Okay, it's definitely raining out now so I won't feel guilty about not working outside anymore for the day! Sadly, I do have a tendancy to over-committing myself. Last night I wanted to catch up on the forum I usually hang out on. At the same time I needed to update my blog, my training log, and make sure I planned today's food (even though I changed it today when I realised I wasn't going to use the treadmill in the morning). And now that I've worked for at least 3 hours in the garden, including some heavy work, I just don't feel it. Since I've already adjusted my calories down I likely won't do it. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
Sally - good luck with staying away from the bar food. There's rarely anything good in them that is acceptable on the fat/calorie side. Have fun with the horseshoes though.
Smurf - I never seem to get inches lost and pounds lost at the same time. I suppose it's a sign that I'm building some muscle and toning up under the fat! On the question of what food I can't say no too, that's a tough one. At first thought it's savoury things (chips), or maybe chocolate (nah), I suspect it's more like the greasy bar food that Sally will be avoiding. I was out at a pool/euchre tournament last fall and even though there was a great veggie platter I couldn't avoid the chicken wings, pizza and nachos. I've made my own version of pizza though, and when I'm in the mood I can probably make a good plate of nachos. The chicken wings are likely a thing of the past though. Even though I used to bake them (on a rack to get rid of the fat) they're just too many calories for what you get. I'm kind of the same way about ribs, although I'm going to make some next week when friends are coming over. I'll precook them to remove a lot of the fat, but they're still a little higher than I would like. Sigh, I guess my can't skip is no-so-lean meats!
And I'm skimming back, so I'll answer your other question - I'm currently unemployed (partly by choice), but before that I was a Quality Engineer (working in the automotive manufacturing sector). I left my last job to travel out of the country for 5 months (on a freighter), and although they offered to hold it for me, I opted to just quit. When I came back I found that those companies who wanted me, I didn't want to work for (or I would have needed to relocate). The ones that I wanted to work for kept pointing out my lack of education, which had never been a problem before. I had considered going back to school a few years ago, so now I'm taking the plunge. I'll be starting Mechanical Engineering in the fall (scary stuff). When I'm finished though, I'll likely continue with night school to turn a diploma into a degree. I'd also like to go back to manufacturing, but on the process side instead of the quality side. We'll see how that goes.
blueyedlvrgirl - I'm a math person as well, although more statistics in the past few years. I'm heading back to college in the fall and had to take an evaluation test. Without any real studying I ended up with 76%, which surprised me. I've got a few areas I'm supposed to work on a bit before I start, but considering it's been probably 20 years since I took math classes (excluding stats) that's not too bad.
Wow, I've read back about 4 or 5 pages, and I haven't found my last post. I definitely have been slacking. I'm going to try and do an 'every morning' kind of thing to try and keep up. Although in the end I will probably be busy next week with planting all of the pots (more than 50 of them ready to plant). After that it should calm down a little. Take care all and hope you're having a great, on plan, week!
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Here is a link to a similar one. Not a quilt, but very comfy and useful!
YAY!
I think I am in awe of you now. I always knew I liked you, always knew you made me laugh, but my goodness, you are truly amazing. 
ceegee. I sure miss you girls over here. it's hard to keep up with your thread, lol Slow down people!!! 
after reading Mugsy's post. I'm tired now. LOL! Just thinking about raising 7 kids makes me tired. 
