Support Groups - Hey Cows! Let's get on the busy bus!

I could swear I've already done this. I posted a new thread not 30 minutes ago. This is the problem with my life. As soon as I do something, it is undone and I have to do it again.
Did anyone hear that Kiwi lost 7 lbs?

KIWI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I MENTION EXCERCISING!!! PEOPLE LOSE WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!LUSH---YOU ARE NOW REQUIRED TO DO SOME MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING {ABOUT YOURSELF ,OF COURSE}

I go to Curves.
I eat a healthy diet that is high in fruits and veggies and low in anything white, except cauliflower.
I go to bed by 9:30.
I haven't lost any weight.
Where is that at?????????????????????????????????????
I'm lazy and cranky. I wish I could go back to bed.

i have plans to treadmill,but i can't stop looking out the window at the SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!i can' t stop talking about the SNOW-----it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo depressing-----i MUST tread,i MUST tread----Lush---my friends say that curves is "cheesy" ---what do they mean??we have two "curves" here-----ohhhhhhhh put me to bed as well.

I can explain this, Bagz, and it should un-depress you.

Someone in my office who has TV reception saw a story about Curves on a news show. This would be Lush's Curves not Wabby's. Well, maybe Wabby's too. She said they showed tremendously overweight women on some machines. I told her some of my friends went to it and she asked their weight category. I made a stab a weight (135?) and she said NOOOO, MUCH BIGGER. Ok, I didn't say 135, I said more but she REALLY did say that.

See, Bagz, by not having a Curves, we are not grouped into a nation-wide group of realllllly big fat women. We are just fat. Maybe big and fat. but not realllllllllly big and fat.

I am sick of snow, also. Well, I'm sick of cold weather so if it snowed, i'd be sick of it.

How are we to get to page 7 if no one posts? Did I offend you all with that Curves description? Remember it was a quote. I didn't see it on TV myself. I was reading Dickens at the time.

HI all,
Bagzie, Curves is definitely cheezy. There aren't any big and fat women where I go... but that is only because we have no other gym for the cuties to go to ...the next one is 15 miles away....too far to be convenient. Most of the people at my Curves are high school girls. I like it. I drop DD off at physical therapy, go to Curves, put in my 1/2 hour. Then go to my mom's or to the store, before I know it, I'm picking her up at physical therapy and I've accomplished two or three things. I'm a wonder.
That, said, it is cheezy.

I went tonight. I feel fit. I ate chicken breasts and cauliflower for dinner. I plan to go to bed at 9ish. I haven't shined my sink. That will have to wait until the next phase of perfection.

In order to go to bed, I have to check homework in a timely fashion. That means I can't hang on the computer ...so bye.

here I am posting again when I still don't have anything to say. I am jealous that I don't have a cheese gym to go to and I don't accomplish much either.

That said, I am going to get off the computer and go bond with my ds who will probably run.

Kiwi, why isn't this font stuff working?

Some of your font things are working. I would say that the rest are not working because when you change the font, you need to hit "Close Current Tag" before you change it again.

this font is changed and when I hit Close Current Tag right here, it changes back to the default.

La.

I have something wrong with my vision -- I have a big streaky floater type thing. At first I figured I probably scratched my eye, but then I started looking it up online, and now I think I'd better go to the eye doctor, because new floaters can be a symptom of a detached retina. This is very inconvenient because the stupid mill is no longer paying for insurance claims in spite of the fact that they are pretending that all the employees are still employees even though they haven't worked or gotten paid since December. DH is planning to buy a cheap health insurance policy which will certainly not cover anything but having emergency brain surgery or something so we will have to eat that expense. My life sux.


Kiwi, who has more curves than she really needs and can't even afford to buy a new down bikini to show them off.

Ooooooh yes, Kiwi! Please go to the eye doctor. I have a couple of those floating things (they actually have some fancy scientific name) and the doc said that in my case they were harmless, but some of them *aren't*, and we want to keep all your body parts intact for as long as possible, don't we?

Did I mention that I have a toothache in my gold-inlay tooth? I'm ignoring it. I think I have a two year guarantee on the thing, but I don't relish the thought of them digging around in my mouth yet again.

Anyone ever adopt a dog from an amimal shelter? We're going there tomorrow to take a look. Their web site has mostly dobermans and pitbulls. Hmm. I want something cute, smallish and fluffy. I also have to (tomorrow) go to a parent-teacher conference with ds6s teacher and serve dinner to our neighbours. How will I survive? Better start cleaning now. The phrase "Busy Bus" makes me break in to a sweat.

A cheesy Curves is better than no curves at all, I suppose.

KIWIWIIWWWW GO th E DocTOR IMMEDIATELY>>>!!!!! I want a report this afternoon.

Sugar, lots of people have adopted shelter dogs. Not Lush but normal people have. Bagz's dd used to volunteer in a shelter. Make her go with you.

I am sitting here with my shampooed in Selsun still in. The doctor, or whatever he was, said the longer it's in (like 5 min) the better it works.

DS brought home the bill for his yearbook and I was shocked. It's nothing like the middle school prices. We are so financially challenged here that I have actually asked him to try to find a way to earn the money for it. I suggested he ask his mentor for ideas. I feel kind of crumby doing that but feel forced.

There's a singles valentine dance Fri near Herbie's house. I could go ahead and spend the whole wekend at his house and go to it but what would it be like going to a dance ALONE!!!!!!!! And old and fat and haggy.

Kiwi! Go to the doctor. Most likely, it is nothing, DH has those and they are nothing...but he is supposed to report any changes because there are different kinds and some are nasty.
I've gotten dogs from the pound many times. The only reason we didn't do that this time was that this dog is supposed to be hypoallergenic due to having hair, not fur. That turns out to be untrue, but it was worth a try.
Peaches, can't you use the credit card for the yearbook? I think it is perfectly reasonable to ask DS to earn yearbook money. I don't think that is unusual at all.
Sugar, do you think you have an abscess under the crown...I assume the gold tooth is a crown....that means root canal...you poor darling.
Why didn't Wabby post yesterday to defend her Curves???? It was a workday and therefore she has no excuse for not stopping by.
Gotta go...dd is getting fitted for her brace for her knee today. She will have to wear it for sports or dancing forever....think she'll comply?

I know I'm very allergic to cats, but I never noticed it with dogs. My parents had a poodle, a husky and a dachshund in that order. Hair, fur, fur, right? Just found a site listing dogs that are less allergenic:

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Better Breeds for Allergy Sufferers

All dogs produce dander so there are no "hypoallergenic" breeds. Some breeds shed their skin every three or four days and others every 21 days. The dogs that shed less frequently produce less dander. Breeds that have a single-layer coat usually produce less dander than double-coated dogs. Here is a list of breeds that may produce less dander.


Airedale

Basenji

Bedlington terrier

Bichon frise

Chinese crested

Irish water spaniel

Italian greyhound

Kerry blue terrier

Maltese

Poodle

Portuguese water dog

Schnauzers

Shih tzu

Soft-coated Wheaten terrier

Tibetan terrier

Wire-haired fox terrier

Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican hairless)
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Fine, but do these breeds all need to go to Madame Fifi's once a month to be clipped and shampooed like my parents' poodle had to? We'll most likely end up with an adorable mutt.

My darling is supposed to go once a month....naturally, I can't manage to keep my kids' appointments up to date...how would I do it with a dog...I just bathe her with Johnson's baby shampoo and brush her with No More Tangles..she is shaggy and cute.
Why don't I get off this computer?

sooooooooooooooooooyou need to get off the computer---WELLLLLLLLL--i am here reading everything and i am supposed to be painiting a tray for the Hospice to auction off,and i should be on the treadmill and i have to pick up those three kids AND i have glass me *** class AND i feel like barfing cause i ate too much salmon and my cat needs to go to the vet to be put to sleep so she can get her mats raked out-----and it's minus 19 with a strong wind and it blizzarded last night and tomorrow is valentines day and i want multicoloured roses but if dh doesn't order them today i will have boring red ones and i think peaches SHOULD go to the dance!!!

I'm still here, too.
I should be getting ready for Gala birthday of 11 year old...but I'm a lump. Shame, shame, shame. I just heard of a new groomer who will put animals to sleep(not THAT kind of put to sleep) rather than torture them....is it safe?
I just joined Sam's Club and plan to save tons of money. Georgie Bushhead is slam dunking our economy so even the wasteful, like me, must economize. So far I bought birthday party stuff and Valentines Day stuff.

Oh yes, AND I was just offered a full-time job. Sadly it was as a teacher. I thought it would be imprudent to tell the guy that I can't be a full time teacher because I can't stand other people's children, so I politely declined. Someday, I want to work full time. I need a new career, because it certainly will not be as a teacher. I wonder what kind of careers are best for chronically lazy people?

I think I will do something productive....A Widow for One Year is very good...I don't think I am going to bother with a list. If I find myself spinning my wheels, I'll check in and gift all of you with a list.

BTW..Bagzie, Hospice is so wonderful. They visit my Mom every day and do EVERYTHING for her, from manicures to enemas. They are SO nice about EVERYTHING.

I think Peaches should go to the dance, too.
Kiwi, are you at the eye dr? is that why you aren't posting?
Wabby, I think I requested you to post.
I have PBS on and Sesame Street came on. They have CHANGED Rubber Ducky. What is wrong with the world?
Sugar, go to the dentist.
bye

No, I'm not, but the reason I'm so popular among the local housewife crowd is because I have a capacity for insincerity.
I am going to do a list with the listmaker. I'm s excited. I've been doing my lists manually. Here it comes~!!!!!!!

[list=1]
shift wash done
unload dwdone
load dwdone
flip roast, I'm already making dinnerdone...DH is going to faint when he comes home to find dinner made...
I don't have count of how many items are on my list.....[COLOR=deeppink]
trash outdone
take trash out of kid's rooms...I have to sneak their stuff out or they won't let me throw anything away.done
take it to the front of the yard I hate to do this....
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[/list=1]
Again, I'm sorry I have to do this to you. But I can't organize myself any other way. It should be inspiring to you.

Oh Geez. Okay. I'm getting offline and calling the eye doctor.
Actually I have waited because it took DH all day to decide on what interim insurance policy he was going to buy :rolleyes: .

Okay, I'm going, I'm going.

What happened?
Turns out, I prefer my own lists...I think you've had enough time, Kiwi. Results, please.

I'll be back with a list....

My eye doctor had already left for the day when I called and won't be in until Monday. So I called another one. Also not there, is getting back to me tomorrow. I hate it when DH is right (he said to call first thing this morning). Of course I'm not going to point out that he was right. :doh:

DS brought home the bill for his yearbook and I was shocked.
DD's is $30. I thought that was a lot. They didn't have them in middle school.
There's a singles valentine dance Fri near Herbie's house. I could go ahead and spend the whole wekend at his house and go to it but what would it be like going to a dance ALONE!!!!!!!! And NOT old and NOT fat and NOT haggy.
Dahling, you're supposed to go alone to singles dances!! Go and charm the pants off some handsome gent. (Well, maybe not literally :0 )
HeeHee I misquoted Peaches -- bad Kiwi
Good grief, Bagz, don't put the cat to sleep! Just put her under anesth. for a bit! :lol:
I just heard of a new groomer who will put animals to sleep(not THAT kind of put to sleep) rather than torture them....is it safe?

NO!! Many dog breeds are sensitive to various anesthesia, and putting them under always has some risk to it. It's not something you should do for grooming unless the dog absolutely can't handle grooming any other way. And I would never let a groomer, who wasn't a vet, put my animal under anesthesia! A little different with a cat, who'd probably kill you before you could get all the mats out.

:mad: What did they do to Rubber Ducky?

Kiwi

This has been a busy day. Kiwi has made phone calls too late. Everybody has a dog or a cat doing something. Lush has flipped her roast. Bagz is just so cute. Wabby is .... where is she? and Sugar is eating M&Ms.

Here's my day. DS started walking funny and asked me the symptons of a hernia. Doctors office was too busy so I took him to the ER which took longer because there are more of them and they can party more between patients. DS has a lump in his lower abdomen but the doctor said he thinks it's a pulled muscle. DS will go to a better doctor tomorrow. This ER doctor started out nice and funny: "Do you smoke yet? Drink? A little alcohol now and then, eh?" But after the exam was grouchy grouchy grouchy. DS said he washed his hands after the exam and said outloud "This is just awful." He was from the mideast. Maybe that's how they say "bye."

How can a 14-yo earn $?

1. Cut grass
2. Baby sit
3. walk dogs
4. Take out trash
5. tutor younger or dumber kids
6. clean out garages
7. clean yards
8. clean basements
9. wash cars
10. farm labor

Clean Lake Erie
Carry the Parthnon to New York
Write a new set of encyclopedias
Erase crime
Count the rocks in Norway
Memorize all of Edgar Guest's poems
Solve for pi
Contemplate why Englishmen hold their forks in their left hands
Shift wash

This is question for my adorable sissy who makes fascinating oh-so-perfect lists and who knows everything worth knowing in the universe. *taking deep breath and letting blood flow back into fingers* The hose has come off the back of my washing machine. The top of the hose has a wire thingie to hold it tight. It's so tight, I can't put the hose back on. What to do????

p.s. nice lists. And now that you know the doggie isn't hyopallergenic, what does fate hold in store for him?

I believe you need a tool to loosen or a snipper to snip that thing, then you need another thing. Home depot would help you. Just go an explain your prediciment to the out-of-work plumber who works at Home Depot and he'll tell you everything.
The doggie stays...people can take Allegra.
Here is the saddest story of our household. Tomorrow DS10 will become DS11. He is very excited. He would play hockey in the AM with his usual team, then party at Van's with all his friends then dinner at Lone Star, his favorite restaurant. Sadly, DS10 has a fever of 103. No hockey, no Van's, no Lone Star. Now everything is thrown off....Van's can't reschedule next weekend, we have to go into March.
My adorable dog has bad habits. She will not stop jumping on guests...true, she only comes to their knees, but it is annoying to people who come here. I guess we have to train her.
Wabby must be sick, otherwise, how could she stay away from us?
I'm sure Kiwi will call first thing this AM to get an eye dr. appt.
gotta go.

An internet friend sent me this website about a friend of hers whose baby had a lung and heart transplant. It's a neat site about a hard topic. http://www.aubreyrose.com

[COLOR=crimson]WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???IT IS SO COLD THAT THEY SAY YOU CAN SKIP SCHOOL HERE IF YOU LIKE---A TRANSPORT TRUCK RAN INTO THE TOLL BOOTH BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS FROZEN,AND THE WATER IS STEAMING BECAUSE IT IS WARMER THAN THE AIR---i have two dozen multicoloured roses sitting on my dining room table----:o i guess the dh heard my whining----KIWI---I HAVE VITREOUS FLOATERS AND THEY DRIVE ME NUTS:dizzy: ----- i read about detatched retinas just to make myself more paranoid than usual:yikes: where is wabby???? WHERE ARE YOU WABBY?????:sp: OKAY, LIKE YOUR LISTS LUSH--- AND I WANT A FULL TIME JOB FOR LAZY SLOBS TOO--- I made the tray for the hospice just for you----gotta go freeze me arse off taking dd to work at the fabric store [she looooooooves it there]HAPPY VALENGINES DAY---GO TO THE DANCE PEACHDOLL~~!!!!~~~;)

We are supposed to get serious snow again this weekend. Does no one CARE that I'm tired of snow and my kids have been sick all winter???????????????????????????????? That means that they boys will not be able to play in the snow and I will be stuck with bored kids in the house.
Bagzie, I"m sure my lists are boring, but I just can't accomplish anything without writing it down.
Peaches, that poor baby on the website. We're all so lucky to have healthy kids.
I have stuff to do.
Here goes:
1. call and cancel singing lesson done
2. fax ins card to brace place done
3. load dw d0ne
4. run dw done..i forgot yesterday..
5. move wash from washer to dryer, fold wash in dryer, put new load into washer (makes you yearn for the days of shift wash, huh?)ok, i did it
6. swiffer kitchen floor I'd rather go back to bed..but.....done
7. go through house with trash bag...throw away useless, ugly things. ok
8. change kitchen cloth. ok
9. Change dr cloth ok
10. check in here. like I need an excuse to hang on the computer....
That's my morning list. I feel lonely.....where is Sugar and Wabby? Kiwi, we know, is at the eye dr.

Well I'm right here, Cowsies!!!! The last couple days have been hectic. I know. No excuse.

Re: the cheesiness of Curves. Curves is cheezy in the extreme, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't work. The women at my Curves are not fashion models or the usual buff girls at the regular gym. They all look kinda like me. Middle aged. A little chunky. Besides, the regular gym here is packed and it would take me 2 hrs. to get in my 30 minute workout. :cheese:

You need a pair of pliers, Peach. Then you can squeeze the little wire thingy. Or you could go out to that dance and get yerself a man, bring him home and ask him to do it for you. I think buying some pliers would be easier. ;) That was a good list your sissy made you about work for DS. I'd love to find a 14 yr. old boy to hire.

My dogs jump on our guests too, Lush, but our dogs are not adorable little pint sized critters. They are big, slobbery hairy dogs. They are really good dogs individually, but when they get together they lose all their manners, they're both so worried that the other one will get some attention. So sorry your almost 11 yr old is missing his own birthday party. What a bummer.

I'm always worried about my eyes, ever since I found out I have glaucoma, I worry about losing the lousy eyesight I still have.

Everyone should have yearly eye exams, even if you don't think you're having any problems.

Bagzie, have you noticed that the quality of fabric at the fabric store is not the same as it used to be??? or is that just a local thing here? It used to be that it was of better quality than ready made clothes were constructed of, but not anymore.

I'm painting my family room. If anyone would like to see the color, they can look at my hair.

I'm listening to Linda Ronstadt, singing big band tunes. That girl has a set o' pipes.

I rushed home to see how Kiwi is. I hope this is a good sigh. She's at a movie or something.

I'm not going to the dance. Coughing. Not feeling all that well.

I love your lists, Lush. They inspire me.

Ds has a herniated muscle. The muscle pulled loose of the facia (fay-shee-ah) however it's spelled. Needs to be careful and let it heal for 2-3 months, she said.

I want to hear all about the substandard treatment we are receiving---dh called to reserve our fav margie restaurant and OF COURSE it had been booked for WEEKS!!!!!SOOOOOOOO now we have to go to cheesy-ville pizza parlour and i will have to drink sparkling wine and get a big headache but that is okay because as long as i am drinking something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want to hear all about kiwi's visit ANYwhere as i know she is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEZING tooooooooooooo the reason you are getting SNOW lushie,is because it is so WARRRRRRRRRRRM in joisey----we are NOT getting the snow due to the -45 windchill-----the SNOW is scared to come up here. YOU SHOULD BE GOING TO THE DANCE PEACHERS!!!! A SLIGHT COLD IS ATTRACTIVE---IT WILL MAKE THE MEN WANT TO CARE FOR YOU AND LAVISH YOU WITH ANALGESICS. IT'S A GOOD THING YOU CAME BACK WABBY--- we were going to have to CALL otherwise!!!!!! :?:

...everyone who is ailing should GET WELL SOON!

And now for my next trick, I will go into enhanced mode and do some complex tag nesting.

What I did today by Sugar P


cleaned entire house from stem to stern
went to animal shelter
saw a ton of poor abandoned dogs
liked an Airedale terrier, a Spitz and a Husky German Shepard Cross
Decided that this dog thing isn't as easy at it looks
finished dinner preparations
rushed down to school to make 3:50 p.m. conference appt
Got in to see teacher at 5:15 (!!)
Rushed home and started cooking
Entertained neighbours with witty anecdotes
Ate After Eights dh gave me for Valentine's Day
Made note to self to remind dh to give me something else next year
Hung on computer
Still hanging


Off to bed!

Hey all -- we're online at the same time !! -- Wanna chat?

I *have* to go to bed. It's 12:26 a.m. here. Maybe you'll still all be chatting the morning??:D

Everyone's all sick and stuff!! So sorry to hear about Lushboy's fever and Peachboy's herniated muscle (kinda limits the options for making $, doesn't it?) and Peachie's excuse for not going to the dance and Bagz' impending headache. Anything else? I have not gone to the eye doctor. They told me they would call me this morning to set up an appointment, so I waited and waited, then I got bored and went back to bed. Never heard from them. I'll call my good eye doctor on Monday.

When I logged on, Peaches, Bagz and Sugar were all still online -- wouldn't it be fun to go in the chat sometime when there are a few of us here? I haven't tried it in a long time. When there are people there, of course it's never anybody I know of course and it's one of those boring conversations:

Hi How are you?
Great. How are you?
Good.
Where are you from?
XXX Where are you from?
XXXX What plan are you on?
None. What planet are you on?
:s:

I made giant chocolate chip cookie hearts for my loved ones today. Please note that chocolate chip cookies in any shape whatsoever come out round. But I decorated them cleverly with "candy heart" slogans and put them in tins that I painted for Valentines Day.

Ta :love:
Kiwi

Originally posted by SugP
Maybe you'll still all be chatting the morning??:D

Well, scary thought, but who knows?

I feel like such a failure, I'm going to bed. Sugar cleaned her whole house and Kiwi made cookies...what did I do? Hung on computer all day.
Sometimes I step outside of myself and see myself as others would see me if I saw regular people and didn't spend all my time on this computer. It's scary.

Yeah, but you have a cute dog and a pool.

I do have a cute dog.

A cute dog is a good thing but I am going to be on topic.

I was reading a magazine at the doctor's office and found an article where three people were experimented upon to see what they weight would do if they ate what they wanted for a month or three months, I forget. No dieting allowed. The experiment proved that eating what you want will cause weight lose. The results:

Miss 125 was down to 124

Miss 123 was down to 121

Miss 120 went to up 122

Therefore 2/3 of all people will lose weight if they don't diet.

Please note they are studying people who obviously don't have a weight problem, and therefore probably don't have any eating problems either!! As they say, Your Mileage May Vary. I agree that dieting ultimately makes you gain weight back, but "eating what you want" is a pretty vague prescription, eh? I think it works with kids, who don't have ingrained habits of eating high fat, high salt or high sugar food. I guarantee if I eat what I want, I could be a mountain. I already do eat a whole lot of what I want, but I have to stop myself, cuz I really could eat until I'm sick!

DD is going with a friend and her family for a few days' skiing. She's heading out any minute now. It will be the coldest skiing she has ever experienced. Right now, here, it's about 0° F, at the ski mountain it's much colder. Betcha they spend a lot of time in the lodge..

Later today DH and I are going to meet some friends to see a U. of M. hockey game. It looks like we are spending the night at their house too. I think I'll burn a CD as a guest-y gift.

We watched the latest Austin Powers video last night. Ohmygod was that raunchy. I couldn't help but laugh though--felt like the worst parent in the world laughing at these perverted sick jokes with my sweet darling daughter in the room. Oh dear... :tape:

Later Yellagators
Kiwi of the mysterious and unusual colors

I need a new mattress for ds. He has been sleeping on a bunkbed thing with a futon on bottom and mattress on top. After the futon became uncomfy, he moved to the mattress but with his hernia I don't think he should be climbing around. Do y'all think a mattress size will fit the futon thing holder? Or what?

Peaches, it is tragic that 120 went up to 122. She must feel so fat. Did you give her Letty's number?

Kiwi, My kids always want to see movies that are R or raunchy PG13. Years ago, we adopted the policy that any movie our kids wanted to see that was beyond their rating age, was fine. But they have to watch it with us. We've seen them all...short of heavy duty stuff that I would find offensive myself. When the language is bad, we all keep a count individually and see who agrees at the end.
DS11 is having a boring birthday. We took him out this morning and bought him a new bmx bike, which is what he wanted. Since then, here he is...lumped on the couch.
I have to go be entertaining, if he'll stay awake. BTW..I think the nephew deserves a new mattress....all of my kids do too. It is something so easy to blow off, though, isn't it? ....bye

No time to post. Busy protesting.

I hate to say this, but we just bought the new Austin Powers DVD and watched it in English and German with both kids. They loved it. Too young to get the raunchy stuff (they don't know any bad words in English yet). I'm such a bad mom. I thought the first two movies were better. Did you know that Mike Myers and I were born on the same day in the same year? Is he my spiritual twin? I think he should share his wealth with me.

Dh bought two DVD's from Ebay tonight and he is so excited. His first auction experience. I know he'll be on here every night now. This is going to seriously cut into my computer time.

I'm at Herbie's. I wanted to post in SLIME GREEN but they don't have that on the list. Sugar, I am SO PROUD you protested!!! We don't do that here. You are so cool!!! Like a hippie!!!! Lush was a hippie. And Kiwi. And Bagz. And Wabby. YOU ARE SOOO YOUNG that only now can you protest stuff.

I have looked around and have found no rude notes written to me like the last time I spent the night alone here. I have found evidence that he is planning a cruise. I believe this granddds want one for graduation like the grandds wanted to go to Greece.

I have eaten his ice cream. He has lots of frozen pizzas. What else can I do here? be back later

raid the cupboards,the freezer,the boozatorium {send it to me} and the bathroom cabinets-----put in your trunk and say there was a break in----any royal doultons to sell on ebay????

I want to know, also, why people who only eat food that grew on a farm don't lose weight. It makes no sense. I'm sure that Lush and I exercise at least a little. She walks her dog and I look energetically out the window.

What is everybody doing? It is so strange to be at Herbie's house. I really like this house. The bay is outside. Thre are tall tall trees in a wetland next door. The furniture is comfy. The TV works. blahhhhhh.

Here's what I need to do. Sugar and Bagz will help me. Lush will try to thwart my efforts because she's always been jealous. Wabby is too busy being adorable and Kiwi will only make smart remarks so this is only addressed to Sugar and Bagz:

If I could get back to the size I was when I first got Herbie's real attention, I remember I got other guy's attention too so I need to get there. It is just too lonely being alone.

Now, get up and post.

Peachers, I don't think it's a good thing for you to be hanging out at Herbies. In fact, I don't think it's a good thing for you to have any Herbie contact. I think Herbie is the kind of man who is ego destroying. Just my 2 cents. You won't meet Mr. Right by hanging around Mr. Wrong. I know. Easy for me to say, huh? So you can take it or leave it.

Sorry everyone is doing poorly and sickly. I'm in home improvement mode. I need to get outta this house. And not to go to Home Depot.

This is why I missed Wabby so much. She is so smart!!!!!!!!! And so right. I agree. Peaches, I wish we had your posts from the old
WLB days so that you could see how much your self confidence has deteriorated. Your relationship with Herbie has not made you stronger. I am sure the way he has behaved was never on your list. You deserve better.

Now, on to diet and exercise. I am doing great. I am not weighing myself until my one month at Curves. I was SHOCKED by the results of their scale. My scale is the cheapest scale in Walmart...a piece of junk. I always figured it was a few pounds off; it is 12 lbs off. Twelve pounds is the difference between being chubby and being a porkbutt.
Does anyone see yourself as you really are in the mirror? To me, I always look the same. Thin or fat...or chubby or porkbutt. I must be honest that I knew that my fat clothes were tight. And my pants should have been an indication but they weren't.
Now they aren't tight anymore. I am using www.fitday.com for my diet...I'm low carb with nothing refined. It is going well.
I don't want to look ridiculous at the pool this summer. It is a great deal of pressure having a pool. I HAVE to be seen in a bathing suit. I guess it is the same with a boat, huh Kiwi?
They have predicted 20 inches of snow for us. I am mad at Bagz and Kiwi because this should be their weather and I wish they would have kept it. I am mad at Peaches and Wabby because it is a meeting of storms from each of their regions that has so inconvenienced my life.
I am not mad at Sugar because she is so sweet. I'm going to go take a nap. bye

I have emailed my reply to Wabby.

After returning from Herb's house, DS discovered he left his text book there. Two more hours driving. I can't bear it.

Peachy! I sent you an e mail but to your address and not the Herbie address. Is that right?

OK, I told a fib. I didn't *really* protest - just in my own little mind. I could have gone to Berlin on a bus at 7:15 in the morning in the freezing rain, but I slept in instead and protested later in my warm kitchen while I was watching CNN. Dubya got no valentine from me.

I'm afraid to weigh myself any more. Did upper body weights tonight out of sheer disgust with my present form. I notice that when I lose weight, the flab starts to hang over the edges of the parts that are still firm. Can you picture it? :o

i officially hate herbie and i will help peachers get back into her poptops.i seen her down't steven king's front yard fence and she was hot.

Originally posted by Lush

I am using www.fitday.com for my diet...I'm low carb with nothing refined.

Is that any better than that other place we used to go? It used to mess up my computer like crazy--I can't remember what it was called.
They have predicted 20 inches of snow for us. I am mad at Bagz and Kiwi because this should be their weather and I wish they would have kept it.
I will gladly take your 20 inches of snow if you will take our 10 below zero temperatures. It's really sunny during the day--you'll love it!

We went to see About Schmidt this afternoon. The theater was freezing!! Other than that, I really enjoyed the movie. We went with the friends who we spent the night with. We had mixed reactions to the movie. One called it a "black comedy". Jack Nicholson was amazing in it.
Kiwi

Dietwatch? Was that it? Couldn't use it because we have wierd food here. I don't think I have ever actually written down what I eat all day. That would be too scary.

Is Lush stuck in her house with no electricity and a 20 ft wall of snow outside?

I was reading in a news magazine that some guy thinks it was actually the Chinese who first discovered North America long before Columbus. Guess where they supposedly landed?

New Jersey.

That would explain a lot of things.

I'm sure Herbie is a very nice guy deep down inside. He just needs an Attitude Adjustment :dizzy:

Sugar is so sweet.
I'm writing down what I eat....but memory is so unreliable.
Why would Chinese come to NJ? Wouldn't they go see WAbby, first? Then they could come here. We would have a BBQ.
It is still snowing. I would have to SHOVEL my car out if I wanted to drive, which I don't. In all my years in NJ I have never had to shovel my car out.
Kiwi, I don't want any of your weather. But thanks, it was nice of you to offer.
I just wrote to a girl I went to HS with. She married an Hassidic Jew and lives a life right out of a Chiam Potok novel. She lived next door to me all through high school. Her parents are close to my mom. That's how I got her address.
I have nothing decent to make for dinner. I'm stuck in this house and there's no food AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On that note, I think I'll go be productive.
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Hassidic Jews have the cute hair? They keep kosher? I like the hair but not sure about the food. In LA, I had a Jewish friend who fed me mac and cheese with lima beans in it. Bad bad bad.

I am also confused about how the Chinese landed in NJ. Space ships maybe? As Lush said that should have gone to Wabby's house first then visited Upside Down Charlie Brown's Car Lot, got a used Cadillac and driven across.

I have a terrible headache. I had Gagfest for breakfast. Later, I will have fruit. I will walk Duck Hudda Lake. I feel crappy but so what. Last night, I made mac and cheese from scratch because DS wondered if it was something I could actually do. It was very good. About 500 calories per 1/2 cup I guess.

Thank you Bagzie. I saw myself in the mirror when I woke up and sat up in the bed this morning. I slept ina tee shirt and undies and this big, inflated, shinny thing was sticking out in the gap.

I know it's a holiday for some of you (or your dhs) but I have to go to work. I'll leave ds here so you can talk to him if you want.

I tired that food counter thing that Lush told us about. I found it very frustrating because it did not read mymind. Yesterdaymorning I ate a breakfast sandwich at a coffee shop. I had to put in bagle ... egg fried (this was on the second page of eggs behind egg foo yung and egg salad) ... bacon two strips ... thenI didn't know how much mac and cheese I ate. To use this effectively, you need to eat frozen dinners because it has them already in the data base.

i agree---we will take the twenty inches of snow and raise you SIX days of below zero,-40 windchill---the sun is very invigorating---too bad it is shining from just outside this galaxy------IS ANYONE ELSE EVER FREAKED OUT BY THE IDEA THAT WE ARE ALL JUST SPINNING AROUND ON A STINKY BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF BLACKNESS----SOMETIMES IF I THINK ABOUT THIS I HAVE TO SING---"stop the world,i wanna get off"-----plus i am a big FAT cow.

as people reach middle age, some weight gain — "filling in" — particularly between the belly button and the pubis is normal. "The fat that accumulates above the abdominal muscle wall does not impact significantly on mortality and morbidity," she explained, revealing the titles she has given those added inches: "the menopot," for women; "the manopot," for men. hahahahahahahahah hhs hhs hhs hhs

--- but the Peach really didn't rip my head off. I think she still loves me, even though I don't have a clue.

as people reach middle age, some weight gain — "filling in" — particularly between the belly button and the pubis is normal. And this is supposed to make us feel better???? It's also normal for my legs to look like a road map and it's also normal for my upper arms to jiggle and it's also normal for my joints to ache and gravity is also normal. That doesn't make it ok. And what are you hhs hhs hhs'ing about??? Aren't you in the same boat?????

Sorry to send you the moisture to make snow with, Lush, hate to tell you, but there's plenty more coming. The forecast is for morning showers, followed by steady rain. Only in Oregon do we have 100 different types of rain. There's drizzle, showers, cloudbursts, the dreaded driving rain, mist, freezing rain, etc., etc.

Kosher?? the only experience I have is w/ the hot dogs at Costco. I'm kinda an expert on those.

I wanna see About Schmidt too, Kiwi, but it's not playing at our local theater. I would have to travel outside my immediate circle of comfort, like into Portland instead of my little suburban burg. Do I need to see it in a theater or shall I wait for video? Last time we went to the theater I swear there was ice under the floor. I had to sit in on my feet in my chair to keep from freezing.

I have 2 1/2 days to get my books ready for the accountant to do my corporate taxes. If I can't get it together by then, the secret will be out that I'm a disorganized schlump.

I have an eye dr. appt. this afternoon. My regular eye doctor, who would no doubt call me back if he said he would (and he's not bad looking either, although this is not that useful a feature for an eye doctor, because most of the time I am there, my vision is in that un-corrected state. :shrug: ) So wish me luck.

Bagz, are you quoting C. temperatures or F.? I was just looking at a conversion thingie, and was reminded that 40 below is the same in both! So we have that in common, eh? Today it's a balmy 22 deg. F, which is still below zero in Centrigrade land.

Aw come on, Lush, shovel your car out one time. It's fun! No really, lots of fun!

I was very tempted to make an extremely off-color remark about this I slept ina tee shirt and undies and this big, inflated, shinny thing was sticking out in the gap. but I have to get ready to go to my appointment instead... :censored:

Kiwi

sick sick people.

My landlord has come to my paper and listed my house for sale. I hope to God there is an end to this stress soon.

big inflated shiny things can be purchased online and sent in to your home in a nondescript brown paper wrapping.{at your leisure.}

Are you thinking of an "instant date" for me? Do I have to inflate them myself?

IS ANYONE ELSE EVER FREAKED OUT BY THE IDEA THAT WE ARE ALL JUST SPINNING AROUND ON A STINKY BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF BLACKNESS?

Makes me ill just thinking about it. Yesterday ds6 asked me how come the penguins don't fall off. :lol:

You're insulting Lush's delicate sensibilities with all this talk about shiny inflated things. Please stop at once - NOT. Too funny. We need to start the Get A Real Man for Peaches campaign again. Have you made your list yet, darling? I'm scouting the streets for eligible bachelors. All the better if they can't speak English, huh? Then you'd always be right.

So belly fat is ok? I thought it reached in and strangled all your important internal organs. Mine is still a pre-peri-menopot. Wonder how big it will be when I finally get there? I just realized I'll be 50 in 10 years and 3 months. :o

I think it's just one guy who thinks the Chinese landed in NJ. He wrote a book and people are actually buying it. Everyone else is sticking with the old theory.

And then I heard that a bunch of English farmers are moving from Cheshire to South Dakota to start up dairy farms. They are recruiting people like crazy from Europe and Canada. Selling points were low crime rate, no income tax and a perfect climate...for cows! They then showed a picture of a car buried under 6 feet of snow.

You see that message icon? :cool: ? That's me this afternoon. Half blind, actually. Drops in the eyes, fun with bright lights. You could say skewered by bright lights. Eye doctor even took cool computer generated pictures of the inside of my eye. He made a relief map of 2 square millimeters of the inside of my retina. Isn't that impressive? I have a tiny little lesion on my retina. Not a damn thing anyone can or needs to do about it. He's sending me to a Retina Specialist anyway, just in case. However most likely they will just have to keep an EYE on it :lol: every 6 months or so and I will have a little shadow off the edge of my vision forever. Lucky me.

Who knew there was such a thing as a Retina Specialist? "What do you want to be when you grow up, little girl?" "I wanna be a Wetina Speshoowist!"

I came home and DH said "Well?" and I said "I have 10 days to live" and he laughed. Is that a bad sign?

We spent the rest of the afternoon jabbering about his pet project The Myth of ERISA or How to Figure Out If You've Been Screwed Out of Your Pension. We always talk a lot more when DD is gone (she went skiing and condo-ing with her friend's family until tomorrow). Mostly we talk about what interests DH. Please note this, Peaches: if you're lucky and find some guy who is decent and responsible and nice to you, he will still not be the slightest bit interested in what you are interested in. This will intermittently piss you off and make you think you were better off single. C'est la vie. Other times you will not care that all you do is talk about what he likes, because you have taken Sinus Medicine and are a little whirly anyway. :dz: La De Dah.

Turns out it wasn't 22 deg out today; my thermometer is in the sunshine and it was reading high. It was really only 6 deg. out, which is -14 C.

Gotta go. I'm getting loopier by the minute.

Kiwi

Wabbit, that movie would be just as good on your couch, if you don't mind waiting.

By accident I ended up in another forum where women are using their actual pictures for avatars. I was quite taken aback. This place could be called AWholeBunchaGoodLookinBabes.

I plan to be home Thursday. Get ready to post. I know how you are. I know who you are. I could come through the snow and get you. I just wouldn't want to get my feet cold.

A weight loss site? Like those pictures you tapes on the fridge to stop yourself from eating?

I will definitely post on Thursday. Today is only Tuesday, isn't it? I have to tutor a kid this afternoon and translate an article. Did you know that you can flush online translators and dictionaries right down the toilet because they *never* have the word you're looking for? Never. I guess I'll just make something up.

Kiwi!!!!!! Good news about your eye. I knew we weren't going to get rid of you that easy!:D So everyone who has those spots has little holes in the retina, or is that just in your case? I haven't been to the eye doctor in ages because I hate those drops so much.

Snow bunnies please report in for posting duty. I just have a light dusting of frost on my car. :p

Those chocolate coated puffed rice thingies have no calories, right?

i had myself some PINK and lovely PEEEEEEEEEEPS !!!! and i can't wait for the YELLOW ones to appear!!!! but my FAVOURITE ones were the gingerbread men this CHRISTMAS!!!! they were AWWWWWWWEEEESOME!!!!!!!!! kiwonkers!!! glad to hear that you will be fine,as we age there is always something they have to "keep tabs on"---WHAT an arsepain!!!!!----kiwonk---i sent you mail---did you get any from me???? i was wondering if i sent it to the wrong addy????? today is dd SEVENTEEN'S birthday-----whaaaaaaaa my babies are getting so old---the other dd will turn NINETEEN soon and you know what that means in Canada!!!!!!! MARGIE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta go look after kids----oh yes,i may be going to "Pooh's" wedding in Sugar's home province {Victoria,BC} if can afford it---i hear it's nice there---close to Wabby too!!!!

Kiwi I got the book. It didn't show up as a "caught" book when I made the journal entry. I'm curious if you get an email notification about it.

Bagz, what is the calorie count on those peeps and do they contain alcohol?

So everyone who has those spots has little holes in the retina, or is that just in your case?
Not necessarily. Apparently they are common, but there are other reasons for new spots too. Scary stuff like detached retinas and so on. Or they could be nothing.

Those chocolate coated puffed rice thingies have no calories, right?
Of course--nothing filled with air has calories. And since those are crunchy, they require energy to eat, so they will make you lose weight!! Or loose weight, if you prefer.

Originally posted by Bagzz
kiwonk---i sent you mail---did you get any from me???? i was wondering if i sent it to the wrong addy?????
Email? I didn't get anything from you lately. did you send it to the crosbyfj address? I still have hotmail addys too, so I'll look there.

Originally posted by Darling_Peaches
Kiwi I got the book. It didn't show up as a "caught" book when I made the journal entry. I'm curious if you get an email notification about it.
YES! YAY! yes, I got a notification. It's my first. I'm so proud. Hope you enjoy it. I also got an email from Swappingtons saying I had feedback -- I sent a postcard to a guy in Athens, GA. I got 1 point.

Glad your eyes are okay too, Wabbit. Sounds like a pain to keep going back, but it's in a good cause. I have an appointment with the retinal specialist on Friday. How exciting. More lights, more drops. Sugar, get thee hence to an eye doctor. They make 'em cuter these days. I swear. Mine has gone all silverhaired (he's my age) and is very nice.

It's only Wednesday, Peachers. Why are you home and stressed?

It has warmed up a bit here. In the high 20s F! Looks like snow, though. It snowed yesterday while we were driving to and from the basketball game in the Big City. Our teams lost. Back to back games. That sukt. But we had the best band.:cp: :cb:

KiaWia