Carol: Don't push yourself after that major surgery. I got a partial (still got ovaries) done and was in excellent shape then, very athletic and thought nothing of putting on those jeans and waltzing out of the hospital like I had just had my hair done or something. Well, 6 weeks later I was exhausted and run down. So take advantage of this down time to heal inside so you won't feel it later.
Sam: You are so lucky to live so close to Yellowstone. I hear you about the wild beast thing. I was one of those 'idiots' when we first lived around there and decided to get out and take a close up of a buffalo. I got warned by a ranger behind me about how they charge. I never did that again. I love animals but I despise bears! They are
sneaky.
Mandy: I just returned from Wal-Mart where I spent an hour and a half shopping with a list and a hand full of coupons. I went in with a $100 and said I wasn't going to spend more than that and when she finished ringing up everything, including $45.22 in coupons, I had spent $99.03!
I was so proud of myself and Brian was amazed. I had quite a few Buy One/Get One Free coupons along with a coupon for that same item so I got a lot of things dirt cheap. I even had a $4.00 coupon for a $5.00 item. I save the Sunday coupon fliers and wait until I have a good list going and then do my shopping. I saved $10.55 at Walgreens 2 days ago and only spent $16.00. I've always been a coupon user and I don't just buy it because I have a coupon...I use everything I buy. I only had about 10 items that I didn't have a coupon for...they just don't make coupons for watermelons!
Hey Carol, my sisters tell me the worst thing you can do it get feeling well enough to do anything. Rest and eat some bon bons. Oh but playing on the puter is therapeutic. 
Best wishes and a prayer for your recovery.
Carols (both) those tummy muscles will sag right along with the rest if not exercised and the older they get the more exercise they seem to need. Doesn't take long to get outta whack. 
And takes a lot longer to get it back where it belongs. 
Peg
. The trick is to watch the store ads, especially for the buy one/get one free ads when you have a coupon for that item. The trip to Wal-Mart was a great one because I had some big dollar coupons, mostly $1, $2, $3 and a $4. The lowest one I used was $.50 and the item was $1.28 so I only paid $.78 for it and since it was a food item, there was no sales tax. I also get my coupons online and I don't use that Grocery Game because you do have to pay to join and I'm not paying someone for something I already know how to do. One thing I wish our stores did was double the coupons but not a single store here does it anymore. Knowing that I just put $45.22 back in my wallet keeps me clipping!
