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BE CAREFUL!!! I heard so many bad things about rubber mats on composite decks. We got a PVC deck and our builder acted like it was indestructible EXCEPT for rubber mats. Onyx is great! Thanks for asking. She turned 14 years old this summer. It's hard to watch her slowing down but...

Awesome pics! Your new puppy is so cute!!!! :D On a side note, we just had a deck built similar to yours. We asked the builder to add a gate at the top of stairs. He asked, "To keep the animals out?" and we said, "No, to keep the animal in!" At any rate, we love having the gate there. It...

Cynthia, I am so sorry for your loss. Even though you probably don't even know who I am, I've been praying for you and Mercedes. I want to thank you for sharing your journey that you and Mercedes have been on together, especially these last few weeks. Your beautiful attitude will be of...

Thank you, upnorthchick!!! Cathe is all set to record! :D Shelley

Can you please help?? How are you brilliant people finding the show? :o:confused::o I went to the Fox Business channel (FBN) and it's showing "Dave Ramsey Show" at 8:00a, "Money for Breakfast Weekend" at 9:00a, "Your Questions, Your Money" at 10:00a and then "Paid Programming" at 2:00p and...

Here I am!!! Oh.....you probably meant that OTHER Shelley. (I know what you mean. I miss her posts too.) :D:cool: I've been here from practically the start but only post a few times a year. It's fascinating how the dynamics change. I wonder if gettinfit@42 is our "old timer"...

I've actually almost given up running because of loose dogs. (I will only run if my husband goes on his bike ahead of me to scope out loose dogs.) There are no sidewalks where I live and when a dog comes running out at me, my instincts cause me to jump into the street. I could get killed if...

Actually, if you're waiting for American car quality to match that of foreign quality, you can go out and buy American once again! "Toyota and Ford tied for leading in the most segments on Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index[TM] (TQI), leading with three vehicles each. Toyota lead with its...

<---- is intruding so that <---- can tell everyone how awesome Carola is. <---- realizes that the OAL-ers already know that. ;) <---- received some great advice from Carola today. <---- is NOT amazed that Catheites are willing to help a "stranger" but…. <---- is amazed at how thoroughly...

That is horrible!!! I adopted my black lab when she was about 7 months old. She had been found on the streets of Detroit. When she was 10 1/2 years old, I had x-rays done on her (for an unrelated reason) and they found that she had been shot! They found a bunch of buckshot (or something...

Today, I told my husband that I was going to do a steady state step workout and asked him if I should do Christi or an older Cathe. He said, "Christi. I'm only saying that because I don't want you to ever get tired of Cathe." I laughed and said, "Don't worry about that! Cathe is like Dave...

I am so sorry. Your family (including Bailey, of course) will be in my thoughts and prayers. She looks like a beautiful "puppy". Shelley

Thanks, Carola. That's great advice. If you have any more, I would appreciate you passing it on. I am going to look into home stagers but our main problem is that no one is even looking at the house! It surprised me when our real estate agent didn't tell us how to improve the appearance...

I'm an engineer and my fellow co-workers/engineers are the BEST GUYS EVER!!!! I am so proud to call them my co-workers and so honored to call them my friends. I work with very few women and probably the woman with whom I work the most closely is a fellow Catheite!!!! (Speaking of which, the...

I expect the standard answer to "How far should you go?" would be to go where your elbows are at right angles and/or so that your elbows don't drop below the level of the bench that you're using. It seems like most people that I notice go below that. (I notice the same thing with pushups.)...