Sheila, I spoke to my son and he is bringing a DVD player and hooking it up for me this weekend. If I know my son, it will have bells and whistles...LOL but like you, I doubt I'd ever use the recording feature. He recently brought over a Samsung cellphone with camera, text and image etc. when all we wanted was a simple device to carry into garden with us for emergencies like our old cellphone. But it-IS-lighterweight and so tiny. So now I'll be set to enjoy Lilo's film and then join Netflix. I watched Michael Apted's documentary "49 Up" on PBS last evening. Want to go back and rewatch the "7Up" and others again. What a thought-provoking series! Andie..Brideshead Revisited is another I'd love to see again! I'm not familiar with Acorn and Signal catalogs...do they have online sites? You all have been so helpful...Thanks so much. josh

A quick note to say that DVDflick worked. I got the video's made - just in a nick of time (bc. I have a full day conference tomorrow). Now my daughter can bring her friend the videos (and scrapbook). DVDflick was amazingly easy compared to other things I tried. Once on the program, I printed the 6 page guide - which explained most of what I needed to know. Two things I had to figure out myself - and am posting here for others who may try this. 1 - on the Configure your Project tab, there are settings for video. If you want to change the resolution/file size (as I did to fit a 45 minute video on a standard dvd), you can adjust the bit rate). 2 - I would recommend on the burning settings (also under configure your project tab), choose to have it burn it to dvd, and verify, and eject. The first dvd I made I only selected burn it and verify. It burned it - ejected, reinserted and played it. But then the dvd tray was locked and couldn't be opened. This is somewhat frequent occurence with disc burning software - which wants to prevent you from accidentally opening the tray before it's done. The only way I could open the tray was to shut the computer, and hit the open disk tray button as it was rebooting. The next video I made, I selected eject when done - and it ejected it. For a while I thought the tray was broken - and tried the usual methods to release - like the paper clip in the tiny hole near the tray. And going to my computer, d:, eject disk. Nothing worked bc. the software was preventing it. Once my disk was ejected - and the software closed, the open and close tray works fine with other programs. Thanks so much. This was a great program. Just curious if convertxtodvd would get me additional features. I can see burning many dvd's for people (we seem to be the videographers of many social gatherings and I'd like to give dvd's to people who were part of the plans). DVDflick worked great - but I don't mind paying a little if it gets me more features. Any thoughts? Thanks so much. You saved me. Lynn.

Good morning Ladies - here it is Memorial Day morning and all my holiday activities are over. Had all the family (all eight of us) together Thursday Friday and Saturday to celebrate my mom's 79th. I was reviewing my quiktrak today and I'm not feeling very optimistic about my next weigh in, which is supposed to be today (which coincidentally is probably the first day of my period). Maybe I'll just eat a few carrots here and there until 5 (and then find out they're not doing the weigh in because of the holiday). This will be the end of my fourth week on the plan. One thing I have noticed was that in my "honeymoon" first couple of weeks of WW, I had rediscovered what it felt like to be somewhat hungry, and that it didn't kill me. In the last week or so, I haven't been letting myself get hungry. I know it's not good to get so hungry we can't control our eating, but I need to get back to being able to tolerate low level hunger without panicking. I want that honeymoon glow back! OK, I'm done whining - hope you all are doing better and have a day of sunshine ahead.

Depends on what you’re doing. Me, I’m getting out for walks and biking more, more gardening, eating healthier because we’re not getting so much junk take-out, and eating a little less because I’m trying to stretch food a bit more. I quickly lost at least 15 and have been holding steady. My wife, unaccustomed to working from home, seems to feel the need for a little snack or meal every time she steps away from her desk. She’s gained 10 and I’m trying to help keep it at just that without getting smacked.