Thursday Chat - May 6
 

I just freaked out when I looked at the calendar for the date thinking that YESTERDAY was my little sister's birthday... ugh.

Ok, now that I've calmed down. Hi everyone! :wave:


I am having the WORST morning. My sister's cat has struck again and peed on my bed. Which means that, not only do I have to do all my laundry and pack for my vacation tonight, I need to wash and dry my bedding and throw out my foam mattress, and try to get everything "back to normal" before my BF shows up. Plus, I need to shave my legs in the worst way. I could have kicked that little snot of a cat.... not that I did. It just makes me so mad because he's so picky about the litterbox. My sister doesn't lift a finger around the apartment, she's a HUGE slob. She won't even put dirty dishes in an empty dishwasher or pick up her clothes from the bathroom floor. It's disgusting. So, when I was taking my CNA class and was never home, things got really trashed at the apartment. Well, I finally managed to dig the apartment out of the gutter and then my back has been so bad lately that I have only been doing the minimal amount of stuff. Well, I figured it was her turn to empty the litter box... guess I was wrong. Ugh, and I' m so darned mad because last night i started cleaning and she went into her room and shut the door! Ugh. I'm just fuming today. She thinks it is FUNNY when he pees on my bed. I need to cool down or I'm going to end up saying a LOT of things to her that I'll regret later.

Other than that... my back was fine until I went to the chiropractor last night. Ugh. Now that same spot hurts me again. I should have just cancelled my appointment. I was telling my sister that my back hurts worse after I went than before and she was like "well YEAH, duh"... I wasn't aware that they were supposed to hurt you.

Ok, I'm gonna stop ranting.
Goober Rhinobuns signing off until I'm in a better mood.

Shimma: Yup, that'd freak anyone out! I take it you haven't missed it!?

I'm feeling in a blah mood. Not awake-yet not tired. Disgusted w/myself cuz I haven't done a lick of exercise this week. I've stayed OP but nothing's happening (I'm sure due to lack of exercise). I told my boss (the nice one not the witch) about my frustrations while trying on jeans the other day. She asked if I was sure I was in the misses and not the Junior section :?: Don't think that store differentiates so I could have been trying on Junior clothes instead of misses. ARGH. Have I mentioned lately how sick I am of DH being on 3rd shift? The "2 weeks" has turned into 3 months! I feel in the mood to slap someone :devil:

Shimma- my back usually aches yet after going to the chiro, it takes a couple days to get it "relaxed" after. As for the cat peeing on your bed--tell the slobby sis if it does that again the cat's going to the pound. That YOU don't have time to clean up after HER cat OR her. Do you just dump her stuff in her room when cleaning? Like the dirty clothes?? :lol:

Brenda: We should get together and have a pissy party. We both seem to be in the same mood this morning.

Yes I do dump stuff in her room. I think it makes her mad. Which kinda makes me giggle. Does this make me a bad person?

Know that feeling Rhonda. I forget everything lately. Wait till you get older!

Well..........drum roll please!
Guess who ate a vegetable last night and actually liked it? Yup that's right, it was me!

My husband was out and I was making myself a burger on the grill and was going to make a salad but instead I took out some fresh broccoli that I had bought. I blanched it and made a cheese sauce with just cream and shredded cheese. Poured that over it and YUM! I actually ate all the broccoli...almost a 1/2 cup. I know this may sound strange to be so excited over this but I have NEVER like nor eaten a veggie!!!!!! But for some reason lately I have actually been craving them. :dunno:
I am just happy that I like it......so much so that tonight I am going to make Chicken Broccoli and Ziti and I will just have the chicken and broccoli....hubby can have the ziti!

Decided against the no nylons and sandals for Saturday. Couldn't find any that I really liked for the dress and seemed silly to buy a pair of shoes for just this one day. So I bought my black nylons and will wear my black satin pumps and call it a day. Will probably be more comfortable anyway.

Well, I for some reason am not feeling quite right this morning....most have been the broccoli :lol: I didn't have any more wine than I usually do :dunno: My head is kind of swimmy though.....maybe it's my allergies. I will take some aspirin and hope it all goes away. Have a lunch date with some friends at work.

Be back later.

Yup Shimma-we seem to be on the same wavelength. Which could be a bad thing. lol
And nope, doesn't make you a bad person to do that. Makes HER a bad person for expecting YOU to do it all.

Jane: :wave: congrats on liking veggies :)

Geez, that is what I get for writing a novel!

Shimma: I would definitely keep dumpin the stuff back in her room! And maybe keep your bedroom door closed so that the cat doesn't get in.

Brenda: Grumpy again! I know how you feel about the exercise. I discovered the other day that I am taking in the same amount of calories that I am burning and so that means that I would either have to cut down on the calories or bump up the exercise . I hate exercise! But I do it :(

Yeah, I'll have to start doing that, the only problem is that it sort of punishes my cat, who is the best cat in the whole wide world and who was mortified this morning that Joey had peed on the bed. He kept trying to bury it once he found it. Bad thing is... he kept looking at me as if I was the one who peed on the bed!

Jane: Did your boss say anything about the misplaced IM??????

She didn't really say much.....I hope she forgets today. Good thing she is not in this state!

OK........now I am mad :mad: I just logged my dinner from last night into FitDay and I took in over 2000 calories yesterday! My carb count was only 19. I know that Atkins says not to worry about the calories but that kind of freaked me out.

What do you all think? Remember I am not losing very fast here so I must be doing something wrong.

Good morning, grumpy Atkins ladies! :D

Shimma: ARGH! I don't blame you for being mad. That sounds like a miserable living situation. And, cats peeing on beds is definitely NOT acceptable!

Brenda: I have that same "blah" feeling -- I think mine's due to tiredness, TOM and not wanting to work.

I have been OP for a few days now and exercising, so I feel great in that area. Thank goodness my unmotivated feeling passed because I still need to lose 30 pounds! But, I realized my water drinking is almost non-existent. I love water! I usually drink it constantly, but I made the mistake of buying Diet Sunkist, and I can't tear myself away from it. It is the tastiest stuff! But, it's about gone, so hopefully I can regain control of myself again. :lol:

I think I am going to visit Curves and see what they're all about. I've thought about it for a long time. I always said I was going to do it, but I just never did. I just don't do strength-training on my own. I need some way to force myself to do it. I figure if I pay for a membership, I'll feel like I have to go. Maybe I'll look at some other gyms around the area, too.

Is anyone watching the final episode of "Friends" tonight? Everyone sure is making a huge deal out of it.

I hope you all have a great Thursday.

Take care,
Jina

Jina: I am taking care of my "roots" tonight :o but then I will be glued to the tv. I have watched that show since the very first one. Hope this episode is good.

Jane: Congrats on your veggie discovery! I'm starting to worry about my calories, too. They just seem awfully high some days.

I've watched it for awhile, too. My mom wouldn't let me watch it in high school because she didn't think it was appropriate, but ever since then, I've been watching. I'm just afraid tonight's episode is going to be more sad than funny.

Morning!

Shimma, what a pleasant surprise from the cat. I like the idea of just dumping everything in your sister's room... a 'not quite so subtle' hint! :)

I'm sure everything will start looking up, Brenda - do you think your DH will have to stay on the 3rd shift for much longer? 3 months seems like such a long time for those hours.

Jane - I read about your 'boss blooper' yesterday, and I had to chuckle. That's like an employee's worst nightmare coming true nearly! Hopefully your boss took it in good humour!

Jina - I'll be watching Friends tonight too! I'm only a very casual fan, it's one of those shows that you can just sit down and randomly enjoy and you don't have to really follow it much for it to make sense or be funny. And in light of current happenings in hockey, I've decided that a Lightning-Flames pairing in the finals would be neat, what do you think? Even the team names seem to kind of have a similar theme.


And, hoo boy, gas prices skyrocketed here over the last couple days! My gas is 95 cents/litre...unfortunately I don't know what that is in American terms, but all you need to know is that it's *really* expensive, and it jumped 10cents in ONE DAY!! Yikes. I nearly died at the gas station when I noticed.

Gas is getting sooooooo bad. It's starting to scare me. There are gas stations around here who won't take credit cards for gas anymore because the transaction costs them money. A LOT of gas stations are making you prepay now before they will authorize the pump. I just have a really bad feeling deep inside. I'm starting to look at some hybrid cars. With one of those babies, I will only have to fill my tank every 2 weeks.

Good morning! I'm sorry some of you are feeling a bit pissy this morning. I'm in my normal perky mood (maybe it's the alcohol consumption.....)

Shimma (Goober) - I would have killed that cat! Ok, maybe not killed it, but definitely gotten rid of the thing. The least it could have done was pee on your sister's bed! ;)

Brenda - What's 3rd shift? Is that graveyard? DH got asked to work graveyard for one week at his work. It's been 3 weeks now and they don't seem to be in any hurry to put him back on his regular hours.

Jane - Congrats on the veggies!!!! Isn't it funny how we change? Over 2000 calories could certainly be impacting your weight loss. You may need to cut down on portions of something. Maybe you could post in the food log and we can figure out what can change.

Jina - You've been doing so great! I've totally fallen off the exercising this week and I feel like a slug. And I'm a huge Friends fan so I'll definitely be watching tonight. I was so pathetic last week and actually cried at the end of the episode. :o

Julie - Gas prices suck! My car only takes premium, too so it's extra expensive ($2.35 - $2.40 a gallon :faint: ). Happily, we've got really good public transportation here so DH takes that to work now instead of driving and as soon as I start dragging my butt out of bed on time, I'll be riding my bike to work again (it's only a mile away).

Not much new here. I'm feeling all bloated and gross, but that could be due to my lack of exercise this week. I'm starting to think I really am a changed woman! Wednesday is always happy hour day after work, but I was a good girl and nursed my one drink and then went home and stayed there for a change. I was actually in bed by 10:00. That almost never happens!

I'm itching for the weekend. I've hit a patch of non-motivation at work. I'm not sure why. :shrug:

Anyway - everyone have a great day! I'm sure I'll be around lots today ;)

Yeah, gas sucks. The bad thing about Quebec, is that even during normal times the gas is 10c/litre more expensive than Ontario. I'm planning on driving home next weekend, so I think I'll make sure I have just enough gas in my tank to get to Ontario and then fill up there! :)

Luckily, I only have about 4 more days at my off-campus work location (where I need the car to get to), then after that I'm solely at the university which is insanely easy to get to with public transportation.

Star - one drink? 10pm? Oh dear! How are we supposed to live vicariously through you if you let us down like that?! ;)

Hey Star: I will keep posting in the Food Log and see if you all can help. I think it is the wine! Oh woe is me. :( I also noticed that the pecans have got to go! They are over 400 calories for the 2 oz. That's more than my wine!

I'm sure you'll figure it out Jane, but you're doing so awesome anyway. So close to goal!!

shimma: here is the vet consult for you.....kitties are picky about their litterbox and they often urinate on things you will notice because they are trying to tell you something (escpecially male cats) he could have a bladder infection. They are often picky about the litterbox because they associate it with pain with urination. Have your sis take him to the vet and get a check up and Urinalysis. If it is clear then he has a behavior issue and they have treatment for that as well.

Well ladies I am at work so I will be brief, hope everyone is having a great day!!!

note (soapbox) if you want your gas prices to go down, be sure to vote Pres. Bush out of office during the election!!! :smug:

Thanks for the advice, but we had this problem with him initially and every vet we spoke with told us to have him put down because it was behavioral and couldn't be changed. We took him to a bunch of different vets and that was what they ALL said. Now, I am sooo against killing a kitten because he's got kitty pee issues. So, we tried a bunch of different things and stumbled upon the fact that he wanted 2 litterboxes RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. He didn't like them being in different rooms. So now he pees in one and poos in the other. The problem is that my cat is NOT picky about his litter and he poos in the pee box. (Are you following?) Add that to the fact that my sister is lazy and my back has been out and the litter box got dirty and Joey relieved himself on my bed. Honestly, I could KILL my sister for being such a lazy butt. I started cleaning last night until my back hurt... she got up out of the living room and went to her bedroom. UGH!

Julie - Ok, I was good, BUT my friend Tim has abandoned me for an entire week to to go Portugal with his girlfriend (the nerve!) The man is seriously obsessed with boobs so my friend D and I came up with a story for him last night. Here goes:

So last night was Cinco de Mayo - plenty of cause for a party, right? D and I went out downtown to drink and dance and just have a good time. Well, we ended up drinking a bit too much and got a little carried away. We decided to torture some guy by kissing each other. Then things got totally crazy. There was money going into out pockets, shirts came off.....you get the picture. I'm pretty sure that no boob was shown, though.

Ok, so none of it happened at all - or even close, but Tim's not going to know that for a while. I love being evil! :s:

StarPrincess: I just went onto the Atkins web site to see what they had to say about calories. It says if you are losing weight then calories don't matter but if you are having a difficult time then they do and that I should have between 1560 - 1872 per day....no more.

I am going to have to work on this. Damn! It's always something.

Good Morning Ladies!! :) Okay, Sorrry I'm not grumpy either, but trust me , I have my days!

Shimma: Kill the cat now! I'm joking of course. We have 2 cats, a 7 lbs female, Izzy and a 18 Lb male, Damien or my Beast Boy and yes his name fits him. Anyways, we had the same problem when my sister and niece and their Rottie and 3 cats were living with us. One of hers was peeing in the beds also. It just sucked! Was so hard to get that smell out of my new matress. Never did figure out why she did it other than the fact she's just a B****. Sis couldn't leave a basket of clean laundry out or it was fair game also, dirty laundry was safe, go figure.

Star: You should come out with us! Wednesday is Free Taco night at the local bar (mines always in a bowl, no tortilla), so that's "Date Night" for us even though we've lived together 5 yrs. Monday's are free Chili Dog Night (no bun, boy it's nice they accomidate me!). We are there at 5 PM for Happy Hour, so by about 8 or 9 we're usually feeling pretty good and causing all kinds of trouble! Last night, was one of the hiker girls last night before moving so it got pretty wild. Bare breasts everywhere with the bartender putting Bud Lite sticker on their nipples since they got in trouble last year for "Public Indecency" 'cause some girl took her top off. The police have no sense of humor around here! :mad: Then more friends showed up so we ended up staying until 11. Needless to say, didn't want to get up this morning, but work calls. Clearly I'm not to busy today either. :o Fortunately, it's s small town so no one really cares and no one really does anything harmful. From some of your posts, you would fit in well with our crowd :goodvibes

Julie: I'm so gald I'm only 8 miles from work! gas is $2.23 gal here for 87 and my Landrover only gets 12 miles to the gallon and sometimes it seems like it's more 12 gallons to the mile. :mad: I hate it!

We don't watch much TV on Thursdays so it'll be a quick dinner, Homemakover Edition and then to the Jacuzzi of as we prefer to call it "The Bubble Machine"

Ohhhhhhhh Morti, we'd have too much fun! Have you read the Confessions of a Bad Girl thread? I'm sure you could contribute some fun there ;)

How do you think I know you'd fit in with our group of friends? Some of my not so finer moments have been spent with our friends. I'll have to think about posting in that thread. Gotta reputation to keep up! ;)

my further advice shimma, get a feliway diffuser for your room, you can buy it at the local vet and it puts good pheremone smell in your room so he will not urinate in your room, tell your sis to clean your bed and her litterbox!!! You can't get mad at him for something that is your sisters fault.

Sorry to make you mad Shimma I was just trying to help!

@#$%&^* :censored: :censored: :censored: @#^%$#....Wrote out a big long thing, then went backwards to check the first page and came back to nothing!Couldnt get it back no matter what I did!

so....
I'll say Hi and have a great day to everyone :D

But I have to say this to you Rhonda....if my sister ( whose name is Rhonda btw) thought it was funny when the cat peed on my bed...she'd go night night only to find someone had dumped a dirty cat box in hers....

Shimma: Death for bladder problems! Such a drastic solution. Can you imagine if we did that to anything that had bladder problems? Little children? Yikes!

Star: Ooh...the evilness... :devil: I'm wondering if I should almost be feeling sorry for your poor friend, Tim! Am I getting the impression that you and your friend D enjoy torturing him?! ;)

Morti: ouch with the landrover! These gas prices are killers. They're actually bringing those 'smart' cars to Canada...I don't know if you've seen them, but they are tiny two seaters, and they are going to try and market them as a city commuter kind of car, I believe. Anyway, they are extremely cute, and have been used in Europe for a number of years now, and they use about 3.5 litres diesel per 100 km (I think ~ 1.5gal/100mile). Do they have them down there at all, do you know? (http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/040212-2.htm)


Julie

OMG, Julie, that is so cute! I've never seen those before!

As for Tim, I live to torture him! :s: Actually, he's not only a close friend, but we work about 3 cubicle rows away from each other. And for the next 2 weeks until her contract runs out, he's D's manager.

OMG I'd be scared to drive that car, its almost live driving a coffin its so tiny, but boy is it cute, looks almost like my dd's cozy coupe lol.

Just popping in to say hello ;)

I hate to say it too Lekker but I would be TERRIFIED in one of those. I have always had a thing about being a car where I stood a fighting chance at least!

Just to be fair, at least it would be a quick death ;)

Besides, think of how convenient it would be to just put your car in your pocket instead of trying to find a place to park.

Always the optimist! :lol:

Oh crud. why does it always seem so hard to catch up?? By the time I get here it's 2 pages long & I'm not skilled enough (lately) to catch up.
Hey, how about putting ANOTHER litter box there? That way there's bound to be at least 2 clean ones next to each other :lol: I think my crabbiness comes from TOM coming sometime this weekend and this stupid craving for chocolate. UGH!

Oops. Forgot to mention--3rd shift IS the graveyard I believe. It was only supposed to last 2 weeks. Who knows how long they'll keep him on it. I'm ready to kill his boss!! Where's that cat that pees?? :lol:

:lol3:

Originally Posted by jane8760:
I hate to say it too Lekker but I would be TERRIFIED in one of those. I have always had a thing about being a car where I stood a fighting chance at least!

Yeah, that seems to be a concern that most people have, and also something that I'd be thinking about too, although I read an article yesterday that reported that it's passed all the safety tests, and often to a better degree than some standard cars. And in the beginning in Europe they had some problems with them tipping on fast corners, but they've lowered the cars and changed tires to combat that problem. Plus there's supposed to be a lot of automatic controls that help with driving it.

It's too small and you would be in a casket if you got into an accident, couldn't have a viewing 'cause there wouldn't be much left, terrible time for the embalmer...........sorry rambling, comes with the profession I guess. Gosh don't even hit a mouse, or you're done for! Think I'll pay the gas prices on second thought :(