300+ Weekly Thread #1242
 

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Annie - *HUGS* Will try more walking next time..I did go downstairs and sort of hobble around and breathe in the night air (cold and snowed in) and that did help I think more than I think it did. :D Being cold seemed to help me for some reason, but perhaps that was all in my head lol. I'm going to be buying some boots so I can go walking, right now I wouldn't make it down the driveway that hasn't been plowed yet...lol So much snow..my little toes would freeze.

Ratkitten - I did take something for gas..i dunno what...it didn't help, but I have this thing with pills. Sometimes I end up reacting to them, but yeah walking, bouncing, anything that works I'll try if this happens again! I've never had this experience so I'm a newbie with it. I did hobble about and bounce and other things, but nothing helped that night, or it didn't seem to. I'm sure it did, but I couldn't feel it as I was in that "zone" lol.

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Today is a much better day. So, I weighed myself during my bloat fiasco and I weighed 281 pounds. ACK! So, today I weigh 270 pounds. I'm amazed, how much can people bloat up? GOODNESS! I usually will like bloat up 4 pounds, not 10-11. So, yeah no more soy crap for me! Nooooooooo. I'll listen to my body.

Last night I was so hungry that I ate a giant salad and it was so good. Just plain, but I desperately needed it. I have been so neglectful of my body and have not been listening. Bad me bad. So, listening is making me feel better. Sometimes I wonder why I revert back to the bad things, almost like I'm punishing myself. *sighs* Now I'm feeling good and moving forward...I don't want to look back and repeat the past two months.

Out with the old, in with the new.

I hope everyone is well. LOL You all will get a kick out of this. So, apparently there is a family visit on the 26th and I'll be doing some things, but see this family is a bit "lazy" and they don't really get how to work a kitchen and get food out. So anyway, I finally ask about food plans and I get this email back suggesting that the holiday dinner is going to consist of "heating up frozen appetizers, deli meats, bread, and salad for dinner." I'm sitting there shocked lol...and now this is a holiday dinner with family members showing up. So, I'm a bit taken aback and think to myself, 1. I don't eat that crap, 2. Deli meats for dinner???? My god are we saying that people are driving to this house to have a sandwich??? So, I reply back and it turned out that basically they want to do pre-arranged platters for appetizers (deli meats, veggies, and shrimp) and then a frozen entree for dinner, with bread and salads. So, I can't eat any of that except the veggies, so they know I'm bringing food lol. But what IRKS me is I go OUT of my way to prepare foods that EVERYONE will like. When I plan a meal I go out of my way to make sure there is something for everyone. Heck I'm vegan and I roasted a turkey, if that isn't doing things for other people then I don't know what is. I kind of feel like they only think about what they want and do not think about other people like um let's see..me and my boyfriend? So, it gets a bit upsetting to constantly be up against a rock like that, well not upsetting but annoying. If I didn't bring food, I'm serious, then my boyfriend and I would have bread. There probably wouldn't be a salad, i mean one time I was told there was enough food so we didn't need a salad. I go "But that is MY dinner. I have to have something to eat!" Then I got the "oh yeah." Holy Jebus, can people be that thick??? lol... They do sometimes think of me, but rarely think of my boyfriend (and like it is his family) so that is odd. They pretty much left my boyfriend out of any plans for this upcoming shindig and when I told him about it he was a bit irked. I don't blame him. But I bring food to share, as that is my way. I do it for selfish and non-selfish reasons. :D :carrot: To be honest, if I didn't bring food there wouldn't be much to eat at these dinners. Seriously...these people don't plan well. *rolls her eyes*

Just a vent...meh. :D

Hiya My Peeps!

Jacquie, I'm so sorry you are so sensitive to foods and additives. My Mom is too. The GasX stuff is something you dissolve on your tongue, like the breath thingies. Oh, even better would be the drops they give infants for gas. Both are gentle and I'd be surprised if you reacted to it because my Mom can use those drops. I'm so sorry you were miserable and glad you are better and busy munching salads. Regarding your family, I'm glad you are so considerate! My family is the opposite of yours; they consider dietary restrictions a challenge to find tasty things and still be within the limits of what people can eat. My Dad eats no sodium because of an inner ear problem and we are always coming up with interesting things to make for him.. and if we have to, we make low sodium versions just for him and have the sodium all calculated out.

I am coming down with a cold. BLEH! I went into panic mode when I realized it was Monday and I'm supposed to be going home on Thursday. I haven't gotten the ingredients for my casserole or wrapped my gifts. EEEP! So... all but 2 presents are wrapped, need more paper. Took out trash and cleaned the litterbox and am currently doing laundry. I still need to venturre out today and get ingredients for the casserole.

Hugs to all my peeps!

Luv,
Ratkity

good morning ladies:)

i went for a long walk this morning (long for me, about a mile lol) and put in a few apps. the walk really left me feeling good and wondering why i hate doing it when i feel so good afterward.. dumb huh?
im craving salt really bad today... i can take chocolate or leave it, but where i have a prob is salty foods like chips, peanuts etc... i dont salt my food at all tho... but i want a big bag of lays chips right now lol.. not gonna give in tho...this too shall pass:)

hope all of you have a good day :hug:

Hi Ladies
 

Good Afternoon Everyone.

I don't think I ever introduced myself in this forum, but I did post a intro in the main forum back in October when I started this journey. Things are going well for me, and I am amazed how well I am doing through the holidays. I'm not saying it's easy, but I'm not gaining and I actually lost weight over Thanksgiving and I am hopeful that over the next 10 days I can drop a little more.

I had been upset for a few weeks because when I started back in October I had set a goal to be under 300 by the new year, but that is not going to happen. I am currently down 37, :carrot:, and I realized when I was reading a few other posts that I am now down 10% :cheer2:. That is such a huge accomplishment for me and I realized that the goal I initially set for myself was probably unrealistic. I don't post often, but I do read the forums quite a bit and I am going to try and be more involved.

My new goal is to start incorporating some more fitness and exercise into my life. I have been doing some walking, but I have not been consistent and I need to start ramping things up and getting some real cardio in place and what better time to start than this week! If anyone has suggestions on how to ramp it up, please feel free to shout them to me.

Other than that I am busy like the rest of you preparing for the weeks festivities and busy at work. I am pretty much done shopping except for a few odds and ends.

Happy Holidays to Everyone.

I found out yesterday that a week ago Sunday when it was so cold here, we were the coldest place in North America, and the second coldest place in the entire world. I guess I wasn't just imaging it. It's only -14 now. The problem with that is when it warms up above -20, then it snows. Below -20 it usually doesn't because it is too cold to. I need to shovel, but refuse to until it stops snowing, which it is refusing to do. Honestly, I've run out of places to put the snow anyway. You can only pile it so high physically. The whole building looks like one big snow fort.

I didn't do so good yesterday ending up around 2200-2400 calories. A friend brought over dessert, a low cal apple thing. Only after I ate it did I see that it had 900 calories in it. I could have had a big mac for that. Just bizarre that they can legally call that a "lite" option. Hammer in my head, "read every label!"

Good evening everyone..I had a great day it turned out to be an early xmas for me..see my husband and i decided to give each other money for xmas well i put his on the tree and he was suppose to do the same for me today casue he got paid today but we had some last minute holiday shopping to finish and well long story short i kept finding things that i really wanted so he bought them for me instead of the money which is great! I got them early so i can start using them right away but here is what i got from my husband for xmas...
speakers for my mp3 players that has lights that play to the beat of the music
biggest loser calendar
set of 8 lb weights
dirty dancing workout dvd
last chance biggest loser workout dvd

plus i got a digital bathroom scale from my exchange gift from the family get together over the weekend so i am super excited about everything i have gotten.

I am up 2 lbs since my last weigh-in but i think it is because of 2 reasons--its that TOM and i havent been drinking water over the weekend like i normally do when im home because i ate excellent over the weekend i didnt eat any junk food at the get together but today i didnt eat great cause we were shopping and we ate out for lunch and then we ate out for dinner too BUT tomorrow i am back to tracking my eating and back to my eating and exercise routine and hope to lose that 2 lbs really quickly and i did come home tonight and drink 2 big glasses of water which the water glasses i drink out of are the big slurpee glasses from 7-11 that equals 5 glasses each time you fill it up and i had 2 of those glasses tonight so i had 10 glasses of water so i feel much better.

Well, i have rambled enough i will talk to you ladies tomorrow
Heather

Hiya my peeps!

Heatherb, glad your gift exchange and DH gifts were great this year!

Catherine, I believe it from the reports you give.. That place is tooooo cold for this kitty. I did the same thing once regarding the calories with some pressed nut bars. I thought I was eating healthy and found out I could've had 4 candy bars for the 4 oz of seseame nut bars I ate! BLEH!

Wavies to Kayley as she flies by ~~~~~~~

Well, I have a holiday cold. This is the 2nd cold in as many months. I think it's cuz I changed up my vitamin regime. I've been miserable all day. BLEH.

Hugs to all my lurkers!

Luv,
Ratkity

I forgot belated welcomes for TWing and Chaos!

Hugs to you,
Ratkity

welcome to the new peeps!!! (waving)

Jacquie: Dont ya hate when you got out of your way and others dont..makes ya wonder why we even try at all.

Catherine: again girly I don't know how ya live in -40 degrees??

Kayley: Glad ya had a good time with your friend

As for me: I got a strange call today. It was from my biological dad. I have never met him..but have talked to him by phone,email,or snail mail since I was in the 8th grade. I am a internet relationship with his daughter. He wanted to know how my surgery went and how I was doing. I was at work when I got the call and we spoke for about 1/2 an hour. He told me some medical history. Turns out he had his gallbladder out in his 30's. SO sis his mother and father. We talked about what is going on with my son and the baby. We talked alot in that 30 min. He said we need to talk more..not email. I would agree. Life getting busy is no excuse. After we talked I went back to my cubical and could not work. There was a sadness that came over me. I was raised by my grandparents and am so thankful they did. BUt I often wonder how a parent could walk away. Both him and my mom. I seem to get emotional when i talk to him. Maybe its that emptiness that will never get filled.

So then I come home to a sick hubby. He has the same symptoms that my son had..the dr said it was probably the swine flu. Lets hope hubby recovers soon.

MY PUPPY Molly has been itching her nose for a few weeks. We have noticed that she has been loosing the hair on her nose and around the eys. Hubby took her to the vet today..they "think" it is fungus. So he gave hubby some shampoo, cream, and pills. If this doesnt work, then she could ahve some disease..sorry dont know the name..that dogs get. That is alot more money to cure ..if they even can. I hope this stuff will work.

The other side of the label battle happened to me today. I was doing so much stuff today, that I skipped lunch, and had peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. I figured I'd blown it for the day, so why bother writing down the calories. Then I thought, no, I need to accept responsibility for what I ate, and calculated it all out. I ended up only having 1665 calories today. 800 of it was peanut butter, but I didn't go over. I just assumed. Assuming, either direction, is stupid. I could have beaten myself up all day tomorrow about it, without knowing I was fine. Having the no sugar, no salt added peanut butter, no sugar added all fruit jelly, and low calorie bread in the house certainly helped. I learned, don't guess, know what I am eating.

Cyn it could be mange, sounds vile but our dog started like that then it spread, cost £1000!!!! Around $1,500? Ask the vet to do a scrape just in case, costs less in the long run, we had LOADS of creams, baths... before it was found it was mange. It's caused by mites which all dogs carry but puppies or older or sickly dogs get it, the mites multiply & their immune system can't cope hence the los of fur. Hope things work out with your Dad, remember that 30+ years ago single Dads were just about not heard of, especially to daughters.xxxxxxx
Catherine, boy so glad I fell in love with a localk guy, could NOT cope with those kind of temps!xxxxxxx
WELCOME NEWBIES! XXXXX
Well I'm TOTALLY OFF plan.... feel bloated, fat & sluggish..... oh well New Year, new start..... Bil is getting better, he even cleaned my microwave & sink down!! LOL!!! it's good to be appreciated & to get help.
xxxxxxsharon

Hiya Sharon! xxxxooo, good to see you.

Cyn, Sharon is talking about demodectic mange. All dogs carry it, sorta like our little mites on our eyelashes. When they are puppies, highly stresssed or sick, demodectic mange can bloom. It's really not a big deal just on the nose. Poor little pup. Give him lots of hugs from me!

Catherine, I'm glad you calculated everything for the day! I think I had 1500 calories in juice. I have a stupid cold that is moving into my chest. I think my family is gonna ban me from Xmas if I'm not better in a couple of days. hehe. I'll just go down next weekkend.

Hugs to all!
Ratkity

good morning ladies:)
not too much going on today except im going to be baking cookies all day for my sister. she wants oatmeal cookies as well as peanut butter cookies... the peanut butter ones are going to be my downfall im afraid lol. normally she wouldnt ask me , but she has been so depressed since our mom passed last mo.. i am sad too, but my sis has severe health and emotional probs which makes everything hit her so much harder. not to sound like a scrooge or anything, but i wll be so glad when the holidays are over. having the first holidays when your mom passes are hard enough, but a lil worse when she only passed a month and a half ago.. plus, no one is hiring atm, which sucks for me, and ill be glad to get all this 'bad' food away from me soon lol. i also feel an excitement about starting a new year.. this one sucked on so many levels.. my goals for next year are: lose 50 lbs, gt my teeth fixed, and date/make friends. i have been gone from my hometown for so long, i dont know anyone anymore. well, i should close for now.. i hope everyone is doing okay, and i hope everyone is enjoying the holidays(cept scrooge me lol):hug:

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for being gone again. My computer got a virus and I fixed it last night so we are back up and running and I should be back later. I am going to take a nap as my chest is a bit heavy.

Blessings to you all,
Annie

I've got stuff bubbling in crockpots all over the place. God only knows how many people will show up tomorrow. They won't lack for food. At least I hope I don't run out of food. On the other hand, I hope they eat it all. I've picked lean this, and lite that, but still.

Merry Xmas eve everyone...Today we will be celebrating xmas with my parents and then tomorrow we will be celebrating xmas with my husbands parents and sister and husband so it is going to be a busy but fun couple of days..I cant believe that xmas is here!!! I also heard some news today that is going to make it a little better xmas for me i have been really stressing lately about my unemployment extension running out at the beginning of january cause the extensions are due to expire at the end of the year..well to make a long story short i just read on one of our news channel websites that president obama signed a bill on the 22nd to extend the benefit expiration date to the end of february for now but possibly longer but for me the good news is that i will be getting my 14 week extension cause i have been really stressing about that lately worried that my extension was going to run out and what would i do for money and etc but now i dont have that stress cause i have another 14 weeks after this extension ends..whew!!

Sorry this was soo long i am just feeling really happy and really in the holiday spirit now more than i was!

I hope everyone has a wonderful xmas eve and xmas with your loved ones!
I will try to come back on here later tonight
Heather

Morning Ladies....

I've been busy doing the last minute things and tonight I have to make the rest of my cards for the holiday family thing. Then tomorrow I'm cooking and preparing all day. :P :D I don't mind, I need something to eat don't I. I have my list of things and lol, oh my god this family is so lazy. I'm the only person making homemade stuff and you know what? It doesn't take that much effort really. I mean I'm bringing cranberry and orange relish. Oh how hard it is to pulse that with some stuff. Takes like 5 minutes! lol

So, I have one more trip out today, then I'm done. Just gotta get to the produce market. Supermarket trips are complete and I got a new frying pan, cheap one, but I needed one. For my boyfriend and I, on Christmas, I'm doing a mexicana theme meal. I'm making my own corn tortillas, well I'm a newbie so I'm not grinding my own masa, just using the already ground stuff. Once I get better at it I can do that during the summer when the corn is fresh. :D Not there yet...

Dealing with a family that is lazy and is just reheating everything...everything comes in a box. So, I'm the ONLY person bringing homemade food and I also made sure the kids had nicely wrapped gifts and stockings with little fun things. I'm sure I'm the only person in this god *blank* family that gives a crap, but at least there is one person. I'm too old fashioned I think...perhaps that is why things irk me sometimes. The laziness of this family has struck a bit of a cord with me this year. They just don't care, so I think this is the last time I'm going to put any effort in.

Anyhow... Happy Holidays ladies! :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

Welcome new comers! :D

Hiya my peeps!

Well, I'm not going home for Xmas to NC. I feel miserable. This cold is kicking mah butt. I dropped my gifts to the family off at my little sister's house (nearby) and she'll play santa for me. Bad sore throat and it's moving into my chest.. bleh! None of the family members want to be exposed to my disease, so I'm staying home. The upside is that I don't have to battle traffic to get from DC to NC.

Little sister made some homemade mashed potato soup and that's been yummy. Very peppery and comforting.

Hugs to all!
Ratkity

Merry Christmas Everyone,

Catherine: All of the wonderful things you are fixing sound so good and you are such a blesing to people for including them into your family . Hugs and love and blessings from the Lord I'm sure.

Hayley: Sounds yummy. Maybe you could share the recipe sometime with us.

Heather: Thank God that your unemployment will be extended. Hopefully things will really pick up the first of the year on the job front! Hugs sweetie.

Jacquie: Sorry that your family is getting you down. I am the only one in my family that does things homemade too but, it is okay. At least the kids will remember Auntie Jacquie and all that she used to do. Hugs.

RAt: So, so sorry that you are sick. I wish I could be there to nurse you to health. Spend lots of time covered up drinking water and huggin on your furbabies.

Merry Christmas to everyone and lots of blessings from above.
Annie

Furbabies hugged! As well as the neurotic feathered one and the psychotic kitty one.

I have the gas fireplace going (even though the golden retrievers in front of it are stealing all my warms!). I have soup. I have tea.

I have my fambily feeling sorry for me and calling me to see how I am.

AND....

I have my Peeps here. This Christmas will be good! I am especially thankful that Catherine can stay warm in the coldest place in N. America and knows how to cook and serve to countless peeps in need of a warm meal and that Annie is still with us due to an amazing set of miracles and Jacquie still makes stuff for an ungrateful family and tells me about raw foods, and heatherb's unemployment is extended and her successes, and for Prof Heather who keeps us glued together, and for GGG who always knows how to make me smile, and Sharon who gives me glimpses of life in the UK... I'm grateful for all my lurkers and all the new people and all the people who come back - I lubs you!

Hugs and Happy Christmas!
Luv,
Ratkity

PS I'm in a bit of a Nyquil fog, so I know I missed lotsa names. I stil lub you even though your names escape me. hehe.

Thanks dogpal..i am relieved to find out that i will be getting it so it takes the pressure off just a little bit so i can enjoy the holiday more and not feel so stressed.

I hope all you ladies have a wonderful xmas with your families i probably wont be back on until friday night or saturday morning depending on what time we get back from my husbands family.

Happy Holidays all!
Heather

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! Be well and be warm - we are in the middle of a serious blizzard - I see a shower and clean jammies in my future today. My furbabies are hugged and loved - DH still snoozing - watching the snow fall. Life is good.

Rat - wish you would have told me you were contagious - you don't have the share everything with me. My girls are also hogging the fireplace warmth. No soup yet but I see some in my future. Sorry you didn't make it home for the holiday but I know you don't want to give the family the crud. Relax and stay warm. Love ya!

Catherine - how many did you feed? Thank you isn't enough to say for the wonderful things you do. This season has been very full for me - simple things that have been easy for me that mean the world to others. Like I said - life is good.

Sharon - I'm with Rat - thanks for sharing your part of the world with us. DH still wants to travel to the Midlands with him when he goes. Merry Christmas my friend.

Kayley - you are a machine. Stay tough. I'm so proud of you.

Annie - what can I say. It's been a tough year for you but you stay strong. Can't wait to hear about the new puppy. Hug Joel and Pepper for me. You are beautiful - inside and out and I'm blessed to share your friendship.

Heatherhb - you are doing marvelously. Keep up the good work. One day at a time. Glad to hear your unemployment was extended.

Jacquie - I'm with you - why oh why don't others "get it". We had DHs grandson over last night - he is 4 - is was such simple things for him but he was thrilled. AND - I was able to roll around on the floor playing with him - he thought that was his best present - GG playing on the floor with him. Thanks for knowing just the right thing to do. I've said it before and I'll say it again - your wisdom is always spot on. Merry Christmas to you.

OK - I can't blame Rat's nyquil fog but thats from my old memory. If I've missed anyone Merry Christmas to you. Also to all those hopefully lurking - Battle, Xena, Sandybar, Brenda, Donna, Deb54, and the list goes on. You've all touched me.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!! I got my wish, and here in Michigan, we have a GREEN CHRISTMAS! I'm not a fan of snow, never have been.

My boyfriend & I decided to forego the big family dinner today, and spend it just the two of us watching movies & enjoying some Chinese food. The scale showed me up 2 lbs today, so I don't hold out much hope for my weigh in tomorrow. I've been on plan, but who knows? Next week is another week!

Have an amazing day, ladies! And eat smart! :)

Carol - STAY SAFE! And of course, be warm, and have a great holiday.

Merry Christmas all!

Short and sweet today...

Left work early on Wednesday..took hubby to the ER. He has the flu..possible swine they didnt test..just treating it as such.

Last night had Christmas at my sisters. Her mother in law was there and her sister in law..this year they really irritated me. They like to "be onverly nice" it gets on my nerves. The woman just saw me last week and asked when I got my hair done! My hair is the same.

This morning we opened gifts and have been watching movies all day. I got CRICUT!!!! Yeah me!! A crafters dream.

I have family coming in for the day on Sunday.

After all this...exercise starting monday :)

Good Morning ladies..I hope everyone had a wonderful xmas with their families

I had a great xmas and got basically everything that i wanted which includes money, gift cards, ruby's diary ( a book i wanted), cologne, new winter boots, 2 workout dvd's, the biggest loser calendar, new 8 lb dumbbells and new ankle weights but the biggest gift of all was from my husbands mom and dad-they got us a Nintendo WII :) So i am going to use my walmart giftcard and money and buy myself a game today :) I want to get the Wii fit but i might have to wait until my birthday to get that...my husband had to make a promise to his mom and dad that we wont go crazy spending money we dont have to buy alot of games ( long story short my husband isnt good with money and he loves to play video games we have a PS2 that we are going to trade in with all the games but with me not working and him only working pat time we cant afford to buy alot of games so we promised them that we would only use our giftcards and money from trading in our old system and all the games to buy a couple of games and then no more after that) so all in all it was a great xmas and i hope that it will be a happy new year and i will be able to find a job pretty quickly we will see!

Well, hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday!
Heather

Hello ladies! Hope you all had a great holiday. I'm so glad it's over. I'm starting to dislike the holiday season for a number of reasons. Mostly, people's complete foolishness & greed when it comes to gifts. :(

Anyhow, we got a call this morning that my Grandfather's condition is deteriorating, and he's not going to make it through the next 24 hours. So we're going to go and see him today. He's never been there for us, and I don't really know him as a Grandpa, but I want to see him before the funeral happens. I don't know how to feel, emotionally.

Weighed this morning, and considering I ate (too much) Chinese food yesterday, I'm only up .4 lbs. I'm going to re-weigh in the morning, and if it's not just water weight, I'll record the gain. Not so bad, getting through both Thanksgiving & Christmas, and gaining less than half a pound! :)

Heather hb - Glad you had a good Christmas! I like the Wii Fit Plus, but I like a game called EA Sports Active better. It gives you a better workout, in my opinion, and it's cheaper than the Wii Fit. (I have both Wii Fit & EA Sports Active, and I play the latter much more). I love the Wii! My boyfriend & I are currently addicted to Super Mario Brothers Wii. So much fun!

good morning ladies. i hope all of you had a great xmas. i myself am so glad its over. the holidays both thanksgiving and christmas were very hard for me and my sister with mom passing just last month.. but i am so excited about the new year. i have plans, goals, and im ready to shake the drearyness of 2009 off me. the last few years have been kinda rough, but im determined that 2010 is going to be a great year.. im going to lose weight and get healthy and that alone will make it great:)
i hope you are all having a great day:)

We only had 20 this year. I'm sure the weather kept the numbers down a bit. I am suffering from such a food hangover. I decided not to count calories for Christmas, and right now, I am retaining water from the salt, and generally sluggish. If I never see another piece of chocolate.

waving to everyone!!

Today I cleaned my but off! My room was never really "unpacked" so I finished that and dusted and swept and mopped. Lord..I know where all the dustbunnies lived! I am just glad it is done..finally

I also made a chocolate cake. I also baked oatmeal cookies. YES me the one that hates the kitchen!

HUbby is still home sick..and will probably be home again tomorrow. Although he is sick..I do love having him home. His normal days off are not weekends..BUMMER!

I got ALOT of cards made for OWH. I will mail them next week. The ones I am making now are Valentines day cards..next I will do some Easter ones.

Hi everyone! I am breathing a big sigh that Christmas is over! I had an okay day I guess. It was a bit depressing to not have any family to celebrate with. I spent the evening at my pastor and her husband's house with two other people from the church (one of whom is also a minister and teaches at my school in theology) and a friend of my minister's. I was shy, and felt a bit out of place because I am a lot younger, but they were really nice. It was kind of funny to be drunk under the table by a bunch of clergy. Hahaha. Didn't consume too many calories either, since my pastor and her husband don't have dairy or sugar. We had lamb, which I am not a big fan of, but I ate some so I wouldn't be rude! I am feeling weird and empty today. I feel sad because they are celebrating with their family tomorrow and I don't have any family here right now to celebrate with. Also feeling clingy, because I am close with my pastor and it was so nice to spend Christmas with her, and I know she is retiring in the spring, so I don't know what I am going to do without that support in my life. Geez, this is getting depressing...

Anyway, I did well yesterday, but had chinese food (a ton of it) the two days leading up to Christmas, and today I had mexican, so I am pretty sure by the time I do weigh, I will be up.

Snow shoveling is such a wonderful thing.

My psychotic kitty sense tells me there is more to the above sentence than is being said.

Hugs,
Ratkity

I was thinking the same thing, as I get ready to do some shoveling myself. Joy!

Hi Everyone,

Just checking in to say hello and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I have to say that this is one of the very best Christmases I've had in years. It was just Joel and his sister Jean, myself and of coarse our sweet little ole Pepper. But just having hope for the future and having family was wonderful. We did lots of praising and worshiping of the Lord which was wonderful and exchanged a few little things.

Joel and Jean went in together and bought me an airwarmer so I can walk outside when it is cold. I am super excited about it and even though It looks like I am about to rob a bank or something, I can breath comfortably outside with it on. Praise God.

Kayley: so sorry to hear about your Grandpa. HUGs.

On Saturday we went to drive up to see our new puppy, to visit him. It was so nice and later I will try to post photos of him.

Blessings to you all,
Annie

Annie - What kind of puppy is he? New puppies are always exciting!


Ugh. I ate some fudge today and spent the rest of the day in bed feeling ill. I am still sick to my stomach.

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