Marti - WAY TO GO on the other pound!! You'll make your wedding goal for sure. It seems to me that most of the jeans I see are "short" and at 5'9", I need the longs, lol.
Susan - hope you had fun with the girls today.
Cristi - Yvonne's wedding will be done in white eyelet, navy accents and daisies. It was good to see the 1 pound thingy you posted! Keeps it all in perspective, right?
Kayecee - have fun in Little Rock... or Gooberville, whichever! Now that you've had your hair, contacts, eyebrows and nails done, it's time to post a picture! I like PB too, and eat 1T. almost everyday for breakfast.
Hi to the others.
Neal and I are trying to decide if we should drive to Louisiana this weekend. His brother's wife is very critical with lung cancer. (No, she never smoked - neither did he!) She is at home with hospice. It is a long drive, about 700 miles, and we can't get a direct flight at all, or we would fly. So we think we may drive part way, spend the night, then get there the next day. I am such a horrible passenger - I get cranky after too long in a car. But for Deborah, I will probably go anyway.
Many prayers for Deborah.Also will keep you & Neal in warm thoughts as you make that 700 mile trip and of course back home again!!!!
You are a sweet sister in law. I am sure seeing you will put a smile on her face.
My daughters and I had a super day.Rachel loves Gaby so much and is a huge help to me.
The sun shining does seem to boost the energy.Just a good day all in all.
I'm pretty married to Vermont until after graduation, but I'll get to do some traveling after that to show my eldest some universities and to go take my CDN nursing board exams. I finally have a car again--unfortunately it vibrates horribly between 45-60mph and when braking. The braking could well be rottrs needing turning so I'll have to get that checked out, but I have no idea what would cause vibration between speeds of 45-60mph. I filled the fuel tank today for 13.78...about fell over after paying $10 for less than a quarter tank in the loaner jeep I had. Hopefully it gets good mileage. I'm going to have the oil changed preventatively so I knwo when it was done and I'll toss in some fuel injector cleaner for good measure.
My daughter and I have been religious about hitting the gym and its paying off. I've lost a full inch off my waist, half inch each off my bust and hips, and a half inch off of my arms. I'm hoping I can drop another 2lbs this week--I did one last week, but I've been good about watching my calories this week thus far.
Well, I hate to post and run, but I have to be up early tomorrow for clinical...I can barely keep my eyes open as it is. See you all soon.
Susan, Gaby sounds so cute... I miss those days sometimes when I see pics of the boys when they were small. Brandon never stopped talking,,,Tanner didn't talk till he was three. Just did eye gestures and grunts around his soother....reminds me of Maggie on The Simpsons
Marti,,,I hate buying jeans from Walmart. I swear Walmart doesn't believe plus size women have legs. I wear their regulars as capris.
Jana, safe trip and sending warm thoughts your way.
Kaycee, glad to know you have left your hole. Now don't worry about the kids,,,if they eat KD for 3 days it won't kill them...its an adventure!...lol And the neon colors clashing with her red shoes and pink top is a fashion statement.
I tried to eat healthy today...got as far as supper...Monte has this harem of women who keep feeding him on his route...(hes owns a truck selling bread and twinkies and such) Anyways he has like 60 places he has to stop at (not all in one day) and hes got a girl in every port almost...guy went from a size 32 2 yrs ago to 36. And sometimes he bring home his treasures...OMG sinful! Some Blackforest cheesecake with mousse topping...just horrible...I came close to licking the plate.
As for the house,,,again starting from scratch. Should be ready this summer. Thing is we need to sell our house. tomorrow we have the realtor coming and we go and find out more about our other house. Its only 2 blocks away...in a close, larger attached garage.
Cristi, I thought Charleze Theron was from South Africa? She has a brutal story eh? Her mom shot her dad, after years of abuse.
Well Im off, forget to Brandon his bus pass so now I have to drive over to Mac's and get one.
Angie
Well, clean-up from the storm is pretty much done -- over the 3 days we had a total of about 110,000 customers without power for at least a period of time. Some were out more than 24 hours. When the wind gusts up to 70 mph down a country road, and the rain has saturated the ground, first one power pole comes down (especially if a tree falls on the lines), then the whole line can fall, 4 or 5 poles. And out in the country, there are a lot of folks with electric pumps for their wells -- so when they don't have power, they don't have WATER...and that makes them understandably a bit anxious. I even forgive cranky, under the circumstances. We have a beautiful atrium in our customer service center, all glass surrounding redwoods that are something like 35' or 40' tall --two of them came down in the storm, one crashing through a third floor window. It has been raining again today, but at least no wind.
Rita - Nice to meet you! I think you'll like it here -- everyone is so friendly and supportive. We have a great group. I understand about the long hours keeping you away -- we've had tons of mandatory overtime on my job. What do you do?
Kayecee - I am so glad you are feeling better! The stomach flu is the pits, and it takes a while before you are feeling yourself. Eat bananas if you can (potassium) and drink tea if you like it -- they both help you to recover from the dehydration. I don't have Spring Break coming up, but I have vacation scheduled 3/15-3/19 and plan on doing some major Spring Cleaning, too.
Cristi - Loved your poem When I would get discouraged on WW because I only lost 1/4 lb, I would just have to think, "well, that's one stick of butter gone."
Marti - congrats on breaking your plateau! It's so frustrating when the scale doesn't seem to budge at all no matter what you do -- or even worse, when it budges in the WRONG direction But once you lose a pound or two, it can really psych you up again and get you motivated. And you know we'll be here to cheer you on! I've printed pics at WalMart from the memory stick of our digital cam, from CD's my husband burned of our pics, and even from a floppy. Don't use the Kodak picture maker, because you have to make whole sheets of the same pic and it's expensive (at least that's the one they have here). I use the Fuji machine, and can get individual prints for .29 each -- and can zoom, crop, rotate, change brightness, reduce redeye, or whatever before printing.
Susan - yes, I'd give you bonus points for pushing a 33 lb child Kind of like walking with armweights on, isn't it? Good for you for staying on program, drinking your water, walking. You are definitely on the right track! How do you like the Dr. Phil book? I've heard about him, but haven't ever even seen him on TV. "Laugh In" and "Room 222"? Oh yes, I remember those. I remember "Love, American Style", and the "Flip Wilson Show", and "Smother's Brothers Comedy Hour" -- now how about those? I still love the Smother's Brothers
Jana - You are doing great! It's been great to see you get so motivated, and stick to your plan. I think I told you I fixed brown rice for Tim as an experiment -- he seemed to like it ok, and even ate the leftover stir fry and rice for lunch. And didn't you recommend trying some variety of Uncle Ben's boxed rice? I love carrots -- they are just about my favorite veggie, and very good for you, too. How do you eat your PB for breakfast -- on crackers or toast or ???
Kat - Nice to meet you I read your bio when I first started posting here, so I recognized your name when you came back. Did you meet your sweetheart online? I met mine on chat -- he came out here to California from Detroit, and on St. Patrick's Day we will be married 4 years.
Angie - I love gospel choirs! Did you see the movie "The Fighting Temptations"? The story is pretty lightweight, fairly formula, but the music was wonderful. I hope it comes out on DVD soon. Keep us posted on the house situation. What's the market like in your area - are houses selling quickly?
Hi Shanna, haven't seen you for a few days, hope all is fine with you. Congrats on getting accepted into the Dental Assisting program. I'm a Happy Meal fan, too -- IF the toy is good My hubby's job officially ended (all the tech support jobs outsourced to India and they closed his call center), so he's job searching too, and I feel for you...
OK, ladies, hope I didn't leave anyone out. It's really late now, I'm exhausted and I gotta hit the sack.
Susan - glad you had a good day with the girls. Thanks for the prayers for Deborah and for your kind words.
Kat - the slumber party is in Evansville, Indina and we want you there! They have a casino, a zoo, plenty of shopping, and of course, lodging where we can talk the night away. Check out the meeting thread for more slumber party chit chat. Congrats on your inches lost, btw!!
Angie - Walmart has Just My Size jeans in short, average and talls. They run big, so get a size smaller than normal, if you buy any. Where I shop, they are out of the darker ones, and only have the really washed out ones in my size. I keep checking, though.... Good luck with the realtor today.
Katie - I live in the counrty, too, and have no water when the power's out. We keep water jugs in the freezer for times like that.. but it's a pain in the patooty. Uncle Ben's long grain and wild rice is really, really good. But don't make the mistake of getting the 5 minute instant variety, it is moochy. The original kind that you cook for about 1/2 hour is best. I eat pb on graham crackers almost everyday. What gets me is, the chocolate ones are a little less calories than the regular. Go figure! Anyway, I keep both kinds on hand.
Cristi - hope things are going well with the FT. I think you will notice a big increase in energy by about the third day.
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Well, we've decided to go to Louisiana this weekend for sure. I will probably take the laptop with me, just to keep from getting so bored in the car, and if I can get access, I will check in with you guys. Since Neal has a bad back, I said I will help drive. It's interstate most of the way, coming relatively close to Kayecee at one point. We will be staying the first night at Jackson Mississippi. I have never been to Arkansas, Mississipppi or Louisiana, so this will be all new to me.
I'm having lunch with my son again today. He wanted to go to Montana Mikes - do you know what that is? If not, let me just say everything they offer should be labeled "A Heart Attack on a Plate". So we are doing Subway instead. I think he was just testing me, lol.
Our Wal-Mart has stopped carrying much of anything at all in plus sized clothing. What ticks me off is that they no longer will carry hospital scrubs in anything other than s-m-l-xl and I need a 3x. That means I either have to purchase them from a uniform store and pay twice what I should, or drive an hour to buy them from a Wal_Mart that doesn't have its head up its wahoo. I'm actually off right now to buy overpriced scrub pants (I make the tops myself but can't purchase the fabric for what it costs to buy scrub pants) because I don't have the time to drive to New Hampshire for the foolish things. Grrrrrrr. (Can you tell that irritates me?)
On a more pleasant note, its a pleasure to meet those of you who are new to me.
It sounds like quite the storm, Katiekat! I'm glad you are alright.
Oh, to answer a question from the last thread, I'm not free to relocate the Canada for another 2 years and 2 mo. I finish up my degree in May and then have a two year work obligation here in Vermont. After that I'm off to Nova Scotia.
As for Anthony, we did meet online. He actually messaged me on Yahoo, and we've been chatting and getting to know each other for the last 8 months or so. We'll be meeting in person for the first time within the next month or so, and I'm hoping the chemistry in person is as good or better than the chemistry online. Thus far we really seem very compatible, and its rare I meet someone I would even think about dating, let alone marrying. In his case I've given serious thought to the possibility of a serious relationship, and if things go well when we are not long distance, I think he is the marrying type. *grin* I'll keep you all posted as things progress. BTW, Katiekat...I'm so glad to hear that you met your furture husband online and things worked out well. Its encouraging!
I woke up with my hair looking like Madusa (sp?) I took a shower last night and was just too tired to blow dry it or to let it dry naturally.....so this morning I was frightful looking!!
Katie--I was listening to the news last night about all the power outages! That's a lot of homes & businesses!! I'm glad to hear it's all over and that you're ok. We had a big wind storm a few years ago.....we were without power for 5 days...and we had no water!! It was awful! And James and I lived in the boonies at the time so it seemed like it took longer just to get to us.
Jana--I hope your road trip is a safe one. Just be sure that if either of you get tired while driving...pull into the nearest town and take a nap! Sending hugs and prayers to Deborah.
Kat--I have a cousin who works at the hospital here in town and she's constantly getting scrubs. My grandma made her tons of them...one for each holiday and special occasions! I don't think I've ever seen them at Walmart...but then again, I never looked. About your sweetheart.....sounds like a wonderful man. Any man who can make a woman feel like a school girl every time they talk.....has something special! And I've heard more and more about online loves being a wonderful thing!! Oh--and congrats on your inches lost!! You've got it going on!!
Angie--Harem of women offering your man sweets?? I call that sabatoge!! Good luck with the house. Sounds like everyone here is making a move!! And as Cristi said.....post pictures!!....hey wait...we're still waiting for pictures of you lady!! Hasn't Brandon helped you yet??? Sit him down on the computer and have him guide you to posting pictures!!
Morning to Shanna, Kayecee, & Susan!!
I've got some last minute homework to do, then I'm going to tackle the house work before I go to class today. (class starts at 1:00) I'm really looking forward to Spring Break.....no homework!!
I was going to title this "A Quickie Before Work", but then realized that could be taken the wrong way!!!
Jana, I'm sorry I missed one of the most important things you posted...just wanted you to know that you'll be in our thoughts and prayers for your trip. It's very good that you are going to see your sister in law - I think you'll always be glad you made this trip, and it will be very good for her to see you and Neal.
Kat - my mom was worried when I first got involved with Tim online. But then she thought about it and said, "You know, I met your dad once when I was 14, then saw him when I was 16 at a dance, and he told all his buddies he was going to marry me. Then he went overseas in WWII, and we wrote letters back and forth - and he came back when I was 17, and we eloped. So, you're sort of getting to know Tim the same way, through writing." And then she didn't worry so much anymore. She met Tim in person last summer (we went to Montana to visit), and he fixed her computer and showed her how to put music and pictures on it, and now she thinks he's just the cat's meow, I teased Tim and called him my male mail order bride, but he doesn't seem to mind
Marti - ACK! I just looked at the rat's nest on my own head this morning...better do something with it before work! At least try to...when I was a little kid and woke up looking like this, my mother would say, "Good grief, Mary Katherine, did you comb your hair with an eggbeater this morning?" heehee...guess I should call this post, "The Wit and Wisdom of my Mom", hmmm?
Angie~Charlize Theron is from South Africa. She gets a kick out of telling people she is african american because she was born in Africa and is now an american. She's funny, and cute! Again, congrats on the house. I was surprised to hear you found a house after you did all that work to make yours purdy. But now you can start with a clean slate and have fun doing it.
Jana~thoughts and prayers with you, Neal, Deborah & family. Deborah will definitely appreciate your thoughtfulness and your visit. Be safe this weekend. They just built a Montana Mikes here, don't know much about it. Good job making the better choice by going to Subway. Yvonne's wedding sounds like it is going to be beautiful! I love daisies!
Katie~wow, that was one horrible storm. I haven't seen much of the news or a paper in a few days. That is a good poem. I have seen it on 3fc somewhere but also at WW, it is a good one. You are right about getting to know someone by corresponding before actually getting together. DH and I corresponded through letters and the phone for 7 months before meeting in person, and I knew when I met him that we would get married. The phone company loved us. I think the longest conversation was 4 hours long. I don't know what it was we talked about! And I am glad that that call was on his dime. Of course it is a little scary because you have to trust your instinct to know if they are telling the truth or not. Love your moms saying-that's a good one. Hope your hubby finds a job soon. It cracks me up how they are sending all this work overseas, makes you wonder what is going to happen to this country if they keep doing that. Company DH works for is sending work over to Mexico and about 200 people are going to be out of jobs, or actually already are. They tried to stop it and the company took time to reconsider but a few months later everyone go the bad news. Of course the lay-offs in the aircraft industry were enormous anyway, after Sept. 11.
Marti~I have had days like that. Have you seen that stuff at Hallmark, the Children of the Inner Light? Their hair is sticking up, kind of like medusa. My son bought me one of the (mother) mugs and said it looks just like me some days when I get out of bed-thanks! But I agreed I love that stuff though, and the mug is great. It says on the inside rim-The bonds we have are everlasting. On the back it says-As life's plan unfolds, I am gifted with the understanding of all you have been to my life. I love you. Aaaahhh, so sweet, and he bought it for me just because.
Kat~WTG on the inches. That's cool your DD is going to the gym with you. My DD will walk with me and that's about it, which is fine. We spend quite a bit of time together shopping and doing other things. She isn't into scrapbooking but she loves to go to the scrapbook store. Aaaaaaaww, Anthony I wish you the best. As I told Katie above you can really learn a lot from corresponding.
Susan~where are ya girlie? You usually post before I do every morning. Of course I am on earlier than usual and you are probably posting as I am typing.
Kayecee~glad to hear you are feeling better. And have fun in Little Rock. Are you going to stay in the Hyatt by the river? That would be really nice, a nice view. Go to the zoo for me while you are there. I love the Little Rock Zoo! It's not real big and hasn't changed much over the years-but I love it. It is one place I visit every time I am there.
Shanna~hi to you. Hope you are doing fine.
I don't have plans for today and feel a little lost. There is still stuff to do around the house of course and I am meeting DH later to go to the Dr. with him, but that is it. I need and want to find a job!!!!!! Just don't feel like I can go look until I deal with getting the house organized first. One thing at a time. I think I will put on my walking shoes and get a walk in on the treadmill, that sounds good. It is nice outside but I am still in my pjs just lounging around till later. Anyway, ladies take care and have a wonderful day.
Jana, My Walmart doesn't carry too much plus size clothing,,,mostly weird funky stuff...too weird even for me. And I like funky.
I did ask Brandon to help me but all the pics I got are too big to post. And they are the ones from Walmart...
I went online last night trying to find the layout of our house but as of yet they don't have the Malibu (thats the name of the house).
Funny when I woke up this morning my hair was pretty scary too...and our saying is * whoooooo did you sleep with a rooster?*
Kat, have you been to NS? Heather my SIL is from around there and its beautiful. Too bad you couldn't come all the way over to Alberta....Calgary is a nice place,,,lol as long as you like eggs and don't mind the gun fire.
Katie, we have been in storms where we have no power...big snow falls usually do it. We did lose power last week a few times cause of frost.
I stayed up late finishing a book I started. 4 am,,,and was up at 7 back to bed for another hour and now Im up and NEED to get my butt going but....*whiney I don't wanna
k Im gone...Ill be back later to check up on ya all...
Angie
I am frustrated!! Actually I'm pretty upset with myself!! I was working on my Powerpoint homework....and I finally finished this one presentation and it just didn't look right. So I saved it to ask questions on it tomorrow.....that's when I realized that I had been working on the wrong assignment!!! I redid this whole thing, saved it...only to have saved info from a different lesson!! Geez!! Now I have to start over!! That took some time to do!!
So I got away from the computer to just clear my head...now I'm back and will try to attempt to do the right assignment!!
What a way to start my day!
The sun is trying to peak through today....hopefully it will succeed. I'm tired of the rain. I'm seeing daffodils everywhere...but the ones in my yard are taking their sweet time blooming! James and I didn't even know we had any in our yard until a couple weeks ago. Nothing like a splash of color in a unkept yard!!
Ok....I'm going back to tackle the powerpoint! Hopefully I will still have a full head of hair when I'm finished!
Still hanging around on the ole 'puter and thought I would check back before I get off. I had to order a curtain from Penney's for the side window by the front door and send some ecards for Angel Babies. I can't believe it is March already. I never realized how many women had lost babies, whether they were stillborn, miscarried or otherwise till I lost one and started doing this volunteer work. It really is sad and breaks my heart to see so many ladies who go through this, I really have long lists every month. There are some ladies I see over and over again, and that is really sad, it's hard to see it. But I am glad that I can brighten their day even if it is just for a moment.
Marti~sorry you had to redo your powerpoint. I did that one time. I also did extra work that I didn't need to do. Aaarrgh! Sometimes it is a good thing to just take a break, get away from it for a few and start over. I love daffodils and can't wait to plant some of my own this fall. I like planting them around trees, by the gas meter, little places/corners that add a touch of color that you don't normally plant anything by. When we had a mailbox I planted some around the mailbox. By our one tree (in another house of course) I planted red tulips and daffodils-when they bloomed it was sooo pretty. It's just sad that they don't stay around long. I can't wait to get my hands in the dirt and start planting stuff in our yard. The neighbors just put up a fence so we are next I suppose. They hooked on to the lady next to them, so we will hook on to their fence, which is good because it will save us money and from having to do one side! We will pay for 1/2 of that side of the fence but it is still saving us.
Okay, I need to get going AGAIN ladies, need to jump in the shower before meeting DH. Believe it or not I have taken a breather and gotten off for a few mintues-have to eat and potty ya know??!! Take care ladies and I will chat with ya later-hopefully!
Chit Chat #33
We have a beautiful atrium in our customer service center, all glass surrounding redwoods that are something like 35' or 40' tall --two of them came down in the storm, one crashing through a third floor window. It has been raining again today, but at least no wind. 
I understand about the long hours keeping you away -- we've had tons of mandatory overtime on my job. What do you do? 
It's so frustrating when the scale doesn't seem to budge at all no matter what you do -- or even worse, when it budges in the WRONG direction 
But once you lose a pound or two, it can really psych you up again and get you motivated. And you know we'll be here to cheer you on! I've printed pics at WalMart from the memory stick of our digital cam, from CD's my husband burned of our pics, and even from a floppy. Don't use the Kodak picture maker, because you have to make whole sheets of the same pic and it's expensive (at least that's the one they have here). I use the Fuji machine, and can get individual prints for .29 each -- and can zoom, crop, rotate, change brightness, reduce redeye, or whatever before printing.
Kind of like walking with armweights on, isn't it? Good for you for staying on program, drinking your water, walking. You are definitely on the right track! How do you like the Dr. Phil book? I've heard about him, but haven't ever even seen him on TV. "Laugh In" and "Room 222"? Oh yes, I remember those. I remember "Love, American Style", and the "Flip Wilson Show", and "Smother's Brothers Comedy Hour" -- now how about those? I still love the Smother's Brothers 
It's been great to see you get so motivated, and stick to your plan. I think I told you I fixed brown rice for Tim as an experiment -- he seemed to like it ok, and even ate the leftover stir fry and rice for lunch. 
And didn't you recommend trying some variety of Uncle Ben's boxed rice? I love carrots -- they are just about my favorite veggie, and very good for you, too. 
How do you eat your PB for breakfast -- on crackers or toast or ??? 
and I gotta hit the sack. 
And I've heard more and more about online loves being a wonderful thing!! Oh--and congrats on your inches lost!! You've got it going on!! 
A Good Tuesday Morning to you Ladies
It cracks me up how they are sending all this work overseas, makes you wonder what is going to happen to this country if they keep doing that. Company DH works for is sending work over to Mexico and about 200 people are going to be out of jobs, or actually already are. They tried to stop it and the company took time to reconsider but a few months later everyone go the bad news. Of course the lay-offs in the aircraft industry were enormous anyway, after Sept. 11. 
That's cool your DD is going to the gym with you. My DD will walk with me and that's about it, which is fine. We spend quite a bit of time together shopping and doing other things. She isn't into scrapbooking but she loves to go to the scrapbook store. Aaaaaaaww, Anthony 
