Hello Ladies, I am still alive, but still doing battle with little energy and enthusiam.....Just wanted to say I need to catch up on more reading to see how all are doing....and to say howdy to the newbies....My food issues are so so.....My "friend" and I are not seeing eye to eye on issues I feel are more important than he does....he seems to think the best of life is over, and I am saying who knows the best years of my life may not have happened yet!! He is 1 year older than I and acts like he has 1 foot on a banana peel and the other in an open grave.....It is tiresome...and I do better with more positive energy around me than the negative....So I don't know what is going to happen....and right now I am not too worried about it....

I was going to write longer, but I have a class at church in about 20 minutes....so I best get a move on...

I drove by where President Bush was signing something into law today....was wondering what all the hoopla and all the flashing car lights and officers and people were hanging out on the street for.....lol I hadn't been watching the local tv or listening to the radio the past few days....too busy....So I would have gone to witness the event of seeing a sitting president within blocks of my home had I been more aware of what was going in in my area...lol

Anyway Take Care one and all........

This is just a fly-by! :wave: Kat and Lisa, I am soooo sorry I missed you.

I'm going to jot Suzanne a note about not being able to get the smilies to work and see what she says.

My back is still not really much better. Sleeping on the recliner again tonight....IF I ever get my paperwork done and decide to sleep.

Gonna run. Reports, reports, reports. Love :love: ya bunches.

Wow, where did everyone go? Sure was quiet yesterday. Everyone must have been exercising and cooking healthy foods!

It is chilly this morning! 40 degrees. Good weather to snuggle in bed and watch morning news shows.

DH and I had a long talk last night. He has so many emotions about his body. One of his biggest is fear that I will get tired of taking care of him and leave. He also feels that maybe he shouldn't have come into my life. He needs lots of prayers.

I've just seen the commercials for The Biggest Loser. Might be fun. I've given up on the Apprentice. Anyone still watching Survivor? That was great that Mia, the mouth, got voted off. Slapped the young, hot shot girls down a notch! I about fell off my chair when one of the other gals was telling Twila she should ask one of them to french braid her hair and "be one of the girls". Oh okay, be a twit instead of gathering firewood.

Tuesday Tip day. Stay OP!

Not much else to say this morning.

Thin - Take care of that back. No eating through the pain! You've done great so don't undo all you good work.

Syn - Good to see you stopping by. Sorry about the BF problems.

2Cute - Good job for exercising! BRRRR!

Barb.G - Yes, YOU CAN do this. There is a gal at work who has lost a tremendous amount of weight and she looks great. She did it by simply making the commitment to WW and stayed dedicated to the program. She wanted to lose the weight more than she wanted to sabotage herself with food. The key is staying committed to the long term goal.

Lisa - Those giant pumpkins are so much fun! Sorry about the agent thing turning out to be a scam. Your Sunday sounded so lovely. I just love those fall days when the sun is shining.

:wave: to everyone else!

Have a good day.

morning all,

Well, sorry I haven't been around much, had a hectic weekend and now I am working early and staying late so I can get off real early on Friday. Let's see where to begin. Well, Friday night the hubby and I went out and did a little shopping. Then Saturday he was at work from 5am to 5pm, it's pretty much been that way all week. But I decided to go to walmart for something. Well, I found a gift for my friend, and thought gee I should put this on layaway, and if I am going to do that I should get some Christmas shopping done. So that is what I did, I went Christmas shopping all day Saturday. I came home and when my husband got home he decided that we should go to the Dells to hang out with his brother at the Kalahari Resort. So we did, got there around 7:30, went swimming, I went down two water slides. Scraped my knee, but had a good time. What a workout though. Then because I was all set up to go and bury my babies on Sunday, we back home Saturday night/Sunday morning. We got home around 1am. Then up around 8 and drove up to my inlaws, about 45 minutes away and went out in to the field, buried my babies, and hung out with my father inlaw for a little bit. Then drove to the pet store to visit my mother in law and buy me a blue rat. So now I have two new babies which I need to get pictures of before they get to big. Then went grocery shopping and I was pooped.

So this week is a long week for me but I am glad for it. Food has been soso. Water, doing pretty good.

2cute, you rock! Want to come up here and jump in lake Michigan with me this winter? I was thinking of joining the polar bears.

Syn, don't feel bad, I hardly ever watch the news around here either, there is just no time.

BarbG, That's right, just do it, nothing is to say that you won't lose more than two pounds on some weeks.

Lisa, thanks for your kind words. Good luck with this agency, hope it is better. It is amazing how people can make their money by using other peoples dreams.

Terri, well I say, just tell your hubby, that he's being a bit of an a$$ and that he is hurting you, and that you know he doesn't mean to do it, but that maybe he should think about what he says before he says it. It is really hard when someone is ill, I don't think they realize what they are doing to the people around them. Sometimes they do it to push the people they love away, just so they don't have to worry about them leaving them. Kinda like self fulfilling prophecy, He's afraid that he might lose ya, so he does things to sabotage it. I knew people like that. Anyway, prayers coming your way to help you hubby and you through the tough times.

Lucky, what's up? How are things going with you. I hope your situation is a little better. Or at least easier to deal with. Hugs to you.

Thin, Well, what can I say, some people will do anything for a massage. :) Ok so go find a hunky massuese and get that rubbing you need. :) Hope you feel better soon.

Andria, Hope all is well with you. How's therapy going?

Cd, I sure hope you get your electric back on soon. I would have gone over the edge by now, I can't stand the heat and humidity. I bet a swim with 2cute would feel good right now. Just think of that, that might help cool you off.

BarbPa, How's it going with you?

Michelle, hope moving is going ok.

Tammy, Sounds like you got your plan together. Way to go, Good luck.

Chris, did I see you lost 10 pounds, you kick butt. :)

Well, if I forgot anyone I am sorry I have been out of the loop for a few days. Anyway, off to the wonderful world of work.

Take care all,

Skittles,

Tuesday Tip, READ!, read up on all of the people who have made changes in their lives, draw from their experiences, and see the changes they made, and how you can make those same changes in your life. And while you are reading these inspirational stories, ride a stationary bike or something, that doesn't take much concentration. It will make it more enjoyable.

Terri: :grouphug: to you and hubby. I know how your husband feels - at least somewhat. As I have mentioned before I have fibromyalgia. It's too long of a story and too early in the morning to go into all the things that fibro does or can do to the body. As you also know I would like to be in a relationship again, but always wonder how fair that is to do someone. Saddle them with my problem. So, you can be sure I will keep your hubby in my thoughts and prayers.


Thin: I can't use some of the "fun" stuff when posting either. :mad: I can't get centering and sizing to work.

Good morning all. Hopefully today we ALL will stop in and POST not just lurk.
Lurking was my plan... but it takes participation to keep a thread going.

Syn... always good to see you. Maybe it is time to let go trying to change your friend.
At least stop talking to him about his age and health. Keep you topiics up lifting.

Thin... hope you got a good nights sleep. I HATE back problems. They scare me and remind me of my many limitations.

Terri... I can so relate to your husbands fears. I fear my husband won't leave me BUT be STUCK with me. :( I struggle daily to not let those fears rule my life and marriage. FEAR can drain all the good from the relationship. I wish I could offer words of advice ... but I don't have any. I am not in your shoes... I am in your husbands. It really does hurt to know you are holding your loved one back.

Skittles... NO WAY !!!! I cannot imagine the temp of Lake Michigan.Brrrr !!! I think those polar bear swimmers are NUTS. :lol:
Those were Great Tuesday Tips.

Lucky... Good Morning !!! I never even knew about those options until about a week ago. :o

Okay ladies... who else is going to check in ?
That is my Tuesday Tip.... Post something everyday... even if it is just a hello.

This is me, CHECKING IN!

But I don't really have much to say. If only I didn't need to sleep, I'd get so much more done and have stuff to talk about! Have I mentioned lately that I hate working nights?

I just posted a bunch of stuff that was so boring it almost put me to sleep on the keyboard. So I deleted it.

Survivior Fans: How happy were you that b!tch Mia was voted off? :cp: I would have LOVED to seen Twila haul off and belt her one! I would rather have seen Rory voted off than JP though. I really can't stand men who whine. This really isn't the best Survivor I've seen...but it's early yet. Isn't Eliza annoying? Wasn't it funny when she kept going on and on and on and John would say, "Okay, I heard enough." "Okay, that's enough." "I'm leaving now."

Terri...Your hubby sure has my prayers. I'm so glad that you two can be honest with each other about this. It must be terribly frustrating for him. He's lucky to have such a good wife...just as I'm sure you are lucky to have him! :grouphug:

Lucky...I'm am praying for your SUPER HUNK to come along! Complete with royal blue thong!

I have to get back to work on party planning.

When I wasn't mentioning how much I hate working nights, did I happen to mention how much I hate dealing with a snippy sister in law, who doesn't do a blessed thing to help, but has plenty to say through her poor husband, my brother??? No?

Oh. Well.

Never mind.

Hello! :D Guess what!? I got the smilies to work! Woo Hoo!!!!! :cb: :cp: :hat: :dancer: :flow1: :yes: :bubbles: :comp: :encore: :cheer: :crazy: Is that enough of them?? ;)

Today was Isaac's first time at daycare and he did really well. Actually I think I had a harder time with it than he did :p . I sure missed him and he was only there for about three hours! :o Hope it's not too bad on Friday when he goes all day! I didn't start my job yet, I just wanted him to start there and get a little used to the place before leaving him there all day. He had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave. So, I know that it's going to be just fine.

Okay, 2Cute - I was just going to "lurk" but then saw your post and had to pop in for just a minute and say "HI".

Anyway, I'm being "paged" it's nap time and we're going to go snuggle in bed.

I'll be back later!

Howdy. :wave: Just here for a minute. I PM'd Suzanne to find out about the smilie problem. Here is her response:

Originally Posted by :
What I would suggest first is that each of them go to their UserCP... Edit Options... Scroll all the way down to Miscellaneous Options and that's where you choose a text editor. I prefer the Standard Editor for my computer/browsers. The Basic is just that, it's simple and doesn't have any options. The Enhanced doesn't work for every browser. To view and test them, they will have to click the regular reply button instead of using the quick reply. IF they test the editors and still can't use the smilies or fonts, then please ask them to PM me and let me know what browser and version they are using (IE 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, or netscape, aol, etc)., because it will be browser related. Since we can use the features, that shows that they are working on the server, so it's how their own browser is displaying them that is the problem.

See if this helps you out. If it doesn't then you can PM Suzanne directly and she can help you out.

Later...........

good afternoon everyone :)

I can't read much of the past posts or type much because I'm still at work. I'm posting though because I'm feeling strongly... determined.

I've been having a hard time with my boyfriend because he's gotten more and more serious about wanting me to move to NY and move in with him or vice versa. Though I know he loves me, I've gained a lot of weight since we moved apart for schools. It isn't so much of 'oh no he'll hate me because I'm fatter' its more of the fact that I know he'll distract me from my goal of weightloss (has before) and I am afraid to ride a plane, etc.

Well I want to move in with him, I want to feel confident in the choice and the path we make.. I want to be with him. But I want to lose weight first. I realize that the sooner I get working and the harder I work - the faster I lose weight, the fast I can be with him and start my dream life. I really want to do this.

A part of me today even considered the idea of working out twice (between 6pm and 12am, I don't get home till 5ish). I walk soo much all day at work so I might be too tired by the time I actually get home - but I'm amazed that I actually, genuinely, want to do it.

Oh! and our electricity is back on! It came on (after lots of complaining and phone calls and issues with the power company) last night around 11pm. Soo happy :) So no worries, I won't be getting that heat stroke anymore.

I feel good. Really really confident.. I'm sick of feeding this problem. I've quit so many things in my life - smoking, drugs, alcohol... why cant I do this?

I'll be back later!

This is for the :drill: (you know who you are)

I wanted to thank you for starting the 2lb challenge every two weeks.
I had a moment this morning realizing how much easier it “seems” to tackle 2lbs at a time rather than trying for more and, usually, failing - bringing about complete diet failure.

I haven’t changed my eating all that much, but know that darn exercise is helping me. (NOT the pilates, yet ) I do believe my body is actually responding!!!!

The challenge and knowing you are all in it with me keeps me AWARE!!!

NOW none of the "fun" features are working - better go reread Thin's post.

It seems funny all of us that have posted here for a long time would suddenly be losing some of the features????

Hi Lovely Ladies -
Just a super quick HELLO to all my gals!! Things have been so hectic I haven't had time to catch up here! I'm thinking about you all and will get back for more as soon as I can!
Love to all!!
:)

Hmm,

Mine seem to be working.

I do have a request though. For a "slap" smilie when you need to smack someone. Or maybe a kicking boot for a kick in the a$$. :drill:

Yes, Lucky, I do know who I am. :p You're welcome! :D

I had to spend the afternoon in management legal training. All because a few of the idiot VP's and sales staff decided that it was appropriate to go to a strip club, get roaring drunk, bring prostitutes back to the hotel, get BJs in the bathroom for $20 AND one of them going at it on the floor with a gal in front of others.....and someone "uncomfortable" with the whole situation taking pictures on his cell phone to email to HR. This for real happened at our company. :lol: What a bunch of idiots. All because of them, we have all got to sit through training to teach us that it is not appropriate behavior. Gee, ya think?

The former barn girls called tonight to say they are moving their horses to a friends pasture and wanted us to know there was room for our horses. I'm not thrilled. That means old Grizzle will have only us and two others as boarders and he won't be able to afford the place anymore. I love this barn, the facilities and the location. Now we'll be forced to move our girls to another less desirable, more expensive place. I'm disappointed because we need for the horse stuff to settle down and stay that way. I hate having to make these decisions on what to do. I don't think Ginger is completely out of the woods concerning her foot because there's warmth in the foot which may indicate infection still. Where's the big sigh smilie? The farrier comes on Thursday so we'll see what he says about her foot then.

Speaking of old Grizzlefart, I forgot to tell this story. We stopped by the barn on Friday to check on the girls and look for him to pay the board fee. He was there in his trailer. When DH pulled up, I opened my door and swung around so that I could put my boots on. He walked up to my door, put his hands on the roof of the truck and proceeded to lean into the truck. The problem was I was still sitting there and he was right in my space. The only thing I could do was lean back to keep him from laying on me. DH finally says, "Hey homes, want to back off so she can put her boots on?" A nice way of saying, get off my wife! Old Grizzle was like, What?, Huh? He finally moved. What an old fart.

TOM finally got here so maybe the scale will start being nice again. I haven't done all that well today but haven't done anything totally detrimental. That first couple of days doesn't leave me in a exercise mood.

I had to have a :drill: conversation with my mom today. I talked to my sis who is all upset about mom being horrible depressed and down and how grouchy she (mom) was all weekend at the family reunion, etc. She's planning on going to see mom's doctor behind mom's back. I called mom after that and asked her what all was going on. Now, my sis is bossy and domineering and mom doesn't like it. Mom didn't sound that upset to me. I did chastise her about not calling us when she needs help and that WE need to have our mom and that maybe WE need for her to need us. I also told her she was going to have to quit saying that she doesn't care about anything and doesn't care what happens and being totally negative all the time. She either needs to start working on making life happy or else her kids were going to be down there to take over. I do think part of it is because mom does not handle it well when things go wrong - dad was always there to take care of things. Now she's totally responsible - and I got on to her for that too because she's not totally alone - she does have kids. I also think my sister is over reacting to every time when mom is tired and down and doesn't respond in a way that my sister wants. I also know that she's in pain all the time and just doesn't feel good. I'll have to tell sis to cut mom some slack. She won't like that.

Well, I have totally written a book about nothing much. And it will be post #29 so I should start a new thread.