Hey ladies! I'm back from the beach and hoping my weigh-in tomorrow isn't too horrible!! Don't have time to read all posts right now but hope everyone is doing well!

Good morning ladies! Well yesterday was a day filled with drama...which I'll admit I sometimes like a little of, but not yesterday! My mom called here yesterday to check on the baby. That in and of itself pissed me off, and the reason being she never calls to check on my kids. All of a sudden my sisters baby is here and she's always calling. Not only that when she does call she asks about the baby only and not my 3 kids. It's like HELLO you do have 3 more grandchildren. Let's just say my mother and I have always had a very weird relationship. She has mental issues...seriously. Since childhood it's been a very strained relationship. Me getting pregnant at 16 was not to be funny one of the best things to happen to me. It got me the **** out of the house. I sometimes wonder if Kev and I did it on some deeper level for that reason. He knew how miserable I was living there, and always promised to get me out of there as soon as possible. Things got better between us once I moved out, but only because we didn't live under the same roof anymore. She is just a very moody person, and ya never know what your going to get. Okay so I'm watching my sisters baby for her until she finds someone else. Let me start by saying I've helped my sister from the day I got the phone call she was in labor and having the baby...mind you that phone call was the first I knew of my sister being pregnant. Supposedly she didn't know she was...that's a whole different story that I refuse to believe though! So her bf is in prison now for 6 yrs. for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Now I've hated this a-hole from the very beginning. He is just a creep who has had Jess brainwashed from the start. I've begged her to leave him, but she refuses to take the rose colored glasses off and see him for the loser he is. Anyways my mom since Jess had Antonio has coddled her every step of the way. I mean when I was 16 and pregnant my mom showed no mercy. I was back to school 3 days after coming home from the hospital, and back to work 1 week later. My mom with Jess though keeps bailing her out time after time. The thing that pisses me off is Jess is not a kid, she's 26! So Jess had the baby in daycare and was appealing her case to the state to get help with daycare. She was paying $240 a week for daycare and couldn't do it anymore, so my mom came up with the brainbuster that since I just stay at home why don't I watch him. Now I have to say that is one of my biggest pet peves ever..."because I stay at home" I hate when people act like SAHM have it so easy. I choose to stay home, and my husbands income allows that, but there are days I'm ready to pull the hair right out of my head. My youngest is almost 5 though, so baby yrs. are well behind me. So Jess asks me and I say yes, but tell her I'll only do it until the end of May. There is no way in **** I'm getting up my whole summer at 6:45 to watch her baby...I'm sorry it's just not my problem. My mom tells me I'm an awful sister, and the extra money will be nice. Ya know what mom Kev and I do just fine, and he flat out told me the money is not worth my sanity. He busts his *** so I can be home with our kids, not to take care of other kids. So my mom calls yesterday and I went off on her. I told her not to mention my name anymore when shouting out favors to Jess. If she would like to offer up her services then so be it, but otherwise shut her mouth. She was laughing at me which pissed me off even more. I don't think she understands that I'm at my breaking point. Not only am I watching the baby, but they spend the night here a few nights so she doesn't have to drive 45 min. back home. So now I have her and a baby sitting in the living room with Kev and I when we're trying to wind down for the evening after our 3 our in bed. I have baby crap all over my house, and I am just fed up. Well to cut this short because I know I'm rambling my mom got pissed at me and called my sister. My sister then called me and asked what was wrong because mom called her saying to switch her hours so my mom could watch the baby. That just cracks me up though because my mom would go freaking insane with this baby. She would be ready to set him on the curb after one day. So I have my mom pissed at me and my sister had her feelings hurt. But dammit if I don't put my foot down they will continue to bleed me dry, and it's not fair to my family!!!! I've been a witch lately, and I know this is why. So that was my fun day yesterday. Needless to say I had an awesome workout after that...I just wanted to pound the **** out of the pavement! It's hard to put this whole situation into words, so I hope this makes sense!

just got back from my kids' play tonight. They did a very abridged version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It was about 45 minutes long and set in the 1950s.

Jen ~
That's awesome and wonderful pics!! Thanks so much for sharing!! :)

Results are coming Red team! Just taking me ALOT longer this morning because we have so many freebies, and those take me 3x as long to log. I've gotta get my girls to school now so I'll be back to finish and post em!

Some of us had some AMAZING losses!! WOOHOOO Way to go Red team!!

Lean for life is a low carb low fat high protein diet. I learned about it from this site and did some research. I love it.

I read farther into my book and it said if i hadn't lost weight in 4 days and i was following everything correctly to do the plateau menu. so im doing the plateau menu. it makes sense i was 200lbs for a long time last year.

congrats to joylove and jay41 on awesome weight loss! keep going!

Okay so good news...we tied Blue for BL this week!! Way to go team!! Despite some gains we still did pretty decent. So ya wanna here the kicker? Last night I was catching up on Lost episodes and realized at 930 that I hadnt posted a weight, so I rushed over here to do and and just reposted my same weight...I HAD A LOSS TO POST!!! we would have won! So my goal this week is to maintain that loss so it counts next week LOL!

Okay I'm thinking we need to have a little fun around here! So..my question to you this lovely morning is....

If you won a shopping spree to any store in the world, which store would you pick? And what would you buy?

Edited for my answer: I would probably pick someplace like Sears or Macys because you can get just about everything there! I'd totally redo all the furnishings in my house all new linens, bedding, kitchenwear, towels!! Oh that could be fun!

Tina...you are right, you HAVE to put your foot down. People treat you the way you allow them to treat you, I stayed at home to raise my kids too while my dh busted his hump to make sure bills got paid so I know how you feel there. At the end of the day you've got to do what is right for you, Kev and your kids. You know what that is, and if someone else doesnt like it...tough! Be strong girl!

Got my workout in this morning!

:hug:Tina:hug: I'm so sorry you are dealing with all that stress! You've been amazing to help out your sister this long. You also have to look at your own immediate family and do what's best for them. If you need to be done babysitting, it's okay. Being a SAHM doesn't mean free babysitting. Your husband and kids have to come first. I've had several people ask me to do daycare for them. I always turn them down and only volunteer to babysit for one day. I'm a mom not babysitter! I think you are an amazing woman to do all that you've done!

Now that I have free time, I've been filling it with FUN stuff so I still haven't been posting much. :) I've been playing guitar (my hubby is giving me lessons), working out more, cooking, and playing video games.

I started exercising again, and have been doing quite a bit... so this week, I could either see a big loss (from all the extra calories burned), a big gain (from water retained by my confused muscles :lol:) or anywhere in between. I guess we'll see tomorrow!

I've even joined in the money challenge... somewhat. I usually can't plan my meals ahead, but I'm trying my best and staying with foods that are healthy other than my planned "treats" (I had half a brownie with breakfast, hehe). Tonight I'm going out to eat with the other people in my lab, and we're going to a restaurant that has great burgers and sweet potato fries... but I will get a salad! Not sure which one yet, but not one with tortilla chips on it, that's for sure, lol.

Now for the fun question:
If you won a shopping spree to any store in the world, which store would you pick? And what would you buy?
Best Buy! Depending on how much money it was worth, I'd get more video games for my Wii (preorder the Mario baseball game!!)... a few new CDs and DVDs... maybe a Blu-Ray player... and if I had any leftover, I'd buy prepaid game cards for World of Warcraft.

Yeah, it makes perfect sense...your Mom and sister are still up to their same ole crapola! :hug: I'm sorry. I hope your life gets settled down to normal soon.

BTW - :wave:Red Team!