March 2009 ~ Chick Chat
 

Good Morning and Happy March !!

February went by like a blink of an eye... ;)

Just when I thought we wouldn't get much more snow, the weather guys said we will get 5-10" of snow (almost wrote snot :rofl: ) tonight into tomorrow...... sigh, I'm tired of the stuff lol.

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well today and lets have a happy healthy March :hug:


Leenie

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Hi all :wave:

Hope everyone is OK. The weekend is nearly over, meh... goes too quick.

Leenie, if you do get 10 inches of snot fall I think you will very quickly find yourself wishing for a return of the snow you've been getting up until now :D

Here's wishing everyone all the best for March... roll on summer... but not too quick cos I've got to get rid of some flab first :lifter:

Hi......I'm still alive......We're all moved in........now comes the fun part......unpacking........:p


Latta

:snowglo: It's finally SNOWING!!!! :snow4: :snowfight

I'm so excited!! :shocksn: and surprised!!!

Good morning everyone,
well the plague is slowly leaving. DdC went to school today and DdA is sounding so much better. I'm still not feeling so great, but at least its not worse. Our tempsa are suppose to go above freezing today, so thats a yippee!! Spring may be on its way yet!

Hope congrats on your snow, you are more than welcome to some if not all of ours!!

Sassy, good luck with the unpacking!

Mimzy I'm with you on getting rid of some of this flab before summer!

Hope everyone else is doing great.

Take care everyone and have a wonderful day!
K

blah-I dont get how some days can be great and others awful. I was up early at 8:30 I had to go pay bills. All four of the kids had to go to..it was bad they were good but they were told be good or else.I am trying to do the kids school and find stuff. I lost my yearly planner in the move and tried looking thru boxes but still cant find it...really ticking me off because i try to be organized but i forget when stuff is and that. I think i am really on edge because my house is kinda messy for the weekend. My mail has taken over my computer desk and I cant clean because I am trying to do thei school. SO its driving me to insanity.......I want to scream and just flip out.....ERRRRR

ok thats all hope everyone else is having a better day!

Hey Gals. Snowing here too.
Same ole same ole here. Being feeling pretty good lately. In aww of it, but am taking it day by day. Enjoying it too.

I have a question... how long can one be on a Rx for a certain med? I've been on one for a year, it is working well an I wasn't sure if at my next apt. my doctor was going to suggest that it was time to try another or if I could still stay on this one seeing as it is working so well. I saw her a few months back ,and she asked if I wanted to lower the dose or try weaning myself off of it, but I told her Nope, I am doing so well on it, I can't see myself getting off of it so soon. So, any advice or input would be greatly appreciated.

Hi hi! Newbie here, mind if I hop in?

I wish it was snowing here (I'm in Singapore btw). Weather's hot and humid all year round. Lately it's gotten a bit strange though. It's sunny and pouring at the same time! It's screwing with my outdoor runs :(

Good morning everyone!

Welcome lixximajig glad you joined us!

Pear I was on paxil for about 3 years, I switched because of the side effects. I'm on wellbutrin now, but I think that will be changing because its not really addressing my anxiety issues. From my understanding if a drug is working and everyone is happy, why couldn't you stay on it for as long as thats the case. My doc seems to use me as a guage for any changes.

Hope everyone is doing alright.

Freezing rain over night again and now a little more snow, I'm so glad I get to stay home. Same recipe yesterday and boy were our roads terrible, thankfully when I went out the main highways were just wet and sloppy. I will be so glad when the winter yuck is overwith.

Anyway nothing new here.

Take care everyone and have a good one,
K

i think i'd prefer 10" of snot to snow.

Currently raining here. does it ever do anything else?

Thanks for the input buddly. That makes perfect sense.


I am doing pretty good today. Just getting things done for my middle of the week night out, tomorrow. My dh's cousin is coming up, and we all are going out. The thing with planning group outtings, is everyone has an opinion on something, you can't make them all happy and... this be the case now. I told dh to deal with it. I am sick of dealing with the meet at this time, no that time, no here, no there crap. So, it's all on him. The stress of it is lifted from me... well sort of, I still want to know what is going on. UGH.

Hi Everyone,

Its bitter cold... can't wait for 50 degrees this weekend lol, heat wave ;)

Nothing much is going on, sosdd.

:welcome: Lix

I'm going to try to get my butt in here more often, with our new boss and work in general (inspections, etc), things are getting busier and busier, no time to come up for air really.

Anyway, I'm not here to complain :rolleyes: haaa I'm just popping in to say hello.

Hope your week is going well.

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Hi Im a newbie too can I join your party.

Welcome missirish! The more the merrier!

Hi Leenie, good to see you!

:wel3fc: Lixxi and Missirishwoman!! Looking forward to getting to know both of you.

Hi Anastasia!

Pear, I think Buddly is right. There is no time limit. As long as it is working, there is no reason to change anything.

The snow has been great. It is supposed to be in the 60's by Sunday however. I guess it will be gone rapidly. Oh well, it was beautiful while it lasted.

Leenie, good to hear from you. I know you must be busy.

I'm off tomorrow but I have pool tomorrow night. Check in tomorrow.

Hello all,

I can tell today is going to be a headache.... woke up an hour late because my alarm clock failed... grrrr... I knew something was wrong as soon as I woke because I actually felt like I'd had a good sleep. I hate having to rush. I wore my rush out anyway getting my son to school on time so now I'm sat here drinking coffee and procrastinating.... since I'm already late I may as well take my time.

Hope.... glad you enjoyed your snow! I love how snow looks... it is beautiful when it first falls... but then I'm not so keen when it goes slushy and icy and I have to go out in it. This year I came soooo close to ending up on my butt... I live on a hill and it's never gritted, I need some crampons or something!

Buddly, it's good you're all slowly on the mend, hope you do get some warmer weather... it might help!

Lixxi and Missirish :welcome2:

Hi everyone else, hope you're all having a good week so far :)

Take care, catch up with you all later :hug:

Wow, it's great to hear from everyone!
I hope you are all having an awesome week
I don't know how to put all of the cute smilies but welcome newbies
ttyl

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Wow 2 days in a row... thats a record for me lately lol

How is everyone. We get to turn the clocks ahead this weekend WHOOOT!!!!! more day light... :cheer2: LOVE IT !!!

Whats shakin with you toots?

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Hi guys thanks for the welcome....its a bit mind boggling the site...lots of different sections to look at...cant seem to keep up with them all....Ive had a hectic day too just not enough hours today to what I needed to do...anyway I started weight watchers last week. my weigh in was last night (tuesday) was only down 2lb...loads more to go....what is the best section to look at for weight watchers (and mild depression !!)....just dont seem to have the time to browse them all...(not until sunday anyway)....:carrot::carrot::carrot:

Missirish, if you look through the forums, under the section 'Diet Central' there's a forum for Weight Watchers, if that helps any! For depression, well..you're in the right place already :)

Butterfly.... did you mean you can't find the other smilies? If you click on where it says 'more' in the smilies box they're all there (ignore me if you didn't mean that.... it's late and I really don't know what I'm doing here at gone 3am making posts about smilies..... can't sleep and probably losing my marbles) :dizzy:

Leenie I am so glad you said about the time change or I would have forgot....We lose an hour of sleep that kinda stinks

Kinda an off day not so much bad just off.....but everyone has them...

lata

hi girls,

I lost miserably in pool tonight. I couldn't hit a thing. My day off flew by, especially since I slept late then took a nap. I think staying awake makes the day seem longer. ;) There just isn't enough time in a day.

Mimzy, I found out tonight that 2 people from my job fell in the parking lot on the ice. Not good. Sorry your alarm didn't go off. I hate that. It feels like you are rushing the rest of the day.

Leenie, wow, 2 days in a row! We'd love to have you everyday! :hug:

Butterfly, are you using "post quick reply" to post or just "post reply" that is under the last poster's post? The latter gives you the smileys!

Hi all -

I'm really not losing much... but not gaining either - I have to kick this brain back into the positive losing gear!! I'm just meandering along at the same weight...

Talk to you all soon -
Heather :D

Howdy all......

I have just absolutely no energy at all. I dunno what the deal is. I take vitamins and I do sleep, infact I've been on "vacation" for a week and yes we moved, but I honestly did not do to much moving because we had so much help I just did not need too.

Like today. It is totally beautiful outside, sunny, 60 degrees, I have the heat off, windows open, but yet still just wanna go crawl back into bed........??

Anyways I am tired of being tired. lol.

I hope you all are doing well!

Hi Ladies :wave:

TGIF !!! Yes, turn your clocks ahead tomorrow night whooot !!! more day light.

I'm looking forward to this weekend, we have NO plans yahooo. My house needs some serious cleaning and i just don't have the energy to do it... hopefully this weekend I'll get some ;)

Whats everyone's weekend look like?

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Thanks for the clock reminder.I am on call all weekend and that could have been a disaster for me....and kids who would have been an hour late for all activities.Anyway, heres to a great weekend.Spring is near.......

Well im going to be blowing my diet plans tomorrow i have a confirmatin and i aint counting my points no matter what...i need to chill out...(seriously) even the kids told me to take a chill pill..lol so anything i lost will be back on twice as much...DO I CARE..not at this moment in time...:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :D :D :D :D :D

Hi ladies,

I'm having some serious back pain. I had to get out of bed last night b/c it was so bad. I wasn't sure I could lye back down. I ended up on the couch. I think we are going to get in the hot tub soon and maybe that will help.

I'm cooking a late dinner tonight b/c df is at a biker meeting and I had to make some choc covered strawberries for work tomorrow. :drool: We are having a bake sale to raise $$ for the employee fund.

My weekend consists of work work work... Y'all have a good one.

Well I had a break down today. We have had our foster daughter for two years and a month. They called yesterday and are changing her visits to 8 hours this sat. then over nights and her court hearing is april 6th. Her mom had got a lawyer and is pushing for her to go home. So they think the judge might send her home if everything goes well. Maybe april 6th or maybe the end of the school year. I held together ok until tonight. She was an emotional wreck tonight just all over the place and we butted heads ALOT and she ended up crying and then while she was on the phone my dh had to ask me how I am doing and I still held it together even though I wanted to break down in tears. Then when she was done on the phone he called her out and talked to her. He was so gentle with her and I just put my head down as tears fell. Then when he was done he wanted her to come give him a hug and she was kidding with him and was like you come to me and then finally he gave her a hug and I just turned and went straight to the bathroom. He turned and was like momma and was like where did she go. I stayed in the bathroom and just sat on the floor and cried and cried and cried. They tried to get me to open the door but i just wanted to let it go and be alone. I HATE breaking down in front of people. Probably because all my life growing up my dad would say I was faking it or there was no reason to cry so I ALWAYS held everything in till I got to my room and then just cry.
Its hard this is something she is happy about and I totally understand but I cant be happy for her I just cant!! I was doing good with calories and have been knowing where my boundaries are and about how much to eat but all I wanted to do tonight was just eat. Just say screw it all and eat I did but not a lot. I knew this would all happen when we signed up for foster parenting but I didnt expect to have a child for over 2 years and then give them up. I know she will visit but i am just used to her being here My kids will miss her to but they dont quite get it completely they just ask where she is and then forget about it a few minutes later!
Ok well enough sad story..I am sorry I am just having a really really hard time. Her 16th bday is the end of april so I have no clue what will happen.

Ok now that I am crying again I am gonna go read a book and try to forget about everything.

Mom of 4-I am sorry.I so cant imagine letting go of a child after that long.Bless you and DH for giving her a home and loving her and caring for her when she needed you.I realize that they system is designed to reunite foster children with bio parents.I know you have made a lasting impact on her life and she will be a better person beccause of it.I am sure she has gained the tools she needs to respond and deal with this so unfair world we all live in.I hope things work out for all of you.Take care.

Big :hug: momof4.......

thanks guys.....I knew this could and might happen and everyone can try to prepare themselves but no matter how much you prepare its still sooo hard. Just everytime I think about it I have to keep from breaking down in tears....So I just try to block it out but I dont know...I just dont know. I think it will help because I am close to the our youth girls. Like I have one that just started coming a few weeks ago and she is here for the weekend again and shes like I am closer to you than I am my mom. She calls me Momma too so I think all of them will help cause they are like my children to. Ok I need to get some stuff done so I can take the kids to the park after nap time.

Oh lol Thanks sooo much ladies for the computer help! :carrot:

Hi Heather, good to hear from you

Sassy I hope you all are settling comfortably in your new home. Have a restful weekend

Thanks Leenie for the reminder, I'm so not looking forward to losing a precious hour of sleep tonight though

Missirish it's always nice to have a break from dieting sometimes

Hope4me I'm sorry about your backache, hope you feel better soon. Good luck with your fundraiser I LOVE chocolate covered strawberries, yum

Momof5 I'm sorry you are going through this hard time. :hug:

I guess I don't have too much going on here. Harrismm & Hope4me don't work too hard and I will catch everyone else later!

Hi Guys!

It's been a busy work week for me. I started off with walking one dog 3 days a week and now I have added another that is five days and am looking at adding a third for 5 days a week as well! AAAHH!!! Not really, I am completely loving it, it is the best job in the world for me. The German Shepherd that I walk three days a week takes my breath away when I see him after being away from him over the weekend because he is so beautiful...the yellow lab that I walk everyday makes me feel like the most important person in the world because he is so happy to see me. It is really helping me to have this outlet. Plus, it isn't a ton of money or anything but any time you can get paid for doing something you love...well..there just isn't anything better than that! And, so far I have been tipped like $40 and I have only been working about 2 weeks! The yellow lab has hills surrounding his house so his 30 min walk is a butt buster! I am still struggling with weight creep, I am working on figuring it out, I am doing RadiantRecovery for my sugar addiction and the "diet head" is something they try to discourage, the problem is, even though I am seeing a lot of muscle, my foot cannot take the extra weight, I have got to get it moving down, or this job is going to kill my plantar fasciitis. I have found that certain yoga moves help with the pain, I have to do down dogs several times a day. And I am making sure to do my weekly yoga and pilates classes...that is non negotiable so I am booked for my midday walks now. I was also dealing with hot flashes and poor sleep, I have started taking Evening primrose oil and I found this article in my last yoga journal that showed me three restorative poses that are supposed to help with sleep and stress...it is so working!!! I also have felt a decrease in pms since I started spending the hour relaxation...whew...I am so high maintenance!!!

Anyway! I just wanted to check in with you all! I am sorry you are having a hard time MO4.... I don't really have anything to offer you other than a virtual hug...so consider yourself hugged... :)

Good to see everyone! Hope you have a great weekend...here in Hawaii we don't have the time change...all the same...everyday...hehehe

Though we have been getting some nice cloudy cool weather lately! I am so in heaven!!!! lol

I need to go work out!!!

See ya peeps!

I took the kids to the park and kept myself moving around while there. I was doing ok till she came home from her visit and said the lady that visited her said they were leaning on her going home on her court date....now I am sick in the stomach and just want to cry and just want to go somewhere...
this totally sucks.

Good Morning,

SPRING AHEAD !!!

After church today I need to get my rump to Walmart for bathing suits... haaaaaaaa not me sillies, my daughter. Camp is coming up fast plus she takes swim lessons and her suits are just worn. I'm trying not to go out and spend as things are getting tight $$$ but she really needs them, no choice here.

Momof4.... they say being a Mom is the toughest job in the world but I say its the 2nd toughest. Being a Foster Mom is the toughest :hug: bless you and your family.

8 AM... wow.... time is going to fly today. So up and at it to make breakfast and get ready for church.

Have a great day Chickies :hug:

Hey girls - how's everybody holding up??

I'm still plodding, but finally booked a holiday for my March Break, so I'm motivated to move my butt more - yay! :lol3:

Chat soon,
Heather :D

thanks Leenie.....i am starting to think your right because it is hard. At church today I just tried to stay away from everyone cause if they ask whats wrong I just wanted to cry.....I started to cry a little bit but was able to recover...ok gotta go

I agree with Lennie.Not many people are able to do what foster parents do.I cant imagine it myself.Our neighbors have fostered over 20 kids.Some are grown and gone.All still visit them.I hope that is what happens for you.I hope she continues to be a part of your life, and you in her life.