Support Groups - Stay At Home Moms #192

Welcome to a thread devoted to those who have the ultimate job of taking care of their family. Here you will find wonderful women raising a family and trying to find time to take care of themselves and their weight too. So if you are a SAHM jump right in and say hello and to all you who have been here before I look forward to a new day with you!!
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I hope it was ok to start a new thread....

WHOOOHOOOO!!!
I went ahead and did my FIRST weigh-in one day early and after weighing eight different times in six different level locations and also waking up my son and weighing him to make sure my scale wasnt broken, here are the results....




I have lost....(drum roll..) 8.5lbs (yes, thats eight and a half pounds) since Sunday June 6th. I now weigh-in at 265.5lbs

OMG, can you believe this?? The only thing I can think was this loss is mostly water and that I must had been retaining a whole heck of a alot of it before starting this diet (LMAO)
I know its not healthy to lose this kind of weight every week but I think it is ok seeing as this is my first week.

anyways, last night I decided I was going to blow of my excersise today BUT I have since reconsidered and have now a whole new motivation to get out there and walk, walk walk!!!

I am a loser, I really am a loser and now I am crying so I better get off here and eat my breakfast.

Hi all.
Yes Lisa that was fine, but be sure next time to post that on the old one, that you are starting a new one. Some folks get emailed when there is a new post but they have to do that on each post, so if they aren't notified they may not know.
Well, you have been having a horrible time with this site. Is everything better? I sure hope so, I think all that you've gone through is goofy. Sorry about your Curves membership.
Spryng, you look great. I dodge cameras too but I always thought when I got to my goal weight I wouldn't dodge anymore and if I were you I wouldn't. You look great and your legs do look so thin.
Cindi, WTG!!! You knew you'd break through those 100's and you did it. There's no going back now.
Michelle, glad you exercised, you do it everyday and keep it up.
Geri, sorry about TOM, but hey you're a woman.
Leigh, morning, I guess you're busy with your company, hope to hear from you.
Di, sorry about the cold. That's all my sister gives herself and the kids is Echinacea. Really good stuff, but somewhat expensive and she's got 7 kids so it doesn't last long.
Well, I ended up having Taco Bell for lunch yesterday, oh when I passed by it I could taste it in my mouth and the kids didn't want it, but I persuaded them. So lunch wasn't good, but dinner I had the salad from Sonic and a few fries.
Well, my nausea has been going away. It's better today, SO FAR, then at all. Maybe it's going away for good. If I think too much about food I feel queasy but otherwise I'm okay. I'm staying home to clean today. My house is horrible, obviously I haven't felt like doing a thing lately. I've got to mop, finish up some laundry, clean off my desk area and take care of financial things.
And by the way, I haven't said anything, but the guy at the bank said SO FAR we're looking good. There are still a few stumbling blocks in the way, but where we are now, is a good sign. We're keeping our fingers crossed.
So, I'll try to be around later and check in. Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.

Hi Crystal, I DID post a message on the old thread saying I was making a new one :)
LOL, better go check and see if its still there

Good morning all! Well, I used my flexpoints yeaterday for McDonald's :) That was fun. So, it's back OP today. But today is my day off from exercise. Last night, we went to pick up BIL's girlfriend at the airport and she immediately said, "Wow. You look great! So skinny!" :cb: That one comment made me beam all night :lol:

Michelle- that's a great idea about the wedding photos. If you do that, it will be neat for us to see them. I was very thin at my wedding, so I use that as goal setting photos :) Actually, my goal weight is 10lbs heavier than I was at my wedding because I actually think my wedding weight is harder for my body to maintain.

Spryng - I love those photos - what a beautiful family. You look fabulous! Your arms look very muscular :) :lol: about Tanner pulling your shirt off. Liam does that to me all the time!

Hi, Geri! How's the new dishwasher coming along?

Lisa -:bravo: on the 8 lbs!!! That's incredible. :strong: That's sooo weird about your account and messages. What on earth is going on?

Crystal - so glad you're starting to feel better, and so happy to hear the loan looks good. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Well, I"ve got to do laundry - TTYL :)

Good morning all!!
Boy today is going to be another dragging day for me. Had thunderstorms most of the night that kept me awake and then when I finally did fall back alseep I had these crazy dreams about still being awake during the thunderstorm! lol. So I'm tired already and the day has just begun. But I have ALOT planned today. Tomorrow I will be gone all day to see my bf and her new baby so I plan on having this house spotless today. I've really been slacking the past couple of days and not keeping up with my routines. So today I'm going to get everything done plus a few extra things (like dusting, laundry, scrubbing the toilet, etc) When I go somewhere I love to come home to a clean house.

First let me welcome Angela!! I am Spryng, mother of 3. Ava-4, Bubba (aka Joseph)-3, and Tanner-11 months. What plan are you on? I look forward to getting to know you better. :)

Lisa, congrats on such a great loss!!! We all knew you were a loser, lol. ;) But it's normal to lose quite a bit of weight the first week or even the first month. When you have more to lose it comes off in chunks at first and then will slow down to the normal 1-2 lbs a week. So enjoy it while it lasts, lol. My dh is losing fast too, he's already lost 19 lbs in one month. But I know it will slow down in a few more weeks. And I'm glad you were able to chat with us last night! It was fun. We'll have to do it again soon. Tonight I really need to get a workout in so I don't think I'll be in the chat room.

Crystal, I hope your morning sickness is passing! or maybe you are just learning to manage it better. But either way it's a good thing! I went back and re-looked at my pic and I guess my legs are skinny huh? LOL. I always picture myself with thunder thighs but I guess they are gone now. It really does take the mind alot longer to catch up with your weightloss. I still see myself as over weight when around other people and hold myself in a way so as to not draw attention to my problem areas, but in reality my problem areas are ones only I notice anymore. I'll get there eventually, lol. I hope everything goes through at the bank! You must be so anxious to hear some good news. I'm excited for you. I love moving into new houses. :)

Penny I hope your party is going great today!!

Ginny, hope to see you back here soon. I know your life is super busy right now. Congrats on your daughters graduation!!!

ok, guess I have to get off here and start working on this house. Don't want to but I have to. What is for dinner tonight everyone?? I'm making a crockpot dish, Morroccan Chicken. I hope it turns out ok. I found I really don't like any of saving dinner's soups so far. This is more of a bean dish with chicken in it so maybe it will be better, I hope so.
ok, TTYL!

Crystal - Wow great to hear that so far the building loan looks good!! I'm definately keeping my fingers crossed for you :) Also I'm so glad that you are feeling a little less queasy I hope this is the last of it ;) I can't wait til you start feeling little flutters of movement, I always loved that! Are you going to find out the sex? I did with both of mine I just couldnt wait lol. Teagan was so funny when I had one of my ultrasounds the technician said wow she has a lot of hair and then she shows us where teagans hair is floating around in the fluid lol it was soo cute.

Lisa - I'm glad you aren't going to blow your walking off today :) Its so healthy for you to get some exercise during the day (omg did I just say that?) I'm now an endorphin junkie lol I live for the exercise high :) Congrats on your 8.5 lbs down!! :bravo: :balloons: Keep up the good work!

Well Teagan got up early again and is fussy ughhhh and I'm tired, as usual lol, can you tell I'm not a morning person ;) I'm planning at least 4 miles again today but possible 6 so I can get at least 1.5 hours of exercise in :) Well I got some cleaning to do, so I will check in later.

Michelle

Thanks Leigh,
I appreciate your support over the past week, as have I appreciated everyones support. I think what happened yesterday was a some kind of system error or something but it seems like it is working fine now.

I just wanted to add that I am soooo glad I found you all and this thread and now consider you all my new found "loser" friends. (lol)

Together, we CAN and WILL accomplish our goals. I now have no doubt in my mind that this will happen!!

Leigh - Oh what a nice compliment you got!! I would be beaming too I bet you feel just great!!

Spryng - So sorry you are tired this morning darn thunderstorms are always keeping you up! I know what you mean about it taking your mind longer to catch up with your new self image :) But I think you look MAH-volous Dahlink ;)

Ok I'm going to clean
TTFN!
Michelle

Good morning all!!
Boy today is going to be another dragging day for me. Had thunderstorms most of the night that kept me awake and then when I finally did fall back alseep I had these crazy dreams about still being awake during the thunderstorm! lol. So I'm tired already and the day has just begun. But I have ALOT planned today. Tomorrow I will be gone all day to see my bf and her new baby so I plan on having this house spotless today. I've really been slacking the past couple of days and not keeping up with my routines. So today I'm going to get everything done plus a few extra things (like dusting, laundry, scrubbing the toilet, etc) When I go somewhere I love to come home to a clean house.

First let me welcome Angela!! I am Spryng, mother of 3. Ava-4, Bubba (aka Joseph)-3, and Tanner-11 months. What plan are you on? I look forward to getting to know you better. :)

Lisa, congrats on such a great loss!!! We all knew you were a loser, lol. ;) But it's normal to lose quite a bit of weight the first week or even the first month. When you have more to lose it comes off in chunks at first and then will slow down to the normal 1-2 lbs a week. So enjoy it while it lasts, lol. My dh is losing fast too, he's already lost 19 lbs in one month. But I know it will slow down in a few more weeks. And I'm glad you were able to chat with us last night! It was fun. We'll have to do it again soon. Tonight I really need to get a workout in so I don't think I'll be in the chat room.

Crystal, I hope your morning sickness is passing! or maybe you are just learning to manage it better. But either way it's a good thing! I went back and re-looked at my pic and I guess my legs are skinny huh? LOL. I always picture myself with thunder thighs but I guess they are gone now. It really does take the mind alot longer to catch up with your weightloss. I still see myself as over weight when around other people and hold myself in a way so as to not draw attention to my problem areas, but in reality my problem areas are ones only I notice anymore. I'll get there eventually, lol. I hope everything goes through at the bank! You must be so anxious to hear some good news. I'm excited for you. I love moving into new houses. :)

Penny I hope your party is going great today!!

Ginny, hope to see you back here soon. I know your life is super busy right now. Congrats on your daughters graduation!!!

ok, guess I have to get off here and start working on this house. Don't want to but I have to. What is for dinner tonight everyone?? I'm making a crockpot dish, Morroccan Chicken. I hope it turns out ok. I found I really don't like any of saving dinner's soups so far. This is more of a bean dish with chicken in it so maybe it will be better, I hope so.
ok, TTYL!

I have no idea why my post appeared twice. Weird.

Good Morning again. Lots of posts since my last one.
Thanks to all of your for your fingers being crossed, LOL!!!
Spryng, you welcomed Angela, I never read a new post from anyone. Was it on the last thread? I read all of those maybe I missed it.
Well sorry you didn't sleep well, at least it's Saturday, you can just hang around and get in a nap.
I'll get a nap later too. Now I'm off to clean breakfast dishes.

Hi Again,
First, let me welcome Angela to the group. I am sorry i didnt welcome you before but I must of missed your post. My name is lisa (nags lol) and I am 32, married 16 years and have 2 boys, 12 and 8. I just started last sunday and these women on this thread are an absolutle great support system and very motivating. They will also crack you up during chat.

I am not good at remembering names but I am going to give this a try lol....

Diane, I hope you feel better soon. I know how much being ill take out of you so hope you get well soon.

Leigh, I was curious, after reading one of your posts, what "Flex Points" were. I have never done WWs and get confused when people talk about the point system and also what is OP?? (lol sorry for all the questions). are you able to eat "anything" with these points?? Mabey i will start giving myself a point for every extra 10 mins I walk a day. MMmmm

Spryng......How much do you wuv me??? cause I was just wondering if you felt like coming over here afterward and cleaning up my house :D ;) I will pay you and I will give you a gazzilion of Leighs flex points for coming over (hint hint)

Leigh...its me again, can I borrow a gazzilion of your flex points??

Michelle...your really doing good with your miles and encourage me to walk a little more each day, thanks

Chubba...sorry, please forgive me but I forgot your real name. I am sooooooooooooo sorry. :^: :^: I didnt see you post yesterday and enjoyed talking to you, where are you???

I think I got everyone, if I didnt I am sorry...

Well, I did go do my walking this morning. I walked 5 extra mins this morning for a total of 24 mins. I am trying to gradually increase my mins each day. I walked at a slightly quicker pace today and went further too.

I don't know what I am going to do, in the way of excersise, this afternoon. I wont be going to "you know where" but heres what I was thing and tell me what you all think.
If I play some fast pace music and dance in place and keep it up does that count as an aerobic workout??
I am going to try doing that this afternoon and take my heart rate every now and again and see if I can get my heart rate up to an aerobic rate. If nothing else, it will be fun to dance around the house (lol) and will be better than sitting on the couch.

Well, I didnt eat breakfast before my walk this morning and so I am going to go eat and do a few loads of laundry. I will check back later in the day.

Hi Ladies!

Just a quick note, then off to a birthday party with the boys, and hubby!

Lisa, what a fantastic job on the weight loss, you've got a great head start. I'm glad you are keeping up with your exercise routine as well, that will go a long way in keeping you losing.

Crystal, hope today is a good non queesy day for you all around. I did get to briefly check out the Watkins web site, but didn't really get to look in detail at any of the products yet. Hopefully I'll get some time later this weekend.

Michelle, Spryng, Cindi, Penny and Ricci, howdy to you all, don't clean too freaking much and have a great day! :)

I'll check in later this afternoon after the big Party. I hope my kids don't run me ragged, but I'm sure they will!

-Di

Hi again!
Whew! I've been on a roll! :) House is sparkling clean now, lol. Even the old camode. :dizzy: Dinner is in the crockpot and now I can post and crochet without feeling guilty, lol. I started a new afghan yesterday with that new yarn I bought and it's done in squares (like granny squares but more detailed) I was about to pull my hair out trying to understand the pattern but now I've completed the first square, only 19 more to go, lol. I think I will make this afghan for my dh's cousin who is having a baby. She is due in oct so I have plenty of time to finish, lol. I'm also going to make a matching stuffed elephant that is made out of granny squares and sooo adorable. I found that pattern in one of the crochet books I checked out at the library.
ok, enough about me...

Di have fun at the party!! Let us know how it goes later!

Lisa, I'm not leigh but I can answer your ww questions too, lol. In ww every food item has a pt value based on cals, fat and fiber content... we get so many "points" per day, a target pt. Like mine is 20 pts a day. Then we get 35 Flexpoints to use how we wish along with our target throughout the week. It's actually pretty simple. makes it alot easier than to count hundreds of cals a day you know? But check out weightwatchers.com and they have a little tour of flexpoints that will probably make it all clearer to you. And OP means on plan, :) oh and yes, you can eat anything on ww. Nothing is off limits, you just have to stay within your pts and you are fine. And if you exercise you earn activity pts that you can eat too... so that gives us an extra incentive to workout. And I'll clean your house if you baby sit my 3 rugrats, lol. And I'll take all those flexpoints you offered!! LOL. Congrats on getting in your walk this morning! And yes, dancing around in your living room does count as exercise! So put on some great music for me too!! (since I'll be busy cleaning, lol) But you may want to look into a workout video. Check out www.collagevideos.com and browse through some videos. You can even see 60 sec clips of them. Pretty neat.
Crystal, yes Angela's post was on the last thread. And yes, I'll probably grab a nap today too. :)

ok, guess I am off here to go crochet. TTYL!

Well my weight loss plan. Hmmmm.....here is a typical day for me:

Stay up ALLLLLLLLLLL night long with a teething 8 month old baby.
Wake up at the crack of dawn
Eat some fruit loops while holding Austin watching Teletubbies *shudders*
Play on the floor with Austin and make faces that would make any onlookers wonder.
Grab some lunch. Possibly leftovers from dinner or something
Possibly go for a walk as long as it isn't too hot
Clean while Austin sleeps
Austin wakes up, make dinner.
Eat dinner.
Do more chores.
Go to bed.

My days are pretty busy with the baby, but well worth it. My hubby works night shifts so he can't help me at night so I'm pretty tired and never feel like going for a walk or anything. I've been trying to make myself since I do feel better after I do exercise.

I got pregnant at 185 lbs, went into the hospital to be induced at 201 lbs, now I weigh 157 lbs. I DID weigh 153 pounds about a month ago, but apparently eating a LOT of chocolate isn't good for you, haha. OOPS!

So yeah, I'm not following a strict exercise or diet plan but I need to start. I've REALLY been stressing about how it's going to be financially when my maternity pay is up. I get stressed, I eat. I get mad at hubby, I eat. I get upset, I eat. It's terrible. I need to find some other way to deal with things. Anyone else have that problem. Anyways, look forward to getting to know you all.

Angela

Holy hannah!! Angela your baby is 8 months old and you are still getting maternity pay? Wowza that would be awesome :D There are a few of us here doing different plans, I do South Beach along with Di, and Penny. Weight Watchers girls are Spryng, Leigh, Ginny. Crystal and Lisa and Geri are calorie counters. (anyone please correct me if I'm wrong lol) And about having a hard time getting motivated, you just have to make yourself do the exercise! Just get up and say "hey no one is going to do this for me, my health is my responsibility and I'm going to do something about it" :) Thats my mantra lol. I know some people may think I'm a crackpot ;) but maybe try some meditation to soothe your mind, it really works for me when I find I'm stressing out :)

Spryng Keep up that zip while cleaning the house!! You are doing Awesome!! I will pay you if you can crochet me that baby blanket you showed a picture of the other day! I'm totally serious :)

Leigh - Did that tooth of Liams poke through yet? Teagans did and I think the one next to it isn't too far behind lol.

Ohh Angela, When did you have Austin? I had Teagan on October 13th and Leigh had her son Liam on October 21st so we have children born the same month. Lol I'm just being a lil curious george.

Well I need to go do some more clean up then I'm going to try and put all my home movies on a dvd lets see if I can conquer technology and do it right lol. I would love to send DVD movies of the kids out to relatives. Ok I'll TTYL!!
Michelle

Good morning (OK, almost afternoon) ladies :coffee:

Welcome Angela! I'm mom to Will (3) and Tony (1) aka the little devils :devil: :devil: ! I am a big stress eater! I bought Dr Phil's book but now I have loaned it to a friend and seriously need to re-read some sections to get me back on track! Hopefully she'll give it back to me soon :( . He gives alot of good ideas...all common sense of course, but sometimes you just need to see it in writing!!

Lisa :cb: :cp: :cheer: Congrats on the 8.5 gone! Yep, it's mostly water, but WHO CARES! It's gone!!! I'm so glad you aren't though! Wonder what happened with all of your posts? I would love to hear your Curves story. I usually don't make it to chat. My boys get up early so I'm usually in bed by the time that chat starts. Your pics were great...loved the one of you :lol: . OP stands for "on plan". I didn't post much yesterday 'cause I was so crabby :p from TOM (time of month). Still am today but have it a little under control (but don't ask the boys if that is true :^: ). Your stats are very much like mine but I'm about 5' 9.5" so just a bit taller.

Spryng, loved your pictures too. We had rain last night - same storm system as yours. I think I remember hearing thunder, but I was OUT. The boys usually sleep through them. We may actually get outside today if it does what it says...then more rain tomorrow. It's been raining for 2 days straight and we're tired of being inside....my tan's fading :lol: . So now we'll be in for another batch of mosquitos. Poor Will! Gave him a bath last night and you can still see all the bites from last weekend.

Di, hope you get over that cold soon so you can enjoy all the running around and birthday parties!!

Speaking of birthday parties...Penny, Have a great time and a big Happy Bday to Andrew :balloons:

Crystal, so glad that some of the nausea has passed. Now, repeat after me....I will stay away from fast food places for the next week :mcd: :coach: :hungry: :dunno: ;)

Michelle...you'll have to walk for me again today...TOM really hit me hard this time. I haven't had cramps like that in ages! Took some Aleve this morning and feel much better but I've already showered and look too gorgeous to start sweating now :lol: :rofl: How's that for an excuse?

Leigh...isn't it GREAT when someone notices your weight loss? Just gives you so much more motivation to keep going. The people that see you all the time don't notice so much until your clothes really start to bag.

I absolutely LOVE :love: my new dishwasher. OMG it IS possible to get clean dishes without spots and without having to wash the dishes by hand first :lol: !

OK, Tony's being REALLY whiney and I'm about ready to snap. So I had better go before I scream at him :( .

Dear TOM....PLEASE GO AWAY! ;)

Hi to Melinda, Ginny and anyone I may have forgotten!

Yes Geri you are right. Too much fast food. I only get in on Friday's though, that's when I get out to run errands.
Hi Angela, I'm Crystal, 26 yo sahm of 3 almost 4. Alisa 5 y, Ally 3 y, Andrew 18 months and due in February. I joined here and lost 15 pounds before I found out I was pregnant last month. I'm sticking around here and hopefully making this the healthiest pregnancy. I've had nausea all day for like 2 weeks but now seems to be getting better. Hopefully I can get back to counting calories.
So happy you found us and you should LOVE it here. Hope to see you around.
Hi to everyone else.

Chubba, I am soooo jealous...YOU GOT A DISHWASHER?? lol. In WA, I use to have one of those lol, dishwasher, self cleaning oven, big double door fridge with ice maker. Ohhhhh, I want it all back :( Now I got a 1960's manual defrost fridge that makes a horrible noise and I got a garbage disposer that when you turn on, shakes the whole entire counter top and I also got a gas stove that you have to light with matches cause the ignighters dont work LMAO. Makes me wanna run to my storage shed and load it all in a U-Haul and put it in my apt.

I wish you could have joined the chat yesterday. I went for the first time and OMG, I nearly peed my pants laughing so hard. It was alot of fun.

oh and I figured up how to change my MSN nickname LMAO For some reason my screen name was coming up URCHEEZY (eeeww) anyways, I changed it.

Umm Spryng, sorry but I dont do the babysitting thing lol. If my kids push my buttons I just beat them silly until they beg for mercy but I cant do that with other peoples kids LMAO.

Well, have a great afternoon everyone :dizzy:


p.s I really dont beat my kids (just in case someone out there is getting ready to send me another private message) ROFLMAO

Hey Lisa, I've got you beat I think.
I live in a 2 dr house, 1 ba, with 5 of us. No dishwasher and I can't use my water although I have to use it to clean with but it's well water and we don't have the really good filtration system on it, so it stains EVERYTHING; dishes, clothes, you name it, luckily not us although I go through times when it does stain my hands black, go figure. My frig is okay and the stove is electric but OLD, OLD, OLD. My washer/dryer is outside on the porch. That's why we're hopefully building a NEW, BIG home soon.
What we go through, huh?

In Canada we get 52 weeks paid maternity leave. Its GREAT! Sorry........nothing to do with weight but did you all find it easy or hard going to one paycheque? Feeding Austin right now so will write more later.

Ang

Holy cow!!! You guys get awesome maternity leave!! FMLA here in the states says that and employer only has to grant 12 weeks of maternity/paternity leave and it doesn't have to be paid either. So when I had my first child I first used up all my vacation hours I had saved and then I used up all my sick time hours so I only got 3 weeks off oh well lol. Too bad the States aren't the same as Canada. I didn't find it hard going from one pay check at all but things are starting to get tight, I didn't work my whole pregnancy, and i just now started a part time job which is 12 hours a week no big deal, it gets me out of the house

Michelle

I have you all beat!!!!

My a/c is still broken and about every hour the heat comes on and I have to go to the basement and flip the breaker to turn it off!! I am getting my exercise in. While doing laundry last night, I notice our hot water heater is leaking, so dh is draining it now, so no shower for me yet. (It's getting hot enough that a cold shower will be refreshing.) I lost many clothes to the leak that has obviously been happening for a while, but I coudn't wear mine anymore anyway :D The water has attracted some black beetle looking bugs that we have to attack as soon as we get things running again, so I find dead bugs in my laundry while folding now, ewwww! :o AND the worst of all, I have a whiny DH due to a back injury from yesterday. Like I don't have enough whining around here!

Justin just wiped out our sattelite by taking the smart card out, so I will be back shortly! (BTW, hes 18)

Yes Cindi, you win. With 7 kids on top of all that, you poor thing. But you know what, things ALWAYS get better.
Well, I took an hour and a half nap and then mopped the kitchen/dining. When Andrew wakes up I'll vaccum all the rooms. Then about 5pm, I'll start the grill, gonna have steaks tonight. Which really don't sound all that good, but I think once I eat them they will. At lunch time NOTHING sounded good except Ranch dressing so I had carrot sticks and salad bread sticks with ranch dressing and a frozen WW dessert. You guys, I go on my trip in TWO weekends. YEAH!!!

Hello again!

Just got up from my nap and my throat is killing me so I hit the zicam again. But the nap was good. :)

Crystal, grilled steaks sound really good to me. Make mine medium well! What are you having with them? Are you gettting excited about your appointment next week?

Cindi, you do have everyone beat, lol. Do you have a window unit?? Could you just get a new one? I couldn't go this summer without A/C. We went a few years without an a/c in our vehicle but we could never survive without one in the house. Especially on days like today... it's almost 90 degrees out there and super humid from all the rain we had last night. I just turned my a/c on a few minutes ago.

Ang, canada gets better health care coverage than us anyway don't they?? i think that is great about a maternity leave. Our country should follow suit, lol.

Lisa, I don't mind if you beat my kids... LOL... keeps um honest, lol. I think they need at least one good beating per day, :D JK

Geri, hope TOM lets up for you soon. I hate it so bad when my hormones control my moods. Isn't fair to me or anyone near me, lol. And I think looking too gorgeous to exercise is a great excuse not to exercise! LOL. You crack me up. ;)

Michelle, I think you were right on with everyone's diet plans except Geri, she is on the dr.phil plan. She doesn't count anything. Did you get some home movies put on dvd's?? That is a great idea. Plus they will last longer. I treasure all my home videos. I stole one from my parents that was taken when I was around 10 years old... great memories.

Well I guess I better get off here and get some couscous going along with dinner. The food in the crockpot smells heavenly (but I've been fooled before, LOL) TTYL!

Hey all, back from the wild, toddler party! It was a ton of running around, thank god Steve came, I wouldn't have been able to handle them by myself. But again, it was good to get out and let my little men run like crazy, they are napping now. :)

Angela, that is awesome family leave! It is quite an adjustment to go down to one income, but in more cases, very doable. Besides, well at least in the States, you have to condsider how high the taxes are on a second income, the cost of daycare (outrageous here) the cost of: gas, clothes for work, lunches etc... You just have to be really proactive, work out a budget now, try to stick to it before you lose your maternity leave, then tweak it were you need to along the way. The budget is HUGE, also cutting down on bills where you can. By the way i"m very much an emotional eater and it's a hard habit to break completely, it's best to just try and control it to some degree. Maybe the W.W. is the way to go for you because you could "bank" your extra points and have something special like once a week, that might help with your motivation as well.

Lisa, I'm really sorry that you cancelled your membership with Curves, you seemed so excited to be there working out. Maybe you should just ignore those few women that upset you, and continue working out there? It sucks to let a couple of bad apples ruin the whole bunch, if ya know what i mean?

Spryng, I'm with Michelle, I would sooo pay you to make me an afgan, keep up the good work. Practice makes perfect. Only 19 more squares to go! LOL I know what you mean about crockpots, the smell can be deceiving, but I'm hoping your meal turns out fantastic. I love couscous as well. YUM.

Michelle, did you win the battle of Technology? So what are you eating today? I made the oat/wheat muffins for breakfast, not too bad, beats eggs! I'm not sure what's on the menu for dinner though. After the boys get up from nap we are all going grocery shopping, so I'd better decide soon. I love FF yogurt, I could possibly eat way too much of that! I'm going to check out the Low Carb milk/choc milk from Hood, I believe. I had it when I was on Atkins and it was pretty yummy, but the choc. milk might be too high in fat. The regular milk comes either whole, 2% or FF.

Geri, glad you are lovin the new dishwasher! I'm sorry you are dealing with so much rain lately. Hopefully you get outside to play today, you must be getting stir crazy being trapped inside so much! I actually don't even have a freakin cold, just an earache. It's been pretty bad, I might even have to break down and go see the doctor next week. It's weird because I thought you get ear infections at the end of a cold, and I haven't had one that I'm aware of. Bizarre.

Crystal, what have you been able to keep down today? I'm hoping your moving past the "ill" feeling stage. Poor thing, Happy Gestating to ya! ;)

Cindi, when it rains it pours! Well at least when it comes to major household appliances it seems. I swear this year we had all sorts of big problems. One of which was the hot water heater dying, so I feel for ya there. Nothing like not being able to take a hot shower, the one thing that makes me feel like a human being! I hope it all works out for you soon and that nothing else freakin breaks on you.

Shoot, didn't get to stay on long, I have to find something to snack on before my blood sugar drops and I get ravenous. Oh yeah, and start a grocery list.

check in soon,
di

Ughhh what a day!! Kids were just all over me all damn day, like I couldnt get a minute to myself. No exercise today and all I had to eat was some turkey chili 2 cups and 2 small apples. I got to sit in the tub when hubby got home but Teagan ended up crawling in the bathroom and then Taylor was in there and before I knew it, it was a community bathtime lol, but it was cute. Don't ask me how we all fit in there lol especially my big butt lmao.

Di - Oh I know how at the end of Phase I you are just choking on the eggs lol Im glad you had fun at the party. :)

Spryng - I'm still kind of experimenting with the movies but I have kinda figured out the software lol its a bit difficult at first but I got it pretty much down.

Crystal - Steaks sound good to me too, medium well for mine too :)

Well I'm gonna go and relax some more, I'll check back later :)
Michelle

Hey Girls!

Got the satellite fixed, but no hot water! Been boiling water for baths.

DH tld Hope she could get her hair cut, so we ran out the door to the salon before he could change his mind. Her hair was past the middle of her back and is now above her shoulders. Now her blonde is gone so her hair looks so RED!! DH wants me to highlight it, but I don't want to. She looks so grown up now. MY BABYYYYYY!!!!

Lisa...I know how you feel about your new home! Do you go to church? Most of my friends are church friends, I don't know any neighbors here. But I am so thankful for the great friends I have made. Even if you aren't a church goer, maybe you could find some way to meet new people if you looked around. Congrats on the 8# loss!

Glad everyone else is doing okay this evening. I can't remember all the posts from earlier, so I hope everyone did well today!!

Time for a cold shower!! woo hoo!!

Hey, Lisa,
If you want to chat, I can meet you in the chat room....anyone else care to chat?

hi, I can meet you over there if you want, let me know

sure, i will be there.

Good morning all!

Lisa, I hope you are feeling better today. Sometimes we just have lonely days. I understand completely.

Ok, well I really don't have time to say much else. I'm headed out of the house and won't be back until really late tonight. I'm excited to get to see my bf's baby!! (and my bf too of course, lol) I'll probably check in tomorrow. Have a great sunday!!! :)

Time for a new thread. See you all at #193 :)