Rachel: :bravo: What a great story! We all should learn from you.
You will look FABULOUS at that wedding don't you worry!

Star: Seeing that the place is pretty contemporary I guess we are going to have to go with that. Last night I found a Richardson Bros chest and night tables that I like....very dark wood....kind of comtemporary/shaker design. I hate to say it but I think I may have to keep that damn brass bed. Seems silly to spend the money on a bed frame when you have one that is perfectly good.....even though I hate it!!!!!

Morti: Oh how I would love to completely gut the bathroom! Can't afford to :mad: . That is why this color desicion has been so hard. White tiles on the floor, white tub, white sinks, white vanities, white tiles around the tub and shower! I am afraid if I put a dark color the icky tiles will stick out like a sore thumb! Your room sounds awesome! I am jeleous.

Jina: Wow you really like your baseball don't you! I am with you and Star....french fries are the one thing that I still want. Don't know why...I can do without other types of potatoes no problem...but put McDonalds french fries in front of me and watch the drool!

Ah, Lekker! I hear you on the noise thing! I live in cubicle-land and happen to have loud neighbors (not to mention the disgusting Mr. Mucus!). I end spending all day with headphones in my ears just to drown it all out!

Star, yeah I do the same thing with my headphones, except the guy right beside is sometimes soooo loud, that my music has to be very loud, which ends up bothering me after awhile! I don't know how you handle Mr. Mucus!

When Mr. Mucus is on one, it's time for some Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Kid Rock, something like that at full volume. My 2 closest neighbors get VERY loud sometimes. We now have an understanding. If they get too loud, I throw things over the wall at them. I start with kleenex and the items get heavier until they tone it back down ;)

Jane - I'm thinking a reddish-orange/orangish-red for the bedroom. It gives warmth and red IS the color of passion. It also goes beautifully with dark wood. Check out American Beauty - the girl's bedroom is the color I'm thinking of. I'm thinking gold with a red faux finish over the top for the bathroom. It goes with the bedroom, but it's lighter and would be gorgeous with a bunch of plants all over. Very relaxing. There's my ideas for the moment!

Oh, you know what disturbed me the other day? There's this one brand of sausage that I have from time to time (not recently though). I always get the plain ones, but they were never labelled to let me know how many carbs there were. So I extrapolated based on the carbs in other brands of sausages, which were often 3 per 1 or 2 links. However. I noticed the other day in the store that they are now labelled and they have 9 carbs! Yikes!! What the? I'm so glad I haven't eaten them in awhile. Whew. The moral of the story, is never assume anything. :) I was certainly unpleasantly surprised.

oooooh Star that is interesting! I actually started out wanting a red bedroom...maybe stoke the fire a little if you know what I mean ;)

I'm with you and Lekker on the noise. I too live in cubical land and the guy behind me is dead quiet all day then BAM! He gets on the phone with one of his buddies and he is so loud! The girl on the other side of me plays her radio and all I can hear is this anoying sound all day. When it is on and she isn't here I go over and shut it off! What a ***** I am :p

Ahh... to work in an office again! I actually miss some of those noises (Of course, I've never worked with a Mr. or Mrs. Mucus.) Sometimes it gets WAY too quiet sitting in my apartment all by myself! :(

All by myself. Don't wanna be - all by myself..................... ;)

One is the loneliest number...........

I get so lonesome, baby. I get so lonesome...............

Only the lonely...dum, dum, dum, dumdy dowah, know the way I feel tonight, wo, wo, wo yeah

Are you lonesome tonight...dah dah dah dah dah dah (Elvis Presley)

Brenda: You stole mine!! I love Elvis!

Me......and my shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadow. All alone and feeling blue...........

Jane: It must be something in the air. I've been abnormally tired also. Well, I know the reason today. But it's been like this for a while. I thought it was my vitamins. I had switched from the Atkins type because I was getting tired to the One a Day (carb smart), now I've switched back again.

Leenie: I watch the river during Spring. So far it's never gotten this high. But I can never say "never" cuz someday it might actually happen. Most often I feel like my weight would be ok. Then I think dang it, I've got this gut and stupid thunder thighs to get rid of and THEN I'll be ok. It's a mental thing. Throwback to when I was growing up constantly being told I was fat and needed to diet. The only time I was happy was when I weighed 115 pounds--then had all the people that said I was fat saying I looked sick. Go figure :dunno: I'm slowly working my way out of this funk to where I don't think I look too bad again. I need to quit looking in the mirror :lol:

Jina: Hey, ever think about working at the baseball field or something? Is that something you'd enjoy? lol. At least you maintained during TOM, that's a step in the right direction instead of gaining!!

Rachel: As I was reading your post, I was sitting there shaking my head in agreement. Yup, TOTALLY understand where you're coming from. Then this little light clicked in my brain. OMG That could be ME talking!!!! NOBODY (except one person) has said anything about the weight I've lost. I kept thinking a LOT of people should have commented. I kept thinking I deserved to hear how good I looked (and God Bless you all for the support and saying the things you do!! It's what's kept me going!!!). I'm slowly realising that what started out as wanting to lose weight for MY health and for ME has become wanting acknowledgement and acceptance (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for, but for now it'll work) from others. THANK you for your words. They've opened MY eyes and has made me realise I need to get back to working getting healthy for myself.

Laura: Hope your fur kid is ok. I hadn't even thought about putting blowers/fans in the basement. UGH!!! Thanks for mentioning that (Yup, I admit I get brainless)

StarPrincess: I love that little diddy. :lol: I may need to change my seat ;) Try not to work too hard!! And I'll try and remember I could just be in a slump where my body wants to be for a while.

Lekker: Yes, where DID our lovely Spring weather go? It's like we have 2 days of Spring and then summer. Fall is almost non-existant before Winter hits. I've told DH that we DEFINITELY are going to be needing the AC put in. He figures it's not going to be that hot this summer. He's an idiot :dizzy: Try and stay cool!!!

I came home and scrubbed my tub. OMG that thing was NASTY!!! There should be some appliance that scrubs it for us. I actually had to get a scrubby pad to scrape away at the soap scum. Yeah, I know what it does to the tub, but I want a new one anyway :lol: The girls are now playing in the tub (seeing how we don't have a pool) so that's their bath for today. I've decided that when we go get the sump pump I'm going to break down and get a couple pairs of shorts. It should be interesting to see what size I get into. Did I happen to mention DH is doing ok on Atkins? But he walked in from work yesterday carrying a Bacardi O...you should have seen his face when I told him he couldn't have it on induction :rofl: