[PainterWoman]

I wonder if I was depressed....
Just realized that not only am I back on the forums, but I actually went to church this morning... and ENJOYED being there.
I know I don't HAVE to post about weight here, but when I blow my efforts off, I tend not to come here because I don't want to be reminded. Self-denial and self-indulgence have a perverse relationship in my world -- can you tell.

I like the idea of Santa being a Canuck!

Since I've avoided the CHAOS cures(Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome-- because house is not clean) advocated by flylady I haven't started any Xmas decorating either. DD is coming on the 22nd... but I'm going THERE first. She has a new place in Rhode Island (promotiion and re-location)... and DS and GF are in MA in a place I haven't seen yet. DH's birthday is the 19th. So there are logistics that have taken precedence over decor... although I'd love to have lights, candles and pot-pourri (or at least a good spray scent!!) to enjoy sooner rather than later.

Meadow-- this is a perfect time of year to be reading OAFK. I loved it. Magical, indeed. (and thanks for the skating santa's I snagged the gif's... quite a collection now.)

Shad-- our acrylic cutting boards are reproducing. To you think there is some transmogrification happening in the wooden board black hole?

Happy-- what were you reading that was exciting til 2 am? I am reading Selected Topics in Calamity Physics. I'm not exactly zipping along, but I love the writing and "voice." I zipped through ALL 30+ of the RB Parker Spencer novels this fall. Now THAT was fun!

Madcat-- I missed quite a bit... is your new job your choice? that usually makes it a bit easier to cope... and harder if not. I hope you track down a dentist. As I found out from my joint pain saga, pain really effects your WHOLE self... and drags you down in a sneaky sneaky way.

Mel -- I'm having a hard time hydrating enough so I'm not flaky, too. My skin, I mean. I'll probably ALWAYS be a bit flaky.

Tig-- Lapland indeed!! I hope to find a lap rather than lumps and the sooner the better.

Best to all.

[MELODY525]

I AM ON THE RUN. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE OTHER HALF OF ARTS & CRAFTS HASN'T BEEN GOTTEN READY AND I ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS TO GET IT GOING. WEDS IS THE CLASS. WILL TRY AND CATCH UP TONITE OR TOMORROW NITE.
SENDING LOVE AND HUGS

[happy2bme]

Morning chicks,

I too will have to do with a fly by. Will probaby be lurking today and tomorrow - back Wednesday for sure.

Sounds like things are on the up and up Painter. I am reading "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" by Lorna Landvik.

Doesn't Meadow have the best graphics to steal, ummm I mean borrow/recycle

Have fun on the run Mel. Hope the next art project is a low stress, high results one. Don't come "unglued" - ha ha, get it ?

Gotta run ladies. Have a good one.

[Hollyhock]

Mrs Madcat- If that is what Santa looks like then my kids hit the jackpot cause it is their dear old Dad!!! LOL!!!
Working on my biggest avon order of the year. Will put me 3rd in the district.And pay for both hockey and gymnastics and chirstmas for this year!!

I am going shopping tomorrow. Haven't put up a tree yet. Lots of CHAOS with the windows(which are fabulous BTW) going in but that is under control now.

Love to the worldly chicks.

[PainterWoman]

Hhock: Contrats on Avon panning out... I know how much hockey costs... now THAT's impressive!!

Happy -- I've so enjoyed Landvik!

Had another "no food after dinner" night last night. Whew. I AM wonderful...

[MELODY525]

Madcat~ gee and i thought santa was an ex pat from the good ole usa!! New hubby, new job, new car, nmew furniture....been a pretty good year huh????

O Happy of the busy bee book club~ good luck this week and don't forget to send all the leftover goodies home with the attendees!!!

Shad of Toonville....I mean Townsville. Yes we will catch up over the Hols and maybe by that time I won't be crying on the phone wasting $$$$$$! Good for you getting in the family time!!! OK you go to the Drs and when you get the answer then maybe both of us will know the reason why the weight is a PIA!!!!!
Keep us p[osted on the saga of the unit and the mysterious disappearing cutting board. Maybe you should be writing booksd instead of pc work!!!!!

Meadow~ That chick makes me laugh!! too cute really.
Both cold and heat exacerbate the rosacea. It's really only internally controlled. When I learn how to control myself and what goes into me, then it will probably vanish again. I am going thru a lot of "heady" stuff right now and it's all taking it's toll out on my FACE
I am going to watch Sarah's dvds again this weekend I think......good to relax with!

PW~ when you went to church, the roof held up????
Maybe that is where I need to go. Tell god all my problems while I am in HIS house....he might hear me better there anyway!!! rhode Island should be a lovely place to spend some Holiday time. Nothing like a New England!! Happy birthday DH!!!! :balloon:

OK I think I am all caught up now. Tried to remember all I read. time for a shower and TV. NOTHING ELSE!!
Jen came down and helped me get caught up. Over 20 wreath kits are counted out and all bagged up ready to be made. ....60 xmas balls have ribbon hangars and are all ready to be decorated. I had a bit of a crying spell this morning in the maint. room. People fled!!! all but the men. they stayed with me while I got myself back together. It was all about stress. I am totally saturated and facing a lot of demons.....but I WILL GET TO THE END OF THIS TUNNEL IF IT KILLS ME! I really need to stop running away from the "facts" of my lkife and just get on with it. I can feel the changes coming but they are painfully slow. Well maybe cause I have put them off for 59 years!!?!?!?!?
I always say you gotta cry before you can smile and my crying time is here.....now I need to get past it and move on.... better get off the pity wagon and get in the shower.
Sweet dreams and good morning sunshines!

[ceejay52]

Just popping in to say hello.
Loving the Christmas spirit.

[Shad]

You are a busy lot. My connection here is so slow that I often get timed out. Working on Rocking Rod (IT specialist) to get it sped up.

The chopping board is found. It was hidden under an oven tray in the drawer which holds plastic food containers and kitchen utensils like colanders and graters. It's white and the drawer is lined in white so it got lost in the drawer. One of the other trainers is in an apartment across the road from me. She is now being accused of keeping a pet in the apartment! It's all fun. Job is going okay although I think the powers that be are becoming blinded by technology.

Not feeling very bright today. Didn't sleep well last night. Have no idea why. Today I have had two junior tech writers put under my wing so life is becoming interesting. Now I am a mentor. Jeez, I hope they don't turn out like me.

Better go see what I can do to upset the apple cart. I'm trying to do a comparison between old and new and some technocrat has come up with an analysis, however I have no idea what the list is trying to tell me. Obviously my brain is shutting down.

I'll be back tomorrow hopefully to make rude remarks on your posts.

[happy2bme]

Morning chicks,

Shad - I have a theory. It appears the person who last sat in the chair you most sit in at the apartment was a dimwit. All the dimwit energy is still in the chair and when you sit at night it is encircling you and giving you brain fug. Seriously, I don't envy you right now - trying to figure out this particular company's world and teach it to 2 new chicklettes. Good spirits with you and a bit of the extra brain power.

Aw Mel, once again wish we could just sit and talk Til then

Hello Ceejay, Painter and Holly and the rest of you lot. Wish I could post more but my allotted 10 minutes is up. Things are going well - I think I might just have the house and myself in order for book club tonight. I will be doing the old stash and dash of extra stuff from the kitchen to the laundry - just ran out of time to get it all done. Oh well, that will be the first things I tackle tomorrow.

Have a good one folks.

[Hollyhock]

Channellng some Christmas spirit from here to take with me to go shopping. My list is ready. I am bra shopping too. The girls need a boost. Going this aft to my folks to borrow their tree. My 20+ year old one really fell apart last year. I will buy us one after Chirstmas.

HUGS!!!!!!!!

[MELODY525]

RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE.......LA LA LA LA
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE ABCFAMILY CHANNEL ALL WEEKEND AND THIS WEEK TOO. LOTS OF KIDDIE CHRISTMAS STUFF ON. LAST NIGHT WAS THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS CARTOON....GOTTA LOVE RANKING AND BASS HOLIDAY STUFF!! SOME OF THE BEST OLD-TIME ANIMATION.

WHATEVER WAS CAUSING MY TEARS YESTERDAY SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED. THANK GOD! I WENT FOOD SHOPPING THIS MORNING AND BOUGHT KARL(8th floor) SOME GROCERIES ALSO. VERY SMALL LIST. SPOKE TO THE LADY TRYING TO HELP US, PEGGY, GET KARL A HOMEMAKER. DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. VERY SAD.
I ON THE OTHER HAND HAD A GOOD DAY. DOING WELL WITH STICKING TO THE NS FOOD. BUT STILL ON THE 3.5 LB LOSS
OVER THE WEEKEND JEN DID THE 2ND SET OF WINDOWS LIKE THE MAYOR WANTED. SHE DID A GREAT JOB I THINK EVEN THOUGH HER ARMS AREN'T UP TO PAR RIGHT NOW AFTER SEVERAL RECENT TUMBLES.
I STILL HAVE TO GET THAT CAMERA FROM HER!!!
CHILLY TODAY AND BY FRIDAY IT WILL BE IN THE THIRTIES WITH A FEW FLURRIES. NO ACCUMULATION THOUGH. ALL STORMS HAVE MISSED NJ AND GONE RIGHT UP THE COAST TO MAINE MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BRAG.
RICHIE GOT SOME CHEMICALS IN HIS EYE AND HAD TO GET A TREATMENT FROM A DR. NOW HE IS HOME NURSING THE EYE WITH JEN. HE SAID HE WAS LAUGHING AT SOMEONE WHO FINALLY GOT "PAID BACK" FOR ALL HIS EVIL DOINGS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ANIMAL SKIN HE WAS WORKING ON FLIPPED OVER AND SPRINKLED A CHEMICAL IN HIS EYE WE WERE LAUGHING BECAUSE HE SAID WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AND IT NEVER HAPPENED TO HIM SO QUICKLY!!! POOR GUY.
I THINK MY OLDEST CHAIR IS BREAKING AGAIN. SIGH. POOR THING IS 17 YEARS OLD SOON. ABOUT WORN OUT IT IS. HOPING IT HOLDS OUT TILL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE COMPANY IS VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE LOOKING FOR NEW CHAIRS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I USUALLY SHOP FOR THEM IN JUNE....MUCH LESS BUSY!!!
GROCERIES STILL TO PUT IN THE CUPBOARDS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!!

SHAD~ I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE SARCASTIC COMMENTS.... I MEAN CONST4RUCTIVE CRITISM FOR US ALL!! SO GLAD YOU FOUND THE BOARD. I HAD A GOOD LAUGH AT THE WHITE ON WHITE. HAS HAPPENED TO US HERE TOO. GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEWBIES AND LET US HOPE THEY DO TURN OUT LIKE YOU!!! DOES THE OTHER WOMAN REALLY HAVE A PET? OR IS SHE SHEDDING HER FEATHERS AND BEING ACCUSED OF OWNING ONE???

HAPPY~ WISH WE ALL COULD TOO!! AND WHAT THE F*CK IS BRAIN FUG??? I ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR LAUGHING!!! OMG TOO FUNNY!!!

CEEJAY~ WAVING A HAND AND SOME CHRISTMAS SPIRIT RIGHT BACK TO YOU!

HOLLY ENJOY THE SHOPPING. GOOD GIRL TIME!!!

[MELODY525]

SHAD~ BTW WHILE I WAS TYPING MY POST TO YOU THERE WAS AN AD ON THE RIGHT TELLING ME I COULD GET A FREE CUTTING BOARD IF I ORDERED STEAKS SO GOOD THING YOURS TURNED UP!!

[Shad]

Morning all,

Chapter 14 - The Woes of Urban Quarters continues.

(Sit tight Mel - this will knock you off your chair.)
Going home last night and not feeling well - headache, jazzy lines on the right eye etc.etc.etc. and get to the door of the block and there is a notice - Security lock is broken, please use your garage zapper or the last gate on Stanley Street. Zapper is in the car - I only use it when I go in or out in the car. So I toddle off along with my trust wheely suitcase to the gate. The key fits and in I go, only to be confronted with another door that my key does not fit! @#$@#$@$@$@$@
Go back to the front, wait a bit, think a bit, not nice thoughts, after about 10 minutes someone comes out of the door! Thank you! I am in. However the lift does not work either, so I have to trudge up the 96 steps with the suitcase (thank heavens it was empty). Got home, got changed, and veged out for the rest of the night. Gotta love this place. Reckon I will take bets on which bit is going to go next. Lucky we don't get earthquakes in this part of the world eh??

Apart from that, not much to report. I have brought the garage zapper with me today in case it doesn't get repaired for a while. And I am about to go see how my two new honarary sons are getting along. They are nice guys and this is their break into SAP so provided they put in the effort, I will give them as much help as I can. I don't mind being the mentor at the moment. It's not as if I am inundated with work, stress or pressure at the moment.

Holly, if we were closer, you could have had my tree. It hasn't been used for several years. DS2 has one of his own. DS1 is uninterested and like me prefers the real thing anyway.

Happy, I have changed the chair that I sit in!! I've moved to the couch and will stay there. I've changed my chair at the table and on the patio. Unfortunately there is only one study chair. I may have to de-fug it with carbolic or something equally smelly. This job is fine, it's the another part of the same company I worked with in Wollongong. I get on fine with most of them and they all seem to remember me from back in 2000/ 2001 and I like my boss! It all helps.

As for the cat in Helen's apartment, I believe that it is the cleaners excuse for not vacuuming properly after the last tenant. She (Helen) tells us that the amount of fluff and dust around the place was amazing. Anyway there is no cat food, litter tray or other evidence to be found - where is the cat?? Out shopping while she is at work????

Better go and do something with my boys and then there is another meeting - love those meetings. I'll be back. The 'net here is woefully slow in the afternoon, but this site doesn't seem to take much loading thank heaven.

[ceejay52]

Shad--At least you got in your exercise for the day. 96 steps I would have had to sit down before I got to the top.

Happy--Have fun at your book club meeting.

Holly--It's time you did something nice for yourself. Don't forget the hot chocolate while you are out shopping.

Mel----Hope the chair holds out until after Christmas. Give Jen and Richie some TLC.

Hello to PainterWoman, Tig, Suzi and Meadow.

The phone has been ringing since the Light Office switched the phone over.I don't like this part of my job.

[MELODY525]

CEEJAY~ I TOO HATE THE TELEPHONE PART. IN FACT I AM NOT ONE FOR TALKING TO A BUNCH OF STRANGERS ON THE PHONE! REMINDS ME OF MY GRANDFATHER. THEY HAD A PHONE INSTALLED AND HE REFUSED TO TOUCH THE CURSED THING!! MANY PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OF PHONES WAY BACK THEN! HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY!

SHAD~ I CANNOT BELIEVE THE MANAGEMENT IN THAT PLACE.....THEY DEFINITELY NEED ME THERE!!! I CAN FEEL THE PULL ALL THE WAY OVER HERE!!!
HOW WILL YOU GET IN THE SECOND DOOR TODAY??? MAYBE YOU CAN WAIT FOR THE CAT TO COME BACK FROM IT'S SHOPPING TRIP AND SHE WILL LET YOU IN!!! AFTER ALL THE CAT SEEMS TO GET IN AND OUT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS! OMG THIS IS TOO UNREAL TO BE FUNNY!!! ROFLMAO

I AM REALLY ON THE RUN TODAY. ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE CHOIR IS COMING AT 10 AM. THE OFFICE WANTS TO ATTEND SO I'LL SEE IF THEY WANT ME TO ANSWER THE PHONES. I DON'T DO XMAS CAROLING!!! I'LL BE CRYING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!
VERY CHILLY NOW IN NJ AND THE HEAT IS ON IN BOTH ROOMS. BIG CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK'S NEAR 70'S!!
LOVE TO ALL AND SEASONAL HUGS