Support Groups - Stay At Home Moms #232

Welcome all to a thread full of wonderful women taking on the responsibilty of raising a family and trying to take care of themselves too. We look forward to a new day with members, new and old! Please feel free to jump right in and say hello Here is a little bit about who we are ...

MichelleRae: Michelle sahm to Taylor 8-25-01 & Teagan 10-13-03 Married 2 years to Zhaun. Plan I'm following is a combined WW and South Beach Diet

Spryng: 24 y.o. married 6 years. Kids- Ava 4, Bubba (aka Joseph) 3 & Tanner 1. Currently on ww, hit goal in April.

Mompen: Penny 23 y.o. Happily Married & SAHM Momma to three active boys, Hunter almost 5, Nicholas almost 4 & Andrew 13 mo. Weight Watchers is my way of life

Loveliam: Leigh SAHM to Liam 10.21.03 & happily married for 2 years. Doing the Weight Watchers thing

Sydsmom: Kristin SAHM to Sydney 09-27-01, married almost 2 years to wonderful dh Began Weight watchers mid-July

Cheri: married to Donald for 8.5 years, SAHM/homeschooling momma to Nathan, 5 (9-11-98), Daniel, 3 (8-29-00) & Elijah, 1 (10-16-02) & doing the low carb thing kinda, lol

Angel: SAHM of 4, Ages 8,8,7,&4.

Cindi: Mom to 6 boys & 1 mean girl. Plan.. No diet for me! Portion control, exercise & lots of water (most days)

Chubba: Geri..Mom to two boys, Will (3) & Tony (1)..married for 4 years to a great guy..following Dr Phil most days!

Crystal: 27 yo sahm of 3 almost 4. Alisa 5, Ally 3, & Andrew 20 months. Due Feb 1st. Married almost 9 years, live in Texas & homeschool. Avon & Watkins Sales Rep. My plan when on it counting calories & exercise

Ricci sahm to two boys 4 and 5, married 7 years, going to be doing ww

Jaymi: 2 kids, 20 mo Girl & 6 yo boy. Been married to DH for 2 ½ years. I’m counting calories, eating lowfat foods & exercise. I have no idea what the name of that diet is!!!

Hello Everyone.. I forgot to update my day so far. No.. I havent exercised yet. I already had a SMALL frosty from Wendy’s. But no biggie. I took the kids to the park.. But it started pouring down after about an hour.. It was hot out there though. Now it is pouring down raining.. But the sun is beaming…South Carolina has the weirdest weather ever! I guess I’ll exercise later…. Well I want to exercise later. Anyways I better go.. I’ll try to update later tonight… Hope everyone I having a great day!

BTW~ Jill, it would be easier to just copy them all on a cd... if you have a cdr on your computer....

Michelle- I have a question for ya.... it's only joking.. but I just thought it was too funny to pass up..... Why can't I have a white doll!! :rofl: :lol3: Am I not white enough... or do you think I'm getting too tanned like my hubby!! :joker: Ok, ok... just joking with ya... thought I'd make you laugh while you were gettin your new career on making dolls going! :) Where do you go to make your dolls anyways?

Ok Ladies!

How does everyone feel about going ahead and planning a get together?

I know I have alot of questions just like everyone else. I was thinking maybe we can use the MSN Site to organize everything.

We would also need some people to help organize it, maybe?

We need to decide on a location, time, date, etc.

I was figuring now this is my own personal opinion....

Like 6 mo to 1 yr away to give us time to plan and gather money.

We could do a location where no ones lives at... maybe like Florida or Carolina?

Now like I said... I just wanted to run it by everyone and see if anyone is interesting in us starting it up.

Hi All, Well, I Got A Short Nap In And Haven't Done Too Much I Don't Fee Like. I've Got Laundry Going And We Cleaned Around Andrew's Bed And The Girls Room But I Haven't Moved Anything Yet. I Was Waiting For Andrew To Take His Nap First. So When He Wakes Up, I'll Move The Furniture Around. Dinner Is Tacos And Fajitas. So I'll Fit That In Somewhere Too.
I Haven't Crocheted In Like Two Days Because I've Been Busy Doing Other Stuff, Maybe I Can Fit Some In Tonight.
I've Been Working On School Stuff Today Too. We Got School Supplies Last Night So That Gets Us So Ready.
Hope Everyone Is Having A Great Day.
Ttyl

Spryng,
It sounds like you had a great day today! And I bet Ava was on cloud nine! :cloudnine: How did Bubba feel about that? I haven't heard of Hildago yet? What's it about?

Michelle,
YAH FOR TAYLOR! :cheer: I am so happy that her fever broke. It was breaking my heart :( How are you feeling now w/ the phet? Is it getting any better?

Ricci,
Do you have a pic of the toering off ebay yet? I wanna see :)

Jill,
So how are you doing on plan today now that you have ate? You have ate by now I hope :)

Leigh,
I didn't get to hear about your day. How are you doing?

Di,
I am glad you are feeling a little better today. I am glad you are on plan! That is just awesome!

Kristen,
When is your weigh in day again? I didn't realize that you scrapped too! How cool is that? What kinds of books do you do?

Crystal,
Did you get the house ready for the new bed? I hope he does great in his new bed! Congrats to you and hubby having your own room again tonight. Are you going to be lost w/out Andrew in there?

Cindi,
So how are the kids enjoying school?

Jaymi,
Hope you have a good day.

Ok Ladies, I gotta get the kiddos ready for karate so I will check in tonight. I will be on doing hubby's bookwork tonight so if anyone wants to chat on yahoo I'll be there :)

Lmao Jaymi!! I just figured you would want a doll of your ethnicity :) That was a hard one for me to make because I couldn't find a good doll maker with African American bodies and heads. I hope you like it though :D But if you would like a caucasian doll I'll make you one :D

Ok now Jill, I wonder if perhaps you downloaded the wrong programs lol, because ad aware and spybot search and destroy are both free when I'm done with this post i"m going to go find the links and post them for you.

Yep tay is back to her good ol rowdy self lol crazy little girl!

Ok now a doll for Crystal and one for Angel and they glitters cuz they were my first successful run with the glitter animations. So I hope you like them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/michellerae/Crystalfinale.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/michellerae/AngelGlitterFinal.gif

ok I'm off to find the links for Jill
Have a great afternoon!

Crystal,
Sorry I missed your post!

It sounds like you got a good bit done today or will have before you go to bed!

Penny Yes I feel much better teh headache is much more mild today and not as jittery either yayyyyy!!! How are you girly? How bout andrew?

Oh yeah Spryng I forgot to answer you lol, Yes they do have dolls called Chubbiez but they arent as popular of course lol. I was going to make us all some Chubbiez but I didn't want anyone to feel bad about it I only figured I would do it because we are here losing weight together. Maybe I'll make us some before chubby dolls and we can put them next to the after dolls I already made ;)

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Spybot Search and Destroy (http://www.hestia-online.net/spybot/index.php)

The next one is Ad-Aware 6.0 which is also totally free and if spybot misses something then ad-aware will pick it up. Again it is totally free and reliable.

Ad Aware 6.0 (http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button)

Definately download these files if you get tons of pop ups I also recommend downloading the Firefox browser its wonderful!

Ok I need to get some lunch
Love ya all!
Michelle

hi from me - bad news - I haven't gotten half of what I wanted to get done today actually done. we ran all the errands and that is about it. I ordered some new stuff that my cousin did the test market for..... its called Suvaril - its non=prescription, but it suppose to help w/ weight lose, you can try it for a month for only $4 as long as you cancel their autoship program. I thought why not, I am up 2 lbs even though my official weekly WI is tomorrow - I think its TOM bt not all od it. After I got off the scale I just plopped down and watched Ellen..now I have no motivation. The only good thing is that when I went to buy a pair of jeans that instead of getting a size 14 - I fit (nicely) into a 12..good news, but not sure about why the weight gain! ugh...I'm just getting hard on myself. :faint: Maybe this suvaril stuff will bust my slump and get me going. My cuz lost 26 lbs. with that ww and walking 4 times a week! That is exactly what I am trying to do, so maybe for me it will work too!

Penny - that would be so cool , I would love to meet all of the wonderful women that have made such a difference in my life wihtout even knowing me fully! :) I've never flown or gone on vacation by myself though, i might get scared :bb: haha - I know, big baby! haha! I would love to help organize this too! I would say next summer would give all of us some time to plan. :)

Crystal - glad you are resting, some days you just need that! :)

Jaymi - you are too funny! maybe michelle can lighten her skin a little or something! hahahaha! If you don't mind me asking, what nationalities are you? I love know other peoples history!

***aaahheeemm!!! that should be the next QOTD!!!!! I won't get here first tomorrow but I am going to ask it now anyway! :) You can call it Kristin's question of the day!!!! :) What Nationalities is everyone?!?!

I am french, polish, bohemian, Czech and german ( I'm a mutt!) :lol: I'm adopted but the weird part is that my non-biological family is basically the same, just no french and german! ;)
To answer the question of what we are having Jennie-o's Applewood smoked turkey medallions with brocolli florets and sage stuffing......

Spryng - hope you get the toilet fixed! I hate when we have clogged drains!

Ok crap I keep missing everyone lol!
Penny I have to work at 8 pm til 1 am tonight ugghhh so you won't see me at chat...you are so totally bummed arent you? ;)

Oh yeah QOTD: I love peanut butter m&m's and popcorn!! Healthy...hmmm..carrot sticks dipped in nonfat sourcream dill dip.
Ok really I'm leaving now





.....seriously.....






....I mean it!!!







I'm outta here.......




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Ok I was gone on a walk for like 45 minutes and you guys went crazy!!! Ok so for breakfast I had a peach and a carnation low carb drink. Then for lunch I had a little mac and cheese (I know not that good but I had lowfat milk and butter in it :)) but I also had a dannon light n fit smoothie and too a walk so I think I am doing ok. I am planning low fat burgers with whole wheat buns tonight and a salad.

Michelle thanks so much for those links. I am going to start downloading now. I am also taking your advice about getting rid of AOL. I am going to get cable internet and cancel my home phone and AOL so that I can save some money and some sanity! Thanks for all the tips, you are so smart! Also, I would LOVE a chubby doll, I think they would be a riot. I definitley would not be offended! Not sure about everyone else. Oh ya and that pregnant doll is sooooooo cute!
That's good that you are not as jittery, do those pills make you stay awake at all?

Penny I would love to have a get together! That would be so awesome! I would say closer to a year away would be nice so that we had plenty of time to save money. We should definatley start planning now! Go for it, I'm there.

Jaymi the plan was to copy them to a CD because I have a program, only I found out it only copies data or music, not pictures. I need to get a program that will copy pictures cause it would be soooo much easier. thanks for the tip though. LOL about the white doll thing, I was cracking up.

Ok chickies talk at you later, baby is destroying my office!

Dang it Michelle why do you have to go to work?! That stinks. Oh well, we'll chat later. I have some recipes for you!

One more thing, Kristin I ordered that Suvaril stuff last week, I havent gotten it yet so I am going to call to see what is up. I will be interested to see if it works or not. Let me know how you do on it, k?

Ok ok ok, all of you....STOP posting so much. I can't possibly keep up! I think I need a babysitter for an hour a day to post a personal to all of you. Half kidding of course. But on a serious note, I really can't post to all of you, because I have a date with my hubby tongiht. Yippie!
Anyway, I will just say a quick hello. And I will add a GREAT JOB to all who exercised today!

Michelle, glad you little ones are on the UP or down I guess with the fever.

Spryng, Glad all is going well at home with Dh around.

Penny, you know I would love a meeting. No problem with helping plan. I was the President of the Management club in College.

Hello, Jaymi, Kristen, Jill, Crystal, Leigh, Ricci, Angel, Cheri, and Cindi. I know I'm for getting someone, I'm sorry.

I'll catch up with posts in the a.m. ;)

Oh geez, I didn't mean to toot my own horn with the management thingy. Sorry!

Michelle, that siggy thing is the cutest one yet, if I say so myself. I know you told us how to put them in our siggys, but see I'm not internet saavy so could you slowly tell me?
Okay, I got everything ready for the new bed.
And yes Penny, it's going to be weird to not have Andrew in there with me. Everytime I change the kids and their bed situation, I don't sleep that well for a couple of nights, wondering if he gets up is he gonna be scared, is he gonna know to come get me? On and on and on.
Anyways, Ally kept telling me, "mama you're doing so good"! It was cute.
Michelle, has Taylors tempt been gone all day? I was hoping it wouldn't come back.
I'll talk later.

Crystal, to put your image in your signature you will right click on it and select save image as. then go sign up for photobucket.com which is a free image hosting website and upload your pic to photobucket. Photobucket will then give you three different codes for the image. You will want to copy the one that looks like this:
url goes in here and then just paste the url with the [img] tags in your signature and VIOLA!! Glad you like it! Yes Taylors fever has stayed down all day I'm so happy that she is feeling better I felt so bad for her.

Ok I'm off to take a little nap.
Love to all
Michelle

Jill cool! We can be Suvaril buddies !!!! I hope it has a good effect, its all natural so there shouldn't be bad side effects, my cousin said it didn't make her feel any differently, just less food cravings. I don't know about anyone else here, whenever I used to take diet pills I would get all jittery and fidgety.....to much caffeine in it, I wouild say! This has none, I don't think! ;)

Michelle - I love my siggy girl too! I would love a glittery name if you have some time and want another test subject, and a chubbie girl !!!! That would be so funny! and not to mention, alot more accurate! :) hahahaha! :lol: :rofl:

Crystal - I am with you, I still am not sure of how to get it into my siffy line, I saved the image on my drive, and tried to copy and paste and it tells me that is not an option! MICHELLE HELP! sorry - we should be paying you for all your time helping and playing with us on our computers! :)

Mel - Have fun with dh tonight, how nice, I can't wait until this wekend, I will get to go ou with dh too! and sydney will be at nana and papa's over night! WOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Have fun!!! :)

Okay time to get dinner started! Talk to you all later! :)

Thaks Michelle, you snuck in there on me! :) I got it now!!!!

Ok I got both those programs running and they found all kinds of junk on here. I'm sure the computer man will be impressed when he comes tomorrow! I'm ready for the chubby dolls now :), are you working on them? I think they will be soooooooooo funny! Have fun working on them, or taking a nap. Whatever you are doing!

Leigh I am having a hard time picturing you. Will you post a pic somewhere, I just can't shake the image of my mom whenever I see one of your posts LOL!

Everyone else should post more pics too, it's so fun to see everyone and their families. I will post more after the computer guy comes tomorrow and fixes whatever is wrong with this thing. Ok I really need to get off and get something done, no one told me how addicting this thing is!! I have no life other than SAHM'S!!!!!!

Hi again,
A get together would be great, but I won't be able to go. I will be in the middle of school next summer. But you all would have a great time. I am so tired, I think I will go to bed early tonight. have a good evening.

That reminds me, I would be in school too! I will hopefully be entering the masters program in mid-July next summer and it goes for a full year! Maybe I have a small break in there somewhere. Oh well I guess we can start planning it and see what happens :( I hope I can go!

Ladies....

It is what ever you decide on the time frame. It doesn't have to be quiet a year if alot of people can't go. We can always go in the spryng or something..... but again it is majority.

I also want a cubbie girl. I know it is alot of work for you Michelle.... Just let me know either way :)

Ok I will come back after I get all the bookwork done! Michelle and Jill wouldn't let me get my work done last night..... LOL :lol:

Busy threads!
Well, I won 2 auctions tonight :) The third ends on Thursday. That's always fun and addictive :D

Spryng- the chick enchilada suzia is my favorite Smart Ones meal too! I'm a huge snickers fanatic as well! You should have seen me while pregnant- that seemed like all I ever wanted. Sorry to hear about all the cyst problems :( No fun . . . I think I may have gained, but won't know until Friday either.

Di- I'm glad we've helped you feel better about the twins.Just the other day, Liam's pediatrician told me his granddaughter didn't say one word until she was two and then suddenly spoke nonstop, so maybe it will happen soon.

Cindi- It's wonderful that you've now stocked the place with healthy choices!

Jaymi- I bet that storm is driving you crazy!

Jill- can't wait to see more of Bayley. You're doing great today :D Uh. . . What do you mean? DOn't you know I look exactly like my signature doll?!?! :rofl: I'll repost a pic of me - one from 4th of July.

Penny- you are like the thread caretaker :lol: Thanks for keeping them all so manageable. What??? A get-together? That would be awesome!

Crystal- a nap is always a good thing. It's extrememly difficult for me to nap unless I don't feel well, but I've always wished I could. Do your kids get excited about school starting up?

Michelle- ohhhh! Crystal's pregnant doll is sooooooo cute!!!! I like the before/aftter doll idea . . .

Kristin - sorry you didn't get everything done that you've wanted today. And don't be too bummed about the gain - it looks like there will be others of us joining you this week in that! We're all going to have a better week next week.

Ricci- hope you feel rested in the morning!

Melissa- Have a wonderful date with DH ;)

Kristin's QOTD: my heritage is part German and part Eastern European (like part of what is now Lithuania, but it wasn't back then).

DH and Liam went to the grocery store with me this evening and DH said, "Now I realize how hard it is to shop with him. You should just go in the evening and I'll stay home with Liam." He's so sweet :) Liam's actually okay if I go with him in the morning. TTYL!

OH I was gonna say real quick.....

(I'm really not here... I am really doing paper work... :lol:)

Anyhow, I was gonna say I ordered the Suviral and I used it for a couple days. It has no side effects and I was not even sure if it was working. I couldn't tell any difference. I haven't used it consistently though......

Be Back Later on Tonight to post :)

Well I just got back from my second walk of the day! I am so proud that I got some exercise in today. I am going to try and do the same thing tomorrow. We'll see.

Leigh, great pic! You are beautiful and have a beautiful family! Thanks for posting it. I can now picture you and not my mom when I read your posts, oh ya and it does look just like your doll :)

Penny what do you mean we wouldn't let you do any work? Just because every time it was quiet we would yell your name? LOL Just kidding, that's funny. I guess we will let you get your work done now!

Ok I'll be back later. If anyone wants to chat just IM me, I'm leaving the computer on and I will check back every once in awhile. Have a great night everyone!

Oh ya, Leigh what did you win on e-bay? Anything exciting? Did you get a good deal?

Hi Ladies!

I am finished my work and heading off to bed! Hope everyone has a great night!

Not sure if you are all in startsampling.com but they are giving free Magic Erasers.. Here's the link:
http://www.startsampling.com/sm/5161/product.iphtml?item=5161&source=hms

TTYL!

Michelle, I did it. Yeah, I got my siggy straight. Thanks again for that, it's too cute.

Okay girls, good morning. I slept okay. It was Andrew's first night out. He went to sleep okay and woke up at 245 and came and got me. I tried to convince him to get back in his bed but he is still having a tough time understanding that is his new bed and he cried just alittle and woke up Ally. So we slept a few hours on the couch. Which is no different, I never wanted him to wake up dh and I don't want him waking up the girls. So I woke up about 515 and put him in his bed and I stayed up but he went to sleep. So, so far it seems about the same as it was, except I don't have to be as quiet in my room and instead of hearing him cry to wake me up, he just comes in there. We'll see how the next nights go, I am worried about nap time however.Today is dh's birthday, he's 26. We're gonna make him a chocolate cake and fry him fish for dinner, he loves it and I never ever cook it, because I don't like fish, but I'll make it for him.

Spryng, didn't see another post from you last night. Dh is leaving today, right? I know you're ready to have things back to normal.

Michelle, fevers still gone?

I don't know who brought up the thought of having a get together next summer and as great as an idea as that is, I'll be out, I'll have a little baby. I know it will be about six months old, but I don't leave my babies for any length of time or take them very far from home either. But you girls go ahead and maybe I'll jump in the next year.

Hi to Kristin, Penny, Melinda, Geri, Ginny, Jaymi, Cheri, Di, Leigh, Angel and anyone else I missed.I hope everyone has a great day. I'm staying home and finishing up some laundry and making dh's dinner and cake and working on school stuff. Maybe I can put in some crochet time too. We'll see. We start school in 2 1/2 weeks so I've got to be as prepared as possible. TTYL

QOFD: What is your favorite kind of fresh flower? Like as in a boquet?

My answer is lilly's and roses.

Kristins QOFD: All I know is one great g-ma on dad's side was full blood indian. One great g-ma on mom's side was full blood german. That's all I know. I don't know what the other one's were.

Ha Ha look at me! Crystal was the only one that posted before me! However I will be going back to bed soon, my baby woke up and wanted to eat which she normally doesn't do and then I couldnt get to sleep cause the dogs were barking! Anyway I thought I would get up and say hi before I tried to go back to bed. I have a computer guy coming out to fix some things on here so I can't wait till my computer runs smoothly again.
Ok QOTD: My favorite flowers in a boquet would have to be...................roses, I know kind of unoriginal but I love getting roses, they are so pretty, sunflowers are pretty in a boquet too.
Ok I'll be back at a decent hour to see what everyone has posted and I'll get personal then. Talk to you soon!

Morning :D We all slept until 8 . . . a beautiful thing! Actually, Liam's been known to sleep even later than that - it's nice. We had a quiet evening last night. I made Lamb and rice, then we watched several episodes of The Baby Human on Discovery Health Channel. Have you ever seen any of those? They're fascinating - all about infant mental development.

Jill- :bravo: on getting lots of exercise in. That's always the key for me. As for ebay - my current obsession (I go through phases) is winter baby clothes for Liam.So, will you try and nap today or not?

Penny- id you have a good sleep?

Crystal- I know it must be hard having Andrew somewhere different. Liam's still in our room - partially because I get freaked out thinking I may not be able to check on his breathing/hear him if he's in the other room. Happy Birthday to DH! :balloon:

QOTD: Lillies and pink roses (Neat that we're the same Crystal!)

This evening is book club. That should be a fun diversion :) With wine and snacks!

Welp,I survived the trip to Lanier Waterpark in GA.We had a blast even Grace rode the water rides.She was the perfect height.As far as me being OP that was'nt much of an option there.But I'm going to start all over today.

Michelle- :thanks: so much for the siggy.She really looks like my personality wants to be."A STAR"lol :lol: If I ever look like that i'll let yall know.I'm really glad to hear your babies are doing better. :bravo: :dance: .I know that spells relief for you.

I got to get off here and get this house put back together,I had it cleaned before I left but I don't know what happened.Anyhow i'll catch up to everyone this evening.I hope everyone has a great day.ttyl :df:

Good Morning Ladies!

Jill,
You poor thing! Go back to bed! Hope you get some rest today! And have a great ON PLAN Day :)

Crystal,
Do you think Andrew is going to start sleeping with you now every time b/c of his freedom? Hope everything works out ok!

QOTD: I love day lillies, and roses also!

Looks like we have something in common!

Have a great on plan day!

Awww man..... I missed two of you while posting.......

Leigh,
I watched the Human Baby also last night. Yes very interesting stuff. I am so glad Liam is sleeping so late! It is 8:09 now. Andrew just got up at 7:30 and the other two are still sleeping. But we will have to start getting into routine for school. Enjoy your bookclub tonight! Let me know how it goes!

Angel,
I am so glad the kids had such a wonderful time at the park! That's great! Get back on plan today though! :) You can do it !:)

Ok One more post from me... and then that's it.

I know alot of ladies are saying no to the meeting. Well, I talked to hubby last night and he is very concerned about me traveling far by myself. So I am not sure if I will be organizing the meeting or not :( He is just worried about me.

Anyhow, I was gonna tell Michelle... I looked into the Chubbiez last night and they were not all that chubby!!!! I guess I need an XXXL Chubbiez :lol:

Ok That's all for my folks :) TTYL!

Penny, Andrew and I slept on the couch EVERY night or almost anyways. I didn't want him waking up dh by crying and such so it's no different. If he were in his own room, I don't mind him crying, but I don't want him to wake everyone else up.

Leigh, Alisa slept in her own room at 6 months, Ally at newborn, that's the only place she'd sleep. Andrew is the only one that has ever been in my room this long. I like when they sleep in their own room, I just wasn't ready for Andrew to get out because that meant no longer the caged baby bed, it's more freedom and I didn't want him to share with the girls, but I didn't have a choice.
But I like putting my babies in their own room soon, I just keep a monitor right beside me.

I've got to eat breakfast. TTYL

Good morning all,

Bad storms last night so I didn't get to post. The boys are way to quiet upstairs so I hve to go see what they're doing! I'll be back later today or tonight.

I am baffled!! I wasn't able to get back online yesterday after my nap and now we are on a new thread that is 3 pages long??! Wow!! You little chatter boxes!!

DH let me sleep 3 hours for my nap!! Boy I needed it. Came down with that darn cold yesterday so I'm congested and all that. Not too bad when I'm up and moving but when I lay down I start coughing and can't breathe out of my nose. I hate that. Then I made dinner... dh LOVED it. It was chicken parmesan. One of my favorite recipes. And had a banana for dessert... so it was a great OP day. Then we watched Hidalgo... it that movie about that great horse race in Arabia. It has the cute guy in it from lord of the rings Viggo something is his name (not the elf, the guy that becomes the king) and his mustang. It's based on a true story and I really liked it. It cameout on video yesterday.
Anyway, then we watched Big Brother 5... can I just say Jase is an a**!! Excuse my french, but he really irritates me. And then the Amazing Race. I LOVE that show. I'm routing for either the married couple, Chip and Kim, or the little person Charla and her cousin Mirna. They were in Egypt last night!! My dream vacation would be there. I love the pyramids and all the stories that go with them.
OK, anyway... guess I'll try to get personal now. By the time I get done with this post a new thread will be started, lol.

Jaymi, I like those frosties at wendy's too. They are only 3 pts for the junior ones. Did you get your exercise in yesterday?

Penny, I think a get together would be great! Don't know if I could actually do it or not.. flying solo scares me senseless. So one of you fly here and then fly out with me and we'll have it made! LOL. But I would like to meet you all. It would be lots of fun! A year sounds good to me so I can save save save money. Yes Ava was on cloud nine and Bubba takes it well. He's only 3 stars behind her and he knows he'll get his treat once he gets enough stars. But it really is a great motivator, especially at dinner time because I give them a star when they eat well. So they've been eating better at dinner lately. Now you got the new puppy right? How are you enjoying that? I've been wanting to get a yorkie too.

Michelle, you can make me a chubby doll!! LOL... maybe it would be a good motivator to see what I once looked like and my new doll. :)

Kristin, so sorry about those 2#'s... but if you've gone down a size then that is good!!! Are you exercising alot? Because that could be the reason for your gain but still losing inches. It's hard to keep motivation at times. I hope you can find yours again. Don't give up!!! You WILL lose the weight and you WILL be healthy and you WILL be happy too!! And about nationalities... I am caucasion of course, lol. Got lots of mixed indian in me... Cherokee and another one (the name eludes me) but basically a hinz 57... LOL... some irish some english... etc.. a true mixing pot.

Melissa, how did the "date" go? What did you all do?

Crystal, how did andrew do in his new bed last night? I'm scared to put Tanner in with Bubba... I don't know how well he will sleep or if Bubba will leave him alone etc. When is your big ultrasound scheduled for? How far along are you again? I forget. My dh's cousin is now on bed rest.. she isn't quite 7 months along... scary for her. They already gave her some stuff to stop contractions and she has to take them every four hours. They are hoping she makes it another 4-5 weeks. I hope so too. Are you feeling the baby move yet? I'm so jealous!! Let me carry him/her for awhile!! LOL. And yes, dh left out at 8 am this morning on his way to Ohio.

QOTD--- my favorite flower is the red rose. It's a classic and I think it's beautiful and perfect. But if I had a second flower it would be the yellow rose... lol... I LOVE roses!!

Leigh, enjoy that book club tonight! Did you finish the book? How was it? Have you made any more saving dinner recipes?

Angel, welcome back! A water park sounds like lots of fun!

Penny, I can understand your dh's concern. But you are not too far from me! LOL... Someday I will be on your door step, lol. I have a cousin in New Orleans... how far are you from there?

Hello geri!! I got your card!! You are too sweet. How have you been doing?

Ok, I think I caught up with everyone. I hope anyway... I was going in order from the first post to the last so if I addressed you several times just ignore it, lol. I will be able to stay on top of posts today. Nothing planned except for tanning tonight. I still can't find that crochet hook so I guess I'll hit walmart this evening too. Dinner will be shake n bake pork chops and mashed potatoes and gravy and veggies. What are you all planning?

Well... gonna get off here and start working on Mt. Washmore (as flylady puts it, lol) TTYL!

Ok... here is that recipe I promised...

Green Chile Chicken Casserole
serves 6 @ 9 pts per serving

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
12 corn tortillas, cut into 4ths
16 oz low fat cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup low fat sour cream
1 can green enchilada sauce

Preheat oven to 350. In baking dish arrange chicken and sprinkle with cumin and garlic powder. Bake until chicken is cooked, 30 min or more. When cooled shred chicken for casserole (I just used my food processor)
Line the bottom on a med sized baking dish with half the tortillas. Top with half the chicken, 1/3 of the cheese, half the sour cream, 1/3 enchilada sauce, (you will end with cheese and sauce) Repeat layers , top with remaining sauce and cheese.
Tent with aluminum foil, bake for 45 min or until hot and bubbly- don't let cheese brown. Let stand 5 min before digging in.

per serving: 451 cals; 12 g fat; 3 g fiber; 33 g carbs

Good morning Ladies!

Gotta catch up on those questions:
OK- I'm 1/2 Dutch and the other half is a combination of German, Irish, Lithuanian and maybe something else.

Fav flower: I love the Stargazer Lilly, it smells delightful to me. It's a big huge lilly too, had some in my wedding boquet as well.

Leigh, have fun at the book club, nothing wrong with sippin on some wine! What book will you be discussing? I'm currently reading the Davinci Code, well I just picked it up and haven't even cracked the spine! I'm also reading a book on the teaching's of Buddha, it's tough reading.

Angel, sounds like you had a lot of fun at the water park. I can't wait to take my boys to places like that when they are a bit older. I know how impossible it is to stay on plan when you are at amusement parks. I think the only way is to bring your own food, and who has time for that?!! Anywho, I'm sure you'll get back on track quickly.

Crystal, I know watcha mean about the sleeping arangements. It's funny because my boys did share a crib when they were a few months old, but where moved into separate cribs when they were around 5 months old. They sleep best in their cribs, in their room. When they are sick, I'm always trying to get them to snuggle up with me in bed, and they will have none of it!! Which is just as well I suppose, as I need my space too.

Penny that's sweet that DH is so concerned for you! Traveling is a bit unnerving these days, I know. I would be up for a get together in the Spring of next year, this year is shot though! The XXXL Doll, LOL, maybe you should create one! I wish I was more computer savvy or I'd do it for both of us. ;)

Spryng, I LOVE Viggo (Morgenson sp?) anyway, he's hot, looking forward to seeing that movie now. I love the Amazing Race as well. I don't know who I want to win, most of them annoy me on and off. It seems like the little woman (Charla) does most of the work on that team! I'm routing for them quite often as well. How amazing did Egypt look, the pyramids all lit up at night?! Just wonderful!

Steve is away for dinner tonight, so I'll try and eat something light to stay on track, not sure what yet. I will probably make a whole wheat pasta salad with some good fixins in it and snack on that.

Geri, hope those storms pass you by quickly! Check in when you can.

Jill did ya go back to sleep?

Anyone up for chatting tonight? I can try and make it at around 10:15-10:30p central time. It's right around the time Logan and Ethan go down for bed, so as long as they don't fight me, I should be there.

Today we are going for our hearing tests, well the boys are I should say. I don't think they are going to take too kindly to having things placed in their ears, but we'll see. I'll let you know how it goes, I'm sure it will be nuts.

bye for now,
Di

Hello all! Well today is just starting for me really… I’ve been up for maybe an hour and a half… decided to sleep in today…. No exercise today… yet. No exercise yesterday. I don’t remember drinking any water either! I want to go to the pool or something today. No beach with that stupid hurricane or whatever that is. That weather totally sucks… The sun is beaming again.. Right now.. But I know that at any time…. It could start pouring… My hubby cut off all of his hair!! Woohoo!! I wanted to show him how much I liked it…. :lol: but… my daughter never went to sleep! At least she didn’t before we did! Ha, ha! She wont sleep in her toddler bed now..but we are gonna change that! Sometimes I think I’ve got a split personality… but maybe not! I had terrible, terrible nightmares again last night…. They really bite! I think that is a big part of my problem… now if anyone can tell me how to get to the route of THAT problem… I’d be happy to oblige! :lol: I’ve tried the stupid medicines from the doctor.. But they don’t work. So of course when you have a sleepless and bad night.. You wake up cranky…. So sorry chickies! Anyways we got about 10 bucks in our checking account… but I sure wanted to go buy me a swimsuit at walmart.. They are on clearance for 5 bucks! They are like a cotton-like material though… wonder what would happen if they got wet…hmmm… I’m just thinking that the boobie part won’t be enough room! Probably not! My favorite swimsuit broke at the beach.. Did I tell you all that?!? But luckily I caught it before my boobs popped out! I want to fix it… but it has that stupid plastic thing.. I was sooo blessed…. I had some safety pins inside of it… So for any of you with a two piece.. Always put a safety pin inside of the top just in case… I kinda like going to the beach… there are people there that you might say are too big to where a bikini! :joker: and there are people that are too skinny to wear a bikini!! :lol: So… who cares… I don’t… no cute guys either! :lol: Just my ol’ husband…(which is a cutie.. But doesn’t count!!! :) ) who doesn’t even pay attention… so no reason to be embarrassed! At least I could care less! Anyways….. I might go write a check…. Walmart usually takes about a week before they cash them anyways!! I’m so bad!!! I’m a baaad girl!!!! Well anyways I better get to doing.. Something! I need to get a move on because I gotta cook today…. Anyone want the recipe?!? It’s supposed to be a kid based recipe.. It sounds weird.. But I though.. What the heck…


Campbell's® Golden Sauced Meatballs
Prep/Cooking time: 30 min.


Ingredients:


1 lb. ground meat OR 1 lb. turkey
1/2 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
1 tsp. onion powder
0 dash worcestershire sauce
1 egg
1 can Campbell's® Golden Mushroom Soup
1/2 soup can water
1/2 soup can milk
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1 green onion, chopped OR 2 tsp. dried chives
1 tsp. minced garlic OR 1 tsp. garlic powder
1 packet artificial sweetener OR 2 tsp. sugar


Directions:

Mix thoroughly ground meat, bread crumbs, onion powder,
1-2 dashes Worcestershire and egg. Shape into small
meatballs.
In large skillet in a little hot oil, add meatballs and
cook until browned. Drain off fat. Mix together soup,
water, milk, 1 tsp. Worcestershire, green onion, garlic
and artificial sweetener. Add to skillet and simmer till
thick. Serve over cooked bow tie pasta, egg noodles or
mashed potatoes.
Tips If desired, stir in 1 can mushroom pieces (drained)
or 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms.



Anyways I will come back and comment later…. I gotta get a move on.. I will probably exercise later… Hope everyone is having a great day!

Quick Comments:

Kristin- I’m black.. But both of my great grandparents on both sides are white… My husband says that my dad is lying.. That he is really white. Most of my family has blue or green eyes and blonde hair…. And then some look like me… then some look Indian or something. Who knows… but since both of my parents are black…. I think… :joker: .. Then that’s what I say.. Beside.. With my big donkey butt… who can argue!! Ha, Ha!!

Michelle- Hey…. Maybe you can make me a doll with a white head and a black body!! :rofl: Nah.. Just kidding.. I like my doll… where do you go to make the names at?!? I love pink!!!!

Penny- I would love to meet .. If I didn’t have to fly! Ha, ha. Maybe since everyone is scared to go alone.. Maybe we can bring our families… I mean.. I don’t think any of the chickies here are serial killers...

ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol3:

Spryng- No I didn’t get to exercise…. But I love that recipe! :lol: I’m gonna save that recipe!! It even has the calories.. YAY!!!OH.. And girl you’re lucky you had a nap… what’s a nap?!? I havent had one in forever!

Leigh- That picture is sooo sweet!!! Aww you all are so pretty! You could be in a magazine..

Jill- You shouldn’t have to have a program.. I don’t! You select all the pictures and right click on them and it should have the option “send to” and it would say drive D or CDR.. Then you have your cd in there and it will copy the pictures on the cd…. As far as I know.. I don’t have any programs.. Try it out and see… I did it the other day.

QOTD- I don’t know too much about flowers.. I just know if they are a pretty color I like them.. But I like fake ones better!!!

Well I know I missed some of you.. But there’s sooo many!! I hope everyone has a great day.. I’ll try to get to the ones I missed next time!!

Oh my goodness! What a difference a few hours makes on this thing! And for those of you who asked yes I did go back to bed but the baby got me up again around 8 so that was ok but she ate and went back to bed. She must be going through a growth spurt. Anyway I need to get a shower before the computer guy comes but first I'll get personal.

Leigh that's cool about the winter clothes. I was doing the same thing for awhile but I found quite a bit of stuff on clearance last winter at the Gap for Bayley so I don't need too much now. Isn't e-bay great for that kind of stuff! Whenever I find something I want in stores around here I go home and check e-bay first because sometimes even with S&H it's still cheaper! I love it!

Angel how fun to go to a water park. I'm with Di and can't wait till my daughter is old enough. I know she will love it, she already loves thrills!

Penny no luck finding REAL chubbies after I signed off? They have quite the nerve calling those chubbies, I'll show them chubby LOL!! Anyway we have a year or maybe a little less to convince our hubbies that it is ok for us to go on a trip, I know he is scared for you but you also deserve it after all the hard work you put in at home and with all of us! Mabye he will start feeling better about it, hang in there!

Crystal sorry you still had to sleep on the couch last night. I'm sure that is getting old. My baby as a newborn also liked her own room, she wouldn't sleep in our room or she would wake up. Funny how every kid is different!

Geri, Quiet kids = Disaster but I'm sure you already knew that, hope everything is ok :)

Spryng don't you know better than to not check these boards 20 times a day!! It always surprises me how much people write when I am gone for like an hour. Sorry about your cold, I hope you feel better. Maybe you will just have to hang out on the computer all day with us, LOL. I watched BB5 last night for the first time and I could not believe the cockiness of Jase and the other guy that was up for elimination!! I wanted to slap both of them! I couldn't even watch most of it cause I got so p*ssed! Anyway I watched some of Amazing Race also but needed to get to bed so didn't finish it, who go eliminated? That recipe sounds soooooo good, I think I will make it tonight. Is is on WW? I'm not familiar with WW so I am trying to find out more about it.

Di, I am with you on the whole posting thing. You think you get up at a decent hour and people are already half through their day! That's why I was so excited to post early this morning. Maybe we should both get up really early and post and then go back to bed so we can be here when everyone else is LOL! My baby doenst like to cuddle with me either. She is very independent and doesnt like to be restrained she has always been like that and my mom hates it cause she wants a cuddly grand daughter. I think it is ok though cause I'm not done having babies and Iknow one of them will be a cuddler! Well good luck at the hearing test. I don't envy you trying to get your kids to put things in their ears LOL that wouldn't fly with mine!

Jaymi that sucks about the storms, hopefully you can get in some sort of outside fun today without getting poured on. I will try the CDR thing again and see if it works, I will also ask the guy who is coming to fix my computer if he can help me out. Might as well use him while he is here :) Good luck on getting some exercise in! Thanks for the recipe!

Kristin do not worry about the weight gain, I would definitely just go on inches. I know a few years back when I was losing weight, I first started by losing pounds and inches but then just kept losing inches and either staying at the same weight or gaining a little. If you are working out at all your body is putting on muscle and I'm sure you know that it weighs more than fat. So keep at it and take those measurments! Congrats on the smaller size! That's what really matters!

Ok I'm sure someone else posted while I was writing but it took me soooo long to write this that I really need to go take a shower now. TTYL!!

It's me again! Just trying to keep up with you all! LOL

Jill, yeah this big brother season gets on my nerves too... that whole 4 horseman crap is annoying. They are devious... but I love the twin twist so I keep watching. The get to enter the house together this thursday!! I'm so excited! And on the amazing race, the bowling moms were in last place but they were not eliminated!! But they did get all their money taken away so for the next part of the race they have to get to the destination without money which will be hard in egypt where people are poor. But it will be interesting. I never saw the other seasons of the amazing race and now I am kicking myself... it's so neat! And no that recipe is not a ww recipe. I have a book called Saving Dinner (here is the site http://savingdinner.com/menumailer.html) I bought the book off of amazon.com but you can also subscribe to the email mailer which Leigh has. They have great recipes and shopping lists and even adds what to have on the side, which is great for me. Helps me get in more veggies because it's usually baked sweet or regular potatoes, salads, etc. Check it out if you have time. But if you want to know more about ww then check out www.weightwatchers.com and they have a little tour you can take... you can do ww online too if you want or buy your materials off ebay and do it even cheaper. I don't go to meetings, I just do it on my own here at home.

Jaymi, so sorry about your nightmares. I have no clue how to get rid of them. I went through a phase once where I was having terrible ones too and I just modified my life some... eased some stress and prayed right before going to sleep and it really did help. Maybe you can keep a journal and write down your dreams... maybe something is bothering you in your life and you just need to address it so you can move on. That is what mine were usually about.

Di, I have heard of the davinci code... is it a movie too? The last book I read was Intensity by Dean Koontz... very riveting and scary book! Keeps you on the edge of you seat until the end. I recommend it to everyone. And I agree with you about Charla, she is one determined woman. She pulls her weight and her cousin's most of the time. Hope the hearing tests go well! Keep us updated!

Well.. guess I should find me some lunch. I took some dayquill stuff (yuck) it almost made me puke. So nasty... orange flavor my butt... lol... so I need something to get that taste out of my mouth. I don't know if I will chat tonight or not. This cold is making me very tired... but we'll see. TTYL!

Hi girls

I have been mia for a while, but hi again. And I to all the new people here. This thread is growing. My name is Julie and sahm of two a three and a five year old.

Spyrng, missed you while you were gone. I always am a lurker here! As you guys have the same issues I do. I hope you are feeling better. Did hubby ever fix your plumbing problem for you before he left?

Jaymi, hi I love reading your posts. You sound like a funny girl! You crack me up sometimes. I can relate with an irritating hubby sometimes too!

Leigh have fun at your book club! I would love a girls night out. Or just a night out for that matter :lol:.

Well kiddos are asking for lunch, gotta run. I will try to post here more often. I love how busy it is here, hard to keep up but nice to know you guys are always here! Julie, Hi everyone

Hey girls!!

Quick post from me since Taylor is throwing a fit lol. Poor girl was looking forward to spending the day with daddy but he got called in to work to take care of some stuff :( So shes really bummed out and feeling like daddy abandoned her he felt horrible though.

Looks like my phentermine is doing a good job so far no "official" loss since I was bouncing between 217 and 221 but hopefully my weigh in on Sunday will be great. I ate 24 of my 26 points yesterday and haven't eaten anything yet today but I'll have a decent size lunch and dinner. Hubby and I are planning on taking the girls for a walk this evening so that will be nice.

Penny you are right the chubby dolls arent as "chubby" as they should be but you can tell the difference between the skinny dolls and they chubby ones lol. Perhaps when I get better at code and stuff I'll make some "real" chubby dolls!

Jaymi I have a few sites I use to make dolls that have great doll makers on them, I also subscribe to thedollpalace.com which is awesome!! Check it out! Its only 2 bucks a month for the subscription and she has thousands of doll parts.

Spryng that recipe sounds awesome!!! Are the kids so excited to have mommy back?

Oh man I gotta run sorry to cut this short, taylor is having a serious meltdown.
love to all
Michelle

Hey! A quick post from me... I took some dayquill but it is still making me sooo drowsy so I'm about to go down for a nap. I just feel like crap today. I haven't did anything I needed to, like laundry. But the nice thing is... it will be there tomorrow! LOL.

Michelle, I'm looking forward to your wi! Sounds like you are excited about it as well! How is your exercising going? And I know Ava is glad to have me back. She tells me constantly. Bubba hides his feelings well but I can tell he's glad to be home and back in his bed. Tanner is same old Tanner, lol. I was so afraid he would forget me or feel like I up and left him but he hasn't shown any signs of that... just the same cute baby as always LOL.

Hey Julie! So glad you posted. It's hard to keep up with all of us sometimes... I can barely do it, lol. And no, Dh did not do anything about the plumbing problem. But who ever said it might be clogged lines must have been right. He did use the plunger on both the toilet and the tub and no problems as of today but I was a little ticked that he didn't call someone to make sure it didn't need anything else. I just hate it when he knows there is a problem and then leaves me with it. Like a electrical outlet in Bubba's room... he knows it sparks and has problems so you would think he'd fix it for me because I worry about fire, but he still hasn't even looked at it. Drives me nuts. But he did mow the lawn yesterday so that is something, lol. I'll take what I can.

ok, I'm off here for a nap now. Hopefully I'll feel more energetic when I get up. TTYL!

Michelle,

Thanks for the doll! Wish I was a good looking as she is lol!!

No exercise today unless you count bending towards the stove to get the cookies I baked out. Only ate about 10 of them myself...TOM came today :(.

I'll be back later chickies!

Gonna Start a New Thread!

See ya there! SAHM'S 233