Support Groups - Starve a cow...feed a fever

Since no one is posting, you will just have to put up with my new thread.

It occurs to me that in addition to having flu (I don't, so I'm thinking up other pathological ways to lose weight), one might cut down on eating by way of toothache. Ever since I got 2 giant fillings done back before Christmas, my teeth have been really sensitive to cold and hot. And I think they're getting worse; I'm going to have to call the dentist :( It's almost getting hard to eat! :yikes: That could work!

My dd is washing her bras. She has this thing about letting them go in the wash apparently -- not that she's finicky about them, she just doesn't want to part with them. I keep telling her she has to put 2 in the wash every week, but she NEVER does, and apparently I've finally shamed her into doing something. Do you have trouble getting your kids to put clothes in the wash?

I remember when I was teenager I tended to not put things in the wash until they smelled (well, except underwear and socks) -- it wasn't because I was gross, it was because our family was on this economizing crusade and I thought I should save on that too. So when I got to college, I learned that most people put everything they wear in the wash every day. It was quite a revelation, and a relief to "have permission" not to wear half-dirty clothes -- except of course jeans which traditionally shouldn't be washed until they can stand up by themselves :lol:

Since I was bred to be frugal, I actually like to economize -- but only if it's optional!! If you can be smug and superior about it, it's much more satisfying than if you have to economize. Doing it because you have to really sucks. This is probably why I'm so depressed about this work thing with DH -- I hated all the over-frugality of my late childhood, and I was always broke until I met DH and got a good job (and a guy with a good job), so I hated being broke. Not that we're broke now, but let's face it, when you are living on unemployment checks and savings, you can't enjoy spending just because you feel like it.

Rant Rant Rant. You guys are so lucky--you get lots to read when you sign on here. :lol:

Kiwi

Out of lurkdom.

If it's possible to be a fan of a club, I'm a fan of this one. Have been reading a long time Hilarious posts. Just wanted to say thank you for all the :lol:'s. I know people use :lol: a bit too much on the internet, and they really DON'T LOL but I really do laugh out loud at your posts. honestly.

Hope I can chime in here now and again.

Kiwi- I'm sorry about the economizing thing. I'm tired of economizing, too. We're using every extra dime to pay off our debts and to get my degree finished. I'm tired of it. We went out to eat last weekend for the first time in a year and a half.

Oh well. I haven't exercised yet. I have homework to do.

Hey Cherry. I guess the hope is that when you have a young family, things will get easier over time. Doesn't always happen, of course, but especially in the present economy, not too many people are finding things easier than a few years ago. I was particularly bummed talking to my parents last night, to find that they are having to tighten their belts too. They worked and saved and saved and worked all their lives and finally had a nice comfortable retirement portfolio, and had actually been enjoying themselves without worrying about money. Until the past year when that portfolio doesn't look so great anymore. That just doesn't seem fair, does it? I have to assume that things will turn around sooner or later. Hope we're not all on the street before it does, eh? :lol:

MiaMoo, with a name like that, it sounds like you belong here!

DH is making supper tonight. I brought home the bacon and he's cooking it. Well, actually I went out for eggs, we already had the bacon. He's also making corn muffins. Apparently that's our vegetable... ;)

By the way, everyone should watch The Importance of Being Earnest. It is hilarious, and there's nothing in that kids couldn't see. It's based on the Oscar Wilde play, set in England at the turn of the century (not this one, silly, the last one).

Kiwi

Haven't seen it yet. Only saw the play back in high school. It *was* hilarious.

In a matter of minutes I will be...(wait for it)...exercising!!!! Yes, today is the day. I have a million other things to do, but getting buff comes first, right? Mike Myers (Austin Powers) and I will both be turning 40 on the same day this year, so if he can make three raunchy movies in a row, what's stopping me from losing a paltry 15 lbs?

Nice rant, Kiwi!! I sometimes feel like a penny pincher too. We're *always* saving up to fly you-know-where and can still only manage it every two years so every time I want to buy something, I think, "Well, this is going to make a dent in the savings!". I've been wanting to buy a new couch for the past 10 years! I did actually order myself some new clothes for spring. It's been entirely too long and I'm tired of running around looking like a hobo. Last time we went out to eat, it cost around $100 for two adults and two kids and it was only Chinese food.

Hi Cherry! Don't worry, you'll get through it all. How's school? Giving your brain a good workout?

Hey, MiaMoo! Glad that we could brighten up your day. My kids always ask me what I'm laughing at when I read the messages here. These cows are a hoot!

I found my muffin cups *and* my black bra. Don't ask where. The meat thermometer is still AWOL.

Did 20 on the cross trainer and a weight routine afterwards. Feel a bit queasy now. Down to 163 though. Hope it lasts. I used to be a size 6 you know. How could this happen?

I've lost an important document. I HATE being like this. Someone organize me!
No one in my family wears anything more than once. In fact, no one wears one outfit a day. Drives me nuts. I'm always shifting wash.
I'm going to start my day....I've wasted half of it already.
bye...
L
P.S. Peachbutt is supposed to be back today.

Inquiring minds want to know. Where were they, Sugar???? If you don't tell, you know ppl here will start making it up. All my family lives close by, so we don't ever have to save money for plane tickets. The down side of it is that my family lives close by. They're really driving me crazy lately. Don't even want to start on that rant.

My start weight was 164. I've lost 1/15th of the weight. I weigh 163 as of this morning. Do we have to be acting chipper to come around? If I whine about how depressed I am will that thwart everyone's weight loss efforts? Especially since I have no good reason for being depressed? I'm spoiled, I don't have to switch wash all the time, I eat out more than once a week, I just bought new furniture a couple weeks ago, I'm married to a good man, everybody's healthy, I get at least 8 hours sleep a day and I never lost my muffin pans or my black bra. I'm still feeling depressed. So slap me. I don't know what's wrong with me. What a whiney baby.

Hey MiaMoo, so much for laugh a minute, huh?

Lush, that's why I don't ever throw anything away. I even check my library books for important papers before I drop them in the return chute.

Darling, you're allowed to be depressed.
I quit the 15 lb challenge. Ever since we started it, I'm doing terribly. Just now, I was eating Twizzlers. They are stale and hard, but I persisted. I am sure my jaw is now dislocated. I can't chew. I can't open my mouth. Can you believe it? I'm not depressed about it, which is proof that depression is wholly physical and has nothing whatsoever to do with new furniture.
Plus I think I have carpal tunnel. My right hand, shoulder, arm and neck are in agony whenever I type. It also hurts to sleep on them. Now that I've broken the right side of my jaw, I'm a matching set.
I'm going to bulges today. Now I'm depressed.
I don't feel like doing anything. Did I tell you I lost a r
eally important paper? I scare myself.
My cute dog wants to come in. gotta go.

Being depressed is totally acceptable. Bailing out of the lose-15- club is also acceptable. We are only human.

I've lost and important paper too, but I don't need it until June. I'm hoping it will show up by then.

Bra was in my underwear drawer all along although I swear I dug through there a thousand times and muffin cups were crammed into the back of the cupboard. Who woulda though it?

Tomorrow is ds6 soon to be 7's birthday. We will be playing "Pin the Eye on the Alien" and eating alien cake (green icing and three hideous eyes). The rest of the week belongs to meeeeeeeeeeee!

Do you think Peachy will really report in today? It's no fun without her.

Originally posted by Lush
Plus I think I have carpal tunnel. My right hand, shoulder, arm and neck are in agony whenever I type. It also hurts to sleep on them. Now that I've broken the right side of my jaw, I'm a matching set.
You have mouse disease! You need, if you don't already have it, ergonomically correct computer stuff. This is going to get worse by the minute if you don't. Since it's just your right side, you probably can do without an ergo. keyboard, but you need a wrist rest for your "mousing" wrist, and you need either the right height armrest on your chair, or some other place to rest your right arm/elbow while using the mouse (one of our desks has a tray on both sides above the drawers that pulls out--I guess it's a copy stand or writing surface, whatever). As a temporary measure, you can use the mouse in your lap if you can manage it (is it a ball-type mouse or the kind without?), that might relieve some of the pain. I think the most important thing is to support your arm when you're using the mouse.

Wow, I wish I could come to the alien party! That sounds positively gruesome! Congrats on finding all those cups...

Heck, I don't generally need a reason to be depressed, either, Wabbit. I just happen to have one handy right now. :dizzy:

I made the mistake yesterday of trying to do one of those Flylady challenges (I think it was out of date, but who gives a
:chockiss: ?) -- and I'm still not done. Everything I do opens up a can of worms. This was the one where you inventory what food you have in the freezer and the pantry and make some menu plans to use them up. So the freezer part went fine, so I started on the pantry....I forgot that every time I deal with the pantry in any way I have to clean the whole :censored: thing. Because of our friend, the :mouse: . Even though we haven't seen any since January, back there in the nether reaches of the shelves, they have been very busy. Poop everywhere. If the pantry weren't so dark, I wouldn't be able to take food out of there at all, I would be so grossed out--but I tend to ignore the stuff at the back anyway :shrug: Also our little friends had burrowed into a plastic covered coffee can in which they found a bag of flour encased in a plastic bag. They persevered, and ate about 1/2 cup of flour from the looks of it. In any case, everything needs to be wiped off, and I had to scrub down the shelves too. I am only half done. Thanks for the great idea, Flybutt. :headache:

Later, babes. Where's Bagz? Did the snow and ice melt and she got out of the house?

Kiwi

I have a genuine illness!!! Mouseitis. Iwant disability, I want pity. Go ahead.
I've had a terrible day. My mom dislocated her shoulder. No one could figure out when she fell and all those nice girls who take care of her were feeling guilty but the answer is that her tendons 9or whatever the h*e* double hockeysticks they are called) are deteriorating so badly that they can't hold her bones together anymore. Did you even know such a thing existed? Thankfully, there is such a thing as morphine. It is time for serious drugs.
Kiwi, I hate to admit it, but I know you"re right.
Our little pantry pooping critter met an untimely demise in the trap just this morning. We get them with every blast of cold air that comes through NJ. The Sissy Dog does not understand her role as a critter chaser. However, she has lovely hair de Pantene and smells great.
Let's all say mean things about Peaches so she'll come and defend herself. I'm afraid to start. Mia Moo, she really loves new people, maybe you should start. Ask her a lot of questions, she loves that.
I want to come to the Alien party, too. Is the cake green? I love green cake.
Now I must retire. June says so.
bye

but the icing will be green. And we found these very terrifying marshmallow eyeballs for the face. They're round white marshmallow balls with realistic looking green irises and black pupils. The woman in front of me in the check-out line at the supermarket commented on how disgusting they were so I knew I was on to something.

No mice yet, only silverfishhhhhhhhhh, which I hate because they're so wiggly.

Poor you, Lush! Maybe you can post with your toes and give your hand a rest? I had carpal tunnel while I was pregnant but it went away afterwards. Only went into the hand and arm though. So sorry abou your mom. Good that they are keeping her pain-free.

Hey! I can tell you all about carpal tunnel. That was a self improvement surgery I had before I came here. They did all kinds of tests where they give you a little electrical jolt on your arm and measure to see how long it takes to get to your hand. Mine took too long, so they operated on it. Outpatient surgery, but it was a real pain recovering. You can't believe everything you use those hands for.

I can also tell you about mice, or in our case it was some nasty rats, not cute little mice. I can also tell you that when you poison them, they get revenge by dying in your walls and stinking up your whole house. :faint:

One of our horses got a nail in it's hoof. How it managed to find a nail in the pasture I don't know. Now it's all infected and I have a huge vet bill. This is my DH's horse that hasn't been ridden in at least a year. He has 3 horses that he never has time to ride, but he insists that one of these days he will. :shrug: I sometimes think that I should take up riding for exercise. That's as far as it gets. Just thinking.

Sugar, the birthday cakes sounds appropriately ghoulish. The boys should love it.

Ahh, Lush, I never did know such a thing existed, but I'm sure our bodies have all kinds of ways to betray us. Wish there was something I could say, but of course there isn't.

Your poor Mom, Lush! That sounds truly miserable. Our dog was afraid of mice. Our cats love mice, of course. When they find one indoors, they like playing with it. We put out traps too, but I really hate trapping them in the pantry -- they always seem to bleed all over the shelves ~barf~

Now, rats, I don't think I could handle that. We once spotted a rat burrowing in the snow outside our house. I suppose it might have been a muskrat, but I was plenty horrified.

Your alien cake sounds fabulous, Sugar. The boys will no doubt clamor over eating the eyeballs. I hope you have enough! They ate eyeballs on Fear Factor last night :eek:

Wabbit, for heaven's sake if you have horses, get on one and ride! I would love to ride if I had access to a horse. I use to love it when I was a teenager. Of course it would have to be a good sturdy one, for me....

Kiwi

I used to ride when I was a wee young thing, Kiwi. Now I'm short and fat, which means I have a h*ll of a time getting on the horse. I can still do it, only just barely. Also, with the town working it's way out to the country, there is no where to ride unless I load the horse in a trailer and take her somewhere. When I was a kid I spent the entire summer lolling around on the back of my horse (she liked to graze and I like to lay on her back and daydream). We'd ride bareback and barefoot and the summer was endless.

I was pretty horrified when our mice turned out to be rats. Our dog started sniffing around my washer and dryer so I figured we had a mouse problem. DH put out some poison and when a nasty odor started wafting up from the basement, he found a big, well fed rat had croaked down there. Thank goodness I never met him when he was alive, because I was pretty freaked when I saw him dead.

This is how my diet is going - I ate a McDonalds fillet o fish sandwich for lunch w/ 2!!!!! Mc-apple pies. I'm insane. I did go walking after work yesterday, though, and will go again today.

Maybe Peach and Bagzie are ignoring us because we're bad influences in the diet department.

hello you fat tramps----i am back here and due to all of your meno-addled posts i can't decide if we are dieting or NOT!!!!! WHICH IS IT???????------the blabberiest of mouths--lushbutt---seems to have started the dietwagon and then taken a big leap OFF!!! HOW Is that FAIR???? i was reading along,getting somewhat interested in joining til i heard all the WHINING [flylady does not like whining!!!!!!]ANYWAY!!!! i was away to freddytown and i am back ready to join the fifty pound challenge [what you really meant to say] and as of NOW i am heading for my treadmill=-===== i have no idea where that cantankerous old green shoed turkey carcass is but i will try to flush her out-----oh by the way it's nice to be back===how is everyone?

A person can't even take a vacation without fearing to open the door lest big brutish people with funny vowels throw one into a waiting limo with a funny short guy with funny vowels who is smoking a cigar and wearing a pinstriped suit. I hate cigars.

Did you all see that a jet crashed into a town in Florida called Valpariso? That was just blocks from the house I might get. The house has a page and a half of things that need to be fixed. Like the whole roof.

Other than that I'm a pudgy little ting who ate FIVE chocl covered cherries while typing this. I have to go. My puter is tired

Thank goodness for small mercies. People with funny vowels? You mean like Canadians? Make Herbie pay for the roof. He's put you through enough already and I know he wouldn't want to see you get rained on. Do the 'gators dance in the streets when it rains down there?

Hey Bagzie! How were things down t'Freddytown? I'm taking the challenge seriously (sort of). Going to do my time on the torture machine right now. Lush is excused because she has weird diseases and is being a darling looking after her mom. I'm tired of being baggy and saggy.

I've been getting a bit of spam. Everything from Nigerian bank scams to organ enlargement. Very interesting. I especially love the ones that say "This is not spam!". You bet your tiny little brain that it's spam, and you're not getting away with it. I have been successfully complaining all over the place.

To me, chocolate covered cherries are a diet aid. bleh. But if Peachy likes them, I will say I like them too, because she's my favourite.

no caps.....i'm typing with my left hand.....i don't like choco cherries either.....but peaches can have them if that's what it takes for her to meet her obligation to post.
my arm really hurts.....i originally did thiss hitting golf balls in june....every time i think it's b etteer i do something to hurt it again. i know the worst thing is this machine. funny how all improvements in the arm come when i'm off this.
i have not been wonderful diet-wise. today is a new day. i'm going to bulges and eating right.
did i miss the report on the alien party?
this is too tedious.....

I have to say I haven't felt the same about Lush since she applied for a job as a teacher and was turned down for moral turpitude. Now it appears she has had her hand caught in the cookie jar.

I will tell you this though, Fingers, I have found a better mystery book series than Spencer. The writer is Linda Fairstein, the actual person in the NY DA's office who prosecutes sex crimes. Except that each book has a two-paragraph exactly-alike really-stupid sex scene in this, they're really involving and readable.

For the rest of you, DO YOU REALIZE WE'RE (I MEAN ME) ARE BEING BOMBED????? I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS TESTING.p

i am here looking for diet tips and i am feeling bereft.

This isn't the place for tips, Bagz. We all know all kinds of diet tips, it's the doing it that we're a little lame at. So far today has been a perfect day diet-wize. I haven't messed it up by eating anything at all so far. Just coffee w/ sugar free almond flavored syrup. I know that as soon as I eat anything at all I will have messed up, because that's just the way I am lately. Since I can't seem to eat the healthy food right now, I'm going to try to postpone eating the fattening food every day, because once I start, it will be one big binge until bedtime. So instead of my binge starting at 7 am, it will start at maybe noon, or 1 pm.

Peaches! so happy that you're back. I'm confused, though. Who's smoking cigars? I think Herbie should not only fix your roof, but you should have him fix Kiwi's roof too, just for the irritation that he's given all of us.

I personally love choco cherries. We have a place called Burgerville here that makes milk shakes w/ real ice cream w/ choco cherries in it too. mmmmmmm. If you don't like that, you could have the Hazelnut Chocolate shake. It's my #2 pik. Not that I'd ever indulge. :devil:

Lush, does Bulges give you knee problems? I've never had knee problems, even w/ all the walking I've done, but ever since I've been doing the machines, I have achy-breaky knees. Either that, or I've finally gotten to the weight that starts to give you knee problems from carrying this lard *ss around all day.

Originally posted by Wabby
Also, with the town working it's way out to the country, there is no where to ride unless I load the horse in a trailer and take her somewhere. When I was a kid I spent the entire summer lolling around on the back of my horse (she liked to graze and I like to lay on her back and daydream). We'd ride bareback and barefoot and the summer was endless.

Sounds quite idyllic; I'm jealous. I can sympathize with the encroachment -- when we bought this house, you could walk down to the dam, cross right over it, and walk for hours around a trail system on the other side. It was beautiful. In the winter, you could actually x-c ski over the dam and ski the trail system, which is kept groomed. Then the paper mill decided to close the dam to "outsiders". I've been complaining ever since.

Yuk about the rat. And the 2 apple pies...

Yes, Bagz, you're still on a diet.

Peaches, you're looking a little pale. But so glad you're back, even if unwillingly. About the roof, at least you can have those things fixed up front. Instead of waiting till you've lived there a while and discovering that your roof is a pile of 2 dozen layers of rotting shingles.

Good for you, complaining about spam, Sugar. I get so much of it, I installed a program that can look at it before I download my mail and can bounce back messages that I decide are spam. Supposedly bouncing indicates to the sender that the address is invalid. I'm sure you know this, but be sure not to reply to any of those "remove" addresses, as those are often to confirm that your address IS valid. The latest I've been getting is spam that looks like it came directly from PayPal, which I use to pay for and received payments from eBay. I almost fell for it, it was so real looking. But it asked for my login name and password, which they say they never do. It also was asking me to fill in my bank account and credit card #s to confirm them. Ha.

I think you're following the same diet plan as I am, Wabbit. Hunger is my friend.

I like chocolate covered cherries. Except for the kind someone gave us for Christmas -- they were chocolate covered dried cherries! Yuckamatic! :p

I've got to go photograph some more things to sell on eBay. I can't believe what people will buy.

Kiwi

I've been eating Girl Scout cookies. :cbg:

Elizabeth Smart, the Utah girl who was abducted from her bedroom last summer, has been found alive and returned home!!
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Mar/03122003/utah/elizabeth.asp

That really is unbelievable. And where was she the whole nine months??? This is going to be some story.

Alien update: first they ate chips and drank pop (as Bagzie and I say) and had a burping contest. Then they played Pin the Eye on the Alien. Then they wrapped themselves up in toilet paper. After that they designed their own pizzas and while they were baking they hammered nails into wood. A good time was had by all and there were enough eyes to go around because some of them were squeamish.

Did 20 on the cross trainer. Feel weird. Exercise doesn't agree with me.

Sounds like a good time was had by all.

Yeah, I hate to think what's happened to that girl all this time, can't be good. There was a photo on the front page of the paper this morning, with Elizabeth leaving the police station with her mother, and she looked really happy. So I don't think they'll discover that she didn't want to come home or anything.

My dd has duct tape across the butt of her jeans. Apparently she likes to be prepared for a terrorist emergency... (http://www.idlewords.com/biological.html) Um, by the way, that's a satire, not the real thing :doh:. Here's the real thing (http://www.ready.gov/) Either one's pretty amusing.

Well, as usual I have nothing to say. Bye

Kiwi

This is soooo interesting. Kiwi has nothing but positive feedback and praise @ her ebay account. Everyone loves her, buyers and sellers. She is also selling her copy of The Beverly Hills Diet. I wonder if Frappe sent it to her?

The worst part of the whole ordeal that the Smart family has gone through and will go through is the press on them like a pack of hyennas. It's probably not the worst part, but it sure isn't going to help things.

Sugar, we say pop here in the frontier, too. Isn't that interesting??? Sounds like the boys had a blast. Nail hammering is a classic boy party activity.

Duct tape comes in so handy. Our horse w/ the sore foot has it bandaged w/ the outer layer duct taped. He's ready for any emergency. :dizzy:

I accidently stood up my hairdresser yesterday. Do you think she'll give me a really bad cut now? As usual, I have nothing interesting to say. DH is having a really miserable day. Everything is going wrong - I'm just trying to lay low.

I really want to wrap myself in toilet paper and hammer nails into wood. Sugar really knows how to throw a party. And burping!!!! Wow! I am so jealous.

typing with my left hand is too hard.

For obvious reasons, I never tuck in my shirts or blouses so the other day I happened to lift up my shirt to take a look at the rear view and I see these weird white spots on my jeans at the back just above the pockets. Upon further inspection, I discover that these are not spots, they are *rips* - my jeans had ripped and my undies were showing! And these are stretch jeans!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! I'm a pig. And I have nothing to wear.

I read yesterday that they think Elizabeth Smart may have been brainwashed and that's why she never tried to get away. In the picture she looked quite well-nourished and happy, I thought. Lord knows what they did to her. I hope they can get the poor thing back to where she was. And yes, her family is going to go through h*ll in the next few weeks.

Peachy, you can come to the next party!

Going to exercise now. :dizzy: :dizzy: If I time it right, I can watch reruns of Dharma and Greg and ignore the torture.

Poor Lushie. You need to dictate your lists to your personal secretary so he/she can post them for you.

I am a good eBay-er. I always send things out promptly and pay for stuff when I buy it. Too bad I can't organize the rest of my life worth a da**.

I keep finding things to go through. Last week it was all my old piano music. Right now I am looking at my college transcript. I did very well in University Chorale. Did you know I graduated cum laude? Woopee. My very last grade (I only took one course my last semester) was the lowest I ever had in 4 years--C+. I got an A in Fitness through Aquatics one semester.

The funniest thing in here so far is my final bill from the university. A semester's tuition was $1900 -- this was at a private college! I ended the year with a credit. I wonder if I ever got it back. I had $2.45 in library fines.

Now I'm going to go look at the folder marked "News Clippings and Souvenirs"

Kiwi

I've nothing to say. And yet, here I am.

Poor Lushie w/ the bum hand. I'm missing your lists. They always remind me of all the things I'm not getting done.

I'm reading the best book - The Crimson Petal and the White - get it on tape if you haven't already, Lush. Also just finished Midwives. Very good book.

DS will be 20 years old on Saturday! I can't believe it. He's my baby, too. DD will be 23 next month. And I will be ------ eeeeeeek!!!! :fr:in less than a month! No wonder I feel so old - it's because I AM.

I am old too. But not tonight. Tonight I'm merely tipsy. Thank you very much. It's Margie night. Where's Bagzy?

Why the h*ll is it that YOU COWS aRE OLD and I'm not????? 'splain that Lucy.

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Calculating in dog years
Forgot to put on your glasses
Magic
Preserved by the sun
Second childhood
Wrong
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My DD is sick :bb: -- sore throat. No biggie. But we were going to go paint and clean at her music teacher's new school building. Oh well. At least I have a good excuse to be lazy (don't be telling me I could go without her -- a girl needs her mommy when she's sick :yes: )

I got nearly 12 hours of sleep last night. :hyper:

Kiwi

:censored: Stick that in your dog years.

OOOOO -- she swore at me !!!!!!!!! :tape:

THIS IS WHAT I WEIGH .... ONE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN POINT ONE POUNDS

tomorrow this number will be smaller. Got it? My jiggly belly that hangs off my abdomen and caresses my thighs will have to reach further. 147.1 147.1 147.1 .... blahhhhh

If I amputated both my legs, I would weigh the same as you!!

A COW FIGHT!!! I LOVE IT!!!!----well,I presume I am still at 160 but i will not weigh myself until monday so you will have to hold your breathless {from all the fat choking your diaphram} breath.----i had WINE last night instead of margies and i am STILL regretting it-----wine does NOT agree with me fer shure!!!!!! tomorrow is my birthday party at mothers---i am forty SIX on tuesday :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Here's what I want YOU AALLL TO DO:

YOU KNOW THAT YOGA POSE The plow. Well get into and watch your bellies fall down down down to your neck. get a picture and send it to Kiwi to post. Do this and you will be inspired to lose weight. DO IT !!

happy almost birthday sweetie bagzie

[color=barf]That sounds so disgusting, it might just work

Oh, please, not the belly pictures. I don't think the 3fcs would allow that.

I did a search at Google for "back fat" because I wanted to know how to get rid of those nasty little rolls on my back. Besides getting exercise and diet advice (they might go away if you eat less and do back exercises, but they might not, so you may as well consider liposuction) I got two interesting sites: The Bring Back Fat Albert Webring (was he ever really gone?) and something called Get Off My Back, Fat Boy! I could surf for days.

I *think* I lost a pound this week but I'll do the official announcement on Monday. I'm going from a starting weight of 163.

We're going to McDonald's for lunch because we have coupons. 30 lashes with a wet apple pie.

Hope you survive.

I sold a gadget out of my totalled car for $25 on eBay! It got 9 bids. Cool, huh? :lucky:

Flylady made me :mouse: clean out :mouse: my pantry. :mouse: It took me all week :mouse:. What should I do this week?

Gotta go list more stuff.

Kiwi

One Hundred Fouty Four Point Six DS wasn't home so I didn't have to meals. I did eat though.

Flylady does NOT approve of ebay. She says get it out of your house now!!!! Don't hold on it waiting for a buyer.

144.6 144.6 144.6

How'd you do that anyway?

We have yet to sell anything on eBay, but dh has bought 3 (count 'em) remote controlled cars, 4 DVDs, a computer game and a tail pipe for his motor scooter in the last 3 weeks. Where are we supposed to put all this stuff?

McDonald's tasted like McDonald's always does. And we saved 33%! I had a large Diet Coke and after not drinking any caffeinated, carbonated beverages for the last month it had the desired effect. When we got home I headed down to the laundry room, got everything off the floor, sorted it, and swept the whole room. Now I'm exhausted.

Originally posted by Darling_Peaches
Flylady does NOT approve of ebay. She says get it out of your house now!!!! Don't hold on it waiting for a buyer.

Well, I didn't save any of the mousepoop, so she ought to be happy with that. And if that ain't good enough, she can blow it out her shorts, eh Bagz? :lol:

Anyway, she's just frustrated because she can't figure out how to use eBay. Peaches, you can tell her for me that if she wants me to quit waiting around to sell things, I will send her all of my junk in a big moving van. I'll send a TV crew with it to film her reaction. Talk about having a :moo: !!!

Interesting motivational method, Sugar. Mass quantities of caffeine! That reminds me, I just made another pot of coffee. Must go get some to fortify me while I list riding breeches and sailing storage hangers on eBay. :devil:

Kiwi

The World Health Organization warned Saturday that a highly contagious and deadly pneumonia-like illness of unknown cause is fast becoming a "worldwide health threat."

Thank you SO much. It's in Germany, it's in Canada, who's next?

Happy St. Patrick's Day! At least that's something to celebrate. Green beer, anyone?

Something's wrong with my oven and the dishwasher rack is about ready to fall off. But my laundry room is a dream.

I didn't lose any weight, BTW, but I didn't gain any either, so it's a start. Food count for today: 2 oatmeal muffins, 1/2 banana, 1/2 pear, 2 cups black tea, 1 yummy Greek pepper with feta cheese and tomato sauce left over from last night, 1 piece sugar-free gum (to mask the garlic :D ).

Friend with baby coming over to use our printer because hers doesn't work. I have already cleaned. Praise me.

ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR POINT SIX I have plateued already. It's pouring rain here.

Sugar, stay indoors and away from germs. For amusement, you can order things from Kiwi and make her pay postage.

I'm the oldest and fattest. I'm going to be 47 next month - oh yeah, I already told you that and I weigh 164. I give up, I'm going to weight watchers on wednesday evening. I need major group motivation.

I do not want to be at work today. It's a beautiful sunny day out there and I'm missing it.

If I think of anything interesting to say, I'll be back. In fact, I'll probably be back in spite of having nothing interesting to say.

Hi kids. Anybody watch the VH1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction show? Of course you didn't. It was good. I've been looking forward to it all week. I love Elvis Costello. Well, not personally, personally he's sort of an unpleasant geek, but somehow his music really gets me. He played "What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?" Oh well, you probably had to be there. Also inducted were the Righteous Brothers, who can still pretty much sing, the Clash minus Joe Strummer :( , AC/DC (yeah, yeah, yeah, not my thing), and the Police, who can definitely still get it done :smoking: .

Who is this strange chick using Kiwi's account, you ask? I think I must have been a Banger Sister in another life. This life I'm Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes. Or possibly I'm Diary of a Mad Housewife

Sugar, the problem with your oven is that you are not supposed to use it as a dishwasher. Take the d/w rack out of it and it will work much better. Congratulations on your cleaning.

I have a self-cleaning oven. Why are there 2 cans of oven cleaner on the floor of my pantry? For that matter, should there be anything on the floor of my pantry? If you have a pantry that seems to have been made out of a closet and the shelves don't start until about waist high, you can't just leave it empty under there. That would be insane. Unfortunately as soon as you put anything on the floor, it multiplies and fills up and becomes a big mess of things piled on top of each other. What dilemma.

Hi Peacher. Have a nice time on the plateau. Enjoy the view, take a little nap, have a lemonade. Soon the tour bus will come and get you so that you can move on.

Hi Wabbit. You may be old but you'll never catch up to me.

You'd think I'd had too much green beer, wouldn't you? I think it may be the fact that I haven't been out of the house since Friday, and when you look out the window, everything is still black and white. Mostly white. Middle of March and still giant drifts of snow.

:lucky: Happy St. Paddy's Day everyone!

Kiwi

Kiwi, why would you assume no one would watch the r&r hall of fame? All it required was sitting on the couch and watching a bunch of middle aged has-beens wax nostalgic about the good old days...Right up my alley. I loved it.
I'm supposed to go to Bulges today, I don't feel like it. Do you think it's hormonal? I haven't had sugar today...after a week of bad behavior. I will not weigh myself at Bulges, as I usually do. Why depress myself?
I went to Sam's today. I bought a TON of food. I'm exhausted. Now I have to take the boys for haircuts.
I think my son had that Pneumonia thing. He had pneumonia that he couldn't shake, all winter. Finally, they put him on an antibiotic, but since the original illness was viral, all it did was stop the secondary infections.
Our science fair projects are going well. We're doing
1. Who has the most bacteria in his mouth, a boy or a dog?
2. which room has the highest bacteria count, a kitchen or a bathroom?
I have petri dishes all over the living room. It gives me an excuse not to clean.
Wabby, I'm older and fatter than you. Please don't steal my only claim to fame. I'm also depressed. I don't look good because I haven't bought any spring clothes, yet, so I look shabby in last years washed out clothes. My car is messy. My house is too. The wash isn't done. I could go on with other reasons I am more wretched than you, but I'll let it suffice to say that I'm older and fatter, OK?
Peaches, you tiny slip of a thing. You are a normal weight, I consider anything under 150 to be within normal range.
I have to go clean up from bringing in the groceries. bye

Originally posted by Lush
Kiwi, why would you assume no one would watch the r&r hall of fame? All it required was sitting on the couch and watching a bunch of middle aged has-beens wax nostalgic about the good old days...Right up my alley. I loved it.
:devil: haha! I knew you would! I really liked Billy Joel's intro. It was actually interesting (not your usual award show fare)

What an...interesting...bunch of science projects. I had a nice science project in my fridge the other day. Yogurt with a blue fuzzy layer on top. MMM yummy.

I haven't eaten anything yet today, and it's 3:42. And I have a headache (not surprising). Maybe I'll go heat up something.

Ah, that's better. A couple of toasted cheese sandwiches and a can of V-8. Breakfast of champions :dizzy:

Kiwi

I know the answers but I'm not telling until after the science fair is over. Do the petri dishes match your sofa, Lush?

Going to bed now. Can't stay awake long enough to see what Dubya has to say. Who knows what the world will be like when I wake up? :(

Billy Joel? I missed Billy Joel? :o He must be, like, 70 by now, huh? And the Police? I went to a concert of theirs once. Sting's still got it.

Way to go eating breakfast at 3:42, Kiwi! You enjoy it so much more when you're awake and absolutely starving.

181 this morning. It's a loss.

I've been sick since last Wednesday so it's been all I could do to walk. Now I have to do papers for school.

I went to a concert of Sting's once. He's even better in person. I have a tape of a Billy Joel concert.

I remember when a local veternarian's dd did the experiment on dog vs human mouth bacteria. It was great. Everybody was betting on the outcome. (not actually betting but very interested)

Can one of you green-thumbed geniuses please tell me which gardening zone I'm in? We get maximum minus 15 celcius in winter which is who knows what in fahrenheit. I bought herbs today - lemon thyme, normal thyme, sage and rosemary. Can I put them outside already? I'm so ignorant.

ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR POINT FOUR I'm sure I could put weight ON faster than this.

Congrats on YOUR loss, Cherry.

I have nothing witty or charming or interesting to say. I am obsessed with being younger and cuter than all of you.

As a green thumbed genius, I only know my own zone number. We're an 8 here. Bagzie is something like a minus 7. You're probably somewhere in between, Sugar. Actually if you're past the time of year when you get freezes, you could probably put them both out by now. I usually wait until April 15 to plant my annuals.

A guy just came into the shop that I used to know from 25 years ago. He was old, but pretty much the same. I bet that's what ppl think when they see me. Old, but the same.

Geez, Kiwi, are you irish or somethin'???? You're so chipper!!!! I bet you were waiting all year to use that little irish guy smiley.

Cherry you found the secret to weight loss - illness w/ no exercise. Hope you feel better.

I hate watching those old rock n' rollers. They're old. But the same. Actually I like watching them if they've grown up. Like I like to watch Billy Joel, but Mick Jagger makes me ill.

I don't care if the dog's mouth is supposedly cleaner than a boys. I still don't want to kiss a critter that goes around sniffing other dog's you knows.

Caught me, Wabbit. Not personally Irish, but married into it. Had to use the smiley.

You're in Zone 8??????? How's that possible? I'm only in 3. Yes, 3. Where nothing grows until June. No fair. I thought zone 8 was in the tropics. Did you move? Oh, how depressing.

Don't know where you are Sugar. But there must be a European map of it somewhere. You are probably in 4, or maybe 3, like me. Last frost is in May here, generally.

Oh Peaches, you are so young. And thin! You get younger and thinner every day! How do you do it?

We're having Boiled Dinner tonight. Gotta go peel veggies. Bye. Yeah, I know it's a day late. :lucky:

Kiwi

I told you, Kiwi, we're in gardener's paradise here. You didn't really think I had a green thumb did you? Anything you plunk in the ground grows. I don't think we even had freezing weather here this winter. If we did, it thawed out before I got out of bed.

Did I tell you both my younger sister (by 9 years) and older sister (by 6 years) are thinner than I am???? They both exercise daily. I'm the fat, short one in the middle.

I forgot my book today and I have all my bookkeeping caught up. I'm just going to have to annoy you by posting a zillion times.

I'm eating Mike and Ike's. They're made by the same company as Peeps. We're heading into prime Peep season, ya know.

Kiwi it's called clean living. That's something you've probably read about but doesn't seem to exist in the snowy part of the world you and Bagz inhabit where margaritas are sold by corner vendors from pushcarts.

The house is progressing and expected to close June 1. That's what they said anyhow.

I just ate yogurt. 100 calories. Delicious. If you get hungry enough food tastes REALLY GOOD. And for dinner ... yummmmm. hamburger helper. I don't have much time for cooking. Gotta go out. I'm just saying this so you'll know I am eating normal stuff.

Originally posted by Darling_Peaches
where margaritas are sold by corner vendors from pushcarts.
Silly Peachie, don't you mean "from iceboats"??

And I never saw a frozen daiquiri store until I spent a week in New Orleans and Northern Florida.

MMM Hamburger Helper, right out of the box. Or did you have it on top of the yogurt? :lol:

Hmph. Things growing in the middle of March. In Oregon, no less. Ridiculous. In our yard, we are growing glaciers. I almost killed myself walking to and from the car today. It's getting above freezing most days now, so snow is melting and flowing down the driveway and pooling in front of the house, where it freezes.

Has anyone ever heard of "letterboxing"? (http://www.letterboxing.org) Very odd, I just came across the concept last night while surfing vast uncharted areas of the internet. It appears to be a strange combination of hiking/orienteering and rubber stamping. Now is that odd, or what? Appears to be catching on all over the world. :shrug: I did happen across zippygirl on my travels, listed in "aorta.com" or whatever it was. You do travel far and wide, Cherry.

Kiwi

It is weird where Zippygirl pops up. I haven't been doing my part for AORTAL. No time to search.

Sugar, when I was in Kaiserslautern area, I figured I was about a zone 5. I'll bet you're a four. I'm in zone 5 here, too, after that short excursion in zone 8.

Still maintaining at 181. Today I was able to run 3 minutes in a row at 5.7mph 4 times! Woo!

Kiwi, I've never heard of that letterboxing thing. Interesting.

Must go! I should be asleep now! Still have some research to do for my paper. One of my papers.

I have no idea what latitude we are. I suppose it also matters if you live by the sea or not or up a mountain or something. There are three days in early May called the "Eisheiligen" (ice saints) and if there's no frost on those days, it's supposed to be safe to plant after that.

Is letterboxing similar to geocaching?

My stomach is acting up *again*. Seems I can't eat anything anymore. Sticking to water and dry toast today.

Cut my finger last night. Put a bandaid on it. Went shopping this morning and after I paid and loaded all the stuff into my cart again (NO bag boys here, can you believe it??) I noticed the bandaid was gone. Eeeeeeeeeeeew. Someone's going to get a nice surprise.

A frozen daiquiri store??????:o I live such a sheltered life.

144.4 ... I am learning that one may not have chocolate chip cookies and expect to be thinner

i heard about the margie stores from my brother who was in New Orleans in the fall----looks like a pile of slushie machines-----i am still fat and have decided to put off weighing myself this week---old fat people should stay off scales---computer was down for a day----enjoyed reading your posts---you seem like a lovely bunch of fat cows.

where margaritas are sold by corner vendors from pushcarts.
Actually I think that's a place I was at in Vegas.

The only time I've ever eaten yogurt and liked it was when I was in one of my dieting induced trances. Back in my Weight Watcher days. My friend wants me to go with her to WW's this evening. Do I go? Do I continue on my path of gluttony? I've been trying to remember when I actually felt good about myself. I think it was back when I ate healthy and exercised. Maybe I should try it again. Eating until I'm in a stupor and being a couch potato isn't the path to happiness, otherwise I'd be ecstatic right now.

June 1st, Peach? Are we invited to the housewarming party? Pictures???

I looked geocaching up, Sugar, and it appears to be the same idea, except they provide GPS coordinates along with a little hint. I looked one up for my area, and boy, if you didn't know the area I don't know how you'd pinpoint the box with GPS. Sorry to hear about your tummy, Sug. And your bandaid :fr:

Bagz, you're a card.

Peaches, I weighed what you weigh when I was 30 years old.

Wabbit, go to WW -- think of it as doing a favor to your friend. She needs your help keeping up her enthusiasm.

Love,
Bossy Cow

Kiwi, my friend has lost the same 14 pounds that I've gained since she started going to WW in November. Coincidence? I think not.

Clearly you need to pass those pounds on to someone else.

Not It.

I'm thinking that skinny little southern peach is the only one around here that can afford a few extra pounds. Shall I pass them on to her???:devil:

sorry---you already tagged me,cow-arse---NOW---Peachers---YOU'RE IT---- CHOW DOWN BROWN COW!!!!!

i am FORTY SIX now----it's over.----lead my to the trough---i am going to eat myself into oblivion.

hAPPY BIRTHDAY TO mISSS iNSPIRATION, bAGZIE FROM THE nORTH!!! wHAT KIND OF CAKE ARE YOU HAVING?

144.4 still

:gift: :hb: :cb: :hb: :cb: :hb: :gift:



Happy Birthday, Bagzerocerous! My only consolation in turning 40 later this year is knowing that you will always be 6 years older than I am. Hahahahahaha! - and I mean that in the nicest of ways! Really! You are just tooooooo much fun! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Still at 163. I'm going to die fat.

not as if i didin't hint around for birthday greetings!!!!! thanx cowtanks!!! being younger than me is something to be proud of ,sugarbutt,but FORTY is the word we all hear first---never mind what comes after-----you are NOW one of US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-------thank you peacharse for your greeting as well----i had a twelve egg chiffon cake with boiled icing made by mother------all gone of course--------------guess what ----it is sunny and wArMeR than usual up here in kiwi and i's land-------- ----tell me something you americans-----are we in big trouble up here for not joining the "coalition of the willing"??????i heard that if we are not with you ,we are against you----like we are on Sadarse Huddahead's side????????? say it isn't so!!!!!-------we have no military to speak of anyway [poor loser army]

i am FORTY SIX now----it's over.----Argh!!!! No wonder I'm the shape I'm in --- I've been 46 for almost a year now!!!!No one told me it was all over! I was under the impression that there was still hope. Happy happy birthday dear Bagzie! Enjoy! (you might as well, the alternative to birthdays isn't pretty.) :hb: :bravo:

i heard that if we are not with you ,we are against you It's ok, Bagzie, we always have considered you our northern colony anyway.:lol: (Don't tell the Queen).

On a more serious note, I'm so sad about all that's going on in the world. I feel sick every time I read a paper or turn on the tv. If women ran the world, we'd all get along.

Yep. Sugar is one of us now, Bagzie.

wellllllllllllllllllll----if women ran the world,we would not shoot each other---but IMAGINE the yip-yapping and yammering and sniping and double crossing and back-stabbing and all that could result from having a president like JUNE!!!!!!---and we all know THAT SHE IS JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WOULD RUN!!!!!!---- now Kiwi would make a great president. Fact.

Happy Birthday Bagzie!

KIWI FOR PRESIDENT!!


Let them eat Doritos!


(for lack of anything better to say)

:hb: To a great dame... :hb:

even if you are over the hill. You can always count on some of us to be more over the hill than you....

Yeah, like I'd make a good President. That's a good one. One thing's for sure, I wouldn't have the energy to bother going to war. :no:

I'm not mad at Canada. Even if I were, I don't think anyone could stay mad at Canada very long, anyway. You know how sweet they are.

Besides, I just sent 2 of my friends to Canada. Met them this morning to pick up their little doggie, Amy, to take care of while they are in Quebec skiing for a few days. I hope they get through customs okay.

On the news tonight, they had a lot of stuff about peace protesting. Several people were arrested finally, although it was very calm, nobody was hurt. They just carried the people off. They were all much older than me

Anyway, they also showed some other footage--one Vietnam vet protesting the war, while another Vietnam vet was passing out leaflets supporting the war. The thing that disgusted me was what he was saying on camera -- these people (the protestors) should not be protesting the war because our country is about Freedom and Democracy. Now is that twisted thinking or what? If we are about Freedom and Democracy, then it is our right and responsibility to present divergent viewpoints, especially on something as important as sending soldiers to kill and be killed.

Okay, I'm done. Do you like my patriotic striped fonts?

Kiwi

One hundred fourty four point four

I'm not mad at Canada either. I don't think they're all that sweet (at least on the business page) but I'm too tired to be mad. Also, I'm learning that cutting back on food is not enough to appease the Diet God. One must suffer to lose weight, I guess.

Happy Birthday BAGZ!!!

:hb: :hb: :cb:

Mia :moo:

(I turn 46 in another month!)

Re: protestors - I think that it's a wonderful thing that we have the freedom to say whatever we want in this country - it's what we're all about - what I don't agree with is the right to stand in the middle of the major freeways around here, shutting them down so that ppl can't get home after work. It was all very peaceful here too, except when some protestors started throwing stuff at the police, who were so mellow I thought maybe some of them were dozing.

Quite so, Wabby, commuting is hard enough without throwing in a game of Protestor Dodgem'.

DH is glued to the TV. He keeps saying that he really must not get too involved in watching the war coverage :rolleyes:

I'm busy entertaining our Guest Dog. She's very sweet, but she has a LOT of energy!

Kiwi

I forgot to wish everyone Happy First Day of Spring to you!!!!! We're celebrating here by having a gray, wet, blustery day. :rain:

I'm soooooo happy it's friday. It's been an incredibly long week. We've gotten really busy, which means I'm here in the office by myself, my lonesome, all week long. aaaaand it's been a nasty weather week too. :( I need a vacation. My mom wants me to come visit her in Arizona, but I have no one to cover for me at work. boo-hoo, woe is me.

Hey, Kiwi, don't go getting yourself too attached to that pooch.

How long has it been since Lush has posted a list??

Margie night, Bagz?

Well, hey, Wabbit, I'm not doing much these days; I'll fill in for you :dizzy:

Much as I enjoy the little doggie, I think I'll be needing a break by the time we return her to her owners -- I'd forgotten how difficult it is to take a dog for a walk this time of year. The snowbanks may be melting, but there's a minefield of ice, mud, slush and puddles to get through. She does have one advantage over my old Molly-dog -- she's short-haired. I can just wipe her off with a quick swipe of a towel--voila! clean as a whistle!

(Or should I say wallah :doh: )

Where is that Lushburger? I'll bet she defected to one of those cleanie sites.

By the way, Bagz, that birthday cake sounded wonderful!! MMMM

Kiwi

yes indeedy it is margie night!!! i just spent a few hours watching the rehearsal for the musical-----lots of fun-----thanks for all the birthday greetings cows!!! ---love your name miamoooooo!!!!!!-----the musical is on this coming week-------i am tres excited----takes me mind of the war ya know-------EVERY channel,even the canadian ones are ALL about Sardarse Huddabuttttttt----he could lose a few pounds.--------- i really need a margie ,so have a nice night cowpies!!!

How aren't you? What are you doing instead of entertaining me here? I'm a bore, so I'm here all day every day, what else is there to do? Watch Baghdad burn on TV? DH was all excited yesterday because they should a film of some Iraqi cabinet meeting and the map on the wall was shaking from the bombing and then the curtains on the windows blew in and out too. He is watching wayyyyyyyyyyy too much of this stuff. I think I'll assign him chores to do.

What's the musical, Bagz? DD have a part? What's the part? Anything else I need to know? Are you sewing costumes? :lol:

I shouldn't laugh, you might be.

We watched One Hour Photo last night. Wow, that was some movie. There are some, ahem, uncomfortable moments in it -- don't watch it with kids (not that I did, just a warning). Robin Williams was absolutely amazing. Very bizarre, definitely not boring.

Unlike me, hardly bizarre at all. Definitely boring. Need more coffee.

Kiwi

Hi all. I haven't joined another cult...my arm is getting better, but I still can't type as much as I'd like.
Happy Birthday, Bagzie. You are still a young chick...compared to SOME of us.
I'm on the way to the library to research food borne illness with ds. Here is a question...should we include the moldy, bacteria-y petri dishes on the science fair display, or is that too gross?
Nothing is new here. Things are busy, busy, busy. And dull.
I'm with Kiwi's DH...it is hard to take my eyes off the tv. Where do we get off doing this????????? First he steals the election, and pulls off what was essentially a coup in this country, now he is marching into other countries. Amazing.
What's with page 7? Shouldn't someone with more standing than I start the new thread...in other words...I'm too lazy.
XXOO,
L

DD and I agree -- you must include the petri dishes in the final project -- that's the best part (extra points for grossness). Maybe they could be covered by clear lids or plastic?

I started this thread. I can't think of a new one. Too bad. All that comes to mind is something about COWards.

Kiwi

I wanna channel that doesn't carry the GWB war movie. Why is every channel carrying this during the week and I missed all my programs (not that I watch that many) yet the informercials were on this morning? They are simply saying the stupidest things imaginable to try to keep our attention. It's stupid to have a war on every channel. Then we wonder why our children are desensitized and can't tell a real death from a video game.

Mia :moo:

Only kidding.:D Don't think I've been off having fun or anything. ds10 has tonsillitis, FIL is being extra ornery and we had to go to a funeral today for our 85 yr old neighbour. No wonder I have indigestion.

Oh, yes, Lush, definitely include the mold. It comes in such tasteful colours.

Off to bed now. Hi to everyone!

:dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

Here in Dogpatch, they would disallow the mold as it might cause an outbreak of mold-related-itis during the fair. Kids can't even bring in moldy bread anymore.

This morning, I weighed 144.4 as I have for the past week or so. Then I ds to Pensercoler where we shopped for bows and stuff. We took Herbie. That is, Herbie was invited to drive, pay for lunch, pay for breakfast, and pay for the bow. I had an enormous lunch as it was too far from breakfast and I was weakening. Steak and salmon and baked potato and lima beans and broccoli and salad and peach cobbler and sweet tea. It was buffet, of course. Tomorrow, I will not have to type 144.4.

After I weighed this morning, I feared the scale was broken and picked up the cat to add to my weight. The cat weighs 13 lbs.