May Chick Chat - 2009 Come Join Us ((hug))
 

Good Morning,

How did we slip into May? I LOVE IT!

Everything is in bloom, its beautiful (cept my sinus' are going crazy) but I'm not complaining LOL. I think my favorite thing to see bloom in the spring is the cherry trees and dogwood trees, the white and pink.. beautiful.

How is everyone today?

No plans for me today until this afternoon so I'm loving not having to race some where this early in the morning.

Whats happening by you?

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Morning Leenie.

I'm having a real bent toward doing nothing lately. I feel kind tired and like there is sooo much to do that I can't figure out where to begin.

On the whole, I feel good but ...

I've made a small list for today. I should be able to get myself through it and then sometimes I get extra stuff done just because I feel successful :)

Hey Susan I feel the same way... overwhelmed for sure and some times that makes me freeze in my tracks and do nothing. I try to look at small tasks and say to myself...others can wait, but if I get them done too, its a plus..YEAH ME!! lol

Good luck today :hug:

Hello everyone.Beautiful day in the midwest.Have a child being confirmed Sunday and a child graduation from high school in 3 weeks.Busy but fun!5 days in to my new antidepressant.So far so good.Have a great weekend.

Hi all - it's been a busy weekend that started out with the Cdn Cancer Society's Relay For Life on Friday night... and then just became a little emotionally exhausting. Feeling kinda worn down.

Hope - any news on your kitty??? :(

Hoping to pick up the remnants of my self esteem and self worth this month... you never know, this could be the month...

Heather :D

My kitty is still missing. I haven't seen him since monday night now. I do have posters up and I got one call today which I missed and the person left a message. I think it was a younger guy who was either mixed up on where he saw a cat that was ran over or just a prank. Not sure. The road he named is too far away for my cat to have been there or he did just see a cat there that couldn't have been mine b/c of the distance. I don't have my address on the poster. I miss him a lot but I'm trying not to dwell on it b/c he could always come home.

Heather, did you participate in the relay? Either way a great cause to get involved in. Sorry for the emotional stress you went through. Hey, when you pick up your self-esteem if you have any left I sure could use a little. :^: Needless to say I'm not feeling too sexy or successful these days.

hope4me, the summer before last my cat went missing for a little over a month. We put posters up everywhere and we called the humane society and the city's road services branch every few days to make sure they hadn't found her. We had pretty much accepted she was gone, but one evening I got a call. I figured it was nothing, because I had received several false alarms (lots of neighbourhood cats look kind of like mine), but I went. It was my kitty! She was very scrawny and missing some fur, but she was fine and she's never gone missing since. So don't give up hope. Cats can handle all sorts of ordeals.

Hope -- BIG BIG :hug: sweetie, I sure hope your kitty comes home safe and sound!!! My kitty that is now passed, went missing for a week and that was just torture for me, so I can sympathize!!!

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Good Morning,

Hope I'm sorry to hear about your Cat, I know when my two pups ran away a few weeks ago I was SICK !!!!! I hope he returns soon. One good thing about cats is they are survivors and are smart. Keep checking with your local shelters.

Nothing much going on today, work, cleaning, etc LOL... its alot but nothing different. Which is good.

How are you ?

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Morning ladies! May? Really? Eek.

Hope - :hug: I hope your kitty is ok and just out for a wander, and heading home now. :hug:

Heather - that sounds like a great May goal. I have my fingers crossed or you.

OK, me: did great the first part of last week, then things fell apart on the weekend. I noticed that my eating and journaling fell apart when I went out for drinks with coworkers. Drinking is a big part of the social scene here, but I don't think it works for me. So, I'm gonna give up drinking (alcohol that is) for a month and see if that helps me with my weight and/or my depression. Besides, it'll help with my finances too. I just hope I don't totally alienate my social network by doing it. Or, rather - if I alienate my social network, I'm gonna be dissapointed but ok with it.

Today I plan to 1) journal, 2) eat sensibly, and 3) take the dogs for a walk. oh and 4) drink at least 8 glasses of water. baby steps.

Hi everyone!
Wow May already!! Only one more month and the school year is over!!
At least spring finally arrived and we are getting some sunshine, that is always a huge help!!

Hope I sure hope your kitty finds his way home. Cats are really resilient.

Amarie good luck with the plan and alcohol is a big weight loss saboteur.

Sassy how are you enjoying the new house?

Big :hug: everyone.

I've been sort of up and down, just sort of coasting along. Now that its getting nicer I'm hoping things get on track.

Everyone take care,
K

Hi Leenie!! :wave:

Hi Amarie!! :wave: and Big :hug: to you. I things go better for you.

Hi Buddly!! :wave:

I am really enjoying the house. We are getting more and more done. My office is almost completed and we got the hall closet organized so its all nice and neat now, the kitchen is basically done, just need to do some picking up. The last room that really needs to be done yet is my husband's Guitar room. But at least the rest of the house is done basically!

Big :hug:

Hi everyone! :)

Well, at least I managed to eat sensibly... sort of. Rinse, repeat!

Good job Amarie, but that makes one of us. :o

I'm just glad to be off tomorrow. I need to get something in the mail for mother's day to mom. I still don't know what.

Good to see you again Buddly, Sassy, and Butterfly.

Check in with y'all tomorrow.

Oh, no kitty still. :(

BIG BIG BIG :hug: Hope. I sure your kitty comes home soon. :hug:

Hi Girls,

Lets just take it one meal / day at a time.. be good to yourself :hug:

Leenie

Oh Hope :hug: you must be so worried! Thinking of you.

Kicking my *** into gear now - this last twenty pounds will never come off otherwise... have set my alarm for 5am to ru BEFORE breakfast - I hear it boosts the metabolism. I suspect I'll be asleep by noon! :faint:

How you doing, chickies??

Heather :D

Thank you all for the well wishes for my kitty. :hug: I haven't given up on him yet.

I was off today and wasted most of it sleeping. It was great don't get me wrong but dang, I want some more time. I ended up getting my mom a gift card to a restaurant since I can't be there to take her out. That's about the only thing I did accomplish.

Well, night night all.

Where is everybody today? It was kinda a long day at work and I'm tired. I need to get up early and get a bday cake for a co-worker. It usually takes something like dynamite to make me get up early. ;)

miss you all...

I'm here Hope4me but barely! I'm so tired. I had my 1st psychologist appointment today. I find the whole process kind of scary but hopefully it will help even though she probably thinks I'm crazy! Then later this evening I went to a zumba class so I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow. How is everyone else doing? Have a good weekend to all of you chicks if I don't get a chance to post later...I can no longer procrastinate my massive loads of laundry and the dreadful closet cleaning!

I'm here - struggling with stuff. One of these days I'm going to have to sort this head of mine out and stop struggling and just get on with it all! :lol:

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Hi everyone
11 days into my new antidepressant.I am not sure if this is going to be the one for me.It certainly has not given me any more energy.But maybe its too early to tell.We will see.Have a great weekend all.

So I thought I was getting up early to get the cake but then I realized I had hit snooze too many times. I had to get it at lunch. :o

I rushed home after work and got the yard mowed. We've had rain all week and the poor little dogs are fighting a jungle just to go potty. :jig: Tomorrow a couple of us from work are going to a coworker's house and mowing his yard and doing some cleaning. His wife has lung cancer and he is overwhelmed. Poor guy, he has lost 25 lbs and looks sick himself.

I actually get Sunday off this week! I never get a weekend day off. Wonder what's up? :chin:

What are y'all doing this weekend?

Hugs to those who are struggling. :hug:

Hi gang:

The scale isn't moving much at all, and I have to keep reminding myself that I AM doing this. I got my butt kicked in a yoga class this week, doing stuff that would have been cake for me in the fall. Sometimes that motivates me, and sometimes it knocks me down a bit.

I'm struggling with other stuff too right now... I don't feel like posting about it, though, but could use any extra hugs you all have to spare.

Hope - lol about your lawn. I have been putting off mowing my lawn due to rain so long that my mower won't manage it anymore! I'm going to have to borrow something heavier-duty.

Have a beautiful weekend everyone. Passing on hugs for my fellow strugglers.

A

Hi Everybody!
 

Day four on plan. Just need to keep going - hang in there, chickies! :)

Heather :D

Just wanted to pop in and wish everybody a Very Happy Mothers Day!!! :D

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Heather -- WTG!! :high:

I was really really down yesterday evening. But after I got some sleep I feel much better. I think its honestly my hormones all out of whack. :crazy: I hope you all are doing well! ;)

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:yay: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMMIES :preg: (of the 2 legged and 4 legged variety!)

Big :hug: Amarie!

Way to go Heather! :carrot:

Sassy, glad your house is coming along. Sorry you been up and down lately. It's always a battle.

I was off today and got a few things done around the house but not nearly what I wanted. It is really frustrating. I feel like I just can't get it together with the housework lately.

Have a great week ladies.

I hope you ladies had a great Mother's Day. I'm back and the laundry monster is under control lol!

-Amarie...keep at it you'll get there!

-Sassy Chick that was so sweet of what you did for your mil! I'm glad you are enjoying your new house

-Congratulations for staying on plan Heather!

-Hope4me I can kind of relate...it seems like there's Always so much to do. I'm glad you got a little bit of time off this weekend

Howdy, howdy to everyone else! :)

I think the depression and other issues slow me down. This is my first day back on medication....I'm not going to let someone make me feel weird or guilty about it this time. I just know that's what I need to do right now.
Take care

G'Mornin' All. :coffee:

:hug: to all!!!

Hi girls! :wave:

Still on plan - was surprised to find today was Day 7... maazing how time flies by whether you're on plan or off, eh? ;) Thanks for all the positive feedback! :grouphug:

How's everyone doing? Butterfly - good for you. Sometimes we have to fight to do what's right for us. :yes: Proud of you! :)

Hope - what's shakin' chick? :hug:

Amarie - how you doing today??

Sassy, Leenie - thinking of you!!

Harris - still with us?? ;)

Chat soon - miss ya'll!
Heather :D

Hi chickies!

Sassafrass - wtg on getting the home office organized. Wanna come organize mine? ;)

Heather - yay Day 7!

I spent the first half of today crying intermittantly. And now I feel totally exhausted and dehydrated. Oh, and I have at least 3 more hours of work to do tonight before I can go to bed. The good (ok GREAT) news is that my quarter only has 4 more weeks. All I need to do is keep from falling apart until its over. I know I can do it.

Hi Ladies :hug:

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Good evening
Hope all are well.Busy week for me.Still trying to decide if I like this new antidepressant.Still pretty sleepy with not much energy.Anyway...Sounds like a busy week for all.
Amarie-Hang in there..your almost done chickie!

I'm not doing OK. Yesterday I made the appointment to have my Cleo put to sleep next Friday. I can barely breathe, let alone function. It HURTS.

Amarie-..........Sorry!!I assume this is a beloved pet.I have 3 dogs and cant imagine life without them.Take care of you.

AMARIE :grouphug: I'm sooo sorry! It's so hard to do what you have to do sometimes. It's great that you put Cleo's well-being ahead of your own feelings. Hang in there and do take care of yourself too. Cleo has a wonderful mommy. Big big :hug:

Morning chicks :wave:

Amarie - big :hug: - I am thinking fo you. You knwo I've been there recently, and my heart goes out to you. :(

Hope, great to see you! :yes:

Hi Leenie, Sassy, harris - everyone else!

Not much new here - still on plan, but the weight's SLOOOOW coming off - amazing how freaking fast it can pile on, and takes so long to creep off...

Hope you're all gearing up for as pleasant a weekend as possible! :grouphug:

Heather :D

G'Morning

TGIF for sure. Sorry I haven't been around much, I've been so busy and to tired to post some days. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Heather it IS amazing how fast it piles on and how slow it comes off... its just not fair.

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