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JEBar wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:35 am

Yep, big day indeed ....

first and most important, Maureen and I were married 50 years ago today .... looking back, its hard to believe that 50 years have passed so quickly .... our kids and grandkids are taking us out to eat tonight .... all we've been told is we've never been there before

Congratulations on that milestone. When Miss T and I got married after a very short courtship, we had a large number of people telling us it would never last. We have been married for 32 years and together more than 33. Nearly every one of those Naysayers are NOW divorced. Some of them more than once.

second and what should really be termed as a much smaller day , when I stepped on the scale this morning I weighed 70 lbs less than earlier this year when I decided to lose some weight ....

Congratulations are in order for this milestone as well. I lost nearly 40 pounds with diet alone and I know how hard it is to lose it, and keep it off. With my physical challenges I can't get out and walk or exercise, so I had to work hard to drop the weight. So many people complain they "Can't" lose. They just don't want to do the work.

third, I awoke this morning from the first really good night's sleep since Tuesday, 9-24-24 when I had knee replacement surgery ....

I can sympathize on this one as well. I had a total replacement in '98, then a restoration of the same knee in 2012. (They changed the pads on the replacement.) Sleep is a luxury afterwards. A full night's sleep a blessing. So you hit a triple.