We're all originally from up here, they moved down there last year.

:) I'm originally from Portland, Oregon. Mom took a job down here and, being single, I eventually followed her down.

Momof4: I really worry about you most everytime I read your posts. I really think you need a break and some help at home from your husband. Is giving up home-schooling completely out of the question? How about a christian school? I know your faith is important and a christian school would be in line with what you are probably teaching. That would give your kids what they need and give you some time to yourself. If your husband won't go for that then let him try it. I can't believe how unsympathetic he seems to be, I don't know him of course. After all, he chose to have these kids as well and he needs to put in his time AT HOME. Did you ever make that chore chart?

Well after work tomorrow I'm off for 4 days! :yay: I CAN'T WAIT!! I really need some time to myself. The weather here is so nice and cool. It feels like fall.

I took my first test for my tax class yesterday. I passed and I'm glad it's over.

Hi to everybody. I need to get to bed so I can get up at 5am.

Wow ok I hope that I remember everything I want to reply to...
Yes I have tried talking to my husband on several occasions about it. I have asked about time out or something and he just replys to when do i get time out....I completely understand he works at work and works at home...but I cannot get away from it....so when I do talk to him he just gets defensive turns it to him and when does he get time....so i just drop the subject
I laughed about throwing the food...Like if they dont fight over the food they fight over which bowl I give them. Also there is sooo many of them that I cant constantly stop them and correct them. Like my 4 yr old will be whinning throwing a fit that he wanted a different bowl...my 2 yr old screaming and crying at me because she wants something NOW that I cant get right that minute...and my 1 year old crying cause she is ready to eat and just wants her food. Like I understand what they mean bout girls cause my boys NEVER EVER demanded or screamed at me when I told them to wait a minute till mommy could get it. I don't know what to do. Like I am trying a different punishment methods and trying to be calmer...but sometimes I cant I just want to scream. I am trying to discipline them instead of punishing them. The difference is discipline corrects what they are doing and teaches them the proper way...punishment just sometimes makes them madder....yes they need punishment sometimes but most of the time punishment is done out of emotion from us.Sassy- you didn't make me mad at all...I completely understand both sides thats why I have a hard time..because he works no less than 45 hours a week usually close to 50...then the youth pastor job takes time to....so i dont know how to fix this because he is exhausted.
I did get my chore chart finished but its been hard to go by it the last few days I am not sure why...Maybe because I have felt so helpless and down in the dumps that I dont have the energy to do it.
Like I guess this is where the depression stuff comes in...because I know what i need to do for most of this but I cant get myself to do it...like I need to be consistant keep the kids busy...like if you change what they are doing every 30mins-45mins it keeps them busy and out of trouble but if I have things I have to get done and let them go then they are tearing down my curtains, taking my cushions off the couch, destroying the blinds in the play room, dumping out all the toys, splashing water every where, tearing thru my cupboards, dumping cereal on my clean floor, taking all my cans off my shelves.....Just NON STOP..(I know you think I have terrors...I promise you its not because i dont correct them because I do its because I am out numbered too!!!)..I have for the last two tuesdays taken them to the play section in the mall to get them and me out...because I can listen to music and relax while they are playing....
I found a lot lately I have been throwing on my IPOD because I cant handle the noise, the screaming, the temper tantrums, the whinning...I just cant handle it....Which the bad part is that I am not dealing with it I am avoiding it...I NEED NANNY 911...LOL
Counseling is not really in the question my husband wont go..so....I dont know...I have to sched. appt with dr so maybe I can up my wellbutrin...
ANYONE ELSE ON WELLBUTRIN??? When they upped it did you feel more energy or not much of a change??? I have tried to stay as low as possible to be able to get off it quicker but I dont know anymore. I think I can stop most of my stress if I had the energy to stay a step ahead of them....
I would love to send them to a christian school but i cant afford it we had enrolled our foster daughter then pulled her out cause we figured it out and there was just no way to do it... unless I work...I want to work but I dont want the kids to have to be with someone else either...like maybe one day a week but like I had the kids so I SHOULD be the one raising them...I dont know i just dont know!!Like if I usually have waterbottles filled but sometimes I cant find them...but have drinks ready before they ask...keep them doing different things so they dont get bored and get into stuff...make them clean up one item before they go to the next activity...but ALL THIS TAKES ALOT OF ENERGY THAT I DONT HAVE....some days I barely want to get up I only get up because they baby is up or the kids are up. I dont get up before the kids like I really should be doing....I just dont want to wake up....
Wow now that I wrote all this I am about in tears cause i cant see the light at the end of the tunnel or does the tunnel just go further down in the the ground and there is no light on the other side????

I am sorry i haven't done personals I used to do them almost every day and now i hardly do it i just dont have it in me....

MeA (AMARIE)- Where are you I miss you...

Oh PS...Thank you guys for caring cause if I didnt have this to come to I am not sure what I would do...be crazy crazy....

I am going to look into gym memberships because just maybe I can escape to that a few nights a week because I have stuff here but its like i try and try to do it and they need something or someone calls and all kinds of stuff...I am just scared to death to be the fat girl going into the gym all by myself...I might be able to get my friend to go but then I will feel stupid because I am so outta shape...I dont know it will have to take a lot of thought...I do some mystery shops and they each make like 10 dollars & they reimburse you for 5 you spend. But if I didnt 3 or 4 shops a month that would pay for my membership...ok well I was just thinking on here..LOL

Hi All
 

Hi all - (tired wave)

I just wanted to pop in to say hey and that I'm sorry I haven't been around of late. I miss you all so much, but my life is CRAZY right now, and I spend so little time at the 'puter and so much hitting the books.

But, you are all in my thoughts all the time, and I wish the world for each of you.

As soon as I settle into the semester I will try to show more regularly.

:gouphug: Love you all! I mean it!

I lost 1 lb in all of september. And today I'm up 2. So I'm feeling pretty low and like if I ever reach my goal weight, it will literally take my whole life. :( Never mind... I guess lots of water and veg today.

Good morning all! :)

Thanks sassy.....They are 15 yr old girl, 5yr old boy 4yr old boy 2 yr old girl 1yr old girl.....I am looking into this gym that has free childcare while you go...that would be ideal for me cause then it gets them out and I can get time to myself with out pushin my husbandand listening to when is my time out!! LOL...ok thanks guys gotta get going...lata

So busy already today! Got DS off to school, got DH off to work, went food shopping. Next I have to take a shower, pick up prescriptions, take rented games back to Blockbuster and then go for my daily walk.

See you guys later! :)

Hey y'al! I have been in a funk all week over little things that now when I look back on them they are no big deal at all. But today, I feel pretty good! It's cloudy outside, but I am not gonna let that make me stay in bed or sitting around. Tomorrow is my birthday and I have been dreading that all week. Blame it on the economy.:dizzy: Gotta go dig in the garden. Have a great day everyone!:carrot:

UGH Can I Vent Please?????!!!
 

Mo4, this post is for you.
I'm going to be blunt. Please know that it's out of love and concern and not intended to be a slight on you, your husband, or your faith. :hug:

Your world is just too full of *shoulds* that are getting in the way of your acceptance of reality. You "should" raise your children yourself. Your husband "should" fulfill his obligations at work and church. You both "should" be setting a good example, so if you need any help at all, it had better come from God, because to everybody else, you should appear to be model Christians. (I'm really guessing on this last part, based on my past experiences.)

The reality is that you have too much responsibility to handle it alone. Both your husband and you are stretched beyond the limits of your natural abilities. One or both of you need to prioritize and let go of some of those demands on your time. You need relationship counseling. No amount of medication is going to fix the fact that he is too proud or too scared to get help, or that you are in over your head.

*****
:grouphug: Everyone else, I'm sorry I can't do a personal right now. Too much to do and not enough time. I'll check back, but won't have much time this weekend.

Hi everybody,

Welcome Alicia and :bday2:

Momof4- I think Tera is right in saying you guys are just stretched beyond the limits of what anyone could handle. There is no logical reason to think that you don't need some help or temporary relief. I hope the gym thing works out. The workouts should start the endorphins going, you'll get some time away from the kids (if they have daycare), and they'll get out of the house as well. Hang in there. :hug:

Amarie: So good to see you. You must be overwhelmed. The one class I'm taking is killing me. Of course working full time doesn't help anything. Are you still working out or riding your bike to class?

Tomorrow I plan on laying on the couch all day and doing NOTHING! My house is a disaster but I don't care. I'm not touching it tomorrow. Screw it, I need a day to relax. If I feel like doing something, not chore related of course, I will, if not... it's on the couch for me. :carrot: I feel almost giddy about it! I'm sure you all understand that.

Night night all!

a full day on the couch sounds quite nice....This is the first in i dont know months that i have really over ate. Like I really do well at eating smaller portions and not much snacking if any at night. Well I made the mistake of geting carrot cake mix and icing and i think i ate like 4 of them and that makes me want to cry because when everyone else is snacking i usually dont eat anything just because i am not hungry and I dont buy things that i like (junk) so i wont be tempted to eat it....i got califlower and light dip but I forgot about it until now!!! Plus earlier I ate 2 pieces of pizza when usually I eat one but i left myself go until i was actually really really hungry....cause i had no breakfast and only had soup and sandwich for lunch...just feel really crappy about eating that much..
I understand bout the being stretched but there is not much we can let go....I really really think this gym thing will help if I can get it set up...i still have to call because i could go 3 days a week they have the free daycare...then I wouldnt be taking away from family time I wouldnt feel stressed out I wouldnt feel in a prison and I would be getting my excercise that i need...and they would be getting out of the house to!! ok well i really got to get to bed the house is a mess and its laundry day tomorrow and i got 5 or 6 scripts to write for our **** house drama and still have to assign parts...AHHHH i wanna pull my hair out with that...how i got the job of writing the scripts for all the parts and assinging the people....blah....i like doing it but its a LOT and has to be done by sunday!! so ok well gotta go...lata

Hullo again :grouphug:

Mof4 - oh how I've missed you. Honest to goodness, I hope you know that as tough as times get for you that you are such an inspiration. I feel so overwhelmed by the littlest things anymore, but knowing you keep on keeping on when you have SO MUCH on your plate really helps me know that I CAN do what I need to. So, thanks. :hug: I think the gym sounds like a FABULOUS idea. Bless the gym-business people for realizing the need for day-care. And what a great chance for your kids to play and socialize, too, while you work to stay fit and healthy!

Hope - Hi! :hug: aw, thank you for the understanding. I wish my waywardness was just due to classes, but to say that would be making excuses. I'll explain more in bit. So, how is the dratted tax-class going? And what did you end up deciding about the possible promotion thingy? How is your Hubby-to-be doing? I haven't seen you post anything about pool in a while - are you still playing? I am still biking to school each day (about 50 min total both ways), have started a yoga class, and run occasionally. My eating is total cr** right now - some days I barely eat, and others I gorge on fast food. Sad.

OK, so here's my situation - I think I have survived the transition intact :) I appreciate where I am, and the opportunities I have, but I just feel a wee bit let down. I guess I was hoping that the move in geography and circumstance would put me in a place surrounded by people that I would just instantly connect with. And I haven't. (and part of me sees that was a silly expectation).

Not that my classmates and coworkers aren't wonderful people, but I'm still plagued by the same feeling of wanting to include and be included among people who could care less whether I was there or not. I don't know why I thought that everything would change - I guess in reality its me that needs to change, but I kinda like me the way I am, and don't want to just give up.

I'm also daily bemoaning the fact that I seem to be incapable of picking up on, and understanding, normal social cues. Add to that that in the absence of any real understanding of who I am and who I want to be I just seem to pick up other people's personalities for a while and mirror them, and I feel so totally inauthentic. And that just stinks.

I swear, I'm just too old to be feeling this way - isn't this something that you're supposed to figure out as a teen? Ugh.

Anyway, I REALLY miss you all. Have a great weekend everyone!

:wave: and :welcome: Tmignemi2 & Alicia, glad you joined us :hug:

Hi Everyone,

Mom of 4... I hope things are settling down for you. I agree with the wise advice that has been given for you to consider. I don't know what is available where you are, but in our home community, there is a resource centre that offers parenting courses (read: tips/tricks, etc) for free. Is there anything like that in your community?

Welcome back Amarie. I hope things slow down soon for you too! Your comment on social cues made me think... do you have access to a counsellor? They could probably help you sort some things out with that. Sometimes, people are just too busy to pay attention to new folk... it may not be all you!

Spoz I hear you. This is what I have been going through the past few years. When I did get moving, I'd hit a plateau and throw in the towel. You need protein to help lose the weight. Lean... have you tried the 1/2 - 1/4 - 1/4 approach? 1/2 of your plate is vegetables; 1/4 lean protein; and 1/4 low glycemic carbs (brown rice, baked potato, etc.) The protein is often the catalyst for losing.

Hi Timignemi. :)

Hi Alicia.. .nice to meet you. :D

Good afternoon, Sassy... Hope your mood is settled and you have a better day today.

Hi Twilit... have a great weekend!

Hope4me... A weekend lazing is SUCH good therapy! I really enjoy those. They definitely recharge. As for your house? It will be there when you are ready to tackle it. Do what you need to do for you!!

Hey Leenie :hug: I hope life is being kind to you and your family... miss seeing you on the boards.

Cathy :hug: Don't work too hard ... miss you too!!!

To everyone else... I hope you are all having a great weekend. You girls are all amazing... You take the time to talk to each other. I feel very grateful to be part of this amazing group even though most of the time I just post and run. :grouphug: You are all very very special and don't ever forget it! :celebrate:

Hi everyone,
Welcome to a rainy fall day!

Aliciag :welcome2: and Happy Birthday! Hope you are having a good one!!

tmignemi wow did you ever have a busy day!

momof4 the gym sounds like a wonderful idea. Especially the free daycare part. You most definataly need some alone/recharge time. Especially since you are so out numbered and kids are smart and know it.

Sassy hope today is going better :hug:

Hope good for you for taking the day off, you to need a recharge day!:hug:

Hey lauren hows today going for you? I had to chuckle when I saw your avitar, I haven't seen Zippy in years. He never was my favourite tho. Have you seen the episode on youtube where they do the whole segment with sexual inuendos? Too Funny.

amarie so good to see you again. Congrats on the biking! Wow! I sure couldn't bike for 50 min right now, my poor bum would be numb!! And just to let you know, I'm 42 and I still don't know who I am or what I want to be when I grow up! Still trying to figure it all out. That could be why I got my first ever fast food job at 40! At 17 and 18 I was staying home and looking after toddlers (my sister and another little girl) So I'm doing things a little backwards. My daughter says its because of my zodiac sign, Capricorns have a tendancy to start life as old souls and get younger as they age. Who knows.

tera I hope you are getting a little down time as well. Everyone needs a break or two. (my girlfriend calls them "mental health days")

:wave: leenie, judomom, cathy, raven, heather and everyone else!

Anyway.. I'm... I don't know. When I started this I was a little beside myself as we got a phone call from DdA saying her car had died on the way to work, but she got it going again. Hubby just phoned and said he looked at it and did a few minor things and it seems alright now, it just has quirks and needs a tune-up (it had been sitting for 3 years when we bought it) But the big thing is that DdA wasn't upset (like I would be) So now I'm calming down some. Yeah, my head is all over the place. No real plans for today except catching up on the laundry and I should scrub the tub. Hubby just left to go to Hyder Alaska, so he's should be gone until Monday.

Anyway I've rambled on enough about nothing so I should go.

Everyone enjoy your weekend.
Take care,
K

AWWWWW MeA...i just love you....and I so miss when your not here!!! I wish your coworkers would realize what a wonderful person they have working with them!! When I was in college i did mirro people like you said..I think cause its sooooo many people around that you think so much of that you try to be like them so many other people will look at you the same way you looked at that person!! are you old enough to go thru a midlife crisis yet?? LOL....

well things are going ok here I have so much stuff to do but my head hurts and its almost nap time so I really really think I am going to lay down with the kids....I know bad bad bad...but I am really proud of myself for not taking a nap at all this week and working thru and getting stuff done!! OK well chat with you all lata
me

hey all!

today's been a really down day for me. I put my workout clothes on when I got out of bed and finally managed to drag my bum to the gym at 3pm. I thought it would make me feel better... no such luck.

honestly all day i've just been wishing my roommate would leave so i could go have a binge fest in the kitchen. i'm no where near TOM or anything, i don't know what's up with me today!!

I hope you are all having a good weekend. I'm hoping i will feel more positive tomorrow. I know even w/ taking meds I still have some down days, but this is just really off for me.

Hi. I don't usually hang out in here -- well, I don't usually hang out in any forums any more.

I am having serious issues with depression, energy levels, weight gain, you name it. My problem is that I just can't seem to care about myself enough to have any desire to lose weight and get healthier. I can dimly remember how when I was eating better I felt healthier, too, but now I think it's carb withdrawal or something, when I stop eating so much empty calories in junk food. The immediate feeling is a headache and irritability, and then I decide to give up on healthy intentions.

I've hovered around 250 pounds for years, and then over the past 2 year period shot up to 316. It's had its ups and downs (mostly ups) in between. I'm on Effexor XR now, 150 mg, and I just recently weaned myself off generic Welbutrin that I was taking at a very, very low level. I'm not sure if that's what made my weight shoot up like 20 pounds in the past 2 months alone or what.

Anyway. Peeking in here. I would love to get off of Effexor XR, but it's not so much the depression as the extreme general anxiety I was suffering from before that makes me scared. My friend says I should try meditation, but I'm not even sure where to start.

Oh, and anything resembling a schedule is made screwy by my job. It's a good thing it's just me and the cats, because I'm on business trips 2-3 times a month, sometimes with short notice. So establishing a pattern of any sort is rough.

Anyway, that's me. Maybe I'll try to join in the chats and get to know people here.

:beach:

made a discovery
 

I've been struggling with depression for about a year and taking Cymbalta. It worked really well for anxiety. I just discovered I was taking it at the wrong time of day. I wasn't anxious just leaden tired about two hours after I would get up in the morning. It was a med side effect. I take it at night now and sleep really well-imagine that!
My daytime energy is better too. I wanted to share with everyone and maybe give someone else the chance for a good outcome!

what a great idea for a forum. ill be looking forward to getting involved on a deeper level. hope to see many of you around...

hope4me, i love that little icon! looks so relaxing!

Today the first thing I wanted to do when I got up was cry, and it's took all my strength today to just keep it together. I'm having a day when my brain just constantly brings up all the things about myself that I hate & instead of having the will to fight it I just want to agree and curl up in a ball. But I have things to do. Here's hoping the day looks brighter..

:grouphug: everybody and :welcome2: walrock!

I finally have time for a brief update, and thanks, K for your concern. Fortunately my busytime has been primarily social, not academic. We had my birthday party yesterday afternoon and after that was the block party in my mom's neighborhood.

Mom says my halo is blinding. :angel: I was SO good yesterday. First, I asked for a healthy meal and a not-too-unhealthy dessert at my party, and secondly I was really self-controlled at the block party: no dessert, one small marguerita and good dinner choices that didn't stuff me.

Today, I weighed in: 2 pound loss!

Amarie: Don't be too hard on yourself. Some people take longer to sort themselves out than others. Some people never seem to sort themselves out. Heck, I'm almost 40 and still working on it.

Also, learning to adapt to a variety of social contacts is an asset. My mother is one who quickly picks up the social cues of whoever she's with. She was told during a course on diversity (specifically fostering good international business relationships) that she'd make a great spy, because of how quickly she learned to think like someone from another culture.

Do "know thyself" and don't compromise your own values, but don't let go of such a rare and valuable social skill.

Lauren: I hope your day is better than you anticipate. :hug:

Hey Buddly! Nice to see you!!

Hey Chickies!!

I know, I know, don't throw anything at me 'kay? I have just had a few too many things on my plate lately. I have been peeking in here occasionally though so you have never been out of my thoughts! I can't remember if I told you guys that I was going to take a job at a doggie spa or not? Well, I was there for 3 weeks... It was fabulous and horrible. WTH, do you ask? Well, it was fabulous because I felt great about working after being at home for so long, great because I got to love on so many different dogs that it was just heaven. Then we come to the bad part. It was very fast paced...and you are on your feet and moving for as long as you are there. I started to have trouble with my hands, my plantar fascitis acted back up, and I was exhausted. Still, I think I would have dug in and kept up if it wasn't for the fact that instead of feeling like I was getting better and more competent at what I was doing they were making be feel like I was getting slower and more inept at it. I was just never going to be able to keep the pace that they wanted because of my empathy for how the dogs were feeling and the fact that to me they are not a piece of meat to be manhandled and ignored. They say they want to be a doggie spa...but they run it like McDonalds in the back room. Also, I had extreme philosophical differences with the owner. Someone, either the groomer (likely) or the other dog bather with a comb (highly unlikely!) cut the head of a tiny little poodle...they discovered it and took it to the vet to be stitched. It came back with staples in the little guys head. Well, before I go on let me tell you that about a 1 1/2 years ago my DH had brain surgery and had staples that looked exactly like that in his head. He was told not to wash his head for like 2 weeks or so. Well, the owner was proceeding to wash this dog...she gets called away and tells me to finish up. I start washing the body of the dog...leaving the head alone. When I finish she sees the dog and asked if I washed it, I said yes, she says the head isn't clean. Then she proceeds to jump all over my **** because she can't charge the owner for a bath...and that she can't send the dog home dirty and injured. Ummm...why would she charge the customer anything for this poor dog? And why doesn't she care that the staples could get infected and that it would hurt the dog even more washing it? Yeah, that was almost the end right there...but I kept at it for a little while longer...then one day after work I was going to pick DH up and I had a blinding pain down my left arm, that I had never experienced before. I was scared I was having a heartattack so he took me to the ER. Well, it turned out it wasn't, they aren't really sure what it was, they suspect stress, I went to work and asked to reduce my hours. They agreed, there are two owners, the one told me I didn't have to work on Sat (busiest day) and I think the other one (the one who washed the poodle) was pissed that I wasn't and wanted me to quit. She rode me non stop about not being fast enough, I finally gave in and just told her I couldn't handle being made to feel I wasn't even worth minimum wage...of course she backpedaled and everything and then I find out they had all been mocking me for going to the ER! I had just had it, I was heartsick about losing the animals but I just couldn't do it anymore. So, I have an application in with a dogwalking company and I should have an interview after she gets moved to her new location. One good thing, I made enough money to buy the gift for my DH for our anniversary on the 20th (it is our 18th) and that makes me feel proud.
Since I quit I have been exercising at the YMCA a lot, and I think my weight gain is finally starting to reverse...I am also 3 weeks off depression meds and doing well with that. I am still working Radiant Recovery for sugar addiction and doing well most of the time with that. I did have a crash a couple days ago after having my first full sugar Starbucks pumpkin spice frappucino...it wasn't pretty... I don't know why I did it other than, I miss fall here in the tropics, I miss my parents, and I am worried about DHs latest MRI and Petscan results...sigh...

Buddly...thanks for remembering me...it meant a lot to see that I hadn't been forgotten...

Mom...I am so sorry that you are having such a hard time..that is all I have to offer...

Leenie...love ya Babe!

Sassy...as always...you make this place wonderful to come back to again and again...

To all the new faces, and all the old ones I haven't mentioned...you are in my heart...

Luv luv Everybody!

raven - that's AWFUL about the poodle whose head they cut!! I would have lost it on the owner. I used to work in a vet clinic and sometimes I thought their policies regarding charges were a little skewed, but at least they genuinely seemed to care about the animals!

Hello to everyone, and :welcome: to all the new faces!

Thanks everyone for your feedback - I guess I'm not the only one who hasn't figured out who I'm going to be yet...

Tera :hug: - thanks so much for the excellent reminder that I can choose to see things as a gift instead of an inconvenience.

Leenie - thanks, I think that is good advice - I've just concluded a series of counseling, but it may be that I need to start anew given that this move seems to have dredged up a lot of new troubles for me.

Hope - :hug: I'm sorry the tax course sucks so much.

Buddly-bud - good to see you!!

:grouphug: to everyone else! Its great to see so many new faces (or avatars at least );) Have a great Sunday everyone!

Howdy Ya'all
 

ok well just checking in doing ok missed some meds and ate AWFUL so i really got to get that under control or the work I have done the last 2 months is going to be for nothing...ok chat lata

Hi ladies,

:welcome2: to all the newbies. Nice to meet you all.

Well, it has been great not doing a darn thing the past two days. Tomorrow I must read for class and clean my house! :eek: It is WAY dirty. I also need to run my car through the wash and vacuum it. It was good while it lasted though.

Raven: Good to see you. I've wondered where you were. Starting a new job can take all your energy. Sorry yours was such a bad experience. Your dh will be in my prayers.

Amarie: I tend to morph a little around different people too. Sometimes I think it is too much and sometimes it is just natural. And by the way, I have no idea who I am or what I'm going to be when I grow up.

Spoz, Iris, Rabid, 2mchme: How did your days turn out? Better I hope.

Mom: How was your Sunday?

Twilit: :bravo: on the 2 lbs! Way to go!

Judo: Good to see you more too!

Just popping in to say Hi!

Very quiet weekend for us. DdA went to work the two days, hubby was out of town and the other girls and I just stayed home. It was nice not going anywhere. The only fly in this ointment was DdA's car glitching out on her and me with my constant worry.
(this is me going on about the car, not important)
I got up this morning with her and didn't go back to bed until after she should have started work. She said it didn't do anything out of the ordinary today, but I'm sure I'll worry myself sick while she goes to the uni until we can get it into the shop for a tune-up and a check up. She says its sluggish when she goes to turn corners and yesterday morning it stalled out on her and didn't want to start again. She did get going and hubby checked things out and put in an injector cleaner. Once before when hubby put tranny fluid in it, it ran better so I'm sure the transmission filter is probably clogged. Not to mention the fuel filter. The car had been sitting for three years so it really does need to have everything changed. And I'm so sorry for typing this all here, but I have to get it out of my head so I can see that everything is just fine or at least it will be after next week.

Anyhow I've been hiding in cyberspace all weekend and haven't really done anything, which is bad. Its cold and there is a possibility of flurries this week, they are calling for rain and below freezing temps! Not impressed with that idea. I have to work four days this week, thankfully I'm only four hours at a shot.

Raven its great to see you. So sorry about the job. I know when we worked on a dairy farm I hated the way some of the herdsmen treated the cows. Hubby and I spoiled them. The ET (embryo transfer) cows were nuts and loved my hubby and would lick up his back and knock his hat off, it was funny. Hope your hubby's test result come back clear and all is well.

Hope glad you had a restful weekend.

Sassy I hope you can get the little time change in your shift. And all he can do is say no when you ask and you never know he may say yes.

Hi everyone!

Well I should go, I've rambled on long enough.

Take care,
K

Buddly, I for one am impressed with your car knowledge! ;)

Hope, I know just enough to get me into trouble!;)