Pass me some of that coffee, girlie! I need a boot in the butt and a major hug this morning.
Have been feeling lousy lately and not hungry - a bonus. However, last night the Ferrano Rocher chocolates tempted me and I sort of hate myself this morning. At nearly 63, you'd think I'd have smartened up. Strict OP today! And the next chocolates I buy as "a gift" will be wrapped and mailed right away. (Last year was The Year of the Turtles!)
We are off to bottle our Christmas wine order this morning and do a bit more shopping - absolutely no chocolates! I hate it when I hate myself!
I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.
Pooky
11-27-2001, 09:14 AM
Whew, am I tired this morning, please pass the coffee!
It seems I have neglected to remember mailing times to the U.S. from Canada and I'm under the gun to get the remainder of my packages out. I mailed 3 of them yesterday and I hae 3 more to go. I have been a crzy thing the last day and a half just to get caught up! I've also dipped intot he word of cards, those are going tot ake some time to do as well. When will the Christmas madness end?:dizzy: :dizzy:
I have been pretty good lately, yes I do have slips but I compensate for my sins with water. Must be working becasue combined with this extra energy output I did losethe 3 pounds. Hope for another 3 next week!
Annie, ((((((((((BIG HUGS))))))))) to you girl! Sounds like you just need another 6 arms to get everything done. Just remember to take a rest every now and again. Give your son a big hug, I also lost a school mate in a car accident in my senior year in highschool and still to this day I think about him. Let him know that although she's gone and it's horrible to think about now, she will always be with him in some way.
DonDar
11-27-2001, 09:41 AM
Good Morning Chickies,
Ditto Pooky, I got up at my usual 4:00 and made muffins for the boys and fell back to sleep until 6:30, which is when I am supposed to be at work. I think I need some coffee as thick a syrup! Played 2 hours of volleyball last night and now I am exhausted and stiff. But I had fun.
Boys and dad had a cub scout pack meeting last night and so they were busy with that. I have to brag about my dh, when I peeked in at their pack meeting last night, it was great to see a room full of kids and adults. 2 years ago, their was no real pack existing at our school. My husband, along with two others, have worked hard to grow from a single den pack to a six den pack. He has worked very hard and I am so proud to see what he has accomplished.
Leens, you sound like one busy chickie, no wonder you are tired.
Ruth, do not be so hard on yourself, I know how I hate hating myself also, why can't we just be good and avoid those devilish temptations?
Pooky, Glad things are going well with your program. You must do a lot of mailing!
AdoAnnie, ((((hugs)))) to you and your ds.
MamaJ and Peachie, are you out there!?!
jenny *** : ***
JHP
11-27-2001, 11:27 AM
Good Morning!
Rainy & yucky here in Houston. Supposed to get a cold front and tomorrow's high will be only 55 or so.
Annie, I'm so sorry abbout your son's friend. How tragic.
Pooky, WTG on the 3 lb loss! I got on the scale Saturday & it wasn't pretty. I'm going to stay off for a while.
Ruth - I loooove Rocher chocolates and don't blame you for indulging. Just drink lots of water and stay OP and you'll feel better in no time. And try not to hate yourself too much (yes, this is the pot calling the kettle black :) )
Cathy - Glad you're back! Hope you had a nice holiday.
Hi Jenny, Leens and all to come.
Jennifer
jenniwookie
11-27-2001, 11:30 AM
Good morning! I'm sorry, but I'm going to finish the rest of this coffee -- you're going to have to make more! :D
I wish I had something bright and cheery to talk about this morning. Life turned upside down this weekend. My MIL passed away on Saturday. (This is DH step-mother.) I am unable to fly across the country, to Richmond, Virginia for the service and DH is on his way home from Europe after his 6 month deployment and won't be stopping along the way. I made as many calls as I could for my FIL, but anytime some one passes it's heart breaking. I'm glad that my BIL & SIL will be able to help Dad out.
THEN -- too top that, my cousin has to go pick up her son from his dad's because the dad and stepmom are getting divorced. No big deal, right? WELL, the dad is irresponsible, dishonest and unreliable to raise an 8 year old alone. The mother (my cousin) is even worse. Her parents can't take him, his parents can't take him -- so I think WE are going to take him. But, good grief??? Where does that leave this poor 8 year old boy who has to deal with the realization that his parents don't/can't have him and he has to come live with people he barely knows? The whole thing is heart breaking. We are meeting with the attorney today to try and take care of this the legal way. We'll see how it goes. Please say a prayer for this boy, because he's really going to need some help from God while he makes all these new transitions.
Leens, I wish I had your motivation to get some lights up outside! Good job!
Ruth, don't beat yourself up. I've decided that chocolate is good for the soul! :)
Pooky, I did the same thing with Canada -- I always forget the postage is more, too! Silly, silly, silly. (congrats on getting those 3 lbs to go away).
Jenny, your talk of volleyball brings back SO many memories! I used to love to play!
That's it today ladies. I hope all of you and those to come have a blessed day!
Jenniwookie
265/237/180
JHP
11-27-2001, 11:49 AM
Jenniwookie,
We were posting at the same time.
My sympathies to you, DH & his family.
You have such a big heart taking in your cousin's son. I know the transition for that poor little boy will be difficult but your kindness and caring will make a bad situation as good as it can be.
God bless,
Jennifer
DonDar
11-27-2001, 12:17 PM
Jenniwookie,
So sorry to hear of your MIL. What a good DIL to help out with the calling.
Also, you are such and :angel: to help that dear boy. How sad that some kids are placed in such awful grown up problems. I am so glad that dear boy has someone as wonderful as you looking out for him. Best of luck to you at your attorneys office.
My prayers and thoughts are with you and everyone in your family that is suffering.
jenny
AdoAnnie
11-27-2001, 02:35 PM
Thank you for all of your kind words and hugs!!! My friends here are so important to me!! Your support is a tremendous thing! Hugs to all of you!!!
Jenniwookie, may I add my condolences and say that you are a special person for taking in that little boy. It sounds like he is coming to a wonderful home!!!
Best go, my 31 little "cherubs" are back from music and NEED me!!!:)
MamaJ
11-27-2001, 02:49 PM
JHP, I was up at 5 a.m. and it was warmer than it is at 12:20 !!
Rainy, chilly and dreary.
I've missed being around much lately but trying to sneak in again while DH is away. He has this way of showing up nine times out of ten when I'm trying to sneak in! :( And we've been doing quite a bit of faxing lately, so, there's my puter line.
Things have been busy between, courts, lawyers, psychiatrist visits, two businesses and everything else in real life!
Annie-Hugs and prayers of understanding and comfort for your family and hers. What a horrible tragedy. Death is never easy but it seems even more difficult to understand when one is so young. <Hugs>
Jenni-what a wonderful thing you and dh are doing for that poor child. Few here know this, but my two oldest boys (30 & 32) are not my biological children. They were not wanted by their "parents" and I have been mom to them since they were about 2 and 5. There were times that were difficult as the children may love us but there was still suppressed pain and anger. My 30 yr old made me cry Sunday evening. He had phoned to tell me something and said, "BTW, did I tell you that my supervisor at works name is Jan _____? I was calling her Ms. _______ and she told me to call her Jan. I can't. Jan is mom to me. And you are my mom". So dispite the trials and tribulations which may occur with this young child, the rewards for both of you are there. Best of luck and loving thoughts going your way.
Darn, wouldn't you know it, here's dh--I'm going to try to type for as long as I can.
Ruth, please take it easy. I'm concerned for you.
DonDar-That's quite an accomplishment--six troops now! I'm hanging in here-thanks for asking. I spoke with Peach about 2 weeks ago-I think she may be elbow deep in crafts! :lol:
Leens--I used to wonder where the saying "sleeping like a baby" came from! Mine sure didn't sleep much! lol I think they make up for it in the teen years---you have to drag them out of bed!
Hi all to come! Have a great day!
J ~~ who hasn't even STARTED Christmas shopping or decorating!
cathyxxx
11-27-2001, 04:20 PM
We had doctor appointments this morning so I was late getting to work today and just now getting to check out the boards. It's nice to keep up with everybody!
Leenie - sure wish you would come over to my house and put up the lights and the tree! My oh my how I would just wiggle my nose and have everything up and beautiful! *sigh*
Ruth - hugs girlie! I can totally relate! I am drooling for chocolate right now! But since there is none around here I am fixing to have some sugarfree chocolate pudding - maybe that will help. Are the ones you are talking about wrapped in gold with a hazelnut in the middle??? oh my gosh - it wouldn't even help if I wrapped those - I would unwrap them and gooble em up anyway! :eek:
JHP - its good to see ya! It has been raining cats and dogs around here all day - expect thunderstorms and flash floods! yikes! But we did need the rain. It is already cooling off around here! Hey there you - STAY OFF OF THAT SCALE! That's what I have to tell myself every morning! I only get on it about once a week these days and that is a major improvements for me - maybe someday I will be able to get on it just once a month! Email me if you wanna talk. I know you are busy!
MamaJ - boy are you busy! try to take sometime for youself! I know how hard that is with everything you have going on! Sure wish we could chat sometime!
Hello to everybody - I'm suppose to be busy at work.
Take care and be good yall
hugs, cathy :wave:
LindaBC
11-27-2001, 05:09 PM
Just want to add my condolences to the rest, Annie. It's tough to be such a distance away when you feel your family needs you. I'm sure you're doing the best you can to help out though.
Ruth I'm worried about you too and not just for your mini-chocolate binge. Hope you're feeling up to parr soon.
Jenni you are doing such a terrific thing for that child. I'm sure he will thrive with such loving substitute parents as yourselves. My parents took in my two younger boy cousins when I was about 12. Their parents were going through a trial separation and neither was able to look after them full time. We had them for about 2 years and their folks finally got back together. No lasting damage to either of them, thanks to my parents' loving care and understanding. (I wasn't as welcoming though, I'm ashamed to admit, being baby of our family and not used to monster boys.)
Pooky , congratulations on your weight loss. You are such a busy gal. I haven't even started on my Xmas shopping or cards. I DID pull out the cards I received last year though. I have bought some labels and I'm thinking of making up stick on labels for my cards to save myself all the hand writing. Anything to make life simpler. Now to find the time and ambition to do the mailing list.
Today I went back to bed after DH left for work and I can't believe I conked out until 9 am. Must have been more zonked than I thought. Then I had a load of DHs paperwork to do and get out in mail and faxes. Now I'm going to have lunch. Enjoy the rest of your day.
LindaBC
kermie
11-27-2001, 05:59 PM
Jenni - I will pray for the wee boy - and feel if you do, in fact, take care of him - he'll be a lucky boy...children are very adaptable...and it's a good thing. Living in a miserable environment can be devistating for a child, and anything is better than living with two people who aren't worthy of a child...
I lost a measley .8 - believe it - .8 lbs. today - feel like I lost about 3 lbs. So that's 6.2 lbs. in 3 wks., not too shabby if I look at it that way....I'm glad it's going in the right direction, and wish you all a fine day!