Hi All,

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend. I was busy getting all my ducks in a row to start work Tuesday and get the kids back in daycare. I think I've got everything set.

Today we're supposed to go see a few houses, but I haven't heard back from the realtor yet.

Hello everyone,

Not much going on here. It's drill weekend for Andy so Alex and I are just hanging out. He only has one more month of active drilling!! I'll be so happy when it's over. He will still have two years of inactive duty, but I'm hoping it passes uneventfully!

Lauren: Hope you find something you like while looking at houses. I bet you are excited to get back to work.

Hi All,

Wow, we saw some winners yesterday. Maybe true fixer-upper is not what we really want! Horrid... We did see one house that has great possibilities. It's a ranch on a 100x174 lot. It currently has 3 br, 1 bath, 1/2 bath/laundry room in the making, kitchen and LR. The MBR is actually a 1 car garage that was renovated, so it's pretty big. The other 2 brs are small, but perfect for the boys. The kitchen is in desparate need of a renovation and they whole house just need updating. like ripping out old marbled carpeting, paint, etc. The potential is there to add on, we could go up, out, back, any which way, because of the size of the property. It's in what seems to be a nice neighborhood of larger, newer, or renovated homes. DH is gonna call his dad and see if he has time to ride by it. Unfortunately even though we decided to look at these houses, we really aren't in a position to buy yet, unless someone gives us a downpayment. The IL's probably could. ****, my mom has basically given us 12K by letting us live here rent free for the past almost year. But we were DA's and didn't save barely anything.

I dropped the kids off at daycare this AM. Start the new job tomorrow!! Feels weird to be here by myself today! I have to go iron some of my clothes for work. They're all hanging up, but some need to be ironed.

I meant to WI this AM, but with the bustle of trying to get out of the house, I forgot. I did WI Saturday AM though and was down almost 2 lbs!! I guess I'm doing something right!

Annie, Congrats on breaking your "streak"!

Hi to everyone!

hi all. We had a busy weekend and now I need to get caught up and do everything I didn't do while ds was here.

Today is our anniversary, #13. We went to dinner at an Italian restaurant last night after taking ds to the airport. And I only ate half of my entree and brought the rest home.

I have been walking funny since doing my new weights routine on Friday - the leg day. Sheesh! I will certainly get some muscles this way.

Lauren - best wishes on your first day at the new job tomorrow! ~ hooray for your loss!

Annie - Hooray for your loss!

I am not losing anything! I need patience . . .

Rabbit

Hello all,

This weekend has been H***! On Monday of last week someone assumed that I was going to cater an event because I was JUST inquireing about it. I thought that it was only going to be 100 - 150 people, come to find out that the event was 800 people, but should only plan on 400 people eating there. Long story short - We did well with the pizzas that we bought, however we should have bought less of everything else. More like 100 people ate. I was on the go from 8:30 am to 10:00pm. I realized after I got home that I hadn't even gone to the bathroom. We ended up profiting almost $600 though so I dont know. I could do this again, however I would need more time to get it together. It might even be fun to be an events planner for when I grow up.

Lauren, Did I tell you Congrats? Well If I didn't: Congrats!!

Rabbit, Congrats on your anniversary! 13 yrs is a long time.

Hello to everyone else, it is time to go study.

Hi All,

Sorry I've been scarse again. I don't have my own desk at the new job, I am covering for someone going on maternity leave, and she's not leaving until the day before Thanksgiving. I do have a laptop, but I didn't get much time to plug in today. I just hopped into an empty office and plugged in to find my way around. Things are going well soo far. It's a little overwhelming, but today was better.

Molly, How's the little guy? Hope he's just getting some extra sleep, and not getting sick!

Lisa, Do you do catering? Maybe it's something to consider, if you can make that much money all the time!!

Rabbit, happy anniversary!

Hello Everyone,

Nothing much going on here. We've been running around like crazy with the MOMS this week. I like being busy, but we've had something everyday this week. It makes the time go faster when there's a lot going on.

Annie: Congrats on the loss. You can do it.

Rabbit: Are you still measuring? Are you loosing inches? I bet you are. Don't forget that muscle weighs more than fat!

Lisa: Wow, I wouldn't even know where to begin cooking for that many people! Event Planner, huh? I bet that you could have fun with that.

Mama: Hope you were able to get the website going!

Lauren: Hope the new job is going well. And that you get a spot of your own soon!

well, it looks like the thread has been slow this week. I've had internet issues (that I SO hope are fixed now) and I'm finally getting a chance to check in.

I updated my journal and started a new one. I decided my start day should be on Thursday instead of Friday. Thursday is my typical weigh in day (when I go to WW). And I think Thursday being the "start" to a new week as opposed to the last day of an old one could help me from overeating on weigh in day. It's all in the mind.

Lisa - an events planner could be fun! I'm with Karen though, I wouldn't know how to start cooking for that many people.

Molly - maybe I missed it somewhere, but what is your home business?

Lauren - how's the job going? Do the boys like the daycare place?

Karen - you're right, I haven't been measuring. I have been afraid to. I am also pmsing this week and had a couple of bad days. I just feel like I am ballooning and that is NOT a good feeling.

Rabbit

Hey there ladies
I am still here Just been extra busy...Hope everyone is having a great day, I will be sure to pop more over the weekend

Just wanted to pop in and say Hello ... Nothing new to report from here ... same old boring life ....

I do have a cute story if y'all are interested ...lol ...

My 5 year old, Kyle is in Kindergarten ... and each week they have a letter of the week that they focus on and learn about, this week is "J" week. So about 2 weeks ago Kyle came to me and asked me if he could take his brother to school for show and tell during "J" week ... his brothers name is Jake, who is 4 ... SO I talked to his teacher and worked things out, so we went to school last Thursday and Jake helped to "kick off" J week ... we made cupcakes and we wrote the letter "J" on them for a treat for the class ... it was so cute ... Kyle was the proud big brother

Norissa, that's very cute!

Molly, Glad he's not getting sick. Good for you on portion control!

Rabbit, The boys are at the same daycare they were at before. Peter went back no problem...which I was surprised about. Robby has pitched a fit almost every AM...no surprise! Today he didn't start crying until I was walking out the door though.

I should have the desk to myself after Thanksgiving, when the girl I'm covering for goes on maternity leave. Right now I'm squatting at someone elses desk that is out today and tomorrow. Still getting used to the laptop...I've never used one before. At least they gave me a mouse and once I'm settled, I will ask them for a keypad too. Things are going well, pretty busy....well she is, I"m just watching!

Hi to everyone!