Well it is Friday. Thank goodness! It has been one of those loooooooong dragging weeks. Thanksgiving is looming up right around the corner. I cannot believe it is next week!!! Thanksgiving last year was the start of my steady spiral up in weight. I would like to think that I can change this around and soon. I am eating MUCH healthier (a LOT more raw fruits and veggies) I do feel better. I am drinking a LOT more water and that is helping me as well. However I am still over my points, not working out, and forgetting my vitamins. I need to work on all of this.
I hope that you all have a wonderful day!
Toodles!
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Joy
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Today is a really busy day.
Get boys off to school, some cleaning, some laundry, some therapy with my Little Bear, then make some pizza dough for dinner. I love making pizza dough and bread. There is something so theraputic about making it and so wonderful about the smell.
I did okay yesterday. I went over my points but ate real healthy (a lot of fruit and veggies) and drank a ton of water. I forgot my vitamins though. oops!
Toodles!
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Joy
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Good morning!
It is very early, and very dark, and very quiet. Just the way that I like it because I know that my boys are all still in bed and I have time to myself. 
I have had a horrid time getting on this site. When I finally did I also seen I had comments that did not go through to my e-mail. It seems fixed now. I am glad because I was starting to worry I would never make it back through.
I am setting some small goals for myself today.
1) Eat within my points
2) Drink 8 glasses of water today
3)take my vitamins
So that is what I am shooting for today. I am going to try and get back into this slow and easy so I have less chance of failure. I will know when i am ready to start working out again.
Well my DH found out that the mayor who can take all holidays off, the commissioner who can take all holidays off put forth a mandate for no overtime whatsoever. Jim has been taking Christmas off as a vacation day for as long as he has worked there. NOT this year. So Thanksgiving & Christmas will have to wait to be celebrated until DH gets home from being on duty. Then to top it allllll off we found out that they unilaterally just tacked on 2 more years to ALL PERS employees to work before they can retire in OHIO. This is the second time they have done this. When my DH started with the scumbag city of Cleveland he only had to work 25 years. It is now up to 32!!!! Sooooooo as soon as we are selling the house DH is going to try and relocate to a different airport in a different state. Most of the others have a 25 or 30 year retirement policy. So that is good. But still between the holiday crud and this??? HRMPH!!!!!!
Good note to end this on? He has a job.
Toodles!
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Joy
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getting on this site for days!! Am I the only one having problems? I can get to any other site no prob but this 3fatchicks site would come up so slow it would say site unavailable. hmmmm.
Oh well hello to everyone. i am still here. hope that your all doing well. Going to check on all you gals
Toodles!
Posted on November 16th, 2009 by Joy
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Good morning chickies!
I send out all of my thoughts and prayers to our soldiers past and present as well as their families. It is people such as these that fought for every freedom that we have today. I respect and honor that because this is real valor!!
One more day with 17 year old DS. He was suspended and now has today off for Veterans day. JOY is mine! NOT!!!!!!! He has just been a sweet, kind, young man full of remorse for his actions, and seeing the error of his ways, dedicating himself to change. NOT! LOL Joy’s fantasy world!!! 
GOOD thought my 3 year old DS Little bear told me “God Bless You” when I sneezed the other day. All on his own! He is making big steps at times and it soooooooooo makes my day!
Food lots of it
workout none of it
am I hopeless??
Toodles!
Posted on November 11th, 2009 by Joy
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Good morning!
Had so much fun with Little Bear and hubby yesterday. The weather was wonderful all that was missing was poor DS Jacob who was upset to miss out of day to go to school. I promised him there were many more to come. That he will have holidays.
after we got home it got rough and ugly with Older DS. I dont even want to talk about it. I am so damned tired. 
Today is a new day full of promise.
Toodles!
Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Joy
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Good morning to all of you sisterchicks!
It is going to be a beautiful day!!! A close relative who is a angel in disguise is going to let DS (17) spend the day and have him rake their small yard with them while they have a loooooong talk with said DS. They are sooooooo wonderful to take him one of the three days he is out from school.
We have speech and occupational therapy for Little Bear and then off to the zoo on this fantastic 72 deg. day! After the zoo a picnic lunch in the park and the playground on the way home. I have got to take advantage of this day.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Toodles!
Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Joy
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Been a baaaaaaaad couple of days food and workout wise.
Also found out that our 20 year old DS owes the government money. So we will have to pay it for him so he doesn’t get in trouble with IRS. sigh shi-!!!! This taps in to the Christmas money for the kids!! At least I have a solution though. I am going to take my gold to a person in a kiosk at the mall who buys it and maybe I can get enough to buy some gifts for the young ones at least. see there is a bright side to all of this. 
Then come to find out that 17 year old DS is in it at school again and has a loooooong weekend!!! By force if you know what I mean. Can I scream now?????? Can I cry???
So between the two I think instead of mowing the 3 acres of leaves I think there will be some raking instead!!!!! I also think the cars need detailed, the shoes cleaned and polished, and some gutters that need cleaned!!!!! There I feel better ! ;) Oh and I don’t want to hear about child labor laws my one DS is 20 and the other is 17 and suspended AGAIN!!!!!
Then on top of everything some little jerk thief at my 10 years old DS school took his coat, hat, and gloves!!!!! My baby came home in 45 degree weather with no coat!! ARGH!!! So we went out and bought one at WalMart. sigh this week so sucks! 
Well did I cheer your day up? LOL
Bright side??? My 10 year old DS brought his 1st report card home and he did wonderful!!!!!!!! I am so proud of him!
Toodles!
Posted on November 7th, 2009 by Joy
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Weight: too ashamed to post
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snack:
Workout:
Come hell or high water I am starting today. Again. My past is my past. What I do now is what matters.
Toodles!
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Joy
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I got the most amazing e-mail a few days ago from an old pen pal of mine. We started to write well over a decade ago. Her stomping grounds were in Canada and mine in the Ohio. Back then it was pen and paper. On the outside we did not have a ton in common. I was a stay at home mom she worked for the government. I lived in the big city she in a quaint small town. However we both had a love of reading, art, music, and love of life and of God that well matched each other. Well I got a e-mail a few days ago asking if I was this “same Joy” that she wrote years ago and lost touch with. What a wonderful surprise to re-connect after about 5 years of losing touch.
My 10 year old DS is getting his first report card from a building school (ever) and I peeked on the computer to see how he did. I am so proud and happy he got all A’s and B’s and one C in gym. I am so proud of the hard work he has done. PROUD MOMMY moment here! hehehe
I have had some epiphanies as of late about me but have really done nothing about them. I know what I have to do AKA EAT LESS, MOVE MORE! Now I really need to apply it.
Have a great day!
Toodles!
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Joy
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