Hi guys. I'm at the torture chamber known as school again. How do you guys with lots of responsibilities do this pg stuff? I'm so darn tired that I can't function. I feel like I am in a fog bumbling around. Ooops, gotta go. Teach is here. Have a great evening all.
Hi. We had a show in the Chicago area this last weekend. Had a micro-burst storm pass over and around 36 of us had our tents destroyed (we were among the 36!!). Thankfully we pack up and take away our product every night so all we lost was the tent and some of our display items. Many of them left their product in the tents over the night and lost everything!!! I've got new parts ordered and hopefully they will arrive before we leave thursday evening for Kansas City.
Everyone think kind thoughts for my husband and cooler weather - we are so swamped with wholesale orders (I've got to learn to say that we are full when we are first full not when we are past full - hmmmm, kind of like my old binge problems). He's working as hard and fast as he can to fill all the orders but its really hard to work when the studio reaches 120 degrees (and thats not infront of the glory hole!!)
Update on my friend. It is brain cancer and they can't operate. They did sugery today to put a shunt in so they can do chemo/rad directly to the area. Last week she was o.k. enough for the hospital to send her home on her birthday (35) but that night she was back in emergency and even stopped breathing for a few minutes. The only one they are letting in to see her is her husband for about 10 min. at a time. Its such a b#$@%ch you know??
My eatting plan is kaput right now. Going to try and refocus. I'm up a few lbs again. I quit the metiformin - I just didn't like getting hives everytime I did anything the least bit physical or outdoors, plus I seemed to gain on it - not lose. Bummer.
Today my DH is 40, I made a cake and he just wants veggie pizza. Not like its much of a birthday for him since he worked in the studio all day and since we just got back from chicago we don't feel like going out for dinner.
I must get on to the bookkeeping chores!!! bye, jul
Lizzard, you're doing well! when you're working out and having results measurewise, the extra muscle is probably why it doesn't show on the scales, so don't worry about it. The more muscle you have anyway, makes you expend more cals, so you lose fat more easily, etcetc. I've upped my training schedule with the help of a friend of mine (girl that's into Olympic Weight Lifting and looks like a fitness model and not like an Eastern european wardrobe: she used to be really unfot and pearshaped until she started weights) lately, and although my eg my arms have stayed basically the same size, they're much stronger and shapely now. I lost several inches off my back and my backside went up in a few months . So it's going well, but it doesn't show on the scales because of the muscles...
I don't think 1-2 glasses of wine are doing that much damage, but you could water it down (1 part water, one part wine) so you drink only half and it has about the same taste too(they do this a lot in the restaurants here, and most people don't notice!).
At work things are tense: we don't know what's going to happen: So I'm looking for a job, have to move, no $$$ (sigh): On the other hand, some offers are oending, and things at home are better now. I have a wedding on Saturday, and my sister is coming over for it (it's her boyfriend's sister that's getting married), so i can look forward to that!
This for today
Have a nice Wednesday everyone, and be well!
Woke up before my alarm today, so I decided to hop on the puter real quick before showering for work. (Let's hope I don't have Karen's problem )
Totally blew my points for yesterday. We went out for dinner after WW last night and I really wanted deep fried milk fat (otherwise known as cheese sticks) and at 2 pts apeice they sent my total into the dumpster. Oh well, time to put it behind me and move on. Right. I've got the hand car at work today so that should be a work out and then we should take the dogs for a walk they were full of energy last night, but we weren't.
RR - YEA on not needing the insulin!!!
LBH - Can't help on the canning, my mom used to can, but when I tried I didn't have much luck. Good luck.
GG - Hang in there. You'll figure out everything soon enough. Also do you use a translating program or type in english? Just curious
Jule - I can't belive this heat for the beginning of Oct Hope it breaks soon for DH's sake, working in the glass building at work stunk on hot days.
Rabbit - Glad your b-day was a success. Hope the painters are done soon. Have you found a bedroom color yet?
Liz - Congrats on the inches!!!!! The weight is sure to follow eventually, just hang in there.
Well, off to get ready for work, and on to WEEK 2 of my challenge.
Don't worry about the extra points: I read somewhere that "overeating" once in a while might actually do the body good (in conjunction with ketogenic dieting, and it's not gospel), and if it's any consolation, my gran has made her irresistible (light) stuffed tomatoes so I will very probably overeat today, too: she makes 'em so good you want to eat them all (fortunately I am not allowed to by gran).
Intesting question (what made you wonder?)! Actually I never use translation programs, because they never come out right (=they stink), + you get really strange + freaky expressions(see below): translating is for the most part choosing fitting expressions for a text, according to type of thing you are translating, literal translating mostly makes no sense (it makes a text look like it's edited by a dyslectic 2-year old) and the English you are using: for example, when I translate stuff into Queens ("real") English, I always use "s" in stead of "z", + other specific spelling and expressions (colour, harbour et.cetc., and if I used "wicked" for "cool" you'd think I was some kind of mildly concussed person). I am just a slightly geeky person with an inclination towards picking up languages just by listening to them and reading stuff (whatever I can lay my hands on, basically). I do use dictionaries, and then just use what "fits", but not with English, usually I can do without, unless the text is a real pain in the ["a...."/ "backside"/"posterior"/"bum"/"tushy"/"head"] (please fill in appropriate word).
well, my day is almost over, so "I'M DOING IT today..."
(Literally translated Greek expression meaning: I'm off...)
so much to read and no time to do it i hope to catch up real soon though!
i just wanted to stop by because i put on a pair of jeans this morning that i've had for years. 4 months ago i couldn't even zip them closed. 2 months ago i could zip them closed but i could hardly sit down. and this morning i put them on and not only do they zip, i can sit down and i don't have to unbutton them!
i'm having a hard time getting an accurate reading from my scale since it's on carpet now instead of tile floor. but once i (hopefully!) find a new place i'll get more accurate readings. as long as it's not going up i'm happy
Road Runner, I hope you are able to find a safe place to get away from the hurricane winds and rain. I pray it doesn't hit New Orleans again as they already had a deluge from Isidore. I'll be praying for everyone's safety as this is going to be a really bad hurricane. Please let us know how you are doing.
Thanks Liz!!We are told to expect about a week without electricity cuz we are not gonna be soo lucky with Lily .I just got back from buying tuna, chicken and water and getting prepared for no electricity..Work said to bring 2 days of clothes and expect to stay and work without going home...I did 20hrs/day after Andrew but this year I dont know how I will do it 7 1/2 months pg, Gest Diabetes and short of breath just walking sometimes...Keep everyone in your prayers...I will post when I can if the power stays on!!!!
RR
They told me to stay home today since I wouldnt be too much help..DH is off work and the kids are home from school soo everyone is together...It is just really bad wind and rain right now but the worse is not here just yet..I am up early checking on the cats of course!!!
Take care!!!
RR
RR- Stay safe!! I'll be praying for you all down there!!
LA- Congrats on the pants!! I guess you're keeping it in your bedroom? Can you bring it back and forth into the bathroom with you? Maybe you have a large piece of something hard you can put it on, like a big book, or piece of scrap wood?
Rabbit- Walnut wash? Will that match your taupe headboard though? Sorry, I love to decorate!!
GG- So, do you speak english over there, or Greek, or Dutch, or what?! I have fun trying to figure out what people mean sometimes when they say certain things!!
1.With my gran and around town I speak Greek
2.With my boss and some friends and most family I speak Dutch.
3.With customers and some friends I speak English
4.With my friends from Serbia I speak Serbian (the story behind this is: I met a women who now is one of my best friends here in GR, but who only spoke Serbian when I met her and 3 words of GR. But in stead of teaching HER Greek, I picked up Serbian. It's a nice language to know, but you get real pain in the tongue from all the srtvrt's and krtvrtprdjt's etc...)
5.With some people I'm not on speaking terms at all
6.With some people I prefer body language
7.When necessary I also speak a bunch of other languages, although lately I tend to get my tongue into knots while switching languages, unless drunk, then I get REALLY brilliant again (or so I think).
8.I speak German, but only with nice Germans (not many of THEM around!, hah!)
Yeah yeah, I know I should have become a simultaneous translator or smt (this is what my dad says anyway), but 1.It's like being a walking PC in stead of a person to the people you're working for, and 2.It's BOOOOOOOORING!
RR: Did I hear right that the storm has been downgraded?? Maybe it won't be quite as bad as expected. I hate wind! I just freak out about the least little bit of wind.
My friend is not well at all. They did the shunt operation and after the first treatment she did not do well at all. I'm afraid I'm going to get a call while we're in Kansas City this weekend.
Another friend's son was in a bad truck wreck Sun. early a.m. He was put into chemical coma yesterday due to brain pressure spikes. Surgeons don't hold out much hope for him either. He's 19.
Enough depressing news, the good news I've finally designed the kitchen redo and I'm very excited about it...now to just save up a bit more money and I can get started on gutting the whole thing.
We're leaving tonight - so I better restock the truck!, jul
. So it's going well, but it doesn't show on the scales because of the muscles...
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i hope to catch up real soon though!
I guess you're keeping it in your bedroom? Can you bring it back and forth into the bathroom with you? Maybe you have a large piece of something hard you can put it on, like a big book, or piece of scrap wood?
