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Old 05-09-2006, 10:14 PM   #91  
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Did I get that recipe here? I didn't mark it so I can't remember. It looks good so far, but it hasn't "gelled" yet.

Sandra, thanks, you are so sweet. It is a new beginning for me in a lot of ways, and I'm looking forward to getting back op and losing some weight. I have not had much self-control lately. You sound like you are getting back to your old (but now skinnier) self too.

Vickie, it sounds like you had a good day. And I'm so glad to hear that Jim's appt went well.

Kathy, I'm sorry that you're having stomach and sleeping problems still. Have you created a schedule for yourself? I know how hard that is though. After I had back surgery I would do the same thing, end up sleeping all day and stare at the ceiling at night. I couldn't sit up and I was living with my parents so I couldn't stay in the LR. I did have a tv with a couple of channels but you know what's on at 4am. It was a very hard time for me.

Well that was more than anyone wanted to read. Back to work for me tomorrow. I need to iron some clothes. I made the dreamsicle and some salads tonight. I hope that everyone has a great night.
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No, that's exactly what I do. I'm so far off whack with my schedule that it's making me sick. I actually thought about calling my regular doctor and seeing if he could find something wrong with me; this can't be normal.

I have to stop taking the pain medicine first though. I'm sure that's part of the problem. No matter how early I take it, it doesn't kick in for hours and hours ... it's like it doesn't work as long as I stay awake, but as soon as I start sleeping then I can't stop. Then sleeping so much gets my eating schedule off, which makes me feel really rotten.

I think I'll look for that SF Cool Whip and make some jello or pudding tomorrow. I have four boxes of each in all different flavors and it sounds good now that you mention it.
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Any chance of getting different meds? or different dosage? If you need pain relief you should get it but it shouldn't be so debilitating for you! Maybe a call to the dr's office is in order?

Melissa - that dreamsicle thing sounds divine - we shall be waiting for a report after the taste test.

Vickie - your toes sound lovely - and I'm glad you have your favorite color on! I know Opus Dei exists - but I'm pretty sure they don't advocate self mutilation or stuff like that! Pretty gruesome stuff!

Sandra - glad you will be out of the 'restaurant' zone and won't be having to deal with all those tempting smells!

I have sequestered myself upstairs in the bedroom most of the evening cuz I am in a bad eating mood and don't want to be in the kitchen! I think the stress from work came home with me - altho I am happy to report I think I have finished crunching my numbers (and managed to find the lowest 15% priorities which is $288K of the $1.9M budget I seem to be 'responsible' for?). I can't believe what a crazy exercise this is and will review this with my director at our meeting on thurs - at least I have a draft of something I can show him. I swear it was making my head ache (and yes the headache seems to have disappeared!).

On course all day tomorrow so need to be at work early (so I can get my coffee ready) and head downstairs (in the main boardroom). Hope I don't fall asleep! ha ha ha

I will however still be running up to my office during breaks and will probably work thru my lunch so I can ensure everything is still running smoothly! I am now even sending myself reminder emails to work from home as I think of things that need my attention!

Did nothing but watch tv tonight (which is a rarity fo rme) while dh is off to the annual general meeting of the museum he volunteers at! ( http://www.diefenbunker.ca/ ). I expect him home soon - and I will be asleep and he will start fiddling with the blinds so no speck of light dare come in in the morning.

I am yawning already - eye makeup off - just have to wash up and head to bed!

nitey nite
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kathy, i would love for sf cw to be core. i have to confess it's hard to measure a level tablespoon of the stuff.

melissa, you definitely sound like your old self. okay, girl. let's get smaller. we can help each other.

frouf, we had a great time snooping around the senior center. we were there for a senior olympics meeting. first time we'd been there. but--we're going back to play bingo, dance, tai chi, etc..... can you tell we're pumped? curtis is as pumped as i am.

congratulations on crunching those numbers while staying op. that's amazing!

we missed ai tonight. i set the recorder for wed. i've been thinking it was wed all day. nope, it's tuesday.
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Hey chicks! I'm back at work, but have a training to attend this afternoon, so at least I don't have to be here all day. My stomach is kind of icky this morning, hope that goes away soon. I have to admit it was probably the junk I ate last night (you know, the whole "one last stand" mentality).

Sandra, sounds like you had a fun time yesterday! And yes, I desperately want to get smaller. The scale is up for me from all the junk I've eaten during the move. Hopefully it is water weight (including TOM!!) so it will go away soon??

Frouf, glad to hear that all worked out with your budgeting--I can't imagine being in charge of something like that.

AI last night--I thought Taylor was not that hot, but then again, I've never cared much for him. Chris didn't do great either, but I still really like him. It wasn't exactly his kind of music.

Kathy, I hope that you can get all of these issues worked out. I'm with Frouf, call and see what they can do for you. You need rest and a regular schedule!

Gotta get to work...Good day everyone!
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Good Morning Chicks! I slept until 7:30 and would have slept longer were it not for the workmen on the street. We have kind of a busy street behind our home. I normally don't hear them but the windows were open last night. Oh yeah....they were laughing and talking and slamming doors and playing the radio loud with the doors open. I just got up. I didn't want to yell because they probably would have messed up my telephone!

Terminix is coming this morning for an extra treatment for ants. We aren't swarmed but I panic when I see a few since when we first moved in we had a lot of them including a nest of flying ones. Really icky. That's one reason I'm glad we live in a cold climate because most of these critters die over the winter. I could not be a southern girl. The bugs get too big for me.

I have dinner with my Sister and BIL today. No special occasion. My Sister just misses me and has a gift card to use. We'll be going to Texas Roadhouse. I haven't had pork chops in a while and they have good ones.

I should walk on the treadmill but I don't think I can because of the Terminix guy. I'm not really sure when he'll be here. I think I'll clean the house for a while and then go shower. Thankfully, Jim will handle him.

Melissa, I'm sorry your tummy is sick but I'm glad that you know why and that it's not some type of virus coming on. It's also too bad that you have to be at work but at least you have a beautiful new house to work for! We love (at least I do) learning things about each other. I knew you had back surgery but I never realized how hard it was for you. You are so young and SO positive.

Kathy, I wish I had some suggestions for you. I would be at my wits end too. Maybe it's a good idea to call your General Doctor, especially if you have a good relationship. When I've gone to too many Specialists, I stop back at my Internist. I figure he's the one responsible for looking at the whole picture. Specialists just seem to care/focus on their specialty and don't worry so much about the whole person.

Sandra, I'm so excited that you and Curtis liked the Senior Center. I'm glad you so so many fun things that you might be interested in doing. You've been saying for a while that you guys were wanting to do some more social things. Jim and I always talk about going to bingo and we never have in more than 15 years. I used to go weekly with my parents when I was living at home and working. I was quite lucky.

Frouf, I had a similar size budget and HATED when they didn't give me what I needed to deliver the program. Usually, I'd find that they wanted everything done so badly that they'd find the money for me. I hope it's the same for you. My advice is not to start skipping lunch. You need to get away if just for a few minutes. If you start out that way, you'll never get one and you'll probably have more than one headache. The big bosses go to lunch, so can you! What a cool place that museum must be. I wouldn't mind a tour.

Is SF cool whip also FF?

I thought everyone really stepped up on Idol last night. I predict that Katherine is gone. I thought Elliott was the best overall but I loved the first song that Chris did. Taylor wasn't great to me. But, I started out not liking him very much so I'm not totally objective.

I'm looking forward to the show tonight.

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Hey, all. I slept with no medicine and woke up around 9:00 because the dogs needed to go potty.

I also think Katharine might be gone tonight. At this late stage, you absolutely can't drop a lyric and hope that your improvised choreography will disguise it. It didn't work for me at all. As for the other three, it's going to be so hard. Elliott has the voice, Taylor has the experience and stage presence, and Chris is just smokin' hot. I would be happy with any of them winning. I liked Taylor from the beginning and his CD is really good. As for the "idol" part, I've tried to read as much as I can about them and from what I can find, they're all good people.

Shaun got home sorta late last night and when I asked where he went, he said he went walking. I said "I don't believe you" and he just totally went off on me, yelling and stomping around. Good grief! He had left before 9 and this was around 1:30. Anyway, I don't believe him but whatever. I just thought it was a little stupid to go crazy about it.

I think I'll try to take a nap in a while to see if I can catch up.
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morning. i'm up early readying to go to the podiatrist. i am sooooo ready to get back to normalcy. i hope to be able to do the exercise bike after this visit. we'll see.

melissa, i'm glad your first day back should short. you sound very excited to be back on program. makes me smile. i ditto everything vickie said. you are a very positive lady. hope your tummy's better. been there done that on those last evenings.

vickie and kathy, thank you for telling us about ai. i set my vcr to tape for wed instead of tues and missed it. we'll be watching for their snippets tonight.

vickie, we don't have a texas roadhouse up here. i have driven by quite a few down south and have wondered about them. enjoy your visit with your family. famous dave's is open up here. we're planning to go after i lose 20 lbs. i know i shouldn't want a food reward, but i do. (i love ribs.)

kathy, i'm glad you got some rest last night. did you get your flowers planted? i'm waiting till today to plant mine. it was 30* last night so i put them back in the garage. our weather's supposed to be warmer now.
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Hi everyone,

Vickie I know what you mean about bugs, I am originally from the city and I moved to the Suburbs which is about a 1 hr drive from the city about 9 years ago, and I still can't get use to the bugs. The spiders are huge, at least to me they are(yuck) and the bugs that freak me out the most are the ants with wings(gross). In the Summer we get these huge bugs I think they are called June Beatles that stick to the screens, so If we come home late and the outside light is on, they are all over my front door, I will not get out of my car till my husband cleans off the door I am afraid they will go in my hair.

Melissa sorry your tummy hurts, it probably is from what you ate, I have done that plenty of times to myself with my "last meal". When I was doing the SBD I decided to have a Carb free Icecream sundae from Friendly's, needless to say I over did it and it sat on my stomach all night and the next day. Hope you feel better.

Kathy I can't tolerate main meds, when I had my c-section they gave me pain killers and I hate the way I feel on them. The podiatrist yesterday wanted to give me pain killers for my feet and I told hin no thanks, I have to stay awake & be alert, Once I take them I really feel groggy and crappy the whole day. Maybe if they switch your meds you will feel better.

frouf glad you finished your numbers, that has to be a relief. That is funny about your husband fidling with the blinds. My husband gets up before us to go to work, he makes so much noise every morning that it drives me crazy, I tell him constantly get your clothes ready the night before, does he listen,Noooooo, he has to be banging draws & armoires opened & closed. Gotta love em

sandra have a great time at the senior center, sounds like they have alot of fun activities. My favorite idol is Chris

Hope I didn't forget anyone, I am still getting to know all you wonderful ladies so It may take me a while to get the posts straight.

My ds is in Kindergarten and takes the school bus to school, there is a little boy that sits next to him on the bus. He asks my ds if he can come over to play so I told my son to have his mother call me. So that day around 5:45pm
a minivan pulls into my driveway and these two little boys come to my door asking if they could play. I ask them where is your mother, well she is sitting in the car. This women does not know me, and she sends her kids to my door by themselves. Then she comes in my house with a 4 year old little girl. She then decides to take her older son who is in the 4th grade home and leaves her 6 yr old and 4yr old alone with me. Then she proceeds to do the same thing the following two days and I made excuses that I was busy. So everday her son asks mine if he can come to our house and I feel bad for the little boy but his mother just seems like she wants a place to leave her kids. Also I haven't heard very nice things about her and her older son who steals and gets in a lot of trouble from my neighbors. I just feel that I don't want my son to be friends with a child who can be a bad influence, I know he is still young yet but all it takes is one kid to make them start doing bad things, and the mother is no prize package, she has left her son at the neighborhood park by himself at 3yrs of age. I don't like to judge people, but this situation makes me feel very uneasy. Thanks for letting rant.
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I would also be uncomfortable with that situation Niki - you should get her to call ahead and make plans for a partcular day/time - and not just show up? I think that's kinda nervy! She obviously doesn't believe in supervising her own kids????

Kathy - so are you 'on schedule' today? Hope you can eat and rest as required without screwing up your body clock!

Vickie - hope the 'ants to marching one by one' hurrah - right out your door! Sounds pretty icky to me - and Niki we also have these big ugly spiders once in a while and my 14 yr old dd goes crazy - dh and I are usually in the 'spider removal' business when required!

Have a nice lunch at the Roadhouse!

Melissa - sounds like you overdid it at 'the last supper' - hope you tummy is recuperating nicely!

Sandra - there is that fabulous rib place in Montreal - which I insist on enjoying whenever we're there (core be damned) - luckily we're not there that often!

As for number crunching - swear to god there are trying to drive me crazy! Drafted my numbers last night only to get in this morning w/email from money man something about new numbers and a 'matrix' and filling in something else! Now I'm not that stupid but I can't even understand what this he is sending out and have sent it to one of my staff for 'translation'.

Meanwhile I am on this course (perfomance discussion process) which is pretty funny. Had to throw basketbal in hoop - we get to choose how far away (from 1-20 feet) and how many shots out of four we would make. Being the lazy slacker that I am I stand one foot away and predict I can make it in four times - and yippee I make it (first time alone in the room, 2nd time w/whole gang - got lots of laughs) - seems I am a 'consistent achiever' but might need to be challenged a bit more? ha ha ha

Just had lunch and back down in a minute - bringing my big container of fresh strawberries with me to nibble on!

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Quiet afternoon I guess? back in my office now - remember all those crazy numbers I had to figure out and add up from numerous spreadsheets - the ones that initiated a migraine headache? Well sometimes it pays not to be so diligent and timely - today of course we get a new email and spreadsheet with ALL THE NUMBERS ADDED AND LINED UP FOR US! Yes had I simply put that @#$@#$$ sheet aside, gone home, relaxed(?) and come in today - I could simply now plug in the numbers provided! (of course I would still have to come up with the low priorities on my list!). Anyhow - that's what you get for trying to get things done in a timely manner!

And yes - I did inhale a few jellybeans while working on this! YIKES.

Course is going well - very interesting. Had to 'present' on behalf of my table/team of course - but I"m used to that!

No plans for dinner - but still have LO coq au vin and brown rice somewhere in the fridge? DD to therapist and art school via her dad. Dh going to drumming practice (for his friday night gig).

And big ds calls me (while I'm in my course!!) just got off work - where THE POLICE WERE THERE (he works in a cd store - yes we love the discounts!). Anyhow his manager who he has known for a few years (young lady, maybe early-mid twenties?) was found to be doing FAKE RETURNS and had stolen thousands of dollars from the company! Ds is completely freaked out - says he feels like 'someone has died' - I told him I guess you never really know someone? I feel so bad for her - that she had to do this - and how this will affect the rest of her life! What was she thinking?? Will get more details when I see ds at home!

Otherwise might go out with little ds? Have to pick up dd around 9:15 in any case!

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Hey Chicks! I cleaned a couple of rooms today and then got showered for my dinner out with Sis. Bug Boy (that's what we call him but not to his face!) was here and everything is treated.

Kath, how exciting for your that you had natural sleep. Are you in pain without the medicine? Some things will never change with Shaun. I wouldn't have believed him either. It's sad because it could have been true. I'm hoping you're napping and not working around the house.

Sandra, how did your visit with the Podiatrist go? I hope everything is progressing as it should. Be careful at Famous Dave's! Everything is absolutely delicious and VERY fattening. I love the burgers and the bread pudding. I wasn't crazy about the ribs but really liked all their choices of sauces.

Niki, my alert antenna would definitely be up with the Mother who keeps dlievering her kids for you to watch. How does she know that it's safe to leave them with you? Ugh. Some people.

Frouf, so I guess your conervative side showed with the basketball hoop! I would have opted the same way. I would have ben crazy to have the spreadsheet "arrive" after I did all that work. I guess working for the government in Canada is a lot like working for the U.S. government. Not always alot of forethought and planning. Very frustrating for self-starting planners like me and you! It sounds like you got lunch and I'm real happy to hear that. It's too hard to stay on program when you let yourself get too hungry. I also notice that when I let my blood sugar dip too low, I no longer work effectively. Look at it as setting a great example for your employees!!!! What ever was that young woman thinking. She's just ruined her whole life for a couple of dollars. It is just SO not worth it!

Ok, I'm off now to await my Sister's arrival. I'm sure I won't be back until morning. I get a cut an color tomorrow. It is much needed.
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hi there. we had a great time at the sr center. and we weren't the youngest! we met a nice couple and ate with them. meeting folks and getting out is the main reason we went. i think we're going to join so we can take dance lessons and do some of the other fun stuff. but--we are not settling down. we'll still be climbing trees, etc....

got a good report from the doctor so i have been doing yardwork all afternoon. got all my plants potted and did some more pruning. whew! i'm tired but feel great.

nikki, june bugs scare me, too. my fav idol is taylor. i don't necessarily think he's the best singer but i like his personality and stage presence.

frouf, girl, we could stack up a pile of rib bones, couldn't we? i don't get ribs often but it's a wonderful event when i do. my fav way to eat them is just with light bread, pickles and onions. i don't really care if i have beans or any other side (but i wouldn't refuse them) that's funny about the bball event. you're a hoot!

vickie, i am starving for famous dave's. i've never been so this will truly be an event. are you changing your hairstyle? i am letting mine grow a little.

i need to get off here now and have a snack. have a good evening.
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Still at work and ready to pull my hair out. I should have just left after the training but came back to the office. At least I'll get to leave early on Friday.
Just wanted to complain.
Oh, and I'm starving!!!!
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Hiya, folks. I'm checking the weather online so I thought I'd check in. Did we decide that Saundra is in Niagara? For some reason I was thinking it was next week (middle of the month) but whatever the case, I hope she's okay.

Shaun had a call from a student loan place this morning and it was imperative that a payment be made, so I made it. He is now sweeping and hopefully will do more around here to repay me.

I just felt so darn rotten all day! My stomach hurt, I was dizzy, felt feverish and nauseated but didn't want to sleep. I did sleep a little though, around noon, but this has to stop if I'm going to be able to work next week. I ate a Hot Pocket and drank a coke a while ago and felt a little better. I might just have more cereal for dinner.

I'm really ready to be back to normal though, you know?
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