South Beach Diet - The Weekend! January 14 and 15

Whew! What a hectic week it's been for us all! I am just delighted to not have my "guys" coming to work for two whole days. I can just schlepp around in my robe and slippers and have a leisurely breakfast and maybe two coffees! :coffee: :coffee:

There is absolutely no way I can comment to everyone's yesterday posts! :shrug:What a lot of clucking we do! I don't know what the record is for number of posts in our daily but we must have been darn close! I'm exhausted from just reading them.

This morning I plan a soak in the tub once the house warms up and will be going out to lunch with my friend Claire. It'll be a ME day. :love:

What's happening around your beach towel? :cofdate:

WHOOOHOOOOO it's the Weekend!

Ruth: Happppiest of Birthdays to ya darlin :hb: :gift: :goodvibes Schlep all you want in yer robe today! I am in my loverly Pink robe and leetle Pink slippers sippin my Cawfee :coffee:
Heard from DH last night.. They extended him a "tentative " offer!!! DH just needs to have his background checked -which should be no problem! He's happy :dance: but was a little disappointed with the initial salary offering..so I guess they will be negotiating on that point... But there are soooo many positives associated with this job and company that well, we'll just suck it up!
OK n.e.e.d. m.o.r.e. c.a.w.f.e.e.

Homework is happening on my beach towel!

I've got a quiz to take today, a short paper to write on the mineral barite, some readings to finish, and a discussion thread post to write by Monday am for social psych. Oh, and another one to start on that's due Wednesday night on volcanoes for geology.

I've decided to bump up my goal weight. I was playing around with a BMI calculator, and decided to go with the top of the "normal" range as a goal, since I have a large frame. I can always lose more if I'm not happy there, but it's not too much lower than my lowest adult weight (ahh - if only I'd've stayed there!), and I was reasonably comfy there. A few more pounds would've been nice back then, but that would have been right around where my new goal weight will be, so that works well.

Ruth - enjoy your "you" day! You deserve it!!

All you other chickies - konnichi wa!

Birthday?! Happy Birthday Ruth! Have an extra-special "you" day today!

Schatzi - congrats about your DH! That's great news!

Hello ladies! I got in here early
today!! Well the weather is crappy today - which is fine by me. I have to go to work, so maybe it will be slow. I love my new boss, but she keeps giving me "projects"..no one else has "projects." Of course my theory is that they are idiots & that's way they are project free. Whatever...as long as I get promoted.
Ruthie--HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Take it easy today...read a book for me!
Schatzi - great news about dh!!
H-ko -don't work too hard on that homework!
Well I'm off to join the land of retail!!

Happy Birthday Ruth!
Instead of saying good morning I am saying good night! LOL! I stayed up all night scrapbooking! LOL! It's a costly and time consuming hobby! Off to bed! (but just for a nap) Have a great weekend chicks!

Happy Birthday Ruth! :woo: Hope you have a great day!
Schatzi - Great news about DH's job offer!
H-ko - Good luck on your quiz and the paper!
Jennie - Get some sleep, girl! :)

As for me, I'm sipping on some java, java, java and having an omelet with lots of veggies for breakfast. It's a relatively un-busy weekend for me, which I'm very thankful for. Besides cleaning and finally clearing away the last of the Christmas decorating carnage, I'm getting my hair permed.

You ladies have a great day!

I am heading out to the gym for weigh in and work out. I am trying a new class. I will post when I come back...hopefully with good news!

Morning Chicks!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!!!!!! You deserve the best chick day ever! You must be a Capricorn like me? I'm actually a cusp Saggitarius and Capricorn. That means I'm a flaky control freak. :lol3: I'll bet you are a cusp for Aquarius and Capricorn. Have a great day.

Jenny - you are a die hard. I haven't been able to scrap book for awhile. I'm jealous!

Schatzi - Good for DH! I need coffee too!

H-Ko - Good luck with the work today!

Soon - It's crappy on this side of Michigan too! The temperature dropped 10 degrees in the hour I was driving home from the farm last night. It was 43 when I pulled into the farm and 33 when I pulled into my driveway.

I have the annual chili cook off today. Plus I have to work on my fundraiser for the soup kitchen and I have my third :fr: appointment today too! Which by the way I'm glad I'm doing! It will be busy today. This is the annual chili party that I partied all night last year so this year I'm just breezing in to say hi to everyone and pretend eat a little chili and pick up DF and get out of there!!!! I don't want to ruin my diet. I'm one pound away from meeting my Jan weight loss goal. :carrot:

Have a good day chicks!

Good morning chicks!

Ruth Happy Birthday! Hope that your day is marvelous!!:woo:

Morning Schatzi, H-Ko, Soon, Chili, Jana, and Jennie- Have a super day!!

Schatzi- I feel your pain with the salary. DH took a job back in April that was at a slightly lower salary, but with an excellent company. There is so much room for advancement and good benefits. It has just been tough tightening up the already tight purse strings. Somehow we all manage though, right?? Builds character, right??? Shhot- I am so freaking tired of building character....... :)

My sister is in town from LA this weekend, so we will have lots of family time. We are going to go bum around at IKEA for a few hours this morning and then my older daughter has a birthday party to attend this afternoon.

My eating hasn't been too stellar these past 2 days, so already I will be refocusing my efforts. Geez.... why can't I just get myself together??? I know there is a hot mama buried under here somewhere. :devil:

Morning Amy!! DF- is that fiance??????

Is Ellis okay? I haven't posted much in months, but haven't notices posts from her in the last week or so. :(

Lovely tubby! Now I am nearly ready to face the day. Sure would be nice if someone would go get me the newspaper! :lol:

Kiko, ellis is now MOD on the Chicks In Control Forum but still pops in here to snoop. Enjoy your time with your sis - sisters are a gift!

Chili, good for you on the exercising. You set such a good example. Reminds self of treadmill session needed.

Schatzi, I hope your DH can negotiate a better salary deal. Where will the new job be located?

H-Ko, brainwork is supposed to burn calories, right? Good decision on bumping your goal weight. You can always change it later depending on how you feel.

Soon, what type of retail are you in? It's not so hard to work Sarurday if the weather is crappy.

Jennie, you stayed up ALL NIGHT doing scrapbooking!! Is it that fascinating?

Janna, I had a veggie omelet too this morning! Mine had a tiny bit of ham in it so could be called Western, I guess. It was crying for a toast accompaniment but I resisted!

Anchor, we are still pretty mild at 39ºF but a freeze is on the way - unless you'd like to keep it over there? I hope to get my lane sanded before it turns back into a rink.

Time to light the stove in the back room and take off the chill and damp for The Girls and me. Back later.

Well... I've been having second, third, and fourth thoughts about my educational goals. I had decided on teaching secondary school as a career goal, but then I started worrying that it was not the right choice. I felt like I had chosen it for the wrong reasons. That is to say, I didn't choose it because I love to teach or want to work with kids or anything so noble as that. I chose it because I thought I could do it, because it seemed like a stable and secure choice, and because the hours involved would still allow me to be home for DS after school and roughly on the same schedule of breaks that he would be on (ie, winter, spring, summer, holidays).

On the other hand, I LOVE drafting. For a long time I mistook it for a love of architecture, but I had an epiphany one day not too long ago: I don't really care that much about buildings and how to design them per se. It's the designwork itself that I love. Basically, any kind of engineering or architectural career would satisfy me (at least in that regard). However, the education would be more difficult to manage as I wouldn't be able to get the degree via distance learning - I'd have to attend classes on-campus. That limits my choices for universities as well as requiring additional daycare for DS (read: still more expenses). Right now, we are smack in the middle class. DH makes too much to qualify for financial aid or anything helpful like that, but at the same time, it's just barely enough to meet our day-to-day expenses. As it is, we have to dip into savings for any additional expense. Plus, we don't have health or dental insurance, so anything in the way of medical expenses comes out of pocket. So money is definitely a concern.

At any rate (sorry for the rambling!), I've been in a constant state of flux, trying to decide what to do. I've prayed often for guidance, but I still wasn't sure what I should do.

Then while looking up my geology teacher's college webpage, I bumped into a link for the text of a speech she gave to the 2005 graduating class. I decided to read it on a whim, and right smack in the middle of my screen, in huge blue letters, were these words: "DO WHAT YOU LOVE". It's not exactly a burning bush, but still - it seems like too much to be purely coincidental (given that the whole chain of events was purely whimsy on my part). So I think I will be changing my major and my goals, and working towards some engineering-related field, perhaps urban planning or environmental engineering. I haven't really gotten that far yet. I don't know yet how we'll do it, but I'm just going to trust that God will provide. I'm a proponent of the doctrine of stewardship, so I do find the idea of working in the field of environmental science or environmental engineering appealing.

Anyway, I thought I'd share that with all of you (since you're practically family!).

Hi Ladies:)
I had along post this more and my stupid computer :comp:cut it off I was up to KiKo.

Now if I can remember what I wrote.

:woo:Happy Birthday-Ruth-:woo: and have many many healthy ones.

Well I wanted to let you know that that Ilost 1.5 lbs staying OP on my Phase 1.5[adding 1 grain carb back]

Schatzi-You sound so cute in your PRETTY IN PINKout fit. Hope very thing works out for you DH and the job.

h-ko-Good Luck:lucky: on your quiz. I had the some problem deciding my goal as I have a heavy frame so the doctor suggested to to stop at 140 which would give me a healthy BWI of 24.

soon-Your boss trusts you with the projects,and I see :yes: a promotion coming your way.

Jenne-Have a good nap:cloud9: and we'll see you later.

Jana-Have fun taking down the decorations. Hate :devil: That job[puting all the lights back in the boxes one by one] Putting them up is a different story.

Chilichik-Wishing you a :carrot: good W-I:carrot:

Anchor-Chili competition,I love:love: chili. Maybe you can share your recipe for us.

kiko-Have a great time with your family.Sending good:goodvibes:vibes for your eating habits.

Have a great morning Will post later Hugs :) BB

Ruth: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I know what you mean about all the posts. Must be the new years resolutions!!

Schatzi: I'm sending good MAN chicken vibes your way :lol: ! I'm sure he'll get what he wants! Oh, and BTW, I added a new little rattie to my bunch. And guess what I named him? Cecil! I loved the name...and needed a rat to go with it ;) !

H-ko: Ohio Gozaimasu!! I lived in Japan for 3 years as a teen and learned to speak it pretty well. I still remember a bit here and there!

Soon: Sending good promotion vibes your way!

Everyone else: HI!! Sorry need coffee NOW!! :D

I just came back from weigh in * drum roll* I lost 3 pounds for a grand total of 9 pounds on phase 1. I think I did not lose more because I did not eat enough and the past few days I skipped breakfast. I am a little nervous about phase 2, but I will only do one whole grain or fuit a day and step up my workouts. I am one of those people who need to eat to lose weight. My body shuts down when I skip meals. So I will make sure I have my snacks, which I have not had this week. But I am happy. there is 9 pounds less of me.

Hi All!,

First of all, Happy Birthday Ruth! Enjoy your "me" day!

H-Ko, do pursue the career that you will love - it makes all the difference in the world. I'm 58 and have the best job in my whole life! I work with animals, cleaning their teeth w/o anesthesia. I'm self employed - since Joe is retired, he does all the driving, talking with clients, etc. All I want to do is love on the dogs and clean their teeth! Right now things are tight - we had to cancel 3 clinics due to few appointments. But, for the most part we do pretty good. So, if I can add my two cents, pursue what you love. There was a book I read years ago (can't remember the author) "Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow." Great advice. I never was able to do that because I needed a "steady" income. Once I moved to my ranch (which is in a cheaper area of California), I was able to follow my heart. Your family will benefit in the long run from you being happy and content in what you do. Good luck to you!

Joanne

It is a great day, especially if it's Ruth's Birthday!!!!!:woo: I just sent you a dripping with chocolate fudge frosting cake with only one candle on it! You will love it honey. Totally calorie free!;)

Schatzi, my love I never dreamed you would be a pink bathrobe kinda girl. Hey good luck on the DH job offer. Have him negotiate!

chilichick.....:bravo: I'm proud of you!!!!

hko, good luck on trying to decide. YOu definitely want to love what you do, it's a long time to have a career.

kiko, hang in there darlin' you'll get focused and are probably doing better than you are giving yourself credit for!

anchor.....uhm, enjoy your "appointment":eek: Hopefully you are feeling the benefits of it. Weigh to go on your WL.!

Jana, after getting the Christmas stuff down you deserve a permanent. Enjoy it!

Jennie, scrapbooking ALL NIGHT!!!! Sounds like heaven! How many pages did you get done?

soon2b, sorry that you have to work with idiots..............I swear the world is filled with them. My motto is "ignorance is curable, stupidity is terminal"

I guess I wasn't done again.............hmm maybe I have ADD. So about me, it is day 14 of phase one and it really hasn't been too bad. I think having my dh do this with me has made it 100% easier. Of course I've gotten pretty good at phase one too:D . I'm about 32 degrees "out there" but I'm going to bundle up and go for a run.

DH got home last night and we're just going to enjoy the day. HOpe you ladies have a wonderful day!

Hugs:grouphug:

Morning all!
Sounds like everyone is ready to face the weekend head-on. I have to work both today and tomorrow which actually helps to keep me OP. The only thing I don't seem to get enough of those days is veggies. So this morning I had a small spinach fritatta for breakfast and some turkey bacon.
I strayed a bit yesterday but managed to take a long walk last night. If I can hang in there all weekend Monday's weigh-in should be good. It's been a rough week with TOM, too much rain, and a DH who has been under my feet all week with the TV blaring from morning 'till night. I love the guy but his dispatcher had better call him into work SOON or I won't be responsible for my actions. LOL
Oh....Happy Birthdy Ruth! And congrats Chilichick on your loss!

Have a great day everyone!

Wish me luck for "lunch"! I just went down to the market for my paper and Betty let it slip that "lunch with Claire" is going to be 50 people with a catered meal! Oy! Give me strength! My friends know me so will probably have ordered some salad stuff but I know there will be a birthday cake. (Betty is the baker at the market and got the order!)

There are no secrets in a small town!

By the way, we are in the middle of a blizzard and the temperature has dropped down to 20ºF from 42ºF at 7 AM. I love Canada in January!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!!!
:jig: :hb: :gift: :woo: :gift: :hb: :jig:

:cheer: Chilichick big congrats on your loss!! :goodscale :cheer:

Me I'm spending the whole day with my mother :dizzy: :rolleyes: :stress: taking her shopping. I think I have myself ready for it and won't let her sabotage my WOE like she usually does. Other than that not much going on in my side of the beach.

Well I need to get going or I won't get mom out and shopped till she drops and be back before hubby gets home from work. Hi to everyone and hope you have a great OP day and weekend.

:balloons: :woo: :hb: :woo: :balloons:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!!!

Jake and I went to a Pa. Dutch smorgasbord for breakfast today, and I think I handled it pretty well. I had a veggie omelet (popular breakfast choice here today!) and some baked oatmeal. The oatmeal was definitely NOT Phase 1, but I love it, it's an Amish specialty, and I'm making up for it by just having a veggie salad the rest of the day. Oh, and I had some real bacon, too.

Hellooooooo everybody! What a glorious day! I slept until 9:30 when Terry woke me up, but I feel fantastic. For those of you Ph1 chicks who are bored with your veggies, you MUST try the Green Giant Broccoli with Three Cheese sauce. I'm always looking for a way to get my veggies in, and it's WONDERFUL. I'm eating it right now. Half the bag is 150 cal, 4.5g fat, and 6g fiber. YUM.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTHIE!!!!!!! :gift:

Schnatzo, you wear a pink bathrobe? I also am baffled. I wouldn't have placed you in a pink bathrobe.

I need to jump in the shower. I stink. I've been recording these SHAPE workouts off my cable's On Demand Mag Rack thing for Molly. There's 2 hours and 20 minutes worth, and I just did an hour. Gotta de-stink! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Lisa

Ruthie you is loved far and wide! How fabulous that you're having an "intimate" lunch with a "few" friends :lol: Ah enjoy the adoration darlin..U deserve it :hug:

Thank you everyone fer the congrats and words of wisdom fer my Man Chicken. He is home now and very excited about the job... As Joanne said to HKO: Follow your heart .. so while DH will try to negotiate a better salary, he will take the job.. Another one of his "dreams" comes true! He will be based in the Raleigh area..so no move necessary. Whew! I will git my tail back to Cube Dwelling Corporate America! It's time ...

HKO: Joanne couldn't have said it better..Follow yer bliss darlin'!

Congrats all you Losers out there! I'm not sure how I'm doin.. I posted somewhere else that I went into labor this morn and gave birth to a 1/4 inch rabbit pellet... More beans and fiber needed!


Cottage: How I miss Pennsy Dutch! We had a great Amish market about 20 mins away in Kingston, NJ. I never had Baked oatmeal but it sounds yummy!

Pearsy: I will now consider myself Percivals God mom :lol:

Yes Gals PINK!!! of course it is not Baby Pink, or a soft PINK! It's a FUSCHIA Pink BRIGHT LOUD and OVER THE TOP! now does that fit yer vision of shatziwear??? :lol3:

Ruth - Happy Birthday! It's neat that our birthdays are so close together.

Me - I spent the day at beautiful Camp James Ray with my Wood Badge guys working on a conservation project. I got lots of exercise building a fire ring. The digging was tough in the dry clay soil and then we had to mix 13 - 80 pound bags of cement. We did a great job though. I'm have having dinner tonight with DH, Brian and their train club at a Mexican restaurant. I don't remember exactly what I order but I was able to eat there OP last year so I should be okay.

Evening to you all,
I just hooked(no, no baby yet???????)up my second computer.:carrot: I had to connect the router, then connect the adapter, configure it, make sure the signal was right ect. and "IT WORKS":dizzy: :doh:
Ruth, Happy Birthday,:woo:
I will check in again, Cheryl is at home on an over night pass, another ultra sound tomorrow morning, then they will reevaluate .
I am going to try to get sound on this computer and to add a few of my other programs. :spin:

love cathy:wave:

Ruthie....Hope the birthday was a blast....I work for GAP inc...inside an Old Navy store....lot's of folding, lot's of hanging!! My boss had me going up & down the ladder today for 3 hours.....I'm whipped!
Pearsy - another rodent...err! Japenese.....you amaze me! I can count to ten in Japenese...that's it.
Schatzi - I wish you would warn me before you type something sassy. I was drinking coffee when I read about your PINK robe. Coffee is not suppose to come out your nose!
DF is at his parents' house tonight & will probably stay the night...hurray! I have the apt to myself.....and the bed - I don't have to share the blankets!! I love him, but I enjoy me time too!
Well I have lots of stuff to do....avon flyers (gotta drive some business!) business cards....clean the scrapbook/computer room.
Chat with you later!!

SCHATZI.... I just read your post again & read the part about you going into labor ....I'm glad I missed it the first time...coffee would of been everywhere. I know I have asked you this before, but are you sure you're not drinking?

Good morning! I am feeling wonderful after such a super birthday yesterday! And then I got a phone call from LindaBC and one from Hollyhock. I'm feeling cherished.

Church is at 8:30 and I haven't a clue what to wear. Do you think my dusty pink chenille robe would do? I'd keep my purple coat on over it.

Not much planned for today although I have a huge box of veggies to process for the Girls. I can't make new food for them because my ground chicken and bones are in the downstairs freezer. The guys piled tons of paint tins and stuff on top! Oy! This batch of food will probably be ground beef and liver.

I'll pop back later. Stay out of trouble.

Note to self: organize the clothes closet so you aren't in a what-to-wear quandry!

Good Morning!!

Glad you had a fun birthday celebration Ruth!! :smug: I alsways dislike finding something to wear to chruch, esp because I spend all week deciding what to wear to school!

Barb How was the Mexican dinner? Which restaurant did you go to?

We had a great day yesterday. A couple of hours bumming around at IKEA. That is my new favorite place to go!! My 4 year old loves it as well. I typically let myself spend 10 bucks since our budget is tight. Yesterday's 10 dollars got me a dish drying rack, a set of plastic plates and bowls for the girls, and a dishwashing brush. Where else can you spend 10 dollars and actually get useful stuff?? That company has got their act together as it is a totally family friendly place.

We are heading to my mom's this afternoon to visit and then have dinner. I don't think dinner will be very OP as she is making a big 'ole chuck roast. She usualy makes a huge salad, so I will fill my plate mostly with that and have a bit of the meat.

Off to make another pot of coffee. Our pot is broken, so we have been using our French Press which only produces two cups at a time.

No school tomorrow... gotta love the 3 day weekend!!

Just a Quick Pop In .. I pulled a "quazi HKO" last night...Just Could not sleep! :faint: Couldn't turn off my brain and it was jibber jabberin :blah: :blah: at me all night. Off to the store to pick up a grapevine wreath to decorate fer the front door.

Morning chicks!

And no I'm typing under the influence cause I've been out all night! :lol: I was very good at the chili cook off. I bought lots of chili coupons (for charity) and I walked around and got chili from my friends who were cooking and ate a pretend bite and then complimented them and then secretly through the rest away. :p I actually had 1/2 cup of chili from one one of my friends who I know the ingredients they use. Plus I had one vanilla vodka with diet gingerale and I drank 1/2 and left it on a table somewhere. So I'm proud of myself! :carrot:

I didn't have a chili entry this year because they were sold out. Plus I'm up to my eyeballs in charity work right now. Maybe next year I'll make my white chicken chili with organic ingredients???? There was not one white chili there.

DF actually stands for Father! :lol: After being married twice I'm pretty much past the point of becoming someone's wife again. However it would be nice to have someone to bum around with and go to movies and stuff. However I've come to the point where it is really hard to find someone who hasn't been kicked to the curb by someone else for a good reason! Plus when a good one does surface the other 40ish women are like piranahs and I really don't feel like getting into a catfight over a man. :lol:

I do have my eye on one and he is in the final stages of divorce because his wife thinks he is a workaholic. Since I'm a workaholic I actually find that kind of attractive. :lol: He owns 3 businesses and I'm getting ready to start my 2nd one. I think we would have plenty in common. However he is pretty well-to-do and the piranahs are circling. :lol: But I'm not in it for the money I think he is very interesting and we have a lot in common - the rest are in it for the money. I have an in with him because he respects my work and invited me to part of a committee that for over 60 years has been all men. I'm the first woman - so I'm trying not to act like a smitten kitten and just be all business. So we email daily and are slowly getting to know each other. He is fascinating. Even if we don't end up together in a relationship - he will be an excellent friend!

Listen to me blab on. I need coffee! Then it is off to the grocery store! I'll peck back in later.

Mornin' chicks! Last night I made the Mushroom "Risotto" and it was soo much better than the first time I made it. The first time was good, but this was like, "Wow"! I highly recommend it. Plus it's so fast and easy and very P1. I'd use a little less cheese than the recipe and a little more chicken boullion powder than called for it any of you try it. I'm gonna have it again for dinner tonight. Yum!

The rest of the day will be spent with my dog at the park, socializing my new baby rat, my nose in a soil ecology book, and the ever present cleaning and laundry. I clean all the time and feel like my house is never clean! What am I doing wrong???

Have a great Sunday, chickies! What's everyone having for dinner tonight?

Hey Ladies!
Ruth Happy Belated Bday I'm glad you had a you day! I stepped on the scale this AM with a swollen ankle and it said 190 I'm shakin my booty this AM!
:strong:
Today I start WATP
I'm not sure I'm goign to do a strict phase perse right now b/c not being prepared led me to an evil bagel twice last week
So I'm thinking Ph 1.5 so I can have FF yogurt easy to grab and filling
BBiab
Amy MMM chili
bbl
Kierie

Pear I am soooooooo with you on the cleaning and laundry. When I am home I rarely just veg out. BUT I am never caught up!! It makes me absolutely nuts. :dizzy: I get so frustrated with my older DD because she is constantly leaving her toys out everywhere. As soon as I get one room cleaned and straightened she has gone haywire in another.

Whew! We're having hurricane force wind, and the power has gone out 3 times since last night. I hope it's on for good now, as we've had to keep resetting all the clocks and rebooting the computer. It went from 60* down to 26* yesterday in just a few hours, really crazy weather. I just finished a yummy lunch of Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup that I added a handful of spinach leaves to, with a piece of string cheese, and had a piece of Bean Cake w/ FF Cool Whip. Very filling and satisfying. DS and his family are coming for supper tonight, and they want chicken with homemade noodles, so I'm making that for them, and saving a chicken breast for myself to have with some oven roasted veggies. I'm being extra good since I splurged a little on breakfast yesterday.:o

Kiko ~ Your little ones are adorable! I love your new avatar. Ikea, I love to walk around there, too.

Hi to everybody, and :wel3fc: all you newbies!

Hello chickiedoodles! Just got back from the Y. My arms are a bit fatigued, so I'm going to be pretty sore. I need to get cleaned up and pick up the house a bit. Mom and Dad are coming over to watch the Bears game on the big screen.

What is it with everyone and their pink bath robes? Is that the new color of SBD?

GO BEARS!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hey Chickidoodles,
Well this weekend has been pretty uneventful for me. I worked out and took the dog to the park a ton. However I should have been packing due to the move. I guess at least I can say I avoided packing with cardio instead of t.v... Still I need to get on the motivation train and get things moving. I had a shoot on Saturday which went extremely well and I was able to earn some extra money to finish paying off the deposit on my new place. Next week is going to be extremely busy for me, I am also restarting PH1 so keep your fingers crossed for me, and excuse in advance my crabby mood lol.

Ruth - Happy belated birthday!

Schatzi - Congrats on your DHs success...sometime you have to give up the money for other important aspects... WE ALL KNEW HE COULD DO IT!

Chilichick - congrats on that weight coming off! I can only hope I am as successful and as dedicated as you were on phase 1.

tazcat - I hope your ultra sound went well.

anchor weight - how exciting tohave a crush lol. I miss crushes lol! Friend or lover both are invaluable in life.

weezle - I have a fluffy white chenelle robe. SOOOOO comfy problem is I never want to change out of it. BTW glanced at everyones workout calendars and you are doing awesome!!! Oh if I could only have your motivation!

Ok need help on some acronyms what is WATP and WOE?

Schatzi - a quasi-H-ko? Are my insomnia rays reaching clear to the other side of the country now? Wow - no wonder I can't sleep! :lol:

Weezle - I must admit, I don't even have a robe anymore. I usually just get dressed as soon as I wake up, anyway. But the last one I had (til recently) was cobalt blue, definitely not pink!

Well, I spent a great deal of time last night and this morning looking up what the pre-reqs for the college of engineering at UW are, and what the equivalent courses at my current community college as well as the closest community college are. I need a bunch of calculus, physics, chemistry, and some engineering classes (statics, kinetics & dynamics, etc). I don't have all the prereqs to take those classes yet, so I'll have to take a few more than those. Almost none of the classes I need are offered online, either, which means more daycare for DS. I'll have to try to get some scholarships in order to help pay for all of this! I really don't want to get loans if I can help it - I hate getting into debt. We have 1 credit card which we use for online purchases, tuition, and a few other things; our home loan; and a car loan - that's all our debt, and we want to keep it that way (actually, we want less, ideally - but definitely not more!).

Stephie - there is a list of acronyms in the stickies in the SBD FAQ forum - WOE= way of eating and WATP=walk away the pounds.