Low Carb Archive - Daily, Tues. Nov. 26th

UP! Coffee? Better hurry, oh, ok, I'll make another pot!

Yams, are cooking, veggies for the stuffing are simmering, I am in good shape......relative, I know!

I failed grocery shopping 101 yesterday. Because I had a flat, had to switch cars, left my car keys with my A&P card home, I had to PAY for my turkey. Don't tell your dh, Debkay, my dh is just miserable over the whole thing! He is not upset about the flat, just the $2o for the damn turkey. He doesn't get that it took me 5 freakin hours to just GET to the store.

sigh

banking and stuff for mom today....I'll do it while she is at physical thereapy. Nails and a nap and some more flylady!

have a great one

love to all,
peach

Morning Peachy and all to follow! What a day already. Why do kids have to sleep for 11 hours to be human? Tommie was NOT getting up this morning, I wonder if she's getting sick. We are all sick with sinus and chest congestion, UGH. More coffee needed this morning, for sure!

Well, have a fabulous day, and try not to cook too much. I'm not cooking this year, YAY! We are all off to visit assorted relatives so it would go to waste, that's my rationalization. Worked for me! Talk to you later.

peachie I promise not to tell. Husband's and money :fr: :fr:

Sherrie yep, the little one's do need lots and lots of sleep.

My friend will be here any minute for coffee, so I need to make this quick.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Later
Debbie

Morning chicklettes...... Wow! Peachie!! You're such an earlybird this morning! How about telling dh to get his own dang turkey next time???? Men! They just LOVE giving orders/instructions, don't they????

Well, today is a late-start day of work, which will most likely mean also a late finish (even tho they are only SUPPOSED to schedule patients today from 1 - 4... we probably won't get out til 6!! :mad: ) but..... then off for the rest of the week. Unless, of course, you count cooking and a bit of fly-lady!! I've also been looking at splurging and getting MYSELF a big present: one of those digital mini-cams that also take stills..... the SONY looks real nice..... might do that tomorrow so I can have it for Thursday with the grands (hmmm, if BIL isn't being a !@%#& - he could get it w/an employee discount!).. getting it now would make me an expert with it by May - Joisey, here I come!!

Well, I hope you all have lovely days - right now it looks absolutely gorgeous out, altho the forecast is for snow tonight or tomorrow.......enjoy everone!

Good Morning you busy chicks!

Had some good news yesterday--phase one of take my life back is in the works! What I mean is I have a job interview tomorrow! :) I have to say I am really excited about it--not so much the job, but the fact that I will be working on weekends for the most part and that means I can go to school during the week. I plan on only having this job for a year or so--just enough time to straighten out my finances and save for school. It's a security guard job at a local plant--yeah, I know totally not glamorous but it pays the bills and I can justify it by it being temporary. Then I can do what I love the most--teach the wee ones! :) :) :)

Off to drop i then a HUGE flylady, including Mount Laundry when we get home.

SamsG--Hope you can convince BIL to get you a discount, those things are really pricey!

Deb, have a lovely coffee!

Sherrie, Miree sleeps from about 8 pm to 6 am--we've tried putting her to be later, but she still gets up at 6am, only she's more cranky becasue she didn't get enough sleep. So those hours are what works for her, not necessarily for me because I could totally sleep till 10!

Oh Peach, what a day! And yeah, I agree, dh's really like to think they are in charge when they have absolutely no control over the situation. OY! Just have a better day, OK?

Have a good one everyone and all those to come!

Good morning, EarlyChicks! I actually slept until 7:20 this morning - without a three hour awake time in the middle! I took two Nytol and I think that's what did it.

Peachie, I can so relate to your disastrous shopping trip! One December 24, I got a very early start and shopped for a huge Christmas order. When I went to pay for it, I realized my purse was in the car and the car was locked! Thank God for the CAA and a lad with a Slim-Jim!

Sherrie, your Thanksgiving sounds great - no cooking. I like cooking turkey because of the aroma but sure like to go elsewhere for a fussy meal. I hope Tommie shakes off the current bug quickly.

Debkay, didja get the baking done yet? Maybe your friend can taste test it?

SamsGram, sounds like a double whammy holiday for you! Thanksgiving AND Chanukah back to back. I hope you can get the camera - holidays are precious times and need preservation.

Pooky, congrats on the job. Sheesh, you'll get to wear a uniform and everything. Do you get a gun? :lol: Don't spread yourself too thin with school AND a job and family stuff. I've been there and it just ain't worth it!

Well today is the day before my wrist operation and I'm getting a bit antsy. They have not called from the hospital yet - they usually call 48 hours before. Part of me hopes the date change screwed them up and another part of me would be glad if it is re-scheduled again! (I'm such a baby! ) I'll be adult and call my surgeon's office when they open at 9. You can tell I'm not looking forward to two sore wrists!

Baked beans at a Bake Sale? someone asked yesterday. Sure thing! They sell really well. I put in a 5 pound batch last night before bed and they cooked overnight. The house smelled great this morning but I resisted a bean breakfast. This morning I bake those infamous pineapple cakes and will freeze them after they are iced. Somehow I don't think I'll be into baking for a few days after the op so everything is to be frozen. I've already made cranberry jelly and orange marmalade so we are all set for Saturday morning. Today I dig out and press the Country Christmas costumes.

Another longish walk for Lucy yesterday and she was a bit less nutsy at suppertime! She actually sat beside me and listened to music while we had out pre-dinner Scotch! Maybe we are over the hump.

Time for a tubby and a leg-shave. It beats me why you have to get all undressed when they are just operating on your frigging wrist!

Have a happy day. Hugs to all and a bigger one to MEW.

Good Tuesday Morning Ladies!

I only have an hour and a half to work and then I am off until 12/02! Yipeee! Today I will be going home to do super fly lady stuff and Wednesday I will be doing holiday decorating. Sipping Christmas coffee and listening to holiday music. I am sooooooo Pumped! I am really in the holiday mood.

Friday I will be doing the 5:00am early bird shopping. I just started that about 2 years ago and I love it. I go solo, with my thermos of coffee, sweat pants, sweat shirt and running shoes. This year I will stop at the Y for a workout after my shopping. I cannot wait.

Holiday Cheer to all!

and look at all these busy ladies!!! samnrosies grandma, and L in massachusetts, and anyone else, have a great hannukah if i don't get back here...

and for all the USA ladies... a wonderful thanksgiving...

have to go to work in a few minutes. am waiting for mom to get herself pulled together for her PT appointment. yesterday, she did it in an hour, but it's taking 2 hours today. at least her bag is packed and on the back doorknob!!!

did some christmas shopping yesterday thank goodness. but does it count when you buy 3 books for yourself??? the winter stash. and today i have to return a book. i knew peachie's oldest was an advanced reader, but i didn't realize just HOW advanced until i told her that i'd bought 20,000 leagues under the sea, and he's already read it!!! maybe i should just start him on college level philosophy??? maybe there's a good sports bio section. now THERE'S a thoughtl. but only the yankees.. [sorry debbie!!!]

went to the orthopedist yesterday for a 6-week checkup, and she's now nearly 7 months pregnant!! she's wonderful. the knee is doing better, but not the best, and she wants me to have more PT. with saint angelo!!! he really brightens my day. she said that some folks don't like PT, but i view it this way: angelo is extremely handsome, and very very nice and kind, with a great sense of humor. and he gives wonderful massages, and says things like 'don't strain, we don't want you to hurt yourself even more.' and then these sweet young boys [his assistants] bring me ice packs.

what's not to like???? all that attention and stuff!! works for me!!!

and pookie. congrats on the job interview.. hope it all works out for you. the great thing about working security [at least according to some folks who have done it] is that they can often get their schoolwork done.

but ruth is right.. don't spread yourself too thin..

and ruth... good luck with the nonsurgery <?> tomorrow... you are still busier than any woman i know.

debk.... you are STILL my idol... oh stop laughing. you're the best!!!! sure wish i could be hanging out there, sipping coffee with you.

jennie... are you SURE you'll need a workout at the Y after the shopping??????? sounds like overkill to me!!!

and sherrie.. with all the running around you'll have to do on turkey day, sure hope you get some leftovers to take home!!! and give my regards to your MIL...

have to go...

more later, i hope.

love you all

Hello everyone. Just a quick check in. I have SOOO much to do today. First scholling with the boys, then cleaning and laundry. I did get alot done yesterday DH and I even moved furniture around in the livingroom. I like it this way and so does he.

I'll check in later after I get some of my work done.

Love to all, ChrissyB

Wow, everyone is so busy today!! Good morning Ladies!!

Im just checking in, it keeps me honest :) thru the day!!

There was a question I wanted to ask you ladies yesterday while I was out shopping, but you think I could remember it now??? NOOO lol,

Have a great day everyone!!
Robin

Hi all,
Company descends today for almost a week. I have 27 for thanksgiving, although all I have to cook is the turkey, the rest is all done by the catering Aunt and Uncle. The table has to be set too...well I guess I do have a lot to do, but not today.

My cat has been sick as some of you may remember form a few months back. I took her to the vet last week and he found her thyroid was out of whack and put her on a med. She has been so weird. Yesterday she slept in a very strange place for her and refused some salmon destine for the disposal (burnt pieces DH didn’t toss). I couldn’t find her this morning and after 2 hours found her in a dark corner of the basement in a pile of swept up wood shavings. I thought she was dead! So back to the vet I took her. Poor thing. She has been driving me crazy but when I thought she was gone this morning I lost it! I have been waiting all morning for news, but none yet......

I have to go do a few errands before carpool...I need to check in here the next few days or I might loose my mind…(I know, it won't have too far to go!). For all you American chicks, have a good turkey day, and Ruth...wishing you well tomorrow.

-L

Well the vet called, She did go down to the basement to die. I am going to go and say good bye to her. I have had this cat for 17 years, I am so sad right now I have no words for it.
-L

When a new member joins how do you go about getting to know people. It sounds that you are so close like old friends talking about your day.
How did you guys go about getting to know everyone?

Hiya Mew, we post on the daily thread and talk about ourselves and our lives. Some having been coming here for years, others slightly less. The one thing that remains true si that we all really do care about one another since we have a long anddifficult road ahead--weight loss. The support and friend ship we find here helps us get on with our daily lives. So go ahead, post about yourself and your day, we'd love to hear from you!

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L, I am so sorry to hear about your kitty cat. I lost a cat through an accident one time and was just devastated so I know how you must feel right now. You had a long and special time with your kitty and I know it is so hard to say good-bye. (((HUGS)))

Thanks Pooky
I will try to jump in with two feet and talk about my my day. although i think i would feel silly because i have an extremely boring life. I hate cooking and baking, cleaning so on....So i can not really contribute to receipes except for the ones my mother sends.
i basically chase my three old around cleaning up after him, as well, as my eleven year old. Sounds fun eh!:)

Are you allowed to drink beer on a diet? PLEASE say yes, it is light beer!!:D :dizzy:

Your Mother gives you permission to drink beer IF you count the carbs or calories as part of your daily intake.
(I knew you wouldn't like that answer!) :D

Well, the hospital called so I am off in the morning at 9:30 to drive to Perth and get my other wrist hacked up! I am such a sissy!

The good news (sort of) is that I dug out the costumes and found my pumpkins that were hiding from me a month ago. I swear they had legs and hid! I've made a note for next October! Putting them in a box without a label was kind of dumb - must have been a brain fart!


Oh L144S, I feel so badly about your furry baby! Such a hard decision and right before the holidays too! I know you will be sad but think about the good life you gave her/him.

Just thought I'd check in as I sip my raspberry zinger tea!

Thanks MOM

I will take into account the calorie intake and skip breakfast and lunch! i believe light beer is 100 calories per drink. How's that?:D
I love these icons!!

awww.....L, I am so sorry about your cat! Gentle hugs to you and your boys!

Now, mew....if you go back and read back posts, I basically yammer on about.....nothing, really. In fact, most of the time I prattle and digress...it makes me happy. Most times I don't have the time to answer people individually BUT I always read and have these chicks in my heart and good thoughts.

Did you know that you lose more weight if post alot? Go ahead, ask the moderator...she'll tell you!

oh! I would suggest "shots" over "beers"

peach

Well you see, i try to disguise myself as a responsible adult and shots would wreck my image so beer works to preserve it.:lol:

L I'm so sorry to hear about your kittie.

MEW, peachie is right, we just prattle on about things like they are important. I for one, will go on and on about my high school daughter's marching band. We just spill the beans about any old thing.

Hey did you know there is a new beer on the market that is proclaiming it is low carb. Saw the commercial last night, can't remember the maker, but I bet it's not low carb. :rolleyes:

Debbie

so, here i am at work, waiting for a proofreader to finish a project so that i can provide the SENIOR REVIEW [what a joke!!!!] before i go home.

and MEW... talk about boring posts!!! this will be one of them.. oh. wait. maybe i'll make you all laugh.

but first, L144... i'm soooo sorry to read about your furry friend. they are with us for too-short a time, but they give us everything they have. one of my kitties died during my unfortunate incarceration last summer, and no one AND I DO MEAN NO ONE told me about it for a couple of months. he was a dear. the other one is doing very very well.

ok... now. i was wandering the hall here [actually yet another trip to the ladies room, i've had more than 80 oz today!!!!] and the mailroom guy had parked the cart where ALL mailroom guys in every company park it: right in the middle of the hall, blocking a corner.

and there was a small space. and i walked right through it!!!!! and was so surprised that i turned around to stare at it. and i looked at my feet [like they were the body parts that were fitting through there, and not my hips!!!] and back at the space. and then walked through it again!!! and stared. and did it again!!! by this time the mailroom guy was giving me a funny look. and i called a friend out of her office to WATCH ME DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!

ok. so what else has happened? we've pulled names out of the hat for the office grab bag. i picked one of the guys in the art department, a real sweetie. he's a boy scout leader and really into it, and he loves to cook. and he's devoted to his wife [they're newlyweds, so it's still all new to both of them]. so he'll be easy and fun to get something for. i'm thinking some cooking stuff. maybe a basket of ingredients. barbecue maybe, since he camped with the scouts this weekend and roasted a turkey in a pit. i call this irrational behavior, but who am i to comment on that kind of stuff???!!!!!

we're all hoping that we have a snow day tomorrow... it might actually happen!!! after all, if the roads are bad and they're planning on early closing anyway, what's the point in torturing everyone and making them come in for just a couple of hours???

[the project STILL hasn't shown up... tra la tra la.. and i wanted to stop at the store for some ice cream and cookies for mom so she can relax during hte storm].

and MEW... go with the shots. there's no point in the beer. and please, don't skip meals to make up for the beer. you need the nutrients. especially the protein.

good luck tomorrow ruth... we'll be thinking of you..

well, let me go check on where this thing is... i wanna go home!!!!

and where's leenie???? i miss you!!!!!

i must say I think i am addicted to this site because i have been missing my fav soap just to see what you guys are saying!

Mew, Michelob makes a "low-carb" beer, I haven't tried it yet, but that is the only brand I drink, so maybe next time I party I'll send you a glass! And please don't skip a meal, it makes you feel so awful to drink on an empty stomach!

L, I'm so sorry about your kitty. I lost every pet I ever had, so now I just have a dd instead. Big hugs to you!!

Everyone else, love you all, but dinner is calling me! Talk to you soon.

and see mew??? we're really all just babbling!!!

well, sometimes we are wise, but mostly, we're just US.

the project never showed up. the printshop sent the wrong stuff!!! so tomorrow. maybe.

and i got to the store. mom now has cookies and ice cream and a bag of dried beans to go with the ham bone in the freezer, so she can make soup during the storm. that'll amuse her.

and for me?? a quart of skim milk so i can make protein shakes. somehow, this doesn't seem exactly balanced here!!! mom gets the treats and i get the skim milk??????

Ahhhh, but Jiff, my dear! If your mom eats the beans you will get your just rewards! :devil:

Well, i am still sitting her sipping on a beer, in which, i know not good for me BUT, i do enjoy a nice cold beer.
Went xmas shopping for my kids today, my 3 year old gets gifts that seem to be cheap while my 11 year old is getting pricer ones. Now is that fair??
I sum it up to he will get his chance and who knows how much things will cost by the time he is 11. Oh my! don't want to think about that. At three he is all ready a mini computer geek!
There! How's that for babbling?:)

Mew, nobody has a more boring life than I do. I don't even have any kids to chase around anymore. Also, living on the west coast, I am often in here too late to take part in any "conversations" and although I'm assured that my late posts are read, I really have my doubts. Still, I hang in here because I've grown to care for these people and have an interest in their daily lives as well as their weight loss successes and failures. I still don't know everyone as well as I'd liked and I get confused about who lives where and who has kids or jobs, etc., but gradually I will get them all sorted out. So stick around. Tell us about your day, however boring you may think it is. Get to know us and let us get to know you.
L I'm so sorry about your kitty. When you've had a pet that long, it is like a member of the family. You will grieve just as you would for a beloved friend. We all understand so don't be shy about posting.
Ruth Good luck with your carpal tunnel surgery tomorrow. I hope you will soon be tip-top.
I've not been doing very well LCing or anything else to be honest. Today I opened a tin of mixed nuts and polished off half of them. Why did I do that? It was the devil made me do it. :devil:
I took my friend to her physiotherapy today and while she was doing her thing I went to a drug store to buy some of the ingredients for the milk bath and the body scrub (from the crafting thread). Then to the dollar store for containers. I forgot the safflower oil though so I'll have to pick that up tomorrow. I'm thinking these will make a nice gift for the people who bring me something and I usually don't have anything for them. Also for the aunts who always tell me not to get them anything but I do anyhow.
When I got home I wondered why the birds aren't eating the seeds in the feeders but when I looked closer at them I realized that during our two weeks of steady rain, the seeds somehow got soaked and swelled and then solidified. No wonder the poor feathered pretties aren't feeding from them. So, off to hubby's workshop I went and took the feeders apart, cleaned them and refilled them. I also hung out a mesh bag full of frozen suet, peanut butter and seeds. It will probably turn warm and it will all melt and dribble all over the patio, incurring dh's wrath. I should have hung it by the feeders but I wanted to see them up closer....if they even notice it or come to it. I do like to watch the birdies.
See, Mew, a very hum-drum life here but I have no shame in telling the world about it. LOL

Evening all

Mew -Welcome! I babble on too.LOL

I feel like I have been through the wringer! Had a rough weekend with Prince Grouchy Pants JR. He has decided that he doesn't need naps anymore, but still awakes at 6, and come 4pm he is ripping the place apart, melts down over the least little thing, god give me patience!!
I am still working on my crafts for christmas, need to get them done soon. We are going away for a week in Dec and I do not want to have to bring along my crafts, just want to swim in the pool, walk on the beach and unwind!
Got the house lights up and on, but no tree up yet, have had no time with "you know who" smashing everything in sight!!
Perhaps the tree will go in the playpen this year.ha ha
Did someone say BEER! I will have my with clamato juice puhleeeeaaaaase, and a shot of rum, and a shot of rye, and a shot of gin and even some baileys
I am so looking forward to going away, has been a year since I was away, yes we are taking Baby Bam Bam with us, but he will get tuckered out in the pool, I am hoping!

L- So sorry about your kittykat, I am sending warm hugs and thoughts your way!

Well Lindabc
you definetly gave me out loud giggle. I will read your postings, as i am in the same time zone, just across the water from ya!;)

Meowna,
i have a question totally unrelated to diet. Is your kiddo toilet trained? Mine 3, does not want to use the toilet. Freaked out to go Number 2. any suggestions?

No Mew he is not, he is a special needs child so he is delayed in alot of areas of his development.

When I trained my older boys (22 &19 yrs old now) I used to buy their favorite hero undies and they never wanted to have an accident in them so it worked for them, but I don't recall them being freaked out over pooping in the toidy!lol Good luck to you!

Mew, my Miss Miree is but 3 years old too and going on 13 attitude wise. She's completely trained, even night trained. We got rid of the pull ups in the summer and it's been dry ever since! :) I hear boys are harder to train, but I also have a friend who's son is just 6 days older than Miree and ws trained before her!:shrug: So I guess you just never know, depends on the kid.

Maybe i am to blame. My daughter was trained early, before two! believe it or not. but maybe i just need to put my foot down. I could be the culprit here and just being to lazy!:?: