Morti: I love local celebrations. We have one in the town I grew up in every September. It is so much fun to walk around and see everyone and check out the businesses in town. My mom runs a booth for her woman's club.

Rachel: You will lose too. I am proof that it can be done! :lol: "Hanging in there" on this WOE has been the easiest thing to do. I flop sometimes but I just get back on it and lose eventually. I may be slow but I am slow and skinny now!

TG: I wish I could meditate.....I just can't ever quiet my head down. Can't be done. I am such a type A it isn't funny. I'm sure it would do me good to meditate. Congrats on being able to sit on the floor :)

Mrs H: See we knew you could do it! Have fun on your "girls" weekend. :devil:

Brenda: Pants are headed to the dryer this weekend as a matter of fact! One pair I am going to try and take in....another pair I will have to do again. My jeans though are baggy and don't feel like buying new ones yet....especially with the warmer weather and all. Glad you are feeling better. Don't do too much. Sorry about the scale not behaving. You will lose it next week I know.

Jina: Sounds like a great weekend plan for you. I wish I was going to the beach. I am fair too so I can appreciate your worry.....my husband tells everyone I am the whitest girl he has ever seen. I use a self tanner in the summer to give me a "beige" color :lol:
I'm with you on the Starbucks thing......always picture gus in beret's and dark glasses spouting poetry when I think of coffee houses.

Wa-hooooooooooo! It's Friday! :cb:

Leenie - Good morning! :coffee:

Lekker - I love cherries! Actually, most fruit is relatively low in carbs once you get out of induction. Sounds like you're going to have a good weekend! Have fun!

Jane - Yeah, baby, yeah, baby, yeah! That's awesome! I didn't lose any weight this week, but my waist is magically down to 26 inches as of today. :D

Brenda - I'm glad you're feeling better!

Mrs H - See? You did just fine! ;) Have a fun girl's weekend!

TG - Isn't it funny the things that we notice changing? I still love that I can cross my legs now. It just tickles me to no end :D

Rachel and Morti - :wave:

Jina - I wish I was less of a Starbucks-type girl! I've got a little addiction to SF Vanilla Breve's. BUT I'm fully aware of the carb count! ;)

Ok, you guys, I'm totally weak. My friend Jeannie called me yesterday and just said "I need a drink. Meet me at the bar." So being the good friend I am, I went and just ordered a water. She told me no way in **** was I getting away with that crap and made me get a drink. Which turned into 4. Plus a beer. Argh! I suck!

On the plus side, the girl that was starting all the rumors and crap about me was working at the bar last night. She sat down with me when I was alone and totally apologized for - and I'm quoting here - 'being a complete dumb ***'. I was floored! Turns out that my shooting buddy came in during the week and gave her a serious talking-to. She happens to adore and respect him as much as I do, so when he came in and told her to pull her head out of her butt and knock it off, she listened. Funny how things work out! :D :D :D

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always picture gus in beret's and dark glasses spouting poetry when I think of coffee houses.

Er...welcome to Quebec? :lol: Sometimes coffee shops get a little too artsy for me. :) And interestingly, 'coffee shop' means an *entirely* different thing in the Netherlands...bonus points to those that know... :)

Brenda - I've been feeling funny in the back of my throat too ... glad your's is going away though.

MrsH - have a great time at the beach with the girls!

Leenie - yeah, I never feel *too* guilty about cheating in the produce section

Theo - ooh...meditation...do you do that regularly?

Rachel - thanks, I will have fun...my friends from undergrad are *completely* different from my friends from high school, so it's a nice mix to have.

morti - have fun at the concert

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Lekker: What about the Lightning?!?! WOO-HOO! I decided that it is a good thing that you're always cheering against them -- it seems to work in their favor! Have a great time with your friends this weekend, and cheer for the Flames on Saturday!

Jina - yeah, I gotta keep my mouth shut. I totally jinxed the Canadiens by opening my mouth. My friend who's orginally from Calgary is going to have my hide if I ruin this for him! :) And I have to find someone to play baseball with this summer...I don't even think the grad school league is running. so now I have two gloves, no ball and no one to even play catch with...I gotta drag my friends out sometime, I guess (none of them are much into playing baseball/catch etc. so it's like pulling teeth getting someone to play with)

Star: ooooohhhh a 26" waist. One can onlyl dream :^:
Glad to hear that that girl apologized. Maybe you will turn out to be friends?

I doubt we'll ever be friends, but at least we can all play nice now. ;)

Where'd everyone go? I hate it when everyone goes away as soon as I post. :(

I know! It is quiet......maybe everyone is leaving early today...wish I was.

Fairy tails can come true, it can happen to you...........

When you're young at hearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt!

It's only 10:30 here and I'm so ready to just cut out. I've got plenty of work to do. Just don't want to do it. :p

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Theo - ooh...meditation...do you do that regularly?

Lekker: I try to do it everyday if at least for 10 minutes at home, it gets hard with 2 little kids, but when our monk is here from India we practice it and we have regular teachings so it is way easier to do since the kids are at the sitter.

Jane: I am so type A too it took alot for me to learn to meditate, I have a real hard time settling down!! I am usually a crazy woman! hahahaha :lol:

I have stuff to do also but REALLY want to go home! I am even thinking of staying in tonight and letting hubby go out by himself. I have some projects that I want to get done so that I am not stuck inside tomorrow doing them.

I'm seriously considering bailing out at noon and working on the kiddie armoir that I'm refinishing.

Jane - you're the only one talking to me today!

Hey Star - It's 10:45, you still at work? LOL!! :lol:

It's 10:45 here, too, and I have so much to get done before my vacation next week but I don't feel like doing ANYTHING!!! :devil: I am such a slacker sometimes.

Glad to hear the gal at the bar confessed to being a dumbass!!

Hey, today I have to brag. Today is my grandparents' 66th wedding anniversary!! :goodvibes We are all taking them out to dinner tonight - I doubt they will make it to 67, though, because my grandpa has been in rapidly failing health the past few months. He will be 90 in two weeks. Amazing. :sunny: :cheer:

I will probably leave early today myself. My boss always lets us go at 3:00 the Friday before a holiday. :D I plan to get a LOT of work done this week at home. If I get my computer hooked up, I will let you know from home.

I don't have time for personals. The lawnmower is calling my name. Challenging me to stay in the seat :lol: Add to that it's supposed to rain ALL weekend and I want to enjoy the sunshine while I can. We're going to be down one DD tonight so that should be interesting. I want to go the computer store. I need to take the Ethernet Hub back and get a router. What's that you say? Good question. I'm just repeating what the cable dude told me to do. He's the one that's going to be nice enough to network our two (one for the girls and one is mine) computers to the internet. So in saying that I best dash to see if there's other threads I need to read and then go answer the challenge. :) You all have a great weekend.

Lisa's talking to me, too! :goodvibes

I normally leave at 3:00, so noon would be good for me. That's awesome about your grandparents! I can't remember how long mine were married when the respective husbands died.

Hee hee - just called my mommy. One set was married for 67 years and the other was married 57.

Star: Glad the girl apologized. At least it didn't go on any longer than it did. I guess she's somewhat mature if she apologized?!?

Lekker: "Too artsy" is a good way to put it. That's definitely not me. Plus, the choices are overwhelming! I just went with water.

Jane: I am SO white, too. I use sunless tanners occassionally, too, so I don't blind anyone! I wear SPF 50 out, and I'll still burn. :(

Lisa: Hope you're able to make some progress on your house this weekend. Have fun with your grandparents -- that's incredible!!