WW Clubs and Groups - **night Owls #10**

Good morning all. Thought I would start another thread as the last one was 2 pages long.

How's it going for everyone? I lost another .5 pounds yesterday and will take that. It was only 4 days on the program, so it was a short week. Now the next weigh in will be in 9 days. I guess that's the disadvantage of having to work shift work, but at least I can get to one of the meetings each wee. Makes a huge difference for me. I really am one that needs to go and weigh in every week to be accountable.

Not too much planned for today. Laundry and cleaning. We're having a garage sale on Saturday. Hope to get rid of some stuff that has been sitting around for a while.

Have a good day. Glad to see some of the regulars coming back, even if it's just to say hi. We don't always feel gabby all the time, and I think that everyone knows that!!

:lol:

Hi There Everyone!!

Wow, I finally got on this thing for more than 30 seconds. It seems pretty quiet in the old nest lately. I guess we are all busy enjoying the beautiful weather. As usual I have been off program lately. Yesterday I got back on track though, I keep going up and down 3.5lbs and am getting tired of it, I am going to try to stay on program and get past the point I get studk at which is 195.5(on my scale) this morning I was 203.5(my scale) weight watchers scale is different than mine and I am determined to make my meeting next week.

PJ, don't worry there girl, I am starting to really understand senior moments, I have them quite regularly:lol: . How's everything going girl?

Setina, where are you?

EmmyHey there girl, I have missed you. How are things going? Remember take it one day at a time

See Ya
Brenda

Just testing out some of these functions.

Can't stay, just wanted to post a cute little animation I found on the web while I was looking up some info on a horse that's "cribbing" terribly. Penny will know what i'm talking about. ;)

Here you go..........

Hi there, just a quickie. Candice, you look fabulous, don't look a day over 30. Don't fall for that old saying that when you lose weight, you look older. You look great and anyone else who tells you different is just jealous.:dizzy:

Hi There,

Candice, hey you don't need a pool to wear your bathing suit;) It is soooooo muggy I just can't stand it. Love the picture.

Hey anyone seentara lately? I haven't been here much so maybe I have just missed her but I would love to see you post again tara. Miss Ya!

How is everyone doing?This is my 4th day on program I am really working on it. The weekend will be the challenge though. I really have to work at making sure I am satisfied. It just really seems like alot of work though. I have been taking my lunches to work and avoiding the cafateria. Today and Yesterday I felt like I was cheating so bad I took a marinated chicken thigh and grilled it on my George Foreman grill, 1 cup of stove top, made without butter, 1/4 cup of fat free gravy and a whole can of green beans. Boy did I feel satisfied and it really held me for awhile. This is the only way that I will stay on program, if I put the work into making something that really satisfies me. The problem is, I do good for awhile and then it just seems like too much work and I stop doing it and ofcourse I fall off program.

Well See ya

Bren

Here is a post from Alley-Ooop from #9. Didn't want anyone to miss it.

All this talk about horses makes me want to tell you my tale of woe for the week. Glad I can look back on it and laugh, though.

Sunday, I went riding for the first time in weeks. (been working too much!) When I was riding more frequently, I bought a great pair of Ariat paddock boots. ---for you non-horsey people, this is one of the major boot makers and paddock boots come up above your ankle---- Anyway, these were the latest ones (got a really great deal and had gift certificates to use!) I think they are called Expeditions or something like that.....SUPER comfortable!! Well, they didn't even need a "break-in" period, they were so comfortable right away! Well, after not riding for a while, the skin on my heels was torn up at the end of the day. Ouch! Two already popped and fire engine red blisters on one heel, and one on the other. I haven't been able to wear shoes with backs all week! I have to walk my older son to kindergarten every day, about a 15 min walk each way (hello! that's an hour a day! LOL, not a job for my sandals, either) and I had to "modify" my sneakers to be able to walk by smooshing down the heel part. How lovely! What is usually a great way for me to get in my exercise became torture for the first couple of days. Phooey! Made a lovely fashion statement at work, too. Luckily, I work at an animal hospital and we're supposed to wear sneakers, but my modified pair, along with the band-aids to cover the ugly boo-boos were laughable. So one day, I decided to use my kids "tattoo" band-aids. They really look like tattoos! So much so that some of my co-workers and our clients actually thought I got tattoos on the backs of my heels!!

PJ: I checked out your link to the stable pictures. Nice place you've got there....and nice equine friends, too!!

Hello to everyone else from a lurker.....LOL to SueBee on your "okay lurkers come on out....I can hear you breathing!!."

Hi Alley-Oop,

Thanks for stopping by, hope you will join in on a regular basis so we can get to know you. Don't forget we can hear you breathing;) LOL. Wow what a day you had, the boots sound awesome but I hope your heels heel soon. My 8 year old neice is taking lessons and ended up being dragged by her horse, she is okay thank goodness, just some scrapes. That happened on wednesday and she is all recovered. Anyway, just wanted to say hi there.

Brenda

Hello ladies!

I am around - mostly lurking - been really busy. I am up so late because my brother got married tonite and I just got home at midnite! I am too pumped up to sleep!!

I am doing ok - nothing new with me. Work is busy, etc. But I try to get here when I can. I lurk alot!!

I have to run - I will be around next week for sure. Its going to be quiet at work.

Here is a pic of my brother and his new bride. I hope you like it!

Tara :D

Wow, is it hot!! For once I don't feel like eating much, usually the heat or anything else for that matter doesn't stop me from eating.:lol:

Candice, yes the frozen meals are great and believe me I do use them a few times a week, just not too often because of the sodium, even though so far sodium doesn't seem to affect me much. What REALLY affects me and I really have to watch out for is not Getting enough fat. I am one of those people who can go almost totally fat free as long as I can eat plenty of it but every time I find myself doing that, My weightloss totally stops, as soon as I add some fat it starts down again, I just add a little like 1T of butter or some real salad dressing or whatever and it seems to do the trick. I remember when I did nutri-system years ago that one of the requirements was to add 1tsp of oil to your salad everyday.



Tara, so glad to see your post, we have missed you. I was hoping everything was okay with you. I am not around much either, just no time. But i am trying to do a bit better. I have not done well on program but the last 5 or 6 days I have done well and the scale is finally moving a little bit.



PJ I don't know if you got my last e-mail or not but I wanted to let you know that I may be in Florida September 22-29, we are just trying to get finalized now. It is a special my sister found out about where each child accompanied by an adult gets free airfare, hotel, and disney world entrance. So It will be my sister and her husband and their 2 kids and my mother and I and my 2 kids, that way all the kids will go free. We will be staying right inside the park. Anyway, knowing my sister, our itineraries(sp?) will be quite full but I am hoping you and I can get together for lunch or dinner or something? It would be soooo cool to finally meet my owl bud. I will let you know when it is finalized.

Judygal & Emmy, how you gals doing?

Hello to everyone else,

Brenda

Hi Bren...I am guiltyof not eating any fat also and I have to watch that! I just use some olive oil or a light salad dressing but have to remember to add it! I don't want to get used to using butter again!:eek:

You really do have to plan to eat healthy..it is so easy to just pick up anything:nono:

A picture of my veggie garden lookng out my kitchen window:) Can't wait to harvest it..Fresh tomatoes..Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Hi Owls,
My it has been quiet around here, I haven't been online in over a week and was surprised not to see an overwhelming amount of posts to read. I have been working some long hours. But, thankfully the 12 hour days are over for the summer anyway.
We have been having a heat wave 90 or above for the last 3 days. Yuk!! I like nice weather but this is to much for me, I will take 75 anyday!!!!.

PJ - did you find any helpful info on the cribbing?? Would love to see the pictures of the barn, How do I find them?

Alley- oop - I have had the same pair of Ariats for 5 years and never had any problems, The only thing is you have to be careful they break at the seams alot, keep them well conditioned and watch the seams I have had to have mine restitched twice now. So how did you get the blisters?, did you wear them without any socks on??? Hope you feel better soon.

Candice, You look great!! and I love your garden, mine is not so nearly well taken care of, usually don't do much until the weeds get so thick I can't find the fruits and veggies

Take care all gotta run

Hi Girls!

Now that I have more computer time, I am going back and reading past posts, so I can get caught up. I hope all the husbands had a nice Father's Day. My headaches are seldom now.. I wish Setina would post because we found a medication that really helps me.

I hope you guys have a great week ahead.

:^:

Hey There Owls!!!

It is so good to see ALL of youposting...... I have been away from the computer since Thursday and am trying to play catch up...so here goes......

TARA ...Love your Picture ...your brother is very handsome and DOES look somewhat like George Clooney. They both look very happy and I hope they will always stay that way!!SO what I want to know is where is a apicture of you and Paul??? I am waiting.....

BREN...Your meal sounds wonderful...what a great idea!! I know what youmean about the planning thing...that is where I always slop up...when I get lazy. I am trying to do better and I am losing but is is very slow....like a pound a month. But at least it is going in the right direction!?!?!

CANDICE... YOu loolk great!! and I am envious of your green thumb....that is SOME garden! Iknow that you really do put a lot of time and effort into your yard and garden and boy does it show!!!

PENNY...Good to see you!!! WOW 90 degrees ...that is hot!! I dont think we have been that hot here in VA....but we have a taste of humidity lately....Had time to ride?? I hope so

PJ...How are the stables coming along...any new pictures??? I checked out your picture trail but it was a couple of weeks ago so please let me know if you have added more. I can't remember if I told you or not what a beautiful young girl Jackie is becoming...reminds me a bit of her Mother...Hope Bill had a great day!!

ALLEY-OOP...Welcome to the Nightowls....Hope your heels are better...that is so funny about the tattoos...my boys would love band- aids like that!! SUEBEE...How are things up your way??? Having fun with Scottie now that he is out of school??? Are you working part time for the summer...did I read that? or am I mixed up???

JUDYGAL...So glad to hear you are feeling better!!! I am glad they found a medicine that works for you!! And I ope Setina checks in...it would be wonderful if it would work for her too!!

Hope I didn't miss any of you ....I am tires...we just got back from a 3 hr drive from the lake...Great weather tho so no complaints from me....just that my computer was not up there this weekend so I was having internet withdrawal.

Have a great night everyone and I hope all the Dads had a great day!!!

emmy[

Hi there Nightowls!

Just thought I'd give all of you a bit of info about me. I live in southern NJ, am 32 y/o, married, mother of 2 boys: Ryan, 6 and Ethan, 2.

I started WW in Oct of 99, when Ethan was 5 months old. This was the highest weight I've ever been: 256#!! Yikes! I did pretty well on WW123, lost 30#, but due to a change in work schedule, I stopped going to meetings and my motivation went out the door. At the end of the summer last year, I decided to take up my life-long love of horseback riding. When I was a kid, I was a horse NUT! I lived at the barn where I rode. Anyway, it was about 15 years of that missing in my life and it was the best thing I ever did for myself....for ME. Well, this spring, I decided to get back on the WW wagon, but without the meetings. The leader I liked so much now only is there when I'm at work. (I work at an animal hospital-veterinary technician, but also do a lot of front office stuff.) I gotta shop around for another meeting. The leader that is there when I'm able to go isn't motivating me. When I weighed myself this spring, I was up a bit: 242. Now I'm at 218. Still highly motivated, so at least I have that going for me. ;) I've loved 3FC since Oct of 99, but only recently did I peek in here and discovered some of you talking HORSE!! So I've kind of got to know you all from lurking, and I wanted to really introduce myself. I think the only thing you all knew about me before was that I was a horse lover!!
So, that's my story.....my heels are FINALLY healed, too! :lol:
I have to pass on this tip while I'm here: Have any of you ever heard of Taste of Home's Light and Tasty magazine? If not, you REAALLLY have to check it out. I have a few issues and the recipes are incredible!! They even give all the nutritional values so I can figure out the points. Tonight, I made Chicken Stroganoff and I can't believe how great it was!!
Good night, NightOwls! (it's 12:45a now and I'm off to bed!)
Ally

Penny.....that's a heat wave! I hate it when it is so hot and humid..I'm with you on the 75 temp!:lol: My garden used to get very weedy when the kids were younger, no time but now I keep up with it on a daily basis and I like being outside as you know so it keeps me busy and I love it!

Hi Judy..gald your headaches are better, what medicine is it:?:

Hi Emmy.....hope you got some rest! You really seem to enjoy going to the lake. A pound a month is a great way to be losing..they say slow is so much better!:smug:

Hi Ally...I love the new Taste of Home magazine, :D I used to get the regular one but tired of having to make the recipes lower calories so when they came out with this one I was thrilled..already got my subscription! Have your tried the Tuna patties yet with parsnips, they are wonderful! I'm gonna look up that stroganoff one right now. Thanks for telling us. I have 3 magazines so far.

Here is a wild flower picture..they reseeded themselves and are doing great! I planted them a year ago spring.:)

Hiya everyone!

Emmy it sure is good to see you also. When you go to the lake, do you camp out or do it like me... find a hotel? :)

Candice, the medication is called amitriptiline or something like that. It is some kind of anti depressant that also works as a headache preventer. I've been taking it for a few weeks. Do you get headaches like mine? I just LOVE the photos you've been posting.

Hi Ally, it's good to meet you. I am a fellow easterner born and raised in NY (Long Island). I am not really into horses much but I am into these wonderful nightowl friends! You'll love it here!

Penny, it's been really hot here in St. Louis too. It hit a record high today somewhere in the upper 90's. I'm sorry you've been working so many hours. I hope you get some time to yourself.

BREN!! I am doing so well now that school is over, Mike's graduation is completed and my headaches are easing. So it's a great start to summer. I miss you a lot. I'd do just about anything to be with you and PJ when/if you get to meet. SInce I can't, you guys better take LOT'S of pictures!

Tara, that pic of brother and wife is great. Thanks (again) for the wonderful newsletter you send out. I'm so glad you find the time to do it and know how! For a teacher, you'd think I knew how myself!!

Suebee, hey there! Boy we haven't "chatted" in ages. It's nice to be on here the same time you are! I can't wait to find out how your summer is beginning.

Pamela, Pamela, Pamela, I have been looking at your pics and feel as though you really CAN take the NY gal out of the city! Did you hear about that fire in Astoria?

What is it with fires lately. This fire where the 3 firemen were killed on Father's Day was so sad.

If I missed anyone, I apologize. I hate to do that. I'm OP and going to be in a smaller size by the end of the summer so when I walk into school the first day, people notice!

Judy, that is what I take at 8pm for Fibro to get deep sleep but I have been on it for years and it is losing it's working ability! I need to up it but it causes weight gain! I only take 20 mgs. I have some nuerontin to try but I'm afraid too! So many side effects of everything:( Glad you found something to work!

Hi all:wave:

Good morning all. Just reading and catching up on everything that everyone has to say.

It's been hot and humid here for a couple of days, but the good news is that we now have central air. Yeehaa. I had to work a couple of night shifts and it was great being able to sleep in the day time and actually have to throw a blanket on me.

Scott has 2 more weeks of school left and both of us are looking forward to the end of school. He really enjoys the play time during the day and I'll be glad of not having to make lunches and get him off to school or the babysitters. Summer will go by very quickly for us I'm sure. I pretty much have full time hours for the month of July and then in August I will be taking a week off for the cottage and a week off to be the camp nurse at a camp that Scott and his cousin will be attending.

We had a garage sale on Saturday and were able to get rid of lots of stuff that has been sitting around for a while. We had advertised that it would start at 0830, but when Rob was putting stuff out at 0730, people were coming and checking it out. We could see some of the 'professionals' out and about that morning, who are serious about garage sales. There the ones who pull up in an old beater of a car and about 5-6 people swarm out and go through all your stuff in 5 minutes. It was an interesting day for sure.

Take care and hope to hear from you all soon.

Candice: I love your flowers. Unfortunately the only thing when it comes to flowers/plants for us is...plastic or silk!! I don't have the love like other people have for their gardens.

I started reading all of your posts and decided I would print them out since there is so much going on with you all and I am not very good on memory these days.

Candice - Sorry it took me so long to get the pictures up......I made a special thread JUST FOR YOU. :D It has a link to my PATHETIC GARDEN and then there is a url to the others with what my garden usually looks like. I must say though, you put anything and everything I do to shame.....BIG TIME. I only WISH I could accomplish such beauty. I love flowers and plants, especially when I grow an entire new plant from a tiny little piece from another. That's pretty much how I do most of it. I also share and trade "pieces" with my neighbors and this way we all get to try a different flower or plant. Really beautfiul view from your kitchen window. ......there is nothing like a tomato that was picked two days ago, left on your window sill to ripen to a deep beefy red and then just sprinkle it with a little bit of salt and BITE INTO IT. So you put your swimsuit on to work outside, huh? LOL....I do that all the time here because it gets so hot in the summer months that if I don't jump into the pool every 1/2 hour or so to cool off and to chug down ALOT of water...I'd be one very dehydrated and sick Floridian. Although I think I scare most of my neighbors off when they see me in MY suit.....I POSITIVE that doesn't happen to you. You look wonderful and don't you believe that crapola about looking older when you lose weight. I mean REALLY Candice....don't you FEEL better AND look better....I think you look absolutely beautiful and most of all....very healthy and happy. I, on the other hand....really have to be careful in the heat down here. Especially people like me that once I get started on something, I don't stop until I'm done.

SueBee - I"m with you on the bologna about looking older when you lose weight. If that were the case, why does everyone look and feel so good when they DO lose weight? Hmmmm??? Bet you're really enjoying that central air. Will Scott go to summer camp or any kind of summer day program? I STILL have to make lunches since Billy goes to summer camp. Every day from 9-3pm. Although, since it's offered through the town rec. dept....it's totally free!!!! (well, not really.,....our taxes pay for it) and I get him there pretty much whenever he wants...usually around 10. If it's too hot, I pick him up early. Where is your cottage? It's always nice to get away, isn't it? But then, it's always nice to come home too.....makes us appreciate it a littlle more.


Hey Brenda - Hey, nothing worth having ever comes easy. You keep making those meals. You'll be glad you did when you really start seeing your body changing again. Glad your niece is ok. She just HAD to get back up and start all over again, otherwise she'd have that fear and she'd never get over it...atleast not for a long time (personal experience.....LOL). As for the FAT intake......I don't really watch the FAT as much as I watch the CHOLESTEROL. It seems to be the right thing for me since I'm now into a size 16 perfectly. So let's see now....In about nine months....I've gone from a size 22 back down to a 16. :eek: Really makes me happy to see it on "paper"/monitor....:lol: I'm losing more inches than weight but that's ok, I suppose that's my body makeup and I'll take the loss any way I can get it. Hey - My B'day is Sept. 18th so you'll be here just after. My hangover SHOULD be gone by the time you get to Florida.;) And of course I'll meet you. Since we'll be on YOUR time....you just let me know what's good for you and I'll be there. This is going to be awesome to finally meet. And yes....I'll bring the digital camera and post them the next day if not that night. Heh-heh

Alley-Ooop - Ok....come on girlfriend...what's your real name? heh-heh. When I read your post about the tattoo band-aids, I almost pee'd my pants. That was great! I'd like to get those too.....my son would love them! Glad you liked the pics of the stables. I think the "equine" friends are nice also but their owners aren't so bad either. :) We all get along so well and now that the ONE person who didn't clean up after herself and had five horses there has left....we've got new boarders that fit in much better since they're as concerned with the cleanliness of the barn as the rest of us. We're doing thorough background and reference checks now. Adrienne is really getting a crash course in barn management but I tell ya...she's holding her own. After all, it's her place and she doesn't want to lose it and that means keeping it up and keeping good boarders in there.

Tara - TARA????? Is it....could it be.....it's YOU????!!!! TARA, TARA, TARA.........:D So nice of you to join us once again. LOL....seriously, you're missed very much when you don't show your "face" around here so don't pull that disappearing act again, you hear? You get us all worried. :( and your brother is very handsome but let's not forget what a beautiful bride SHE is. Hope you and she get along well and you gain a sister.

Penny - Yes, stopped the cribbing. Wanna know how? LOL...put a chain muzzle on him for one day..LOL....as soon as he started to do it again.,...we just had to SHOW it to him. Now don't all of you owls go nuts on me now....it does not hurt the horse at all...just keeps him from chewing through something like a thick fabric and I'm sure it's not the most comfortable thing in the world either. Anyway, he's left the barn now so that's that. NEXT!!!! :lol:
Here's the link to my picture album page. It's the first album you'll see: http://www.picturetrail.com/pembers Enjoy.

Emmy - You knoooooow, flattery will get you just about everywhere. LOL Bill did have a great day as did the rest of us. Haven't added any new STABLE pictures...just the one album of my pathetic garden that I totally shocked when we moved and transplanted the largest and most beautiful plants/bushes we had. AAAGGGHHHH.:mad:

Judy - So nice to see you here. How wonderful to get some relief from your headaches. I'm going to try and call Setina tonight and see if I can reach her. I'll tell her to email you on the medication. Okay with you? And no....I didn't know anything about the fire in Astoria. I asked Bill and he told me. I'm going to look up more on MSNBC here on the puter. How awful! I don't think Fathers Day will be quite the same for those families for a very long time. What an awful, awful thing to happen!

Geeez, I'm probably going to get kicked off for writing such a long post. I told you guys I printed out the printable version of the thread and that way I'm able to read everything you all said. <grin> Besides, for those of you who have spoken with me on the phone... you KNOW you can't expect to get off within a 20 minute period. Heh-heh....
I'm getting my exercise in, getting tan from being outside so much and also getting very sore. I am doing my best not to over-do it as far as ANY physical work goes but some days are just worse than others when it's raining so much like it has been here lately. It's really a blessing in disguise though, Florida really needed it.

Ok, ok, ok......I'm leaving. I'm out of breath now anyway.
Sweet Dreams my friends,
Hugs to you all,
~Pamela~

I miss you guys! My life has been crazy lately. I will go into details later but between work and sickness I have not been able to do to much at all. I found out I was anemic too...just shoot me LOL. I will try to post at least once a week starting out and get better.

I am just concentrating on trying to get better right now. The doctor said that has to be my number one priority now and then worry about the weight loss.

I hope you are all doing great. I will try to at least lurk and maybe post during the week but hopefully I can start posting at least on the weekend. I have so many friends here and I miss you all.

Judy-Please email me all about the meds-WatermelonCrazy@aol.com

Tara-Did you hear on the news yesterday they may pull Synthroid? I sure hope not because it is helping me-what do you think? Thanks for the nice card you sent me! That meant a lot.



Have a great day!

Love you all-

Setina

Oh wow...I can't handle this...HOLD ME BACK!!!! You AND Tara have come back to the nest. I think I'm going to....wait....aahhhh...




oh, hi. It's ok. I just passed out for a minute there. You know, the shock and all of seeing posts from BOTH Tara and Setina. Whew, I guess it was just too much excitement for me. <grin>

I know, I know....you just wanna WHACK me, don't ya Setina and Tara? Heh-heh...weeeell, ..................YOU CAN'T..........'cause you live too far away, seeeee? So there!

So. Now that that's all over and done with. Here's a picture of my daughter Jackie and I that I took last night. Heh-heh.
See ya later.
AND I BETTER SEE YOU TWO TOO!!!!!!! Ya got that?????!!!!
please????????? Thank you... <squirm>

PJ..Your description of the fresh tomato makes me want one right now! Nice picture of you and Jackie..I suppose she was trying to make that face with her tounge out!:lol: Cute She is so dark and such big blue eyes...Shes a looker!

SueBee..I need to have a garage sale but don't want to do the work! I have so much junk around here and no place to store it! A nurse a Scotts' Camp, that will be nice:) Your cottage sounds so peaceful, you should post some pictures of it!

Setina..good to see you post, hope you get some headache relief like Judy:) You get all rested up now...ya here!

Hello there. Glad to be able to read some posts again. Sounds like everyone is busy!!

That's all for today. Somehow it seems so inadequate as compared to PJ. LOL. Man that girl can talk/type. Love to hear about what's going on with her though. PJ......still waiting on the Kashi.

Have a good day everyone. The laundry is still waiting for me.

SueBeeHi

I'm just trying this out. I don't think I've figured out how to do the two things at one time though. Anyone interested in telling me how.

Just want to see what huge is.

PJ - I would never whack you!! LOL I am here - I mostly lurk nowadays - I am pretty busy!

Setina - I am sorry to hear about your anemia! And I agree with your doctor - concentrate on getting better. The weight loss will follow. I only heard a small rumor about Synthroid. I can't imagine them taking it off the shelves! I don't take that - I take levoxyl. I mean Synthroid can't go away - I can't imagine! I will have to investigate....

:wave: Hi to everyone else - I have to run the work is calling me -- I should change my name!

Tara :D :D

Ok, so this isn't a "nightowl" message, which I usually am, but I fell asleep!! How'd that happen!?!? LOL! :lol:

I'm with PJ about the ripe tomato description...makes my mouth water. Can't wait for those good Jersey tomato crops to come on up! (that and Jersey corn is sometimes a good consolation prize for saying I live here!....not like being from Florida!);)

And actually, my name IS Ally. Well, it's Alyce (like Alice), but since I've known my hubby, he's called me Ally, so I use both. There's a story behind that, but I won't bore you with it.

I'm so jealous of the beautiful garden pictures I'm seeing! I'm a beginner at it. We've only been home owners for 3 years and never did anything other than mow the lawn before that. So, I'm figuring things out as I go. It's coming along, though!

SueBee-are you a nurse at a hospital? RN? I've been tossing the idea of "crossing over" into human medicine, with my mother's urging. She's a CNA in the ER at the hospital "down the shore" and LOVES it. Her dream of being a nurse finally began about 8 yrs ago. My oldest sister is an LPN and said will one day go on for her RN. She works for a hospital in the geriatric care area.

Well, my son has his kindergarten graduation tomorrow. I can't believe it's over already!! He loves it (thank goodness) and I'll be sad tomorrow. I know all of the teachers in his school are good (we live in a small town and you know what that's like), but I'm really gonna miss this one! She's wonderful! I want her to be MY teacher--LOL! :lol:
Gotta go water my flowers before the temp goes up any more!
Take care all!
Ally

Hi All:

Wow lots of posting going on here!!!

Well the weather is starting to cool off a bit THANK GOD!!
I have been very busy lots of work. Went to see my baby on Tuesday, she is doing great cantering and steering at the same time!!!! I am leaving the riding of her to the trainer for now, I need to get me in shape, I am too heavy to be riding her effectivelly, I am riding her mother since she is not young and impressionable its OK but don't want to create any bad habits with the young one.

My eating is going well, have been sticking to program but scale hasn't moved much, very depressing but I am still trying.

Well I am pooped and off to bed take care all

"My eating is going well, have been sticking to program but scale hasn't moved much, very depressing but I am still trying."

Penny - Hey, hang in there. When you least expect it, it WILL start to come off. :) Sounds like you've been getting alot of riding in. By the way, I've seen a couple of great online equine catalogs today (this morning). If you're interested, let me know and I'll post the url's...there's also an awesome online equine auction with tons of great tack, apparel, etc. Just thought you and Ally might be interested if you don't already know about them.

Ally - Awwwww, that's so cute and so special too. They really do grow so quickly, don't they? I remember the first day Jackie went to Pre-school and then the first day she took a BUS to first grade. AAAGGGHHHH....I was in tears. I actually have the video tape of the bus pulling away and driving down the road. :( I still can't believe Billy is now entering First Grade. That REALLY freaks me out. I'm going to be 43 this year and I'm so much older than most of the mothers but even if I say so myself...."I'm alot more fun".....heh-heh.

Candice - I posted more pictures on the "Pathetic Garden album". Put more appropriate music on there too. Once again, it's at http://www.picturetrail.com/resler41 I've got more potted plants than you since I don't have the property you do and boy am I jealous. I wish I had the property to have the kinds of gardens you do. I really love working outside and getting my hands into dirt. To each his own I guess. It's very MENTALLY theraputic for me as is the stable. How goes your Fibro? Mine has been tormenting me lately. Actually unbearable at times but I just try to push it out of my head and go on. Easier said than done at times. I have Vioxx that is taken once a day but I don't use it very often anymore since it's not strong enough for all of my other aches and pains from my accident. I really hate talking about it sometimes but I also love the fact that there are some of you right here that I CAN talk to about it and I know you'll understand without thinking I'm a hypocondriac (sp?)......oh boy, I KNOW I spelled that one wront. ;)

Hey Sue - Nahhhhh, I talk alot? You're kidding???? Heh-heh. Yes, sometimes it comes in handy but it's the times that I need to know when to keep my big mouth SHUT that's hard. <grin>

It's late, I'm tired and off to bed I go. Just got in around midnight. Had lots of errands to do and then I stayed up with the girls over at my friends house to make sure they didn't wake her up since she has to get up early in the morning. One of their friends in their little "group" moved away and is back for a visit so there are five of them over there tonight. TOMORROW it's my turn. :dizzy:

Sweet Dreams,
~Pamela~

SueBee - Sorry about that. I forgot (nothing new here) about getting your Kashi so I picked it up today. It says KASHI - TO GOOD FRIENDS. There's a picture of two YOUNG people on one side and TWO OLD FARTS on the other. Correct? If I'm wrong, someone let me know please because I'm mailing it out tomorrow. It was $3.99 here. Don't know how much that is for you in Canada. Anyway, looks good. I'll have to try some next time I go shopping. I'm a BITE SIZED SHREDDED WHEAT fan myself. :D

Sometimes life just goes too fast and there aren't enough hours in the day to do the things that have to be done....that's when I have my "senior moments".
Have a great night everyone.
Hugs to you all,
~Pamela~

ps - IT'S HOT HERE TODAY.....THIS WHOLE WEEK FOR THAT MATTER. Veeeery humid. Hope it cools down for your trip down here Brenda

Hello owls!

Ok, so now I'm the mommy of a kindergarten graduate! :eek: I can't believe it went so fast. Before I know it, Ethan will be there.
::sniff, sniff:::
:(

Candice: Since you said you have the TOH Light and Tasty, I should mention that the Chicken Stroganoff recipe is in the "premiere issue" For the mushrooms, I used strips of Portabellas..yum...I barely ate any chicken. Could be a meatless meal, I guess, but as the recipe "author" wrote, they'd never guess the chicken is not beef! I'm the only one in the house that would touch the fungus anyway. I love 'shrooms! If anyone would like, I could post the recipe in the recipe section.

PJ: What's the online tack shop you found? There's a few I could share with you, also, that are pretty good.

Penny: Sounds like your young horse is coming along well. I feel like you do about getting lighter before riding certain horses. I know Irish, the horse I lease, has to be happier every time I get on a little lighter! LOL! There are other horses at the barn that I'd love to try, but I just don't feel quite physically fit enough for them yet, but I'm getting there.

***************Got to 215 this week!************
"one"derland, here I come!!
:D

SueBee, I just went back to look at a post from earlier in the #10's and saw that your son still has another 2 weeks of school? I thought our school was letting out late (yesterday). There are co-workers of mine whose children have been out since the first week of June. I hear in the south they are out earlier than that (due to heat, I think?).

Hello to all the owls out there! I feel like I meant to reply more, but now I forget...sorry. Thanks everyone for the nice welcomes.:wave:
Ally

Just popping to say hi, my niece is over for the night. I just finished fixing my mom's computer, which the tornado took out. The compaq company sent us a new power supply and the instructions to install it. I had to open her computer and take the old one out and put the new one in. Well it works fine now, now all we gotta do is get the mason guy out here and build her a new chimney, and fix the deck. Sorry I can't read the posts or respond to them, I am totally wiped out. busy day tomorrow and then sunday I have to meet the kids father 3 hours away so he can take them for the week and then drive back home. I don't know if I posted it or not but at weigh in tuesday I did great I
lost3.4#'s, Yippee I am still doing good on program, hope I won't blow it this weekend.

See Ya All
Bren

Bren..good job on the 3.4 #'s and Yipee..don't ya feel great! Wow..I'm impressed, fixing your moms puter!

Sue Bee..sounds like PJ got the right Kashi..I love it and I bought Kashi Go Lean this week ..it is 2 pts for 3/4 cup and the to good Friends is 1 pt. so you wanted to see hudge!..LOL that sounded funny:)

Ally..I found that recipe and it is 10 pts but includes the pasta! Is one serving filling?????? I love that magazine!!!!! and Mushrooms but they give me terrible gas!:lol:

Penny..my sis can't ride her two horses anymore..she didn't ride them in awhile and they are too much for her to handel!:eek: Hang on Penny, if you stick with it it will come off..just don't get discouraged!

PJ....saw the pics and you have a lovely yard and garden! I love looking at the pictures..I have never seen a screen around a pool like that, did you put it up? Some of your pics needed a password so I couldn't look at them , personnel ones I guess??????? Your catus is beautiful and those hedges will really look nice when they are all filled in! I took some more pictures too as stuff stars to bloom but haven't used the roll up yet and my camera is not digital. So no instant online photos here! I know just what you mean about the Fibro..I have some days I fight it and just go on and others I need to rest some..I always over do though! My ellbow is acting up again so I made an appointment for another shot but won't get in untill mid July! My tomatoe plants are getting hudge and I have some baby zucchini growing, can't wait! You Molly and Max could be realted to my Sami Jo and Sandy! So Cute!:D

PJ...MOOSUES SAYS HI! I was chatting on aol with her we have a lot in common, age Fibro, hormones, kids.....

Beter go, trying to get caught up haven't been on in a few days! Here is a hanging basket of pansies and coreopsis down below at my back entrance.:)