Good weekend all! It has been a great one for me! I needed it. I took the whole weekend off with my family and am off until Thursday to get things done. I got my front garden in...amazing! I got some exercise in...amazing! I invited people over tonight, so that means I have to clean my house....amazing! So it is all good and I am just amazing

Anyhow wanted to say hi to you all! Been reading all your posts, but have been to amazing to get my butt in the chair and say hello, so here I am!

Have a great rest of the weekend! Liz

Liz,

I only have one thing to say to you....Amazing

Really glad you are having an amazing time and enjoying all the things that make you happy !!!

See you later~~~~~~~Meg

Meggers you rock! Liz

Good Morning Kids,

I posted how the 3FC's meeting went this weekend on the LC boards, it was a blast ! I wish we could do it again.

Whats new ? nothing else here. The weather is just beautiful today, wish I was home, outside enjoying it but since things are going well, I'm healthy and alive, I really shouldn't complain

I'm sorry if I don't get a chance to catch up on all the posts so forgive me if I don't respond to each one. Some day I'll get the time uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Den ? Ellis ? MrsM ? you guys okay ??? Meggie poo how's the wedding plans going ? Liz you nut, its about time you planted that garden Glad you had a good weekend.

TTYL, Love Leens

hey girlies....

Leens, I'm so glad you had such a good time! Despite her foul mouth, isn't Ruth such a sweetie?

Meg... who's getting married? One of your children? You've been married 31 years? That's great! Happily, I hope.

Liz, you're doing ummm, amazingly well with your exercise. Good for you! I've been gardening, too. My garden is looking fantastic. I wish I could say the same for the house. DH decided to have a water pistol fight with the children and their friends yesterday. They kept coming inside to refill their pistols, and the floor is all muddy!! curses.

MrsM, I think you're still camping. Do you have a tv in that beautiful trailor? It's funny, I HATE watching TV, but when we're camping I always have a strong urge to watch it.

Den, it's Monday. Are you kicking butt? Are you anxious/depressed/fed up? This is the start of the new regime for DS#2, right? I'm a little anxious, myself. My DD is supposed to stay after school today to get help with her French science class. This particular teacher; who is so concerned with my daughter's poor mark that she has been sending nasty notes and phonecalls home, only offers extra help once a week. The past two weeks she's had "personal stuff to deal with", and couldn't make it. If she dares to send my daughter home again without help this week, there's going to be **** to pay. School is almost over for crying out loud!!

Oh, one more *****. Our insurance barely covers the psychology bill after all. I think they pay 20 bucks out of the 130 bucks per hour. Great! I know it's worth it, and I don't begrudge it AT ALL, but why can't psychology be taken seriously? Insurance companies would rather pay full whack for a psychiatrist, who is completely useless as far as WE'RE concerned. (particularly the ones I'VE come in contact with!) All they do is dole out pills... they don't offer any life skills!!

Well, enought griping. It's a beautiful, cool, sunny day. Perfect for us fat people who would prefer NOT to wear skimpy clothes. I've got jeans and a sweater on, and I feel very cozy.

Have a great day everyone!

Hi everyone,
I'm back from my camping trip. We had a fairly good time but wish i would of been able to stay a little longer (but isn't it always that way).

I would love to go home and try and start this day over. I swear everything i touch turns to s**t this morning. First thing off my DH tells me the hard drive went out of our home computer about midnight last night and that he doesn't have hardcopies of all his business records that are on it and I discovered my scales had been broken. Nothing like stepping on the scales this morning and it reading that I had gained 5 pounds over the weekend so i stepped off and got back on it and it weighted heavier than i did the first time so i tried it again and this time it dropped down to less than the first time (DD thinks they are neat for jumping on) so it looks like i will be replacing those. Then i get to work this morning and my office computer acts up but thankfully its ok now. My boss tells me a project that i spent most of last week working on wasn't even close to right when he got out in the field (I do drawings for an environmental engineer), the problem wasn't my fault, someone didn't send us accurate blue prints but it is still frustrating. . (we need one of these little guys that screams.)

I am trying to hold it together today and hope that my mood stays intact. I would hate do undo all that relaxation from the weekend. I keep telling myself that life gets better and that I shouldn't let it get me down

Ellis you bet we have a TV & a VCR in the camper. There is now way i would take DD without it. She seems to think she has to watch her cartoons or it is the end of the world.

Leens - glad your visit went well.

Meg - married for 31 years WOW!!

Ok i guess it's time for me to do something that i'm getting paid for. I hope everyone has a good day and mine is going to get better.

MrsM

PS - I feel much better now.

Hi Everyone!!!

Mrs. M-Sounds like you are having a BAD day!!! Hope things calm down for you. I can COMPLETELY relate. Some days it is better to just go back to bed!!! Glad to hear the camping trip went well. That sounds like so much fun!!! I used to sneer at non-tent campers in my youth, but the older I get the less I enjoy waking up stiff and cold!!!

Leens-Glad to hear you had such a good time!!! I'll definitely be going over to LC to see how it all went!!!

Liz-It is AMAZINGLY amazing to see you here, and so amazingly jolly!!! Amazingly, I am actually starting to feel better!!!! Are you amazed?

Ellis-One of DS's teachers is like that too. Hubby went in there to straighten things out, and told her DS didn't understand one of the assignments. Her response, "I don't know how to explain it any more clearly." THEN DON'T TEACH!!!!! His other teachers are all pretty good though. He is getting caught up, but still has a way to go. He finished the two science assignments, 4 English assignments, and about 8 math assignments. He is still behind in math though. We went to an honors assembly at the high school (DS #1 made principal's list.) and then went to DS#2's therapy session to talk about his messing up in school. THE FUN NEVER STOPS!!!
RE: medical plans and psychologists.....the only psychologist I have seen since I started this whole process is my Dad. They won't pay for qualified therapists, but they'll patch you up after you slit your wrists!!! (SEE-I"M GETTING MORBID AGAIN!!!)

Meg-31 years!! That's great. I've been married 20 years, and my kids (boys) are 15 and 12. They are great kids, except when they aren't!!!! You SAY you are one of ther older ladies, but I want to know how old. The last person who claimed that turned out to be a 15 year old boy. Am I right Ellis?

TTFN!!!!

Den?

Well Den,

I am a few months away from the dreaded 50!!!!!!!! So you see, I am old!!!! But still kicking. And no, I am not a boy!

My children are 30, 29, 27, and 25 I have two beautiful grandchildren 5 and 3.

My youngest son is getting married in August to a lovely girl and I am agonizing over buying a dress. They just don't make beautiful tents!!!!

I hope this is ample information. If not let me know

Have a good one~~~~Meg

good morning darlings,

49, Meg? Holy, that's not old!!!!! Wow, you've really packed it in with the kids/grandkids... what a wonderful family! And how nice that you think your son is marrying a "lovely girl". If my children marry, I'm determined to be a fantastically supportive mother-in-law. Non-judgemental, no prying, no "dropping in", etc. In fact, the complete opposite of my own mother-in-law.
How much do you weigh, Meg? How about wearing a dress with one of those "one button sheer dusters" over it? Do you know what I mean? Check out this one... it's on the Spring 2002 page, and it's the thingy that the lovely black girl with short hair is wearing...
http://eileenfisher.com/

Den, I'm glad to hear that DS#2 is getting back on track. Congratulations to DS#1!! Way to go!!
Uh huh... "the patch up job". I agree. Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot cheaper all around if they'd use PREVENTATIVE measures? You're not morbid, you're RIGHT!!
I used to sneer at those big trailers, too. heh heh. Not any more! Now I wistfully peer in their windows at night before heading back to my sagging tent. They're in there... sipping their refridgerated drinks, watching a movie while sitting on a cushioned couch, completely clean because they've just had a shower in their bathroom... And they know that if they have to pee in the middle of night that there's no problem. They don't have to lie there for an hour... hoping the pain will go away before finally dragging themselves out of bed (ha! BED! I mean the sleeping bag on the ground!), putting on shoes, a jacket, finding a flashlight, unzipping the tent (pray to god the zipper doesn't get stuck... always keep a utility knife in the tent for emergencies such as this), checking the perimeter for bears, skunks and mad rapists, and then stumbling up to the outhouse/toilets, accidentally peeing on your pj leg once you get there because you're trying to balance the flashlight whilst gripping the utility knife between your teeth (protective measure against bears, etc), and then stumbling back to "bed", where you can't get back to sleep because: you're shivering violently from the cold, your pyjama leg is wet with pee, your sleeping bag is full of sand, and your bladder doesn't empty itself properly and you have to pee again.

MrsM, are you alright? I'm sorry you've had a bad time since getting back. Think postive, okay? You've got a lot going for you. The scales are broken? What's the worst that could happen... you buy a new set. Don't let all that crap get you down. You're tall, you're beautiful, you've got a wonderful husband and daughter, you've got a camper with a toilet, tv and vcr... ****, life is GOOD!! Let go of the bad thoughts, sweetie... they add up too darned fast. We love you!

Leens, how's that new van? And darling baby Gracie?

Liz, I hope you're having a great week off!

talk to you later...

Hi Ladies,

Meg dear, call up Roamans and Lane Bryant and get their catalogs, Roamans has beautiful tents, honest, I buy from there and some times they have up to a size 5X. I noticed in the stores they have icky stuff. I get alot of stuff from Roamans, they have elegent stuff. WWW.ROAMANS.COM.......even their websites don't have all the pretty stuff they sell.

Ellis, Den, MrsM.....what can I say. I'm still here, fat as ever, can't stop gaining weight sigh~

Gracie is doing great thank you !!

Okay nuff said.

Have a wonderful day.
Love, Leens

I need a dress for friday eve...will have to go to the shops today....never fun when you are not a size you want to be..I empathize meg! Liz

Oh curses... I've been looking at some of those apparel sites for fat chicks. The clothes are lovely, but I don't want to look like them!!! I want to be slim!!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Hi Everyone,
Yesterday was pretty much a total disaster for me . Found out that the hard drive in my computer at home is officially toast but on the brighter side we found out that we had 3 years of warranty on our computer not 2 and it won't be 3 years old till next month. Hubby spent most of the evening on the phone with tech support and finally convinced them to send us a new hard drive.

I spent 2 hours last night trying to get DD to bed and she just wouldn't go, I had a severe headache last night and it's not unusual for her to not want to leave my side and just didn't understand that when she went to bed i was going to go to bed as well. I was so frustrated because hubby was getting angery with her and the madder he got the more upset she got. After i finally got her down all i could do was just sit down and I know the problems i am having are so trivial compared to what some of you are going through but talking about it helps.

I don't really call what we do camping, I like to think of it as quality family time which i think we need a lot more of.

Well i better get to work.
MrsM

(((((((((((((((Mrs. M)))))))))))

Been there! Liz