of R. When we were moving, I actually got teary eyed in the checkout line when I realized Wegmans wasn't going to be a regular thing for me anymore. My inlaws still live there, so we...

Good for you Ashley. I'm an L&D nurse, and I can't count how many women end up w/ extra interventions just by coming in to the hospital too early: monitors, IVs, ruptured membranes, etc. Every situation is different of course, but I think some folks really think it will "go faster" once...

Bumping for Cathe.