Weekly Chat ~ May 19th - 26th
 

Good morning,

Sorry for being MIA, I try to answer lots of posts but can't get around to all of them on each board :hug:

How is everyone doing this week? I am going to start walking at lunch... I need to move !!!! :rolleyes:


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good morning gang :wave:

I also haven't been in here lately. sorry I'm just too busy. This weekend was full of high school and college graduation ceremonies and senior recognition day at church. we had a breakfast for the 12th graders and their families, along with memory tables and a slide show set to music during church. next weekend is more of the same.

I've had very little time to get on the computer and didn't walk at all last week. Gotta get to it this week

Leenie - where are you gonna walk during your lunch hour? wish we could walk together ;-) it would be fun to walk and chat :listen:

I glanced thru last week's thread and have to say that I'm really proud of all the exercising going on :whoo: exercise if the best medicine for the body and great for the soul too! keep on truckin!

hope everybody has a blessed day!
hugs,
Cathy

Morning everyone.

I was rudly woken up this morning, so I'm a little cranky right now. But I can say that I didnt have a panic attack last night. I crawled into bed and fell right asleep!! Woohoo!!

My plans for today is to revacuum (I made a mess last night with all the from the clothes, lol)..and then clean the bathroom. I hate cleaning the bathroom.

Anyways..I'm gonna go get my breakfast on.

Hi all!

Well, I feel in sunny spirits today - not sure whats bring this change on, but I'm grateful. :) Even my tuna sounded good for lunch today! I hope everyone else is having a good week.

I did not get up and exercise today. I think I might try to get back out to run tomorrow - I've rested my back for a while (um, if you cout marathon yard-work as rest) and really want to get back out there. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Hello girls! :hug:

I am hanging in there - by a thread - have been painting all day, though it breaks my heart to make my house beautiful just to sell it... ah well, life sends us these trials. I WILL survive this, but I am laying low, as you all know I do... licking my wounded heart.

Hope you are all well -
Heather :hug:

Hi Heather. :hug: I understand completely. I can tell myself that that is not what I am doing (I mean, I'm not SELLING it...yet, just swapping it for a year) but I had to do it once before, and I know that in reality thats what I'm doing again. There's really no way I'm going to be able to hold on to it and pay for school. I want to finish a month before I leave - so at least I have that long to enjoy it. :hug: I'm so sorry you're going through it too.

Hi everyone!

Thankfully it looks like the rain has quit so we can get outside and build a fire. Our kitchen is a disaster as we started painting it yesterday. We got half of it done with the idea of finishing it off and then moving everything over to do the other half. I wanted it yellow so that it would be bright and cheerful.....well, its very bright. I hope I like it when we get it all completed and everything back up on the walls. We've lived here for almost 13 years, so everything needs freshening up.

Amarie: I'm loving the new washer and dryer. Its so nice to have the clothes dry in the 50 minutes instead of the two hours it was taking before. So hopefully our hydro bill will lower. Plus with the washer being high efficiency the lower water usage is nice as we have a lagoon system for the septic and its nice not to fill it up, plus we are on a shared well. And I'm really glad to hear that you are feeling really good today!:hug:

Aw Heather :hug: Its good to hear from you. Take care of yourself.

Leenie and Cathy don't for get to take some time for yourselves!

Hi Hope, shop, mom, Sassy, Denial, Iris and everyone else:wave: Hope you are all doing well!

Well I should go, hubby is getting ready to go outside now.

Take care all,
K

Hi everyone! My computer was in the shop for 2 weeks!

I've missed reading about your lives.

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We had to spackle the ceiling tonight...what a mess...i have to finish cleaning the carpet tomorrow...But after a week of being here I finally got on the eliptical machine...lord have mercy it is a killer...i have never been on one. All I have is a bike and treadmill. I did like 3 minutes and was like i am done...but I have been doing soo much with moving and unpacking my legs are constantly sore...So I guess I am going to take it slow...I will just keep adding a few minutes each time!! So that was pretty much my day!!! Not much of one!! OH anyone wants to see and good movie watch Ace of Hearts...At the one part i was getting all nervous so I went and grabbed my carrots and munched on them...lata everyone!!

sorry I didnt mean for that picture to be in there...trying to do to many things at once!! sorry..

:wave: Try to check in tomorrow.

Hi I am new and just so depressed I don't know what to do with myself.

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Nothing much going on here today, its raining outside... seems to be the norm lately.

Heather :hug: I'm sorry. Love you sweetie.

Cathy we walked here on campus.... this place is HUGE!!! No walky today, rain :( Good for you for being so busy... its a good thing really ;)

Amarie CROSSING FINGERS ;) how are you feeling chicklet?

Francie, how are you doing :hug:

Buddly, how come every time I clean, I make an even bigger mess before its clean? what the ??? LOL Yellow is bright and clean and cheery...and I'm sure your going to love it... plus everything matches yellow ;)

Jerz, good to see your back. Whats shakin?

Mom, I can not do our eliptical...its a good one but it always makes my hips feel like they are going to split (like a wish bone LOL), my DH on the other hand had NO problem with it, he can stay on it for an hour like its nothing... oy vey.

Hope good to see ya lovie.... how's every little thing?

Sassy girl... where ya been? come on out and play ;)


Amarie, how's your back? and tisk tisk.. no more yard work until your feeling better (yes, thats easy for me to say LOLOL). I am the biggest offender of doing things I shouldn't when I shouldn't LOL. I remember hurting my back so bad and making my DH go to the store and buy me one of those poles that can grab things because I had to walk SLOWLY around the house and pick things up b/c it was driving me nuts. So there I was with a cane in one hand and that pole thing in the other... barely walking. Felt like Tim Conway as that old man on the carol burnette show LOL.

SugarMama :welcome: we're glad you joined us. Tell us some more about you. Whats rockin your boat?




Leenie

Leenie - :lol: at the Tim Conway reference - I can totally see it! You're on a campus? What are you up to now? teehee. My back is feeling ok - sorry, I did not follow doctor Leenie's orders (more gardening last night and yard work this am). Ah well.

:welcome: sugarmama! Glad to meet you, and look forward to getting to know you better!

Buddly - I remember when I first moved into my first place that I could paint - I really loved that soft lime green color, so I decided I wanted that for my bedroom walls. Only, somehow I totally messed up picking the color and ended up with walls the color of green astroturf. :rofl: oh my. I think I made it maybe a week before I repainted. Now I'm a beige and cream wall color kinda girl. Anyway, I'm sure your kitchen is MUCH better than my bedroom was, its probably just startling 'cause of the change!

Hi everyone!!!

Gotta run

Hi ladies,

Quick stop-in. I'm kinda struggling today. TOM should be here any minute. My workout buddy is coming over so that should help some. What am I going to do about myself? (was that out loud? :o)

Sugarmama: :hug: As I just said, I don't know what to do with myself either. Just keep stopping in, you are in good company.

Heather: :hug: We miss you!

Jerzy: good to have you back.

Hi to everybody else. Gotta run. May be back later.

Woohoo!!! Back from the Chiro again - felt like I needed a follow-up adjustment, and I did. Breathing without stabbing pain is fun!

well i got 5 minutes on the program one on the eliptical my legs feel like jello and i broke a sweat..lol...i will write more later baby is on my lap crying..i think she is teething....lata

I'm back. I worked out with my friend which helped my mood a little. We cooked dinner after that and talked for a while. Sometimes I feel so negative and whiney around her since she doesn't have a depression problem and is generally happy. What a weirdo! :lol: Tonight was definitely one of those times, but with the pms I just couldn't fake it. Anybody else struggle with this, feeling like you have to fake a decent mood just so you won't annoy the crap out of everyone else?

I'm so grateful to all of you who listen to me everyday and for your friendships. Thank you all. :grouphug:

I fit into my skinny shirt (its like a 1x, lol)

Hi Girls. I'm sick. I thought at first it was JUST my allergies, but now I think I may have gotten a touch of the flu too. :barf: So cleaning may or may not get done. If it doesn't, oh well, my mom has seen our apt dirty before and if I don't get better, she may not want to come up with a sickie!!! lol.

Hope - :yes: I feel that way too sometimes. :hug: I bet your friend didn't freak out or run screaming when you were just you, though, did she? Haha... I am just so grateful for YOU and the others for welcoming me here, and listening to me ramble...

Francie - Woohoo!!! Skinny skirt! :yay: wtg!

Sassy - :hug: get well soon. I hope its a quick flu bug.

I think I may have mentioned that I'm having odd dreams again :dizzy: Well, a couple nights ago, I dreamed I had a really long talk with the gal I know who runs a business near where I work, and the jist of it was that she was going out of business. So this am, I drive by and noticed a sign in the window that they are closing tomorrow. Eek. That kinda thing really messes with me. Especially since some of my other dreams have been truly sad and disturbing (like a friend from school who I haven't seen in years getting diagnosed with cancer).

Other than that, I'm just truckin along. How is everyone else doing? Buddly, Cathy, Emmy, Jerzy, Leenie, Heather, Momof4, everyone else? :grouphug:

Hi all!!:wave:

Not much new around here. We didn't get to have our weinnie roast on Monday. We got the fire going and then it poured rain, so we barbequed instead and got to watch a movie. At least we were all home and together.
The kitchen is half done. I'm getting use to the colour and its not so bad. I usually pick just a hint of colour, so having a real colour is different for me. ddA and I were going to finish it yesterday but the power went off for five hours. With no power we have no water, so that limits what you want to do, especially when you have no idea when it will come back on.
Thankfully the sun is shining now. I have to go to work for the next two days. Not looking foreward to that. Amarie I should follow your lead and go to the chiropractor. My lower back is killing me today, I sure hope it feels better tomorrow or I'm going to be in big trouble:dizzy: ddA is thinking of applying at A & W as she knows she will get on full time for the summer and then I won't have to work there. Plus that would give here till experience. We have no idea why she hasn't been hired after some of her interviews. They seem good and then her friends get hired and not her, so we are at a lost as to what puts the employer off. She is getting so bored and a bit desperate here and very soon she will have to compete with the high school kids.

Leenie, I'm the same that I always make a huge mess before I get things cleaned up, I have no idea why that happens.

Welcome Sugarmama! So glad you found us and look foreward to getting to know you.:hug:

jerzy glad your back!

Mom good for you for using the eliptical! I found that I can't use it, my knees just can't stand it. They sure are a good workout tho!

Amarie I can't quite imagine astroturf walls! I'm surprised you lasted a week:D With the kitchen I had that green masking tape on and with the yellow OMG!!! It was awfull!! Not so bad with the white trim, but now I know not to put green in the living room, we'd need sunglasses:dizzy: I'm usually scared of wall colour, but ddC was with me and picked this shade and I figure what the heck its only paint and I did tell her I wanted yellow!

Shop WTG on the skinny shirt!! Who cares what the label says they are all different anyway!

Hope good for you for working out! Glad it helped with the mood. And yes I know what you mean about pretending to feel better. At least the exercise is helping.

Sassy sorry about the flu. Drink plenty of fluids and rest. And mom's understand!

Well I should go, the dishes are soaking and waiting and if I procrastinate any longer the water will be cold.

Take care everyone and have a great day!
K

Amarie, That's wild about your dream. Maybe your brain was piecing together conversations you've had recently with your friend and you figured out the store was closing... Otherwise you have a gift! Awesome.

Hope, I feel that way all the time. I guess it helps to be up front about the depression. One of my certain challenges is telling people about it. Scared I guess.

mom, I love the elliptical, but find myself coasting on it sometimes, NOT breaking a sweat. So...bravo!

I just met with my psychiastrist today. I started Wellbutrin about a month ago and it has set my anxiety off. She said it's a side effect and should taper off. I think I started out with high anxiety, however, so the Wellbutrin magnified it. It's been awful! I can't even practice deep breathing or meditation because my heart is pounding and my stomach is uneasy. I'm just so nervous. There have been GREAT improvements in the depression, but the anxiety is AWful.

Glad to hear things are well out there.

Just stopping by real quick.

I'm going to San Diego tomorrow to see dh!! YAY!! I'm so excited!! I'll be back sometime on Sat though. I'm leaving at 2:45am to catch the shuttle to the airport..AHHH!! LoL!!


:grouphug: I hope everyone else is doing okay!!!

:wave: love yah's

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Hey Everybody!!! I'MMMM BAAAACK! :) Okay, so my two weeks with my family was awesome...I had the best flight ever on the way over and the worst one on the way back so I guess it is the universe's way of evening things out... I am still fighting with Delta to get my luggage back...aaaargh! I am slowly getting back into my routine but I still have so much to do that I don't really have the time to catch up with you all as much as I would like but I wanted you to know that I am home and will be back on here as soon as I can get a moment to breathe!!! (That would be good...) Damage was surprisingly minimal for all the eating that I did...163.5 this morning...only up a pd from when I left...granted I had just had a really horrible couple of weeks...you might remember the candy bar episode???? And I haven't recovered from that yet but I will!!! So, back to work, in all ways and I am lovin you all!! :)

sugarmama, you still around? this is the perfect place to just post whatever is going on in your head. some of us have been there and some just know the right thing to say!

good luck and welcome :)

Hi Everyone
 

Thanks Gang I am Still Here I just Have my up days and down days.

One thing I have been fat way to long lol

Then On top of it I had and accident last year that toook so much out of me I ams so tired of people telling me to get over it. They have no idea of how my legs ache or feel on top of it how when I look down and see the scars.

I was working in my choosen field at the time of the accident and I've had a hard time finding a job since. Thank god I work from home now. Battling a major Casino in Vegas is one **** of a battle. NO one gets that they have a lot of power here.

Then I have this loveless relationship don't get me wrong he helps me out a lot but there is no love he is just to darn old and cranky.

I don't think I will ever have the love I would like to have.